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Friday, July 2, 2004

Marlon Brando

Actor Marlon Brando is dead. He was 80 years old, according to some reports. He is perhaps most famous for his portrayal of Stanley Kowalski, in the movie version of A Streetcar Named Desire. He was also known for refusing an Academy Award, in the belief that he might help the cause of Native... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 6, 2004

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan, 93 (and the oldest former US President ever), died at approximately 3 PM Central time yesterday. Reagan was known as the Great Communicator, for good reason. His actor's experience came in handy when he switched careers and became a politician. (I remember how strange that seemed, as... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 1, 2004

Archibald Cox

Archibald Cox died at age 92 recently. For those of you who have absolutely no idea who I'm talking about, he was the first special prosecutor designated to investigate the Watergate scandal. He essentially was fired - as a part of what became popularly known as the Saturday Night Massacre - for... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004

Tony Randall

Tony Randall died in his sleep overnight. He was 84. He was perhaps best known for his interpretation of Felix Unger on the TV version of The Odd Couple, opposite Jack Klugman's interpretation of the sloppy Oscar. However, I remember him best for a series called Love, Sidney, in which he played a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 30, 2004

Estee Lauder, ageless

Estee Lauder, the cosmetics maven, is dead. She was believed to be 97 years old at the time of her death, but it must be said that she never divulged her age for reasons of her own. She started out by making cosmetics and face creams in her own living space. Her company now has outgrown this rather... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 1, 2004

Jack Paar

Jack Paar died this past week, at age 85. He was the original Tonight Show host, creating the format followed to this day by the likes of Leno and Letterman: monologue first, then interviews and perhaps some music thrown in. He is perhaps most famous, during his tenure on the Tonight Show, for... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 24, 2004

Capt. Kangaroo

Bob Keeshan, better known as Capt. Kangaroo, passed away yesterday (January 23), in his Vermont home, of what family members termed "a long illness." By the time Keeshan started working on his role as Capt. Kangaroo, he was already a veteran of children's programming; he started out playing... Sign in to see full entry.

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Ray Rayner

For those of you who never set foot in the Chicago area in the 1960s and 1970s, you can't be blamed if you are totally clueless as to who Ray Rayner was. Those of us who grew up in the area during that time period, however, have very fond memories of Rayner's antics as Oliver O. Oliver. He also had... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 14, 2004

A too-late memorial to A Boy Named Sue

This is indeed very late, but I wanted to commemorate Johnny Cash while I had the opportunity. What can one say about a legend? Perhaps nothing that hasn't already been said at this point, but I'll do my best. Although Cash was well-known (understatement of the fledgling century), I remember him... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 16, 2003

Keiko

For those of you who remember the Free Willy series of movies, sad news has come through this week. The lead player in those movies, the orca named Keiko in real life, passed away suddenly of a fast-acting pneumonia "bug." When originally discovered, Keiko was a maltreated whale in a tank in Mexico,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Originally published on Epinions.com, this is my tribute to Fr. Mychal Judge of the Fire Department of New York. I have since added tributes to others who have gone on before.

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