We remember... in 2010

Gerald · 12-26-10, 07:35 AM

The past 12 months have seen the deaths of sporting legends, Hollywood stars and political heavyweights. Here - at the end of another year - we pay tribute to some of the famous faces no longer with us.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12052144

Note: 26 December 2010 Last updated at 00:31 GMT

Platapus · 12-26-10, 09:32 AM

It saddens me that many of these people's deaths did not get a lot of press here in the US.

Gerald · 12-26-10, 09:43 AM

mookiemookie · 12-26-10, 10:13 AM

A few you may not have heard:

December: Ted Kennedy's Famous Dog, Splash, Dies
December 24: 20th century financial titan Roy Neuberger dies 107
December 17: Lina Romay, who sang with Xavier Cugat orchestra and became a film and TV actress died Natural Causes. 91
December 9: John duPont, heir to Du Pont chemical fortune and convicted murderer, dies in prison 72
December 2, 2010: Don King's wife, Henrietta, dies at 87
November 30: Garry Gross, fashion photographer known for his 1970s nude images of Brooke Shields, taken when she was 10 years old (heart attack) 73
October 20, 2010: Bob Guccione, founder and publisher of Penthouse (79)
July 19, 2010: David Warren, Australian inventor of the black box flight-data recorder. 85
June 16, 2010: Ronald Neame, director of 'Poseidon Adventure'dies 99
June 1, 2010: Ron Zappe, Zapp's potato chip founder, dies 67
May 31, 2010: Chris Haney, co-creator of board game Trivial Pursuit (59)
March 15, 2010: Pingping, the world's shortest man, 29 inches tall, died of heart complications at the age of 21.
March 6, 2010: Bruce J. Graham, Chicago Architect Who Designed Sears Tower, Dies 84. Complications of Alzheimer’s disease.
February 28, 2010: T-Bone Wolk, bass player for Hall & Oates, dies 58
February 16, 2010: Ronald Howes, inventor of Easy Bake oven dies 83
February 9, 2010: Fred Morrison, Frisbee Inventor, Dies 90?
January 17, 2010: Glen W. Bell Jr - Taco Bell Founder 86
January 10, 2010: Donald E. Goerke, creator of SpaghettiO's, dies at 83 of heart failure

Jimbuna · 12-26-10, 01:03 PM

Your right Mark...I've honestly never heard of any of them

*not intended in a disrespectful context*

Sailor Steve · 12-26-10, 01:21 PM

I used to subscribe to an encyclopedia yearbook, and every year I was amazed at the number of famous people who had died - the ones I recognized instantly, and the ones who I had no knowledge of but realized they meant something to a great many people somewhere else.

A nice tribute. Thanks, Vendor.

12-26-10, 07:35 AM	#1
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	We remember... in 2010 The past 12 months have seen the deaths of sporting legends, Hollywood stars and political heavyweights. Here - at the end of another year - we pay tribute to some of the famous faces no longer with us. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12052144 Note: 26 December 2010 Last updated at 00:31 GMT __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,400 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	It saddens me that many of these people's deaths did not get a lot of press here in the US. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	__________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

12-26-10, 10:13 AM	#4
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	A few you may not have heard: December: Ted Kennedy's Famous Dog, Splash, Dies December 24: 20th century financial titan Roy Neuberger dies 107 December 17: Lina Romay, who sang with Xavier Cugat orchestra and became a film and TV actress died Natural Causes. 91 December 9: John duPont, heir to Du Pont chemical fortune and convicted murderer, dies in prison 72 December 2, 2010: Don King's wife, Henrietta, dies at 87 November 30: Garry Gross, fashion photographer known for his 1970s nude images of Brooke Shields, taken when she was 10 years old (heart attack) 73 October 20, 2010: Bob Guccione, founder and publisher of Penthouse (79) July 19, 2010: David Warren, Australian inventor of the black box flight-data recorder. 85 June 16, 2010: Ronald Neame, director of 'Poseidon Adventure'dies 99 June 1, 2010: Ron Zappe, Zapp's potato chip founder, dies 67 May 31, 2010: Chris Haney, co-creator of board game Trivial Pursuit (59) March 15, 2010: Pingping, the world's shortest man, 29 inches tall, died of heart complications at the age of 21. March 6, 2010: Bruce J. Graham, Chicago Architect Who Designed Sears Tower, Dies 84. Complications of Alzheimer’s disease. February 28, 2010: T-Bone Wolk, bass player for Hall & Oates, dies 58 February 16, 2010: Ronald Howes, inventor of Easy Bake oven dies 83 February 9, 2010: Fred Morrison, Frisbee Inventor, Dies 90? January 17, 2010: Glen W. Bell Jr - Taco Bell Founder 86 January 10, 2010: Donald E. Goerke, creator of SpaghettiO's, dies at 83 of heart failure __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

12-26-10, 01:03 PM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,992 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Your right Mark...I've honestly never heard of any of them not intended in a disrespectful context __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I used to subscribe to an encyclopedia yearbook, and every year I was amazed at the number of famous people who had died - the ones I recognized instantly, and the ones who I had no knowledge of but realized they meant something to a great many people somewhere else. A nice tribute. Thanks, Vendor. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo