In Remembrance...Celebrities In 2006.

Longtime 'New York Times' correspondent R.W. Apple dies at 71

[imagel]http://www.gs.columbia.edu/viewbook/RWApple2.jpg[/imagel]R.W. Apple Jr., the colorful New York Times correspondent who charted the fall of Richard Nixon and covered wars from Vietnam to the Persian Gulf while having a parallel career as a food and travel writer, died Wednesday. He was 71.

Apple died in Washington after a long bout with thoracic cancer, the newspaper said.

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'Cleopatra Jones' Star Dies

Tamara Dobson, the Baltimore-born model-turned-actress best known for her leading role in two films as kung fu-fighting government super-agent Cleopatra Jones, died Monday at Keswick Multi-Care Center from complications of pneumonia and multiple sclerosis. She was 59.

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On Oct. 5th, Antonio Pena, founder of Mexican pro wrestling federation AAA (Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, aka Triple A) died of a heart attack at age 53.

From Negro Leagues Legend Buck O'Neil Dies:

October 7 – The 94-year-old O'Neil was hospitalized in Kansas City September 17th with extreme fatigue.

The charismatic Negro Leagues ambassador was at the center of a national controversy this year when he was not voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, he fell one vote short of the required three-fourths.

O'Neil remained remarkably vigorous well into his 90s. He became as big a star as the Negro League greats whose stories he traveled the country to tell.

O'Neil had been popular in Kansas City, first as player and then manager of the Monarchs and then as an award-winning scout with the Royals.

He became a national star in 1994 at the age of 82 when filmmaker Ken Burns featured him in a groundbreaking documentary on the history of the game.

The rest of the country then came to appreciate the charming Negro Leagues historian as only baseball insiders had before.

Many Wichitan also remebered him for his warmth and love of the game.

Elizabeth Allen, 77, Stage Star Known for Memorable TV Line, Is Dead

Elizabeth Allen, a leading actress on Broadway and in movies who got her start as the “Away we go!” girl on “The Jackie Gleason Show” in the 1950’s, died Sept. 19 in Fishkill, N.Y. She was 77.

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'Flintstones' Artist Ed Benedict Dies

Ed Benedict, a legendary animator who put life, love and laughter in TV cartoon characters like Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble and Yogi Bear, has died at the age of 94.

Benedict died in his sleep on Aug. 28 in Auburn in Northern California, his longtime friend and fellow animator David K. Sheldon confirmed Tuesday.

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The picture inserted, has Mr. Benedict on the left side.

This is something that I felt I needed to post though it is a bit old,

Andre norton, one of my favorite authors and one of the Grand Dames of Science Fiction died one month and one day after 93rd birthday in March of last year.

You probably know by now that Corey Lidell, pitcher for the New York Yankees, was killed when his plane crashed into a building in New York City.

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GrayLinnorm said:

You probably know by now that Corey Lidell, pitcher for the New York Yankees, was killed when his plane crashed into a building in New York City.

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Director Gillo Pontecorvo dies at 86

[imagel]http://www.ilcorto.it/ilResto_EVE/xb05_gillo-pontecorvo_mini.jpg[/imagel]Italian filmmaker Gillo Pontecorvo, who directed the black-and-white classic "The Battle of Algiers," has died in Rome at age 86, hospital officials said Friday.


Pontecorvo died Thursday night, said hospital spokesman Nicola Cerbino. The cause of the death was not given, but reports said he had suffered a heart attack months ago.

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