Dead in 2005

[Geowhizzer]

L. Patrick Gray- Head of the FBI at the beginning of the Watergate investigation.

[Geowhizzer]

Doc Baker on 'Little House' Dies at 77

[Geowhizzer]

Singer Frances Langford Dies at 91

[Geowhizzer]

Dr. Clarence Dennis, who performed the first open-heart surgery that included the use of a heart-lung machine, died Monday. He was 96.

[Reidme]

James Stockdale

"Who am I? Why am I here?"

Just saw this ... this guy was from most accounts a brave and proud American, who served his country his entire life. Too bad he was tapped by Perot to be his running mate for Vice President, because after that debate where he clearly was overmatched in terms of public speaking, and a bit out of touch, he was widely ridiculed. Perot was a nut, this guy was simply getting old. He actually fell asleep at one of the Vice Presidential debates.

That being said, that Saturday Night Live bit (pictured above) where Dana Carvey drops him in the middle of nowhere is one of the funniest SNL skits from that era.

[QB Eagles]

Dennis Miller said it best about Stockdale:

"The reason he had to turn his hearing aid on at that debate is because those farging animals knocked his eardrums out when he wouldn't spill his guts. He teaches philosophy at Stanford University, he's a brilliant, sensitive, courageous man. And yet he committed the one unpardonable sin in our culture: he was bad on television."

[rjs246]

James Stockdale

"Who am I? Why am I here?"


That being said, that Saturday Night Live bit (pictured above) where Dana Carvey drops him in the middle of nowhere is one of the funniest SNL skits from that era.

I couldn't agree more.

[Geowhizzer]

Former British PM Edward Heath Dies at 89

[PhillyGirl]

Vietnam era commander, Gen. William Westmoreland dead at 91

[Butchers Bill]

Vietnam era commander, Gen. William Westmoreland dead at 91

Surprised there wasn't more said here about this one.  I admire the man for what he had to put up with, and agree with his assessment that the US did not lose the Vietnam War.  Even today on CNN, they were referring to Vietnam as "the only war the US ever lost", which is simply not true. 

[Geowhizzer]

Hall of Fame lineman Jim Parker dies

[mcnabbmvp]

Scotty from original Star Trek has passed away.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/20/obit.doohan.ap/index.html

[SD_Eagle5]

Dare I say: Beam me up, Scottie 

[Susquehanna Birder]

Dare I say: Beam me up, Scottie 

Bzzzt! You missed the obvious one: "He's dead, Jim!"

[rjs246]

I guess he just did not have the power to go on.