Former heavyweight champion Trevor Berbick, Oct. 28
Former heavyweight champion Trevor Berbick, who lost his heavyweight title to Mike Tyson and was the last boxer to fight Muhammad Ali, was found dead on Oct. 28 in a church courtyard in Kingston, Jamaica. He was 52.
(AP/Ryan Remiorz)

Former major league pitcher Joe Niekro, Oct. 27
Former major league pitcher Joe Niekro, Houston's career victory leader with two 20-game wins, died from a brain aneurysm on Oct. 27. He was 61. Niekro won a franchise-best 144 games in 11 seasons with the Astros from 1975 to 1985, when he was traded to the New York Yankees. He was an All-Star in 1979, when he went 21-11 with a 3.00 ERA and followed up with a 20-12 record in 1980.
(AP/Houston Chronicle, Steve Ueckert)

Runaways drummer Sandy West, Oct. 21
Sandy West, drummer for the 1970's female rock group The Runaways whose ferocious drumming fueled the band, died of lung cancer on Oct. 21. She was 47.
(AP/Barry Levine)

Actress Phyllis Kirk, Oct. 19
Phyllis Kirk, who played the raven-haired beauty stalked by Vincent Price in the 1950s horror film "House of Wax," died of a post cerebral aneurysm on Oct. 19. She was 79. Kirk gained the most attention for her role in "House of Wax" because it was the first major 3-D movie. She later worked in television, memorably playing Peter Lawford's wife in the series, "The Thin Man." She was also a regular on "The Red Buttons Show" and hosted the ABC talk show "The Young Set."

New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle, Oct. 11
New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle was killed when his small plane crashed into a 50-story Manhattan condominium tower on Oct. 11. He was 34.

Negro Leagues star Buck O'Neil, Oct. 6
Buck O'Neil, the goodwill ambassador for the Negro Leagues who fell one vote shy of the Hall of Fame, died on Oct. 6. He was 94. A star in the Negro Leagues who barnstormed with Satchel Paige, O'Neil was made the first black coach in the majors by the Chicago Cubs. O'Neil rocketed into national stardom in 1994 when filmmaker Ken Burns featured him in his groundbreaking Public Broadcasting Service documentary, "Baseball."
(AP/Negro Leagues Baseball Museum)

Actress Tamara Dobson, Oct. 2
Tamara Dobson, the tall, stunning model-turned-actress who portrayed a strong female role as Cleopatra Jones, died on Oct. 2 of complications from pneumonia and multiple sclerosis. She was 59. Dobson died at the Keswick Multi-Care Center, where she had lived for the past two years.

Former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, Sept. 13
Former Texas Gov. Anne Richards, the witty and flamboyant Democrat who went from homemaker to national political celebrity, died on Sept. 13 at her home after a battle with cancer surrounded by her family. She was 73.
(AP/Joe Marquette)

Blues guitarist Bennie Smith, Sept. 10
Bennie Smith, a guitarist and St. Louis blues legend who played with stars like Chuck Berry and Ike and Tina Turner, died on Sept. 10 following a heart attack. He was 72.
(AP/Bill Greensmith via St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, Sept. 4
"The Crocodile Hunter", Steve Irwin, 44, who made a career out of getting dangerously close to deadly beasts, was stabbed through the heart on Sept. 4, by a stingray during filming of a new TV program on Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
(Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)

Actor Bruno Kirby, Aug. 14
Bruno Kirby, a veteran character actor known for playing the best friend in two of Billy Crystal's biggest comedies, "When Harry Met Sally" and "City Slickers," died from complications related to leukemia on Aug. 14. He was 57. Kirby's work included roles in "Good Morning, Vietnam" and "The Godfather: Part II."
(AP/Castle Rock)

Actor Jack Warden, July 19
Jack Warden, an Emmy-winning and Academy Award-nominated actor who played gruff cops, coaches and soldiers in a career that spanned five decades, died on July 19. He was 85. Warden was nominated twice for best-supporting-actor Oscars -- for the 1975 movie "Shampoo" and in 1978's "Heaven Can Wait." He won a supporting-actor Emmy for his role as a coach in the 1971 TV movie "Brian's Song" and was twice nominated in the 1980s for best leading actor in a comedy for his show "Crazy Like a Fox."
(AP)

Comedian-actor Red Buttons, July 13
Red Buttons, the carrot-topped burlesque comedian who became a top star in early television and then in a dramatic role won the 1957 Oscar as supporting actor in "Sayonara," died on July 13. He was 87. Buttons died of vascular disease at his home in the Century City area of Los Angeles.

Guitarist Johnny Jenkins, June 26
Johnny Jenkins, a guitarist who worked with Otis Redding in the early 1960s and influenced Jimi Hendrix through his acrobatic playing style, died in his hometown of Macon, Ga., on June 26. He was 67.
(AP/The Macon Telegraph, Robert Seay)

july said:

yep I already posted one about Steve

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Spanish singer and actress Rocio Jurado, June 1
Rocio Jurado, a singer and actress who was a beloved figure in Spain and Latin America over a career spanning more than four decades, died at her home in Madrid after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer on June 1. She was 61. A feisty Andalusian with feline eyes and flowing reddish hair, Jurado was known fondly as "la mas grande de Espana," Spain's greatest.
(AP)

Former NFL fullback Craig Heyward, May 27
Former NFL fullback Craig "Ironhead" Heyward died on May 27 after a 7 1/2-year fight with a recurring brain tumor. He was 39. Heyward spent 11 seasons in the NFL with New Orleans, Chicago, Atlanta, St. Louis and Indianapolis. The former University of Pittsburgh All-American rushed for a career-high 1,083 yards for the Falcons in 1995.
(Getty Images/Jed Jacobsohn)

Dancer-choreographer Katherine Dunham, May 21
Katherine Dunham, a pioneering dancer and choreographer, author and civil rights activist who left Broadway to teach culture in one of America's poorest cities, died on May 21. She was 96. Dunham was perhaps best known for bringing African and Caribbean influences to the European-dominated dance world. In the late 1930s, she established the nation's first self-supporting all-black modern dance group.
(AP/The News-Democrat, Zia Nizami)

Actor Don Knotts, Feb. 24
Don Knotts, the saucer-eyed, scarecrow-thin comic actor best known for his roles as the high-strung, small-town deputy Barney Fife on the 1960s CBS series "The Andy Griffith Show" and the leisure-suit-clad landlord Ralph Furley on ABC's '70s sitcom "Three's Company," died on Feb. 24. He was 81.
(AP)

Desmond Dekker-May 25, 2006



Before Bob Marley, Desmond Dekker was the biggest recording artist out of Jamaica. He is best known for his song "The Israelites" (1968) which was on both US and UK charts.

He was the original Rude Boy and never stopped performing right up to his death at age 64.

Albert De Coninck 1915 - 2006

http://www.prince.org/msg/100/210400

july said:

Aaron Spelling: 1923 - 2006 (83)

February 24 - Dennis Weaver. age 81


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