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Among the notables who died

January 1, 2009
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National affairs
Hamilton Jordan, presidential aide.

W. Mark Felt, FBI official, Watergate's "Deep Throat."

Anne Armstrong, diplomat, presidential adviser.

Richard Darman, presidential aide,

Earl Butz, agriculture secretary.

Douglas Fraser, labor leader.

Tom Lantos, California congressman.

Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Ohio congresswoman.

Stewart Mott, philanthropist, political maverick.

Paul Weyrich, conservative strategist.

Mildred Loving, fought ban on mixed-race marriage.

Cardinal Avery Dulles, theologian.

Harriet McBryde Johnson, disabled-rights champion.

Marie Smith Jones, last of Alaska's Eyak Indians.

Gordon Hinckley, Mormon leader.

W.D. Mohammed, Nation of Islam leader.

Philip Agee, spy.

Robert Hartmann, presidential aide.

Peter Rodman, presidential aide.

Lee Sherman Dreyfus, Wisconsin governor.

Evan Mecham, Arizona governor.

Cecil Underwood, West Virginia governor.

Lionel Van Deerlin, California congressman.

Bill Dickinson, Alabama congressman.

John Seiberling, Ohio congressman.

Matthew Rinaldo, New Jersey congressman.

Paul Rogers, Florida congressman.

Raymond Lederer, Pennsylvania congressman.

Harlan Cleveland, diplomat.

Lucius Battle, diplomat.

Evan Galbraith, diplomat.

Abraham L. WoodsJr., civil rights activist.

James Orange, civil rights activist.

J.L Chestnut, civil rights activist.

James Bevel, civil rights activist.

Johnnie Carr, civil rights activist.

Michael J. Daly, war hero.

Donald Blakeslee, war hero.

Robert Nett, war hero.

John Ripley, war hero.

Jack Lucas, war hero.

Del Martin, gay rights activist.

David Low, astronaut.

Julia Taft, humanitarian.

Rupert F. Richardson, NAACP president.

Ron Carey, labor leader.

Robert Seamans, NASA chief.

Charles Z. Wick, Information Agency head.

Anthony J. Russo, Pentagon Papers figure.

Peter Camejo, Green Party leader.

Martha "Sunny" von Bulow, heiress.

World affairs
Suharto, Indonesian dictator.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, spiritual leader.

Janez Drnovsek, Slovenia's president.

Archbishop Christodoulos, Greek Orthodox Church leader.

Hua Guofeng, Chinese ruler.

Francis Pym, British foreign secretary.

Irena Sendler, Holocaust rescuer.

V.P. Singh, prime minister of India.

Patrick Hillery, president of Ireland.

Vo Van Kiet, Vietnamese prime minister.

Bronislaw Geremek, Polish opposition leader.

Ahmed al-Mirghani, president of Sudan.

Conor Cruise O'Brien, Irish diplomat and author.

Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, Vatican official.

Germaine Tillion, French Resistance fighter.

Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Spanish prime minister.

Mieczyslaw Rakowski, Polish premier.

Yossi Harel, Israeli hero.

Joerg Haider, Austrian leader.

Tassos Papadopoulos, president of Cyprus.

Leon Febres Cordero, Ecuadoran president.

Literary world
Robert Giroux, editor, publisher.

Tony Hillerman, mystery author.

John Leonard, critic.

Michael Hammer, business writer.

Simon Gray, author, playwright.

William Warner, nature writer.

Pat Kavanagh, superagent.

Alain Robbe-Grillet, novelist.

Jason Shinder, poet.

Marilyn Ferguson, New Age author.

Thomas B. Congdon, editor.

James Crumley, novelist.

Thomas M. Disch, novelist.

Oakley Hall, novelist.

Robert "Robin" Moore, novelist.

Raymond Kennedy, novelist.

Edgardo Vega Yunque, novelist.

William Wharton, novelist.

Peter Vansittart, novelist.

George MacDonald Fraser, novelist.

Arturo Vivante, novelist.

Elaine Dundy, novelist.

Julius Fast, novelist.

Leo Frankowski, novelist.

Nuala O'Faolain, author.

Phyllis A. Whitney, author.

Ivan Gold, author.

Eliot Asinof, author.

Gerald Astor, author.

Austin Olney, editor.

Carol Houck Smith, editor.

Theodore Solotaroff, editor.

Aaron Asher, editor.

Upton Brady, editor.

Stephen Marlowe, mystery writer.

Hillary Waugh, mystery writer.

Edward Hoch, mystery writer.

Robert Collins, historian.

William Woodruff, historian.

Albert Boime, historian.

George Fredrickson, historian.

Simon Michael Bessie, publisher.

Jonathan Williams, publisher.

Robert Fagles, translator.

Hayden Carruth, poet.

Dave Freeman, travel writer.

Film
Heath Ledger, actor.

Roy Scheider, actor.

Richard Widmark, actor.

Van Johnson, actor.

Cyd Charisse, actress, dancer.

Anthony Minghella, director.

Anita Page, actress.

Ollie Johnston, animator.

Charles Joffe, producer.

Abby Mann, screenwriter.

Mel Ferrer, actor, director, producer.

Stan Winston, special effects wizard.

Robert Mulligan, director.

Dino Risi, director.

Youssef Chahine, director.

Jules Dassin, director.

Alex Grasshoff, director.

Gerard Damiano, director.

Kon Ichikawa, director.

Brad Renfro, actor.

Ben Chapman, actor.

Breno Mello, actor.

Sam Bottoms, actor.

John Phillip Law, actor.

Rudy Ray Moore, actor.

Hazel Court, actress.

Nina Foch, actress.

Beverly Garland, actress.

Eva Dahlbeck, actress.

Irving Brecher, screenwriter.

John Michael Hayes, screenwriter.

Ennio De Concini, screenwriter.

Ugo Pirro, screenwriter.

Bernie Brillstein, producer.

Max Raab, producer.

Charles Joffe, producer.

John Daly, producer.

William Hayward, producer.

Leonard Rosenman, composer.

David Watkin, cinematographer.

Television and radio
Dick Martin, comedian.

Edie Adams, actress, singer.

Suzanne Pleshette, actress.

Estelle Getty, actress.

Mel Harris, broadcast executive.

Don LaFontaine, voice-over master.

Robert Prosky, actor.

Larry Harmon, Bozo the Clown.

Joan Winston, "Star Trek" superfan.

Skip Caray, sportscaster.

Jack Narz, game show host.

Jim Hager, comedian.

David Mitton, "Thomas the Tank Engine" creator.

Bill Melendezanimator.

Les Crane, talk-show host.

Majel Roddenberry, actress.

Franco Romagnoli, TV chef.

Lawrence Roman, writer.

Sheldon Keller, writer.

Ron Leavitt, writer.

Malvin Wald, writer.

James Costigan, writer.

Roger Muir, producer.

Dwight Hemion, producer.

David Groh, actor.

Ivan Dixon, actor.

Stanley Kamel, actor.

Paul Benedict, actor.

Barry Morse, actor.

Joseph Pevney, director.

Kirk Browning, director.

Larry Haines, soap star.

Eileen Herlie, soap star.

Beverlee McKinsey, soap star.

Neal Hefti, composer.

Earle Hagen, composer.

Theater and dance
Jimmy Slyde, tap dancer.

Lois Nettleton, actress.

Gerald Schoenfeld, theater impresario.

William Gibson, playwright.

Paul Sills, Second City founder.

Natalia Bessmertnova ballerina.

Eleo Pomare, dancer, choreographer.

Peter Kass, acting teacher.

Ernestine Stodelle, modern dancer.

LaVaughn Robinson, tap dancer.

Gus Giordano, jazz dancer.

Sherry Britton, burlesque queen.

Wayne Frost, break dancer.

Werner Groebli, ice dancer.

Peter Howard, arranger.

Alvin Colt, costume designer.

Gene Persson, producer.

Bruce Adler, actor.

George Furth actor-playwright.

Tad Mosel, playwright.

Luther Davis, playwright.

Sallie Wilson, ballerina.

Irina Baronova, ballerina.

Rosella Hightower, ballerina.

Olga Lepeschinskaya, ballerina.

The arts
Forrest Ackerman, sci-fi superfan.

Bettie Page, pinup queen.

Alton Kelley, poster artist.

Joern Utzon, architect.

Bruce Conner, artist, filmmaker.

William Claxton, photographer.

Ed Arno, cartoonist.

Grace Hartigan, painter.

Viktor Schreckengost, industrial designer.

Robert Graham, sculptor.

George Brecht, Conceptual artist.

Boris Lurie, Confrontational Art figure.

Francois-Xavier Lalanne, sculptor.

Karl Bissinger, photographer.

Kahlil Gibran, painter-sculptor.

Ted Key, cartoonist.

Anne d'Harnoncourt, museum director.

Perez Celis, painter-muralist.

Mila Schoen, fashion designer.

Phillip Conisbee, curator.

John Alvin, poster artist.

Steve Gerber, "Howard the Duck" creator.

Phillip Powell, furniture designer.

Tony Vevers, painter.

Joseph Solman, painter.

Michael Goldberg, painter.

Tina Allen, sculptor.

Lawrence Fane, sculptor.

Harold Tovish, sculptor.

Michael Turner, comic book artist.

Dave Stevens, comic book artist.

Ralph Rapson, architect.

Jan Pokorny, architect.

Media
Dith Pran, photojournalist.

Clay Felker, editor.

Osborn Elliott, editor.

John Russell, art critic.

Mr. Blackwell, fashion critic.

Clive Barnes, theater critic.

Jerome Holtzman, sportswriter.

Cecil Stoughton, photographer.

John McWethy, broadcast newsman.

W.C. Heinz, author-correspondent.

Ike Pappas, broadcast newsman.

Jack Falla, hockey writer.

Joe Hyams, columnist.

Allan Grant, photographer.

Ralph White, cinematographer.

Mary Garber, sportswriter.

Robin Toner, journalist.

Neil MacNeil, journalist.

John Powell, journalist.

Robert Poos, journalist.

John Roderick, journalist.

Beverly Rae Kimes, journalist.

Edwin Guthman, journalist.

Nancy Maynard, journalist.

Thomas Johnson, journalist.

Kenneth Johnson, editor.

Richard Bergenheim, editor.

Robert Lewis Shayon, critic.

Manny Farber, critic.

Robert Greene, reporter.

Frances Lewine, reporter.

Philip Jones Griffiths, photojournalist.

Burt Glinn, photojournalist.

Cornell Capa, photojournalist.

Music
Miriam Makeba,

Isaac Hayes, soul music icon.

Giuseppe Di Stefano, opera star.

Johnny Griffin, jazz artist.

Jimmy Giuffre, jazz artist.

Jo Stafford, pop singer.

Levi Stubbs, soul singer.

Cachao, mambo pioneer.

Dave McKenna, pianist.

Richard Wright, keyboardist.

Lou Teicher, pop pianist.

Lew Spence, songwriter.

Leonard Pennario, classical pianist.

Buddy Miles, drummer.

Ruth Wallis, cabaret singer.

Neil Aspinall, Beatles aide.

Alton Ellis, reggae artist.

Al Wilson, soul singer.

Jerry Reed, country singer.

Joe Ames, pop singer.

Joe Feeney, pop singer.

Ralph Young, pop singer.

Connie Haines, pop singer.

Yma Sumac, pop singer.

Mike Smith, pop singer.

Lee Young, jazz artist.

Bobby Durham, jazz artist.

Joe Beck, jazz artist.

Nick Reynolds, folk musician.

Davy Graham, folk musician.

Erik Darling, folk musician.

Norman Whitfield, producer.

Ted Macero, producer.

Clyde Otis, producer.

Gloria Baker, songwriter.

Henry Brant, composer.

LeRoi Moore, saxophonist.

John Brunious, trumpeter.

Pete Candoli, trumpeter.

Artie Traum, singer-songwriter.

Delaney Bramlett, singer-songwriter.

John Stewart, singer-songwriter.

Mitch Mitchell, drummer.

Buddy Harman, drummer.

Earl Palmer, drummer.

Ray Kane, guitarist.

Jeff Healey, guitarist.

Nappy Brown, R&B singer.

Dee Dee Warwick, R&B singer.

Sean Levert, R&B singer.

Danny Federici, keyboardist.

Ira Tucker, gospel singer.

Richard Van Allen, opera singer.

Sports

Mike Holovak, football player, Patriots coach.

Harry Mangurian, Celtics owner.

Edward "Buddy" LeRoux, Red Sox co-owner.

Bobby Murcer, baseball player, broadcaster.

Johnny Padres, baseball player, coach.

Will Robinson, basketball coach.

Ernie Holmes, football player.

Phil Hill, race car driver.

Barbara Warren, triathlete.

Kevin Duckworth, basketball player.

Bep Guidolin, hockey player, coach.

Tommy Bolt, golfer.

John Marzano, Red Sox player.

Russ Gibson, Red Sox player.

Herbert Hash, Red Sox player.

Don Gutteridge, Red Sox player.

Mickey Vernon, Red Sox player.

Billy Consolo, Red Sox player.

Dwight White, football player.

Dick Lynch, football player.

Ray Poole, football player.

Wally Hilgenberg, football player.

Milt Davis, football player.

Gene Hickerson, football player.

Tony Elliott, football player.

Coy Bacon, football player.

Mike Patrick, Patriots punter.

Preacher Roe, baseball player.

Herb Score, baseball player.

Don Cardwell, baseball player.

Tommy Holmes, baseball player.

Bob Purkey, baseball player.

Chuck Stobbs, baseball player.

Todd Cruz, baseball player.

Eddie Brinkman, baseball player.

Bruce Dal Canton, baseball player.

Bert Shepard, baseball player.

Tom Tresh, baseball player.

Dock Ellis, baseball player.

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