In Remembrance...Celebrities In 2006.

[Truth Seeker]

Daughter of TV Bounty Hunter 'Dog' Dies

A daughter of reality TV star Duane "Dog" Chapman was killed in a car accident a day before her father's wedding, a spokesman said Saturday.

Barbara Katy Chapman, 23, died Friday night near her home in Fairbanks, Alaska, said Michael Feeney, senior vice president of A&E television network.

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[Truth Seeker]

Grand Ole Opry Legend Billy Walker Dies

Billy Walker, the Grand Ole Opry legend whose hits included "Charlie's Shoes" and "Cross the Brazos at Waco," died in a wreck along an Alabama interstate on Sunday. He was 77.

Walker was killed with three others when a van they were riding in ran off Interstate 65 south of Montgomery and overturned, state troopers said.

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[Truth Seeker]

Dancer Katherine Dunham Dies at Age 96

Katherine Dunham, a pioneering dancer and choreographer, author and civil rights activist who left Broadway to teach culture in one of America's poorest cities, has died. She was 96.

Dunham died Sunday at the Manhattan assisted living facility where she lived, said Charlotte Ottley, executive liaison for the organization that preserves her artistic estate. The cause of death was not immediately known.

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[Truth Seeker]

Director Val Guest Dies at Age 94

Val Guest, the versatile British director and screenwriter best known for directing science-fiction classics "The Quatermass Xperiment'' and "The Day the Earth Caught Fire,'' has died. He was 94.

Guest died of prostate cancer on May 10 in a Palm Desert hospice, said his wife, actress Yolande Donlan.

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[Truth Seeker]

Animation producer Edward Herskovitz has died at the age of 85, AWN reports.

He co-founded ASIFA-Japan and worked on several international co-productions.

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[Truth Seeker]

Police and REM rock promoter dies

Music promoter Ian Copeland, who helped launch the careers of REM and The Police has died, aged 57.

Copeland, whose brother Stewart was a founding member and drummer in The Police, was a booking agent for many of the "new wave" rock acts of the 1980s.


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[Truth Seeker]

U.K. SF Pioneer Guest Is Dead

Val Guest, the versatile British director and screenwriter best known for directing the science fiction classics The Quatermass Xperiment and The Day the Earth Caught Fire, has died, the Associated Press reported.

He was 94. Guest died of prostate cancer on May 10 in a Palm Desert, Calif., hospice, his wife, actress Yolande Donlan, told the AP.

In Remembrance.

 

[Truth Seeker]

Jamaican ska great Desmond Dekker dies

Desmond Dekker, who brought the sound of Jamaican ska music to the world with songs such as "Israelites," has died, his manager said Friday. He was 64.

Dekker, who lived in England, collapsed from an apparent heart attack at his home on Thursday, manager Delroy Williams said.

In Remembrance.

 

[Wombat]

Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir,
so that every mouth can be fed.
Poor me, the Israelite. Aah.

Always loved that song.

Peace to you, Desmond.

 

[Digital M@]

Boy oh boy, people are just dieing all over the place. DEad dead dead dead dead dead dead dead dead dead dead dead. This thread is wierd, tracking the deaths of anyone who has ever had their name in the paper seems a bit strange to me. But, then again, what do I know. Please continue with your normal death broadcast. Dead dead dead dead dead dead dead dead