THE BUTCHER'S BILL 2005
During World War II, Winston Churchill inquired about the day's casualties by asking "What's the Butcher's Bill today?" Here are a few of the noted personalities who left this mortal coil in 2005:
Shirley Chisolm, politician
Will Eisner, graphic novel artist "The Spirit", "A Contract With God"
Rosemary Kennedy
Ruth Warrick, actress "Citizen Kane"
Virginia Mayo, actress
Jim Aparo, comic artist "Brave and the Bold", "Batman"
Johnny Carson, host of The Tonight Show
John Vernon, actor "Killer Klowns from Outer Space"
Max Schmeling, boxer
Ossie Davis, actor
Jimmy Smith, jazz organist
Arthur Miller, playwright "The Crucible"
Sammi Smith, singer "Help Me Make It Through the Night"
Dan O'Herlihy, actor "Halloween III", "Macbeth", "Fail Safe"
Hunter S. Thompson, author "Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas"
Sandra Dee, actress "The Dunwich Horror"
John Raitt, singer/actor "Carousel"
Harry Simeone, choral director "Little Drummer Boy"
Martin Denny, musician "Quiet Village"
Teresa Wright, actress "Shadow of a Doubt"
Debra Hill, producer "Halloween"
Andre Norton, science fiction author "The Beastmaster"
Bobby Short, singer
Paul Henning, TV producer "Beverly Hillbillies", "Petticoat Junction", "Green Acres"
Paul Hester, drummer "Crowded House"
Johnnie Cochran, lawyer
Bass Wolf, musician "Wild Zero"
Pope John Paul II
Saul Bellow, author
John Sichel, director "Someone at the Top of the Stairs", "The Avengers"
Debralee Scott, actress "Welcome Back Kotter"
Prince Rainier of Monaco
John Brosnan, science fiction author
Jaime Fernandez, actor "Santo vs. the Vampire Women"
Kay Walsh, actress "The Witches", "Scarecrow of Romney Marsh", "Scrooge"
Ruth Hussey, actress "Philadelphia Story", "The Uninvited"
Sir John Mills, actor "39 Steps", "Gandhi", "Quatermass Conclusion", "Dr Strange", "Great Expectations"
Maria Schell, actress "Superman"
Frank Gorshin, actor "Batman", "Invasion of the Saucer Men"
Howard Morris, actor "High Anxiety"
Thurl Ravenscroft, voice actor "Tony the Tiger"
Ismail Merchant, producer "Remains of the Day", "Howard's End", "Room With A View"
Eddie Albert, actor "Green Acres"
Anne Bancroft, actress "The Graduate", "Miracle Worker", "84 Charing Cross Road"
Robert Clarke, actor "The Hideous Sun Demon"
Paul Winchell, actor "Stop Look & Laugh" "Wacky Races (as Dick Dastardly)" "Winnie the Pooh (as Tigger)"
John Fiedler, actor "Winnie the Pooh (as Piglet)", "Star Trek", "The Night Stalker"
Shelby Foote, historian
Luther Vandross, singer
June Haver, actress "Love Nest"
Frances Langford, actress "The Bickersons"
Laurel Aitken, reggae singer
Geraldine Fitzgerald, actress "Wilson", "Wuthering Heights", "Arthur"
Edward Heath, British prime minister
William Westmoreland, Vietnam general
James Doohan, actor "Star Trek"
Long John Baldry, musician
Eugene Record, singer "The Chi-Lites"
Pat McCormick, comedian
Hildegarde, entertainer
King Fahd, Saudi Arabia ruler
Loulie Jean Norman, singer "Spike Jones In Stereo"
Little Milton, blues singer
Ibrahim Ferrer, singer "Buena Vista Social Club"
Peter Jennings, TV news anchor
Barbara Bel Geddes, actress "Vertigo"
Mel Welles, actor "The She Beast" "Attack of the Crab Monsters"
Robert Moog, inventor of the Moog synthesizer
Brock Peters, actor "To Kill A Mockingbird"
R. L. Burnside, blues singer
Bob Denver, actor "Gilligan's Island"
William Rehnquist, chief justice of supreme court
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, blues singer
Robert Wise, director "The Haunting"
Richard E. Cunha, director "Frankenstein's Daughter", "Giant From the Unknown"
Simon Wiesenthal, Nazi hunter
Don Adams, actor "Get Smart"
Nipsey Russell, comedian
Ronnie Barker, comedian "The Two Ronnies", "Open All Hours"
Louis Nye, comedian
Ursula Howells, actress "Dr. Terror's House of Horrors", "Torture Garden"
Wolf Rilla, director "Village of the Damned"
Shirley Horn, jazz singer
Rosa Parks, civil rights pioneer
Skitch Henderson, band leader "The Tonight Show"
Link Wray, musician
Moustapha Akkad, producer "Halloween"
Ralph Edwards, TV host "This is Your LIfe"
Chris Witley, blues singer
Constance Cummings, actress "Blithe Spirit"
Pat Morita, actor "Happy Days", "The Karate Kid"
Stan Berenstain, author "The Berenstain Bears"
Wendie Jo Sperber, actress "Bosom Buddies"
Herbert L. Strock, director "The Crawling Hand", "I Was a Teenage Frankenstein" "Blood of Dracula"
Jean Parker, actress "Little Women", "Bluebeard"
Jack Colvin, actor "The Incredible Hulk", "Rooster Cogburn"
Eugene McCarthy, former Senator/presidential candidate
Richard Pryor, comedian
Vincent Schiavelli, actor "Ghost", "Amadeus", "Batman Returns"
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
THE BUTCHER'S BILL 2005
During World War II, Winston Churchill inquired about the day's casualties by asking "What's the Butcher's Bill today?" Here are a few of the noted personalities who left this mortal coil in 2005:
Shirley Chisolm, politician
Will Eisner, graphic novel artist "The Spirit", "A Contract With God"
Rosemary Kennedy
Ruth Warrick, actress "Citizen Kane"
Virginia Mayo, actress
Jim Aparo, comic artist "Brave and the Bold", "Batman"
Johnny Carson, host of The Tonight Show
John Vernon, actor "Killer Klowns from Outer Space"
Max Schmeling, boxer
Ossie Davis, actor
Jimmy Smith, jazz organist
Arthur Miller, playwright "The Crucible"
Sammi Smith, singer "Help Me Make It Through the Night"
Dan O'Herlihy, actor "Halloween III", "Macbeth", "Fail Safe"
Hunter S. Thompson, author "Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas"
Sandra Dee, actress "The Dunwich Horror"
John Raitt, singer/actor "Carousel"
Harry Simeone, choral director "Little Drummer Boy"
Martin Denny, musician "Quiet Village"
Teresa Wright, actress "Shadow of a Doubt"
Debra Hill, producer "Halloween"
Andre Norton, science fiction author "The Beastmaster"
Bobby Short, singer
Paul Henning, TV producer "Beverly Hillbillies", "Petticoat Junction", "Green Acres"
Paul Hester, drummer "Crowded House"
Johnnie Cochran, lawyer
Bass Wolf, musician "Wild Zero"
Pope John Paul II
Saul Bellow, author
John Sichel, director "Someone at the Top of the Stairs", "The Avengers"
Debralee Scott, actress "Welcome Back Kotter"
Prince Rainier of Monaco
John Brosnan, science fiction author
Jaime Fernandez, actor "Santo vs. the Vampire Women"
Kay Walsh, actress "The Witches", "Scarecrow of Romney Marsh", "Scrooge"
Ruth Hussey, actress "Philadelphia Story", "The Uninvited"
Sir John Mills, actor "39 Steps", "Gandhi", "Quatermass Conclusion", "Dr Strange", "Great Expectations"
Maria Schell, actress "Superman"
Frank Gorshin, actor "Batman", "Invasion of the Saucer Men"
Howard Morris, actor "High Anxiety"
Thurl Ravenscroft, voice actor "Tony the Tiger"
Ismail Merchant, producer "Remains of the Day", "Howard's End", "Room With A View"
Eddie Albert, actor "Green Acres"
Anne Bancroft, actress "The Graduate", "Miracle Worker", "84 Charing Cross Road"
Robert Clarke, actor "The Hideous Sun Demon"
Paul Winchell, actor "Stop Look & Laugh" "Wacky Races (as Dick Dastardly)" "Winnie the Pooh (as Tigger)"
John Fiedler, actor "Winnie the Pooh (as Piglet)", "Star Trek", "The Night Stalker"
Shelby Foote, historian
Luther Vandross, singer
June Haver, actress "Love Nest"
Frances Langford, actress "The Bickersons"
Laurel Aitken, reggae singer
Geraldine Fitzgerald, actress "Wilson", "Wuthering Heights", "Arthur"
Edward Heath, British prime minister
William Westmoreland, Vietnam general
James Doohan, actor "Star Trek"
Long John Baldry, musician
Eugene Record, singer "The Chi-Lites"
Pat McCormick, comedian
Hildegarde, entertainer
King Fahd, Saudi Arabia ruler
Loulie Jean Norman, singer "Spike Jones In Stereo"
Little Milton, blues singer
Ibrahim Ferrer, singer "Buena Vista Social Club"
Peter Jennings, TV news anchor
Barbara Bel Geddes, actress "Vertigo"
Mel Welles, actor "The She Beast" "Attack of the Crab Monsters"
Robert Moog, inventor of the Moog synthesizer
Brock Peters, actor "To Kill A Mockingbird"
R. L. Burnside, blues singer
Bob Denver, actor "Gilligan's Island"
William Rehnquist, chief justice of supreme court
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, blues singer
Robert Wise, director "The Haunting"
Richard E. Cunha, director "Frankenstein's Daughter", "Giant From the Unknown"
Simon Wiesenthal, Nazi hunter
Don Adams, actor "Get Smart"
Nipsey Russell, comedian
Ronnie Barker, comedian "The Two Ronnies", "Open All Hours"
Louis Nye, comedian
Ursula Howells, actress "Dr. Terror's House of Horrors", "Torture Garden"
Wolf Rilla, director "Village of the Damned"
Shirley Horn, jazz singer
Rosa Parks, civil rights pioneer
Skitch Henderson, band leader "The Tonight Show"
Link Wray, musician
Moustapha Akkad, producer "Halloween"
Ralph Edwards, TV host "This is Your LIfe"
Chris Witley, blues singer
Constance Cummings, actress "Blithe Spirit"
Pat Morita, actor "Happy Days", "The Karate Kid"
Stan Berenstain, author "The Berenstain Bears"
Wendie Jo Sperber, actress "Bosom Buddies"
Herbert L. Strock, director "The Crawling Hand", "I Was a Teenage Frankenstein" "Blood of Dracula"
Jean Parker, actress "Little Women", "Bluebeard"
Jack Colvin, actor "The Incredible Hulk", "Rooster Cogburn"
Eugene McCarthy, former Senator/presidential candidate
Richard Pryor, comedian
Vincent Schiavelli, actor "Ghost", "Amadeus", "Batman Returns"
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Bass Wolf! I guess death knows no boundaries...
Don't forget comedian Mitch Hedburg.
"An escalator never breaks, it just becomes stairs. Escalator temporarily stairs, sorry for the convenience."
"I want to get a map, and travel to places on the map, and put stickpins where I've been. But first, I need to go to the top two corners so it doesn't fall down."
"I don't have a girlfriend, I just know someone who would be really mad if I said that."
" I always wanted cinnamon bun incense, so my roommates would wake up with false hope"
"I like rice. Rice is good when you're hungry and you want 2000 of something."
http://www.mitchhedberg.net/
Those are people who died, died
Those are people who died, died
Those are people who died, died
Those are people who died, died
They were all my friends, and they died
And yet Paris Hilton and George W Bush are still amongst us...why is that?
~i was so surprised to hear about vincent schiavelli dying! heard last nite that he died on monday and i was just talking about him at workie on tuesday. me & one of the buyers were discussing miss dipesto/allyce beasley and he told me that they used to be married. weird wacky schtuff, eh?
~so sad that so many fabulous people have left us. still can't believe hunter's gone. but i'm glad you're still doing the butcher's bill. i had no idea that shirley horn and gatemouth died!
what a list. some true giants are gone forever: shirley horn, rosa parks, peter jennings (i only watched him at 6:00), and luther! my heart is breaking....
Oops, I inadvertently left out Vine Deloria Jr., probably the most important Native American writer of the 20th century; author of "God Is Red" and "Custer Died For Your Sins".
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