Goodbyes From 2001
Wag
is in the Country Music Hall of Fame. Cancer, June 30.
Foster Brooks, 89, comic known for his drunk act. Heart trouble,
Dec. 20.
Imogene Coca, 92, rubber-faced co-star of the '50s TV classic
Your Show of Shows. Natural causes, June 2.
Perry Como, 88, crooner known for his easy-listening style. Long
illness, May 12.
Troy Donahue, 65, blond star of teen-romance and surf movies in
the 1960s. Heart attack, Sept. 2.
Morton Downey Jr., 68, right-wing talk show host during the 1980s.
Lung cancer, March 12.
Dale Evans, 88, actress in movies and on TV with her husband, singing
cowboy Roy Rogers. Also author of several books and TV theme song
Happy Trails. Heart failure, Feb. 7.
Arlene Francis, 93, entertainer on the TV game show What's My Line?
Alzheimer's, May 31.
William Hanna, 90, legendary cartoonist who teamed with Joseph Barbera
to create Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo, Fred Flintstone and others. Natural
causes, March 22.
John Lee Hooker, 83, Mississippi bluesman whose guitar styles inspired
Eric Clapton and others. Natural causes, June 21.
Hank Ketcham, 81, cartoonist who created Dennis the Menace in 1951.
Cancer, May 31.
Stanley Kramer, 87, producer of High Noon and director of Guess Who's
Coming to Dinner. Pneumonia, Feb. 19.
Jack Lemmon, 76, Oscar-winning star of such movies as Save the Tiger
and Some Like It Hot. Cancer, June 28.
Whitman Mayo, 70, actor who played Grady on TV's Sanford and Son.
Heart attack, May 22.
Dorothy McGuire, 85, soft-spoken star of Gentleman's Agreement, The
Spiral Staircase and other movies. Heart failure, Sept. 13.
Jason Miller, 62, author of That Championship Season, also nominated
for an Oscar for his role as Father Damien Karras in The Exorcist. Heart
attack, May 13.
Carroll O'Connor, 76, actor best known as Archie Bunker on All in the
Family. Heart attack, June 21.
Lani O'Grady, 46, actress who played oldest daughter Mary Bradford
on TV's Eight is Enough. Natural causes, Sept. 25.
John Phillips, 65, musician and songwriter with The Mamas & The Papas.
Heart failure, March 18.
Anthony Quinn, 86, Oscar-winning star of Zorba the Greek and Lust
for Life. Respiratory failure, June 3.
Seymour Reit, 83, writer who created Casper the Friendly Ghost. Heart
ailment, Nov. 21.
Isaac Stern, 81, master violinist and teacher who was a prolific performer.
Heart failure, Sept. 22.
Ron Townson, 68, singer with the pop group The 5th Dimension. Renal failure,
Aug. 2.
Ray Walston, 86, actor best known as the alien in the TV sitcom My Favorite
Martian. Natural causes, Jan. 1.
Leon Wilkeson, 49, founding member and bassist with Lynyrd Skynyrd. Lung
and kidney disease, July 27.
Gunther-Gebel Williams, 66, animal trainer for Ringling Bros. and Barnum &
Bailey Circus. Cancer, July 19.
Justin Wilson, 87, TV's Cajun chef who peppered his humorous shows with
the trademark saying, "I ga-ron-tee." Cause not given, Sept. 5.
Dick Schapp, respected sportscaster, died in December after suffering hip
surgery complications.
Herbert Block, 91, Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist known as Herblock.
Pneumonia, Oct. 7.
Will Counts, 70, photographer whose picture of a black girl being jeered by
whites at Little Rock's Central High School in 1957 was named one of the top
100 photographs of the 20th century. Cancer, Oct. 6.
Rowland Evans, 79, syndicated columnist with fellow conservative Robert
Novak. Cancer, March 23.
Ken Kesey, 66, author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and a leader of
the 1964 bus trip immortalized in Tom Wolfe's book The Electric Kool-Aid
Acid Test. Liver cancer, Nov. 10.
Abraham Beame, 94, New York mayor who helped keep the city afloat during
the '70s money crisis. Heart problems, Feb. 10.
Mike Mansfield, 98, former Democratic senator from Montana and ambassador
to Japan for two presidents. Heart failure, Oct. 5.
Maureen Reagan, 60, political activist and daughter of former president
Ronald Reagan. Cancer, Aug. 8.
James Rhodes, 91, former Ohio governor who sent national guardsmen to Kent
State University during a 1970 Vietnam War protest. Four students were killed.
Infection, heart failure, March 4.
William Rogers, 87, secretary of State for President Nixon and attorney general
for President Eisenhower. Heart failure, Jan. 2.
Floyd Spence, 73, lawmaker who spent 30 years in Congress representing South
Carolina. Following brain surgery, Aug. 16.
Harold Stassen, 93, governor of Minnesota at age 31 who sought the Republican
nomination for president nine times from 1948-88. Cause not given, March 4.
Christiaan Barnard, 78, South African who performed the first successful
human heart transplant, in 1967. Asthma attack, Sept. 2.
Fred Hoyle, 86, astronomer who coined the term "big bang" but never accepted
that theory for the origin of the universe. Stroke, Aug. 20.
William Masters, 85, expert who collaborated with his wife, Virginia Johnson,
on books about sexual behavior, including Human Sexual Response. Parkinson's
Disease, Feb. 16.
Samuel Arkoff, 83, co-founder of American International Pictures, which
created films such as I Was a Teenage Werewolf and Beach Blanket Bingo.
Natural causes, Sept. 16.
Mary Kay Ash, 83, founder of a cosmetics empire that carries her name.
Natural causes, Nov. 22.
Harvey Ball, 79, ad executive credited with creating the smiley face symbol.
Brief illness, April 12.
Ely Callaway, 82, founder and CEO emeritus of Calloway Golf. Pancreatic
cancer, July 5.
Katharine Graham, 84, publisher who turned The Washington Post into one
of the nation's most influential newspapers. Injuries from fall, July 17.
Cliff Hillegass, 83, founder of CliffsNotes, a study guide company. Stroke,
May 5.
William Hewlett, 87, pioneer who teamed up with David Packard to start
Hewlett-Packard in 1939 and helped establish California's Silicon Valley.
Died in his sleep, Jan. 12.
Victor Kiam II, 74, former owner of the New England Patriots football
team who also was co-owner and spokesman for Remington Products.
Heart condition, May 27.
Percy Ross, 84, businessman who gave millions to people who read his
newspaper column, Thanks a Million. Natural causes, Nov. 10.
Don Tennant, 79, ad man who created Kellogg's Tony the Tiger and
Philip Morris' Marlboro Man. Cause not given, Dec. 8.
Earl Anthony, 63, professional bowling's first $1 million winner. Head
injuries after a fall, Aug. 14.
Bo Belinsky, 64, pitcher also known for dating movie stars such as
Ann-Margret and Connie Stevens. Heart attack, Nov. 23.
Larry Costello, 70, All-Star who won NBA titles as both a player and a coach.
Cancer, Dec. 11.
Lawrence "Crash" Davis, 82, minor league baseball player who was inspiration
for a character in the 1988 baseball movie Bull Durham. Cancer, Aug. 31.
Dale Earnhardt, 49, seven-time NASCAR Winston Cup racing champion. Race
accident, Feb. 18.
Eddie Futch, 90, boxing Hall of Famer who trained champions, including Joe
Frazier. Natural causes, Oct. 10.
Eddie Mathews, 69, home-run-hitting third baseman with baseball team
Milwaukee Braves who was featured on the first cover of Sports Illustrated,
in 1954. Respiratory failure, Feb. 18.
Al McGuire, 72, TV broadcaster and former Marquette University coach
elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992. Blood disorder, Jan. 26.
John McKay, 77, legendary football coach at the University of Southern
California. Kidney failure, June 10.
Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, 69, legendary car customizer who created the Rat Fink
comic logo. Heart attack, April 4.
Willie Stargell, 61, home-run hitter with the Pittsburgh Pirates and member
of baseball's Hall of Fame. Stroke, April 9.
Bill Charuchas, 75, cook at Chicago's Billy Goat Tavern who inspired Saturday
Night Live's "cheezborger, cheezborger" skit by former Chicagoan John
Belushi. Gall bladder infection, Oct. 23.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 94, writer and aviator who traveled with her husband,
Charles Lindbergh. Long illness, Feb. 7.
Emilie Schindler, 93, wife who helped her industrialist husband, Oskar, save
hundreds of Jews from Nazi death camps during World War II. Undisclosed
illness, Oct. 5.
Donald Woods, 67, white South African editor whose friendship with black
activist Steven Biko was chronicled in the movie Cry Freedom. Cancer, Aug. 19.
Missy
summer.
What a year...
Missy
Barbara Lake
One always wonders, when we lose so many of the great ones, how our
culture will survive. Somehow we manage, and even produce others as
great or greater.
Rather than being pessimistic, I look forward to the New Year with
excitement. 2002 is the year we each fulfill our dreams.
Barbara
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miss.
Thanks, man.
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