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Life In Legacy - Week of May 24, 2002

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Sam Snead – Legendary golfer Christina Cock – World’s second oldest person Jerry Dunphy – L.A. newscaster Davy Boy Smith - Wrestler Stephen Jay Gould – Noted paleontologist Sir John Gorton – Australian Prime Minister Chandra Levy – Missing intern Wolfgang Schneiderhan - Violinist David Abrahamsen – ‘Son of Sam’ author Little Johnny Taylor – R&B singer Dave Berg (self-portrait) – MAD artist Joe Cobb – Our Gang actor Boyce McDaniel – Manhattan Project physicist Lord Mayola – Northern Ireland Prime Minister Walter Lord - 'Night to Remember' author Niki de Saint Phalle - Sculptor Clarence Samuels - Blues shouter

News and Entertainment
Joe Cobb – “Our Gang” child actor who played the fat kid in the early shorts died at 85 (another Robert Blake hit???).
Jerry Dunphy – White-haired, deep-voiced LA news anchor who was the inspiration for both Ted Baxter on the Mary Tyler Moore Show and Kent Brockman on the Simpsons died of a heart attack at age 80.
Clarence Samuels - 40’s and 50’s blues shouter who was one of the first artists signed to Chess’s Aristocrat label died at age 79.
Wolfgang Schneiderhan – One of the 20th century’s best-known violinists died at age 86.
Little Johnny Taylor – R&B blues singer who had a chart-topping R&B hit and Top 20 Pop hit with “Part Time Love” in 1963 died of undisclosed causes at age 59.

Sports
Davey Boy Smith – Troubled professional wrestler died of a heart attack at age 39.
Sam Snead – One of golf’s greatest players who leads in all time tour victories with 81 died after a series of “strokes” at age 89 (sorry).

Art & Literature
Dr. David Abrahamsen – A forensic psychiatrist best known for his analysis of serial killer David Berkowitz in “Confessions of Son of Sam” died at age 98.
Dave Berg – Mad magazine writer and artist who was responsible for “The Lighter Side of…” strips in the magazine for 40 years died at age 81.
Walter Lord – Author most noted for his account of the sinking of the Titanic in “A Night To Remember” died of Parkinson’s disease at age 84.
Niki de Saint Phalle – Pop sculptor known for her bizarre work in the 60’s & 70’s died of pulmonary failure at age 71.

Politics and Social
James Chichester-Clark (aka Lord Mayola) – Former prime minister of Northern Ireland died at 79.
Christina Cock – Australian woman who was the world’s second oldest person died at 114.

Sir John Gorton – Former prime minister of Australia died at 90.
Chandra Levy – Washington intern whose remains were found in a D.C. park after being missing for 14 months was 24 at the time of her disappearance.

Business & Science
Stephen Jay Gould – Noted Harvard paleontologist who played himself in an episode of the Simpsons died of cancer at age 60 (yet another death of a Simpson voice).
Boyce McDaniel – A physicist and member of the Manhattan Project team that developed the atomic bomb used in WW2 died of a heart attack at age 84.



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