Obama takes Office January 21
James Brady (writer) — Dead. Died January 22, 2009. Born circa 1928. Celebrity columnist who started The Post’s “Page Six,” wrote Parade’s “In Step With” for over 25 years and wrote about Korea and World War II.
John Updike (writer) — Dead. Lung cancer. Died January 27, 2009. Born March 18, 1932. Author of the Rabbit books and The Witches of Eastwick, won two Pulitzer Prizes.
February
James Whitmore (actor) — Dead. Lung cancer. Died February 6, 2009. Born October 1, 1921. Bit parts in many movies, pitched Miracle Grow, married to Audra Lindley during the ’70s, starred as Harry Truman in Give ‘em Hell, Harry.
Blossom Dearie (singer/pianist) — Dead. Died February 7, 2009. Born April 19, 1926. Longtime jazz performer (“Peel Me a Grape”) who performed serveral songs for Schoolhouse Rock.
Robert Anderson (playwright) — Dead. Pneumonia/Alzheimer’s. Died February 9, 2009. Born April 28, 1917. Wrote Tea and Sympathy, I Never Sang for My Father, former husband of Teresa Wright. Make memorial contributions to: Dramatists Guild Fund or Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease.
Estelle Bennett (singer) — Dead. Colon cancer. Died February 11, 2009. Born July 22, 1941. One of The Ronettes (“Be My Baby”), inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.
Louie Bellson (drummer) — Dead. Parkinson’s Disease. Died February 14, 2009. Born July 6, 1924. Drummer for the great bands (Duke Ellington), Bellson married Pearl Bailey and served as her music director, frequent guest on The Tonight Show, vice president of Remo Drums.
John McGlinn (conductor/music historian) — Dead. Heart attack. Died February 14, 2009. Born September 18, 1953. Restored music removed from old musicals, like Showboat (“Mis’ry”) and Annie Get Your Gun.
Dr. Eugenia Calle (epidemiologist) — Dead. Murder. Died February 17, 2009. Born circa 1952. A former vice president of the American Cancer Society, her research work linked estrogen plus progestin and obesity to increased cancer risks.
Howard Zieff (director) — Dead. Parkinson’s disease. Died February 22, 2009. Born October 21, 1927. Director of Private Benjamin and classic commercials like the “Spicy meatball” ad for Alka-Seltzer.
Philip Jose Farmer (writer) — Dead. Died February 25, 2009. Born January 26, 1918. Award-winning SF writer, probably best-known for the Riverworld series, he also wrote one book as Kilgore Trout.
Wendy Richard (actress) — Dead. Cancer. Died February 25, 2009. Born July 20, 1943. Miss Brahms in Are You Being Served?, Pauline in Eastenders, announced she had terminal bone cancer in October 2008.
Paul Harvey (radio broadcaster) — Dead. Died February 28, 2009. Born September 4, 1918. “And now you know the rest of the story…”
March
Horton Foote (writer) — Dead. Died March 4, 2009. Born March 14, 1916. Adapted To Kill a Mockingbird for the screen, wrote Tender Mercies.
Jimmy Boyd (singer/actor) — Dead. Cancer. Died March 7, 2009. Born January 9, 1939. Singer for the original release of “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”, bit parts including Howard in Bachelor Father and Inherit the Wind, first husband of Yvonne Craig.
Lenore Annenberg (Philanthropist) — Dead. Died March 12, 2009. Born February 20, 1918. US Chief of Protocol under Reagan, trustee of the Annenberg Foundation.
Betsy Blair (actress) — Dead. Cancer. Died March 13, 2009. Born December 11, 1923. Oscar-nominated as Clara in Marty (partially blacklisted during the ’50s due to her politics), married to actor Gene Kelly and later to director Karel Reisz.
Ron Silver (actor) — Dead. Esophageal cancer. Died March 15, 2009. Born July 2, 1946. Versatile actor, was on The West Wing, Veronica’s Closet and played Alan Dershowitz in Reversal of Fortune, won a Tony Award for Speed-the-Plow, became a Republican activist after 9/11.
Natasha Richardson (actress) — Dead. [rumors] Following a head injury suffered during a skiing accident. Died March 18, 2009. Born May 11, 1963. Tony-winning actress (for the 1998 revival of Caberet), starred in The Handmaid’s Tale, appeared with her mother Vanessa Redgrave in Evening, was married to Liam Neeson for nearly 15 years. Make memorial contributions to: amfAR – The Foundation for AIDS Research.
“England” Dan Seals (singer) — Dead. Lymphoma. Died March 25, 2009. Born February 8, 1948. Part of the duo England Dan and John Ford Coley, best-known for “I’d Really Love to See You Tonight”.
Irving R. Levine (newscaster) — Dead. Died March 26, 2009. Born August 26, 1922. NBC newscaster for 45 years.
Maurice Jarre (composer) — Dead. Died March 29, 2009. Born September 13, 1924. Won Oscars for the scores for A Passage to India, Dr. Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia, also scored Ghost and Witness.
Andy Hallett (actor) — Dead. Heart failure. Died March 29, 2009. Born August 4, 1975. The green, singing demon Lorne on Angel.
April
Jody McRea (actor) — Dead. Cardiac arrest. Died April 4, 2009. Born September 6, 1934. Bit parts in many ’50s and ’60s movies, noteably Bonehead in several of the “Frankie and Annette” beach flicks.
Dave Arneson (game creator/teacher) — Dead. Cancer. Died April 7, 2009. Born October 1, 1947. Co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons with Gary Gygax.
Jack Wrangler (Theater producer/porn actor) — Dead. Emphysema. Died April 7, 2009. Born July 11, 1946. Gay icon for starring in movies like The Devil in Miss Jones: Part II, he went on to produce cabaret shows for his wife, Margaret Whiting.
Marilyn Chambers (model/adult star) — Dead. Died April 12, 2009. Born April 22, 1952. Appeared on the Ivory Snow detergent box in the early ’70s before starring in the porn classic Behind the Green Door, was married to Linda Lovelace’s ex-husband for a while.
Mark Fidrych (pitcher/farmer) — Dead. Truck accident. Died April 13, 2009. Born August 14, 1954. Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. (Yeah, I know, I don’t tend to add athletes, but Mark and I used to hang out at the same donut place in Northboro in the late ’80s and early ’90s.)
J. G. Ballard (author) — Dead. Prostate cancer. Died April 19, 2009. Born November 15, 1930. Empire of the Sun (novel/movie based on his life in a Japanese internment camp) and A User’s Guide to the Millennium among many others.
Bea Arthur (actress) — Dead. Cancer. Died April 25, 2009. Born May 13, 1923. Maude, The Golden Girls.
May
Danny Gans (comic/impersonator) — Dead. Heart disease/prescription drug overdose. Died May 1, 2009. Born October 25, 1956. One of the mainstays of Vegas, he had a bit part in Bull Durham. Make memorial contributions to: Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation.
Marilyn French (writer) — Dead. Died May 2, 2009. Born November 21, 1929. The Women’s Room
Dom DeLuise (comic actor/cook) — Dead. Died May 4, 2009. Born August 1, 1933. Blazing Saddles.
June
David Eddings (writer) — Dead. Died June 2, 2009. Born July 7, 1931. Co-wrote large fantasy series including the Belgariad and the Malloreon.
David Carradine (actor) — Dead. Reported asphyxiation. Died June 3, 2009. Born December 8, 1936. Kill Bill, Kung Fu, many other TV Westerns, and a surprising number of movie bit parts in the years before he died.
John Houghtaling (inventor) — Dead. Complications of a fall. Died June 17, 2009. Born November 14, 1916. Invented “The Magic Fingers,” a coin-operated vibrating bed later installed in motels across America during the ’50s and ’60s.
Lorena Gale (actress/playwright) — Dead. Stomach cancer. Died June 21, 2009. Born May 9, 1958. Many TV bit parts (especially on Canadian TV), probably best-known as Elosha on Battlestar Galactica. Make memorial contributions to: Vancouver General Hospital Palliative Care Center
Jerri Nielsen Fitzgerald (doctor/speaker) — Dead. Cancer. Died June 23, 2009. Born March 1, 1952. Doctor who performed a breast biopsy on herself while stationed in Antarctica in 1999, later wrote Ice Bound: A Doctor’s Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole.
Ed McMahon (announcer) — Dead. Pneumonia/cancer. Died June 23, 2009. Born March 6, 1923. The Tonight Show announcer during the Carson years, famous for greeting him with “Heeeeeeeeeeeere’s Johnnny!”, later, a spokesperson for American Family Publishing.
Sky “Sunlight” Saxon (musician) – Dead. Died June 25, 2009. Born August 20, 1937. Was an American rock and roll musician who was best known as the leader and singer of the 1960s Los Angelespsychedelic garage rock band The Seeds.
Farrah Fawcett (actress/model) — Dead. Cancer. Died June 25, 2009. Born February 2, 1947. Charlie’s Angels, subject of a huge poster craze in the ’70s, many made-for-TV movies, longtime companion of Ryan O’Neal, ex-wife of Lee Majors.
Michael Jackson (singer/songwriter) — Dead. Cardiac arrest. Died June 25, 2009. Born August 29, 1958. Wildly eccentric performer, youngest member of the Jackson 5, major pop icon of the ’80s (“Thriller”, “Billie Jean”), married briefly to Lisa Marie Presley, acquitted child molester.
Gale Storm (actress) — Dead. Died June 27, 2009. Born April 5, 1922. My Little Margie, The Gale Storm Show; her autobiography was called I Ain’t Down Yet.
Billy Mays (pitchman) — Dead. Heart disease. Died June 28, 2009. Born July 20, 1958. The spokesguy for OrangeGlo, Oxiclean and dozens of other products, starred in cable’s Pitchmen.
Fred Travalena (impersonator/comic/cartoon voice) — Dead. Cancer. Died June 28, 2009. Born October 6, 1942. Frequent late-night guest, probably best-known for mimicking Frank Sinatra.
Harve Presnell (actor/singer) — Dead. Pancreatic cancer. Died June 30, 2009. Born September 14, 1933. The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Jan Rubes (actor) — Dead. Died June 30, 2009. Born June 6, 1920. The grandfather in
July
Karl Malden (actor) — Dead. Died July 1, 2009. Born March 22, 1912. On the Waterfront, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Streets of San Francisco and many commercials for American Express.
Mollie Sugden (actress) — Dead. [rumors] Died July 1, 2009. Born July 21, 1922. Popular for her “feline” comments as Mrs. Slocombe in Are You Being Served?.
Allen Klein (music agent/movie producer) — Dead. Alzheimer’s. Died July 4, 2009. Born December 18, 1931. Early manager of Bobby Darrin, Sam Cooke, the Rolling Stones and the last manager of The Beatles.
Steve LaTreal McNair (Football Quarterback) — Dead. Homicide. Died July 4, 2009. Born February 14, 1973 . Best known for his years with the Tennessee Titans. Led the Titans to the playoffs four times, and the Ravens once, and played in Super Bowl XXXIV with the Titans.
Robert McNamara (secretary of defense) — Dead. Died July 6, 2009. Born June 9, 1916. Secretary of Defense during the Viet Nam war, subject of A Fog of War.
Beverly Roberts — Dead. Died July 13, 2009. Born May 19, 1913. was an American film and stage actress of the 1930s, and entertainment business executive through the 1970s.
Gordon Trueman Riviere Waller — Dead. Died July 17, 2009. Born June 4, 1945. Was a singer/songwriter/guitarist, best known as “Gordon” of 1960s duo Peter and Gordon, whose biggest hit was “A World Without Love”.
Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. — Dead. Died July 17, 2009. Born November 4, 1916. Was an American broadcast journalist, best known as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years (1962–81). During the heyday of CBS News in the 1970s and 1980s, he was often cited in viewer opinion polls as “the most trusted man in America” because of his professional experience and kindly demeanor.
Alexis ‘Glitter Girl’ Cohen (Former American Idol contestant) — Dead. Struck By A Car. Died July 25, 2009. Born 1984 . Best known for her colorful behavior and rude gestures directed at the judges in early episodes of Idol.
Vernon Forrest (Professional Boxer ) — Dead. Shot. Died July 25, 2009. Born February 12, 1971. Known as “The Viper”, Became a world champion in the welterweight and light middleweight divisions and was noted for his two fights with Shane Mosley.
Mercier (Merce) Philip Cunningham (choreographer ) — Dead. Natural Causes. Died July 26, 2009. Born April 16, 1919. Cunningham had a profound influence on modern dance also considered one of the greatest American dancers.
Reverend Ike (Pastor) formally Reverend Dr. Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II — Dead. Stroke. Died July 28, 2009. Born June 1, 1935. Founder and pastor of the Christ United Church, was an American minister and electronic evangelist based in New York City.
August
Maria Corazon “Cory” Cojuangco Aquino (11th president of the Philippines) Dead. colon cancer. Died on August 1, 2009. Born January 25, 1933. Was a President of the Philippines and a world-renowned advocate of democracy, peace, women’s empowerment, and religious piety. She was the first female president of the Philippines and was Asia’s first female president.
Naomi Ruth Sims (model) — Dead. Cancer. Died August 1, 2009. Born March 30, 1948. Was an African American model, businesswoman and author. She became one of the first successful black models.
Howard J. Smit (American film make-up artist) – Dead. Died August 1, 2009. Born April 19, 1911. Work on films including The Birds and The Wizard of Oz. Smit spearheaded the movement to establish the Academy Award for Best Makeup to recognize the profession within the film industry and pushed studios to credit film make-up artists in a movie’s screen credits.
Michael A. Wiener (Business Executive) Dead. Cancer. Died August 2, 2009. Born 1938. Was one of the two founders of the Infinity Broadcasting Corporation in 1972, ran the company as president and chairman, and became a philanthropist after selling the business and its 44 radio stations to Westinghouse Corporation in 1996 for $3.7 billion.
Billy Lee Riley (Musican) Dead. Cancer. Died August 2, 2009. Born October 5, 1933 Was an American rockabilly musician, singer, record producer and songwriter.
Blake Snyder (Screenwriter) Dead. cardiac arrest. Died August 4, 2009. Born October 3, 1957. Was an American screenwriter based in Los Angeles, who became one of the most popular writing mentors in the film industry.
John Wilden Hughes, Jr. (Film Director) Dead. Heart Attack. Died August 6, 2009. Born February 18, 1950. Was an American film director, producer and writer. He made some of the most successful films of the 1980s and 1990s, including National Lampoon’s Vacation; Ferris Bueller’s Day Off; Weird Science; The Breakfast Club; Some Kind of Wonderful; Sixteen Candles; Pretty in Pink; Planes, Trains and Automobiles; Uncle Buck; Home Alone and its sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.
Willy DeVille (Songwriter) Dead. Pancreatic Cancer. Died August 6, 2009. Born August 27, 1950. Was an American singer and songwriter. First with his band Mink DeVille (1974–1985) and later on his own.
James Howard “Jimmy” Bedford (Disteller) Dead. Heart Attack. Died August 7, 2009. Born January 30, 1940. Was responsible for overseeing the production of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whiskey and ensuring the consistent flavor of the product in his 20 years serving as the distillery’s sixth master distiller.
Calvin Coolidge Ermer (Coach) Dead. Died August 8, 2009. Born November 10, 1923. Was an American second baseman, manager, coach and scout in Major League Baseball.
John Quade (Actor) Dead. Natural Causes. Died August 9 , 2009. Born April 1, 1938. Was an American character actor who starred in film and in television. He was best known for his role as Cholla, the leader of the motorcycle gang “The Black Widows” in the 1978 hit film Every Which Way But Loose and the 1980 sequel Any Which Way You Can with Clint Eastwood.
Merlyn Louise Mantle. (Author) Dead. Alzheimer’s disease. Died August 10, 2009. Born January 28, 1932. Married to Mickey Mantle
Andy Kessler (Skateborder) Dead. Heart Attack. Died August 10, 2009. Born June 11, 1961. Was a New York City skateboarder, a prominent member of The Soul Artists of Zoo York.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver (American activist) Dead. Died August 11, 2009. Born July 10, 1921. Was a member of the Kennedy family and founded the Special Olympics in the 1960s as a national organization.
Karl Von Hess (Professional Wrestler) Dead. Alzheimer’s disease. Died August 12, 2009. Born 1919. Was an American professional wrestler.
Gladys Gillem Wall (Professional Wrestler) Dead. Alzheimer’s disease. Died August 12, 2009. Born January 6, 1921. Also known as Gladys “Killem” Gillem or Gladys “Kill ‘Em” Gillem.
Ruth Ford (American model) Dead. Died August 12, 2009. Born July 7, 1911.Was an American model and stage and film actress. Her brother was the bohemian surrealist Charles Henri Ford.
Rashied Ali (Drummer) Born Robert Patterson. Heart Attaack. Died August 12, 2009. Born July 1, 1935. Was an American free jazz and avant-garde jazz drummer best known for playing with John Coltrane in the last years of Coltrane’s life.
Lester William Polsfuss, known as Les Paul (Musician/Inventor) Dead. Pneumonia. Died August 13, 2009. Born June 9, 1915. He was a pioneer in the development of the solid-body electric guitar, which “made the sound of rock and roll possible. He is credited with inventing or discovering many recording innovations including overdubbing (also known as sound on sound), delay effects such as tape delay, phasing effects, and multitrack recording.
Lawrence Lucie (Jazz Guitarist) Dead. Died August 14, 2009. Born December 18, 1907. was an American jazz guitarist. He was also the best man at Armstrong’s wedding. He recorded with all of them except Ellington. He can also be found on record with Teddy Wilson and Billie Holiday, Spike Hughes, Putney Dandridge, Big Joe Turner, Red Allen, and Jelly Roll Morton.
Sammy Petrillo (Comedian) Dead. Cancer. Died August 15, 2009. Born October 24, 1934. Was an American nightclub and movie comedian best known as a Jerry Lewis lookalike.
James Luther “Jim” Dickinson (American Musician) Dead. Died August 15, 2009. Born November 15, 1941. Was an American record producer, pianist, and singer who fronted, among others, the Memphis based band, Snake Eyes.
Virginia Davis (Actress) Dead. Died August 15, 2009. Born December 31, 1918. Was an American movie child actor. Worked for Walt Disney’s Kansas City company, Laugh-O-Gram Studio, in the summer of 1924. She was hired to act in a film called Alice’s Wonderland, which combined live action with animation.
Burl Toler, Sr. (Football Official) Dead. Died August 16, 2009. Born May 9, 1928. Was a American football official in the National Football League for 24 seasons from 1965 to 1989. He served as a field judge and head linesman throughout his career and is most notable for being the first African-American official in the NFL. He also officiated in one Super Bowl, Super Bowl XIV in 1980, and wore the uniform number 37.
Edwin W. Reimers (Actor) Dead. Died August 16, 2009. Born October 26, 1912. Known as Ed Reimers, was an American actor in the 1950s and 1960s, who also served as the stentorian-voiced announcer for such early Warner Brothers television series as Cheyenne and Maverick. He appeared as Admiral Fitzpatrick in 1967 in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode “The Trouble with Tribbles”.
Warren Eastman Hearnes (Politician) Dead. Died August 16, 2009. Born July 24, 1923. An American politician who was Governor of Missouri from 1965 to 1973. He was the first Missouri Governor eligible to serve two consecutive four year terms. He was a lifelong Democrat.
Robert David Sanders “Bob” Novak (Journalist) Dead. Died August 18, 2009. Born February 26, 1931. Was a syndicated columnist, journalist and conservative political commentator and for 45 years the author of what was during his lifetime the longest-running current syndicated column in U.S. political history.
Kim Dae-jung (Nobel Peace Prize recipient) Dead. Heart failure. Died August 18, 2009. Born 3 December 1925. Was President of South Korea from 1998 to 2003, and the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
Park M. Strader (American politician) Dead. Cancer. Died August 19, 2009. Born February 15, 1945. A Tennessee politician and a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 14th district, which comprises part of Knox County.
Anthony Petro Mayalla (Archbishop) Dead. Died August 19, 2009. Born April 23, 1940. Was a Tanzanian Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza from his installation of February 28, 1988, until his death in 2009. Mayalla was also the founder of the Saint Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT) and the Weil Bugando Medical Centre (WBMC).
Donald Shepard Hewitt (Television Producer) Dead. Pancreatic Cancer. Died August 19, 2009. Born December 14, 1922. Was an American television news producer and executive, best known for creating 60 Minutes, the CBS television news magazine in 1968, which at the time of his death, was the longest-running prime-time broadcast on American television.
Donald Metcalf Grant (Publisher) Dead. Died.August 19, 2009. Born April 3, 1927. Was an American publisher. He co-founded Grant-Hadley Enterprises in 1945, The Buffalo Book Company in 1946 and Centaur Press in 1970. He also founded Grandon, Publishers in 1949 and Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in 1964.
Karla Kuskin (Children’s Author and Illustrator).Dead. Corticobasal Degeneration. Died August 20, 2009. Born July 17, 1932.
Larry Knechtel (American keyboardist) Born Lawrence William Knechtel. Dead. Died August 20, 2009. Born August 4, 1940. Was a keyboard player and bassist, best known for his work as a session musician with Simon & Garfunkel, Duane Eddy, The Beach Boys (Pet Sounds, Smile), The Mamas & the Papas, The Doors, Elvis Presley (68′ Comeback Special),and as a member of the 1970s band, Bread.
Johnny Carter (Singer) Dead. Lung Cancer. Died August 21, 2009. Born June 2, 1934. Was an American doo-wop and R&B singer. He was a founding member of The Flamingos and a member of The Dells.
Elmer Stephen Kelton (Novelist) Dead. Natural causes. Died August 22, 2009. Born April 29, 1926. Was an American author, known particularly for his Western novels.
Vicki Cruse (Aerobatic pilot) Dead. Air show accident. Died August 22, 2009. Born 1969. Was an American aerobatic pilot and administrator. She won the US national unlimited aerobatic title in 2007. She had been president of the International Aerobatic Club (IAC) since 2005.
William Joseph Williams, Sr. (former Cincinnati Reds owner). Dead. Died August 23, 2009. Born 1916. Was the co-owner of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team of the National League from 1980 through 1984 with his brother James Williams.
James Eugene Urbanek (American Football). Dead. Died August 24, 2009. Born April 8, 1945. Was a former American football defensive tackle. He played college football at the University of Mississippi and played professionally in the American Football League for the Miami Dolphins in 1968.
Thomas James “T. J.” Turner (American Football). Dead. Stroke. Died August 24, 2009. Born May 16, 1963. Was an American football defensive end in the National Football League for the Miami Dolphins. He played college football for the University of Houston.
Joseph Gabriel Esther “Joe” Maneri (jazz composer) Dead.complications of heart surgery. Died August 24, 2009. Born February 9, 1927. Was an American jazz composer, saxophone and clarinet player. Violinist Mat Maneri is his son.
“Rocket” Ray(mond) LeRoy Ramsey (American Football). Dead. Complications from a fall. Died August 25, 2009. Born was 192. A professional American football player who played defensive back for the Chicago Cardinals (1950-1953). He remains the Cardinals all-time record holder for interception return yardage in a single season with 237 which he set in the 1953 season.
Edward Moore “Ted” Kennedy (U.S.Senator) Dead. brain cancer. Died August 25, 2009. Born February 22, 1932. Was a United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party.First elected in November 1962, he was elected nine times and served for 46 years in the U.S. Senate.
Eleanor Louise “Ellie” Greenwich (Songwriter, singer) Dead. heart attack. Died August 26, 2009. Born October 23, 1940. Was an American pop music singer, songwriter, and record producer. She wrote or co-wrote “Be My Baby”, “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”, “Da Doo Ron Ron”, “Leader of the Pack”, Do Wah Diddy Diddy and “River Deep, Mountain High”, among many others. She discovered Neil Diamond and sang backing vocals on several of Diamond’s hit songs.
Wayne Tippit (character actor). Dead. Died August 28, 2009. Born December 19, 1932. Was an American television and stage character actor. He was best known to television audiences for playing Ted Adamson on the 1970s and 1980s CBS soap opera, Search for Tomorrow, for five years. He later portrayed Palmer Woodward, the father of Heather Locklear’s character, Amanda Woodward, on the hit Fox primetime series, Melrose Place, during the 1990s.
Nancy Talbot (Business Woman). Alzheimer’s disease. Dead. Died August 30, 2009. Born 1920. Was an American businesswomen who co-founded the Talbots womens retail clothing chain with her husband, Rudolf Talbot.
Jack Dorn Phillips (Baseball Player) Dead. Died August 30, 2009. Born September 6, 1921. Was a backup first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between the 1947 and 1957 seasons. Listed at 6′ 4″, 193 lb., he batted and threw left-handed.
John Milton Stephens (Football Player). car accident. Dead. Died September 1, 2009. Born February 23, 1966. Was a professional American football player who was selected by the New England Patriots in the 1st round (17th overall) of the 1988 NFL Draft. A 6′1″, 220 lbs. running back from Northwestern State University in Louisiana, Stephens played in 6 NFL seasons from 1988-1993 for the Patriots, the Green Bay Packers, and the Kansas City Chiefs. As a rookie for the Patriots during the 1988 NFL season, Stephens rushed for 1,168 yards and was selected to his one and only Pro Bowl.
Alvin “Skip” Miller (Recording Executive). heart attack. Died September 4, 2009. Born 1946. Was an American recording industry executive. He worked for 17 years at Motown Records (1971-1988) and served as the label’s last president before the company was sold to MCA. While at Motown, he was credited with developing Rick James, DeBarge and the Commodores. After the sale of Motown, Miller worked for a decade at RCA Records, where he was credited with rejuvenating the label’s black music division and helping to develop the rap genre. He later worked as the manager of Lionel Richie’s solo career.
Jesse Steven Kahuanani Mahelona (Football Player). car accident. Died September 5, 2009. Born April 7, 1983. Was an American football defensive tackle in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the fifth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Tennessee.
Frank Batten (American businessman, founder of The Weather Channel) Died 10 September 2009. Born 11 February 1927. Was a communications entrepreneur who began his career when he assumed leadership of his uncle Samuel L. Slover’s newspaper. Batten grew his uncle’s business by acquiring additional newspapers, radio stations, and television stations, as well as founding a new cable station The Weather Channel.
Larry Simon Gelbart (American comedy writer) Cancer. Died September 11, 2009. Born February 25, 1928. Writer of M*A*S*H and blogger, The Huffington Post.
Gertrude Baines (American supercentarian) suspected heart attack. Died September 11, 2009. Born April 6, 1894. Was an American supercentenarian, who was the oldest recognized living person according to Guinness World Records, from January 2, 2009.
George Eckstein (Television Producer) lung cancer. Died September 12, 2009. Born May 3, 1928. Eckstein was a producer of many popular television programs such as The Invaders and The Name of the Game, in addition to penning the scripts of many others, including Gunsmoke and Cannon.
John Albert Kramer (cancer) September 12, 2009. BornAugust 1, 1921. was an American tennis player of the 1940s. A World Number 1 player for a number of years, he is a possible candidate for the title of the greatest tennis player of all time.
Levy-Gardner-Laven September 12, 2009. Productions was an American film production company based in Beverly Hills, California.
Linus Reinhard Frey [Junior]. September 13, 2009. Born August 23, 1910. Oldest living MLB All-Star. Was an infielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1933 through 1948 for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1933-1936), Chicago Cubs (1937, 1947), Cincinnati Reds (1938-1943, 1946), New York Yankees (1947-1948) and New York Giants (1948). He was born in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Paul Burke. September 13, 2009. Born July 21, 1926. Was an American actor best known for his lead roles in two 1960s ABC television series, Naked City and Twelve O’Clock High. He was twice nominated for an Emmy Award for his portrayal of New York Police Department detective Adam Flint in Naked City.
Patrick Wayne Swayze. September 14, 2009. Born August 18, 1952. Pancreatic cancer. Was an American actor, dancer and singer-songwriter. He was best know for his roles as romantic leading men in the films Dirty Dancing and Ghost and Orry Main in the North and South television ministeries.
Joseph Lester “Jody” Powell, Jr. Heart Attack. September 14, 2009. Born September 30, 1943. Was the White House Press Secretary during the presidency of Jimmy Carter.
Henry Gibson. Cancer. September 14, 2009. Born September 21, 1935. W
as an American actor and songwriter, best known as a cast member of Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In and for his recurring role as Judge Clark Brown on Boston Legal.
Mary Allin Travers. Leukemia. September 16, 2009. Born November 9, 1936. Was an American singer-songwriter and member of the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, along with Peter Yarrow and Noel “Paul” Stookey. Peter, Paul and Mary was one of the most successful folk-singing groups of the 1960s.
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