Saturday, March 7, 2009

What a Week

This week we saw the passing of playwright and screenwriter Horton Foote who wrote the screen adaptation of "To Kill a Mockingbird"
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-horton-foote5-2009mar05,0,5535069.story

Tuesday the son of film legend Charlie Chaplin, Sydney Chaplin died at his home in California
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/theater/08chaplin.html?ref=obituaries

NFL and College Hall of Famer George McAfee one of the great Chicago Bears of all time
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-george-mcafee6-2009mar06,0,3936880.story

and today I see we lost the wife of "Mr. Hockey" himself Gordie Howe. His wife Colleen died yesterday at the age of 76
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/07/sports/hockey/07howe.html?ref=obituaries

and this was a week that started off with the passing of broadcast legend Paul Harvey (see below).
What a week it was.

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