In Remembrance---2009


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Ben Ali, the founder of Ben's Chili Bowl diner, a landmark of black business and a frequent stop for politicians and celebrities, died Wednesday of congestive heart failure. He was 82.
 


Country music mogul Shelby Singleton died October 7 of brain cancer. He was 77.

As a talent scout Singleton launched the careers of Roger Miller, Ray Stevens, and Jeanne C. Riley. He later bought the moribund Sun Records and reissued its catalog to a new generation.
 



Tennessee police say an 18-year-old walk-on punter Peter Wilkes at the University of Southern Mississippi committed suicide on Saturday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
 

Professional wrestler Captain Lou Albano died today. He was 76.

Albano was just inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame this year. He appeared in Cyndi Lauper's videos and played Mario on the Super Mario Brothers Super Show.:.-(
 

Willard Varnell Oliver, a member of the Navajo Code Talkers who confounded the Japanese during World War II by transmitting messages in their native language, died Wednesday. He was 88.

Lawrence Oliver said his father died at the Northern Arizona Veterans Administration Health Care System Hospital in Prescott, Ariz. He had been declining health for the past two years.

Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. ordered flags on the Navajo Nation to be flown at half-staff from Oct. 15-19 in honor of Oliver, who is at least the fifth Code Talker to die since May.
 

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