PREVIOUS PROMINENT PEOPLE PASSINGS

DAVE THOMAS - Wendy's founder and TV pitchman.
AVERY SCHREIBER - Comedian, writer, semi-regular on TV's Match Game.
PETE PARISI - Creator and host of TV's World Wide Magazine.
HOWARD K. SMITH - Longtime CBS and ABC newsman, featured as news anchor on TV's V.
CHUCK JONES - Animator for Warner Bros. during the glory years of cartoons.
BASIL BOZINIS - Professional wrestler for California's UPW organization.
SPIKE MILLIGAN - British comedy actor/writer/poet, co-creator of Radio's The Goon Show.
DICK GARZA aka MIGHTY IGOR - 60s and 70s Detroit pro wrestling star.
SWEDE HANSON - Former pro wrestler, most successful in the Carolinas.
NELSON ROYAL - Former NWA World junior heavyweight wrestling champion.
ROBERT DICKS aka ROBBIE D - Recent WWF developmental wrestler.
CLAIRE DAVENPORT - British actress, featured in Filmed Cinema's Return of the Jedi.
MEL STEWART - Played Henry Jefferson on TV's All in the Family.
MAUD FARRIS-LUSE - Was world's oldest (authenticated) living person at the time of her death.
ROSETTA LENOIRE - Co-starred in TV's Gimme a Break and TV's Family Matters.
KENNETH WOLSTENHOLME - Legendary British football commentator.
DUDLEY MOORE - British comic actor/writer, teamed frequently with Peter Cook.
MILTON BERLE - Pioneer of American television as host of NBC's Texaco Star Theater.
QUEEN MOTHER ELIZABETH - That about says it all.
BARRY TOOK - British comic actor/poet, helped bring Monty Python together at the BBC.
BYRON WHITE - Former Supreme Court justice, NFL star.
RUSTY BURRELL - Bailiff in the original The People's Court, Manson Family trial.
ROBERT URICH - Star of TV's Vega$ and TV's Spenser: For Hire.
WAHOO McDANIEL - Bigtime pro wrestler of the 1970s and 1980s.
LOU THESZ - Definitely the finest professional wrestler in my lifetime.
JOE COBB - 1920s cast member of the Our Gang follies.
DAVEY BOY SMITH - Yet another bigtime pro wrestler of recent memory.
DEE DEE RAMONE - As his name suggests, member of The Ramones rock group.
"UNCLE LEONARD" LEWIS - Legend of St. Louis TV advertisements.
JACK BUCK - The king of baseball play-by-play men.
VIRGINIA McCARTHY - Longtime WGNU-AM radio personality.
RUSS CARTER - Host of KSD-TV's 1958-73 St. Louis Hop series.
RICH BARKLAGE - KSDK-TV and KEZK-FM traffic reporter.
DARRYL KILE - Top St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher.
ANN LANDERS - Longtime syndicated newspaper advice columnist.
PETE GRAY - One-armed outfielder from the 1945 St. Louis Browns.
DANIEL J. SCHULTZ - Mr. Tic-Toc, clock store owner known for St. Louis TV spots.
TED WILLIAMS - Legendary Baseball Hall-of-famer, last major-leaguer to bat over .400 in a season.
CARMEN SILVERA - Actress best known from BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo.
CHICK HEARN - Longtime voice of the Los Angeles Lakers.
DARRELL PORTER - World Series MVP catcher for the 1982 St. Louis Cardinals.
ENOS SLAUGHTER - Baseball Hall of Famer, Cardinals hero in the 1946 World Series.
JOHNNY UNITAS - Legendary Baltimore Colts QB; short haircut admired by Abe Simpson.
LAWANDA PAGE - Comedienne best known as Aunt Esther from TV's Sanford and Son.
TED PETTY - Wrestler best known as Flyboy Rocco Rock; former ECW and WCW tag champion.
WALTER H. ANNENBERG - American publisher, founder of TV Guide.
KEENE CURTIS - American actor, played recurring role as Melville's Restaurant owner on TV's Cheers.
PAUL WELLSTONE - Two-term Democratic U.S. Senator from Minnesota.
RICHARD HARRIS - Irish actor, known for recent featured role in the Harry Potter films, lifelong drunken exploits.
DARRIAN CHAPMAN - Weeknight sportscaster for Chicago's WMAQ-TV.
KAM FONG - Known best as Chin Ho on TV's Hawaii Five-O.
JASON MIZELL - Jam Master Jay, one-third of rap pioneers Run-DMC.
EDWARD "MOOSE" CHOLAK - Popular super-heavyweight wrestler of the '60s and '70s.
BILLIE BIRD - Actress known for roles in TV's Benson and TV's Dear John.
JAMES COBURN - Oscar-winning actor, voiceover artist, beer pitchman.
ROONE ARLEDGE - ABC executive, revolutionized TV sports and news with Monday Night Football, Nightline, etc.
GREG FREEMAN - Popular columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

JAMES "FAN MAN" MILLER - Infamous 1990s parasailor, believed to have died late-2002, remains located 2003.