The people we lost this year

[Russell Nash]

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

A year ago she recorded an interview for NPR's The Long View feature.


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

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/TLbpwadl35E&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/TLbpwadl35E&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1</a>

Later I learned she could sing, too.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/51jD859fEsE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/51jD859fEsE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1</a>

[Russell Nash]

Earlier thread for George Carlin

Earlier thread for Michael Crichton

Link to any other threads you remember.

[Heradel]

Harold Pinter died on Christmas Eve, he did such great things with the quotidian.

His plays did have a disappointing lack of zombies though.

[Talia]

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/

[Russell Nash]

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

[stePH]

Don LaFontaine.

1940.08.26 - 2008.09.01

[Bdoomed]

my grandma in a few days

[Russell Nash]

my grandma in a few days

Tut mir leid.

[Russell Nash]

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

[Zathras]

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

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

[Russell Nash]

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.

[Zathras]

My wife reminded me about Jerry Reed. 

[gelee]

My wife reminded me about Jerry Reed. 

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