Saturday, January 20, 2007
Animator Iwao Takamoto died on 1/8/2007 at age 81. He died of heart failure. Although Takamoto did a great deal of animation work recognizable to Americans - including some work on Disney animated features like Cinderella and 101 Dalmations, he is perhaps most famous for animating the Great Dane... Sign in to see full entry.
Bam Bam Bigelow
I heard on a Chicago-related mailing list that professional wrestler Bam Bam Bigelow - who wrestled with a variety of different professional groups, like WWE and ECW, over his 20-year career - died at age 45. No cause of death is yet known, as the information is relatively fresh. He is perhaps most... Sign in to see full entry.
Denny Doherty
The average reader of this obituary will probably be baffled at the name Denny Doherty; he is the least famous member of the 1960s harmony-rock group The Mamas and The Papas. (Colleagues Michelle and John Phillips, and "Mama" Cass Elliot, outshone him.) He died on 1/19/2007 at age 66, after a brief... Sign in to see full entry.