People we've lost in — Singer Jenni Rivera , 43, died when the small plane she was traveling in crashed in the mountains of northern Mexico, her brother told CNN. The plane wreckage was found Sunday, December 9. People we've lost in — Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck , 91, died December 5 from heart failure, said his manager, Russell Gloyd. A gunman shot him in the face in front of a bar in his hometown of Bayamon.
People we've lost in — Actor Larry Hagman , who played scheming oil tycoon J. Ewing on "Dallas," died November 23 of complications from cancer. People we've lost in — Native American activist Russell Means died October 22 from throat cancer, an Oglala Lakota Sioux nation representative said.
People we've lost in — Former Sen. George McGovern , 90, died on October McGovern was the Democratic nominee for president in He ran against incumbent Richard Nixon and won only 17 electoral votes to Nixon's He served in the U.
Senate and House representing South Dakota before his loss for the top office. People we've lost in — Former U. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania died at age 82 of complications from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma on October 14 at his home in Philadelphia, his family said.
Specter served five terms as a Republican senator and switched political affiliation in People we've lost in — Legendary singer Andy Williams , known for his smooth voice and classics such as "Moon River," died after a yearlong battle with bladder cancer at his Branson, Missouri, home on September People we've lost in — Michael Clarke Duncan , nominated for an Academy Award for his role in the film "The Green Mile," "suffered a myocardial infarction on July 13 and never fully recovered," a written statement from Joy Fehily said.
He died September 3 at age People we've lost in — Neil Armstrong , the American astronaut who made "one giant leap for mankind" when he became the first man to walk on the moon, died August People we've lost in — Comedian Phyllis Diller , known for her self-deprecating humor, died "peacefully in her sleep" on August She was Scott died August 19 at age People we've lost in — Actor Ron Palillo , who played class clown Arnold Horshack on the s television comedy "Welcome Back, Kotter," died from a heart attack at age 63 on August People we've lost in — Marvin Hamlisch , a prolific American composer, died August 6 after a more than four-decade career that spanned film, music, television and theater.
People we've lost in — Writer Gore Vidal died July 31 of complications from pneumonia, a nephew said. People we've lost in — Keyboard player Jon Lord , who fused classical and heavy metal to make Deep Purple one of the biggest rock bands in the world, died July 16 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
People we've lost in — Oscar-winning actress Celeste Holm died at her home in New York on July 15 at the age of People we've lost in — On July 8, film and television actor Ernest Borgnine, who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of a lovelorn butcher in 's "Marty," died at age People we've lost in — Actor Andy Griffith , who played folksy Sheriff Andy Taylor in the fictional town of Mayberry, died July 3 at the age of People we've lost in — Nora Ephron , the screenwriter and director whose sharp, edgy romantic comedies featuring strong women took her to the top ranks of a film industry mostly dominated by men, died June 26 at age Doc Watson — Bluegrass guitarist and singer Doc Watson died at 89 on May 29 after struggling to recover from colon surgery.
People we've lost in — Robin Gibb , one of three brothers who made up the Bee Gees, the group behind "Saturday Night Fever" and other iconic sounds from the s, died on May Gibb died "following his long battle with cancer and intestinal surgery," a statement said. People we've lost in — Mexican author Carlos Fuentes died on May 15 at the age of People we've lost in — Donald "Duck" Dunn , left, the bass player who laid the musical floor beneath soul legends like Booker T.
People we've lost in — Carroll Shelby , famous for creating high-performance road and racing cars bearing his name, died on May 10 in Dallas. His name is probably most associated with the Cobra and the Shelby line of Ford Mustang-based performance cars. People we've lost in — British-Israeli hairdresser Vidal Sassoon died on May 9 at the age of People we've lost in — George Lindsey , the actor who portrayed the country-bumpkin mechanic Goober Pyle on "The Andy Griffith Show," died May 6 after a brief illness, his family said.
People we've lost in — Adam "MCA" Yauch , a founding member of the pioneering rap band Beastie Boys, died on May 4 after a nearly three-year battle with cancer. People we've lost in — Levon Helm , the drummer, multi-instrumentalist and singer for The Band who kept the band's heart for more than three decades, died "peacefully" April 19, according to his record label, Vanguard Records.
People we've lost in — Television host Dick Clark poses for a portrait circa The longtime host of the influential "American Bandstand" died April 18 after suffering a heart attack. Thomas Kinkade — Artist Thomas Kinkade , the self-described "painter of light," died from accidental overdose of alcohol and Valium at age 54 on April 6.
People we've lost in — Porsche designer Ferdinand Alexander Porsche died on April 5 at the age of He also acted as a spokesman for the fight against prostate cancer, with which he was diagnosed in Norman Schwarzkopf Sr. The younger Schwarzkopf graduated from the U. He earned a masters degree in guided-missile engineering from the University of Southern California and later taught engineering at West Point.
Schwarzkopf saw combat twice - in Vietnam and Grenada - in a career that included command of units from platoon to theater size, training as a paratrooper and stints at Army staff colleges.
He led his men in firefights in two tours of Vietnam and commanded all U. His chestful of medals included three Silver and three Bronze Stars for valor and two Purple Hearts for Vietnam wounds. In Vietnam, he won a reputation as an officer who would put his life on the line to protect his troops.
In one particularly deadly fight on the Batangan Peninsula, Schwarzkopf led his men through a minefield, in part by having the mines marked with shaving cream. In , Schwarzkopf was put in charge of the U. But by December , he was criticizing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for his handling of the second war, telling MSNBC that war policy was being controlled by civilians in the Defense Department who "showed a total lack of understanding of the culture that we were dealing with" in Iraq.
As a result, he said, "things have gone awry," especially in terms of adequate armored protection for troops on the ground. Colin Powell, who was Schwarzkopf's boss as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during Desert Storm, remembered him Thursday as "a great patriot and a great soldier.
Schwarzkopf, who had been based in Tampa for many years on the way to leading U. Central Command in , was a prominent spokesman for campaigns to promote awareness of prostate cancer, with which he was diagnosed in He is survived by his wife, Brenda, and their three adult children.
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