Celebrity most missed by you during 2009, THE YEAR OF DEATH.

[MrScorpio]

For me, it's a toss up between Michael Jackson and Walter Cronkite.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2009

[Iggo]

1. I've been missing MJ since the 70's. (n/t)

[RevCheesehead]

2. Not trying to nit-pick here,

but isn't every year a year of death?

And isn't there a more concise list to choose from? :)

[MrScorpio]

3. One, you being a spoilsport

and two, a lot of folks here, I've found out since I've been here, have extremely eclectic tastes

Just helping them out

[RevCheesehead]

4. Oh, Mr. S....

You still rock! :)

[Bluzmann57]

5. Koko Taylor

The Queen. Music will never be the same without her. RIP Koko.

[applegrove]

6. I like MJ "Off The Wall" album. After that I lost interest.

[S n o w b a l l]

7. I didn't read the whole list

But the ones that hurt me the most were Teddy Kennedy & Michael Jackson.

[Initech]

8. Nick Adenhart

[av8rdave]

9. Les Paul and Sen. Kennedy

[graywarrior]

10. Teddy

[madinmaryland]

11. Senator Kennedy and graywarrior's duck! FREE THE DUCK!

[Binka]

12. My Father Robert Francis

May 28 1930-July 31 2009. Miss you Papasan :cry:.

[shanti]

14. my father too

GVW, 8/29/29-12/15/09. bye daddy :cry:

binka :hug:

[Binka]

18. It Is A Hard Thing Shanti

A very hard and humbling lesson. :hug:my friend. Peace to you and yours.

[PlanetBev]

24. To Shanti and Binka

My sympathy and empathy is with you. My dad died on December 14th. I'm still numb with grief.

Ruben Berman 3-2-21 to 12-14-09. See you next time around, Dad.

[Binka]

26. RIP Ruben

Words fail me Bev. :hug: This is a major loss, take care and remember the LOVE. Dads are so very special.

[sarge43]

13. Senator Kennedy - much more than a celebrity -- a hero. n/t

[arcadian]

15. Grand Ayatollah Hosein-Ali Montazeri

[dysfunctional press]

16. brittany murphy.

too soon? :shrug:

[Iggo]

21. Nope. I miss her already. (n/t)

[madamesilverspurs]

17. Mary Travers. nt

[Tuesday Afternoon]

19. Kennedy and Cronkite

[Lucian]

20. Other than Ted Kennedy, nobody.

[pscot]

22. Socks the cat, of cancer at 15

A tragic blow to the Clinton family, I'm sure. And of course there was Gidget, the Taco Bell Chihuahua.

[AsahinaKimi]

23. David Carridine

[PlanetBev]

25. Don't forget Soupy Sales

I loved the pie fights he got into with Pookie the Lion. Soupy, The Three Stooges and Laurel and Hardy got honorable mention at my father's funeral on December 18th. He loved them all.

[LostInAnomie]

27. Billy Mays

[rcrush]

36. Billy Mays loves you

[bluesbassman]

28. Norton Buffalo

Fantastic harp player, and a fine gentlemen. RIP Norton.

Here he is with Roy Rogers on "Terraplane Blues".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zhSC7BMevc

[NanceGreggs]

29. ... & Mary

Mary Travers, more than anyone else.

She was a symbol of my youth, a woman I watched mature and grow (while I, too, was hopefully maturing and growing), and, in the end, a shining light of brilliance suddenly extinguished far too soon.

On a personal level, this was the one that hit hardest; the candle whose flame has forever disappeared - but one that will somehow continue to light the way for generations to come.

Rest in peace, MT. Rest in peace.

[pokerfan]

30. Patrick

McGoohan

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

31. Tie: Ted Kennedy and Walter Cronkite

both were huge losses

[Mad_Dem_X]

32. I agree. I miss them both very much.

[cordelia]

33. Mary Travers and Bea Arthur n/t

[HardWorkingDem]

34. Even though he died in 2008, I miss Studs Turkel so much...

long live Studs....

[mcctatas]

35. Top three, Ted Kennedy, Walter Cronkite and Lux Interior n/t

[Gidney N Cloyd]

37. Poor Farah's even overlooked _here_.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

38. Ted Kennedy, Walter Cronkite, Michael Jackson

Too many good ones this year

[Xipe Totec]

39. Sarah Palin

Everybody took a shot at her, but she's still around.