RIP – SERGIO BONELLI
EXPIRED: 09/26/11 - Sergio Bonelli, 78, was the son of an Italian comic book so he became one too. In order to distinguish himself from his father, Gian Luigi Bonelli, the creator of strip Tex Willer, Bonelli wrote his scripts under the pen name Guido Nolitta. Starting in 1957, Bonelli created his first character Un ragazzo nel Far [...]
RIP – ESTHER GORDY
EXPIRED: 08/24/11 – Esther Gordy, 91, loaned her brother, Berry, $800 to start the Motown record label during in 1959. Often described as “the pillar of Motown”, she took an active role in management and booking tours, and acted as “mom” to some of the label’s younger acts. After Motown shut down she created a
RIP – JERRY LEIBER
EXPIRED: 08/22/11 – Jerry Leiber, 78, and Mike Stoller wrote songs in high school. Within 3 years, Mike (music) and Jerry (lyrics) were the hottest in the biz, especially after Elvis bought “Hound Dog,” originally written for Big Mama Thornton, and made it his. More hits followed including ‘Stand By Me,’ ‘Jailhouse Rock,’ ‘Poison [...]
RIP – JACK LAYTON
EXPIRED: 08/22/11 – Jack Layton, 61, got married – and entered politics – at the age of 19. Although he lost a bid for Toronto’s mayor back in ’91, he was one of Canada’s most prominent – and controversial – left-wing politicians. He biked to work but slammed into a letter box while riding
RIP – JOHN KELLEY
EXPIRED: 08/21/11 – John “The Younger” Kelley, 80, the ’57 Boston Marathon winner, was the 1st American to win in 12 years. He also ran up Mt. Washington in 1 hr, 8 mins, 54 secs, the fastest ever. Had he been born a generation later, he coulda made millions but after running in 2 Olympics, he scratched together a living as a marathon [...]
RIP – PIERRE QUINON
EXPIRED – 08/17/11: Pierre Quinon, 49, liked to jump. As a French pole-vaulter he won the gold in the 1984 Olympics in L.A. just a year after setting a world record with a leap of 5.82 meters. That mark lasted just four days before Thierry Vigneron went one centimetre higher. In ’85, Quinon beat his personal best at 5.90 metres, just a few [...]
RIP – GUALTIERO JACOPETTI
Expired – 08/17/11: Gualtiero Jacopetti, 91, a journalist who started the Italian magazine L’Espresso, found fame when he invented the “shockumentary” in 1962 with a movie that showed Italians cutting themselves on Good Friday, a painter using naked women as paintbrushes, a smoking chicken, and Americans eating insects in a NYC [...]
RIP – RICK RYPIEN
EXPIRED: 08/15/11 – Rick Rypien, 27, played NHL hockey w/ the Vancouver Canucks for nearly 5 years, but frequently missed games due to injuries or suspensions caused by his violent outbursts and/or depression. Last month he signed a 1-year, $700K contract with the Winnipeg Jets. Then he killed himself. READ THE OBIT Filed under: a
