TOPIC: Obits

Sep 27 2009	William Safire, Times Columnist, Is Dead at 79 By: Robert D. McFadden - New York Times Unlike most Washington columnists who offer judgments with Olympian detachment, Mr. Safire was a pugnacious contrarian who did much of his own reporting...

Aug 29 2009	The Improbable Political Existence of Teddy Kennedy By: Frank J. Fleming - PajamasMedia The death of Ted Kennedy is a time to reflect on how utterly insane his political existence was.

Aug 28 2009	Robert Novak: The Dark Side By: John Perazzo - FrontPageMag.com For all his merits as a journalist and a devoted Cold Warrior, the “Prince of Darkness” had a major flaw...

Jul 17 2009	Cronkite Dies By: Jillian Bandes - Town Hall

Jul 16 2009	Death of the World's Greatest Entertainer By: Larry Elder - Jewish World Review The world's greatest entertainer died — 19 years ago. His name is Sammy Davis Jr.

Jul 09 2009	Famed Texas Sharpshooter Was 'Master of Triggernometry' By: Joe Holley - Washington Post "He was still shooting to the last day he lived," Drury said.

Jul 06 2009	Robert McNamara, Architect of Vietnam War, Dies at 93 By: Thomas W. Lippman - Washington Post For the rest of his life, he would be haunted by the Vietnam ghosts.

Jul 01 2009	Oscar-winning actor Karl Malden dies at 97 By: AP / MSNBC Among Malden’s more than 50 film credits were: “Patton,” in which he played Gen. Omar Bradley, “Pollyanna,” “Fear Strikes Out,” “The Sting II,” “Bombers B-52,” “Cheyenne Autumn,” and “All Fall Down.”

Jun 28 2009	TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at Florida home By: Mitch Stacy - AP / Yahoo Tampa police said Mays' wife found him unresponsive Sunday morning.

Jun 25 2009	Farrah Fawcett Dies at 62, Succumbs to Cancer By: Sheils Marikar - ABC

Jun 23 2009	Ed McMahon Dead at Age 86 By: Xana O'Neill and Jonathon Lloyd - NBC "Heeeere's Johnny!"

Jun 18 2009	Veteran a part of 'Band of Brothers' By: Neil Harvey - roanoke.com Darrell "Shifty" Powers, who died at age 86, was a hero on the battlefield and to his family.