2012---In Remembrance.

[Mark CMG]

Illustrator Leo Dillon has passed.

Leo Dillon 1933-2012 | Tor.com

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Folk musician Doc Watson died today. He was 89.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Folk musician Doc Watson died today. He was 89.

He was a legend and an innovator.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/30/arts/music/doc-watson-folk-musician-dies-at-89.html?_r=1

 

[Truth Seeker]

Japan film director Kaneto Shindo dead at 100; Award-winning director praised for 'Ch

Japanese film director Kaneto Shindo, known for hard-hitting works dealing with human nature and the effects of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, has died at his home in Tokyo, his office said Wednesday.

In Remembrance

 

[Truth Seeker]

Playwright, screenwriter William Hanley dies at 80

William Hanley, a Broadway playwright and award-winning screenwriter who scripted a pioneering TV film that dealt with incest, has died. He was 80.

In Remembrance

 

[freyar]

Friedrich Hirzebruch, mathematician, passed away on 27 May at the age of 84. He founded the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, was a member of numerous national academies (including the US National Academy of Science), and won the Wolf Prize, one of the most prestigious annual prizes in mathematics, among several other major awards. His work was in geometry and topology.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Jim Paratore has died.

TV executive behind Ellen, Tyra Banks shows dies - Yahoo! News

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Another guitar great passes- Pete Cosey has died.

Chicago guitar genius Pete Cosey dead at 68 | The Bleader

 

[billd91]

Comedian John Fox lost his fight with cancer today.

John Fox on Wikipedia

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Basketball legend and all-around great human being Jack Twyman has passed.

Column: Jack Twyman and a life worth remembering - Yahoo! News