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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Calvin Lockhart

Calvin Lockhart, an actor who won acclaim for his roles as underworld figures in 1970s blaxploitation films, died on Thursday March 29,2007. He was 72.The cause was complications of a stroke, his wife, Jennifer Miles-Lockhart, said. Born the youngest of eight children in 1934 in the Bahamas,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 9, 2007

Johnny Hart

The cartoonist Johnny Hart, creator of the award-winning “B.C.” comic strip, died at his home here on Saturday April 7,2007. He was 76.“He had a stroke,” Hart’s wife, Bobby, said on Sunday. “He died at his storyboard.” “B.C.,” populated by prehistoric cavemen and dinosaurs, was created in 1958 and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 8, 2007

Darryl Stingley

Darryl S tingley, a receiver for the New England Patriots who became a quadriplegic after an intentionally violent hit in a 1978 preseason game, died Thursday April 6, 2007 in Chicago. He was 55. Tony Brucci, an investigator with the Cook County medical examiner’s office, told The Associated Press... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 7, 2007

Ian Tapson

Ian Tapson, one of the last survivors of a team of World War II soldiers who planned the 1944 escape from a German prison camp later immortalized as “The Great Escape,” died on Saturday March 31,2007 in Port Alfred, South Africa. He was 84.His death was announced by Wally Vandermeulen, chairman of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Edward Mallory

Edward Mallory, who portrayed the angst-ridden Dr. Bill Horton on the NBC daytime drama “Days of Our Lives” for 14 years, died on Wednesday April 5,2007. He was 76 and lived in Salisbury, Pa.He died after suffering from a combination of ailments for several years, his wife, Suzanne, said. Mallory... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 5, 2007

Lloyd Brown

CHARLOTTE HALL, Md., April 2 — Lloyd Brown, the last known surviving World War I Navy veteran, died on Thursday March 29,2007 in Charlotte Hall. He was 105.Charlotte Hall Veterans Home, was confirmed by his family and the United States Naval District in Washington. It came days after the death of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Bob Clark

The film director Bob Clark, best known for the holiday classic “A Christmas Story,” died in a car accident yesterday in Pacific Palisades, Calif. He was 67. Mr. Clark and his son Ariel Hanrath-Clark, 22, were both killed in a head-on collision with a driver under the influence of alcohol, said Lt.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 31, 2007

Joel Brodsky

Joel Brodsky, a photographer whose work appeared on the covers of hundreds of albums — most memorably “The Best of the Doors,” with its provocative Christlike image of Jim Morrison in black and white — died onThursday March 1,2007 in Stamford, Conn., where he had lived for five years. He was 67 and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 30, 2007

Charlotte Winters

Charlotte Winters, the last surviving woman to have served in the American armed forces in World War I and one of the first to enlist in the Navy, died Tuesday March 27,2007 at her home in Boonsboro, Md. She was 109.The death was confirmed by Philip Molter, a spokesman for the Naval District... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 29, 2007

Marshall Rogers

Marshall Rogers, a comic-book artist who made his name illustrating Batman at a significant period in 1977 and ’78, was found dead by a family member on Saturday March 24,2007 at his home in Fremont, Calif. He was 57.The cause has not been determined, said his sister. Mr. Rogers’s work with the... 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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