In Remembrance---2009

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Folk rock singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt died today after being in a coma for most of the week. He was 45.

Chesnutt had been in a wheelchair since he was 18.

 

[Truth Seeker]

Percy Sutton, attorney for Malcolm X, dies at 89

Percy Sutton, the pioneering civil rights attorney who represented Malcolm X before launching successful careers as a political power broker and media mogul, has died. He was 89.

In Remembrance.

 

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Dennis Brutus, a South African poet who wrote about the injustice of apartheid, died yesterday. He was 85.

 

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James "The Rev" Sullivan, drummer for Avenged Sevenfold, died yesterday. He was 28.

 

[RichCsigs]

PWInsider.com is reporting that pro wrestler "Dr. Death" Steve Williams passed away last night after spending the past few years fighting cancer. The former All Japan Triple Crown title holder (arguably Japan's most prestigious wrestling title), who had been in remission for a few years, found out earlier this year that the cancer had returned. He vowed to fight it off again but unfortunately was unable to do so. He was 49 years old.

Edit: WWE has posted a nice tribute.
http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/13139172

 

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Abdurrahman Wahid, president of Indonesia from 1999 to 2001, died yesterday of heart failure. He was 69.

 

[Truth Seeker]

Black golf pioneer Powell dies

Bill Powell, the first African American to build, own and operate a golf course, died Thursday. He was 93.

The PGA of America said Powell died at Aultman Hospital in Canton following complications from a stroke.

"Bill Powell will forever be one of golf's most unforgettable American heroes," PGA of America president Jim Remy said. "Bill made us appreciate the game and each other that much more by his gentle, yet firm example."

In Remembrance.

 

[Truth Seeker]

Tim Hart, of folk group Steeleye Span, dies aged 61

Tim Hart, a founding member of UK folk group Steeleye Span, has died at the age of 61, it has been announced.

Hart, who left the band in 1983, died of lung cancer on Christmas Eve in La Gomera on the Canary Islands.

In Remembrance.

 

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Al Bernardin, who invented the McDonald's Quarter Pounder, died December 22 of a stroke. He was 81.

 

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David Levine, an artist whose witty caricatures illustrated the New York Review of Books for over 40 years, died December 29. He was 83.