The 2004 passings post...people lost in 04

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

Well we lost many a great people this year..some close and personal ...some political...others stars or musicians we loved....

My losses....RIP Artie Shaw, Ray Charles, Richard Avedon, Susan Sontag, Christopher Reeve, Rodney Dangerfield

and again, my sincere condolences to DU'er Cleita on the loss of her husband, Aiden...a sweet charming man with a thick Irish brogue.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

1. Jerry Orbach. Tony Randall. Rick James. Leroy from "Fame".

Fred Berry (Re-Run from "What's Happening?").

Never thought I'd see those names in one place, huh?

[Lithos]

2. My father

Gone, but not forgotten.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

3. Sorry to hear about your loss, Lithos.

[Lithos]

4. Thank you very much

To me he was a great man.

[Padraig18]

9. I'm sorry, Lithos.

:hug:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

11. My condolences Lithos

I must not have been around when that occurred, as I don't recall it...I lost my dad 7 years ago, but on holidays it feels like yesterday. :hug:

[Boy Interrupted]

5. Ronald Reagan, Reggie White

OK, someone had to say it.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

12. I said losses

[Padraig18]

6. Uncle Ernst, Dr. Don, Tanya and Leonard, Tony's nephew...

...Msgr. Niebrugge....

*sigh*

So many dear people gone on....

:cry:

[Eurobabe]

7. We lost Opa

my husband's grandfather in Germany, and another Uncle about a month later. 2004 was a baaaaaaaaaaaad year.

[Bunny]

8. Mari333, Cleita, and wryter2000 all lost their husbands.

I forgot to add that Throckmorton lost his wife earlier this year, too.

:cry: :grouphug:

[SOteric]

10. Goodnight and farewell to Spalding Gray,

Rick James, Yasser Arafat, J.J. Jackson Fay Wray, Rodney Dangerfield, Tug McGraw, Robert Pastorelli, Marlon Brando, Mattie Stepanek, Tony Randall, Jack Parr...and very special goodnight and thank you to Richard Avedon, my sweet little cat Romeo, and Bob Keeshan.

[KoKo]

13. I didn't know about Cleita and the loss of her husband...Condolences and

thoughts to all who past who were part of our lives for so many years..

:grouphug:

[Cuban_Liberal]

14. My grandfather and my nephew..

I hate Fidel Castro, and I hate this war!

:grr::cry:

[kitchen girl]

15. Clara, Harding, Kobi, T.J....

and worst of all, Sammy, my goddoggie. Yep, five of my friends all lost their dogs this year, four of them in the same week. :cry:

[greatauntoftriplets]

16. My uncle....

James Michael Roche.

On edit: An Irishman to the bone. We sang "Danny Boy" when his ashes were brought to Chicago for burial. And we all cried at that.

[Norbert]

17. Ray Charles, Johnny Ramone, Doris Troy and Skeeter Davis

[MrScorpio]

18. A little something I put together, NSMA

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=2308782

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

20. beautiful tribute

:thumbsup:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. Lost my mom last week.

A sad end to a bad year.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

21. I am so sorry

It's very hard to lose one's parents but losing them during the holidays seems to make it all the harder :hug:

[name not needed]

22. Dimebag Darrell Abbott