Thanks, Dad for Wednesday, January 31, 2007

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Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Michael Brecker

Michael Brecker was an influential tenor saxophonist who apparently was little-known outside certain musical circles. He died on 1/13/2007 at age 57, of leukemia. Brecker had had a history of a disorder called myelodysplastic syndrome, or MDS, which often progresses (as it did in Brecker's case) to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Marcheline Bertrand

The name Marcheline Bertrand is another one that isn't going to "ring a bell" with the average American. She was Angelina Jolie's mother, and an actress in her own right. Jolie announced her mother's passing on Sunday, January 28, 2007. The cause of her death was listed as cancer. Ms. Bertrand had... Sign in to see full entry.

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Emma Faust Tillman

At the time of her death, Emma Faust Tillman was the world's oldest-living person, at age 114. The obituary at Legacy.com doesn't give a cause of death, but it did mention that her reign as the world's oldest-living person was brief - only four days prior to Mrs. Tillman's death, the previous... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sidney Sheldon

Author Sidney Sheldon died at age 89 of complications of pneumonia, according to his publicist. He was most famous in recent years for bestsellers such as Rage of Angels and The Other Side of Midnight, but what surprised me in hearing of his death was that he also produced that staple of 1960s TV, I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Originally published on Epinions.com, this is my tribute to Fr. Mychal Judge of the Fire Department of New York. I have since added tributes to others who have gone on before.

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