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Monday, February 12, 2007

Willye White

Willye White, a two-time silver medalist in various Olympics and the first American woman to represent her country in five separate Olympic Games, has died at age 67, of pancreatic cancer, at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. In an SI for Women interview, she told the reporter... Sign in to see full entry.

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Charles Walgreen, Jr.

Charles Walgreen Jr, the son of the founder of the Walgreens drugstore chain, has died at age 100. No cause of death was given. Although Walgreen got his start as a delivery boy in his father's company, it is not well-known that he was also a licensed sea captain, who sailed to Antarctica at age 89.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 10, 2007

Hank Bauer

Hank Bauer, who played for the New York Yankees and later for a team then known as the Kansas City Athletics, died on February 9, 2007, of cancer. He was 84. In addition to playing for a number of major-league baseball teams, he also managed the Baltimore Orioles to its first World Series title in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Ian Richardson

Actor Ian Richardson is dead at age 72. He is perhaps best known to TV viewers as a man in the back seat of a Rolls-Royce, asking for some Grey Poupon mustard. However, he also played bad guy Felix Urquhart in three miniseries: House of Cards, To Play the King and The Final Cut. It was this role, in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 8, 2007

Anna Nicole Smith

Anna Nicole Smith, died at age 39 (she hadn't yet reached her 40th birthday), after collapsing in a South Florida hotel, and being rushed to a local hospital. She had been due to check out of the hotel the day after her death. She was born Vickie Lee Hogan in November of 1967. I don't know when she... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Lew Burdette

Lew Burdette, pitcher for the Milwaukee Braves (before the team moved to Atlanta) and MVP of the 1957 World Series, has died on February 6, 2007 at age 80. Although no cause of death was listed yet in his obituary, he did have lung cancer for some time before his death. (Nothing I've read indicated... Sign in to see full entry.

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Frankie Lane

Singer Frankie Lane has died at Scripps Memorial Hospital in San Diego, California, of heart failure, at age 93. His death occurred on February 6, 2007. Although he had a number of popular hits prior to the advent of rock & roll music, he is best known to Baby Boomers (who came of age several years... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tige Andrews

Tige Andrews, who played Capt. Adam Greer on the TV series The Mod Squad, has died at age 86, of cardiac arrest (a stopping of the heart often mislabeled a "heart attack" by laypeople). His death occurred on January 27, 2007. Apparently, it was not at all uncommon for him to play police officers of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, February 5, 2007

Steve Barber

Steve Barber, the Baltimore Orioles' first 20-game winner, died at age 67 on February 5, 2007, apparently due to complications from pneumonia. He spent the first half of his career with the Orioles, then went on to play for the New York Yankees, the Chicago Cubs, the Seattle Pilots, the Atlanta... Sign in to see full entry.

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Adolf Frohner

Adolf Frohner, an Austrian abstract artist and graphic artist, died at age 72 on January 24, 2007. No cause of death was disclosed; all that was said over the Austrian media was that he died of the rather vague "natural causes." His death happened four days after the ceremonial groundbreaking for... 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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