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January

George MacDonald Fraser (writer) -- Dead. Cancer. Died January 2, 2008. Born April 2, 1925. Wrote the Flashman series, wrote screenplays for the '70s Musketeer movies.  Home Page  IMDb  Obituary

Christopher Bowman (skater/actor) -- Dead. Drug overdose/enlarged heart. Died January 10, 2008. Born March 30, 1967. Appeared in some '70s sitcoms, went on to be a skating champion, coach and commentator, Vampira.  IMDb  FindAGrave

Vampira (TV icon) -- Dead. Cardiac arrest. Died January 10, 2008. Born December 21, 1921. Obscure actress wanna-be who turned a Halloween costume into a brief TV career as a movie host, real name: Maila Syrjaniemi, Christopher Bowman. Make memorial contributions to: Much Love Animal Rescue.  Home Page  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Sir Edmund Hillary (mountain climber) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died January 11, 2008. Born July 20, 1919. In the '50s, first white man to reach the summit of Mt. Everest with the help of Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay.  Home Page  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Carl Karcher (burger entreprenuer) -- Dead. Parkinson's/pneumonia. Died January 11, 2008. Born January 16, 1917. Started the Carl's Jr., burger franchise, supported many conservative causes, engaged in insider trading.  Home Page  Obituary  FindAGrave

Richard Knerr (entreprenuer) -- Dead. Stroke. Died January 14, 2008. Born June 30, 1925. Co-founded Wham-o with Arthur Melin and marketed fad toys like the Hula Hoop, Frisbee, and Superball.  Home Page  FindAGrave

Brad Renfro (actor) -- Dead. Heroin overdose. Died January 15, 2008. Born July 25, 1982. Talented child actor (The Client) who ruined a potentially brilliant career and died too young.  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Bobby Fischer (chess genius) -- Dead. Died January 17, 2008. Born March 9, 1943. Reclusive chess champion, famously beat Boris Spasky during the '70s and emmigrated to Iceland.  Home Page  Obituary  FindAGrave

Allan Melvin (actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died January 17, 2008. Born February 18, 1922. Extensive amount of TV in the '60s and '70s, Barney on Archie Bunker's Place, Sam the butcher on The Brady Bunch.  Home Page  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary

Lois Nettleton (actress) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died January 18, 2008. Born August 6, 1927. Busy TV and Broadway actress who starred in a classic Twilight Zone episode "The Midnight Sun."  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary

Suzanne Pleshette (actress) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died January 19, 2008. Born January 31, 1937. Lots of Disney and made-for-TV movies, memorable as Emily on The Bob Newhart Show, married to Tom Poston from 2001 until his death.  Home Page  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

John Stewart (singer/songwriter) -- Dead. Stroke/early-onset Alzheimer's. Died January 19, 2008. Born September 5, 1939. A member of the Kingston Trio ("Tom Dooley"), may be best-known for writing the Monkees' hit "Daydream Believer"  Home Page  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Heath Ledger (actor) -- Dead. Accidental drug overdose. Died January 22, 2008. Born April 4, 1979. Astonishing in Brokeback Mountain, died before The Dark Knight was released and while The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus was being filmed. [[I got into an argument with a likely ex-reader of Dead People Server for saying that Ledger's death was due to "suspected drug use" before the coroner's report came out.]]  Home Page  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Margaret Truman Daniel (writer) -- Dead. Died January 29, 2008. Born February 17, 1924. Writer, mostly of mystery novels like Murder at the White House and daughter of President Harry Truman.  Home Page  IMDb

February

Shell Kepler (actress) -- Dead. Renal failure. Died February 1, 2008. Born October 5, 1958. Nurse Vining on General Hospital for many years.  Home Page  IMDb  FindAGrave

Barry Morse (actor) -- Dead. Died February 2, 2008. Born June 10, 1918. Actor with a long and varied career, including The Fugitive and Space: 1999.  Home Page  IBDB  IMDb

Robert Jastrow (Astronomer) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died February 8, 2008. Born September 7, 1925. Wrote the best-selling God and the Astronomers, and directed NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and, later the Mount Wilson Observatory.  Home Page  IMDb  Obituary

Phyllis Whitney (writer) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died February 8, 2008. Born September 9, 1903. Widely traveled, prolific author of young adult (The Mystery of the Haunted Pool) and adult (Woman Without a Past) books, reported to have been working on her autobiography when she died at 104.  Home Page  Obituary

Roy Scheider (actor) -- Dead. Multiple myeloma/staph infection. Died February 10, 2008. Born November 10, 1932. The French Connection, Jaws, All That Jazz, 2010.  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

David Groh (actor) -- Dead. Kidney cancer. Died February 12, 2008. Born May 21, 1939. Best known in Rhoda as her husband.  IBDB  IMDb

Robin Moore (writer) -- Dead. Throat cancer. Died February 21, 2008. Born October 31, 1925. Wrote The French Connection and The Green Berets (including the famous '60s song)  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

William F. Buckley, Jr. (writer) -- Dead. Emphysema. Died February 27, 2008. Born November 24, 1925. Conservative commentator and publisher of the National Review, wrote God and Man at Yale just after his college graduation.  Home Page  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Myron Cope (writer, sportscaster) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died February 27, 2008. Born January 29, 1929. Award-winning writer and colorful "profressional Steeler fan," (Oy!) he invented the famous "Terrible Towel" in the mid-70s, and donated all the proceeds to the Allegheny Valley School.  Home Page  IMDb  Obituary

Mike Smith (Singer/songwriter) -- Dead. Pneumonia/effects of paralysis. Died February 28, 2008. Born December 3, 1943. Dave Clark Five, songs like "I Like It Like That".  Home Page  Obituary  FindAGrave

Janet Kagan (writer) -- Dead. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Died February 29, 2008. Born circa 1945. Uhura's Song, won a Hugo for "The Nutcracker Coup."  Home Page  Obituary

March

Jeff Healey (singer/guitarist) -- Dead. Cancer. Died March 2, 2008. Born March 26, 1966. Had the pop hit "Angel Eyes", played his guitar flat across his lap often while seated, very active in the Toronto music scene.  Home Page  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Gary Gygax (author/game creator) -- Dead. Abdominal aortic aneurysm. Died March 4, 2008. Born July 27, 1938. Co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons and writer of many game-related books.  Home Page  IMDb

Joseph Weizenbaum (programmer/teacher) -- Dead. Cancer. Died March 5, 2008. Born January 8, 1923. Created one of the first verbally "interactive" programs, ELIZA, which behaved something like a therapist by asking questions based on earlier responses made at the keyboard.  Home Page  IMDb  Obituary

Ivan Dixon (director/actor) -- Dead. Hemmorhage/kidneyfailure. Died March 16, 2008. Born April 6, 1931. Kinchloe on Hogan's Heroes.  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Anthony Minghella (director) -- Dead. Hemorrhage after surgery for cancer of the tonsils and neck. Died March 18, 2008. Born January 6, 1954. Truly, Madly, Deeply, The English Patient, Cold Mountain.  Home Page  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Sir Arthur C. Clarke (author) -- Dead. Respiratory problems. Died March 19, 2008. Born December 16, 1917. Not only did he write science fiction (2001, Childhood's End), he developed the concept of the geosynchronous communications satellite. He lived near the coast of Sri Lanka and survived the tsunami of 2004.  Home Page  IMDb  AwardWeb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Paul Scofield (Actor) -- Dead. Leukemia. Died March 19, 2008. Born January 21, 1922. Magnificent actor, best-known for playing Sir Thomas More in A Man for All Seasons, wonderful as Mark Van Doren in Quiz Show.  Home Page  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary

Richard Widmark Dead. Died March 24, 2008. Born December 26, 1914. Kiss of Death, Judgment at Nuremberg.  Home Page  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary

Abby Mann (screenwriter) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died March 25, 2008. Born December 1, 1927. Wrote Judgment at Nuremberg and Ship of Fools.  Home Page  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

April

Charlton Heston (Actor/NRA activist) -- Dead. Alzheimer's. Died April 5, 2008. Born October 4, 1923. Ben Hur, Planet of the Apes, Touch of Evil, president of the NRA for several years.  Home Page  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Stanley Kamel (actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died April 8, 2008. Born January 1, 1943. TV actor probably best-known for playing Dr. Kroger on Monk.  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

John Archibald Wheeler (physicist/professor) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died April 13, 2008. Born July 9, 1911. Helped to develop general relativity, coined the terms "black hole" and "worm hole."  Home Page  IMDb  Obituary

Ollie Johnston (animator) -- Dead. Died April 14, 2008. Born October 31, 1912. The last surviving "Disney's old men," animators who created the golden age of the Disney animation from the '30s through the '70s.  Home Page  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Hazel Court (actress) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died April 15, 2008. Born February 10, 1926. British horror actress, The Curse of Frankenstein, particularly known for pairing with Vincent Price in several Poe-based films.  Home Page  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Danny Federici (keyboardist) -- Dead. Melanoma. Died April 17, 2008. Born January 23, 1950. Played piano for "The Boss." Make memorial contributions to: The Danny Federici Melanoma Fund.  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Nicolette Goulet (actress) -- Dead. Breast cancer. Died April 17, 2008. Born June 5, 1956. Soap opera actress (Ryan's Hope); daughter of Robert Goulet.  Home Page  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Bebe Barron (composer) -- Dead. Died April 20, 2008. Born June 16, 1926. Experimental muscian who wrote the electronic music for Forbidden Planet; collaborated with Louis even after they divorced.  Home Page  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary

Al Wilson (singer) -- Dead. Kidney failure. Died April 21, 2008. Born June 19, 1939. R&B singer probably best-known for 1973's "Show and Tell".  Home Page  IMDb  Obituary

John Berkey (artist) -- Dead. Died April 29, 2008. Born circa 1932. A science fiction artist who did some pre-production Star Wars illustration, he designed the famous "Old Elvis" stamp proposal and one of the better-known portraits of President Lyndon Johnson. Make memorial contributions to: Society of Illustrators Scholarship Fund  Home Page  Obituary

Albert Hoffman (chemist) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died April 29, 2008. Born January 11, 1906. Synthesized LSD in 1938, tested it in 1943, and later tested other hallucinogenic substances.  Home Page  IMDb  Obituary

May

Eddy Arnold (country singer) -- Dead. Died May 8, 2008. Born May 15, 1918. "Make the World Go Away".  Home Page  IMDb  Obituary

John Phillip Law (actor) -- Dead. Died May 13, 2008. Born June 7, 1937. Barbarella.  Home Page  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Alexander Courage (composer) -- Dead. Stroke. Died May 15, 2008. Born December 10, 1919. Most known for the distinctive Star Trek original theme, did orchestrations for many TV shows and movies.  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Joseph Pevney (director) -- Dead. Died May 18, 2008. Born September 15, 1911. TV director, mostly known for Star Trek episodes like "The City on the Edge of Forever" and "Devil in the Dark."  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Robert Lynn Asprin (humorous fantacist) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died May 22, 2008. Born June 28, 1946. MythAdventures, longtime fixture in science fiction fandom.  Home Page

Dick Martin (director/comedian) -- Dead. Respiratory failure. Died May 24, 2008. Born January 30, 1922. Long time professional partner of Dan Rowan, co-host of Laugh-In, later directed shows like The Bob Newhart Show and Family Ties.  Home Page  IMDb  Obituary

Sydney Pollack (director/actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died May 26, 2008. Born July 1, 1934. Out of Africa, Tootsie and many more.  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Robert Justman (producer) -- Dead. Parkinson's disease. Died May 28, 2008. Born July 13, 1926. Producer of various Star Trek shows, Superman, and directed some episodes of The Outer Limits.  Home Page  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Harvey Korman (comedian) -- Dead. Died May 29, 2008. Born February 15, 1927. The Carol Burnett Show, Blazing Saddles.  IBDB  IMDb

June

Yves Saint-Laurent (designer) -- Dead. Died June 1, 2008. Born August 1, 1936. Worked for Dior and popularized suits for women and haute couture.  Home Page  IMDb  Obituary

Bo Diddley (guitarist) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died June 2, 2008. Born December 30, 1928. "I Am a Man", professional musician for over 50 years.  Home Page  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Mel Ferrer (actor/director) -- Dead. Died June 2, 2008. Born August 25, 1917. Lili, War and Peace, The Longest Day, married to Audrey Hepburn produced Wait Until Dark.  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary

Jim McKay (sportscaster) -- Dead. Died June 7, 2008. Born September 24, 1921. "Spanned the globe..." -- Wide World of Sports  IMDb  Obituary

Algis Budrys (writer) -- Dead. Died June 9, 2008. Born January 9, 1931. Rogue Moon, involved with Writers of the Future.  Home Page  IMDb

Tim Russert (political analyst) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died June 13, 2008. Born May 7, 1950. Hosted Meet the Press for many years, memorable for writing "Florida, Florida, Florida" on a little whiteboard during election night, 2000 - "Can you believe that?" (David Gregory of NBC said, of his death while on the job, "We can't imagine Tim leaving work early")  IMDb  Obituary

Stan Winston (special effects master) -- Dead. Multiple myeloma. Died June 15, 2008. Born April 7, 1946. Won Oscars for Aliens, Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Jurassic Park.  IMDb

Cyd Charisse (actress) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died June 17, 2008. Born March 8, 1921. Dancer in many movies, including Singing in the Rain, Silk Stockings, Brigadoon, married to Tony Martin for over 60 years.  Home Page  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary

Tasha Tudor (writer/artist) -- Dead. Died June 18, 2008. Born August 28, 1915. Illustrator of classic children's books like The Secret Garden, she also wrote some of her own and won two Caldecott medals along the way.  Home Page  Obituary

George Carlin (comedian) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died June 22, 2008. Born May 12, 1937. These days, you can say those seven words on cable television, a number of books including When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, never lost his passion for political humor.  Home Page  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Dody Goodman (comic) -- Dead. Born October 28, 1915. Died June 22, 2008. Bit parts in movies including Grease, frequent '60s talk show guest, the mother on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.  Home Page  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary

Don S. Davis (actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died June 29, 2008. Born August 4, 1942. Stargate's Major General Hammond. Make memorial contributions to: American Heart Association  Home Page  IMDb  Obituary

July

Elizabeth Spriggs (actress) -- Dead. Died July 2, 2008. Born September 18, 1929. Mrs. Jennings in Sense and Sensibility, pops into Harry Potter movies from portraits.  IMDb  Obituary

Larry Harmon (Bozo popularizer) -- Dead. Congestive heart failure. Died July 3, 2008. Born January 2, 1925. An early Bozo who turned the character into a '60s and '70s icon.  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Thomas M. Disch (writer) -- Dead. Suicide. Died July 4, 2008. Born February 2, 1940. Camp Concentration, 334, The Brave Little Toaster.  Home Page  IMDb  Obituary

Evelyn Keyes (actress) -- Dead. Uterine cancer. Died July 4, 2008. Born November 20, 1916. Author of Scarlet O'Hara's Younger Sister and married to the much-wed Artie Shaw from 1957 until his death.  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Dr. Michael DeBakey (heart surgeon) -- Dead. Died July 11, 2008. Born September 7, 1908. Pioneering surgeon who helped to develop MASH units while in the Army in WWII, various kinds of heart surgeries and multi-organ transplants.  Home Page  Obituary

Estelle Getty (actress) -- Dead. Lewy Body Dementia. Died July 22, 2008. Born July 25, 1923. Tended to play much older characters, especially Sophia in The Golden Girls.  Home Page  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary

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