THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED ON 

02/01/12

BOXING:

Ali's trainer Angelo Dundee dies at 90

01/26/12

'Welcome Back Kotter's' Epstein dies

STATE COLLEGE:

Paterno buried after emotional funeral procession

Thousands of mourners turned out Wednesday 01/25/12 to bid farewell to Penn State

football coach, Joe Paterno, who died of lung cancer at the age of 85. Thousands of

people lined up for 2 viewings held before his funeral was held.

(Photo courtesy AP)

01/23/12

KANSAS:

Nation's oldest federal judge dies at 104

The Honorable Wesley Brown, a US Senior District Judge who sat in Wichita, here

pictured when he turned 100 in 2007. He died at the age of 104 in an assisted-living

center Monday, 01/23/12. Judge Brown was appointed to the federal bench by

President John F. Kennedy in 1962. Associates said that although his case load

was lighter in recent years, he kept working almost until the end.

(File photo)

01/19/12

01/20/12

ETTA JAMES DIES:

Soul & R&B singer dies after long illness at 73

Born Jamesette Hawkins in Los Angeles, Etta James was perhaps best known for her

version of the song "At Last". Plagued by drug addictions, James was considered a

truely underrated talent. She was 73.

(File photo circa 1965)

01/06/12

Ex Fleetwood Mac guitarist dead at 64

12/27/11

CORONER:

Rapper Heavy D died of in-flight pulmonary embolism

12/21/11

PYONGYANG:

North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong Il has died

Dictator's 3rd son, Kim Jong Un called the 'great successor'

'A turning point': World reacts to Kim's death

ANALYSIS: 'Dear Leader' impoverished, enslaved people

North Korea's Supreme Leader, Kim Jong Il has died at the age of 69. Kim had suffered

a number of illnesses in recent years including diabetes, heart disease and in 2008, a

stroke. He assumed power in 1994 on the death of his father, Kim Il Sung.

(File photo)

12/20/11

CZECH REPUBLIC:

'Velvet Revolution' icon Vaclav Havel dead at 75

Vaclav Havel, who led his nation out from under the Soviet yoke in the 1980's and

then served his newly reconstituted nation as president, died Sunday morning in

his home. He came to symbolize the power of a peaceful revolution and was

lionized by peace groups world wide. He was 75.

(File photo)

12/12/11

CALIFORNIA:

John Atterberry, Spice Girls & Brandy producer dies after being shot Friday in Hollywood

12/11/11

PHILADELPHIA:

Cardinal John Foley, American spokesman for the Vatican, dies at 76

Cardinal John P. Foley, a former Philadelphia priest, rose to the highest levels of the

Roman Catholic Church, serving as chief of communications at the Vatican for more

than 20 years. He was appointed by Pope John Paul II and was most-well known for

his annual "play-by-play" of one of the world's most-watched telecasts, Midnight Mass

on Christmas Eve from the Vatican. Cardinal Foley, who had been suffering from

leukemia, retired from Vatican service in 2010, returning to Philadelphia. He was 76.

(Photo courtesy Archdiocese of Philadelphia, via AP)

12/07/11

'M*A*S*H' co-star Harry Morgan dies at 96

12/05/11

Ex-HP Chairman Patricia Dunn dies at age 58 after battle with cancer

11/30/11

Judy Lewis, Clark Gable's secret daughter with Loretta Young dies at 76

11/29/11

The only daughter of Joesf Stalin, Svetlana Alliluyeva, has died in the US aged 85

11/22/11

Fantasy novelist Anne McCaffrey dies at 85

11/12/11

Evelyn Lauder, of Estee Lauder cosmetics family, dies at age 75

Helped create pink ribbon breast cancer symbol

11/07/11

'Smokin' Joe Frazier dies after battling liver cancer

Heavyweight boxing champ, "Smokin" Joe Frazier, seen here during a pause in a

Madison Square Garden workout in 1970, has died after a bout with liver cancer.

He was 67.

(File photo)

11/04/11

'60 Minutes' commentator Andy Rooney dies

CBS commentator Andy Rooney died late Friday at the age of 92.

(Photo courtesy CBS)

11/01/11

Secretary Clinton's mother, Dorothy Rodham, dies at 92

10/24/11

Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Sultan dies in US hospital

Ex-Hare Krishna leader Swami Bhaktipada dies at 74

10/22/11

Longtime CBS correspondent Robert Pierpoint dies at age 86

10/14/11

Cuban dissident Laura Pollan dies at age 63, founder of Ladies in White

10/09/11

Ex-Weezer bassist found dead in hotel room

10/08/11

Raiders owner Al Davis dies at 82

'Pianist to the presidents' Roger Williams dies in Los Angeles at age 87

09/26/11

First African woman to win Nobel Peace Prize, dies

Wangari Maathai of Kenya became the first African woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

in 2004. She was the founder of what she called The Green Belt Movement, mobilizing poor women

to plant 30-million trees over a 30-year period. The environmental movement became a political

one when Maathai stood up to a repressive government, demonstrating that a policy of clear-

cutting forests was economically counter-productive. She died at the age of 71 of cancer.

(File photo)

09/23/11

 R&B singer Vesta Williams found dead at 53

MARYLAND: Former NFL OT Orlando Brown dies at 40; unknown causes

09/19/11

Dolores Hope, wife of Bob Hope, dies at 102

09/17/11

 Former Illinois Sen. Charles Percy dies at 91

Ted Kennedy's daughter, Kara, dies at 51

Eleanor Mondale, daughter of Walter Mondale, at 51

09/16/11

Character actress Frances Bay, of 'Happy Gilmore' and TV's 'Happy Days,' dies at 92

09/14/11

Former US Sen. Malcolm Wallop has died at the age of 78 at his ranch home in Wyoming

09/11/11

09/10/11

Oscar winner Cliff Robertson dies at 88

Actor Cliff Robertson won an Oscar for his role as a disabled bakery worker in the

film "Charlie". He portrayed John F. Kennedy in the World War II film, "PT 109".

Robertson died 09/10/11 in California one day after his 88th birthday.

(File photo circa 1965)

08/23/11

PHILADELPHIA: Joey Vento, owner of landmark cheesesteak stand dies

In 2006, Joey Vento and his Geno's Cheesesteak stand made national headlines after

he posted a sign demanding customers place their orders in English. Geno's, a South

Philly landmark is right across the street from Pat's King of Steaks and the 2 businesses

both claimed to have the best Philly Cheese Steak in the world. Vento died of a heart

attack Tuesday 08/23/11. He was 71.

(FIle photo)

08/22/11

'Hound Dog' & 'Jailhouse Rock" lyricist Jerry Leiber dies at 78

'Ain't No Mountain High Enough' songwriter Nickolas Ashford dies

08/15/11

Oldest survivor of Bataan Death March, Albert Brown, dies at 105

Eagles' Hall of Fame receiver Pete Pihos dies at 87; Alzheimer's

08/08/11

Billionaire Dallas philanthropist Charles Wyly dies in car crash

08/07/11

Mark O. Hatfield, ex-Oregon governor, senator, dead at 89

Former NY Gov. Hugh Carey dies at 92

08/03/11

Former NFL star Bubba Smith, 66, found dead at home

07/23/11

Retired Army Gen. John Shalikashvili dies at 75

U.S. Army General John Shalikashvili, who was born in pre-WWII Poland and emmigrated to the

US, rose through the ranks to become General Colin Powell's successor as Chairman of the Joint

Chiefs of Staff, the first foreign-born US citizen to hold the job.  His official Pentagon biography

says he learned English by watching John Wayne movies. He died of complications

from a stroke suffered in 2004.  He was 75.

(File photo)

LONDON: Singer Amy Winehouse found dead

British jazz and soul singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London

home Saturday. She had a history of drug and alcohol abuse. She was 27.

(File photo)

Linda Christian, the first Bond girl, dies at 87

07/22/11

Charles Manatt, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, dead at 75

Mattel co-founder Elliott Handler, Hot Wheels inventor, dies at 95

07/21/11

British realist painter Lucian Freud, famed for his nudes, dies at 88

07/08/11

Former first lady Betty Ford dies at 93

Pioneer in helping people recover from substance abuse

Betty Ford, former First Lady has died at the age of 93.

(Undated file photo)

07/07/11 

MLB Hall of Fame manager Dick Williams, 82, dies

07/06/11

 NFL hall of Famer John Mackey, 69, dies

07/01/11

BRAZIL: Former Brazilian President Itamar Franco dies at age 81

06/25/11

CNN sportscaster Nick Charles dies at 64

06/24/11

'Columbo' star Peter Falk dies at 83

Actor Peter Falk, who starred in one of the longest running shows on television,

"Columbo," has died in his Beverly Hills home. His lawyer said Falk had suffered

in recent years from Alzheimer's Disease. He was awarded four Emmy's for his

characterization of a police detective, Lt. Columbo, who had a hallmark habit of

always saying: "One more thing..." Falk was 83.

(File photo)

06/21/11

Brazilian woman recognized by Guinness as the world's oldest person dies at 114

06/19/11

Charlotte Bloomberg, mother of NYC mayor, dies at 102

06/18/11

Springsteen band's Clarence Clemons dies

06/16/11

Alan Haberman, bar code champion, dies

Alan Haberman is credited with promoting the ubiquitous bar code, which is now

attached to just about everything that is bought, sold or inventoried. Although the

bar code was invented by two other men, Haberman, a supermarket executive, is

credited with being the first person to recognize its potential and campaigned

heavily for having it instituted in the retailing business.  Haberman died in

Newton, Massachusetts of heart and lung disease.  He was 81.

(FIle image)

06/13/11

 Film producer Laura Ziskin dies of breast cancer at 61

06/08/11

Civil rights pioneer Clara Luper, who led Okla. City sit-ins in the 50s, dies at 88

06/04/11

Lawrence Eagleburger, Sec. of State in George H.W. Bush Administration, dies

Lawence Eagleburger was a career diplomat, serving in both Republican and Democratic

Administrations. Praise for his work came from both sides of the political spectrum.

He died Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia after a short illness. He was 80.

(File photo)

06/03/11

Dr. Jack Kevorkian, convicted in assisted suicides, dies

Dr. Jack Kevorkian, who was prosecuted for conducting assisted suicides, has

died at the age of 83. He died early Friday morning at a hospital in Royal Oak,

Michigan, where he was being treated for kidney and heart problems. He was

convicted of 2nd degree murder in 1999 and served 8 years in prison for helping

terminally ill patients end their own lives. Doctors say his life was ended by a

pulmonary thrombosis.

(File photo courtesy Detroit Free Press)

'Gunsmoke' star James Arness dies at 88

Actor James Arness starred as Marshall Matt Dillon on the CBS hit show,

"Gunsmoke" from 1955 to 1975, TV's longest running dramatic series until

NBC's "Law & Order" tied it in 2010. Arness, who stood 6' 6" was the older

brother of another soft-spoken fixture on TV, actor Peter Graves. Arness

died of natural causes at his home in Brentwood, California.

(File photo courtesy CBS)

05/27/11

CALIFORNIA: 'Grease,' 'Taxi' star Jeff Conaway dies at 60 

Actor Jeff Conaway has died after being put into a medically-induced coma. He had

entered an Encino hospital after suffering pain killer overdose complications related

to a serious fall in his home last year. He was 60.

(Undate file photo)

05/26/11

BRISBANE: Pregnant ex-WNBA player Margo Dydek dies

Margo Dydek, who, at 7-foot-2, was believed to have been the tallest woman to

have ever played in the WNBA. Pictured here in an L.A. Sparks uniform, Dydek,

who was born in Poland, led the league nine times in blocked shots. She died

of a heart attack while carrying her third child at home in Brisbane, where she

coached an Australian women's team. She was 37.

(File photo)

05/25/11

CNBC anchor Mark Haines dead at 65

05/24/11

Reclusive heiress Huguette Clark dies at 104

Family excluded from burial of reclusive heiress

Who will inherit $500 million?

Undated photo of Copper mining heiress, Huguette Clark. She lived in

obsessive seclusion for most of her life, taking up permanent residence

in two NYC hospitals for the last 20 years or so even though there was

apparently nothing physically wrong with her. She left behind a fortune

believed to total $500 million.

(Undated familly photo circa late 1920's)

 05/20/11

'You Light Up My Life' songwriter Joseph Brooks is dead of an apparent suicide

05/19/11

'Macho Man' Randy Savage dies in Florida car accident

05/17/11

HARMON KILLEBREW:  Hall of Famer dies of cancer

Harmon Killebrew, who played for the Minnesota Twins, has died

of esophagal cancer. He was 74.

(File photo)

05/15/11 

Nathan's Famous hot dogs pioneer dead at 89

05/10/11

Ex-GM CEO Robert Stempel dies at 77

Burt Reinhardt, one of the first presidents of CNN, dies at age 91

05/09/11

Lidia Gueiler, Bolivia's only female president, dies at age 89

05/06/11

 Tony and Emmy winning actress Sada Thompson dies at age 83

05/05/11

"Gypsy" & "West Side Story" playwright Arthur Laurents dies at 93 in NYC

05/04/11

Actor Jackie Cooper dies at 88

04/25/11

Phoebe Snow, whose song 'Poetry Man' was a 1970s hit, dies at 58

04/23/11

Sony exec Norio Ohga, credited with developing CDs dies at 81

04/19/11

Grete Waitz, who set world record in her first marathon in NYC in 1978, dies at 57

04/18/11

William D. Schaefer, ex-Baltimore mayor and Maryland governor dies at age 89

04/15/11

Billionaire Bill Cook, founder of Cook Group medical equipment maker, dies at 80

04/14/11

Walter Breuning, world's oldest man, dies in Montana at age 114

04/13/11

Newsweek owner Sidney Harman dies at 92

04/09/11

Film director Sidney Lumet dies at 86

Gil Robbins, Highwaymen musician, father of actor Tim Robbins, dies at 80

04/05/11

Nobel Laureate Baruch Blumberg, first head of Astrobiology Institute, dies 

04/04/11

 Former Congressman John Adler (D-NJ) has died at age 51

04/01/11

Former Red Sox general manager Lou Gorman has died at 82

03/31/11

Hall of Fame boxing trainer, manager Gil Clancy dies at 88

03/29/11

 Actor Farley Granger dies at 85

03/27/11

Inventor of Super Glue, Harry Wesley Coover Jr., dies at age 94

Scientist Harry Wesley Coover Jr. is seen with President Barack Obama during

a ceremony in 2010, honoring Coover with the National Medal of Science. 

A member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, Coover discovered 

cyanoacrylate, the compound known as Super Glue.

(File photo)

03/26/11

  Former VP Nominee Geraldine Ferraro Dies at 75

Geraldine Ferraro died 03/26/11 of complications from multiple myeloma, a blood cancer

that she had battled for 12 years.  Ferraro served as a U.S. Congresswoman for 6-years,

from 1979-1985 and was Walter Mondale's running mate in the 1984 presidential

election, won by incumbent Ronald Reagan.  She was 75.

(File photo)

03/24/11

 Actress Elizabeth Taylor is laid to rest at private service in Glendale

 Family gathered to bury Elizabeth Taylor

Actress Elizabeth Taylor died 03/23/11 after suffering long-term health

complications.  The cause was congestive heart failure. She was 79.

(File photo)

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