Jack Kemp, RIP Age 73

The LA Times is reporting:

Jack Kemp, the all-star college and pro quarterback who went on to serve nine House terms, as secretary of Housing and Urban Development and as Robert Dole’s VP running mate on the 1996 Republican

VIENNA, Va. -(WTOP)- David Kellermann, acting chief financial officer of Freddie Mac, committed suicide in his Hunter Mill Estates home Wednesday morning. He hanged himself.

Fairfax County Police spokeswoman Mary Anne Jennings tells WTOP police responded to the Kellermann home

A note of Sympathy for Steve Dahl (WCKG-Chicago/105.9) whose Mom passed away last night.

From WROC/8 in Rochester:

Steve Minarik, 49, of Webster, passed away early Saturday morning of a heart attack. Minarik was a New York State political figure who served as the chairman of the Monroe County and NY State Republican

Most people had already heard about Natasha Richardson’s ski accident in Canada, and her head injuries.

The NY Post is now reporting:

Actress Natasha Richardson is brain dead, after falling in a ski accident in Canada, friends told The

Reports from all over tonight, that Actor Ron Silver has died.  He’d been fighting cancer for some time.  Roger Simon, in writing some notes at Pajamas Media, tonight, remembers his friend;

Then 9/11 came and Ron and I were thrown

A hero is a person who risks his life for a noble cause.   As such, Bruce Maloy was  a hero, Associated Press:

SAMSON, Ala. – Many around Samson knew Bruce Maloy as their town’s comedian, a goodhearted, wiry little

No links yet, but we’re hearing that Radio News Legend Paul Harvey has died.

Addendum: I’m now getting confirmation from ABC

Photo Courtesy of Scot Fybush and Northeast Radio Watch.

With Mr Harvey gone, one wonders what will become of

Kelly Groucutt’s official fan site has the following announcement up:

It is with great sadness that I have to inform the fans that Kelly Groucutt died on the afternoon of 19th February 2009 of a heart attack.

(Sigh)

From KPLC/7:

I was saddened to learn, this morning of the passing of Bill Faith, by way of Michelle…

He died of a heart attack and had been in ill health.

Bill ran the blog Small Town Veteran and founded/contributed to Old

Ricardo Montalban, the suave leading man who was one of the first Mexican-born actors to make it big in Hollywood and who was best known for his roles as Mr. Roarke on ABC’s “Fantasy Island” and the villainous Khan of

Word on the wire is that Freddie Hubbard has passed on. The LA Times blog has it this way:

Freddie Hubbard died today at Sherman Oaks Hospital as a result of a heart attack suffered in late November. His name

Granted that RCA is a brand that doesn’t mean what it once did. These days, the name is owned by Thompson, who sells consumer goods under the name. Good they’re keeping it alive, and they’re to be commended for that.

Eartha Kitt, we hear by way of the AFP, has passed on:

NEW YORK (AFP) — Eartha Kitt, the versatile US singer and actress whose sultry voice and sensuality made her an international star with a career spanning six