Archive for August, 2007

Obituaries in the news (AP)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

AP - Charles Vanik

Beer critic Michael Jackson dies (AP)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

AP - Michael Jackson, a leading world beer critic who praised the brews of Belgium and acknowledged he would never be as famous as “that Michael Jackson,” has died. He was 65.

Obituaries in the news (AP)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

AP - Leonard Coffman

Actor in `Breakfast at Tiffany's' dies (AP)

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

AP - Jose Luis de Vilallonga, an author, aristocrat and actor who shared the silver screen with Audrey Hepburn in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” died Thursday at his home on the island of Mallorca. He was 87.

Former Olympic Park guard Jewell dies (AP)

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Photographers surround Richard Jewell prior to his testifying before a House Judiciary Crime subcommittee hearing on the 1996 Olympic bombing in Atlanta, July 30, 1997. Jewell, a former security guard who was erroneously linked to the 1996 Olympic bombing, died Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said.     (AP Photo/Greg Gibson, FILE)AP - Security guard Richard Jewell was initially hailed as a hero for spotting a suspicious backpack and moving people out of harm’s way just before a bomb exploded, killing one and injuring 111 others. But within days, he was named as a suspect in the blast.

Obituaries in the news (AP)

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

AP - Nelson Clyde III

Former Olympic Park guard Jewell dies (AP)

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Photographers surround Richard Jewell prior to his testifying before a House Judiciary Crime subcommittee hearing on the 1996 Olympic bombing in Atlanta, July 30, 1997. Jewell, a former security guard who was erroneously linked to the 1996 Olympic bombing, died Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said.     (AP Photo/Greg Gibson, FILE)AP - Security guard Richard Jewell was initially hailed as a hero for spotting a suspicious backpack and moving people out of harm’s way just before a bomb exploded, killing one and injuring 111 others. But within days, he was named as a suspect in the blast.

Human-powered flight's MacCready dies (AP)

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

This undated photo provided by The Boyer Syndicate, Inc., shows Paul MacCready, a pioneering designer of the first fully capable human-powered flying machine, who died Tuesday Aug. 28, 2007 in  California. On Aug. 23, 1977, the MacCready-designed, lightweight Gossamer Condor made the first sustained, controlled flight powered solely by a human. (AP Photo/The Boyer Syndicate, Inc.) ** NO SALESAP - Paul MacCready, the pioneering designer of the first fully capable human-powered flying machine, has died, a spokesman for the company he founded said Wednesday. He was 81.

Former French premier Messmer dies at 91 (AP)

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Former French Prime Minister Pierre Messmer is seen during a military ceremony at the Invalides in Paris in this March 23, 2007 file photo. Messmer, a member of the French Resistance who was the country's prime minister from 1972 to 1974, has died at age 91, former President Jacques Chirac said Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)AP - Pierre Messmer, a member of the French Resistance who was the country’s prime minister from 1972 to 1974, has died at age 91, former President Jacques Chirac said Wednesday.

CBGB founder Kristal dies at 75 (AP)

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Hilly Kristal, left, founder and owner of the New York rock club CBGB, whose initials stand for Country Blue Grass Blues, poses  with musician and actor Steven Van Zandt outside the rock club after the pair, joined by musicians and punkers, kicked off a 'Save CBGB' campaign, on, Aug. 1, 2005, in New York. Kristal died Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007, at the age of 75.  Kristal, whose dank Bowery rock club served as the birthplace of the punk rock movement and a launching pad for bands like the Ramones, Blondie and the Talking Heads,  died after a battle with lung cancer, his son said(AP Photo/Kathy Willens)AP - Hilly Kristal had no idea what he was unleashing when he welcomed a rash of unknown bands onstage in his dank Bowery dive: Television, the Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads, the Patti Smith Group.