Showing posts with label 2008 deaths. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2008 deaths. Show all posts
Sunday, October 02, 2011
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010
We Hardly Knew Ye - Those We Lost in June 2010
30th
Elliott Kastner, 80, American film producer (Where Eagles Dare), cancer.
29th
Ron Gans, 79, American voice actor (Transformers, Welcome to Pooh Corner), complications from pneumonia.
28th
Bill Aucoin, 66, American band manager (Kiss), complications from prostate cancer.
Robert Byrd, 92, American politician, U.S. Representative (1953–1959), Senator from West Virginia (1959–2010).
Joya Sherrill, 85, American jazz vocalist, leukemia.
William L. Taylor, 78, American attorney and civil rights advocate, complications from a fall.
27th
Corey Allen, 75, American actor (Rebel Without a Cause), film and television director, complications of Parkinson's disease.
Martin D. Ginsburg, 78, American attorney, husband of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, cancer.
Rammellzee, 49, American hip hop musician and graffiti artist, after long illness.
26th
Benny Powell, 80, American jazz trombonist (April in Paris), heart attack following spinal surgery.
Stanley Wagner, 83, American winemaker.
24th
Toni Adams, 45, American professional wrestling manager, former wife of Chris Adams, heart attack.
Fred Anderson, 81, American jazz tenor saxophonist.
JoJo Billingsley, 58, American back-up singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd), cancer.
Walter Shorenstein, 95, American real estate developer and baseball team owner (San Francisco Giants), natural causes.
23rd
Allyn Ferguson, 85, American television composer (Barney Miller, Charlie's Angels), natural causes.
Frank Giering, 38, German actor (Funny Games).
Pete Quaife, 66, British bassist (The Kinks), kidney failure.
21st
Allison Parks, 68, American model (Playboy, October 1965) and actress.
With Approval, 24, Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse, Canadian Triple Crown winner (1989), euthanized.
Larry Jon Wilson, 69, American songwriter and musician, stroke.
20th
Dwight Armstrong, 58, American anti-Vietnam War protestor, Sterling Hall bomber, lung cancer.
Edith Shain, 91, American nurse, subject of V–J day in Times Square photograph, cancer.
19th
Manute Bol, 47, Sudanese basketball player and activist, kidney failure and Stevens–Johnson syndrome.
John Ferruggio, 84, American in-flight director, led evacuation of Pan Am Flight 93, organ failure.
Vince O'Brien, 91, American character actor (Dark Shadows, Guiding Light, Law & Order).
18th
Trent Acid, 29, American professional wrestler.
Ronnie Lee Gardner, 49, American murderer, executed by firing squad.
16th
Peter Brunette, 66, American film critic (The Hollywood Reporter), heart attack.
Bill Dixon, 84, American jazz musician.
Allen Hoey, 57, American poet, Pulitzer Prize nominee, heart attack.
Carole McGoldrick, 66, American singer (The Secrets), illness.
Ronald Neame, 99, British film director (The Poseidon Adventure) and screenwriter.
Garry Shider, 56, American musician (Parliament-Funkadelic), complications from brain and lung cancer.
15th
Phil Gordon, 94, American character actor and dialect coach (The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Petticoat Junction).
14th
Oscar Azócar, 45, Venezuelan baseball player (New York Yankees, San Diego Padres).
13th
Jimmy Dean, 81, American country music singer (Big Bad John), actor and businessman (Jimmy Dean Foods), natural causes.
Nelson Wallulatum, 84, American trial leader, chief of the Wasco Indians (since 1959), founder of The Museum at Warm Springs.
12th
Al Williamson, 79, American comic book artist (Secret Agent X-9, Star Wars, Flash Gordon).
11th
Kip Deville, 7, American Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.
Johnny Parker, 80, British jazz pianist ("Bad Penny Blues").
Fred Plum, 86, American neurologist, developed the term "persistent vegetative state", primary progressive aphasia.
9th
Melbert Ford, 50, American murderer, execution by lethal injection.
Christine Johnson, 98, American opera singer and actress.
8th
Phillip Petty, 59, American bassist (Point Blank), cancer.
Crispian St. Peters, 71, British pop singer ("The Pied Piper", "You Were on My Mind"), after long illness.
6th
Jack Beeson, 88, American contemporary classical music composer, heart failure.
Marvin Isley, 56, American bassist (The Isley Brothers, Isley-Jasper-Isley), complications of diabetes.
Dana Key, 56, American musician (DeGarmo and Key), ruptured blood clot. Abraham Nathanson, 80, American artist and author, co-inventor of Bananagrams, cancer.
Robert B. Radnitz, 85, American film producer (Cross Creek, My Side of the Mountain, Sounder), complications from a stroke.
5th
Danny Bank, 87, American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist.
Stephen Clancy Hill, 34, American pornographic actor and murderer, suicide by jumping from cliff.
Tony Peluso, 60, American musician and record producer (The Carpenters), heart disease.
Robert Wussler, 73, American businessman, co-founder of CNN, after long illness.
4th
Himan Brown, 99, American radio producer (CBS Radio Mystery Theater).
Marianne Elser Crowder, 104, American oldest Girl Scout, pancreatic cancer.
Richard Dunn, 75, American character actor (Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!), stroke.
David Markson, 82, American writer (Wittgenstein's Mistress).
Chuck Taliano, 65, American Marine, featured on recruitment poster, multiple myeloma.
John Wooden, 99, American basketball player (Purdue, Indianapolis Kautskys) and coach (UCLA, 1948–1975).
3rd
Rue McClanahan, 76, American actress (The Golden Girls, Maude), stroke. [323]
2nd
Dorothy DeBorba, 85, American actress (Our Gang), emphysema and lung disease.
Tony DiPreta, 88, American cartoonist, (Joe Palooka, Rex Morgan, M.D.), respiratory and cardiac arrest.
John W. Douglas, 88, American civil rights advocate, complications from a stroke.
1st
Miss Ellie, 17, American Chinese Crested Dog, winner of title World’s Ugliest Dog.
Joseph Strick, 86, American film director and producer, heart failure.
Elliott Kastner, 80, American film producer (Where Eagles Dare), cancer.
29th
Ron Gans, 79, American voice actor (Transformers, Welcome to Pooh Corner), complications from pneumonia.
28th
Bill Aucoin, 66, American band manager (Kiss), complications from prostate cancer.
Robert Byrd, 92, American politician, U.S. Representative (1953–1959), Senator from West Virginia (1959–2010).
Joya Sherrill, 85, American jazz vocalist, leukemia.
William L. Taylor, 78, American attorney and civil rights advocate, complications from a fall.
27th
Corey Allen, 75, American actor (Rebel Without a Cause), film and television director, complications of Parkinson's disease.
Martin D. Ginsburg, 78, American attorney, husband of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, cancer.
Rammellzee, 49, American hip hop musician and graffiti artist, after long illness.
26th
Benny Powell, 80, American jazz trombonist (April in Paris), heart attack following spinal surgery.
Stanley Wagner, 83, American winemaker.
24th
Toni Adams, 45, American professional wrestling manager, former wife of Chris Adams, heart attack.
Fred Anderson, 81, American jazz tenor saxophonist.
JoJo Billingsley, 58, American back-up singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd), cancer.
Walter Shorenstein, 95, American real estate developer and baseball team owner (San Francisco Giants), natural causes.
23rd
Allyn Ferguson, 85, American television composer (Barney Miller, Charlie's Angels), natural causes.
Frank Giering, 38, German actor (Funny Games).
Pete Quaife, 66, British bassist (The Kinks), kidney failure.
21st
Allison Parks, 68, American model (Playboy, October 1965) and actress.
With Approval, 24, Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse, Canadian Triple Crown winner (1989), euthanized.
Larry Jon Wilson, 69, American songwriter and musician, stroke.
20th
Dwight Armstrong, 58, American anti-Vietnam War protestor, Sterling Hall bomber, lung cancer.
Edith Shain, 91, American nurse, subject of V–J day in Times Square photograph, cancer.
19th
Manute Bol, 47, Sudanese basketball player and activist, kidney failure and Stevens–Johnson syndrome.
John Ferruggio, 84, American in-flight director, led evacuation of Pan Am Flight 93, organ failure.
Vince O'Brien, 91, American character actor (Dark Shadows, Guiding Light, Law & Order).
18th
Trent Acid, 29, American professional wrestler.
Ronnie Lee Gardner, 49, American murderer, executed by firing squad.
16th
Peter Brunette, 66, American film critic (The Hollywood Reporter), heart attack.
Bill Dixon, 84, American jazz musician.
Allen Hoey, 57, American poet, Pulitzer Prize nominee, heart attack.
Carole McGoldrick, 66, American singer (The Secrets), illness.
Ronald Neame, 99, British film director (The Poseidon Adventure) and screenwriter.
Garry Shider, 56, American musician (Parliament-Funkadelic), complications from brain and lung cancer.
15th
Phil Gordon, 94, American character actor and dialect coach (The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Petticoat Junction).
14th
Oscar Azócar, 45, Venezuelan baseball player (New York Yankees, San Diego Padres).
13th
Jimmy Dean, 81, American country music singer (Big Bad John), actor and businessman (Jimmy Dean Foods), natural causes.
Nelson Wallulatum, 84, American trial leader, chief of the Wasco Indians (since 1959), founder of The Museum at Warm Springs.
12th
Al Williamson, 79, American comic book artist (Secret Agent X-9, Star Wars, Flash Gordon).
11th
Kip Deville, 7, American Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.
Johnny Parker, 80, British jazz pianist ("Bad Penny Blues").
Fred Plum, 86, American neurologist, developed the term "persistent vegetative state", primary progressive aphasia.
9th
Melbert Ford, 50, American murderer, execution by lethal injection.
Christine Johnson, 98, American opera singer and actress.
8th
Phillip Petty, 59, American bassist (Point Blank), cancer.
Crispian St. Peters, 71, British pop singer ("The Pied Piper", "You Were on My Mind"), after long illness.
6th
Jack Beeson, 88, American contemporary classical music composer, heart failure.
Marvin Isley, 56, American bassist (The Isley Brothers, Isley-Jasper-Isley), complications of diabetes.
Dana Key, 56, American musician (DeGarmo and Key), ruptured blood clot. Abraham Nathanson, 80, American artist and author, co-inventor of Bananagrams, cancer.
Robert B. Radnitz, 85, American film producer (Cross Creek, My Side of the Mountain, Sounder), complications from a stroke.
5th
Danny Bank, 87, American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist.
Stephen Clancy Hill, 34, American pornographic actor and murderer, suicide by jumping from cliff.
Tony Peluso, 60, American musician and record producer (The Carpenters), heart disease.
Robert Wussler, 73, American businessman, co-founder of CNN, after long illness.
4th
Himan Brown, 99, American radio producer (CBS Radio Mystery Theater).
Marianne Elser Crowder, 104, American oldest Girl Scout, pancreatic cancer.
Richard Dunn, 75, American character actor (Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!), stroke.
David Markson, 82, American writer (Wittgenstein's Mistress).
Chuck Taliano, 65, American Marine, featured on recruitment poster, multiple myeloma.
John Wooden, 99, American basketball player (Purdue, Indianapolis Kautskys) and coach (UCLA, 1948–1975).
3rd
Rue McClanahan, 76, American actress (The Golden Girls, Maude), stroke. [323]
2nd
Dorothy DeBorba, 85, American actress (Our Gang), emphysema and lung disease.
Tony DiPreta, 88, American cartoonist, (Joe Palooka, Rex Morgan, M.D.), respiratory and cardiac arrest.
John W. Douglas, 88, American civil rights advocate, complications from a stroke.
1st
Miss Ellie, 17, American Chinese Crested Dog, winner of title World’s Ugliest Dog.
Joseph Strick, 86, American film director and producer, heart failure.
Monday, December 29, 2008
We Hardly Knew Ye - People We Lost in October, 2008
10/1/08
Robert Arthur, 83, American actor (Twelve O'Clock High), heart failure.
House Peters, Jr., 92, American actor (Mr. Clean), pneumonia.
Nick Reynolds, 75, American folk musician (The Kingston Trio), acute respiratory disease.
10/3/08
Johnny "J", 39, American hip-hop producer, apparent suicide by jumping.
10/5/08
Lloyd Thaxton, 81, American television personality, multiple myeloma.
10/6/08
Olga Kaljakin, 57, American art director, film poster designer (The Last Samurai, Field of Dreams), emphysema.
10/9/08
Gidget Gein, 39, American bassist (Marilyn Manson), drug overdose.
10/11/08
Neal Hefti, 85, American composer ("Batman Theme", "The Odd Couple Theme"), heart attack.
Scarlett, 13, American stray cat, name source of the Scarlett Award for Animal Heroism, animal euthanasia.
10/12/08
Cliff Nobles, 64, American pop musician, cancer.
James E. Reilly, 60, American soap opera writer, complications from cardiac surgery.
10/15/08
Jack Narz, 85, American game show host (Concentration), complications from strokes.
10/17/08
Edie Adams, 81, American actress and singer, pneumonia and cancer.
10/17/08
Levi Stubbs, 72, American vocalist (The Four Tops), complications of cancer and stroke.
10/18/08
Evelyn Ay Sempier, 75, American beauty pageant winner, Miss America (1954), colorectal cancer.
Dee Dee Warwick, 63, American soul singer, sister of Dionne Warwick, after long illness.
10/19/08
Rudy Ray Moore, 81, American comedian and actor (Dolemite), complications from diabetes.
10/19/08
Richard Blackwell, 86, American fashion critic ("Mr. Blackwell's Ten Worst Dressed Women"), intestinal infection.
10/23/08
E. Roger Muir, 89, American television producer, stroke.
10/24/08
Milton Katselas, 74, American film director, heart failure.
Merl Saunders, 74, American keyboardist (The Grateful Dead), collaborator with Jerry Garcia, complications from a stroke.
10/25/08
Gerard Damiano, 80, American adult film director (Deep Throat), stroke.
10/26/08
Delmar Watson, 82, American child actor (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington), prostate cancer.
10/27/08
Dean Barnett, 41, American columnist and blogger, complications from cystic fibrosis.
Ray Ellis, 85, American musician, conductor and television producer, complications from melanoma.
10/29/08
Gerald Arpino, 85, American dancer and choreographer, after long illness.
Mike Baker, 45, American singer (Shadow Gallery), heart attack.
Mae Mercer, 76, American blues singer.
William Wharton, 82, American painter and novelist (Birdy), infection.
10/30/08
Edith Evans Asbury, 98, American journalist (The New York Times), after long illness
10/31/08
Frank Navetta, 46, American guitarist (Descendents)
Studs Terkel, 96, American broadcaster and author (The Good War), complications from a fall.
Robert Arthur, 83, American actor (Twelve O'Clock High), heart failure.
House Peters, Jr., 92, American actor (Mr. Clean), pneumonia.
Nick Reynolds, 75, American folk musician (The Kingston Trio), acute respiratory disease.
10/3/08
Johnny "J", 39, American hip-hop producer, apparent suicide by jumping.
10/5/08
Lloyd Thaxton, 81, American television personality, multiple myeloma.
10/6/08
Olga Kaljakin, 57, American art director, film poster designer (The Last Samurai, Field of Dreams), emphysema.
10/9/08
Gidget Gein, 39, American bassist (Marilyn Manson), drug overdose.
10/11/08
Neal Hefti, 85, American composer ("Batman Theme", "The Odd Couple Theme"), heart attack.
Scarlett, 13, American stray cat, name source of the Scarlett Award for Animal Heroism, animal euthanasia.
10/12/08
Cliff Nobles, 64, American pop musician, cancer.
James E. Reilly, 60, American soap opera writer, complications from cardiac surgery.
10/15/08
Jack Narz, 85, American game show host (Concentration), complications from strokes.
10/17/08
Edie Adams, 81, American actress and singer, pneumonia and cancer.
10/17/08
Levi Stubbs, 72, American vocalist (The Four Tops), complications of cancer and stroke.
10/18/08
Evelyn Ay Sempier, 75, American beauty pageant winner, Miss America (1954), colorectal cancer.
Dee Dee Warwick, 63, American soul singer, sister of Dionne Warwick, after long illness.
10/19/08
Rudy Ray Moore, 81, American comedian and actor (Dolemite), complications from diabetes.
10/19/08
Richard Blackwell, 86, American fashion critic ("Mr. Blackwell's Ten Worst Dressed Women"), intestinal infection.
10/23/08
E. Roger Muir, 89, American television producer, stroke.
10/24/08
Milton Katselas, 74, American film director, heart failure.
Merl Saunders, 74, American keyboardist (The Grateful Dead), collaborator with Jerry Garcia, complications from a stroke.
10/25/08
Gerard Damiano, 80, American adult film director (Deep Throat), stroke.
10/26/08
Delmar Watson, 82, American child actor (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington), prostate cancer.
10/27/08
Dean Barnett, 41, American columnist and blogger, complications from cystic fibrosis.
Ray Ellis, 85, American musician, conductor and television producer, complications from melanoma.
10/29/08
Gerald Arpino, 85, American dancer and choreographer, after long illness.
Mike Baker, 45, American singer (Shadow Gallery), heart attack.
Mae Mercer, 76, American blues singer.
William Wharton, 82, American painter and novelist (Birdy), infection.
10/30/08
Edith Evans Asbury, 98, American journalist (The New York Times), after long illness
10/31/08
Frank Navetta, 46, American guitarist (Descendents)
Studs Terkel, 96, American broadcaster and author (The Good War), complications from a fall.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
We Hardly Knew Ye - People We Lost in September, 2008
9/1/08
Sheldon Keller, 85, American comedy writer, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
9/6/08
Anita Page, 98, American actress (The Broadway Melody), natural causes
9/11/08
Joan Winston, 77, American author, founder of Star Trek convention, Alzheimer's disease.
9/12/08
Charlie Walker, 81, American country music singer, colon cancer.
David Foster Wallace, 46, American author and essayist (Infinite Jest), suicide by hanging.
9/14/08
Hyman Golden, 85, American co-founder of Snapple Beverage Corporation, complications from stroke.
9/16/08
Norman Whitfield, 68, American Motown songwriter ("I Heard It Through the Grapevine") and record producer, diabetes.
9/18/08
Howard Mann, 85, American actor and comedian, cancer.
9/20/08
Nappy Brown, 78, American blues singer.
9/22/08
Buddy McDonald, 85, American child actor (Our Gang), heart failure.
9/24/08
Oliver Crawford, 91, American television writer blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee.
Irene Dailey, 88, American actress, colon cancer.
Cherry Smith, 65, Jamaican singer (The Wailers).
9/26/08
Phyllis Welch MacDonald, 95, American theater and film actress.
Paul Newman, 83, American Academy Award-winning actor and philanthropist, lung cancer.
9/29/08
Hayden Carruth, 87, American poet and literary critic, stroke.
Richard Clayton, 93, American actor and talent agent (Burt Reynolds, James Dean), heart failure.
Elinor Guggenheimer, 96, American philanthropist and author.
Louis Guss, 90. American actor.
Stan Kann, 83, American organist and Tonight Show regular, complications from heart procedure.
9/30/08
Henry Adler, 93, American drummer, teacher of Buddy Rich.
Sheldon Keller, 85, American comedy writer, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
9/6/08
Anita Page, 98, American actress (The Broadway Melody), natural causes
9/11/08
Joan Winston, 77, American author, founder of Star Trek convention, Alzheimer's disease.
9/12/08
Charlie Walker, 81, American country music singer, colon cancer.
David Foster Wallace, 46, American author and essayist (Infinite Jest), suicide by hanging.
9/14/08
Hyman Golden, 85, American co-founder of Snapple Beverage Corporation, complications from stroke.
9/16/08
Norman Whitfield, 68, American Motown songwriter ("I Heard It Through the Grapevine") and record producer, diabetes.
9/18/08
Howard Mann, 85, American actor and comedian, cancer.
9/20/08
Nappy Brown, 78, American blues singer.
9/22/08
Buddy McDonald, 85, American child actor (Our Gang), heart failure.
9/24/08
Oliver Crawford, 91, American television writer blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee.
Irene Dailey, 88, American actress, colon cancer.
Cherry Smith, 65, Jamaican singer (The Wailers).
9/26/08
Phyllis Welch MacDonald, 95, American theater and film actress.
Paul Newman, 83, American Academy Award-winning actor and philanthropist, lung cancer.
9/29/08
Hayden Carruth, 87, American poet and literary critic, stroke.
Richard Clayton, 93, American actor and talent agent (Burt Reynolds, James Dean), heart failure.
Elinor Guggenheimer, 96, American philanthropist and author.
Louis Guss, 90. American actor.
Stan Kann, 83, American organist and Tonight Show regular, complications from heart procedure.
9/30/08
Henry Adler, 93, American drummer, teacher of Buddy Rich.
We Hardly Knew Ye - People We Lost in August, 2008
8/3/08
Skip Caray, 68, American broadcaster for baseball (Atlanta Braves) and basketball (Hawks), son of Harry Caray, bronchitis.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 89, Russian novelist and historian, Nobel Prize winner (1970), heart failure.
8/4/08
Sally Insul, 92, American actress, heart failure.
8/5/08
Robert Hazard, 59, American musician and songwriter ("Girls Just Want to Have Fun"), pancreatic cancer.
Gary Mooney, 78, American animator (Sleeping Beauty, Lady and the Tramp, George of the Jungle), cancer.
8/6/08
Anthony Russo, 71, American whistleblower (Pentagon Papers). [202]
Jud Taylor, 68, American television director and actor, kidney failure.
8/9/08
Bernie Mac, 50, American comedian and actor (The Bernie Mac Show, Bad Santa), complications from pneumonia.
8/10/08
Isaac Hayes, 65, American soul and funk musician ("Theme from Shaft"), actor (South Park), stroke.
Howard G. Minsky, 94, American film producer (Love Story).
8/11/08
Don Helms, 81, American steel guitarist.
Darren Taylor, 42, American gang member turned peacemaker, cancer.
Rhoshii Wells, 31, American boxer, Olympic medallist, shot.
8/13/08
Sandy Allen, 53, American tallest woman in the world (according to Guinness World Records).
Bill Gwatney, 48, American politician, Arkansas state senator (1992–2002), Democratic Party of Arkansas chairman, shot.
8/15/08
Jerry Wexler, 91, American record producer, heart failure.
8/17/08
Dave Freeman, 47, American author (100 Things To Do Before You Die), injuries from fall.
Maudie Hopkins, 93, American last certified Civil War widow.
8/18/08
Jeannette Eyerly, 100, American author and columnist.
Manny Farber, 91, American film critic and painter.
Genuine Risk, 31, American racehorse, 1980 Kentucky Derby winner.
Pervis Jackson, 70, American R&B bass singer (The Spinners), cancer.
Jumoke, 18, American western lowland gorilla, complications of early pregnancy.
8/19/08
Julius Carry, 56, American actor (The Last Dragon), pancreatic cancer.
LeRoi Moore, 46, American saxophonist (Dave Matthews Band), complications from ATV accident.
Diane Webber, 76, American model and actress
8/20/08
Phil Guy, 68, American blues guitarist, brother of Buddy Guy, pancreatic cancer.
Stephanie Tubbs Jones, 58, American member of the House of Representatives from Ohio since 1999, cerebral hemorrhage.
Gene Upshaw, 63, American NFL player (Oakland Raiders), executive director of NFLPA, pancreatic cancer.
8/21/08
Fred Crane, 90, American film and television actor (Gone with the Wind), complications from surgery.
Jerry Finn, 39, American record producer (Blink-182, Green Day, Morrissey), cerebral hemorrhage
8/22/08
Jeff MacKay, 59, American film and television actor, (Magnum, P.I., Tales of the Gold Monkey), liver complications.
Ralph Young, 90, American singer (Sandler and Young).
8/23/08
Jimmy Cleveland, 82, American jazz trombonist.
Ruth Cohen, 78, American actress and extra (Seinfeld), heart attack.
Steve Foley, 49, American drummer (The Replacements, Bash & Pop), drug overdose.
8/24/08
Gerard W. Ford, 83, American co-founder of Ford Modeling Agency, endocarditis
8/25/08
Marpessa Dawn, 74, American actress (Black Orpheus), heart attack.
Kevin Duckworth, 44, American NBA basketball player, heart failure resulting from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
8/27/08
Del Martin, 87, American gay rights activist, first legal same-sex marriage in California, complications from bone fracture.
8/28/08
Wonderful Smith, 97, American comedian, natural causes.
8/31/08
Ike Pappas, 75, American CBS journalist, broadcast murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, heart failure.
Jerry Reed, 71, American country music singer and actor, complications from emphysema.
Skip Caray, 68, American broadcaster for baseball (Atlanta Braves) and basketball (Hawks), son of Harry Caray, bronchitis.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 89, Russian novelist and historian, Nobel Prize winner (1970), heart failure.
8/4/08
Sally Insul, 92, American actress, heart failure.
8/5/08
Robert Hazard, 59, American musician and songwriter ("Girls Just Want to Have Fun"), pancreatic cancer.
Gary Mooney, 78, American animator (Sleeping Beauty, Lady and the Tramp, George of the Jungle), cancer.
8/6/08
Anthony Russo, 71, American whistleblower (Pentagon Papers). [202]
Jud Taylor, 68, American television director and actor, kidney failure.
8/9/08
Bernie Mac, 50, American comedian and actor (The Bernie Mac Show, Bad Santa), complications from pneumonia.
8/10/08
Isaac Hayes, 65, American soul and funk musician ("Theme from Shaft"), actor (South Park), stroke.
Howard G. Minsky, 94, American film producer (Love Story).
8/11/08
Don Helms, 81, American steel guitarist.
Darren Taylor, 42, American gang member turned peacemaker, cancer.
Rhoshii Wells, 31, American boxer, Olympic medallist, shot.
8/13/08
Sandy Allen, 53, American tallest woman in the world (according to Guinness World Records).
Bill Gwatney, 48, American politician, Arkansas state senator (1992–2002), Democratic Party of Arkansas chairman, shot.
8/15/08
Jerry Wexler, 91, American record producer, heart failure.
8/17/08
Dave Freeman, 47, American author (100 Things To Do Before You Die), injuries from fall.
Maudie Hopkins, 93, American last certified Civil War widow.
8/18/08
Jeannette Eyerly, 100, American author and columnist.
Manny Farber, 91, American film critic and painter.
Genuine Risk, 31, American racehorse, 1980 Kentucky Derby winner.
Pervis Jackson, 70, American R&B bass singer (The Spinners), cancer.
Jumoke, 18, American western lowland gorilla, complications of early pregnancy.
8/19/08
Julius Carry, 56, American actor (The Last Dragon), pancreatic cancer.
LeRoi Moore, 46, American saxophonist (Dave Matthews Band), complications from ATV accident.
Diane Webber, 76, American model and actress
8/20/08
Phil Guy, 68, American blues guitarist, brother of Buddy Guy, pancreatic cancer.
Stephanie Tubbs Jones, 58, American member of the House of Representatives from Ohio since 1999, cerebral hemorrhage.
Gene Upshaw, 63, American NFL player (Oakland Raiders), executive director of NFLPA, pancreatic cancer.
8/21/08
Fred Crane, 90, American film and television actor (Gone with the Wind), complications from surgery.
Jerry Finn, 39, American record producer (Blink-182, Green Day, Morrissey), cerebral hemorrhage
8/22/08
Jeff MacKay, 59, American film and television actor, (Magnum, P.I., Tales of the Gold Monkey), liver complications.
Ralph Young, 90, American singer (Sandler and Young).
8/23/08
Jimmy Cleveland, 82, American jazz trombonist.
Ruth Cohen, 78, American actress and extra (Seinfeld), heart attack.
Steve Foley, 49, American drummer (The Replacements, Bash & Pop), drug overdose.
8/24/08
Gerard W. Ford, 83, American co-founder of Ford Modeling Agency, endocarditis
8/25/08
Marpessa Dawn, 74, American actress (Black Orpheus), heart attack.
Kevin Duckworth, 44, American NBA basketball player, heart failure resulting from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
8/27/08
Del Martin, 87, American gay rights activist, first legal same-sex marriage in California, complications from bone fracture.
8/28/08
Wonderful Smith, 97, American comedian, natural causes.
8/31/08
Ike Pappas, 75, American CBS journalist, broadcast murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, heart failure.
Jerry Reed, 71, American country music singer and actor, complications from emphysema.
Saturday, December 27, 2008
We Hardly Knew Ye - People We Lost in July, 2008
7/3/08
Larry Harmon, 83, American entertainer (Bozo the Clown), heart failure.
David P. Powers, 74, American Emmy Award-winning television director, skin cancer.
7/4/08
Evelyn Keyes, 91, American actress (Gone With the Wind), uterine cancer
7/9/08
Charles H. Joffe, 78, American Academy Award-winning film producer (Annie Hall), after long illness.
7/12/08
Tony Snow, 53, American White House press secretary (2006–2007), Fox News presenter, colon cancer.
7/13/08
Les Crane, 74, American talk show host, Grammy Award winner ("Desiderata").
7/16/08
Sherman Maxwell, 100, American Negro league baseball sportscaster.
7/17/08
Larry Haines, 89, American actor (Search for Tomorrow).
Paul Sorensen, 82, American actor (Dallas).
7/19/08
Robert Berning, 73, American grocer, principal wine buyer for Trader Joe's, bone cancer.
Anastasia Blue, 28, American pornographic actress, drug overdose.
Robert Nesheim, 86, American nutritionist (Quaker Oats), developed Cap'n Crunch and Life breakfast cereals, prostate cancer.
7/20/08
Artie Traum, 65, American folk singer and guitarist, cancer.
7/21/08
Sidney Craig, 76, Canadian entrepreneur and thoroughbred horse owner, co-founder of Jenny Craig, Inc.
7/22/08
Joe Beck, 62, American jazz guitarist.
Estelle Getty, 84, American actress (The Golden Girls), Lewy body dementia.
Helen Brockman, 105, American fashion designer, author and professor, natural causes.
7//25/08
Bruce Adler, 63, American actor (Those Were the Days, Crazy for You), liver cancer.
Hiram Bullock, 52, American jazz guitarist, throat cancer.
Harriet Burns, 79, American artist, first woman to work at Walt Disney Imagineering, heart complications.
Don Callander, 78, American fantasy novel author (Pyromancer).
Johnny Griffin, 80, American jazz saxophonist.
Carrie Allen McCray, 94, American author.
Randy Pausch, 47, American computer science professor (Carnegie Mellon) and author (The Last Lecture), pancreatic cancer.
7/28/08
Margaret Ringenberg, 87, American aviator and airplane racer, natural causes.
7/29/08
Eula Beal, 89, American opera singer.
Luther Davis, 91, American playwright and screenwriter.
Bruce Edwards Ivins, 62, American microbiologist suspected of 2001 anthrax attacks, suicide by drug overdose.
7/31/08
Lee Young, 94, American jazz drummer.
Larry Harmon, 83, American entertainer (Bozo the Clown), heart failure.
David P. Powers, 74, American Emmy Award-winning television director, skin cancer.
7/4/08
Evelyn Keyes, 91, American actress (Gone With the Wind), uterine cancer
7/9/08
Charles H. Joffe, 78, American Academy Award-winning film producer (Annie Hall), after long illness.
7/12/08
Tony Snow, 53, American White House press secretary (2006–2007), Fox News presenter, colon cancer.
7/13/08
Les Crane, 74, American talk show host, Grammy Award winner ("Desiderata").
7/16/08
Sherman Maxwell, 100, American Negro league baseball sportscaster.
7/17/08
Larry Haines, 89, American actor (Search for Tomorrow).
Paul Sorensen, 82, American actor (Dallas).
7/19/08
Robert Berning, 73, American grocer, principal wine buyer for Trader Joe's, bone cancer.
Anastasia Blue, 28, American pornographic actress, drug overdose.
Robert Nesheim, 86, American nutritionist (Quaker Oats), developed Cap'n Crunch and Life breakfast cereals, prostate cancer.
7/20/08
Artie Traum, 65, American folk singer and guitarist, cancer.
7/21/08
Sidney Craig, 76, Canadian entrepreneur and thoroughbred horse owner, co-founder of Jenny Craig, Inc.
7/22/08
Joe Beck, 62, American jazz guitarist.
Estelle Getty, 84, American actress (The Golden Girls), Lewy body dementia.
Helen Brockman, 105, American fashion designer, author and professor, natural causes.
7//25/08
Bruce Adler, 63, American actor (Those Were the Days, Crazy for You), liver cancer.
Hiram Bullock, 52, American jazz guitarist, throat cancer.
Harriet Burns, 79, American artist, first woman to work at Walt Disney Imagineering, heart complications.
Don Callander, 78, American fantasy novel author (Pyromancer).
Johnny Griffin, 80, American jazz saxophonist.
Carrie Allen McCray, 94, American author.
Randy Pausch, 47, American computer science professor (Carnegie Mellon) and author (The Last Lecture), pancreatic cancer.
7/28/08
Margaret Ringenberg, 87, American aviator and airplane racer, natural causes.
7/29/08
Eula Beal, 89, American opera singer.
Luther Davis, 91, American playwright and screenwriter.
Bruce Edwards Ivins, 62, American microbiologist suspected of 2001 anthrax attacks, suicide by drug overdose.
7/31/08
Lee Young, 94, American jazz drummer.
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