In Remembrance--2011

[Thunderfoot]

Peitro Ferrero CEO of Italian Ferrero Foods (Creators of Tic Tacs and Nutella) had died of an apparent heart attack while biking. Report Herel

 

[Truth Seeker]

"Horses".' star Michael Sarrazin dies at 70

Michael Sarrazin, best known for starring opposite Jane Fonda in 1969's "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?," has died in Montreal after a brief battle with cancer. He was 70.

Sarrazin died Sunday surrounded by family.

In Remembrance

 

[Truth Seeker]

Mary Robbins dies just 12 days after husband

Actor-director Tim Robbins' mother, musician Mary Robbins, has died. She was 78.

Robbins' father, Gil Robbins, died earlier this month.

In Remembrance

 

[Truth Seeker]

Conservative strategist, publisher dies at 87

William A. Rusher, a conservative strategist for more than 50 years who helped engineer Barry Goldwater's nomination as the Republican candidate for president in 1964, has died, officials confirmed Monday.

In Remembrance

 

[Mark CMG]

Restrepo director Tim Hetherington killed in Libya - HitFix.com

Tim Hetherington, co-director of the Oscar nominated documentary "Restrepo." was killed while covering the Libyan conflict today. Another photojournalist, Chris Hondros, also died. The Associated Press confirmed the news earlier today.

Details surrounding the 41-year-old Hetherington's death are unclear, but he was covering the conflict for the Panos photo agency and yesterday he tweeted "In besieged Libyan city of Misrata. Indiscriminate shelling by Qaddafi forces. No sign of NATO."

Hetherington was no stranger to dangerous environments. He spent almost a decade covering the political conflicts and wars in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. During that time he was the cinematographer for the documentaries "Liberia: An Uncivil War" and "The Devil Came on Horseback." He collaborated with Sebastian Junger to shoot "Restrepo" which chronicled a year with an American Army platoon in Afghanistan. The picture was nominated for the Best Documentary Oscar this past January. It won the same honor from the National Board of Review in Nov. of 2010 and the Grand Jury Prize, Documentary at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.

Hondros was a Pulitzer prize nominated photographer who work had appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Economist and Newsweek. The New York Times reports that Hondros was working for Getty Images at the time and another photographer, Guy Martin, was in grave condition after also being wounded in the attack.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

34 year old Bassist, Keyboard player & vocalist for TV On The Radio, Gerard Smith has died of lung cancer.

TV on the Radio's Gerard Smith Dies of Lung Cancer

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Sol Saks, creator of Bewitched, died last Saturday. He was 100.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Madelyn Pugh, the head writer for I Love Lucy, died Wednesday. She was 90.

 

[freyar]

Norio Ohga, the former president of Sony, who was largely responsible for the adoption of the CD, died at 81. He also oversaw Sony's purchase of Columbia Pictures and the development of the PlayStation.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Indian spiritual guru Sathya Sai Baba, founder of the Sathya Sai Organization, died today. He was 84.