odds & ends - obits

 

TITLE                                                                                                         TAGS

 

2011

Bill McKinney, Actor in 'Deliverance'

 

Andy Rooney

Les Daniels, Historian of Comic Books

Lana Peters, Stalin's Daughter

George Kuchar, Underground Filmmaker

Jordan Belson, Experimental Filmmaker

Raul Ruiz, Prolific Director of Cryptic Films                                             directors

 Gualtiero Jacopetti, Maker of Mondo Cane                                       directors

Bubba Smith                                                                                          actors

 Amy Winehouse                                                                                      music

Sherwood Schwartz                                                                               entertainment

Betty Ford                                                                                               The US

Leonard B. Stern, Creator of Mad Libs                                                   mad libs

 Dr. Jack Kevorkian                                                                              euthanasia

Jeff Conaway, Actor in 'Taxi'                                                               actors

Randy Macho Man Savage                                                                 wrestling

Gerald A. Lawson, a Pioneer in Video Games                                    video games

Sidney Lumet                                                                                         directors

Paul Baran, Internet Pioneer                                                                the Internet

Harry Coover, Super Glue's Inventor                                                   glue

Dorothy Young, Houdini's Sidekick                                                       magic

Geraldine Ferraro                                                                                  politics

Elizabeth Taylor                                                                                      celebrities

 Owsley Stanley, Artisan of Acid                                                        drugs

 

Jane Russell                                                                                      celebrities

Joanne Siegel, the Model for Lois Lane                                           superheroes

David F. Friedman, Horror Film Pioneer                                             film

Tura Santana, Actress with Cult Following                                        actors

Denis Dutton, Philosopher                                                                  philosophy

Milton M. Levine, Inventor of Ant Farm                                               insects

 


 

2010

Pete Postlethwaite                                                                             actors

Blake Edwards                                                                                   [directors]

  Irvin Kershner, Director of The Empire Strikes Back                             [directors]

Leslie Nielsen                                                                                      [actors]

 Babie Marie Osborne, Silent-Film Star                                                 [actors]

Charles Reynolds - Magician's Magician                                            magicians

 Dino De Laurentiis                                                                        [producers]

Bob Guccione, Penthouse Founder                                             [pornography]

Barbara Billingsley                                                                              [actors]

Benoît Mandelbrot, Novel Mathematician                                       [math]

John Huchra; Maps Altered Ideas on Universe                                   [scientists]

Philippa Foot, Philosopher                                                                 [philosophy]

Tony Curtis                                                                                          [actors]

Arthur Penn, Director of 'Bonnie and Clyde'                                       [directors]

Owner of Segway Company Dies in a Segway Accident                  [irony]

Eddie Fisher                                                                                         [actors]

George Steinbrenner                                                                          [baseball]

Harvey Pekar, 'American Splendor' Creator                                       [comics]

Nicolas Hayek, Creator of Swatch                                                     [products]

Edith Shain, Who Said Famous Kiss Came Her Wayf                          [history]

Peter Keefe, Creator of 'Voltron'                                                       [cartoons]

Rue McClanahan                                                                               [actors]

Chris Haney, Co-Creator of Trivial Pursuit                                           [games]

Dennis Hopper                                                                                     [actors]

Gary Coleman                                                                                     [actors]

Simon Monjack, Husband of Brittany Murphy                                      [Brittany Murphy]

Martin Gardner:  Puzzler and Polymath                                               [math]

David E. Durston, Who Directed 'I Drink Your Blood'                            [directors]

Moishe Rosen, Founder of Jews for Jesus                                              [Jewish people]

John Shepherd-Barron, Developer of the ATM                                      [banking]

Donald N. Frey, Designer of the Mustang                                             [cars]

Edward Uhl, Who Helped Invent the Bazooka                                     [weapons]

Lena Horne                                                                                           [musicians]

Lynn Redgrave                                                                                      [actors]

Joseph Sarno, Sexploitation Film Director                                             [sex, film]

Elizabeth Post                                                                                        [etiquette]

Nina Bourne:  Champion of Catch 22                                                  [publishers]

George Nissen, Father of the Trampoline                                              [trampolines]

Dixie Carter                                                                                            [actors]

Tim Holland, Backgammon Master                                                       [backgammon]

Peter Graves                                                                                          [actors]

Corey Haim                                                                                            [actors]

Andrew Koenig, Boner from 'Growing Pains'                                         [actors]

Charlie Wilson                                                                                        [government]

Zelda Rubinstein, the Little Old Lady from Poltergeist                           [actors]

Glen W. Bell Jr., Founder of Taco Bell                                                     [Taco Bell]

Jay Reatard                                                                                           [music]

  

   

   

2009   

   Donald Goerke, Creator of SpaghettiOs                                              [food]

   Curtis Allina:  He Put the Heads on Pez                                                 [Pez]

    Kim Peek, Inspiration for 'Rain Man'                                                   [Rain Man]

    Brittany Murphy                                                                                   [celebrities]

    Milorad Pavic, Unorthodox Novelist                                                   [authors]

    Roy E. Disney                                                                                       [Disney]

    Oral Roberts                                                                                        [evangelicalism]

    Albert Crewe, First to Show a Single Atom                                         [Albert Crewe]

    Ken Ober, Host of 'Remote Control'                                                  [MTV]

    Claude Lévi-Strauss, Father of Modern Anthropology                       [Strauss, anthropology]

    Captain Lou Albano                                                                         [Lou Albano, wrestlers]

    Don Fisher, Founder of the Gap                                                         [Don Fisher, the Gap]

    Henry Gibson, Star of Laugh-In                                                           [Henry Gibson]

    Patrick Swayze                                                                                   [Patrick Swayze]

    Army Archerd, Columnist for Variety                                                  [Army Archerd]

    Ted Kennedy                                                                                       [Ted Kennedy]

    Stanley Kaplan of Kaplan Prep                                                           [Stanley Kaplan]

    Robert Novak                                                                                     [Robert Novak]

    Les Paul, Guitar Innovator                                                                  [Les Paul]

    Eunice Kennedy Shriver, a Founder of Special Olympics                     [Eunice Kennedy Shriver]

    John Hughes                                                                                        [John Hughes]

    Heinz Edelmann, 'Yellow Submarine' Artist                                          [Heinz Edelmann, the Beatles]

    Walter Cronkite                                                                                   [Walter Cronkite, the news]

    Robert Isabell, Studio 54 Events Planner                                              [Robert Isabell, Studio 54]

    Karl Malden                                                                                          [Karl Malden, actors]

    Michael Jackson                                                                                   [Michael Jackson, celebrities]

    Farrah Fawcett                                                                                     [Farrah Fawcett, celebrities]

    Ed McMahon                                                                                        [Ed McMahon, TV, the Tonight Show]

    Millvina Dean, Titanic's Last Survivor, Dies at 97                                   [Millvina Dean, the Titanic]

    Marilyn Chambers, Sex Star                                                                   [Marilyn Chambers, sex, porn]

    Jack Wrangler, Pioneer Gay Macho-Man                                             [Jack Wrangler, gay issues]

    Hans Beck, Designer of Little Plastic People                                          [Hans Beck]

    John Updike                                                                                           [John Updike, books, authors]

2008

   Harold Pinter                                                                                           [Harold Pinter, playwrights]

   W. Mark "Deep Throat" Felt                                                                     [W. Mark Felt]

   Betty Page, Pinup Girl                                                                             [Betty Page]

   H.M.                                                                                                         [psychology, history]

   Michael Crichton                                                                                     [Michael Crichton, books, authors]

   Madelyn Payne Dunham, Grandmother of Obama                               [Barack Obama, Madelyn Payne Dunham]

   Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal (Whom De Niro Played in Casino)                      [film, Frank Rosenthal, Robert De Niro]

   Gerard Damiano, Director of "Deep Throat"                                           [Gerard Damiano, porn, sex]

   Paul Newman                                                                                         [Paul Newman, actors]

   David Foster Wallace                                                                              [David Foster Wallace, books, authors]

   Bernie Mac                                                                                               [Bernie Mac, comedians, actors]

   George Carlin                                                                                          [George Carlin, comedians]

   Tim Russert                                                                                                [Tim Russert, the news]

   Harvey Korman                                                                                        [Harvey Korman, actors]

   Sydney Pollack                                                                                          [Sydney Pollack, directors]

   Albert Hofmann                                                                                        [Albert Hofmann, scientists, LSD]

   Charlton Heston                                                                                       [Charlton Heston, actors, celebrities]

   Herb Peterson, McMuffin Inventor                                                            [Herb Peterson, McDonalds]
 
   Arthur C. Clarke                                                                                        [Arthur C. Clarke,
books, authors, science fiction]
 
  
Gary Gygax, Creator of Dungeons and Dragons                                     [Gary Gygax, Dungeons and Dragons, games]

   Heath Ledger                                                                                            [Heath Ledger, actors]

   Richard Knerr, Craze Creator                                                                   [Richard Kerr]

   Brad Renfro                                                                                               [Brad Renfro, actors]




  2007
 

   Ike Turner                                                                                                    [Ike Turner, musicians]

  
Kevin DuBrow, Lead Singer of Quiet Riot                                                   [Kevin DuBrow, Quiet Riot,
musicians]

   Evel Knievel                                                                                                [Evel Knievel, daredevils]

   Ira Levin                                                                                                      [Ira Levin, authors]
 
   Robert Goulet                                                                                            [Robert Goulet]

   Robert Jordan                                                                                            [Robert Jordan, authors]

   Lois Maxwell (Miss Moneypenny)                                                                 [Lois Maxwell, actors]

   Luciano Pavarotti                                                                                       [Luciano Pavorotti, opera singers