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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - 10:06 am
His obit was in the NY Times archives for September deaths of famous people.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - 10:22 am
Whew I thought I was going crazy for a moment lol.
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - 10:55 am
Mao is dead?!?!?! On a much more serious note, I was sorry to hear about Chris Schenkel. He had such a great voice and offered such an even commentary. I know he was fairly old, but I still feel sad to hear about these people passing.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - 2:22 pm
That really flipped me out this am when I read that Mao had died..kept thinking didn't he do that a long time ago????????????
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Wednesday, September 14, 2005 - 2:46 pm
Uh, I read that, too, earlier. And thought I must be crazy. Thanks, guys. Ulp.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 4:53 am
Robert Wise, director of West Side Story and The Sound of Music, dies at 91 http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/headline/entertainment/3354826
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Weinermr
Member
08-18-2001
| Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 3:46 am
Nazi hunter Wiesenthal dead at 96 Holocaust survivor dedicated his life to fighting prejudice Tuesday, September 20, 2005; Posted: 5:27 a.m. EDT (09:27 GMT)
LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Simon Wiesenthal, the Holocaust survivor who helped track down Nazi war criminals following World War II and spent the later decades of his life fighting anti-Semitism and prejudice, has died aged 96. A statement on the Simon Wiesenthal Center Web site said he died early Tuesday in Vienna, Austria. With more than six million Jews killed during the Holocaust, including 89 members of his own family, Wiesenthal felt driven to track down those involved in the atrocities. In his book "Justice, Not Vengeance," Wiesenthal wrote: "Survival is a privilege which entails obligations. I am forever asking myself what I can do for those who have not survived. "The answer I have found for myself (and which need not necessarily be the answer for every survivor) is: I want to be their mouthpiece, I want to keep their memory alive, to make sure the dead live on in that memory." Wiesenthal is credited with helping to bring more than 1,100 Nazi war criminals to justice. "Simon Wiesenthal was the conscience of the Holocaust," said Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean and founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. "When the Holocaust ended in 1945 and the whole world went home to forget, he alone remained behind to remember. He did not forget. He became the permanent representative of the victims, determined to bring the perpetrators of the history's greatest crime to justice. "There was no press conference and no president or prime minister or world leader announced his appointment. He just took the job. It was a job no one else wanted. "The task was overwhelming. The cause had few friends. The Allies were already focused on the Cold War, the survivors were rebuilding their shattered lives and Simon Wiesenthal was all alone, combining the role of both prosecutor and detective at the same time. "His greatest accomplishment was that he showed the world what one person determined to do the right thing can accomplish," Hier said. Wiesenthal was held in a number of concentration camps during World War II, being freed by American forces from Mauthausen in Austria on May 5, 1945. At the time, he weighed less than 100 pounds, according to his biography. He said he quickly realized "there is no freedom without justice," and decided to dedicate "a few years" to seeking justice. "It became decades," he added. CNN Copyright 2005 CNN. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Associated Press contributed to this report
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 7:13 pm
Kaddish for Mr. Wiesenthal

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Mameblanche
Member
04-13-2005
| Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - 10:49 pm
My heart is broken into pieces over his passing. SHALOM. PEACE.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - 7:40 am
Constance Moore
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Monday, September 26, 2005 - 11:44 am
Don Adams of 'Get Smart' Dies at 82
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Kep421
Member
08-11-2001
| Monday, September 26, 2005 - 11:46 am
aw...I've many fond memories of him...
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Monday, September 26, 2005 - 12:42 pm
I'm a little embarrassed to admit it, but I loved that show!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, September 26, 2005 - 1:05 pm
I'm not ashamed to admit it! I think it was a staple of anyone in my age range. I think I would still find it just as funny.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, September 26, 2005 - 3:27 pm
Damn I loved him and his show.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, September 26, 2005 - 5:00 pm
Loved him and that is one of my fav shows!!! I wish it was still on tvland here. My mom/dad met him at golf thing, I have his autographed pic.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Monday, September 26, 2005 - 5:15 pm
I always wanted a sequel to the Get Smart Movie...I think it was called "The Nude Bomb". I loved that show! er...would you believe that I used to watch it when it came on.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Thursday, September 29, 2005 - 1:42 pm
Michael Wittenberg, Bernadette Peters' husband, dies in helicopter crash.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, October 02, 2005 - 6:05 pm
Celebrated playwright August Wilson has died at age 60 link Playwright August Wilson, whose epic 10-play cycle chronicling the black experience in 20th-century America included such landmark dramas as "Fences" and "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," died Sunday of liver cancer, a family spokeswoman said. He was 60. Wilson died at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, surrounded by his family, said Dena Levitin, Wilson's personal assistant. The playwright had disclosed in late August that his illness was inoperable and he had only a few months to live. "We've lost a great writer, I think the greatest writer that our generation has seen and I've lost a dear, dear friend and collaborator," said Kenny Leon, who directed the Broadway production of "Gem of the Ocean" as well as Wilson's most recent play, "Radio Golf," which just concluded a run in Los Angeles. Leon said Wilson's work, "encompasses all the strength and power that theater has to offer.""I feel an incredible sense of responsibility on walking how he would want us to walk and delivering his work." Wilson's plays were big, often sprawling and poetic, dealing primarily with the effects of slavery on succeeding generations of black Americans: from turn-of-century characters who could remember the Civil War to a prosperous middle class at the end of the century who had forgotten the past. The playwright's astonishing creation, which took more than 20 years to complete, was remarkable not only for his commitment to a certain structure — one play for each decade — but for the quality of the writing. It was a unique achievement in American drama. Not even Eugene O'Neill, who authored the masterpiece "Long Day's Journey Into Night," accomplished such a monumental effort. During that time, Wilson received the best-play Tony Award for "Fences," plus best-play Tony nominations for six of his other plays, the Pulitzer Prize for both "Fences" and "The Piano Lesson," and a record seven New York Drama Critics' Circle prizes. [...]
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Mameblanche
Member
04-13-2005
| Sunday, October 02, 2005 - 10:50 pm
Omigosh! I'm shocked about Bernadette Peters husband. A helicopter crash, that is horrible. Along with Don Adams, has anyone mentioned Bob Denver... who also passed away recently? That's a double loss for those of us who grew up with these gifted funnymen.
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Abby7
Member
07-17-2002
| Sunday, October 02, 2005 - 10:53 pm
Mame, yes, Bob Denver's passing was mentioned...check back one thread. check, kaykay's post Tuesday, September 06, 2005 - 12:24 pm
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Abby7
Member
07-17-2002
| Sunday, October 02, 2005 - 10:58 pm
Mame, do you remember the story about how Bernadette Peters met her husband? I forget the details now. I remember it being a really sweet, loving story. I remember something about the two of them meeting in front of their apartment building, something about a taxi, something about a missing button on his tux or suit, and something about Bernadette sewing the button back on his suit. Well, that's all my memory could handle :>) ! Sorry, but I remember it being a sweet story!
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Mameblanche
Member
04-13-2005
| Sunday, October 02, 2005 - 11:53 pm
Re: Bernadette - Wow, I had no idea... ! So romantic - Wow. Thanks for sharing this with me, Abby. I'm going to try and follow up on that story at some point. (If you find out any more info, maybe you could post in my folder or email, and I'll do likewise, thx.) Her talent is beyond huge, I feel so bad about her losing her husband, and I am really hurting for her right now. What a nightmare! (edited about 3 billion times.)
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Nancy
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, October 03, 2005 - 3:28 pm
Actor-comedian Nipsey Russell died Sunday in New York, according to wire reports. Russell died of cancer at Lenox Hill Hospital, his longtime manager, Joseph Rapp, tells WABC-TV. He was in his early 80s. (Rapp says Russell was born in 1923, though some reports say he was born in 1924.) Russell, a veteran entertainer who performed on stage and screen, scored his first major TV role as Officer Anderson in the 1960s TV show Car 54, Where Are You? He also often appeared on shows such as the The Dean Martin Show, the Tonight Show, Laugh-In and Fame. On the variety programs, Russell performed short poems, earning him the nickname " the poet laureate of television." Russell also played the Tin Man in the 1978 movie musical The Wiz, a remake of The Wizard of Oz.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, October 03, 2005 - 3:39 pm
Aw..I really liked him.
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