Dead in 2009

QuoteAlaina Reed Hall, the actress who played Olivia on TV's "Sesame Street", has died of breast cancer in Los Angeles, her family said. She was 63.

Reed's Dec. 17 death was reported Monday by WHIO Radio in Springfield, Ohio.

The popular stage actress and Ohio native appeared on "Sesame Street" from to 1976 to 1988.

She also had roles on "227," "Cleghorne," "Ally McBeal" and "ER."

BigEd76 · December 22, 2009, 10:51:16 AM

the original "Rain Man" the movie was based on

PhillyGirl · December 22, 2009, 05:25:59 PM

Chris Henry, while having his major faults, seemed to have gotten his shtein together and this was never more evident than hearing the news that he donated his organs that saved/helped the lives of a few people in need.

Say what you will about what a terrible person he might have been, this is what I'll remember him for.

Yeah, I might be all cheesy, but organ donation is a very important thing to me....and I am so happy to hear of the gifts he's given.

Seabiscuit36 · December 22, 2009, 05:35:49 PM

I'm an organ donor, have been since i was 16, though the liver wont be used i can guarantee that. My cousin passed away a few years back, he was a donor, my aunt gets letters from time to time of the people that he saved. Pretty cool