In Remembrance...2008

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Fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, who put women in pants without sacrificing their femininity, died yesterday. He was 71.

 

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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.

 

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Dr. Fredric J. Baur, who designed the Pringles potato chip can, died May 4. He was 89.

Baur's ashes have been put in a Pringles can: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...esigner-of-Pringles-buried-in-crisp-tube.html

 

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Comedian Mitch Mullany, star of the short lived series Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher died May 25 of a diabetes related stroke. He was 39.

 

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Paul Sills, who founded the Second City improvisational comedy troupe, died yesterday. He was 80.

 

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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.

 

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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.

 

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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.

 

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Jim McKay, the announcer for ABC's Wide World of Sports, died last Saturday. He was 86.

 

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