PAGE 8 PRESS & DAKOTAN n MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2015 ecutor who parlayed his handling Bobbi Kris- it to Me,” on the hit comedy show. a prominent figure in Margaret vehicles ranging from the beautiful of the Charles Manson trial into tina Brown, Sept. 3. Thatcher’s government but helped to the outrageous. Nov. 5. a career as a bestselling author. 22. Daughter of William Grier, 89. Psychiatrist bring about her downfall after they Gunnar Hansen, 68. He Deaths June 6. singers Whitney who co-authored the groundbreak- parted ways over policy toward played the iconic villain Leather- From Page 7 Christopher Lee, 93. Actor Houston and ing 1968 book, “Black Rage,” Europe. Oct. 9. face in the original “Texas Chain who brought dramatic gravitas Bobby Brown, which offered the first psychologi- Jerry Parr, 85. Secret Ser- Saw Massacre” film. Nov. 7. Pan- and aristocratic bearing to screen she was raised cal examination of black life in the vice agent credited with saving creatic cancer. the hail of snowballs and shower villains from Dracula to the wicked in the shadow United States. Sept. 3. President Ronald Reagan’s life Helmut Schmidt, 96. Former of boos that rained down on him. wizard Saruman in “The Lord of of fame and Martin Milner, 83. His whole- on the day he was shot outside a chancellor who guided West April 30. the Rings” trilogy. June 7. shattered by some good looks helped make Washington hotel. Oct. 9. Germany through economic turbu- Vincent Musetto, 74. Veteran Walter Dale the loss of her him the star of two hugely popular Richard Heck, 84. American lence and Cold War tension in the MAY: newspaperman who wrote one of Miller mother. July 26. 1960s TV series, “Route 66” and Nobel laureate for chemistry who 1970s and early 1980s. Nov. 10. Grace Lee Whitney, 85. She the industry’s most famous head- Died in hospice “Adam-12.” Sept. 6. designed a method of building Allen Toussaint, 77. Legend- played Captain Kirk’s assistant on lines: “Headless Body in Topless care six months Dick “Dickie” Moore, 89. complex molecules that has ary New Orleans musician and the original “Star Trek” series. May 1. Bar.” June 9. after she was found face-down in Saucer-eyed child star of the helped fight cancer, protect crops composer who penned such clas- Maya Plisetskaya, 89. She was Ornette Coleman, 85. Jazz bathtub. 1930s who appeared in “Our and make electronic devices. sics as “Working in a Coal Mine” regarded as one of the greatest legend and the visionary saxo- Lynn Anderson, 67. Her Gang” comedies, gave Shirley Oct. 10. and “Lady Marmalade.” Nov. 10. ballerinas of the 20th century, her phonist who pioneered “free jazz” strong voice carried her to the top Temple her first screen kiss and Sybil Bailey Stockdale, 90. Heart attack. career at the Bolshoi Theater span- and won a Pulitzer Prize in 2007. of the charts with “(I Never Prom- was featured in many major Hol- Navy wife who fought to end the Henry S. Rowen, 90. Ameri- ning more than 35 years. May 2. June 11. ised You a) Rose Garden.” July 30. lywood productions. Sept. 7. torture of U.S. prisoners of war in can policymaker and Stanford Heart attack. Jack King, 84. NASA public Cardiac arrest. Moses Malone, 60. Three- Vietnam. Oct. 10. University economist who was Michael Blake, 69. Writer affairs official who became the Howard Jones, 104. He pio- time NBA MVP and one of basket- Joan Leslie, 90. Her expres- president of the RAND Corp. when whose novel “Dances With Wolves” voice of the Apollo moon shots. neered in vitro fertilization in the ball’s most ferocious rebounders. sive almond eyes and innocent it helped produce the Pentagon became a major hit movie and June 11. United States. July 31. Sept. 13. beauty made her one of the most Papers. Nov. 12. earned him an Academy Award for Virgil Runnels, 69. Former “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, 61. Fred DeLuca, 67. Co-founder popular film ingénues of the 1930s Bruce Dayton, 97. Father of the screenplay. May 2. professional wrestler known by his Kilt-wearing trash-talker who of Subway, who turned a sandwich and 40s. Oct. 12. Minnesota’s governor and a key Oscar Carl Holderer, 95. fans as Dusty Rhodes. June 11. headlined the first WrestleMania shop he started as a teenager into Ken Taylor, 81. Canada’s figure in building his family’s com- He was the last known surviving Jim Ed Brown, 81. Longtime and later found movie stardom. one of the world’s largest fast-food ambassador to Iran who sheltered pany into the retail business that member of the German engineering Grand Ole Opry member who had July 31. chains. Sept. 14. Americans at his residence during became Target Corp. Nov. 13. team that came to the United States solo and group hits and was a Richard S. Schweiker, 89. Jackie Collins, 77. Bestsell- the 1979 hostage crisis. Oct. 15. Michael C. Gross, 70. Artist, after World War II and designed the prominent figure on country music Former Pennsylvania senator who ing author of dozens of novels Richard “Dick” Walters, 90. A illustrator, film producer and per- rocket that took astronauts to the television shows. June 11. was a liberal Republican, named including “Hollywood Wives” that leader in the effort to get the state sonal designer who created iconic moon. May 5. Blaze Starr, 83. “Knockout” as the prospective vice presiden- dramatized the lifestyles of the of Vermont to pass aid-in-dying pop culture images, including the Jim Wright, 92. Longtime Texas burlesque icon and stripper who tial running mate of Ronald Rea- rich and the treacherous. Sept. 19. legislation and used the rules “Ghostbusters” logo. Nov. 16. Democrat who became the first drew tourists to post-World War gan in the latter’s unsuccessful Breast cancer. established under the law to end Milton Pitts Crenchaw, 96. U.S. House speaker in the nation’s II Baltimore, lent glamour to New 1976 campaign and later served in Sultan Esmail Kiram II, 76. his own life. Oct. 16. Flight instructor who trained the history to be driven out of office in Orleans and became known Reagan’s Cabinet. July 31. Leader of a sultanate in the south- Gamal el-Ghitani, 70. One of Tuskegee Airmen, the first African- midterm. May 6. far and wide for her affair with a ern Philippines that staged a 2013 Egypt’s most acclaimed novelists. Americans to fly combat airplanes Kenan Evren, 97. Turkish colorful mid-century Louisiana AUGUST: invasion of a bustling Malaysian Oct. 18. in World War II. Nov. 17. general who led a 1980 coup that governor. June 15. Forrest Bird, 94. Inven- state and sparked a deadly secu- Cory Wells, 74. A founding Kim Young-sam, 87. Former ended years of violence but whose Kirk Kerkorian, 98. Billionaire tor whose medical respirators rity crisis. Sept. 19. Kidney failure. member of the popular 1970s South Korean president who rule unleashed a wave of arrests, eighth-grade dropout who built breathed life back into millions of Ben Cauley, 67. Trumpeter band Three Dog Night and lead formally ended decades of military torture and extrajudicial killings. Las Vegas’ biggest hotels, tried to patients around the world. Aug. 2. and member of the Stax Records singer on such hits as “Never rule in South Korea and accepted May 9. take over Chrysler and bought and Les Munro, 96. New Zealand- group the Bar-Kays and the only Been to Spain” and “Mama Told a massive international bailout William Zinsser, 92. Teacher, sold MGM at a profit three times. er who was the last surviving pilot survivor of the 1967 plane crash Me (Not to Come).” Oct. 20. during the 1997-1998 Asian finan- author, journalist and essayist June 15. from the specialized World War that killed most of his bandmates Maureen O’Hara, 95. Flame- cial crisis. Nov. 22. whose million-selling book “On Suleyman Demirel, 90. For- II “Dambuster” mission targeting and Stax star Otis Redding. Sept. haired Irish movie star who Adele Morales Mailer, 90. Writing Well” championed the craft mer Turkish president who was a German infrastructure. July 4. 2 1. appeared in classics ranging from Actress and artist who studied of nonfiction and inspired profes- master pragmatist whose remark- Arnold Scaasi, 85. Designer Yogi Berra, 90. Hall of Fame the grim “How Green Was My under Lee Strasberg and Hans sionals and amateurs to express able talent for staying on top of whose bright, flamboyant creations catcher renowned for his dizzying Valley” to the uplifting “Miracle Hoffman, but found unwanted themselves more concisely and Turkish politics saw him survive adorned first ladies from Mamie malapropisms and his record 10 on 34th Street” and bantered fame as the stabbing victim of her vividly. May 12. two coups. June 17. Eisenhower to Laura Bush and World Series championships with unforgettably with John Wayne in then-husband Norman Mailer. Nov. Jim Gaines, 48. An Associ- Ralph Roberts, 95. He built film stars from Elizabeth Taylor to the New York Yankees. Sept. 22. several films. Oct. 24. 22. Pneumonia. ated Press video software architect Comcast from a small cable TV Barbra Streisand. Aug. 4. Richard G. Scott, 86. Mormon Flip Saunders, 60. He rose Eldar Ryazanov, 88. Filmmak- known for his dedication to techno- system in Mississippi into an en- Frederick R. “Fritz” Payne, leader who was a member of a from the backwaters of basket- er who satirized and romanticized logical innovation. May 12. Killed in tertainment and communications 104. World War II fighter ace who church governing body called the ball’s minor leagues to become the life of ordinary Russians in his train derailment.