The ones we lost in 2009

We lost a lot of “famous folks” in 2009. Here's my list of the ones that touched me in one way or another.....some hurt me badly. I get attached to people; even those I've never met. Here we go:

• Sam "Bluzman" Taylor (October 25, 1934 – January 5, 2009) – Blues musician

• Don Galloway (July 27, 1937 – January 8, 2009) – Actor

• Ricardo Montalbán (November 25, 1920 – January 14, 2009) – Actor

• Andrew Wyeth (July 12, 1917 – January 16, 2009) – Artist
  

  
  
  
  
  
  His painting Christina's World

• Gordon "Whitey" Mitchell (February 22, 1932 – January 17, 2009) – Jazz bassist & Television producer

• Bob May (September 4, 1939 – January 18, 2009) – Actor

• John Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009) – Novelist

• Billy Powell (June 3, 1952 – January 28, 2009) – Musician

• Clint Ritchie (August 9, 1938 – January 31, 2009) – Actor

• Dewey Martin (September 30, 1940 – January 31, 2009) – Musician

• Philip Carey (July 15, 1925 – February 6, 2009) – Actor

• Paul Harvey (September 4, 1918 – February 28, 2009) – Radio broadcaster

• Natasha Richardson (May 11, 1963 – March 18, 2009) – Actress

• Dan Seals (February 8, 1948 – March 25, 2009) – Musician

• John Mayhew (27 March 1947 - 26 March 2009) – Musician

• Irving R. Levine (August 26, 1922 – March 27, 2009) – Journalist

• Lou Perryman (August 15, 1941 – April 1, 2009) – Actor

• Beatrice "Bea" Arthur (May 13, 1922 – April 25, 2009) – Actress

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Vern Gosdin (August 5, 1934 – April 28, 2009) – Musician

• Dom DeLuise (August 1, 1933 – May 4, 2009) – Actor/Comedian

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Ean Evans (September 16, 1960 - May 6, 2009) – Musician

• David Carradine (December 8, 1936— June 3, 2009) – Actor

• Peter L. Bernstein (January 22, 1919 – June 5, 2009) – Economic historian

• Johnny Palermo (March 1982 — June 8, 2009) – Actor

• Ed McMahon (March 6, 1923 – June 23, 2009) – Comedian/Announcer

• Farrah Fawcett (February 2, 1947 – June 25, 2009) - Actress

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Michael Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) – Musician

• Billy Mays (July 20, 1958 – June 28, 2009) – TV Pitchman/Host

• Karl Malden (March 22, 1912 – July 1, 2009) – Actor

• Walter Cronkite (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) – Journalist

• John Hughes (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) – Film maker

  
  
  
  
  
  My favorite John Hughes movie
  
  
  

• Ted Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) - Politician

• Patrick Swayze (August 18, 1952 – September 14, 2009) – Actor/Dancer

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Henry Gibson (September 21, 1935 – September 14, 2009) – Actor

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Mary Travers (November 9, 1936 – September 16, 2009) – Singer

• Soupy Sales (January 8, 1926 – October 22, 2009) - Comedian

• Oral Roberts (January 24, 1918 – December 15, 2009) - Evangelist

• Brittany Murphy (November 10, 1977 – December 20, 2009) - Actress

• Arnold Stang (September 28, 1918 – December 20, 2009) - Actor/Voice actor for animated cartoons

May they all Rest In Peace.