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Recently, we lost:

TONY CURTIS - legendary movie actor, married six times, including his first wife, actress Janet Leigh. That resulted in a daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis, the actress. He was 85.

STEPHEN J. CANNELL - author, creator and producer of several TV series, including The A Team, The Rockford Files and Wiseguy. He was 69 - yes, that was his age

     

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And Greg Giraldo, age 44.

     

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This one hurts:

Barbara Billingsley - 94. She played June Cleaver, Beaver’s mom, on Leave it to Beaver.
She was the quintessential TV mom. God rest her soul.

     

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We also lost Charlie O’Donnell, the announcer on Wheel of Fortune for over 20 years. He also announced other shows over the years. R.I.P. Charlie.

     

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In the last month, we’ve since lost these people.

Teena Marie - singer. hits inbclude Loverboy, Square Biz and Behind the Groove. She was 54.

“Dandy” Don Merideth - former football player and commentator. He was 72.

Leslie Nielsen - comic and actor. Starred in the Airplane movies. He was 84.

Blake Edwards - movie director and writer. Husband of Julie Andrews. He was 88.

Steve Landesberg - comic and actor who played Dietrich on Barney Miller. he was 74.

Elizabeth Edwards - author, attorney and wife of former NC senator John Edwards. Died of cancer. She was 61.

     

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One biggie we lost recently:

ELIZABETH TAYLOR - actress and activist for AIDS research. Married eight times, twice to Richard Burton.
She was 79.

     

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So by now you’ve likely heard the news of Elisabeth Sladen (aka Sarah Jane Smith, The Doctors Companion) has died of cancer. She was 63.

Since I’m no good at drawing I figured I’d paint a mental image as a tribute.
Picture if you will a tribute to Sarah Jane Smith a beloved companion of The Doctor.

A floating casket hovers at one end of a long room. To each side are flowers from every corner of the universe, some glowing, some singing, some changing colours.
Faithfully standing guard to one side is the robotic dog K-9 with his head bowed.
A central isle reaches to the back of the room with mourners also from every corner of the universe and beyond paying their respects. Friends, allies, even new and old enemies.
In the front row weeps the children of Sarah Jane’s more recent adventures. They can hardly believe their mentor is gone. Luke, her adopted son sits on the left side of the isle in front, dressed all in black with Sarah Janes sonic lipstick folded prayerfully in his hands.
Along either side of the isle contingents of Dalek’s and Cybermen with weapons lowered in respect show they too morn the loss of a worthy adversary.
In the 2nd row from the front behind the children sit The Doctors other companions who weep at the loss of one of there own. While a subtle rivalry was present among them they now come together to morn the loss of one of their own, a sister, mother, friend to them all.
Further back sit other aliens from around the cosmos and time that have either been friends, allied or sworn enemy of Sarah Jane. They now sit in silence to show there respect to such a unintentionally powerful woman.
In the back of the room and along the sides stand members of U.N.I.T. with full honour guard to the left and right of the room. Also in the back stands Captain Jack Harkess, at attention eyes fixed at the casket wishing he could trade places, to give back to the world a more worth hero then he believe he could ever be.
And where is the doctor? Where is the TARDIS? The TARDIS rests behind the casket, it’s lights dimmed, but a soft hum of it’s engines sound as if to carry Sarah Jane Smith one last time. The Doctor, the man who changed her life, the man that was changed by her. He stands before his time machine, his hands spread out on Sarah Janes coffin with his head bowed and a tear drips from his face. His sonic screw driver resting on top of the casket blinking in Morse Code words that he dared never to utter to anyone ....... ” I love you Sarah Jane Smith”

     

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i’m so sad that she died. it’s a huge loss.

     

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Officially announced this week
NASA has announced the end to attempting to re-establishing communications with the Mars Rover “Spirit”
So let us mark this day by noting the passing of a great robotic explorer. While not a person, it is still a loss worthy to note.
Spirit was a credit to robots everywhere and will be missed. It spent 6 years exploring and furthering our knowledge of Mars. Spirits sister rover, Opportunity continues to function and explore, though be it alone now, on the surface.
Spirit will not be forgotten and a new rover “Curiosity” is set to be launch in November to carry on the exploration of Mars.

     

It’s been a while. We lost quite a few famous people in 2012, including:

Ernest Borgnine - actor, stasrred in McHale’s Navy TV series - age 95
Andy Griffith - his own TV show and Matlock - age 86
Richard Dawson - original host of Family Feud - age 79
Dick Clark - host of American Bandstand and Pyramid - age 82
Donna Summer - the “Queen of Disco” - age 63
Robin Gibb - one of the Bee Gees - age 62
Whitney Houston - singer & actress - age 48

     

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