In Remembrance---2009

[GrayLinnorm]

Virginia Davis, called Walt Disney's first star because she was the first actress to play Alice in Disney's Alice shorts (which combined live action and animation), died last Saturday. She was 90.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Kim Dae-Jung, president of South Korea from 1998 to 2003 and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, died today of heart failure. He was 85.

 

[Villano]

Sammy Petrillo, star of Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla died on August 15th at the age of 74. Petrillo built his career on his resemblance to Jerry Lewis and even teamed up with a Dean Martin imitator, Duke Mitchell. Obviously, Lewis wasn't happy with this and did everything he could to kill Petrillo's career and he pretty much faded away after the 50s.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Don Hewitt, the creator of 60 Minutes, died today. He was 86.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Jasmine Fiore, Playboy model, was found murdered Saturday morning. Her husband it the main suspect.

Jasmine Fiore Playboy Pics - Former Playboy... | Gather

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Burl Toler, the first black official for the NFL, died August 16. He was 81.

Toler was also head linesman for Pittsburgh in the 1980 Super Bowl

 

[Mark]

Western novelist Elmer Kelton dies at 83

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Larry Knechtel has passed away.

Award-winning keyboardist Knechtel dead at 69 - Yahoo! News

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Charles R. Bond, one of the famous Flying Tigers, has died in Dallas. He was 94.

Charles R. Bond Jr.: Pilot with famed WWII Flying Tigers | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Dallas Obituaries

 

[billd91]

News just breaking. Ted Kennedy, dead at 77.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090826/us_nm/us_kennedy