Gone but not forgotten 2008

Since this whole weekend has made us deathly aware of how short life is I wanted to take this time to remember the celebrities or well known people that have gone on before us.  Take a moment of silence if you feel the need to.

Issac Hayes

(August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008)

was an American soul and funk singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, arranger, composer and actor. Hayes was one of the main creative forces behind southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served as both an in-house songwriter and producer with partner David Porter during the mid-1960s. In the late 1960s, Hayes became a recording artist, and recorded successful soul albums such as Hot Buttered Soul (1969) and Black Moses (1971) as the Stax label's premier artist. From 1997 to 2006, he provided the voice for the character "Chef" on the Comedy Central animated TV series South Park.

Bernie Mac (Bernard Jeffrey McCullough)

(October 5, 1957 – August 9, 2008)

better known by the stage name Bernie Mac, was an American actor and comedian. Born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, Mac gained popularity as a stand-up comedian. He joined comedians Steve Harvey, Cedric the Entertainer and D.L. Hughley as The Original Kings of Comedy. After briefly hosting the HBO show Midnight Mac, Mac appeared in several movies in smaller roles. His most notable movie role was as Frank Catton in the remake of Ocean's Eleven and its two sequels. Mac also starred in several movies, including Mr. 3000. He was the star of The Bernie Mac Show, which ran from 2001-2006, and earned two Emmy Award nominations. Mac also began acting in minor roles and received his big break as "Pastor Clever" in Ice Cube's 1995 film Friday. Following that role, Mac also worked in many other movies and had some television appearances in titles including, Booty Call, How to Be a Player, Life and What's the Worst That Could Happen?. Mac was one of the few African American comedic actors to be able to break out of the traditional "black comedy" genre, having roles in the 2001 remake of Ocean's Eleven and becoming the new Bosley for the Charlie's Angels sequel, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. In 2003, he also turned in an impressive performance in a small but important role as "Gin, The Store Dick" in, Bad Santa. He also starred in, Guess Who?

Estelle Getty

(July 25, 1923 – July 22, 2008)

She is best known for her role as Sophia Petrillo on the popular 1980s sitcom The Golden Girls. Her character was the wise-cracking Sicilian mother of Dorothy Zbornak, played by Beatrice Arthur (the other main characters being played by Betty White and Rue McClanahan); in real life, Getty was in fact one year younger than Arthur.

Charlton Heston

1924-2008

Perhaps best-known for his role as Moses in Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments (1956), Heston had a long and varied career as an actor, primarily in action roles. Imdb lists over 125 roles

Bobby Fischer

(March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008)

fischer is on the left

was an American-born chess Grandmaster, and the eleventh World Chess Champion. Fischer became famous as a teenager as a chess prodigy. In 1972, he became the first, and so far the only, American to win the official World Chess Championship,[1] defeating defending champion Boris Spassky in a match held in Reykjavík, Iceland. The match was widely publicized as a Cold War battle. He is often referred to as one of the greatest chess players of all time.

Roy Scheider

(November 10, 1932 – February 10, 2008)

Scheider's first film role was in the 1963 horror film Curse of the Living Corpse. (He was billed as "Roy R. Sheider"). In 1971, he appeared in two highly popular movies, Klute and The French Connection; the latter, in which he played a fictionalized version of New York City detective Sonny Grosso, garnered him an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. His first starring role came in 1973 in The Seven-Ups, a quasi-follow-up to The French Connection, in which Scheider's character is once again based on Grosso. Two years later, he portrayed Chief Martin Brody in the Hollywood blockbuster Jaws which also starred Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss. Scheider's famous movie line, "You're gonna need a bigger boat"

Heath Ledger

(April 4, 1979 – January 22, 2008)

After performing roles in Australian television and film during the 1990s, Ledger moved to the United States in 1998 to develop his movie career further, acting in 19 films, including such critical and box-office successes as 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), The Patriot (2000), Monster's Ball (2000), A Knight's Tale (2001), Brokeback Mountain (2005), and The Dark Knight (2008).[5] In addition to several award nominations for other work

Suzanne Pleshette 

(January 31, 1937 – January 19, 2008)

voice of Zira in the Disney sequel The Lion King II: Simba's Pride.

Pleshette appeared on The Bob Newhart Show (1972-1978) for all six seasons, and was nominated twice for the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. She reprised her role of Emily Hartley in the memorable final episode of Newhart, in which viewers discovered the entire series had been dreamed by Bob Hartley when he awakens next to Pleshette in the bedroom set from The Bob Newhart Show.