Some Recent Deaths

Budd Schulberg (1914-2009)

Son of Paramount Studio head B. P. Schulberg, as a service man in WWII Budd was tasked with arresting Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl. Bud became involved in far left politics including the Communist Party, and later ‘named names to HUAC’. He collaborated with director Elia Kazan on the screen plays to A Face in the Crowd (my favorite Kazan movie) and On the Waterfront, the latter story meant to glamorize the ‘stole pigeons’ that Kazan and Shulberg effectively were.

Dallas McKennon (1919-2009)

The voice of Gumby.

Henry Allingham (1896-2009)

The last British vetern of the first World War.

John Hughes (1950-2009)

Underapricated, a genious at what he did. Uncle Buck is pretty close to a perfectly executed comedy.

Les Lye (1924-2009)

Mr. Barths burger himself.

The Taco Bell chihuahua (1994-2009)

Hey Jackson, "Yo quiero auto bargins."