Which 2006 Death Affected You the Most?

[L A Woman]

Poll question: Which 2006 Death Affected You the Most?

...could be in a good or a bad way...And why?

I'd have to say Ann Richards. One of my all-time favorite people. I'll miss her.

Poll result (57 votes)
Ann Richards	(13 votes, 23%)	Vote
Don Knotts	(1 votes, 2%)	Vote
Dana Reeve	(5 votes, 9%)	Vote
Steve Irwin	(11 votes, 19%)	Vote
Gerald Ford	(1 votes, 2%)	Vote
Ed Bradley	(7 votes, 12%)	Vote
Coretta Scott King	(6 votes, 11%)	Vote
James Brown	(2 votes, 4%)	Vote
Saddam Hussein (presumed 2006!)	(0 votes, 0%)	Vote
Other	(11 votes, 19%)	Vote

[Midlodemocrat]

1. My FIL. The day he was buried my husband was hospitalized

with congestive heart failure leading up to a quadruple bypass and a debrillator implantation.

Not a good year. Not by a long shot.

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. Bradley

An excellent journalist.

[otherlander]

17. I second that.

Other than that, I'd vote Godfather of Soul.

[Kerrytravelers]

3. Ms. King was a woman of elegance, grace and compassion.

The bush family had no business at her funeral.

[Ms_Dem_Meanor]

14. AMEN TO THAT!!!

Coretta deserved better than the SHRUBS. I think that she is a perfect example of what it takes to be a "First Lady".




on edit:
PICTURE PERFECT FIRST LADY!!!

[Phillycat]

4. James Brown, definitely.

He shaped all the music I love the best, even if it's not his.

[MrCoffee]

5. Don Knotts died?

wha?

[Left Is Write]

18. Here you can check a comprehensive list of deaths ...

http://dpsinfo.com/dps/2006.html

Don Knotts passed away in February.

You can also check previous years or browse alphabetically.

[Burma Jones]

6. Syd Barret, Robert Altman, Peter Boyle, Maynard Ferguson.......n/t

[KamaAina]

7. Dinerral Shavers

all over the DUniverse I can hear startled cries of "Huh?"...

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/...

Dinerral Shavers, 25, died from a gunshot to the back of his head at about 5:30 p.m. while behind the wheel of his black Chevrolet Malibu in the 2200 block of Dumaine Street, police said....

Although critically wounded, Shavers continued driving four blocks up Dumaine before stopping.

By 6 p.m., Shavers lay motionless on his back in the middle of the street just outside the open driver's side door as red and green holiday lights blinked rapidly on homes behind him, and a few patrons of the Magnolia Meat Market at the corner looked on....

Shavers was the snare drummer for the Hot 8 Brass Band and the music teacher at L.E. Rabouin High School, where he had recently begun the school's first-ever marching band. "I've got 80 kids marching -- we're making history at Rabouin," he said proudly in an interview earlier this week. The band was already booked for several Mardi Gras parades.

I gues I won't be seeing the Hot 8 next week or the following week after all. looks like the Soul Rebels for me.

But never mind about my entertainment lineup; it appears that Mr. Shavers would have been an unqualified asset to a city still struggling to preserve its unique culture, with approximately zero assistance from the repuke poweres-that-be. It isn't every day that a school down there gets its first-ever band!

[ironflange]

8. It was kinda sad the way Gerry Ford was eaten by wolves

Seriously, Ann for me.

[ForrestGump]

9. Of the choices given, it'd have to be Steve Irwin

Hit me hard, partly because of certain kinships I have with him. The disgusting behavior of certain DUers upon hearing the news, and the glimpses into their character failings that this more often than not provided, was almost as disturbing.

[L A Woman]

10. DUers overall are showing more sympathy for Saddam Hussein

than they did for Steve Irwin, Aaron Spelling, Gerald Ford and the others that had their graves danced upon in 2006...it's quite shocking, actually.

[ForrestGump]

13. Sympathy for the Devil

is not just a rock song, I guess.

[terrya]

11. I agree with you....Ann Richards.

A good Democrat, a good Governor (God, especially considering who succeeded her) and one very classy lady. I was very saddened by her death,

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

12. I voted "other" ... Peter Boyle

"Eagle" in Steelyard Blues, the monster in Young Frankenstein, good stuff.

[Deja Q]

15. Mike Evans.

Age 57 of throat cancer complications, it's a shame and he was WAY too young. He played a considerable part in the race relations struggle of the 70s (co-created Good Times and had a character named after him; was also Lionel Jefferson in "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons". Nobody else could play Lionel. Unfortunately, CBS tried to do that anyway... ) Any of his episodes and scripted commentary, the guy was sharp and suave in his approach.

[Left Is Write]

20. The second Lionel was no good.

I'm sorry he passed away so young.

[BlueIris]

16. One of my grandmas.

She was a great lady and I couldn't be with her during the last year of her life because of financial/emotional issues. I actually feel really bad about that now, as we tend to.

[Left Is Write]

19. So many of them made me sad...

Dennis Weaver
June Allyson
Mike Douglas
Jack Warden
Jane Wyatt
Ed Bradley
Robert Altman
Joseph Barbera

[Ms_Dem_Meanor]

21. My Uncle John...

He was the uncle that would do every and anything for any and everybody. It didn't matter if you were a friend or a family member. He loved everyone the same.

Rest in Peace, Uncle John!!!

[RetroLounge]

22. Joseph Barbera

I grew up watching his cartoons. My kids watch them now...

RL

[Rabrrrrrr]

23. Tim Hildebrandt or Maynard Ferguson or Anna Russell

Sad.

[Giant Robot]

32. Oh my....

I didn't know Tim Hildebrandt passed away. Very sad....

[huskerlaw]

24. My grandmother.

But out of your list, Coretta Scott King.

[Guava Jelly]

25. Dana Reeve

She was something else
Quite beautiful woman..I am not talking about her outer shell.
She stuck with Christopher through the whole saga.
Only to die of lung cancer! and she didn't smoke There is no god!!

[L A Woman]

30. it sure does make you question the existence of God, doesn't it?

...but I gotta believe...

I agree with you. That was a hard one.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

26. My aunt

Of celebrities, probably Dennis Weaver...

[KitchenWitch]

27. My cousin, at the age of 48, whose memorial was today!

[bigwillq]

28. Jim's

A good friend of mine.

An older man I knew from the little bar I always go to.

A decent, caring, intelligent, man.

Man he rest in peace.

[Nikia]

29. My grandmother

She was 83. My grandfather, her husband, described that as a young death, but it is above average. She was not afraid to die nor especially dreaded it as she observed that many young people do. I feel bad though because she took care of my sister and I quite a bit. I also feel bad because she worked so hard taking care of her husband and felt that it was her duty, but he is now finally learning to take care of himself in old age. It just doesn't seem right. It is not that I wish bad things on my grandfather. I just wish that she had an equal right to her time and her leisure. She didn't seem resentful of it at all and was a truly self less person and fought for those and causes that she felt were right.
As for people who I don't know, I read about this girl http://www.christithomas.com / and felt truly sad when I read about her life and death.
Of your list, Steve Irwin because he was fairly young, had a young family, and was in the midst of his work: wildlife conservation and bringing that to the public. Some of those others did do great things but had lived relatively full lives and should have had no regrets at their death.

[bluethruandthru]

31. Habeas Corpus!

That one really affected me. And..Jack Wild! I loved him in Oliver and H.R. Pufnstuf.

[Okiojira]

33. I just returned from the funeral of a friend/co-worker

she and her son died Xmas day in a head-on auto collision, so I'm going with "Other".

at the moment, I'm not feeling positively affected. i'm glad to have known her but i'm feeling pretty broken up right now.

[Nicole]

34. Coretta Scott King

Ann Richards would be 2nd.