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Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Boots Randolph

Boots Randolph, whose spirited saxophone playing on songs like “Yakety Sax” made him one of Nashville’s top musicians, died here on Tuesday July 3,2007. He was 80.He died after being taken off a respirator, said Betty Hofer, a publicist and spokeswoman for the family. He had a cerebral hemorrhage on... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Hy Zaret

Hy Zaret, one of the last of the Tin Pan Alley lyricists, whose most indelible work was the oft-recorded 1955 hit “Unchained Melody” but whose oeuvre ranged from jingles to songs about science to ballads of love and war, died on July 2,2007 at his home in Westport, Conn. He was 99.His son, Robert,... Sign in to see full entry.

Beverly Sills

Beverly Sills, the acclaimed Brooklyn-born coloratura soprano who was more popular with the American public than any opera singer since Enrico Caruso, even among people who never set foot in an opera house, died on July 2,2007 at her home in Manhattan. She was 78. The cause was inoperable lung... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, June 30, 2007

Joel Siegel

Joel Siegel, the longtime film critic for ABC News whose pithy reviews could capture the essence of a new film in a few words without giving too much away, died yesterday in New York. He was 63. The cause was colon cancer, which Siegel had battled in recent years, according to an announcement by... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, June 28, 2007

Liz Claiborne

Liz Claiborne, the designer of indefatigable career clothes for professional women entering the work force en masse beginning in the 1970s, died Tuesday June 26,2007 in Manhattan. She was 78. She died at New York-Presbyterian Hospital from complications of cancer, said Arthur Ortenberg, her husband.... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Charles W. Lindberg

Charles W. Lindberg, one of the marines who raised the first American flag over Iwo Jima during World War II, died Sunday June 24.2007 in the Minneapolis suburb of Edina. He was 86.His death was confirmed by John Pose, director of the Morris Nilsen Funeral Chapel in Richfield. Lindberg spent decades... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Rod Beck

Rod Beck, an All-Star relief pitcher who earned 286 career saves, was found dead on Saturday June 23,2007 at his suburban Phoenix home by police officers responding to a call. He was 38.A police department spokesman, Andy Hill, said yesterday that foul play was not suspected, although the cause of... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, June 23, 2007

Thommie Walsh

Thommie Walsh, a Tony-winning choreographer who also created the role of Bobby in the original production of “A Chorus Line,” died Saturday June 9,2007 at his mother’s home in Auburn, N.Y. He was 57. The cause was complications of lymphoma, said his manager, Robert Duva. As a dance-maker,Walsh was... Sign in to see full entry.

Ed Friendly

Ed Friendly, co-producer of hit television shows including the rambunctious “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” and the frontier saga “Little House on the Prairie,” died Sunday June 17,2007 at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. He was 85. The cause was cancer, his son, Trip, said. With his partner, George... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, June 22, 2007

Hank Medress

Hank Medress, a founding member of the 1960s doo-wop group the Tokens, whose biggest hit was “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” died on Monday June 17,2007 at his home in Manhattan. He was 68.The cause was lung cancer, his family said. The Tokens’ sole Top 10 hit was a big one, an update in street-corner... Sign in to see full entry.

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