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2008 Deaths

People who were here, but now are gone in 2008.

Deaths in 2008 MOVIE/TELEVISION INDUSTRY

JAN 9 Johnny Grant, 84, Hollywood's "Honorary Mayor" -(May 9, 1923 - Jan 9, 2008)

JAN 19 Suzanne Pleshette Actress (The Bob Newhart Show), 70 - (Jan 31, 1937 - Jan 19, 2008)

JAN 22 Actor Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain), 28, found dead in NYC (April 4, 1979 - January 22, 2008)

MAR 18 Anthony Minghella, 54, Academy-Award-winning Director (The English Patient) Brain hemorrhage during neck surgery -(Jan 6, 1954 - March 18, 2008)

APR 5 Actor & political activist Charlton Heston, 84 -(Oct. 4, 1923 - Apr. 5, 2008)

MAY 24 Laugh-in's Dick Martin, comedian, 83 -(Jan. 30, 1922 - May 24, 2008)

MAY 26 Sidney Pollack, 73, Oscar-winning (Out of Africa) movie director; cancer - (July 1, 1934 - May 26, 2008)

MAY 29 Harvey Korman, actor & comedian (The Carol Burnett Show; Blazing Saddles) 81 -(Feb. 15, 1927 - May 29, 2008)

JUN 13 Tim Russert, 58, host of NBC's Meet the Press -(May 7, 1950 - June 13, 2008)

JUN 22 Comedian George Carlin, 71 -(May 12, 1937 - June 22, 2008)

JUL 3 Larry Harmon, 83, played Bozo the Clown for 52 years, then bought the licensing rights -(Jan 2, 1925 - July 3, 2008)

JUL 22 Actress & Golden Girl Estelle Getty, 84 -(July 25, 1923 - July 22, 2008)

AUG 9 Bernie Mac, 50, actor & comedian; complications from pneumonia -(Oct 5, 1957 - Aug. 9, 2008)

SEP 1 Don LaFontaine, voice of movie trailers, 68 -(Aug. 26, 1940 - Sept. 1, 2008)

SEP 26 Paul Newman, 83, cancer (Jan. 26, 1925 - Sept 26, 2008)

OCT 19 Richard Blackwell, a.k.a. fashion critic Mr. Blackwell. 86 - (Aug. 29, 1922 - Oct. 19, 2008)

MUSIC INDUSTRY

JUN 2 Guitarist Bo Diddley, 79 - (Dec. 30, 1928 - June 2, 2008)

AUG 10 Isaac Hayes, 65, Oscar-winning (Theme from Shaft) band leader & singer - (Aug 20, 1942 - Aug 10, 2008)

AUG 15 Jerry Wexler, 91, legendary R&B music producer -(Jan. 10, 1917 - Aug 15,2008)

OCT 17 Levi Stubbs, 72, front man for The Four Tops -(June 6, 1936 - Oct 17, 2008)

SPORTS

JAN 18 Georgia Frontiere, 80, L.A. Rams owner -(Nov 21, 1927)

AUG 20 Gene Upshaw, Hall of Fame Oakland Raiders guard & long-time executive director of the NFL Players' Association -(Aug 15, 1945 - AUg 20, 2008)

POLITICS/LEADERS

JAN 27 Gordon Hinckley, 97, President of the Mormon church -(June 23, 1910 - Jan 27, 2008)

JAN 27 Suharto, 86, Indonesian dictator from 1966-1998 -(June 8, 1921 - Jan 27, 2008)

FEB 11 Rep. Tom Lantos (D. California) Holocaust survivor, 80; cancer -(Feb 1, 1928 - Feb 11, 2008)

FEB 16 Rev. James Orange, 65, civil rights activist whose 1965 jailing sparked a fatal protest that ultimately led to the famed Selma-to-Montgomery march - (Oct 29, 1942 - Feb 16, 2008)

FEB 27 William F. Buckley, 82, loquacious conservative pundit -(Nov 24, 1925 - Feb 27, 2008)

JUL 4 Jesse Helms, 86, former U.S. Senator from North Carolina (Oct 18, 1921 - July 4, 2008)

JUL 12 Tony Snow, 53, fmr. White House Press Secretary; cancer (June 1, 1955 - July 12, 2008)

AUG 20 Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D Ohio), 58, brain aneurism (Sept 10, 1949 - Aug 20, 2008)

ARTISTS/NOVELISTS/INNOVATORS

JAN 11 Sir Edmund Hillary, 88, first man to scale Mt. Everest (July 20, 1919 - Jan. 11, 2008)

JAN 17 Bobby Fischer, chess champion was 64 (March 9, 1943 - Jan 17, 2008)

MAR 19 Arthur C. Clarke, 90, author of 2001: A Space Odyssey (Dec. 16, 1917 - March 19, 2008)

MAY 1 Deborah Jeane Palfrey, 52, convicted "DC Madam," suicide by hanging (March 18, 1956 - May 1, 2008)

JUN 1 Yves Saint Laurent, designer & couturier, 71 (Aug. 1, 1936 - June 1, 2008)

NOV 4 Michael Crichton, 66, popular science fiction author (Jurassic Park; The Andromeda Strain) (Oct 23, 1942 - Nov. 4, 2008)
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Udut, Kenneth on Dec. 31 2008 edit · delete
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2008 Deaths People who were here, but now are gone in 2008.

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