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Dynamo1
Head of the Swing Shift
Mothers of Invention drummer Jimmy Carl Black dies
Nov 5, 9:27 AM (ET)
LONDON (AP) - Jimmy Carl Black, drummer, vocalist and self-anointed "Indian of the group" of Frank Zappa's The Mothers of Invention, has died at age 70.
Black, a native of El Paso, Texas, died Saturday of cancer in Siegsdorf, Germany, according to Roddie Gilliard, a British musician who performed with him.
Born James Inkanish Jr. on Feb. 1, 1938, Black had Cheyenne Indian ancestry through both parents. He changed his name legally to Jimmy Carl Black in 1958, adapting the name of his stepfather, Carl Black.
He was playing in the Soul Giants in Los Angeles in 1964 when the group recruited Zappa.
Nov 5, 9:27 AM (ET)
LONDON (AP) - Jimmy Carl Black, drummer, vocalist and self-anointed "Indian of the group" of Frank Zappa's The Mothers of Invention, has died at age 70.
Black, a native of El Paso, Texas, died Saturday of cancer in Siegsdorf, Germany, according to Roddie Gilliard, a British musician who performed with him.
Born James Inkanish Jr. on Feb. 1, 1938, Black had Cheyenne Indian ancestry through both parents. He changed his name legally to Jimmy Carl Black in 1958, adapting the name of his stepfather, Carl Black.
He was playing in the Soul Giants in Los Angeles in 1964 when the group recruited Zappa.
Daquien
Coroner
Michael Crichton, who helped create the TV show "ER" and wrote the best-sellers "Jurassic Park," "The Andromeda Strain," "Sphere" and "Rising Sun," has died in Los Angeles, his public relations firm said in a news release.
Crichton died unexpectedly Tuesday "after a courageous and private battle against cancer," the release said.
He was 66. (CNN)
Crichton died unexpectedly Tuesday "after a courageous and private battle against cancer," the release said.
He was 66. (CNN)
Urban Legend
Captain
Michael Crichton, has always been one of my favorite authors, he will defiantly be missed 
SpeedyMeg25
Coroner
Jurassic Park Author Loses Cancer Battle
5 November 2008 10:34 AM, PST
Bestselling Jurassic Park author and filmmaker Michael Crichton has lost his battle with cancer in Los Angeles. He was 66.
Crichton, who also wrote sex thriller Disclosure and co-created hit TV series ER, was 66.
In a statement, the author's representative says, "While the world knew him as a great story teller that challenged our preconceived notions about the world around us, and entertained us all while doing so, Michael Crichton was a devoted husband, loving father and generous friend who inspired each of us to strive to see the wonders of our world through new eyes.
"He did this with a wry sense of humour that those who were privileged to know him personally will never forget."
A family insider tells website MomLogic.com, "Michael's family respectfully asks for privacy during this difficult time."
Crichton was born in Chicago, Illinois but grew up in Roslyn, New York, the son of a journalist who encouraged his writing passion.
He quit studying English at Harvard University to travel through Europe and then returned to Massachusetts to study medicine at Harvard Medical School.
His early novels were written under the pseudonym Jeffery Hudson.
Crichton gave up medicine in the early 1970s and moved to California, where he began directing movies based on his books.
His big break came with 1973 cult movie Westworld.
He almost became an actor in the mid-1970s when director Nicolas Roeg called on him to play the alien David Bowie eventually portrayed in The Man Who Fell to Earth. To date, his only acting role came in 1971's The Andromeda Strain, in which he played an uncredited surgeon.
The author/director starred in his own real-life drama in 2002 when he was tied up and robbed at gunpoint by masked men in his Santa Monica, California home.
Married five times, Crichton leaves behind one child, Taylor.
His bestselling novels and hit screenplays also include Twister, Congo, The Great Train Robbery and all the Jurassic Park sequels.
As a filmmaker, he directed the movies Physical Evidence, Runaway and The First Great Train Robbery, among others.
Now I am very sad. I love Michael Crichton, I have so many of his books.
He'll be missed dearly.
5 November 2008 10:34 AM, PST
Bestselling Jurassic Park author and filmmaker Michael Crichton has lost his battle with cancer in Los Angeles. He was 66.
Crichton, who also wrote sex thriller Disclosure and co-created hit TV series ER, was 66.
In a statement, the author's representative says, "While the world knew him as a great story teller that challenged our preconceived notions about the world around us, and entertained us all while doing so, Michael Crichton was a devoted husband, loving father and generous friend who inspired each of us to strive to see the wonders of our world through new eyes.
"He did this with a wry sense of humour that those who were privileged to know him personally will never forget."
A family insider tells website MomLogic.com, "Michael's family respectfully asks for privacy during this difficult time."
Crichton was born in Chicago, Illinois but grew up in Roslyn, New York, the son of a journalist who encouraged his writing passion.
He quit studying English at Harvard University to travel through Europe and then returned to Massachusetts to study medicine at Harvard Medical School.
His early novels were written under the pseudonym Jeffery Hudson.
Crichton gave up medicine in the early 1970s and moved to California, where he began directing movies based on his books.
His big break came with 1973 cult movie Westworld.
He almost became an actor in the mid-1970s when director Nicolas Roeg called on him to play the alien David Bowie eventually portrayed in The Man Who Fell to Earth. To date, his only acting role came in 1971's The Andromeda Strain, in which he played an uncredited surgeon.
The author/director starred in his own real-life drama in 2002 when he was tied up and robbed at gunpoint by masked men in his Santa Monica, California home.
Married five times, Crichton leaves behind one child, Taylor.
His bestselling novels and hit screenplays also include Twister, Congo, The Great Train Robbery and all the Jurassic Park sequels.
As a filmmaker, he directed the movies Physical Evidence, Runaway and The First Great Train Robbery, among others.
Now I am very sad.
I love Michael Crichton, I have so many of his books. He'll be missed dearly.
Dynamo1
Head of the Swing Shift
South African singer Miriam Makeba dies at 76
Nov 10, 2:12 AM (ET)
ROME (AP) - Miriam Makeba, the South African singer known to fans worldwide as "Mama Africa" who became an international symbol of the anti-apartheid struggle, died early Monday after performing a concert in southern Italy, a hospital said. She was 76.
An emergency room official at the Pineta Grande Clinic, a private facility in Castel Volturno, said the singer died after being brought there. Italy's ANSA news agency reported that Makeba may suffered a heart attack at the end of the concert for an Italian journalist threatened by the Naples-area Mafia.
Entertainer Steve Allen helped launch her career in the United States and she often toured with singer Harry Belafonte during the 1960s. In 1987 she performed with singer Paul Simon on his "Graceland" concert tour.
Nov 10, 2:12 AM (ET)
ROME (AP) - Miriam Makeba, the South African singer known to fans worldwide as "Mama Africa" who became an international symbol of the anti-apartheid struggle, died early Monday after performing a concert in southern Italy, a hospital said. She was 76.
An emergency room official at the Pineta Grande Clinic, a private facility in Castel Volturno, said the singer died after being brought there. Italy's ANSA news agency reported that Makeba may suffered a heart attack at the end of the concert for an Italian journalist threatened by the Naples-area Mafia.
Entertainer Steve Allen helped launch her career in the United States and she often toured with singer Harry Belafonte during the 1960s. In 1987 she performed with singer Paul Simon on his "Graceland" concert tour.
myfuturecsi
Corpse
Michael Crichton
Wow I didn't even know he had cancer. It was probably in the news and I just didn't catch it.
A very talented man. How sad.
Wow I didn't even know he had cancer. It was probably in the news and I just didn't catch it.
A very talented man. How sad.
Also Herb Scores the Cleveland Indians pitcher and former broadcaster whose promise on the mound was shattered by a line drive, died Tuesday. He was 75.
He played with the Cleveland Indians from 1955-59 & the Chicago White Sox from 1960-62.
Not long after ending his playing career, Score began a second one in baseball when he joined the Indians' TV broadcast team in 1964. He moved to radio in 1968.
A native of Rosedale, N.Y., his deep voice and thick New York accent became a fixture for generations of Indians fans. He retired from broadcasting after the 1997 season, his 34th in the booth.
He played with the Cleveland Indians from 1955-59 & the Chicago White Sox from 1960-62.
Not long after ending his playing career, Score began a second one in baseball when he joined the Indians' TV broadcast team in 1964. He moved to radio in 1968.
A native of Rosedale, N.Y., his deep voice and thick New York accent became a fixture for generations of Indians fans. He retired from broadcasting after the 1997 season, his 34th in the booth.
SpeedyMeg25
Coroner
Mitch Mitchell, drummer for Hendrix, found dead
Nov. 12, 2008, 8:47 PM EST
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience of the 1960s and the group's last surviving member, was found dead in his hotel room early Wednesday. He was 61.
The entire article is here: http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx/?news=339231>1=28102&mpc=1
Nov. 12, 2008, 8:47 PM EST
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience of the 1960s and the group's last surviving member, was found dead in his hotel room early Wednesday. He was 61.
The entire article is here: http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx/?news=339231>1=28102&mpc=1
Dynamo1
Head of the Swing Shift
Rapper MC Breed dies at friend's home at age 37
Nov 24, 1:17 PM (ET)
YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) - It was in the gritty, blue-collar city of Flint that Eric Breed grew up amid the dimming opportunities of a declining auto industry.
That starkness was vivid in the lyrics of what would be the rapper's biggest hit, 1991's "Ain't No Future in Yo' Frontin'."
Breed, known professionally as MC Breed, died Saturday at a friend's home in Ypsilanti, about 30 miles southwest of Detroit, a Washtenaw County medical examiner's spokesman said Monday.
Toxicology reports were pending, but no foul play was suspected in the 37-year-old's death.
Breed had suffered from kidney failure, according to The Detroit News and The Flint Journal.
Nov 24, 1:17 PM (ET)
YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) - It was in the gritty, blue-collar city of Flint that Eric Breed grew up amid the dimming opportunities of a declining auto industry.
That starkness was vivid in the lyrics of what would be the rapper's biggest hit, 1991's "Ain't No Future in Yo' Frontin'."
Breed, known professionally as MC Breed, died Saturday at a friend's home in Ypsilanti, about 30 miles southwest of Detroit, a Washtenaw County medical examiner's spokesman said Monday.
Toxicology reports were pending, but no foul play was suspected in the 37-year-old's death.
Breed had suffered from kidney failure, according to The Detroit News and The Flint Journal.
SpeedyMeg25
Coroner
Hitchcock Screenwriter Hayes Dies
25 November 2008 8:12 AM, PST
American screenwriter John Michael Hayes has died of natural causes at the age of 89.
Hayes - who wrote some of director Alfred Hitchcock.s best-known films - passed away on 19 November in a retirement community in Hanover, New Hampshire.
He adapted four of Hitchcock's films, including 1954's Rear Window, starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly, which gained him an Academy Award nomination, and his work on 1955 project Mystery Writers of America won him an Edgar Award.
In addition to Rear Window, Hayes also adapted the director's 1955 films To Catch a Thief, starring Cary Grant, and The Trouble With Harry - as well as a remake of The Man Who Knew Too Much, in 1956.
Besides his work for Hitchcock, Hayes was known for writing Peyton Place, a 1957 screenplay also nominated for an Oscar.
He began his career as a radio writer, after serving in the Army in World War II, with earlier film credits including 1953's Thunder Bay, directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart.
He later wrote adaptations of The Children's Hour and Butterfield 8 - a 1960 film starring Elizabeth Taylor.
Through the 1980s and '90s, he wrote television movies and began teaching film at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.
Hayes is survived by two daughters, Rochelle Hayes and Meredyth Hayes Badreau; two sons, Garrett Michael and Corey; and four grandchildren.
25 November 2008 8:12 AM, PST
American screenwriter John Michael Hayes has died of natural causes at the age of 89.
Hayes - who wrote some of director Alfred Hitchcock.s best-known films - passed away on 19 November in a retirement community in Hanover, New Hampshire.
He adapted four of Hitchcock's films, including 1954's Rear Window, starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly, which gained him an Academy Award nomination, and his work on 1955 project Mystery Writers of America won him an Edgar Award.
In addition to Rear Window, Hayes also adapted the director's 1955 films To Catch a Thief, starring Cary Grant, and The Trouble With Harry - as well as a remake of The Man Who Knew Too Much, in 1956.
Besides his work for Hitchcock, Hayes was known for writing Peyton Place, a 1957 screenplay also nominated for an Oscar.
He began his career as a radio writer, after serving in the Army in World War II, with earlier film credits including 1953's Thunder Bay, directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart.
He later wrote adaptations of The Children's Hour and Butterfield 8 - a 1960 film starring Elizabeth Taylor.
Through the 1980s and '90s, he wrote television movies and began teaching film at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.
Hayes is survived by two daughters, Rochelle Hayes and Meredyth Hayes Badreau; two sons, Garrett Michael and Corey; and four grandchildren.
Dynamo1
Head of the Swing Shift
Former WVa Gov. Cecil Underwood dies
By TIM HUBER, Associated Press Writer
Mon Nov 24, 3:38 pm ET
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Cecil Underwood, a high school teacher who went on to hold the distinction of being West Virginia's youngest and oldest governor, died Monday at a Charleston hospital. He was 86.
Gov. Joe Manchin's office confirmed the death.
Underwood was admitted to Charleston Area Medical Center Sunday and died Monday, hospital spokesman Dale Witte said. Details about the cause of death were not immediately available.
Funeral arrangements were incomplete, Witte said.
Underwood became West Virginia's youngest governor when he won his first term in 1956 at the age of 34. He won his second term 40 years later on his 74th birthday.
"This is a very sad day for all of West Virginia," Manchin said in a statement released by his office. "We have lost a governor who, through his two separate terms, served our state and its citizens with honor and dignity and, most importantly, with class."
Full story at Yahoo / AP News.
By TIM HUBER, Associated Press Writer
Mon Nov 24, 3:38 pm ET
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Cecil Underwood, a high school teacher who went on to hold the distinction of being West Virginia's youngest and oldest governor, died Monday at a Charleston hospital. He was 86.
Gov. Joe Manchin's office confirmed the death.
Underwood was admitted to Charleston Area Medical Center Sunday and died Monday, hospital spokesman Dale Witte said. Details about the cause of death were not immediately available.
Funeral arrangements were incomplete, Witte said.
Underwood became West Virginia's youngest governor when he won his first term in 1956 at the age of 34. He won his second term 40 years later on his 74th birthday.
"This is a very sad day for all of West Virginia," Manchin said in a statement released by his office. "We have lost a governor who, through his two separate terms, served our state and its citizens with honor and dignity and, most importantly, with class."
Full story at Yahoo / AP News.
SpeedyMeg25
Coroner
I got to meet Cecil Underwood one time, it's sad that he passed away.
Miracle Worker Playwright Gibson Dies
28 November 2008 4:05 AM, PST
Oscar-nominated playwright William Gibson has died at the age of 94.
Gibson passed away at his home in Stockbridge, Massachusetts on Tuesday. The cause of death was not disclosed as WENN went to press.
Gibson is best known for his famous play The Miracle Worker, which was turned into a critically acclaimed 1962 film.
The movie won Academy Awards for both its stars, Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, and garnered Oscar nominations for Gibson and director Arthur Penn.
The play also scooped a string of Tony Awards.
Gibson was also nominated for a Tony in 1965 as co-author of Golden Boy, a musical version of the play by Clifford Odets starring Sammy Davis Jr.
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Indiana woman dies at 115 as world's oldest person
Thu Nov 27, 7:24 pm ET
SHELBYVILLE, Ind. – Edna Parker, who became the world's oldest person more than a year ago, has died at age 115.
UCLA gerontologist Dr. Stephen Coles said Parker's great-nephew notified him that Parker died Wednesday at a nursing home in Shelbyville. She was 115 years, 220 days old, said Robert Young, a senior consultant for gerontology for Guinness World Records.
Parker was born April 20, 1893, in central Indiana's Morgan County and had been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest person since the 2007 death in Japan of Yone Minagawa, who was four months her senior.
Coles maintains a list of the world's oldest people and said Parker was the 14th oldest validated supercentenarian in history. Maria de Jesus of Portugal, who was born Sept. 10, 1893, is now the world's oldest living person, according to the Gerontology Research Group.
Parker had been a widow since her husband, Earl Parker, died in 1939 of a heart attack. She lived alone in their farmhouse until age 100, when she moved into a son's home and later to the Shelbyville nursing home.
Although she never drank alcohol or tried tobacco and led an active life, Parker didn't offer tips for living a long life. Her only advice to those who gathered to celebrate when she became the oldest person was "more education."
Parker outlived her two sons, Clifford and Earl Jr. She also had five grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren.
Don Parker, 60, said his grandmother had a small frame and a mild temperament. She walked a lot and kept busy even after moving into the nursing home, he said.
"She kept active," he said Thursday. "We used to go up there, and she would be pushing other patients in their wheelchairs."
Gov. Mitch Daniels celebrated with Parker on her 114th birthday.
"It was a delight to know Edna, who must have been a remarkable lady at any age," Daniels said.
Parker taught in a two-room school in Shelby County for several years after graduating from Franklin College in 1911. She wed her childhood sweetheart and neighbor in 1913.
But as was the tradition of that era, her teaching career ended with her marriage. Parker traded the schoolhouse for life as a farmer's wife, preparing meals for as many as a dozen men who worked on her husband's farm.
Parker noted with pride last year that she and her husband were one of the first owners of an automobile in their rural area.
Coincidentally, Parker lived in the same nursing home as 7-foot-7 Sandy Allen, whom Guinness recognized as the world's tallest woman until her death in August.
Miracle Worker Playwright Gibson Dies
28 November 2008 4:05 AM, PST
Oscar-nominated playwright William Gibson has died at the age of 94.
Gibson passed away at his home in Stockbridge, Massachusetts on Tuesday. The cause of death was not disclosed as WENN went to press.
Gibson is best known for his famous play The Miracle Worker, which was turned into a critically acclaimed 1962 film.
The movie won Academy Awards for both its stars, Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, and garnered Oscar nominations for Gibson and director Arthur Penn.
The play also scooped a string of Tony Awards.
Gibson was also nominated for a Tony in 1965 as co-author of Golden Boy, a musical version of the play by Clifford Odets starring Sammy Davis Jr.
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Indiana woman dies at 115 as world's oldest person
Thu Nov 27, 7:24 pm ET
SHELBYVILLE, Ind. – Edna Parker, who became the world's oldest person more than a year ago, has died at age 115.
UCLA gerontologist Dr. Stephen Coles said Parker's great-nephew notified him that Parker died Wednesday at a nursing home in Shelbyville. She was 115 years, 220 days old, said Robert Young, a senior consultant for gerontology for Guinness World Records.
Parker was born April 20, 1893, in central Indiana's Morgan County and had been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest person since the 2007 death in Japan of Yone Minagawa, who was four months her senior.
Coles maintains a list of the world's oldest people and said Parker was the 14th oldest validated supercentenarian in history. Maria de Jesus of Portugal, who was born Sept. 10, 1893, is now the world's oldest living person, according to the Gerontology Research Group.
Parker had been a widow since her husband, Earl Parker, died in 1939 of a heart attack. She lived alone in their farmhouse until age 100, when she moved into a son's home and later to the Shelbyville nursing home.
Although she never drank alcohol or tried tobacco and led an active life, Parker didn't offer tips for living a long life. Her only advice to those who gathered to celebrate when she became the oldest person was "more education."
Parker outlived her two sons, Clifford and Earl Jr. She also had five grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren.
Don Parker, 60, said his grandmother had a small frame and a mild temperament. She walked a lot and kept busy even after moving into the nursing home, he said.
"She kept active," he said Thursday. "We used to go up there, and she would be pushing other patients in their wheelchairs."
Gov. Mitch Daniels celebrated with Parker on her 114th birthday.
"It was a delight to know Edna, who must have been a remarkable lady at any age," Daniels said.
Parker taught in a two-room school in Shelby County for several years after graduating from Franklin College in 1911. She wed her childhood sweetheart and neighbor in 1913.
But as was the tradition of that era, her teaching career ended with her marriage. Parker traded the schoolhouse for life as a farmer's wife, preparing meals for as many as a dozen men who worked on her husband's farm.
Parker noted with pride last year that she and her husband were one of the first owners of an automobile in their rural area.
Coincidentally, Parker lived in the same nursing home as 7-foot-7 Sandy Allen, whom Guinness recognized as the world's tallest woman until her death in August.
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Dynamo1
Head of the Swing Shift
Stage actress Patricia Marand dies at 74
Nov 28, 6:01 PM (ET)
NEW YORK (AP) - Actress Patricia Marand, who played Lois Lane in the Broadway musical "It's a Bird ... It's a Plane ... It's Superman,"' has died. She was 74.
Family spokeswoman Maryellen Lee says Marand died of brain cancer Thursday at her Manhattan home.
Marand was nominated for a Tony Award for the 1966 musical. She also appeared on Broadway in "Wish You Were Here," the hit 1952 musical set it a Catskill resort. The show was best known for its on-stage swimming pool and its popular title song.
Marand was a regular in summer stock, on television's "Merv Griffin Show" and often performed with symphony orchestras as well as at New York night spots.
Survivors include her husband, Irving Salem.
Nov 28, 6:01 PM (ET)
NEW YORK (AP) - Actress Patricia Marand, who played Lois Lane in the Broadway musical "It's a Bird ... It's a Plane ... It's Superman,"' has died. She was 74.
Family spokeswoman Maryellen Lee says Marand died of brain cancer Thursday at her Manhattan home.
Marand was nominated for a Tony Award for the 1966 musical. She also appeared on Broadway in "Wish You Were Here," the hit 1952 musical set it a Catskill resort. The show was best known for its on-stage swimming pool and its popular title song.
Marand was a regular in summer stock, on television's "Merv Griffin Show" and often performed with symphony orchestras as well as at New York night spots.
Survivors include her husband, Irving Salem.
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