2009's Last Farewells

As a year and decade pass, we pause to remember and pay homage one last time to some of those folks (and things) we remembered as they passed this year.

A Happy New Year to all. May it be a year of health, happiness and prosperity:

* Andrew Wyeth
* The Rocky Mountain News
* Shea Stadium
* Irving R. Levine, NBC Newsman
* Lou Saban, Football Coach
* John Hope Franklin, Scholar of African-American History
* Johnny Blanchard, Yanks' 1960's Super-Sub
* George Kell, Longtime Tiger Player & Broadcaster
* Gray Rocks Inn
* Jack Lawrence, Writer of Hot Songs ("If, I Didn't Care")
* Jimmy Boyd, Child Singer ("I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus")
* Howard Zeiff, "Spicy Meatball" Ad Man
* Hank Locklin
* Alf Pike, 1940 NY Ranger Cup Winner
* Colleen Howe
* Paul Harvey
* Bea Arthur
* Harry Kalas
* Mark Fridrych
* Les Keiper
* Herman Franks
* Saturn/Pontiac
* Les Keiter, NY Voice who re-created Giant Baseball games
* Clint Smith, Last living member of 1940 NY Ranger Stanley Cup Winner
* Dominic DiMaggio
* Irving D. Chais, Manhattan Doll Surgeon
* Analog TV
* Dusty Rhodes
* John J. Houghtaling, the inventor of the Magic Fingers vibrating bed
* Paul Haney, Voice of NASA
* 208 Year Old Hancock,Vermont Schoolhouse
* Ed McMahon
* Farrah Fawcett
* Michael Jackson
* Kodachrome
* Gale Storm
* Karl Malden
* Paul Hemphill, Chronicler of South
* Reggie Fleming
* "The Radio Station of the New York Times"
* Walter Cronkite
* Marlyn Mantle
* Eunice Shriver Kennedy
* Les Paul
* Teeder Kennedy
* Don Hewitt
* Edward M. Kennedy
* Ellie Greenwich, Songwriter ("Leader of the Pack")
* Army Archerd
* Mary Traverse
* Murray's Restaurants
* Fred Cusick
* Ben Ali, Ben's Chili Bowl
* Al Martino
* Larry Jansen, NY Giants 1951 pitcher
* Soupy Sales
* Jack Nelson, LA Times
* Bill Chadwick
* Henry Marks, Montreal Taylors
* Lou Jacobi
* Al Cervi, Hall of Fame NBA player & coach
* Carl Ballantine, Slapstick Magician & Castmember on McHale's Navy
* Tommy Henrich
* "As The World Turns"
* Lake Champlain Bridge
* Roy Disney
* Connie Hines, Mister Ed Actress
* Karl Kassels' last NPR newscast