Farewells of 2024, Part 2: Honoring Notable Creators and Newsmakers

Day Two of our farewells the notable persons of 2024. Today we celebrate the Creators who have enriched our lives with their craft, and the Newsmakers who both make the news and report it. So many we shouldn’t forget. If you’re unfamiliar with any of the people in these tributes, be sure to look them up, we learn so much from lives well lived. Rest in Love.

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Newsmakers and Creators

1. Jimmy Carter, 100, 39^th US President, Humanitarian, The Carter Center. Natural Causes.
2. Joe Leiberman, 82, Former US Senator, Complications from fall.
3. Tep Vong, 93, Cambodian Buddhist Community Leader, Long Illness
4. Peanut, 7, beloved Central Park Eastern Gray squirrel. Euthanized. 😦
5. Falco, 13, beloved Central Park Eurasian Eagle Owl, escaped from park for a year, hit building in Upper West Side.
6. William Anders, 90, Apollo 8 Astronaut, photographer of Earthrise. Plane Crash in his Beechcraft T-34 Mentor
7. Alexei Navalny, 47, Russian Activist for Democracy. Murdered by Putin
8. Ruth Ashten Taylor, 101, Groundbreaking female journalist and anchor. Natural Causes.
9. Bob Edwards,76, beloved NPR anchor. Metastatic bladder cancer, heart failure.
10. Ina Jaffe, 75, NPR journalist, Breast cancer
11. Brian Mulroney, 84, Former Canadian Prime Minister, Declining health and fall.
12. Ethel Kennedy, 96, Activist and Widow of Robert F. Kennedy Sr. Stroke.
13. Lilly Ledbetter, 86, Activist for Equal Pay and Women’s Equality, Author. Respiratory Failure.
14. Aziza Barnes, 32, Author, A Knight of Seven Snowfalls, Winter Snowfall. Suicide.
15.  Warren Wilson, 90, Groundbreaking LA Broadcaster (undisclosed)
16. Tom Watson, 55, The Daily Show writer
17. Trevor Griffiths, 88, Dramatist, Occupations, Comedians Heart Failure.
18. Robert Towne, 89, Director, Shampoo, Chinatown (undisclosed)
19. Robert M. Young, 99, Independent Ground-breaking Director, Alambrista!, Triumph of the Spirit. (undisclosed)
20. Barbara Taylor-Bradford, 91author, A Woman of Substance, Act of Will, Cancer.
21. Tom Shales, 79, Television Critic, The Washington Post. Covid 19 and Kidney failure.
22. Aaron Brown, 76, ABC World News Tonight, CNN Journalist. Pneumonia.
23. Charles Osgood, 91, beloved journalist, news host. Author of 7 books. CBS News Sunday Morning. Dementia.
24. Robert McNeil, 93, The McNeil-Lehrer Report, Natural causes.
25. Dr. Ruth Westheimer, 96, Sex Therapist, Sexually Speaking, The Dr. Ruth Show. Natural causes.
26. Wally ‘Famous’ Amos, 88, Cookie entrepreneur, Dementia
27. Norman Jewison, 97, beloved producer, Moonstruck, You’ve Got Mail (undisclosed)
28. Brian McConnachie, 81, Comedy writer and author, SNL, Caddyshack, Sleepless in Seattle.  Parkinson’s
29. Christopher Durang, 75, Tony Winning playwright, Beyond Therapy, Sister Mary Ignatius… Logopenic progressive aphasia.
30. Mark Dodson, 64, Voice artist, Return of the Jedi, Gremlins, Heart Attack in sleep
31. Morgan Lofting 84, Voice artist, Spiderman,“Baroness” in G.I.Joe (undisclosed)
32. Greg Finley, 76 Voice Artist, Robotech. Heart related causes.
33. Janice Burgess, 72, Screenwriter, Producer, TV Director, Creator –The Backyardigans. Breast Cancer.
34. Isabelle Thomas, 39, Documentarian, Dreambreaker: A Pickleball Story, Suicide
35. Iris Apfel, 102, Model, textile and antique fabric expert, Fashionista, Author Accidental Icon (undisclosed)
36. Akiro Toriama, 68, Dragon Ball Z Manga and Anime, Accute subdermal Hematoma
37. Morgan Spurlock, 53, documentarian, Supersize Me, Cancer
38. Marshall Brickman, 85, screenwriter Annie Hall, Candid Camera (undisclosed)
39. Michael Mosely, 67, Health Journalist, Author of Deep Calm.. Collapse while hiking in Symi, Greece
40. Roger Corman, 98, Director and ‘The King of Cult’ low budget movies. Little Shop of Horrors, Masque of the Red Death, The Raven, The Wild Angels (undisclosed)
41. Eli Noyes, 81, Inspirational Stop Motion Animator, Liquid Television.  prostate cancer
42. Mark Gustafason, 63, Stop Motion Artist, Pinocchio, Fantastic Mr. Fox. Heart attack.
43. Christopner Ciccione, 63,Visual artist, interior designer, brother of Madonna.  Pancreatic cancer
44. Eduardo Xol, 58, Home Designer, 58, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Stabbed.
45. Tim Sullivan, 76, Sci-Fi Author, actor, screenwriter. V, Twilight of the Dogs, Vampyre Femmes. Congestive heart failure.
46. Ken Melton, 69, Animation Sculptor, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid ,Paranorman. dementia
47. Alice Munro, 92, Author, and Nobel Laureate, Dear Life, The Moons of Jupiter. Cancer, dementia
48. Bob Weatherwax, 83, Son of Rudd, second generation Trainer of Lassie COPD.
49. Greg Hildebrandt, 85 Lord of the Rings artist
50. Hailey Merkt, 31, Contestant on The Bachelor.  Leukemia