In Remembrance...2008

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Broadway actor/director/playwright George Furth died yesterday. He was 75.

Furth won a Tony for writing Stephen Sondheim's musical Company. He also appeared in numerous TV comedies.

 

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Jerry Wexler, an executive with Atlantic Records, died today. He was 91.

Wexler coined the term "rhythm and blues" and helped launch the careers of such artists as Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and Led Zeppelin.

 

[Villano]

Comic book artist Carlos Meglia (Star Wars: Underworld and The Adventures of Superman) died of a heart attack on the 15th. He was 51.

 

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Leroy Sievers, a National Public Radio commentator who turned his battle with cancer into a popular and touching radio and online series, died last Friday. He was 51.

 

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Genuine Risk, one of only three fillies to win the Kentucky Derby (in 1980) and the longest lived Kentucky Derby winner, died yesterday. She was 31.

 

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LeRoi Moore, a founding member of the Dave Matthews Band, died yesterday from complications from injuries suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident last June. He was 46.

 

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Pervis Jackson, a member of The Spinners, died Monday. He was 70.

 

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Actor Julius Carry, best known for playing Sho Nuff in The Last Dragon, died yesterday. He was 56.

Carry had a long career in the TV industry, making notable appearances in such shows as JAG, Spin City, and Diagnosis Murder, as well as being a regular on The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.

 

[Aeolius]

Colette, the baby humpback whale originally called Colin, was given an overdose of anesthetic, after she was found having trouble breathing and suffering bad cuts.

She was lost in waters north of Sydney, after she was apparently abandoned by her mother. She had been nuzzling up to whale-sized yachts, seemingly mistaking the vessels for her mother.

 

[RigaMortus2]

Didn't some dude from Hootie and the Blowfish die the other day too?