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what would you like your obit to say about you

I just lost a cousin in a terrible car accident and I was just sitting here thinking about the obit. I truly hope that mine will say something like she lived a full and active life and she went doing...

One Last Trip

The man who invented LSD, Albert Hofmann, has died...at the age of 102. Don't know why, but I find that interesting.

Charlton Heston: The First Indiana Jones?

Filed under: Paramount, Celebrities and Controversy, ObitsNoted in Dave Kehr's blog: commenting on the death of the great Heston, the long-memoried expert on pre Star Wars film writes "one of...

RIP: Reel Important People -- April 7, 2008

Filed under: Obits Frosty Freeze aka Wayne Frost(1963-2008) - Breakdancer who appears in Flashdance, Wild Style (as a member of the Rock Steady Crew, seen in the video above) and the...

R.I.P.: Charlton Heston Dead at 83

Filed under: ObitsThere aren't many true "Hollywood legends" still with us, and now another one is gone, as Charlton Heston died Saturday at his Beverly Hills home after a six-year battle with...

Charleton Heston Dies

An American icon, scourge of the political Left, champion of gun-rights. A good man.

R.I.P.: Charlton Heston Dead at 83

Filed under: ObitsThere aren't many true "Hollywood legends" still with us, and now another one is gone, as Charlton Heston died Saturday at his Beverly Hills home after a six-year battle with...

Charlton Heston

Belmont Club posts an insightful obituary.

Horror Icon Richard Widmark, 93, Dies

Filed under: ObitsActor Richard Widmark passed away this week at the age of 93. IMDb lists 75 appearances in films and television shows, in which he demonstrated a wonderfully varied dramatic range,...

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE, FBIS (16 December 1917 - 19 March 2008)

Not a Chicago Boy exactly, but a towering presence in my inner life for many years. The only thing remotely resembling a writing voice I’ve ever had is a pale imitation of him. Requiescat In...

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE, FRS (16 December 1917 - 19 March 2008)

Not a Chicago Boy exactly, but a towering presence in my inner life for many years. The only thing remotely resembling a writing voice I’ve ever had is a pale imitation of him. Requiescat In...