Thursday, May 8th, 2008
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9:16 pm - Eddy Arnold, 1918-2008
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Country singer
Bebe Barron, composer, 1926-2008
Nicolette Goulet, actress, 1956-2008
Danny Federici, keyboardist, 1950-2008
Hazel Court, actress, 1926-2008
Ollie Johnston, animator, 1912-2008.
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
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10:38 pm - Abby Mann, 1927-2008 - screenwriter
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Stanley Kamel (1943-2008) - actor
John Archibald Wheeler (1911-2008) - physicist
Sorry I haven't been updating very much lately; I'm working on getting caught up.
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
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2:05 pm - Richard Widmark, 1914-2008
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
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7:01 am - Paul Scofield, 1922-2008
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Great actor
(This seems to be a bad week for talented British men.)
Ivan Dixon, 1931-2008
Actor/director
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
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6:18 pm - Arthur C. Clarke, 1917-2008
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9:51 am - Anthony Minghella, 1954-2008
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Truly, Madly, Deeply, The English Patient, Cold Mountain
Joseph Weizenbaum, 1923-2008 Created the ELIZA program
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
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1:54 pm - Gary Gygax, 1938-2008
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Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
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8:50 pm - Janet Kagan, 1945-2008
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Writer, Uhura's Song
Mike Smith, 1943-2008 The Dave Clark Five
Robin Moore, 1925-2008 The French Connection
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
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4:02 pm - William F. Buckley, Jr., 1925-2008
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Conservative political commentator, publisher
Myron Cope, 1929-2008 Professional Steeler fan
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
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8:00 am - David Groh, 1939-2008
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
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12:40 pm - Robert Jastrow, Astronomer, 1925-2008
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Wrote God and the Astronomers
Also, about a year ago, I completely missed the death of movie artist Peter Ellenshaw (1913-2007), who did most of his work for Disney, including 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and The Black Hole.
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Sunday, February 10th, 2008
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9:19 pm - Roy Scheider, 1932-2008
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Saturday, February 9th, 2008
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8:39 am - Phyllis A. Whitney, 1903-2008
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Prolific writer.
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In January, three men with connections to the entertainment world, died of drug overdoses - Christoper Bowman, Brad Renfro and Heath Ledger. While I'm not familiar with Bowman, I thought Renfro had brilliant potential as a child actor, and Ledger was going to have a great, varied, and long career. All I can say is, if you have a talent, don't waste it. Reporting these deaths, three one one month (it reminds me of 1970 all over again) was disappointing. If you have to do drugs, at least do ones that don't kill you.
Ever heard of anyone dying from a pot overdose?
Didn't think so.
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Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
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9:31 pm - Barry Morse, 1918-2008
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The Fugitive (TV Show)
Shell Kepler, 1958-2008 General Hospital
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
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1:33 pm - Margaret Truman Daniel, 1924-2008
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Presidential daughter and novelist (Murder at the White House)
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
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9:41 pm - John Stewart, 1939-2008
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A member of the Kingston Trio
Also, Slim Whitman is not dead yet.
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
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5:18 pm - Heath Ledger, 1979-2008
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Extremely talented young actor, Brokeback Mountain
This is one of the most shocking celebrity deaths ever.
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
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9:23 pm - Lois Nettleton, 1927-2008
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Actress in plenty of TV; memorable for the "Midnight Sun" episode of Twilight Zone.
Richard Knerr, 1925-2008, co-founder of Wham-O
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Sunday, January 20th, 2008
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8:47 am - Suzanne Pleshette, 1937-2008
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Actress who played Emily in The Bob Newhart Show
Allan Melvin, 1922-1937
Actor who played Barney in Archie Bunker's Place
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
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1:38 pm - Bobby Fischer, 1943-2008
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Reclusive chess champion
Carl Karcher, 1917-2008, Carl's Jr. founder
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