A Year In Review
Our 2009 scoring roster:
 Bea Arthur |
 Susan Atkins |
 Walter Cronkite |
 Dom DeLuise |
 Farrah Fawcett |
 Jade Goody |
 Paul Harvey |
 Michael Jackson |
 Ted Kennedy |
 Ed McMahon |
 Ricardo Montalban |
 Robert Novak |
 Les Paul |
 Eunice Kennedy Shriver |
 Patrick Swayze |
 Andrew Wyeth |
Headliners
Big deaths rendered meaningless because nobody scored.
 Ron Silver |
 Natasha Richardson |
 David Carradine |
 John Hughes |
 Brittany Murphy |
The B-List
Folks who, while not quite rising to the level of Headliner, were still of note.
 
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Pat Hingle (1/3, 84) -
character actor, best known as Commissioner Gordon in Burton's
Batman flicks Patrick McGoohan (1/13, 80) - The Prisoner, and Braveheart's Edward Longshanks Darrell Sandeen (1/22, 78) - Buzz Meeks in LA Confidential John Updike (1/27, 76) - Pulitzer winning author |
| James Whitmore
(2/6, 87) - Shawshank's
Brooks Hatlen Alan Landers (2.27, 68) - the guy in all the Winston ads in your dad's Playboys Irving R. Levine (3/27, 86) - longtime NBC economics reporter Andy Hallett (3/29, 33) - Lorne on Angel |
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Marilyn Chambers
(4/12, 56) - early adult film megastar Karl Malden (7/1, 97) - Oscar-winning actor, plus tv, Broadway and commercials Billy Mays (6/28, 50) - tv pitchman Harve Presnell (6/30, 75) - Broadway actor, Saving Private Ryan's Lincoln speech |
| Michael
Klenfner (7/14, 62) - record exec behind the
Blues Brothers, was in the movie Les Lye (7/21, 84) - from You Can't Do That On Television Frank McCourt (7/19, 78) - noted author of Angela's Ashes and 'Tis Don Hewitt (8/19, 86) - creator of 60 Minutes |
  
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Dominick Dunne
(8/26, 83) - author and columnist Adam Goldstein (8/28, 36) - tabloid favorite DJ AM Army Archerd (9/8, 87) - longtime showbiz gossip columnist Henry Gibson (9/14, 73) - Laugh-In regular, and Blues Brothers' Illinois Nazi |
| William Safire
(9/27, 79) - Pulitzer winning journalist and author Al Martino (10/13, 82) - Godfather's Johnny Fontane, and not at all Frank Sinatra Capt. Lou Albano (10/14, 76) - wrester, promoter, actor Joseph Wiseman (10/19, 91) - Bond's Dr. No |
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Soupy Sales
(10/22, 83) - pie-throwing comic Ken Ober (11/15, 52) - host of MTV's Remote Control Edward Woodward (11/16, 79) - The Equalizer Roy E. Disney (12/16, 79) - nephew of Walt |
| Oral Roberts
(12/15, 91) - tv preacher Kim Peek (12/19, 58) - inspiration for Rain Man Alaina Reed Hall (12/17, 63) - Sesame Street's Olivia, plus 227 and Broadway |
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Minor celebrities, various other entertainment names.
Cheryl Holdridge (1/6, 64) - Original Mousketeer Ruth Parklander (1/7, 85) - co-creator of Gumby John Mortimer (1/16, 85) - writer, Rumpole of the Bailey Bob May (1/18, 69) - Lost In Space's guy in the Robot suit Kim Manners (1/25, 58) - director and producer of the X-Files James Brady (1/26, 80) - created NYPost's "Page Six" gossip page Wendy Richard (2/26, 68) - hot chick from Are You Being Served? Millard Kaufman (3/14, 92) - creator of Mr. Magoo Danny Gans (5/1, 52) - Las Vegas headliner Wayne Allwine (5/18, 62) - voice of Mickey Mouse Mollie Sugden (7/1, 86) - Mrs. Slocombe on Are You Being Served? Fred Travalena (6/28, 66) - longtime impressionist John Keel (7/3, 79) - author of The Mothman Prophecies Dallas McKennon (7/14, 89) - voice of Gumby Gidget (7/21, 15) - Taco Bell chihuahua Virginia Davis (8/15, 90) - child star of Walt Disney's first "Alice" comedies Larry Gelbart (9/11, 81) - comedy writer behind M*A*S*H Jim Carroll (9/11, 60) - author of "The Basketball Diaries" Vic Mizzy (10/17, 93) - composed theme songs to Addams Family, Green Acres Carl Ballantine (11/3, 92) - McHale's Navy actor, comic, and magician David Lloyd (11/10, 75) - genius sitcom writer (Taxi, Cheers, Frasier) but most famous for his "Chuckles Bites The Dust" episode of Mary Tyler Moore Dan O'Bannon (12/17, 63) - wrote screenplays for Alien, Total Recall, others
Sports
| Nick Adenhart
(4/9, 22) - Rookie Angels pitcher Mark "The Bird" Fidrych (4/13, 54) - eccentric Tigers pitcher Wayman Tisdale (5/15, 44) - former NBA player who became a jazz guitarist Steve McNair (7/4, 36) - former NFL MVP |
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UGA VII
(11/19, 4) - Georgia mascot Stefanie Spielman (11/19, 42) - wife of OSU's Chris, cancer fundraiser and activist Edward Fatu (12/4, 36) - former wrester known as "Umaga" |
| Tim
McKernan (12/5, 69) - Broncos super-fan known as
The Barrel Man Chris Henry (12/17, 26) - troubled Bengals wide receiver George Michael (12/24, 70) - host of "George Michael's Sports Machine" |
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Carl Pohlad (1/5, 93) - Minnesota Twins owner Kay Yow (1/24, 66) - Hall of Fame NCState women's basketball coach Ingemar Johansson (1/30, 76) - Former heavyweight boxing champion Betty Jameson (2/7, 89) - co-founder, LPGA Jeremy Lusk (2/10, 24) - X-Games motocross rider Larry Miller (2/20, 64) - Utah Jazz owner Mike Whitmarsh (2/17, 46) - Former Olympic volleyball player, of "Dodd & Whitmarsh" Brad Van Pelt (2/17, 57) - longtime NY Giants LB Marquis Cooper (3/3, 26) - Raiders LB Bill Davidson (3/13, 86) - Detroit Pistons owner Harry Kalas (4/13, 73) - longtime Phillies broadcaster Doc Blanchard (4/19, 84) - 1945 Heisman Trophy winner Chuck Daly (5/9, 78) - former Detroit Pistons and original Olympic "Dream Team" coach Dom DiMaggio (5/8, 92) - former Red Sox OF, Joe's little brother Pio Sagapulotele (6/9, 39) - former Browns lineman, awesome name Arturo Gatti (711, 37) - former boxing champ William Reedy (7/5, 72) - drunk driver in the crash that killed Yankees manager Billy Martin Sue Burns (7/19, 58) - co-owner, San Francisco Giants Myles Brand (9/16, 67) - former Indiana U and NCAA president Melvin Simon (9/16, 82) - co-owner, Indiana Pacers Jasper Howard (10/18, 20) - UConn football player Abe Pollin (11/24, 85) - Washington Wizards owner Foge Fazio (12/3, 71) - longtime Pitt football coach
Music
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Billy Powell (1/28,
56)
- Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboardist Dan Seals (3/25, 61) - the first half of England Dan and John Ford Coley Erich Kunzel (9/1, 74) - conductor, Cincinnati Pops, also led the orchestra on PBS' A Capitol Fourth Mary Travers (9/16, 72) - of Peter, Paul and Mary |
Jon Hager (1/9, 67) - Half of Hee Haw's Hager twins. Brother Jim died last May Ron Asheton (1/6, 60) - guitarist for The Stooges Dewey Martin (2/1, 68) - drummer, Buffalo Springfield Lux Interior (2/4, 60) - Lead singer of The Cramps Estelle Bennett (2/11, 67) - Ronette Kelly Groucutt (2/19, 63) - bassist, Electric Light Orchestra Jimmy Boyd (3/7, 70) - singer, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus Ean Evans (5/6, 48) - bassist, Lynyrd Skynyrd Koko Taylor (6/3, 80) - "Queen of the Blues" Drake Levin (7/4, 62) - guitarist, Paul Revere & the Raiders Gordon Waller (7/17, 64) - half of 60's due Peter & Gordon John "Marmaduke" Dawson (7/21, 64) - founder, New Riders of the Purple Sage Allen Shellenberger (8/13, 39) - drummer for Lit Larry Knechtel (8/20, 69) - keyboardist for Bread Ellie Greenwich (8/26, 68) - prolific 60's songwriter (Chapel of Love, many others) Jake Brockman (9/1, 53) - keyboards, Echo & the Bunnymen Lucy Vodden (9/22, 46) - childhood friend of Julian Lennon and inspiration behind Beatles' "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" Aaron Schroeder (12/1, 84) - wrote Elvis' "It's Now Or Never" and the Scooby-Doo theme Eric Woolfson (12/2, 64) - co-founder, Alan Parsons Project James Gurley (12/20, 69) - guitarist, Big Brother & The Holding Company James Owen Sullivan (12/28, 28) - drummer, Avenged Sevenfold
Business / Politics / History
| Claiborne Pell (1/1, 90)
- Former Rhode Island Senator, devised Pell Grants Milton Parker (1/30, 90) - owner of NYC's Carnegie Deli Joao Bernardo Vieira (3/2, 69) - President of Guinea-Bissau Millvina Dean (5/31, 97) - last Titanic survivor John Houghtaling (6/17, 92) - inventor of "Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed" Sherwood Cryer (8/13, 81) - co-owner of Urban Cowboy bar Gilley's Stanley Kaplan (8/23, 90) - SAT prep guru Crystal Lee Sutton (9/11, 68) - real-life Norma Rae Claude Levi-Strauss (10/30, 100) - French anthropologist. Enjoyed denim pants. John Allen Muhammad (11/10, 48) - Beltway sniper Arthur Cores (12/16, 52) - founder of Boston Market Arthur Bartlett (12/31, 76) - founder of Century 21 |
Don Callender (1/7, 81)
- Son of Marie, founded the pie business Millard Fuller (2/3, 74) - founder of Habitat for Humanity Dave Arneson (4/7, 61) - creator of Dungeons & Dragons Omar Bongo (6/8, 73) - president of Gabon Darrell (Shifty) Powers (6/17, 86) - WWII veteran featured in HBO's Band of Brothers Kim Dae-Jung (8/18, 85) - Nobel Peace Prize winning former president of South Korea Peter Baird (8/27, 68) - Miranda's attorney Donald Fisher (9/27, 81) - founder, The Gap Troy Smith (10/26, 87) - founder of Sonic Drive-Ins Harold Bell (12/4, 90) - co-creator of Woodsy the Owl Sol Price (12/14, 93) - founder, Price Club |
Hans Beck (1/30, 79)
- creator of Playmobil Jack Cover (12/7, 88) - inventor of the Taser Jack Kemp (5/2, 73) - former NFL QB, congressman, cabinet member, VP candidate Norman Brinker (6/9, 78) - built Bennigan's and Chili's restaurant chains Corazon Aquino (8/1, 76) - former president of the Philippines Alex Grass (8/27, 82) - founder of Rite-Aid Corp. Frank Batten, Sr. (9/10, 82) - created The Weather Channel Elmer Winter (10/22, 97) co-founder of Manpower temp agency Sheldon Dorf (11/3, 76) - founder of San Diego Comic-Con Robert Heft (12/12, 67) - designed 50-star flag while in high school Al Bernardin (12/22, 81) - invented McD's Quarter Pounder |
It's All Relative
| Cornelia
Wallace (1/8, 69) - Ex-wife of Governor George Dorothy Bridges (2/16, 93) - Widow of Lloyd, mom of Jeff and Beau Eileen Winters (1/11, 84) - wife of Jonathan Irby Mandrell (3/5, 84) - father of Mandrell sisters Altovise Davis (3/14, 65) - widow of Sammy, Jr. Carmelita Durio (4/6, 62) - sister of OJ Simpson Kate Tucci (5/1) - wife of Stanley Ola Hudson (6/5, 62) - mother of GnR's Slash Robert Schindler (8/29, 71) - father of Terri Schiavo Willie Maxine Perry (12/8, 64) - mother of Tyler |
Jett Travolta (1/2, 16)
- son of John Loki (2/16, 18) - Mickey Rourke's "dog" Joe Garvey (2/20, 81) - Steve's dad, LA Dodgers bus driver Julie Powers (3/5, 96) - mother of Stephanie Khadijeh Saqafi (3/21, 93) - widow of the Ayatollah Khomeni John "Buddy" Strait (4/10, 58) - brother of George Mark Landon (5/11, 60) - adopted son of Michael Patrick Farrow (6/17, 66) - brother of Mia Donald Hogan (9/22, 62) - father of Anna Nicole Smith Tisha Taylor Murphy (12/13, 44) - wife of Charlie |
Bonnie Clark Haldeman
(1/23, 64) - Mother of David Koresh Dr. William Close (1/15, 84) - father of Glenn Colleen Howe (3/6, 76) - wife of NHL's Gordie Essie Banks (3/9, 97) - mother of Ernie Frances Milstead (3/24, 88) - mother of Divine David "Pops" Winans (4/8, 74) - patriarch of gospel singing Winans clan Exodus Tyson (5/26, 4) - daughter of Iron Mike Zhuo Lin (7/29, 93) - widow of Deng Xiaoping August Coppola (10/27, 75) - brother of Francis Ford, father of Nicholas Cage |