While
best and worst of everything lists are compiled by others as another
year draws to a close, The
Free
Choice
E-zine
continues
it annual tradition of pausing to briefly look back and remember
those that are sadly no longer with us.
While
unfortunately
we cannot post the
whole
list;
amongst the innocents who died needlessly at the hands of others; our
family, friends, and loved ones ♥; as well as those within law
enforcement, medical/emergency services, and the military who lost
their lives helping and/or protecting others during 2013, we have
also lost...
ACTORS
Michael
Ansara (Broken Arrow,
various Star Trek
appearances and other guest starring roles)
Allan
Arbus (M*A*S*H, Curb Your Enthusiasm)
Conrad
Bain (Different Strokes, Maude)
Frank
Bank (Leave It To Beaver)
Dennis
Farina (Law and Order, Crime Story,
Midnight Run, Get Shorty)
Brian
Forbes (The Stepford Wives)
James
Gandolfini (The Sopranos)
Richard
Griffiths (the Harry Potter franchise)
Larry
Hagman (I Dream of Jeanie, Dallas)
Bernard
Horsfall (Doctor Who, Braveheart,
Gandhi)
Jim
Kelly (Enter The Dragon)
Jack
Klugman (The Odd Couple; Quincy,
M.E.)
Tom
Laughlin (The Billy Jack
film franchise)
Tony
Lip (Goodfellas,
The Sopranos)
Paul
Mantee (Robinson Crusoe on Mars)
Cory
Montieth (Glee)
Lou
Myers (A Different World)
Michael
O’Hare (Babylon 5)
Peter
O'Toole (Lawrence of Arabia, My
Favorite Year)
Harry
Reems (Deep Throat)
Dale
Robertson (Tales of Wells Fargo,
Death Valley Days, Dynasty)
August
Schellenberg (Free Willy)
Frank
Thornton (Are You Being Served?)
Malachi
Throne (versatile guest star of television in 1960s-1970s)
Ned
Wertimer (Car 54, Where Are You?; The
Jeffersons)
Lee
Thompson Young (The Famous Jett
Jackson, Rizzoli & Isles)
Paul
Walker (The Fast and the Furious
franchise)
ACTRESSES
Karen
Black (Five Easy Pieces, Easy Rider,
Nashville)
Eileen
Brennan (Private Benjamin)
Jeanne
Cooper (long term role on The Young
And The Restless)
Bonnie
Franklin (One Day At A Time,
various Broadway productions)
Annette
Funicello (Founding member of the original Mickey
Mouse Club and beach movies)
Julie
Harris
Marta
Helfin (A Perfect Couple)
Lisa
Robin Kelly (That 70s Show)
Patsy
May (Our Gang/The Little Rascals)
Marlangela
Melato (The original Swept Away)
Margaret
Pellegrini (Munchkin, 1939’s The
Wizard of Oz)
Jean
Stapleton (All In The Family,
various Broadway productions)
Marcia
Wallace (The Bob Newhart Show, The
Simpsons)
Esther
Williams (Neptune’s Daughter,
Dangerous When Wet)
ATHLETES/SPORTS
FIGURES
Stan
Musial (Major League Baseball great)
Paul
Rice (Cricketer)
Bill
Roost (European footballer)
Earl
Weaver (Manager: Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball)
CREATIVE
PERSONNEL
Tom
Clancy (Author, The Hunt for Red
October, Patriot Games)
A.
C. Crispin (noted science fiction author)
Ray
Cusick (Designed the original Daleks and other aliens for Doctor
Who)
Ray
Dolby (Sound Pioneer)
Roger
Ebert (Famous movie critic)
Richard
E. Geis (Science Fiction author)
Ray
Harryhausen (Special Effects pioneer)
William
Harrison (science fiction author: Rollerball)
Carmine
Infantino (noted comic book artist from the 1940s to late 1990s)
Elmore
Leonard (Author, Get Shorty)
Richard
Matheson (noted science fiction author: I am Legend, episodes of the
original Twilight Zone)
Claude
Nobs (Founder of the Montreaux Jazz Festival)
Andrew
J. Offutt (science fiction/fantasy author)
Pauline
Phillips (“Dear Abby”)
Frederik
Pohl (noted science fiction author)
Maxine
Powell (Motown Records)
Steven
Utley (Science Fiction writer)
ENTERTAINERS
Patty
Andrews (Last surviving member of The Andrew Sisters)
Bobby
“Blue” Bland (“Turn On Your Love Light”, “Further On Up The
Road”)
Eydie
Gorme
Otis
Harris (of The Temptations)
Jane
Harvey (Jazz vocalist)
Rick
Huxley (of The Dave Clark Five)
Bobby
Mansfield (of The Wrens)
Patti
Page (“The Tennessee Waltz”)
Bobby
Rogers (of The Miracles)
Bobby
Smith (of The Spinners)
Cleotha
Staples (of The Staple Singers)
Jonathan
Winters (Legendary comedian; It’s A
Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World; Mork and Mindy)
HISTORIC
Robert
Ashton (Noted historian)
Doctor
Joyce Brothers (Psychologist)
Scott
Carpenter (Original member of the Mercury space program, second Human
to orbit the earth)
Hugo
Chavez (President of Venezuela from 1999 until his death)
David
Frost (Famous journalist)
Donald
Hornig (Member of The Manhattan Project, former President of Brown
University)
Ed
Koch (Mayor of New York City from 1978-1989)
Doctor
C. Everett Koop (United States Surgeon General during President
Ronald Reagan's administration)Nelson Mandela (Anti-apartheid leader,
peaceful activist)
Sir
Patrick Moore (Famous Astronomer, The
Sky At Night)
Margaret
Thatcher (Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1979-1990)
Derek
Yalden (Zoologist)
♪ MUSICIANS ♫
Peter
Banks (Guitarist, Yes)
Leroy
Bonner (Member of the Ohio Players)
Cedric
Brooks (Reggae artist)
Donald
Byrd (Jazz musician)
Van
Cliburn (Pianist)
Joey
Covington (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna)
George
Duke (jazz musician)
“T-Model
Ford” (aka James Lewis Carter, blues artist)
Jack
Greene (Country Western artist)
Rick
Huxley (of The Dave Clark Five)
Sammy
Johns (Singer, “Chevy Van”, “America”)
George
Jones (Country Western artist)
Alvin
Lee (Guitarist, Ten Years After)
“Magic
Slim” (Blues guitarist)
Ray
Manzarek (of The Doors)
Marian
McPartland (jazz pianist)
Alan
Myers (Drummer for Devo)
Reg
Presley (of The Troggs “Wild Thing”)
Lou
Reed (Musician, Velvet Underground)
Paul
Tanner (Trombonist, last surviving member of the Glenn Miller
Orchestra)
Derek
Watkins (Trumpeter, played on EVERY James Bond movie soundtrack <from Doctor No to Skyfall>until
his death!)
Slim
Whitman (Country western artist)
DISHONORABLE
MENTION
Anyone
who would take another’s life without moral and legal
justification.
NOTE:
All categories and the names within them are alphabetical, except the
last one.
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