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In memory of a friend
by Peter C. Frank
views: 84 | rating: 10 | comments: 22
February 07, 2008 04:41 PM EST -- I received an email from a friend yesterday, advising me on the passing of strong and vibrant woman. She had succummed to her battle with cancer. I just posted the email that I sent out to others who knew . . . more
February 19, 2008 06:10 PM EST --     "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure"      Clarence Darrow      Is there anyone . . . more
Shining Stars Gone Too Soon;
by Bob C.
views: 108 | rating: 9.9 | comments: 32
March 15, 2008 10:39 PM EDT --   Okay good people of Gather, maybe I am a little biased by the fact that I happen to be madly in love with the beautiful lady that published this. I do think that on its own though it was an excellent . . . more
April 10, 2008 08:35 AM EDT -- "The ladies have to go first. Get in the lifeboat to please me. Good-bye Dearie, I'll see you later." John Jacob Astor IV, aboard the Titanic "How were the receipts today at . . . more
March 18, 2008 09:53 AM EDT -- British film director Anthony Minghella has died at the age of 54, his agent has said. Minghella, whose films include Truly, Madly, Deeply and Cold Mountain, was chairman of the British Film Institute. . . . more
Obituary: Heath Ledger
by Bob B.
views: 54 | rating: 10 | comments: 35
January 22, 2008 06:16 PM EST -- Actor Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday of a possible drug overdose in a Lower Manhattan apartment, the New York Police Department said.  The Academy Award nominated actor was 28. "Pills . . . more
Obituary: Lois Nettleton
by Bob B.
views: 112 | rating: 10 | comments: 32
January 25, 2008 06:51 PM EST -- Daytime Emmy award-winning actress and Broadway star Lois Nettleton passed away at the age of 80. She died of lung cancer on January 18th at the Motion Picture and Television Fund Hospital. The announcement . . . more
January 30, 2008 10:20 PM EST -- President Hinckley's funeral has been targeted as a protest site by members of the Westboro Baptist Church. Members of the Topeka, Kan., church have picketed several military funerals out of a belief . . . more
In Memory of EIGHT BELLES.
by Kitty L.
views: 115 | rating: 9.4 | comments: 18
May 07, 2008 04:41 PM EDT -- This is part memorial and part rant.....and for those who don't know who EIGHT BELLES was....she was a very young filly as in horse that came in second in the Kentucky Derby this past week and as . . . more
February 10, 2008 11:31 PM EST -- ROY Scheider, the human star of the 1975 blockbuster hit Jaws , has died in a US hospital. He was 75. The Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-nominated American actor, best known for his . . . more
April 06, 2008 12:23 AM EDT -- Legendary actor, civil rights leader and political activist Charlton Heston passed away today, at the age of 84. He died at his home with Lydia, his wife of 64 years, at his side. Mr. Heston was loved . . . more
March 27, 2008 12:15 AM EDT -- Actor Richard Widmark, who earned an Oscar nomination playing a psychopath in 1947's film noir "Kiss of Death," has died aged 93, a medical official in his home state of Connecticut said . . . more
January 24, 2008 08:45 PM EST -- Slim Whitman would like to clear something up: He's alive and doing pretty well despite reports of his death on Monday. The country singer, who experienced his first surge in popularity in the . . . more
March 30, 2008 11:40 AM EDT -- The man who invented the Egg McMuffin and helped McDonald's crack the breakfast market has died aged 89. Herb Petersen was working for the fast food chain in Santa Barbara, California, in 1972 . . . more
Obituary: Jeff Healey
by Bob B.
views: 48 | rating: 10 | comments: 14
March 03, 2008 10:30 PM EST -- Guitar wizard Norman Jeff Healey of Toronto died Sunday of cancer. He was 41. Healey was considered a prodigy and earned numerous Juno and Grammy nominations in the course of his career. He lost . . . more
March 17, 2008 07:09 PM EDT -- The drummer for the Swedish pop group Abba has been found dead with his throat cut after he accidentally walked through a glass door. Ola Brunkert, 61, crashed head first through the door in his kitchen . . . more
March 18, 2008 06:05 PM EDT -- Arthur C. Clarke, author of 2001: A Space Odyssey and a man considered one of the world's top science fiction writers, has died. He was 90. An aide announced his death Tuesday in Colombo, Sri Lanka, . . . more
March 18, 2008 11:24 PM EDT -- Ivan Dixon, an actor, director and producer best known for his role as Kinchloe on the 1960s television series "Hogan's Heroes," has died. He was 76. Dixon died Sunday at Presbyterian Hospital . . . more
Obituary: Slim Whitman
by Bob B.
views: 21 | rating: 10 | comments: 22
January 21, 2008 07:36 PM EST -- Country singer Slim Whitman ("More than Yesterday") died today, age 84. Born Ottis Dewey Whitman, Jr. , he was one of the best-selling and most influential artists in country . . . more
February 27, 2008 07:08 PM EST --  The founder of the National Review and conservative commentator William F. Buckley Jr. was found dead Wednesday in the study of his Stamford, Connecticut, home, officials at the magazine said. . . . more
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