One of the things that most news programs do is to wrap up their 10 most talked about news stories as well as who we lost in the last 12 months.. I've always been amazed by the popular people that have died over the span of the year - and the big names just keep coming up.. I won't list all of the names, but at least the ones that had any meaning to Me..
Dan Fogelberg, 56. I read a tribute the other day from a cartoon writer who was very passionate about Dan.. As I read it - I realized that in so many ways I could relate to him as he really wanted to do a jazz record, but realized that it was never going to be very profitable.. Thus putting one's priorities ahead of one's wants or desires.. Thankfully I've emerged from that shell a bit and I'm doing the things I want to be doing and by the sounds of it -- Dan was doing the same thing towards the end of his life..
Robert Goulet, 73.
Johnny Hart, 76. Cartoonist of the comic strip "B.C."
Norman Mailer, 84.
Marcel Marceau, 84. Said to have died quietly.... (sorry, couldn't resist)
Max Roach, 83. Jazz drummer
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., 89. Pulitzer-winning historian
Sidney Sheldon, 89. Stage, screen writer turned best-selling novelist
Beverly Sills, 78.
Kurt Vonnegut, 84.
Ingmar Bergman, 87.
Joey Bishop, 89. The last Rat Packer
Yvonne De Carlo, 84. Mrs. Munster.
Merv Griffin, 82.
Kitty Carlisle Hart, 96.
Don Herbert, 89. Television's "Mr. Wizard."
Deborah Kerr, 86. Actress who kissed Burt Lancaster on a beach in "From Here to Eternity" and danced with Yul Brynner in "The King and I."
Tom Poston, 85.
Charles Nelson Reilly, 76.
Tom Snyder, 71.
Jane Wyman, 90.
Jerry Falwell, 73. Not fond of his views -- but definitely changed the world we lived in..
Lady Bird Johnson, 94.
Boris Yeltsin, 76.
Warren Avis, 92. Avis-Rent-a-car
Liz Claiborne, 78. Fashion
Bob Evans, 89. Same as the restaurant chain...
Ernest Gallo, 97. Wine maker
Jack Valenti, 85. The guy who gave us the ratings system for movies....
Bill Walsh, 75.
Art Buchwald, 81.
Evel Knievel, 69.
Walter M. Schirra Jr., 84. Astronaut
Paul Tibbets, 92. Piloted the B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Nov. 1.
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Tuesday, January 01, 2008
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Sidney Sheldon is my favourite author of all time. I love lots of writers, but he'll always be my favourite, and it makes me sad that there will never be another new book by him.
Speaking of his books.. of all the things I gave up when I moved back here, I made sure to hang on to all of my books. Unfortunately, ONE box got lost somewhere. That box contained all but one of my Sheldon books. Sigh. That makes me sad, too.
Thank you for posting this entry. i had NO idea some of these people had passed.
Loved the comment about Marcel
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