In Remembrance---2009

[Dannyalcatraz]

U.S. District Judge William Wayne Justice, whose rulings shattered old Texas by changing the way the state educated children, treated prisoners and housed its poorest and most vulnerable citizens, has died. He was 89.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Nan Robertson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter who wrote a book about female employees' fight for equal treatment at the newspaper, has died. She was 83.

Robertson died Tuesday of heart disease at a nursing home in Rockville, said Jane Freundel Levey, her stepdaughter-in-law.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Bruce Wasserstein, the CEO of Lazard Ltd. and a prominent Wall Street dealmaker, died Wednesday after being hospitalized earlier this week with an irregular heartbeat, a company spokeswoman said. He was 61.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Longtime comic book artist George Tuska died last night. He was 93.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Daniel Melnick, who produced both movies and TV shows, died last Tuesday. He was 77.

Melnick produced Straw Dogs, Network, Kramer vs. Kramer, The China Syndrome, and the Get Smart TV series.

 

[Mark]

Vic Mizzy, who wrote 'Addams Family' theme, dies

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Joseph Wiseman, a longtime stage and screen actor best known for playing the title character in Dr. No, the first James Bond film, died Monday. He was 91.

Other films that Wiseman was in include Detective Story and Viva Zapata! He also had guest roles in many television shows, including Law & Order, The Untouchables, and The Twilight Zone.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Comedian Soupy Sales died yesterday. He was 83.

Sales, who was best known for his pie in the face schtick, hosted a popular kids show in the 1960s and held the record for most appearances on live television (5,370).

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Actress Collin Wilcox-Paxton died October 14 of brain cancer. She was 74.

Wilcox-Paxton steadily appeared in TV shows (Gunsmoke, The Twilight Zone) and films (Jaws 2, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil) for 40 years. Her most famous part was the small but pivotal role of Mayella Ewell in To Kill a Mockingbird.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Jack Poole, a Canadian multimillionare and philanthropist who helped bring next year's Olympics to Vancouver, died today of pancreatic cancer. He was 76.