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Friday, June 22, 2007

Bob Evans

Bob Evans, who turned a 12-stool restaurant into a nationwide chain and food empire with the help of his homemade sausage, died on Thursday June 21,2007 Bob Evans Farm Inc. said. He was 89.Evans was being treated at Cleveland Clinic when he died from complications of pneumonia, the hospital... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 14, 2007

Kurt Waldheim

Kurt Waldheim, the former UN Secretary General and President of Austria whose hidden ties to Nazi organizations and war crimes was exposed late in his career, died on Thursday 14,2007 at his home in Vienna. He was 88. His death was announced by the office of the Austrian president, Heinz Fischer,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Ruth Graham

Ruth Graham, who surrendered dreams of missionary work in Tibet to marry a suitor who became the world's most renowned evangelist, died Thursday June 14,2007. She was 87. Graham died at 5:05 p.m. at her home at Little Piney Cove, surrounded by her husband and all five of their children, said a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Don"Mr. Wizard" Herbert

Don Herbert, who unlocked the wonders of science for youngsters of the 1950s and ’60s as television’s Mr. Wizard, died on June 12,2007 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 89.The cause was bone cancer said his son-in-law. Herbert held no advanced degree in science, he used household items in his TV... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 9, 2007

Edwin Trasman

Edwin Traisman, a food scientist who helped standardize McDonald’s French fries and develop Cheez Whiz for Kraft Foods, as well as researching the risks of E. coli bacteria, died Tuesday June 6,2007 in Madison, Wis. He was 91 and lived in Monona, Wis.The cause was heart disease, his daughter Jenny... Sign in to see full entry.

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Anthony De Santis

Anthony De Santis, who, as the head of the Drury Lane theatre empire, which once totaled five bustling theatres, was a leading force in Chicago theater over the past 50 years, died on Tuesday June 6,2007 He was 93. He died of natural causes at home. That home happening to be a glamorous, Italianate... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 8, 2007

Jim Clark

Jim Clark, the former sheriff in Selma, Ala., whose violent, highly public attempts to maintain the status quo there in the Jim Crow era are widely believed to have contributed, however inadvertently, to the success of the voting rights movement, died on Monday June 4,2007 in Elba, Ala. He was 84... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 28, 2007

Charles Nelson Reilly

Charles Nelson Reilly, who acted and directed on Broadway but came to be best known for his campy television appearances on talk shows and “Match Game,” died on Friday May 25,2007 in Los Angeles. He was 76 and lived in Beverly Hills, Calif. The cause was complications of pneumonia, said his partner,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 27, 2007

Orlando Consalvi

Orlando Consalvi, a tailor who began learning his craft in Italy when he was 6 and went on to make suits for Col. Harland Sanders, died on Tuesday May,22,2007 of colon cancer at his home his daughter in law said. He was 87. Aside from making clothes for the well-heeled,Consalvi also ran a ''suit... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 26, 2007

Ben Weisman

Ben Weisman, a classically trained pianist who helped write nearly 60 songs for Elvis Presley, including many for his movies, died here on Sunday May 20,2007. He was 85.His death was announced by Barbara Gleicher, the wife of Weisman’s nephew. She said he had Alzheimer’s disease and suffered a... 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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