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Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Yolanda King

Yolanda King, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s eldest child who pursued her father's dream of racial harmony through drama and motivational speaking, collapsed and died on Tuesday May 15,2007. She was 51.Steve Klein, a spokesman for the King Center. The family did not know the cause of death, but... Sign in to see full entry.

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Rev. Jerry Falwell

The Rev. Jerry Falwell, the fundamentalist preacher who founded the Moral Majority and brought the language and passions of religious conservatives into the hurly-burly of American politics, died on Tuesdat May 15,2007 in Lynchburg, Va. He was 73.His death was announced by Liberty University, in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 15, 2007

William Becker

William Becker, who after enduring rundown, though not particularly cheap, motel rooms on a cross-country trip in 1960 got the idea for the Motel 6 chain, charging $6 a night for a spare but clean room, died April 2 at his ranch outside Kingman, Ariz. He was 85.The cause was a heart attack, his son,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 14, 2007

King Malietoa Tanumafili II of Samoa

King Malietoa Tanumafili II,one of the world’s longest-reigning monarchs, died Friday night, the prime minister’s office said Saturday May 12,2007. He was 94.King Malietoa had been at the Tupua Tamasese National Hospital, in the Samoan capital, Apia, for about a week. The cause of death was not... Sign in to see full entry.

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Bernard Gordon

Bernard Gordon, a screenwriter blacklisted during Hollywood’s anti-Communist crusade in the 1950s, died on Friday May 12,2007 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 88.The cause was cancer, said his daughter, Ellen Gordon. Gordon wrote dozens of movies, but many never carried his name until the Writers... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 6, 2007

Gordon Scott

Gordon Scott, a handsome, muscular actor who portrayed Tarzan in the 1950s, died on Monday April 20,2007. He was 80. The cause was complications after heart surgery, said a spokesman for Johns Hopkins Hospital. Scott was one in a long line of actors, including Johnny Weissmuller and Buster Crabbe,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 4, 2007

Wally Schirra

Wally Schirra, one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts and the only astronaut to fly in all three of NASA ’s earliest manned space programs — Mercury, Gemini and Apollo — died on Thursday May 3,2007 in La Jolla, Calif. He was 84 His death, at a hospital in La Jolla, was caused by a heart... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Tom Poston

Tom Poston, an Emmy-winning comic actor whose television characters ranged from the slow-witted Everyman on “The Steve Allen Show” to a cantankerous closet-dwelling clown on the recent sitcom “Committed,” died on Monday April 30,2007 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 85.Poston died after a short... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Tommy Newsom

Tommy Newsom,"The Tonight Show” band leader, who earned fame as Johnny Carson’s comical punching bag — and respect among musicians as a composer, arranger and saxophone soloist — died on Saturday April 28,2007 at his home in Portsmouth, Va. He was 78 The cause was cancer, his nephew Jim Newsom told... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 29, 2007

Josh Hancock

The St. Louis Cardinals are mourning a teammate for the second time in five years, and it isn't any easier this time. Josh Hancock, a relief pitcher who helped the team win the World Series last season, died early Sunday April 29.2007 when his sport utility vehicle slammed into the back of a tow... 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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