Archive for June, 2008

Veteran AP journalist Ary Moleon dies at 82 (AP)

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

This Nov 3, 1962 photo shows Ary Moleon in New York. Moleon, who spent four decades covering diplomacy and politics in Washington for The Associated Press' Latin American service, died Tuesday, June 25, 2008. He was 82. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)AP - Ary Moleon, who spent four decades covering diplomacy and politics in Washington for The Associated Press’ Latin American service, has died. He was 82.

Leonid Hurwicz, oldest Nobel winner, dies at 90 (AP)

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

AP - Leonid Hurwicz, who shared the Nobel Prize in economics last year for developing a theory that helps explain how buyers and sellers can maximize their gains, has died at age 90, a spokesman said Wednesday.

`Big Bird' costume creator Kermit Love dies at 91 (AP)

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

AP - Kermit Love, the costume designer who helped puppeteer Jim Henson create Big Bird and other “Sesame Street” characters, has died. He was 91.

Obituaries in the news (AP)

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

AP - Eric Chia

Appreciation: Carlin, from straight comic to icon (AP)

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

This is a March 19, 2004 file photo of actor and comedian George Carlin posing in a New York hotel .  A publicist for George Carlin says the legendary comedian has died of heart failure at a hospital in Santa Monica, Calif., Sunday June 22, 2008.    (AP Photo/Gregory Bull/file)AP - When he shucked the coat and tie for black T-shirts and jeans, grew his hair long and began to riff about those “Seven Words You Can Never Say on TV,” George Carlin became more than just the countercultural comedian.

Obituaries in the news (AP)

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

AP - James A. Baker

Appreciation: Carlin, from straight comic to icon (AP)

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

AP - When he shucked the coat and tie for black T-shirts and jeans, grew his hair long and began to riff about those “Seven Words You Can Never Say on TV,” George Carlin became more than just the countercultural comedian.

Dody Goodman, stage and TV comedian, dies at 93 (AP)

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

In this March 3, 1958 file photo, actress Dody Goodman is shown.  Goodman, the delightfully daffy comedian known for her television appearances on Jack Paar's late-night talk show and as the mother on the soap-opera parody 'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,' died, Sunday, June 22, 2008 at Englewood (N.J.) Hospital and Medical Center, said Joan Adams, a close family friend. She was 93. (AP Photo/file)AP - Dody Goodman, the delightfully daffy comedian known for her television appearances on Jack Paar’s late-night talk show and as the mother on the soap-opera parody “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,” has died at 93.

Obituaries in the news (AP)

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

AP - Harry Aleo

1st black La. Supreme Court justice dies at 84 (AP)

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

In this July 8, 200 file photo, former Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Revius Ortique, right, talks with attorney Johnnie Cochran  in New York. One of the current state Supreme Court justices, Kitty Kimball, confirmed to the Associated Press that Ortique died Sunday, June 22, 2008.   Ortique was a well known civil rights lawyer who became the first black justice on the Louisiana Supreme Court.  (AP Photo/Mitch Jacobson)AP - Revius Ortique Jr., a former civil rights attorney who became the first black justice on the Louisiana Supreme Court, died Sunday. He was 84.