In Remembrance...Celebrities In 2006.

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Cheaper by the Dozen author dies

Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, whose lighthearted memoir Cheaper by the Dozen (co-written with her brother, Frank Gilbreth) detailed the life of a family with 12 children and inspired several films, died Saturday in Fresno, California. She was 98.
She had only two children herself after taking care of younger siblings of much of her life when her father died while she was still a teenager.

 

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Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, whose lighthearted memoir Cheaper by the Dozen (co-written with her brother, Frank Gilbreth) detailed the life of a family with 12 children and inspired several films, died Saturday in Fresno, California. She was 98.
She had only two children herself after taking care of younger siblings of much of her life when her father died while she was still a teenager.

In Remembrance.

 

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Former star pitcher Johnny Sain dead at 89

[imagel]http://media.scout.com/Media/MLB/364523_Johnny-Sain.JPG[/imagel]Johnny Sain, a three-time All-Star who teamed with Warren Spahn to make up one of baseball's most fabled pitching tandems, died Tuesday. He was 89.

Sain's best year was 1948, when he and Hall of Famer Spahn led the Boston Braves to the World Series, where they lost to Cleveland. It was during that season when the famous saying was born: "Spahn and Sain and pray for rain."

In Remembrance.

 

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"Love is Blue" arranger dies

Paul Mauriat, a French conductor who had a #1 hit in the United States with his version of "Love is Blue", died Friday. He was 81.

 

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Paul Mauriat, a French conductor who had a #1 hit in the United States with his version of "Love is Blue", died Friday. He was 81.

In Remembrance.

 

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Legendary '60 Minutes' Correspondent Ed Bradley Has Died

[imagel]http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/nc_ed_bradley_061109_sp.jpg[/imagel]Ed Bradley, the pre-eminent African-American TV journalist of his time, has died of complications from leukemia. He was 65.

The longtime correspondent for CBS News "60 Minutes," whose probing questions and salt-and-pepper beard distinguished him to millions of TV viewers, passed away this morning at Mount Sinai hospital in New York City. Two years ago, Bradley was diagnosed with leukemia and was in remission but he took a turn for the worse two weeks ago, contracting pneumonia and succumbing to the disease.

In Remembrance.

 

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Educational film producer dies

Sid Davis, who produced over 180 short cautionary films with titles like "The Bottle and the Throttle" and "Seduction of the Innocent", which warned kids about the dangers of drinking, vandalism, and running with scissors, died October 16 in Palm Desert, Calif. He was 90.

 

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Sid Davis, who produced over 180 short cautionary films with titles like "The Bottle and the Throttle" and "Seduction of the Innocent", which warned kids about the dangers of drinking, vandalism, and running with scissors, died October 16 in Palm Desert, Calif. He was 90.

In Remembrance.

 

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Oscar-winning actor Jack Palance, who starred as a hired gun in the classic western "Shane," has died, a family spokesman said Friday. The 87-year-old died at his home in Montecito, California.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/10/palance.death/index.html

 

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Basil Poledouris 8 November

Sad week.