In Remembrance---2009

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Aage Niels Bohr, son of Niels Bohr and a famous physicist in his own right (he won a Nobel Prize), died Tuesday. He was 87.

 

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Frank Batten Sr., founder of The Weather Channel, died today. He was 82.

 

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Writer Larry Gelbart, best known for his work on MASH, died today of cancer. He was 81.

Gelbart won an Emmy for his work on MASH, and a Tony for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. He also wrote Tootsie, Oh God, (and was nominated for Oscars for both) and Barbarians at the Gate (which also won an Emmy).

 

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Agricultural scientist Norman Borlaug, father of the "green revolution" who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to combat world hunger, died yesterday. He was 95.

 

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Jim Carroll, punk rock musician, poet, and author of The Basketball Diaries, died September 11 of a heart attack. He was 60.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Dang...I just parodied his song, "People who died" in the "Talk Nerdy to me" thread last week.

Here's the original:

Jim Carroll Lyrics, People Who Died Lyrics >>

 

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Jack Kramer, a tennis champion in the 1940s and 1950s and a promoter of the sport for over 60 years, died last Saturday. He was 88.

 

[Mistwell]

Rest in peace, Patrick Swayze.

 

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Jody Powell, press secretary for Jimmy Carter, died today, apparently of a heart attack. He was 65.

Powell also did narration for Ken Burns' miniseries.

 

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Union organizer Crystal Lee Sutton, the real life inspiration for the movie Norma Rae, died last Friday after a long battle with brain cancer. She was 68.