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Saturday, July 4, 2009

Sad, sad...

Departures this week:
Allen Klein, a music executive, managed Sam Cooke, the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, 77 (Saturday July 4 in New York City, of complications from Alzheimer’s disease.)
Steve McNair, the former NFL quarterback (Tennessee Titans, Baltimore Ravens), 2003 NFL MVP, 36 (Saturday July 4 in Nashville, TN, of multiple gunshot wounds)
Karl Malden, Oscar-winning actor,former president of Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, 97 (Wednesday July 1 in Los Angeles, CA, of natural causes)
152 passengers and crew of the Yemenia Airbus A310 crash in the Indian Ocean near the archipelago of Comoros: there was one known survivor (Tuesday June 30)
Billy Mays, television pitchman of "OxiClean" and such, 50 (Sunday June 28 in Tampa, FL, of apparent heart attack)

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