Korvette store founder Eugene Ferkauf dies in NYC
Victor Spinetti, actor and star of Beatles films, dies
Please don't take this the wrong way and maybe i is just me, but I find these notices to be the most helpful when there is a brief mention of who the person was and why they may be considered "semi-famous". Otherwise I have to determine if I want to open the thread just to find out who died. I will admit I don't always open it to find out figuring if I didn't know them by name I guess I didn't know too much about them.
Artist LeRoy Neiman dies in New York at 91
Anna Schwartz the co-author of "A Monetary History of the United States," a classic work of economics that helped forge a new consensus among economists on the roots of the Great Depression.
Lonesome George, the last of the Pinta Island tortoises, has died.
Darrel Akerfelds has died of pancreatic cancer.
was an American filmmaker, director, producer, screenwriter, novelist, playwright, journalist, author, and blogger.
, who won the hearts of 1960s TV viewers with his role as gentle Sheriff Andy Taylor in “The Andy Griffith Show,” then returned as a 1980s country lawyer in “Matlock,” died Tuesday at 86.Andy Griffith
Ernest Borgnine, RIP
Sage Moonblood Stallone (May 5, 1976 – July 13, 2012) was an American actor, film director, film producer, and screenwriter. He was the son of actor Sylvester Stallone.
Stephen Covey, author of "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," died today at age 79
Jon Lord, organist for Deep Purple.
Queen of Country Music, Kitty Wells
To tell the truth, I didn't know Lord was sick and I thought Miss Wells was already dead. Colors, courtesy of Becky, the Avatar Girly.
Barton Biggs's death marks the passing not just of a man but of an entire profession: the market guru. For years at the end of the 20th century, Mr. Biggs typified a class of Wall Street investment strategists who seemed smarter, wittier and more creative than anyone else in the room.
Washington Post columnist, William Raspberry
Sally Ride, first American woman in space, dies
Actor Sherman Hemsley
Best known for his role of George Jefferson
Interesting to note that the death of which julio mildly protested the reporting and which started this thread was that of Paul Benedict, who played Harry Bentley on the Jeffersons. Now we've had "Weezy" and George in the thread. RIP Sherman.
70s TV series 'Medical Center' star Chad Everett dies at 75
William Staub, inventor of the treadmill.
Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, dies at 86
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