Richard Ben Cramer has passed.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/08/politics/obit-richard-ben-cramer/index.html?hpt=hp_bn3
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/08/politics/obit-richard-ben-cramer/index.html?hpt=hp_bn3
Jim Boyd, who played Crank, the Blue Beetle, Paul the Gorilla, and other characters on The Electric Company,died January 2 after a brief illness. He was 79.