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Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Paul C. Lauterbur

Paul C. Lauterbur, who shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2003 for developing magnetic resonance imaging into a way to look inside living organisms, died Tuesday March 26,2007 at his home in Urbana, Ill. He was 77.T he cause was kidney disease, said the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Vilma Ebsen

Vilma Ebsen, who danced in the film “Broadway Melody of 1936” with her brother Buddy long before he became famous on “ The Beverly Hillbillies,” died in California on Monday March 12,2007. She was 96.Her son Robert Dolan announced the death,no cause was given. She was a dance instructor and co-owner... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Timothy Gray

Timothy Gray, the lyricist who collaborated with composer Hugh Martin, died Saturday March 17,2007 in Sarasota, FL. He was 79. Cause of death was complications from Prostrate Cancer Mr. Gray was nominated for three Tony Awards for his work with Martin on the Broadway show High Spirits, which ran for... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 26, 2007

Cathy Seipp

Cathy Seipp, a columnist and blogger who became widely known for poking fun at the liberal leanings popularly associated with her hometown, Los Angeles, died there on Wednesday. She was 49 and lived in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles.The cause was lung cancer, said her daughter, Maia Lazar.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Freddie Francis

Freddie Francis, a versatile British cinematographer whose talent for creating atmosphere won him two Oscars, died on Saturday March 17, 2007 in London. He was 89.He had suffered a stroke in December and never recovered, his family told British newspapers. Francis, who received Oscars for the 1960... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 25, 2007

Carol Richards

Carol Richards, who recorded “Silver Bells” with Bing Crosby and dubbed singing voices in movie musicals, died on Friday March 16,2007 She was 84.Richards died of kidney failure, her husband, Edward Swiedler, said. The actors for whom Ms. Richards dubbed musical numbers included Cyd Charisse in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 24, 2007

Herman Stein

Herman Stein, a little-known craftsman who, unseen but very much heard, who helped terrify the audiences of a spate of classic horror and science-fiction films, died on Thursday March 15,2007 at his home in Los Angeles. Stein, a former staff composer at the Universal studio in Hollywood, was 91. The... Sign in to see full entry.

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Calvert DeForest AKA Bud Melman

Calvert G. DeForest, the dweebish man who gained cult status on David Letterman's late-night shows as the comic figure Larry (Bud) Melman precisely because he was not funny, died Monday March 19,2007 in Babylon, Long Island. He was 85. A statement from Letterman's office said he had suffered from a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Luther Ingram

Luther Ingram, the R&B singer who had a hit with “ If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don’t Want to Be Right),” died on Monday March 19,2007 in Belleville, Ill. He was 69.The cause was heart failure. Ingram’s wife, Jacqueline, said he had suffered for years from diabetes, kidney disease and partial... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Stuart Rosenberg

Stuart Rosenberg, a hard-working director of series television and theatrical films who captured the simmering anti-authoritarianism of the late 1960s in the widely popular Paul Newman prison drama “Cool Hand Luke,” died on Thursday March 15 at his home in Beverly Hills. He was 79.Cause of death was... 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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