2010----In Remembrance.

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Artist Varnette Honeywood, whose strikingly colorful pictures of black family life
were used on the set of The Cosby Show, died Sunday of cancer. She was 59.

Honeywood later worked with Bill Cosby on his Little Bill series of children's books.

 

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James Winner Jr., who invented The Club, was killed Tuesday in a head-on crash in Western Pennsylvania. He was 81.

 

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Celebrity columnist James Bacon died today. He was 96.

 

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Leonard Skinner, the teacher who gave the group Lynyrd Skynyrd their name, died today of Alzheimer's disease. He was 77.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Ones like this always scare and depress me:

Denver Broncos wide reciever Kenny McKinley was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

http://www.mercurynews.com/sports-headlines/ci_16129389

So young, with seemingly so much to live for...and he takes his own life?

 

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Academy Award nominated screenwriter Irving Ravetch (Norma Rae, Hud) died Sunday. He was 89.

 

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Eddie Fisher died Wednesday night from complications of hip surgery. He was 82.

Fusher was one of the most popular singers of the 1950s until he became involved with Elizabeth Taylor while he was still married to Debbie Reynolds. He was also the father of Carrie and Joely Fisher.

 

[Sutekh]

Malcolm Douglas,

Famous Australian Naturalist, Crocodile Hunter and Crocodile Park Owner. He died in a car accident driving across his property.

 

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Actress Gloria Stuart died yesterday. She was 100.

Stuart starred in several films in the 1930s but is probably best known for playing Old Rose in Titanic, a role that made her the oldest person to be nominated for an Oscar.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

George Blanda, who played longer than anyone in pro football history and racked up the most points in a career that spanned four decades, mostly with the Chicago Bears and Oakland Raiders, died Monday. He was 83.