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Steve Forrest

admin — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:47:29 +0000

Steve Forrest, 87, was a famous actor most well known for his role as Lt. Hondo Harrelson in S.W.A.T. Beyond S.W.A.T., he also starred in a number of films and TV shows with the film version of S.W.A.T. being his last role in 2003.

Trevor Bolder

admin — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:45:22 +0000

Trevor Bolder was a musician, songwriter and record producer best known for playing in Uriah Heep and David Bowie’s band, The Spiders From Mars. He played bass.

Lothar Schmid

admin — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:16:42 +0000

Lothar Schmid was a chess grandmaster and chess referee. His most well-known for being the referee during the 1972 World Chess Championship between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky.

Bernard Waber

admin — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:54:25 +0000

Bernard Waber, 91, was a famous children’s book author. His most famous works are The House On East 88th Street and the Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile series of books. He also wrote a book called Bravery to help children cope with the September 11 attacks.

Phil Buerstatte

admin — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:10:28 +0000

Phil Buerstatte was an American musician and former drummer of the band White Zombie from 1992-1994. He was also in the band Last Crack.

Ray Manzarek

admin — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:41:43 +0000

Ray Manzarek was the keyboardist and central songwriter for The Doors. He penned many of their hits and formed the band after a brief, chance encounter with Jim Morrison on Venice Beach. He was also a best-selling author and a Grammy winner.

Zach Sobiech

admin — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:25:31 +0000

Zach Sobiech achieved fame when his song “Clouds” went viral several years after he was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer.

Sobiech has been told in June 2012 that he had months to live, and penned the song about the inevitability of death, and released it in December of that year. It went viral, and eventually attracted celebrities like Bryan Cranston, Sarah Silverman, Jenna Elfman, Ed Helms, Anna Faris and Jason Maraz to do a tribute video, in which they all lip synched to the song.

Sobiech had been part of a pop music group called A Firm Handshake.

William Fine

admin — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:25:30 +0000

William Fine published magazines with the Hearst Corporation in the 1960s and went on to become the president of Bonwit Teller. He also heavily influenced U.S. drug laws through a report to New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller.

Alan O’Day

admin — Sun, 19 May 2013 19:41:26 +0000

Alan O’Day was an American songwriter who penned several successful songs for other musicians–such as Cher, The Righteous Brothers, and Helen Reddy–before finding his own fanbase with “Undercover Angel”. He also wrote music for the popular ’80s kids’ show “The Muppet Babies”.

Christine White

admin — Sun, 19 May 2013 19:23:24 +0000

Christine White was an American actress who gained popularity in the ’50s and ’60s with roles on several popular television shows, including “Twilight Zone”. In fact, one of her most famous roles was that of William Shatner’s wife in the episode “Nightmare At 20,000 Feet”, in which a mentally unstable man sees a gremlin on the wing of the airplane he’s on.