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<< Previous   of   Next >> (click to enlarge) Art Buchwald: Prize-winning humor columnist (click to enlarge) Boris Yeltsin: Former Russian president (click to enlarge) Norman Mailer: Renowned author (click to enlarge) The Rev. Jerry Falwell: Evangelist and political activist (click to enlarge) Tammy Faye Bakker Messner: Helped build evangelism empire (click to enlarge) Ingmar Bergman: Director of challenging art films (click to enlarge) Kurt Vonnegut Jr.: His novels included "Slaughterhouse-Five" (click to enlarge) David Halberstam: Pulitzer prize-winning author (click to enlarge) Lady Bird Johnson: Former first lady   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Do you have a news tip? newstips@heraldnet.com | 425.339.3400   Published: Tuesday, January 1, 2008 Notable passages of 2007 Associated Press January A.I. Bezzerides, 98. Film noir screenwriter ("Kiss Me Deadly"). Jan. 1. Teddy Kollek, 95. Six-term mayor of Jerusalem; tried to balance needs of Jewish and Arab populations. Jan. 2. Pete Kleinow, 72. Known as "Sneaky Pete," an ace steel guitar player with the Flying Burrito Brothers. Jan. 6. Iwao Takamoto, 81. Animator who created Scooby-Doo. Jan. 8. Yvonne De Carlo, 84. The vampire mom on "The Munsters." Jan. 8. Art Buchwald, 81. Pulitzer-winning humorist who skewered Washington's elite. Jan. 17. Denny Doherty, 66. Member of 1960s folk-rock group the Mamas and the Papas ("California Dreamin'"). Jan. 19. E. Howard Hunt, 88. He helped organize the Watergate break-in. Jan. 23. Tige Andrews, 86. Emmy-nominated actor; the captain in charge of "The Mod Squad." Jan. 27. Sidney Sheldon, 89. Stage and screen writer turned best-selling novelist ("The Other Side of Midnight"). Jan. 30. Molly Ivins, 62. Best-selling author, columnist, a sharp-witted liberal who referred to President Bush as "Shrub." Jan. 31. February Barbara McNair, 72. Pioneering black singer-actress; had her own TV variety show. Feb. 4. Frankie Laine, 93. Big-voiced singer; one of the most popular entertainers of the 1950s ("That Lucky Old Sun"). Feb. 6. Anna Nicole Smith, 39. Model and sometime actress. Feb. 8. Accidental overdose of medication. Robert Adler, 93. Co-inventor of the TV remote, the 1956 Zenith Space Command. Feb. 15. Maurice Papon, 96. Former French Cabinet minister convicted of complicity in World War II crimes. Feb. 17. Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., 89. Pulitzer-winning historian; Kennedy administration "court philosopher." Feb. 28. March Thomas Eagleton, 77. Former senator who resigned as George McGovern's running mate in 1972 after it was revealed he had been hospitalized for depression. March 4. Ernest Gallo, 97. With his brother, he built the world's largest winemaking empire. March 6. Brad Delp, 55. Lead singer for the band Boston ("More Than a Feeling"). March 9. Suicide. Betty Hutton, 86. Singer-actress who brought brassy vitality to Hollywood musicals ("Annie Get Your Gun"). March 11. Jack Metcalf, 79, Langley resident who served three terms in Congress. March 15. Stuart Rosenberg, 79. TV, film director ("Cool Hand Luke"). March 15. Charles Harrelson, 69. Actor Woody Harrelson's father, sentenced to life for killing a federal judge. March 15. Bowie Kuhn, 80. Baseball commissioner during development of free-agency, multimillion-dollar contracts. March 15. Calvert DeForest, 85. Played bespectacled nebbish Larry "Bud" Melman on David Letterman's shows. March 19. Calvin Lockhart, 72. Played underworld figures in 1970s blaxploitation films. March 29. April Bob Clark, 67. Film director known for holiday classic "A Christmas Story." April 4. Johnny Hart, 76. Cartoonist whose "B.C." showed the Stone Age's humorous side. April 7. Kurt Vonnegut, 84. Novelist who captured the absurdity of the world in darkly humorous works such as "Slaughterhouse-Five." April 11. Roscoe Lee Browne, 81. Emmy-winning actor known for rich voice, dignified bearing. April 11. Don Ho, 76. Hawaiian crooner ("Tiny Bubbles"); entertained tourists. April 14. Kitty Carlisle Hart, 96. Singer-actress; career spanned Broadway, opera, television and film ("A Night at the Opera"). April 17. David Halberstam, 73. Journalist whose books included towering study of Vietnam War, poignant portrait of aging baseball stars. April 23. Boris Yeltsin, 76. Former Russian president who helped bring demise of Soviet Union. April 23. Jack Valenti, 85. Film industry lobbyist; instituted modern movie ratings system. April 26. Tommy Newsom, 78. "The Tonight Show" musician whose "Mr. Excitement" nickname was a running joke for Johnny Carson. April 28. Tom Poston, 85. The tall, pasty-faced TV comic ("Newhart"). April 30. May Walter M. Schirra Jr., 84. An original Mercury Seven astronaut, who combined the Right Stuff with a pronounced rebellious streak. May 3. The Rev. Jerry Falwell, 73. Evangelist who used the power of television to transform the religious right into a mighty political force. May 15. Yolanda King, 51. Actress and activist; daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King. May 15. Norm Maleng, 68, King County prosecutor for 28 years. May 24. Charles Nelson Reilly, 76. Tony Award winner; known for ribald TV game show appearances. May 25. June Sembene Ousmane, 84. Father of Senegalese cinema; one of the pioneers of the art in Africa. June 9. Don Herbert, 89. Television's "Mr. Wizard." June 12. Ruth Graham, 87. Rev. Billy Graham's closest confidante, providing a solid foundation for her husband's evangelism career. June 14. Kurt Waldheim, 88. U.N. secretary-general; Austrian president; was revealed to have been in German army unit that committed atrocities in World War II. June 14. Hank Medress, 68. Singer with the doo wop group the Tokens ("The Lion Sleeps Tonight"). June 18. Liz Claiborne, 78. Her fashion designs became a cornerstone of career women's wardrobes. June 26. Joel Siegel, 63. "Good Morning America" movie critic. June 29. July Beverly Sills, 78. Opera diva with a dazzling voice, bubbly personality. July 2. Boots Randolph, 80. His spirited saxophone made "Yakety Sax" a hit. July 3. Doug Marlette, 57. Pulitzer-winning editorial cartoonist, creator of comic strip "Kudzu." July 10. Car accident. Lady Bird Johnson, 94. Former first lady who championed conservation, worked tenaciously for the political career of her husband, Lyndon B. Johnson. July 11. Tammy Faye Messner, 65. Helped then-husband Jim Bakker build a TV evangelism empire that later collapsed in disgrace. July 20. Laszlo Kovacs, 74. Influential cinematographer ("Easy Rider," "Five Easy Pieces"). July 22. Michel Serrault, 79. French actor; "La Cage aux Folles" made him internationally known. July 29. Tom Snyder, 71. Late-late night TV talk show host with a robust laugh, trademark cloud of cigarette smoke. July 29. Bill Walsh, 75. San Francisco 49ers coach; won three Super Bowls. July 30. Ingmar Bergman, 87. Swedish filmmaker; one of the greatest in cinema history ("The Seventh Seal," "Cries and Whispers"). July 30. Michelangelo Antonioni, 94. Italian filmmaker whose depiction of modern-day malaise made him a symbol of art-house cinema ("Blow-Up," "L'Avventura"). July 30. August Merv Griffin, 82. Singer turned TV host turned impresario who parlayed game shows into a multimillion-dollar empire. Aug. 12. Brooke Astor, 105. Philanthropist who gave millions to New York City institutions large and small. Aug. 13. Michael K. Deaver, 69. Adviser to Ronald Reagan who directed the president's picturesque public appearances. Aug. 18. Leona Helmsley, 87. Ran a $5 billion real estate empire with her husband but became known as the "queen of mean" during her 1989 tax evasion trial. Aug. 20. Hilly Kristal, 75. His Manhattan club CBGB served as birthplace of punk rock. Aug. 28. Miyoshi Umeki, 78. Oscar-winning actress ("Sayonara"). Aug. 28. Richard Jewell, 44. Former security guard wrongly linked to 1996 Olympic bombing in Atlanta. Aug. 29. Heart disease. September Jennifer Dunn, 66. six-term Washington state congresswoman. Sept. 5. Percy Rodrigues, 89. Pioneering black actor; played a neurosurgeon on "Peyton Place." Sept. 6. Luciano Pavarotti, 71. Opera superstar hailed as "king of the high C's." Sept. 6. Jane Wyman, 90. Won Oscar as deaf rape victim in "Johnny Belinda"; later in TV's "Falcon Crest." Ronald Reagan's ex-wife. Sept. 10. Brett Somers, 83. Actress-comedian; amused "Match Game" viewers in the 1970s. Sept. 15. Alice Ghostley, 81. Tony-winning actress ("The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window"). Sept. 21. The Rev. Rex Humbard, 88. His televangelism ministry once spanned the globe. Sept. 21. Marcel Marceau, 84. French master of pantomime who transformed silence into poetry. Sept. 22. Charles Griffith, 77. Wrote screenplay for "Little Shop of Horrors." Sept. 28. Lois Maxwell, 80. Miss Moneypenny in 14 James Bond movies. Sept. 29. October Deborah Kerr, 86. Actress who kissed Burt Lancaster on a beach in "From Here to Eternity" and danced with Yul Brynner in "The King and I." Oct. 16. Barbara West Dainton, 96. Englishwoman believed to be one of the last two survivors from the Titanic. Oct. 16. Joey Bishop, 89. Stone-faced TV and nightclub comedian; last of the Rat Pack. Oct. 17. Teresa Brewer, 76. She topped the charts in the 1950s ("Till I Waltz Again With You"). Oct. 17. William Crowe, 82. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, ambassador to Britain. Oct. 18. Peg Bracken, 89. Wrote hugely popular "I Hate to Cook Book." Oct. 20. Friedman Paul Erhardt, 63. Television's "Chef Tell." Oct. 26. Porter Wagoner, 80. Grand Ole Opry star; helped launch the career of Dolly Parton. Oct. 28. Robert Goulet, 73. Baritone made Broadway debut in "Camelot;" won Tony in 1968 for "The Happy Time." Oct. 30. November Paul Tibbets, 92. Piloted the B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Nov. 1. Norman Mailer, 84. The pugnacious prince of American letters. Nov. 10. Donda West, 58. Mother of Kanye West. Nov. 10, after undergoing plastic surgery. Laraine Day, 87. Actress in nearly 50 films including Hitchcock thriller "Foreign Correspondent." Nov. 10. Delbert Mann, 87. Directed "Marty," classic lonely-guy teleplay that became Oscar-winning film. Nov. 11. Ira Levin, 78. Best-selling novelist ("Rosemary's Baby," "The Boys From Brazil"). Nov. 12. Dick Wilson, 91. Played the fussy, mustachioed grocer who begged customers "Please, don't squeeze the Charmin." Nov. 19. Milo Radulovich, 81. Serviceman championed by Edward R. Murrow when the military threatened to decommission him during the anti-communist crackdown of the 1950s. Nov. 19. Ian Smith, 88. Rhodesia's last white prime minister; his attempts to resist black rule brought isolation and civil war. Nov. 20. Kevin Dubrow, 52. Lead singer for heavy metal band Quiet Riot ("Cum on Feel the Noize"). Found Nov. 25. Dr. J. Robert Cade, 80. Inventor of Gatorade. Nov. 27. Henry Hyde, 83. Illinois congressman steered impeachment proceedings against President Clinton. Nov. 29. Roger B. Smith, 82. Led General Motors Corp.; was subject of Michael Moore's documentary "Roger & Me." Nov. 29. Evel Knievel, 69. Motorcycle daredevil known for spectacular jumps and bone-crushing crashes. Nov. 30. December Freddie Fields, 84. Colorful Hollywood agent, producer ("Glory"), studio executive. Dec. 11. Ike Turner, 76. Rock innovator who teamed with wife Tina Turner (and denied abusing her). Dec. 12. Dan Fogelberg, 56. His gentle, poignant hits ("Longer," "Leader of the Band") helped define soft-rock. Dec. 16. Oscar Peterson, 82. For seven decades, one of the world's best-known jazz pianists. Dec. 23. Benazir Bhutto, 54. Pakistan opposition leader; former prime minister. Assassination. Dec. 27.

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