Friends now gone...

[Soron]

It's tough looking through this list and not shedding a tear or two.

Those we lost in 2004

Fred Holstein

Frank 'Son' Seals

Tug McGraw

Spalding Gray

Ann Miller

Bob 'Captain Kangaroo' Keeshan

Jack Paar

Paul Winfield

Jan Berry

Peter Ustinov

Alistair Cooke

Pat Tillman

Estee Lauder

Alan King

Tony Randall

Archibald Cox

Ronald Reagan

Ray Charles

Marlon Brando

Isabel Sanford

Illinois Jacquet

Rick James

Fay Wray

Julia Child

Laura Branigan

Johnny Ramone

Gordon Cooper

Rodney Dangerfield

Janet Leigh

Christopher Reeve

Pierre Salinger

Theo van Gough

Cy Coleman

'Dimebag' Darrel Abbot

Reggie White

 

[babydoll2u]

It's tough looking through this list and not shedding a tear or two.

Those we lost in 2004

Fred Holstein

Frank 'Son' Seals

Tug McGraw

Spalding Gray

Ann Miller

Bob 'Captain Kangaroo' Keeshan

Jack Paar

Paul Winfield

Jan Berry

Peter Ustinov

Alistair Cooke

Pat Tillman

Estee Lauder

Alan King

Tony Randall

Archibald Cox

Ronald Reagan

Ray Charles

Marlon Brando

Isabel Sanford

Illinois Jacquet

Rick James

Fay Wray

Julia Child

Laura Branigan

Johnny Ramone

Gordon Cooper

Rodney Dangerfield

Janet Leigh

Christopher Reeve

Pierre Salinger

Theo van Gough

Cy Coleman

'Dimebag' Darrel Abbot

Reggie White

I so agree.

 

[done_got_old]

......and so many more.

One of my favorite sites is Dead People Server, which is not at all morbid. http://dpsinfo.com/dps/


also of interest is Find a Grave http://www.findagrave.com/index.html

 

[omahaman2]

I agree Soron!
Many who had contibuted much!

 

[babydoll2u]

missing John Ritter as well

 

[done_got_old]

missing John Ritter as well

On Dead People Server you can see a list by years. It's rather daunting........especially if you see someone you didn't know had died.

 

[done_got_old]

Two that weren't on Soron's list were Carl Anderson and Robert Merrill.

I had the pleasure of meeting Carl several years ago and to think that he's no longer here is sad.

 

[Arden]

......and so many more.

One of my favorite sites is Dead People Server, which is not at all morbid. http://dpsinfo.com/dps/


also of interest is Find a Grave http://www.findagrave.com/index.html

I refer a lot of people to those sites for genealogy purposes. Also interesting are:

http://politicalgraveyard.com/

http://www.rootsweb.com/~obituary/
(obituary daily times, where you can find references to obits that have been published)


I miss Captain Kangaroo

 

[69forever]

More....

Elizabeth Kubler-Ross She helped so many with lifes passing.

Paul "Red" Adair There wasn't an oil rig fire he wouldn't tackle

All those lost in the Indian Ocean Tsunami

Thank you my friend, great thread.

 

[done_got_old]

I refer a lot of people to those sites for genealogy purposes. Also interesting are:

http://politicalgraveyard.com/

http://www.rootsweb.com/~obituary/
(obituary daily times, where you can find references to obits that have been published)


I miss Captain Kangaroo

Thanks Arden. Those look like good sites. I've bookmarked them both!

 

[done_got_old]

.......add Jerry Orbach - December 28

 

[Cathleen]

.......add Jerry Orbach - December 28

I just heard that one - I really enjoyed his talents.

 

[69forever]

Add Susan Sontag....Dec. 28th

 

[Cathleen]

Dear God there is a report that the death toll in the tsunami disaster will top 100K..... beyond comprehension....

 

[done_got_old]

Dear God there is a report that the death toll in the tsunami disaster will top 100K..... beyond comprehension....

I agree.

It makes you realize just how precious life is.

Is there any part of the world that's not prone to natural disasters? Any of them could so easily mete out major destruction.

 

[Cathleen]

I agree.

It makes you realize just how precious life is.

Is there any part of the world that's not prone to natural disasters? Any of them could so easily mete out major destruction.

So true DGO. No one place is immune, it does seem many times it is the poorest of the poor or weakest of the weak suffer the greatest at the hands of nature. I am at a loss and am finding it difficult not to be overwhelmed, I'm trying to stay away from the news but then feel selfish.

I am grateful for so much and wonder just how I will offer support to those suffering. Money is one way and I will do so but I am feeling a need to do something more tangible.

 

[done_got_old]

So true DGO. No one place is immune, it does seem many times it is the poorest of the poor or weakest of the weak suffer the greatest at the hands of nature. I am at a loss and am finding it difficult not to be overwhelmed, I'm trying to stay away from the news but then feel selfish.

I am grateful for so much and wonder just how I will offer support to those suffering. Money is one way and I will do so but I am feeling a need to do something more tangible.

I'm going to donate my air miles to the red cross as well as money. It seems so little.

 

[Cathleen]

I'm going to donate my air miles to the red cross as well as money. It seems so little.

That is a good idea, I have some too - thanks for that. I agree it seems so little but I suppose we can be silent and far but caring too.

 

[done_got_old]

Artie Shaw ~ December 30, 2004

 

[done_got_old]

Johnny Carson - January 23, 2005

 

[Calvin]

More....

Elizabeth Kubler-Ross She helped so many with lifes passing.

Paul "Red" Adair There wasn't an oil rig fire he wouldn't tackle

All those lost in the Indian Ocean Tsunami

Thank you my friend, great thread.

damn!... I did not realize Elizabeth Kubler-Ross had died... when I first started Nursing I had taken a death & dying seminar with her.... she was an incredibly dynamic women with a very deep compassion for those suffering.... and she was so down to earth.... my progression into LTC came from the influence she had on me early in my career....

losing all of the above makes me sad but losing her makes me feel really sad.....

well... so many great people go... as we all will.... so it is best to try to remember all if we can.....

 

[done_got_old]

Sandra Dee, February 20, 2005

 

[omahaman2]

Hunter S. Thompson 2/20/2005

 

[His lil secret]

Founding Member Of Traffic Jim Capaldi Dies At 60
Monday January 31, 2005 @ 03:00 PM
By: ChartAttack.com Staff


Jim Capaldi

Jim Capaldi, drummer and founding member of Traffic, died January 28 after a battle with stomach cancer.

According to Reuters, Capaldi, 60, died in his sleep in The London Clinic after being diagnosed with cancer last summer. His wife Aninha and daughters Tabitha and Tallulah were at his side.

Capaldi along with Steve Winwood, Dave Mason, and Chris Wood began Traffic in 1967. The band released 11 albums during their career including hits Mr. Fantasy and John Barleycorn Must Die. A number of their records hit the Top 40 charts in the U.K. and the U.S.

After their break-up in 1974, Capaldi joined The Contenders. He also had a successful solo career that began in 1972 with the album Oh! How We Danced. He scored big hits in the '70s with songs such as "It’s Alright" and a cover of "Love Hurts." He was also a five-time winner of the BMI ASCAP awards for the most played songs in America.

Traffic reunited in 1994 to tour the U.S. playing with The Grateful Dead at Woodstock ’94. The band were inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame last March.

Traffic were planning another reunion tour that was supposed to kick off last October. All plans for that tour were scrapped in August when Capaldi began cancer treatment.

Capaldi was not the first member of Traffic to pass away — Wood died of pneumonia in 1983. According to Reuters, Winwood is very upset about Capaldi’s death and was praying he would pull through.

 

[done_got_old]

John Raitt, February 20, 2005