Gone in 2010-- Part 2

MAY--

ART LINKLETTER, 97-- TV-- "Kids Say the Darndest Things"

DENNIS HOPPER, 74-- Actor "Rebel Without a Cause" and "easy Rider"-- a great road trip and soundtrack.


JUNE--

JOHN WOODEN, 99-- college basketball coach of the UCLA Dynasty.

JACK HARRISON, 97-- a survivor of World War II's "Great Escape"

JIMMY DEAN, 81-- "Big Bad John" and sausage entrepreneur.

EDITH SHAIN, 91-- The nurse in the famous World War II VJ Day photo.


JULY

GEORGE STEINBRENNER, 80-- Rebuilt the Yankees. I DON'T LIKE the Yankees.

DAVID WARREN, 85-- inventor of the airplane "black box" flight data recorder.

THEO ALBRECHT, 86-- co-founder of the Aldi grocery stores where I do a lot of shopping.

Finishing Up Tomorrow. --Cooter

Gone in 2010-- Part 1

From the Jan. 1, 2010, Chicago Sun-Times. They listed quite a few more, but I just picked the ones that had an impact on me. Many of these were discussed in my Dead Page entries. Hit the Dead Page label at bottom.


JANUARY


TSUTOMU YAMAGUCHI, 93-- survivor of both World War II atomic blasts. (WWII)

MIEP GIES, 100-- Dutch office secretary who helped hide Anne Frank's family during German Occupation of Amsterdam. She also saved Anne's diary. (WWII)

GLEN W. BELL, 86-- Founder of Taco Bell. (Love those tacos, especially the Baja Fish taco and those $2 value meals.)


MARCH


PETER GRAVES, 83-- actor in "Airplane!" and TV show Mission Impossible. (What a great pilot!)

MORRIS JEPPSON, 87-- weapons test officer on Enola Gay and helped arm the atomic bomb at Hiroshima. Mr. Yamaguchi and Mr. Jeppson's lives crossed. (WWII)

More to Come. --DaCoot