We Hardly Knew Ye - People We Lost in June 2007

Tony Ulysses Thompson, 31, (September 2, 1975 – June 1, 2007) was an American R&B/soul singer and the lead vocalist of the R&B group Hi-Five. Thompson, who was raised in Oklahoma City, started singing solos in the local church choir at the age of eight. He was noticed by the manager and promoter Robert Ford, and made a cut of a demo with Roderick Clark, Russell Neal, Marcus Sanders, and Toriano Easley, acquaintances from his days in Waco. Hi-Five signed with Jive Records in 1990. The quintet's self-titled debut album went multi-platinum and created several hits, including "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)," "I Can't Wait Another Minute," and "Just Another Girlfriend" , apparent drug overdose.

Steve Gilliard, 42, (November 13, 1964 – June 2, 2007) was a freelance journalist and left-wing political blogger who ran the website The News Blog. An outspoken and at times controversial figure, he was an influential voice in the leftwing political blogosphere heart and kidney failure.

Freddie Scott, 74, (April 24, 1933 - June 4, 2007) was a solo artist who began his career as a songwriter for Colpix Records, along with Carole King and Gerry Goffin. Scott recorded the chart-topping hit "Hey, Girl" and went on to chart a string of other Billboard Hot 100 singles between 1963 and 1971. His 1968 effort "You Got What I Need" was sampled for the 1989 Biz Markie hit, "Just a Friend". It was also sampled for Ghostface Killah's "Save Me Dear" in 2004. pneumonia.

Nellie Lutchersinger and pianist, who achieved prominence in the late 1940s and early 1950s. She was most recognizable for her distinctive voice, particularly her phrasing and exaggerated pronunciation, and was credited as an influence by , 94, (October 15, 1912 - June 8, 2007) was an African-American R&B and jazzNina Simone among others, pneumonia.


Donald Jeffry Herbert, 89, (born Donald Herbert Kemske; July 10, 1917 – June 12, 2007), better known as "Mr. Wizard", was the host of two popular television shows about science aimed at children, Parkinson's Disease.





Ruth Bell Graham, 87, (June 10, 1920 – June 14, 2007), wife of Evangelist Billy Graham.

Terry Hoeppner, 59, coach who served as (August 19, 1947 – June 19, 2007) was an American college footballhead coach of the Indiana Hoosiers from 2005 to 2006. Shortly after announcing that he would be on medical leave for the 2007 season, he died of brain cancer.

Bob Evans, 89, (May 30, 1918 - June 21, 2007) was the founder of the Bob Evans Restaurants, pneumonia.

Rodney Roy Beck, 38, (August 3, 1968 – June 23, 2007^[1]) was an American relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the San Francisco Giants (1991-97), Chicago Cubs (1998-99), Boston Red Sox (1999-2001) and San Diego Padres (2003-04). He batted and threw right handed.

Anne Elisabeth Jane "Liz" Claiborne, 78, (March 31, 1929 – June 26, 2007) was a Belgian-born American fashion designer and entrepreneur. Claiborne is best known for founding Liz Claiborne Inc. which in 1986 became the first company founded by a woman to make the Fortune 500, cancer.

Joel Siegel, 63, (July 7, 1943 – June 29, 2007) was an American film critic for the ABC morning news show Good Morning America for over 25 years. Born to a Jewish family, and raised in Los Angeles, California, he graduated cum laude from UCLA.^[1] During college, he worked to register black voters in Georgia, and he spoke frequently of having met Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He also worked as a joke writer for Senator Robert F. Kennedy and was at the Ambassador Hotel the night the senator was assassinated. Siegel died of complications from colon cancer on June 29, 2007, in New York.

George McCorkle, 60, (1947 - June 29, 2007) was a founding member and guitarist for the Marshall Tucker Band. He wrote "Fire on the Mountain" which was the band's first top 40 hit in the United States in 1975. He quit the band in 1984 and later worked as a songwriter. ^[1] as well as issuing a solo album American Street in 1999. McCorkle was diagnosed with cancer in early June 2007, and was not given long to live. He passed away on June 29th, 2007.

Harry B. Henshel, 88, (b. February 5, 1919 New York, NY - died June 29, 2007 Scarsdale, NY) was an American watchmaker and the last member of the Bulova Family to head the Bulova Watch Company, as president, chairman and chief executive officer.

Willis H. Schaefer, 78, (November 23, 1928 – June 30, 2007) was an American composer nominated for both an Emmy Awards and a Pulitzer Prize for his work.^[1] He wrote background music for a number of popular television shows (I Dream of Jeannie and The Flintstones) and composed over 700 commercials, cancer.