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Obituaries

"Cast a cold Eye/On Life, on Death./Horseman, pass by!" -W.B. Yeats's headstone

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June 2008
- Paul Sills, 'Orson Welles of Improv'
  
  newser | Chicago Tribune | Jun 3, 08 2:00 PM CDT
  
  For a performer, Paul Sills kept a pretty low profile. But make no mistake: The Second City co-founder was a massive influence not just on improvisational comedy, but on comedy and theater in general. Without Sills, who died yesterday at 80, there would be no Chicago improv scene, no Saturday Night Live , no 30 Rock , Chris Jones writes in the Tribune . More »
- Bo Diddley's Beat Sure to Carry
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jun 3, 08 12:21 PM CDT
  
  You can’t have a moment of silence for Bo Diddley, J. Freedom du Lac writes in the W ashington Post . It’s not that the music world hasn’t lost a great pioneer—it surely has. It’s that the mere mention of Diddley’s name sets your feet tapping to the “Bo Diddley beat,” the most imitated rhythm line in rock and roll: Bomp-a-bomp-a-bomp. Bomp-bomp. More »
- For Inventor, RIP: Rest in Pringles Can
  
  newser | Cincinnati Enquirer | Jun 2, 08 3:10 PM CDT
  
  The man who invented the Pringles can is taking the chips' "Once you pop, you can't stop" slogan to eternity, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. Dr. Fredric J. Baur patented the iconic container in 1970 while working for Procter & Gamble, and had long wished to be buried in one; after he died last month at 89, his survivors obliged, interring some ashes in a can and an urn and giving the rest to a grandson. More »
- Bo Diddley Dead at 79
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jun 2, 08 1:14 PM CDT
  
  Rock and roll pioneer Bo Diddley, who made his first recordings in 1955 and was still touring last year, died today at 79, the AP reports. The singer and guitarist, born Ellas Bates in Mississippi in 1928, not only pioneered distorted guitar tones; his bragging, syncopated style foreshadowed rap as well, Billboard reports. More »
- The Man Who Put Women in Pants
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jun 2, 08 11:29 AM CDT
  
  Yves Saint Laurent wasn’t just another designer. The man who died last night at 71 was an icon who forever changed the way women dress, Robin Givhan writes in the Washington Post . Start with this: Saint Laurent put women in pants. His elegant designs let women swagger like men, giving them “the sartorial equivalent of chutzpah.” More »
- Yves Saint Laurent Dead at Age 71
  
  newser | AFP | Jun 1, 08 6:23 PM CDT
  
  Twentieth-century fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent died today at his home in Paris, AFP reports. The reclusive designer, who was battling illness, said when he retired in 2002 that he had “always given the highest importance of all to respect for this craft, which is not exactly an art, but which needs an artist to exist.” More »
May 2008
- Subject of Lorenzo's Oil Dead at 30
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 31, 08 5:28 PM CDT
  
  Lorenzo Odone, the ALD-plagued child whose plight inspired the film Lorenzo’s Oil , died yesterday at age 30, the AP reports. Doctors said he would die by age 8, but he lived while taking an oil developed by his parents. Susan Sarandon and Nick Nolte starred in the 1992 film about his life. More »
- Comic Great Harvey Korman Dead at 81
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 29, 08 7:23 PM CDT
  
  Harvey Korman, who gained comic fame with his bust-a-gut sketches on the "Carol Burnett Show" in the 1960s and 70s, has died at age 81 from complications of an aneurysm, the AP reports. Korman won four Emmys for his TV work, often pairing with Burnett or Tim Conway. He had success on the big screen, too, most notably as Hedley (not Hedy!) Lamarr in Blazing Saddles . More »
- Oscar Winner Sydney Pollack Dead at 73
  
  newser | New York Times | May 26, 08 8:48 PM CDT
  
  Oscar-winning filmmaker Sidney Pollack died of cancer today at age 73 in Los Angeles, the New York Times reports. His career, defined by classics like Tootsie and Out of Africa , spanned an era when directors wrangled stars and battled studios to make artful yet commercial films. He later grieved that mainstream movies are good only by "accident" in today's Hollywood. More »
- Colombian Rebels Confirm Leader's Death
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 25, 08 6:23 PM CDT
  
  A top Colombian rebel confirmed the death of FARC chief Manuel Marulanda in a TV interview today. Marulanda died of a heart attack 2 months ago, at age 78, "in the arms of his companion," he said. With "Sureshot" gone, new rebel leader Alfonso Cano may struggle to keep the Marxist group going, the AP reports. More »
- Christian Star Bids Goodbye to Slain Daughter
  
  newser | People | May 25, 08 1:51 PM CDT
  
  Christian pop star Steven Curtis Chapman and his family yesterday bid goodbye to his 5-year-old daughter in a memorial service that honored a little girl who loved to draw flowers and do dishes "buck naked," People reports. Maria Sue Chapman, one of three daughters Chapman and his wife adopted from China, was killed after her 17-year-old brother accidentally ran her over with an SUV. More »
- Laugh-In Creator Dick Martin Dead at 86
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 25, 08 11:17 AM CDT
  
  The final judge has come for Dick Martin, co-founder of the groundbreaking comedy show Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In and later a prolific director, the AP reports. Martin, the wacky counterpoint to partner Dan Rowan's straight man, died last night at age 86 of respiratory problems. Laugh-In , which began in 1968, launched the careers of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and changed television comedy. More »
- Carter Aide Hamilton Jordan Dead at 63
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 21, 08 3:07 AM CDT
  
  Jimmy Carter's former chief of staff, Hamilton Jordan, has died at the age of 63 after battling cancer for more than 20 years, AP reports. Jordan was at the core of Carter's "Georgia Mafia," and helped propel the Democrat into the White House in 1976. "He was a great strategist," said Carter's former communications chief. "He just couldn't strategize his way out of this." More »
- Wine Whiz Mondavi Dead at 94
  
  newser | San Francisco Chronicle | May 16, 08 7:54 PM CDT
  
  California wine master Robert Mondavi died peacefully today in his Napa Valley home at age 94, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Disciples and critics alike have praised the vintner for elevating West Coast wine from jug juice to world-class vino. "His legacy and his vision for what California could do remains with us as guidepost and a source of aspiration," one winemaker said. More »
- Robert Rauschenberg, American Master, Dies at 82
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 13, 08 12:10 PM CDT
  
  Robert Rauschenberg, a pioneer of pop art and one of the greatest American artists of the 20th century, died yesterday at 82, the AP reports. Rauschenberg's "combine paintings" of the 1950s, which incorporated three-dimensional objects ranging from soda bottles to stuffed birds, were seen as revolutionary, but over a decades-long career he also worked in other media, including sculpture and dance. More »
- Country's Eddy Arnold Dies at 89
  
  newser | The Tennessean | May 8, 08 1:16 PM CDT
  
  Eddy Arnold, the “Tennessee Plowboy,” died this morning at the age of 89, the Tennessean reports. Ranked as Billboard ’s most popular country musician of all time, Arnold sold more than 85 million records and had 37 singles on the pop charts. Besides being remembered as a caring man who “radiated gentility,” he is credited with moving country into popular music’s mainstream. More »
- Ice Cream Guru Robbins Dead
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | May 6, 08 11:45 PM CDT
  
  Irvine Robbins, the co-founder of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream empire, has died at 90, the LA Times reports. Robbins grew up scooping ice cream at his family’s Tacoma, Wash., shop and opened his own store in California in 1945. As his chain expanded, he loved inventing and naming new flavors, including cherry chocolate chip “ChaChaCha” and Jamoca Almond Fudge. More »
- Woman Who Defied Interracial Marriage Ban Dies at 68
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 5, 08 4:11 PM CDT
  
  Mildred Loving, whose challenge to Virginia law led to the Supreme Court decision overturning bans on racially mixed marriage, has died at the age of 68. Loving, who was black, and her white husband Richard pleaded guilty to “cohabiting as man and wife, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth” before their suit led to a landmark civil-rights ruling in 1967. More »
- Would-Be Hitler Killer Dead at 90
  
  newser | Daily Telegraph (UK) | May 3, 08 6:29 PM CDT
  
  The last surviving member of a cabal that twice tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler died this week at age 90, the Telegraph reports. Nearly all of Phillip Von Boeselager’s co-conspirators were executed after a 1944 attempt to plant a bomb under the table at Hitler’s East Prussian headquarters, but von Boeselager escaped and Hitler sustained only minor injuries in the blast. More »
April 2008
- Jazzman Giuffre Dead at 86
  
  newser | New York Times | Apr 26, 08 6:26 AM CDT
  
  The iconoclastic clarinetist and composer Jimmy Giuffre died Thursday, two days before what would have been his 87th birthday, the New York Times reports. The Texas-born jazz legend's 50-year career took him from big-band hits with Woody Herman to minimalist trios, with a stint playing in mess halls as a GI in WWII. Giuffre's experimental, blues-infused styling made him a leading figure in the '50s "cool jazz" scene. More »

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