In Remembrance:2007

[GrayLinnorm]

Phil Rizzuto, former player, and later announcer, for the New York Yankees, died today. He was 89.

Rizzuto was also heard on Meat Loaf's song "Paradise by the Dashboard Light".

 

[jaerdaph]

Phil Rizzuto, former player, and later announcer, for the New York Yankees, died today. He was 89.

Rizzuto was also heard on Meat Loaf's song "Paradise by the Dashboard Light".

Rest in peace, Scooter.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Jazz drummer Max Roach died August 15 in New York City after a long illness. He was 83.

Roach played with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Thelonius Monk among others, and helped create bebop.

 

[Howndawg]

Perhaps I missed it, but did no one mention Kerwin Matthews of 7th Voyage of Sinbad fame?

Howndawg

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Leona Helmsley, the hotel owner dubbed the "Queen of Mean", after her well-publicized trial for tax invasion, died yesterday. She was 87.

 

[Jamdin]

Max Hodge died August 17, 2007 at the age of 91 according to Newsarama. He wrote for several television series from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s including Mission: Impossible, The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan, The Waltons, CHiPs. He "created" Mr. Freeze for tv's Batman and wrote four episodes for that show. Max Hodge was the producer and writer of The Girl From U.N.C.L.E..

 

[jaerdaph]

Hilly Kristal, founder of iconic rock club CBGB, dies at 75

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070829/ap_en_mu/obit_hilly_kristal

RIP Hilly, and thanks for all the great times!

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Richard Jewell, the security guard who discovered a bomb at the 1996 Olympics, only to get blamed for the bombings, was found dead at his Georgia home. He was 44.

 

[Truth Seeker]

Too young.

Richard Jewell, the security guard who discovered a bomb at the 1996 Olympics, only to get blamed for the bombings, was found dead at his Georgia home. He was 44.

 

[Truth Seeker]

Italian tenor Pavarotti dies at age 71

Luciano Pavarotti, whose vibrant high C's and ebullient showmanship made him one of the world's most beloved tenors, has died, his manager told The Associated Press. He was 71.

In Remembrance.

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