In Remembrance...2008


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Rock 'N' Roll Pioneer Bo Diddley Dead at 79
Chicago Tribune 00:10 PM EDT
Bo Diddley, who died Monday at age 79 in Florida, was as essential to the creation of rock `n' roll as Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley and Little Richard, though he seldom got the credit or the accolades that were showered on his better-known peers.
 




Anne d'Harnoncourt, the longtime chief executive of the Philidelphia Museum of Art and one of the art world's most influential women, died yesterday. She was 64.
 

Mel Ferrer, the tall, darkly handsome star of films such as Lili, War and Peace, and The Sun Also Rises, as well as a producer and director of movies starring his then-wife Audrey Hepburn (most notably Wait Until Dark), died Monday. He was 90.
 

Alton Kelley, creator of hundreds of psychedelic rock posters, including the famous "skull and roses"poster for The Grateful Dead, died Sunday after a long illness. He was 67.
 


Tim Russert, host of "Meet the Press" and a guest on countless political shows, died today of a heart attack. He was 58.
 
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