In Remembrance---2009

[Jamdin]

Andy Hallett, best known for portraying Lorne on Angel, died on March 29, 2009 from heart failure at the age of 33.

 

[Mark]

Andy Hallett, best known for portraying Lorne on Angel, died on March 29, 2009 from heart failure at the age of 33.

This one, and the loss of Natasha Richardson, are particularly sad to me.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Helen Levitt, known for her photographs of New York City kids, died Sunday. She was 95.

 

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Monte Hale, who appeared in a string of western films in the 1940s, died Sunday. He was 89.

Hale also appeared on television, alongside James Dean in Giant, and in a popular comic book as a singing cowboy.

 

[Krug]

RIP Andy. One of the best things about Angel.
Remembering 'Angel' costar Andy Hallett | PopWatch Blog | EW.com

 

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Puerto Rican actor Miguelangel Suarez, who appeared mostly in Spanish films, but in a few Hollywood productions (including Bananas and Under Suspicion), died yesterday of esophageal cancer. He was 69.

 

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Andrea Mead Lawrence, the only American alpine skier to win two gold medals in one Olympics (in 1952), and who went on to became a leading conservationist, died Monday of cancer. She was 76.

 

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Raul Alfonsin, Argentina's first president to be democratically elected after the "Dirty War" military dictatorship, died March 31 of cancer. He was 82.

 

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Tom Braden, a former CIA agent who co-created the debate show Crossfire, died yesterday. He was 92.

Braden's family was also the inspiration for the show Eight Is Enough.

 

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Clifford "Bud" Shank, a flutist and alto saxophonist who worked with such famous acts as The Mamas and the Papas (he did the flute solo on "California Dreamin'") and Sergio Mendes, died last Thursday of pulmonary failure. He was 82.

Shank was one of the first jazz musicians to explore Brazilian music.