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THE BLADE: TOLEDO, OHIO ■ SATURDAY , JANUARY 1 , 2011 YEAR IN REVIEW toledoblade.com SECTION A , PAGE 9 Mosaic of memorable people made their marks on 2010 BLADE NEWS SERVICES Jack Tatum, 61, former Ohio State he world lost many of those and Oakland Raiders safety known as who made it turn in 2010, the “Assassin.” Chet Simmons, 81, a Tmany who inspired dread, pioneering sports broadcaster, was angst, perplexity, obedience, imita- president of ESPN during the compa- ny’s launch in 1979. Iron man George tion, laughter, and love. It’s a time to Blanda, 83, played longer than any- celebrate their achievements, mourn one else in pro football history and their misfortunes, and marvel at a racked up the most points in a career world that has such people in it. that spanned four decades. NEWSMAKERS Another groundbreaker left us this McQueen Guccione Notable conclusions included those year with the passing of Dorothy Ka- for John du Pont, 72, member of the menshek, 84, former star of the All- Delaware familial dynasty, who died at American Girls Professional Baseball the Laurel Highlands state prison near League who helped inspire the lead Somerset, Pa., while serving a sen- character in the movie A League of tence for murder; Mark Madoff, 46, their Own. son of convicted finance fraud Bernie Closer to home, Jose Lima, 37, Madoff; and fashion designer Alex- former major league pitcher and To- ander McQueen, 40. Porn king Bob ledo Mud Hen, died in May. The All- Guccione, 79, went to the final pent- Star right-hander spent 13 years in the house. major league. Tough guy Bob Prob- ASSOCIATED PRESS Jefferson Thomas, 68, one of nine ert, 45, had his final skate; he played African-Americans who integrated for the Red Wings in 1985-1994 and Detroit Tigers manager Sparky Anderson in 1994 Murtha Byrd Little Rock Central High School while for the Blackhawks in 1995-2002. Lo- federal troops patrolled the campus, cal hero Rob Lytle, 56, Fremont na- died in Columbus. Miep Gies, 100, tive and All-American running back at helped hide Anne Frank and her fam- Michigan, died in November. ily from the Nazis during World War II MOVIES and saved Anne’s diary after the family The moving image moved on. Glo- was arrested. ria Stuart (Titanic) made it to 100. Morris “Dick” Jeppson, 87, flew Italian auteur Dino De Laurentiis, only one combat mission — the Air 91, moved to the ultimate Dino citta. Force second lieutenant was an as- Olympic documentarian Bud Green- sistant weaponeer on the Enola Gay, span broke the tape at 84. Arthur which dropped the first atomic bomb Penn, 88, director and producer on Haig Holbrooke on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945. stage (Wait Until Dark) and screen Tsutomu Yamaguchi survived not (Bonnie and Clyde), made his exit, as only the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, did French romantic Eric Roehmer, but also that of Nagasaki and lived to 89, and director Blake Edwards, 88, testify. He died at age 93 in Nagasaki. of the Pink Panther romps. POLITICS Tony Curtis, 85, may now have to Pennsylvania Rep. John Murtha, explain things to both Marilyn Mon- 77, joined the ever-growing celestial roe and Adolf Hitler. Dennis Hopper, legislature, along with Sen. Robert C. 74, rode easy into the sunset. Kev- Byrd of West Virginia, 92, and former in McCarthy, 96, is finally safe from Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, 86. Former the body-snatchers. And surely Les- ASSOCIATED PRESS U.S. Secretary of State Alexander lie Nielsen, 84, whose name was not Jeppson Yamaguchi Haig, 85, joined the shade cabinet, Shirley, is in a place of eternal laugh- Ernie Harwell, broadcasting at Yankee Stadium in 1993 and forceful diplomat Richard Hol- ter. Heroic Patricia Neal, 84; pensive- brooke, 69, eased shut his portfolio. eyed Jill Clayburgh, 66; cute Doro- Cancer took Elizabeth Edwards, thy Provine, 75; and regal Jean Sim- 61, but not before she inspired mil- mons, 80, joined sparkling Lynn Red- lions. Longtime cartoonist Paul Con- grave, 67, and her brother Corin, 70. rad, 92, put the cap on his ink bottle. Corey Haim, the Toronto-born 1980s child actor who starred in films like Lu- All who value civil rights celebrated cas and The Lost Boys, died at age 38 Dorothy Height, 98, and Benjamin of a prescription drug overdose. Hooks, 85, minister, lawyer, and long- time NAACP leader. Lech Kaczyns- RADIO ki, president of Poland, died at age 60 Both audio and video bade adieu Gies Stevens along with his wife and 94 others in a to many stalwarts. Ernie Harwell, 92, plane crash in Russia. died after a long battle with cancer. He Steinbrenner Wooden Lytle Tatum SPORTS called Tigers games for 42 years of his brilliant 55-year career and became George Steinbrenner, 80, gruff one of the most treasured sports owner of the New York Yankees, took figures in Michigan history. Daniel his place in the luxury boxes with bas- Schorr, 93, longtime NPR commenta- ketball god John Wooden, 99; Olym- tor, now joins the rest of the fabled Ed- pic Committee strongman Juan An- ward R. Murrow team, of which he was tonio Samaranch, 89; baseball fire- the last remainder. Fred Foy, 89, radio baller Bob Feller, 92; and Detroit Ti- hall of famer and narrator of The Lone gers manager Sparky Anderson, 76. Ranger, said “Hi-Yo, Silver!” for good. Bobby Thomson Pekar Van Vliet , 86, immortalized TELEVISION with his 1951 “Shot Heard ’Round the World” , rounded third the last time. Producer David L. Wolper (Roots) Olsen Lima Feller Probert closed his season at 82. Edwin New- Manute Bol, 7-foot-7 Sudanese man, 91, now transcends split in- nell Roberts (Adam Cartwright in Bo- shot-blocker, skyed for his last tip at finitives, and James J. Kilpatrick nanza), 81, galloped over the next rise. Merlin Olsen 47. , 69, a member of the (60 Minutes), 89, need no longer de- Dixie Carter, 70, is free of designing Los Angeles Rams’ “Fearsome Four- bate. Long-running soap queen Hel- women, and Gary Coleman, 42, is Larry Sieg- some,” died in March. en Wagner, 91 (As the World Turns), now beyond diff’rence. We hah one fried , 71, was a former Ohio State bas- ended her run. Art Linkletter, 97, last time to thank Rue McClanahan, ketball star who helped the Buckeyes can play before his best audience. So 76, for being a friend. The actress was to their only championship in 1960. can Barbara Billingsley, 94, every- best known for playing Blanche De- Also passing on was hard hitter body’s June Cleaver, and John For- vereaux in the 1980s sitcom The Gold- sythe (Bachelor Father), 92, every- en Girls. Tom Bosley, who gave us so Hooks Thomas body’s dad. Peter Graves, 83, and many Happy Days, turned the channel Robert Culp, 79, solved their ulti- for the last time at age 83. Animator mate mysteries. (In a bizarre trifecta, Art Clokey, 88, galloped off with his Graves, Billingsley, and Nielsen were creations Gumby and Pokey. And let all in the 1980 movie Airplane!) Fess us remember Meinhardt Raabe, 94, Parker (Davy Crockett), 85, and Per- the Munchkin coroner in Wizard of Oz, who pronounced the Wicked Witch of ASSOCIATED PRESS the East “really most sincerely dead,” now beyond the clutches of witches. Rights pioneer Dorothy Height MUSIC who composed and sang “My Sha- Henryk Gorecki, 76, whose Sym- Schorr Linkletter rona” with the Knack; and Don Van Stuart Curtis phony No. 3, or Symphony of Sorrowful Vliet, 69, better known as blues-prog Songs, is one of the best-known clas- genius Captain Beefheart, will make a sical works written since 1950, now be- very interesting octet, especially when comes pure music. So do classy jazz they sing along with bandleader Mitch pianist Hank Jones, 91, and singer/- Miller, 99. actress Abbey Lincoln, 80. And ele- gant, stunning Lena Horne, 92, leaves And songwriter Bobby Hebb, 72 Blake Edwards Clayburgh any stormy weather far behind. (“Sunny”), is where the dark days are done and the bright days are here. Trudy Pitts, 78, Hammond B3 ge- British punk rock icon Malcolm nius, joined two former members of McLaren, 64, founded the group the Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes: Teddy Sex Pistols. Carter McClanahan Pendergrass, 59, who went on to be- come a throaty, solo heartthrob; and LITERATURE AND LETTERS Coleman Haim baritone Bernie Wilson, 64. Eddie Reclusive J.D. Salinger, 91, author Fisher, 82, was a crooner and mate to of Catcher in the Rye, and creator of Debbie Reynolds and then Elizabeth the Glass family, need flee fame no lon- who explored a new class of mathe- Taylor. And Solomon Burke, 70, soul- ger. Portuguese Nobel Prize-winning matical shapes known as “fractals,” master and man of God, will now ever novelist Jose Saramago (Blindness) died at age 85 in Massachusetts. sing in praise. made a period, at 87, as did chronicler Cleveland’s unclassifiable graph- Raabe Graves Many and varied were the voices of New York haute-monders Louis ic novelist Harvey Pekar (American that now sing across the water. Joan Auchincloss, 92. Splendor), 70, filled out his caption. Sutherland, 83, the operatic sopra- Among poets, the verse is now Eric Segal, 72, the classics prof who no known as “La Stupenda”; fabulous rounded for superb Lucille Clifton, wrote Love Story, need never say sor- mezzo-soprano Shirley Verrett, 79; 73; National Book Award-winner Ai ry again. Redgrave Bosley Kate McGarrigle, 63, of folk duo the Ogawa, 62; and piquant British sati- And if they need an etiquette expert McGarrigle Sisters; Teena Marie, 54, rist Peter Porter, 81.