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Arthur Laurents, 93, West Side Story playwright.
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Baseball great Harmon Killebrew.
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Pathologist, painter, composer, and proponent of the right to die for terminal patients Jack Kevorkian (83) died in a hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan of kidney related problems.
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James Arness of Gunsmoke fame.
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The Coasters lead singer Carl Gardner.
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Last edited by Hal Itosis; 06/19/11 03:47 AM.
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MicroMat Inc Makers of TechTool
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Gifted but controversial singer Amy Winehouse was found dead at her home in Camden (UK) earlier today, joining a long list of musicians who died at age 27.
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Very sad. Time to pull out that Neil Young song again. Every junkie's like a setting sun.
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WWII resistance heroine 'The White Mouse' Nancy Wake (98) died yesterday in a London, UK nursing home for retired veterans.
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Honourable Jack Layton, leader of Canada's Official Opposition. Although this death is most meaningful to Canadians, the personal qualities that any politician should aspire to are evident in this letter written only two days ago.
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From the looks of it, it won't be long
I work for the Department of Redundancy Department
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oh, that makes me very sad.
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He's a trooper; many, if not most, people would have given up long ago. It'll be a sad end to a glorious life!
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In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire
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The photo of Steve Jobs is almost certainly a fake: http://i.imgur.com/WV5Y0.jpg
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I'm afraid, though, that that's the only good news.
The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button.
In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire
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Jerry LeiberThis only came to my attention today, almost a week late. For me his best lyric was: I can make a dress out of a feedbag, and a man out of you.
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Cliff Robertson, 88
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Dolores Hope, wife of Bob Hope, 102
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St. Louis sculptor, entrepreneur and founder/creator of the City Museum Bob Cassily (61) died in an accident while working on his current brainchild Cementland.
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Last edited by Hal Itosis; 10/05/11 10:57 PM.
"Regardless of how Apple corporate wants to portray its products,  the Mac isn't a machine for the masses any more than red wine is  the preferred beverage at baseball games.  :  So who cares about ubiquity anyway?" --D. Story
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http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/very sad. what a legacy. he will be missed.
Last edited by roger; 10/05/11 11:00 PM. Reason: updated link
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