In Remembrance---2009

[AuroraGyps]

"Locus publisher, editor, and founder Charles N. Brown, 72, died peacefully in his sleep July 12, 2009 on his flight home from Readercon."

 

[AuroraGyps]

The koala, named Sam, who became famous when a video of her being rescued from a bushfire in February 2009 hit the internet, died on August 6, 2009 after it was found that she was suffering from an inoperable condition.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Billie Lee Riley, a rockabilly singer and multi-instrumentalist who accompanied Jerry Lee Lewis, Charlie Rich, and others for Sun Records, died Sunday. He was 75.

Riley was best known for the 1957 regional hits "Flying Saucers 'n' Roll" and "Red Hot", both with Lewis on piano.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Rock pioneer Willy DeVille, who founded the punk group Mink DeVille and was known for his blend of R&B, blues, Dixieland and traditional French Cajun ballads, has died, his publicist said Friday. He was 58.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Jimmy Bedford, the slender and silver-haired former master distiller of the Jack Daniel's whiskey during a 40-year career with the company, died Friday. He was 69.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

78 year-old U.S. District Judge Robert M. Takasugi died this Thursday. He had been sent to an internment camp with his family during World War II and overcame discrimination to become the first Japanese-American appointed to the federal bench.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Tuesday, the world lost Charles Gwathmey, an architect known for his influential modernist home designs and famous clients like director Steven Spielberg. He was 71.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Retired FBI agent Jim Ingram, who helped state and federal officials reopen long-dormant investigations of killings from Mississippi's violent civil rights era, died this Monday at the age of 77.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Theodore D. Nierenberg, who started Dansk International Designs in his suburban New York garage and helped popularize Scandanavian-themed tableware and cookware in American kitchens and dining rooms, died August 4th. He was 86.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

This Wednesday, Marilyn Clement died at the age of 74. She was a social activist who advocated tirelessly for a national health care program and who rallied for civil rights alongside Martin Luther King Jr.,.