We Hardly Knew Ye - People We Lost in June 2008

6/1/08
Yves Saint Laurent, 71, French fashion designer, founder of Yves Saint Laurent brand, brain cancer.

6/2/08
Bo Diddley, 79, American rock and roll and blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist, heart failure

Mel Ferrer, 90, American actor, film director and producer (War and Peace, Lili).

Paul Sills, 80, American theater director and comedian, co-founder of The Second City improv troupe, pneumonia.

6/6/08
Robert J. Anderson, 75, American actor (It's a Wonderful Life), cancer.

6/7/08
Jim McKay, 86, American sportscaster (Wide World of Sports, 12 Olympic Games), natural causes.

6/13/08
Tim Russert, 58, American journalist and television host (Meet the Press), coronary thrombosis.

6/15/08
Tony Schwartz, 84, American co-creator of President Johnson's "Daisy ad", heart valve stenosis.

Stan Winston, 62, American Academy Award–winning special effects and make-up artist, multiple myeloma.

6/17/08
Cyd Charisse, 86, American actress and dancer (Singin' in the Rain, The Band Wagon), heart attack.

6/20/08
Wilbur Hardee, 89, American founder of Hardee's fast food restaurant.

6/21/08
Scott Kalitta, 46, American drag racer (NHRA), race crash.

6/22/08
George Carlin, 71, American comedian and actor, heart failure.

Dody Goodman, 93, American actress, natural causes.

6/29/08
Don S. Davis, 65, American character actor (Twin Peaks, Stargate SG-1, A League of Their Own), heart attack