In Remembrance--2011

[Dannyalcatraz]

Singer-songwriter Dobie Gray, best known for "Drift Away", died yesterday. He was 71.

He also wrote "The In Crowd", which Ramsey Lewis transformed into an instrumental Jazz classic.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Comic book artist Jerry Robinson died yesterday. He was 89.

Robinson worked on Batman when he was a teenager and helped create some of its iconic characters, most notably the Joker.

 

[Mark CMG]

Comic book artist Jerry Robinson died yesterday. He was 89.

Robinson worked on Batman when he was a teenager and helped create some of its iconic characters, most notably the Joker.

Here's a tribute to the influence of his work -

Joker Creator Jerry Robinson Dies: The Clown Prince’s Best Movie Moments

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

John Atterberry has died. He was the only person seriously injured in the Hollywood shooting rampage of Tyler Brehm.

Record exec dies after Hollywood shooting - Yahoo! News

 

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[GrayLinnorm]

George Whitman, the owner of Shakespeare & Company, a bookstore in Paris that was a stopover for writers, died today. He was 98.

 

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Joe Simon, one of the comic book industry's most revered writers and artists, died yesterday. He was 98.

Simon helped create Captain America.

 

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Prolific fanatasy and children's writer Russell Hoban died Tuesday. He was 86.

 

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Longtime DC artist Eduardo Barreto died today, most likely from meningitis. He was 57.

 

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Film producer Bert Schneider died Monday. He was 78.

Schneider produced Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, and The Monkees among others. He won an Oscar for the documentary Hearts and Minds.