The LuLac Edition #1055, Dec. 29th, 2009

PHOTO INDEX: OUR "MOVING ON" LOGO, FORMER PHILLIES MANAGER DANNY OZARK AS A COACH WITH SAN FRANCISCO, WFIL BOSS JOCKS JIM NETTLETON AND GEORGE MICHAEL, WENDY RICHARD AND CONNIE HINES PICTURED TO THE RIGHT OF ALAN YOUNG.

MOVING ON IN '09

Some notable passings in '09......

Senator Edward Kennedy passed away age 77, was a well-respected Senator and member of the Democratic Party, however the Chappaquiddick incident of 1969, in which he managed to ditch his car in water killing his passenger, was a long-lasting shadow over his life. The recent passage of the health care bill will be a testament to his long fight for the issue.

Wendy Richard, British actress most famous for her role as Pauline Fowler in Eastenders. She first gained fame as Miss Brahms in the 1970s British sitcom, Are You Being Served.

Karl Malden, who played Lt. Mike Stone in the legendary TV series “The Streets of San Francisco”, also played in numerous movie classics like "On the Waterfront" and "A Street Car Named Desire".

Robert Novak, US journalist who was associated with CNN and other cable outlets. Well known for the Evans-Novak Report, he was a Washington D.C. mainstay in punditry.

Walter Cronkite, legendary US TV news anchorman. Cronkite presented the CBS evening news for 19 years and became known as “the most trusted man in America”.

Percy Sutton, 89, civil rights activist and politician, attorney for Malcolm X, Manhattan Borough President (1966–1977).
George Michael, 70, sportscaster and disc jockey, of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Arnold Stang, 91, actor (Top Cat, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World), of pneumonia. Here's Stang from an early 1950s game show:

Connie Hines, 78, actress (Mister Ed) of heart failure.

Jennifer Jones, 90, Academy Award-winning actress (The Song of Bernadette), of natural causes.
Roy E. Disney, 79, entertainment executive (The Walt Disney Company), nephew of Walt Disney, of stomach cancer.
Yegor Gaidar, 53, Russian politician, acting Prime Minister (1992), of thrombus.
Fred Honsberger, 58, radio personality.
Oral Roberts, 91, evangelist, founder of Oral Roberts University, complications from pneumonia. Jim Nettleton, WFIL Radio personality.
Soupy Sales, 83, comedian and television host, cancer.
William Safire, 79, speechwriter, novelist and journalist (The New York Times), pancreatic cancer.
Paul B. Fay, 91, crony of JFK, politician, Acting Secretary of the Navy (1963), of Alzheimer's disease.
Dominick Dunne, 83, American writer and investigative journalist, of bladder cancer.
Ellie Greenwich, 68, songwriter, "Chapel of Love" and "Be My Baby".

Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 88, activist, founder of the Special Olympics, sister of John F. Kennedy.
Kitty White, 86, jazz vocalist, of stroke.
Gidget, 15, chihuahua, Taco Bell mascot, of stroke.
Gale Storm, 87, actress (My Little Margie, The Gale Storm Show.) Here's Storm from a 1950's TV appearance.

Farrah Fawcett, 62, actress (Charlie's Angels), of anal cancer.
Michael Jackson, 50, pop singer–songwriter, acute propofol intoxication. Here's one of his best songs.

Ed McMahon, 86, television host (Star Search) and announce (The Tonight Show).
Gary Papa 54, television sportscaster (WPVI-TV), of prostate cancer.
Woodie Held, 77, baseball player (Cleveland Indians), of brain cancer.
Huey Long, 105, singer (The Ink Spots).

Danny Ozark, 85, Phillies manager who won three straight division titles in the 70s.
Ralph J. Cappy, 65, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (2003–2008).
Harry Kalas, 73, beloved Phillies sportscaster, heart attack.
Marilyn Chambers, 56 alternative film actress (Behind the Green Door), erotic dancer, and politician, of heart disease.
Betsy Blair, 85, actress who starred in many movies but most notabely in the Academy Award winning movie from 1954 (Marty, of cancer. Here's a clip:
Jimmy Boyd, 70, actor and singer ("I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus". )

Paul Harvey, 90, radio broadcasting icon.
Ted Uhlaender, 68, baseball player, of heart attack.
Griffin Bell 90, judge, Fifth Circuit Appeals Court (1961–1976), U.S. Attorney General (1977–1979), pancreatic cancer.

Mary Travers, one third of the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary.

Jack Kemp, former AFL Football great, Congressman and Vice Presidential candidate.

Patrick Swayze after a long battle wth cancer. Best known for his performance in "Dirty Dancing" and the line, "nobody puts baby in the corner".