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Charlie Cooper (Telefon Tel Aviv): 1977-2009

Charlie Cooper of the Chicago electronic duo Telefon Tel Aviv has passed away at the age of thirty-one just days after the release his new album, Immolate Yourself. No word yet if Cooper's partner Joshua Eustis...
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Studs Terkel: 1912-2008

It put a bit of a damper on my Halloween weekend when I found out that Studs Terkel had passed away at the age of 96. Terkel's writings deserve to be celebrated as one of the finest bodies of work any American...
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Jorg Haider: 1950-2008

On Rosh Hashana the year is inscribed, and on Yom Kippur, it is sealed. And while repentance, charity, and prayer may cancel the stern decree, there's no indication that Jorg Haider, Austria's premier post-war...

Harvey Pekar: 1939-2010

In Heeb's Politics Issue, Pekar (R.I.P.) asks the question: Are God's Children too stupid? Click here to view the full comic....
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The Guy Who Wrote _Fletch_: 1937-2008

Gregory McDonald, the novelist whose work was the basis for Fletch, died this past Sunday after a long battle with cancer. Much overlooked as one of the great comic masterpieces of 20th Century cinema, Fletch t...
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: 1919-2008

Jewdar would like to extend condolences to the family of Alexander Isaevich Solzhenitsyn, a man whom we always considered both a great writer and a man of tremendous courage. Solzhenitsyn's personal odyssey ...
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Estelle Getty: 1923-2008

Today we mourn the loss of a saucy, bitchy Jewess who, along with her golden-aged friends, put Miami on the map again. Early this morning, the actress Estelle Getty passed away at the age of 84. The crotchety...
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Harvey Korman: 1927-2008

Harvey Herschel Korman died yesterday at the age of 81. We can honestly say that we can't remember ever seeing him do a role we didn't like: from the Great Gazoo to The Carol Burnett Show to, his appearances on...