AUGUST
VIN SCULLY, 94
** A Hall of Fame broadcaster who called thousands of games involving the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers during his 67 years in the booth. Died August 2.
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN, 73
** Grammy-winning superstar who reigned on pop, country, adult contemporary and dance charts with such hits as "Physical" and "You're the One That I Want" and won countless hearts as everyone's favorite Sandy in the blockbuster film version of "Grease." Died August 8.
Next to Linda Ronstadt, my second female singer heart throb.
LAMONT DOZIER, 81
** He was the middle name of the celebrated Holland-Dozier-Holland team that wrote or produced "You Can't Hurry Love," "Heat Wave" and dozens of other hits, making Motown an essential record company of the 1960s and beyond. Died August 8.
I'm a huge Motown fan.
ANNE HECHE, 53
** Emmy-winning film and television actor whose dramatic Hollywood rise in the 1990s and accomplished career contrasted with chapters of personal turmoil. Died August14.
MIKHAIL GORBACHEV, 91
** As the last leader of the Soviet Union, he set out to revitalize it but ended up unleashing forces that led to the collapse of communism, the breakup of the state and the end of the Cold War, Died August 30.
I wish he was the Russian leader now and not the current person.
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