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Title: The people we lost this year
Post by: Russell Nash on December 26, 2008, 02:13:08 PM

I was about to put up a thread for yet another great person we lost this year.  I decided to put up a list for all of the folks we lost this year. 


On Christmas day we lost Eartha Kitt.  The sultry sex kitten jazz singer was 81.

NPR (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98713115)

A year ago she recorded an interview for NPR's The Long View (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17716269) feature.


I, of course, first knew her as Catwoman on that campiest of camp TV shows.

http://www.youtube.com/v/TLbpwadl35E&hl=en&fs=1

Later I learned she could sing, too.

http://www.youtube.com/v/51jD859fEsE&hl=en&fs=1

Title: Re: The people we lost this year
Post by: Russell Nash on December 26, 2008, 02:20:07 PM

Earlier thread for George Carlin (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=1725.0)

Earlier thread for Michael Crichton (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=2085.0)

Link to any other threads you remember.

Title: Re: The people we lost this year
Post by: Heradel on December 26, 2008, 03:17:33 PM

Harold Pinter died on Christmas Eve (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/26/theater/26pinter.html?hp), he did such great things with the quotidian.

His plays did have a disappointing lack of zombies though.

Title: Re: The people we lost this year
Post by: Talia on December 26, 2008, 07:05:01 PM

Robert Asprin

http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=1626.0

Arthur C. Clarke

http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=1423.0

Majel Barrett Roddenberry

http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=2229.0

Tony Hillerman
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/10/27/tony.hillerman.obit.ap/index.html

Bettie Page  :(

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-page12-2008dec12,0,5310709.story

Paul Newman :(
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/27/paul.newman.dead/

Title: Re: The people we lost this year
Post by: Russell Nash on December 26, 2008, 08:19:27 PM

Mention anyone you want and link to whatever is relevant whether it is EA forum threads or outside links

Title: Re: The people we lost this year
Post by: stePH on December 27, 2008, 01:19:34 AM

Don LaFontaine (http://www.donlafontaine.com/DLF2007/Intro.html).

1940.08.26 - 2008.09.01

Title: Re: The people we lost this year
Post by: Bdoomed on December 27, 2008, 06:40:57 AM

my grandma in a few days :(

Title: Re: The people we lost this year
Post by: Russell Nash on December 27, 2008, 12:12:18 PM

Quote from: Bdoomed on December 27, 2008, 06:40:57 AM

my grandma in a few days :(

Tut mir leid.

Title: Re: The people we lost this year
Post by: Russell Nash on December 27, 2008, 12:14:41 PM

Bettie Page was a great influence on my taste in women.

Title: Re: The people we lost this year
Post by: Zathras on December 29, 2008, 09:09:26 AM

Mildred Loving http://www.economist.com/obituary/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11367685

Charlton Heston  http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-04-06-heston-obit_N.htm

Tim Russert http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25145431

Edward Lorenz  http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/obit-lorenz-0416.html

Gary Gigax *there is a forum thread*  Mod: Here it is (http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=1380.0)

Harvey Korman  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/05/29/state/n155845D90.DTL

Title: Re: The people we lost this year
Post by: Russell Nash on December 30, 2008, 05:59:05 PM

Paul Newman had the honor of being on Richard Nixon's enemy list right under Daniel Shore.  It was one of the things he was most proud of.

Title: Re: The people we lost this year
Post by: Zathras on December 30, 2008, 07:16:39 PM

My wife reminded me about Jerry Reed. 

Title: Re: The people we lost this year
Post by: gelee on December 30, 2008, 08:31:36 PM

Quote from: Zathras on December 30, 2008, 07:16:39 PM

My wife reminded me about Jerry Reed. 

Yeah, I heard about his passing right after I started getting into his music.  Great guitarist.