Dead Celebs December 21-31, 2010
13 years 4 months ago #1
by riada
Nor but in sleep findeth a cure for care.
Incertainty that once gave scope to dream
Of laughing enterprise and glory untold,
Is now a blackness that no stars redeem.
Dead Celebs December 21-31, 2010 was created by riada
Chris Colmer, 30, American college football player (NC State).
Roger Milliken, 95, American textile executive (Milliken & Co.).
Nick Santo, 69, American doo-wop singer (The Capris), cancer.
Tom Vandergriff 84, American politician, Mayor of Arlington, Texas (1951–1977) and U.S. Congressman from Texas (1983–1985).
Steve Boros, 74, American baseball player (Tigers) and manager (Athletics, Padres).
Brigitte Burdine, 48, American video game developer (World of Warcraft, Killzone 2), hit-and-run accident.
Dorothy Jones, 76, American singer (The Cookies), complications of Alzheimer's disease.
Eric Laakso, 54, American football player (Miami Dolphins), natural causes. (body found on this date)
Frances Ginsberg, 55, American soprano, brain and spinal cancer.
Roy Neuberger, 107, American financier and arts patron.
Neil Rogers, 68, American radio personality, heart failure.
Myrna Smith, 69, American singer and songwriter (Sweet Inspirations), kidney failure.
John Warhola, 85, American museum founder (The Andy Warhol Museum) and brother of Andy Warhol, pneumonia.
Bill Wilhelm, 81, American college baseball coach (Clemson Tigers).
William Fones, 93, American jurist, Tennessee Supreme Court justice (1973–1990).
Fred Hargesheimer, 94, American USAAF pilot and philanthropist in West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea.
Kenneth B. Lee, 88, American politician, Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1967–1968; 1973–1974), melanoma.
Janine Pommy Vega, 68, American Beat Generation poet.
Fred Foy, 89, American radio and television announcer (The Lone Ranger), natural causes.
W. Pete Cunningham, 81, American politician, Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1987–2008).
Marcia Lewis, 72, American musical theatre actress and singer, cancer.
Jack Tracy, 83, American editor (Down Beat) and music producer (Chess, Mercury).
Ernie Tripke, 88, American police officer, first responder to James Dean crash, heart and lung problems.
Aaron S. Zelman, 64, American author, head of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
Bennie Briscoe, 67, American boxer.
Denis Dutton, 66, American-born entrepreneur and philosopher, creator of Arts & Letters Daily and Bad Writing Contest, prostate cancer.
Brandon Joyce, 26, American football player (St. Louis Rams), shot.
Gene Kelton, 55, American blues, rock and rockabilly singer, multiple injuries from vehicle collision.
Bill Lajoie, 76, American baseball scout and executive.
Billy Taylor, 89, American jazz pianist and composer, heart attack.
Agathe von Trapp, 97, Austrian-born American singer, member of the Trapp family (The Sound of Music).
Alfred E. Kahn, 93, American economist, cancer.
Billy Maddox, 54, American drummer, shot.
Grant McCune, 67, American Academy Award-winning visual effects artist (Star Wars), pancreatic cancer.
Michael O'Pake, 70, American politician, longest serving member of the Pennsylvania State Senate (since 1973), complications from surgery.
Wade Crane, 66, American pool player, automobile accident.
Geraldine Doyle, 86, American metal presser, inspiration for Rosie the Riveter.
Eugene K. Garfield, 74, American founder of the Auto-Train Corporation, esophageal cancer.
Albert Ghiorso, 95, American nuclear scientist, co-discovered twelve chemical elements
Robert Macauley, 87, American manufacturer, founder of AmeriCares, emphysema.
Teena Marie, 54, American singer and composer.
Jessie Rae Scott, 81, American gubernatorial First Lady (1969–1973), widow of North Carolina governor Bob Scott, after long illness.
Bernard Wilson, 64, American singer (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes), stroke and heart attack.
Aron Abrams, 50, American screenwriter and television producer (Everybody Hates Chris, King of the Hill).
Roger Milliken, 95, American textile executive (Milliken & Co.).
Nick Santo, 69, American doo-wop singer (The Capris), cancer.
Tom Vandergriff 84, American politician, Mayor of Arlington, Texas (1951–1977) and U.S. Congressman from Texas (1983–1985).
Steve Boros, 74, American baseball player (Tigers) and manager (Athletics, Padres).
Brigitte Burdine, 48, American video game developer (World of Warcraft, Killzone 2), hit-and-run accident.
Dorothy Jones, 76, American singer (The Cookies), complications of Alzheimer's disease.
Eric Laakso, 54, American football player (Miami Dolphins), natural causes. (body found on this date)
Frances Ginsberg, 55, American soprano, brain and spinal cancer.
Roy Neuberger, 107, American financier and arts patron.
Neil Rogers, 68, American radio personality, heart failure.
Myrna Smith, 69, American singer and songwriter (Sweet Inspirations), kidney failure.
John Warhola, 85, American museum founder (The Andy Warhol Museum) and brother of Andy Warhol, pneumonia.
Bill Wilhelm, 81, American college baseball coach (Clemson Tigers).
William Fones, 93, American jurist, Tennessee Supreme Court justice (1973–1990).
Fred Hargesheimer, 94, American USAAF pilot and philanthropist in West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea.
Kenneth B. Lee, 88, American politician, Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1967–1968; 1973–1974), melanoma.
Janine Pommy Vega, 68, American Beat Generation poet.
Fred Foy, 89, American radio and television announcer (The Lone Ranger), natural causes.
W. Pete Cunningham, 81, American politician, Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1987–2008).
Marcia Lewis, 72, American musical theatre actress and singer, cancer.
Jack Tracy, 83, American editor (Down Beat) and music producer (Chess, Mercury).
Ernie Tripke, 88, American police officer, first responder to James Dean crash, heart and lung problems.
Aaron S. Zelman, 64, American author, head of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
Bennie Briscoe, 67, American boxer.
Denis Dutton, 66, American-born entrepreneur and philosopher, creator of Arts & Letters Daily and Bad Writing Contest, prostate cancer.
Brandon Joyce, 26, American football player (St. Louis Rams), shot.
Gene Kelton, 55, American blues, rock and rockabilly singer, multiple injuries from vehicle collision.
Bill Lajoie, 76, American baseball scout and executive.
Billy Taylor, 89, American jazz pianist and composer, heart attack.
Agathe von Trapp, 97, Austrian-born American singer, member of the Trapp family (The Sound of Music).
Alfred E. Kahn, 93, American economist, cancer.
Billy Maddox, 54, American drummer, shot.
Grant McCune, 67, American Academy Award-winning visual effects artist (Star Wars), pancreatic cancer.
Michael O'Pake, 70, American politician, longest serving member of the Pennsylvania State Senate (since 1973), complications from surgery.
Wade Crane, 66, American pool player, automobile accident.
Geraldine Doyle, 86, American metal presser, inspiration for Rosie the Riveter.
Eugene K. Garfield, 74, American founder of the Auto-Train Corporation, esophageal cancer.
Albert Ghiorso, 95, American nuclear scientist, co-discovered twelve chemical elements
Robert Macauley, 87, American manufacturer, founder of AmeriCares, emphysema.
Teena Marie, 54, American singer and composer.
Jessie Rae Scott, 81, American gubernatorial First Lady (1969–1973), widow of North Carolina governor Bob Scott, after long illness.
Bernard Wilson, 64, American singer (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes), stroke and heart attack.
Aron Abrams, 50, American screenwriter and television producer (Everybody Hates Chris, King of the Hill).
Nor but in sleep findeth a cure for care.
Incertainty that once gave scope to dream
Of laughing enterprise and glory untold,
Is now a blackness that no stars redeem.
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