Obituary

Bozo The Clown AND Jesse Helms :Dead

Posted by Damianmann from Chicago Tribune

On the same day as Jesse Helms. Coincidence?

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Former N.C. Senator and conservative firebrand Jesse Helms dies on Independence Day. He was 86. :: W

Posted by Damianmann from WRAL

Jesse Helms, the firebrand United States senator whose outspoken, conservative views polarized North Carolina and U.S. voters for decades, died at 1:15 a.m. Friday in Raleigh, according to John Dodd, president of the Jesse Helms Center.

"I thought he died years ago".

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George Carlin: Comedian George Carlin Dead

Posted by okami from Feeds.gawker

Stand-up comedian George Carlin, whose routine about forbidden words on the airwaves led to a key Supreme Court decision on government broadcast oversight, died of heart failure near Los Angeles. He was 71.

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Film legend Charlton Heston dead at 84

Posted by okami from Yahoo News!

Charlton Heston, who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing "Ben-Hur" and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other heroic figures in movie epics of the '50s and '60s, has died. He was 84.

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Thousands bid farewell to Coretta Scott King

Posted by Jeff from MSNBC

The end of an era. Very sad.

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Birgit Nilsson, Soprano Legend Who Tamed Wagner, Dies at 87

Posted by Frankenstein from New York Times

She owned all the big dramatic soprano roles--Brunhilde, Turandot, Isolde, Aida, and so on and so forth--during her career, and we are lucky enough that many of her signature roles were captured in the recording studio. Legend has it that EMI's recording engineers had trouble recording her properly during the taping of the Solti Ring Cycle because her voice was so huge.

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