It has been nearly six years since I received my emergency surgery for my grade IV Glioblastoma multiforme. During all this time, Sue has been my rock, and I am blessed to have her by my side.
You can look this up on Wiki, where there is a pretty good write-up on them, and where I got some of this info. Cancer cells with stem cell-like properties have been found in glioblastomas (this may be a cause of their resistance to conventional treatments, and high reoccurrence rate). The median survival time from the time of diagnosis without any treatment is 3 months, but with treatment survival of 1–2 years is common. Increasing age (> 60 years of age) carries a worse prognostic risk.
Long-term benefits have also been associated with those patients who receive surgery, radiotherapy, and temozolomide chemotherapy (which I received). However, much remains unknown about why some patients survive longer with glioblastoma. Age of under 50 is linked to longer survival in glioblastoma multiforme, as is 98%+ resection and use of temozolomide chemotherapy and better Karnofsky performance scores.
Based on existing data, for someone in my age group, I had about a 4.0% chance of surviving to the five year mark. Why and how I'm managing to beat the odds is beyond me, but I am thankful for everyday I'm still here. There is so much left to do, and I have plenty of reasons to look to the future. My family ties are the bond that keeps me strong, and I want to be around and healthy for as long as humanly possible.
With a lot of love and luck, I will still be here to dance at my granddaughters wedding.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
7 Laws of Leaness
A good friend of mine puts out a periodic newsletter. This last one covered a subject I thought worth passing on. I hope you get something good from this. I sure did.
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7 Laws of Leaness
The essential rules that separate the fat from the fit!
Why do some people seem naturally thin—able to torch cheeseburgers and never gain a pound? And why do some of us—okay, most of us—sweat and diet and sweat and diet some more, and never lose enough to get the body we want? Because those "naturally thin" people actually live by a series of rules that keep them from gaining weight. And if you know their secrets, you can enjoy meals without packing on the pounds. Follow these 7 Laws of Leanness for effortless weight loss. We’ve spent the past two decades interviewing leading experts, poring over groundbreaking studies, and grilling top athletes, trainers, and celebrities for their health and fitness advice. And we’ve learned that what separates the fit from the fat, the slim from the sloppy, the toned from the torpid, is a set of rules. And what’s amazing is that none of them involves spending hours on a treadmill, eating nothing but grapefruit and tree bark, or having part of your small intestines replaced with fiberfill. Follow these simple rules and weight loss will be automatic.
LAW #1: Lean People Don’t Diet, They Adopt a Lifestyle
Lean people practice good habits and adhere to a lifestyle that allows them to be lean and stay that way. If you are caught in a spin cycle of going into overdrive to take weight off only to return to the old habits that that made you plump out to begin with (and will most certainly return you to that same state), then you are dieting, NOT practicing a healthy lifestyle.
LAW #2: Lean People Don’t Go Fat-Free
A European study tracked nearly 90,000 people for several years and discovered that participants who tried to eat “low fat” had the same risk of being overweight as those who didn’t. You need fat in your diet to help you process certain nutrients, like vitamins A, D, and E, for example. And many “fat-free” foods are loaded with sugar, and therefore have even more calories than their full-fat cousins. Even the American Heart Association says that fat-free labels lead to higher consumption of unhealthy sweets. A bit of fat helps keep you full and satisfied. Fat-free will amp up your sugar intake and send you running back to the fridge in an hour, hungry for more.
LAW #3: Lean People Slow Down, and Sit Down to Eat
In fact, the more and the longer you sit down and enjoy your food, the leaner you’re going to be. Greek researchers recently reported that eating more slowly and savoring your meal can boost levels of two hormones that make you feel fuller.
Note: researchers at Cornell University found that when people sat down at the table with plates already set up with appropriate portions of food, they consumed up to 35 percent less than they did when eating family-style—that is, by passing serving dishes around the table.
LAW #4: Lean People Know What They’re Going to Eat Next
Planning your responses to hunger may help you shed pounds faster, say Dutch researchers. They posed their subjects questions like “If you’re hungry at 4 p.m., then . . . what?” Those who had an answer (“I’ll snack on some almonds”) were more successful at losing weight than those who didn’t have an answer.
LAW #5: Lean People Eat Protein
In a recent European study, people who ate moderately high levels of protein were twice as likely to lose weight and keep it off as those who didn’t eat much protein. A New England Journal of Medicine study looked at a variety of eating plans and discovered that eating a diet high in protein and low in refined starches (like white bread) was the most effective for weight loss. Protein works on two levels: First, you burn more calories digesting it. Second, because your body has to work harder to digest a chicken breast than, say, a Ho Ho or a bag of chips, you stay fuller longer.
LAW #6: Lean People Move Around More
Simply put, fit people augment their fitness by having fun just moving around. Scientists have a name for how you burn calories just enjoying yourself. It’s called NEAT: non-exercise activity thermogenesis. Sounds complicated, like something only policy wonks at a global warming summit are qualified to discuss. But it’s pretty simple: Pick a few activities that you enjoy, from tossing a stick for your dog to bowling with your best friend, and just do them more often. The average person makes 200 decisions every day that affect his or her weight. That means you have around 200 chances each and every day to do better, to make better choices, to improve yourself, and to make progress!
LAW #7: Lean People Watch Less TV
Instead of calling it the boob tube, maybe we should call it the man-boob tube. Of those who watch more than four hours of TV a day, nearly 30 percent have a BMI that high—the cutoff line for obesity, according to a study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. In contrast, only about 18 percent of people who watch less than two hours of TV a day have a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
In a study at the University of Vermont, overweight participants who cut their daily TV time in half (from an average of 5 hours to 2.5 hours) burned an extra 119 calories a day. And a recent study of people who successfully lost weight found that 63 percent of them watched less than 10 hours of TV a week. Want more? A study in the journal Annals of Behavioral Medicine reported that lean people have an average of 2.6 television sets in their homes. Overweight people have an average of 3.4. Finally, researchers in Australia recently discovered that every hour in front of the television trims 22 minutes from your life. Yikes!
This is a great subject and worth evaluating in your own life.
More on this later...
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7 Laws of Leaness
The essential rules that separate the fat from the fit!
Why do some people seem naturally thin—able to torch cheeseburgers and never gain a pound? And why do some of us—okay, most of us—sweat and diet and sweat and diet some more, and never lose enough to get the body we want? Because those "naturally thin" people actually live by a series of rules that keep them from gaining weight. And if you know their secrets, you can enjoy meals without packing on the pounds. Follow these 7 Laws of Leanness for effortless weight loss. We’ve spent the past two decades interviewing leading experts, poring over groundbreaking studies, and grilling top athletes, trainers, and celebrities for their health and fitness advice. And we’ve learned that what separates the fit from the fat, the slim from the sloppy, the toned from the torpid, is a set of rules. And what’s amazing is that none of them involves spending hours on a treadmill, eating nothing but grapefruit and tree bark, or having part of your small intestines replaced with fiberfill. Follow these simple rules and weight loss will be automatic.
LAW #1: Lean People Don’t Diet, They Adopt a Lifestyle
Lean people practice good habits and adhere to a lifestyle that allows them to be lean and stay that way. If you are caught in a spin cycle of going into overdrive to take weight off only to return to the old habits that that made you plump out to begin with (and will most certainly return you to that same state), then you are dieting, NOT practicing a healthy lifestyle.
LAW #2: Lean People Don’t Go Fat-Free
A European study tracked nearly 90,000 people for several years and discovered that participants who tried to eat “low fat” had the same risk of being overweight as those who didn’t. You need fat in your diet to help you process certain nutrients, like vitamins A, D, and E, for example. And many “fat-free” foods are loaded with sugar, and therefore have even more calories than their full-fat cousins. Even the American Heart Association says that fat-free labels lead to higher consumption of unhealthy sweets. A bit of fat helps keep you full and satisfied. Fat-free will amp up your sugar intake and send you running back to the fridge in an hour, hungry for more.
LAW #3: Lean People Slow Down, and Sit Down to Eat
In fact, the more and the longer you sit down and enjoy your food, the leaner you’re going to be. Greek researchers recently reported that eating more slowly and savoring your meal can boost levels of two hormones that make you feel fuller.
Note: researchers at Cornell University found that when people sat down at the table with plates already set up with appropriate portions of food, they consumed up to 35 percent less than they did when eating family-style—that is, by passing serving dishes around the table.
LAW #4: Lean People Know What They’re Going to Eat Next
Planning your responses to hunger may help you shed pounds faster, say Dutch researchers. They posed their subjects questions like “If you’re hungry at 4 p.m., then . . . what?” Those who had an answer (“I’ll snack on some almonds”) were more successful at losing weight than those who didn’t have an answer.
LAW #5: Lean People Eat Protein
In a recent European study, people who ate moderately high levels of protein were twice as likely to lose weight and keep it off as those who didn’t eat much protein. A New England Journal of Medicine study looked at a variety of eating plans and discovered that eating a diet high in protein and low in refined starches (like white bread) was the most effective for weight loss. Protein works on two levels: First, you burn more calories digesting it. Second, because your body has to work harder to digest a chicken breast than, say, a Ho Ho or a bag of chips, you stay fuller longer.
LAW #6: Lean People Move Around More
Simply put, fit people augment their fitness by having fun just moving around. Scientists have a name for how you burn calories just enjoying yourself. It’s called NEAT: non-exercise activity thermogenesis. Sounds complicated, like something only policy wonks at a global warming summit are qualified to discuss. But it’s pretty simple: Pick a few activities that you enjoy, from tossing a stick for your dog to bowling with your best friend, and just do them more often. The average person makes 200 decisions every day that affect his or her weight. That means you have around 200 chances each and every day to do better, to make better choices, to improve yourself, and to make progress!
LAW #7: Lean People Watch Less TV
Instead of calling it the boob tube, maybe we should call it the man-boob tube. Of those who watch more than four hours of TV a day, nearly 30 percent have a BMI that high—the cutoff line for obesity, according to a study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. In contrast, only about 18 percent of people who watch less than two hours of TV a day have a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
In a study at the University of Vermont, overweight participants who cut their daily TV time in half (from an average of 5 hours to 2.5 hours) burned an extra 119 calories a day. And a recent study of people who successfully lost weight found that 63 percent of them watched less than 10 hours of TV a week. Want more? A study in the journal Annals of Behavioral Medicine reported that lean people have an average of 2.6 television sets in their homes. Overweight people have an average of 3.4. Finally, researchers in Australia recently discovered that every hour in front of the television trims 22 minutes from your life. Yikes!
This is a great subject and worth evaluating in your own life.
More on this later...
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Not enough weekend
So it's Sunday... it's overcast outside, making me slightly demotivated to get out back and do a little yard clean up. I'm trying to watch some football, evaluate some bokkens for a guy back in Iowa, start one of the books I just bought from Amazon, set up the new iPod Shuffle I got, because my Nano has to be sent back to Apple for a recall issue, clean up the garage, so I can take down the last baseboards to finish the wood flooring project in the family room, and find some time to relax with the time I have left. By the time Monday rolls around and it's time to go back to work, I'm wondering where the weekend went, and why I'm so tired. Ha, ha... yeah right.
I just posted a couple old pencil drawings on facebook, but I'd like to tell a little story about them first.
Back even before I joined the Navy, I became an aspiring artist.
In high school, I dreamed of becoming an architect. Frank Lloyd Wright was an early role model of mine, and I read and collected everything I could on him. I visited Taliesin West and was convinced that this was what I wanted to do as a career. Unfortunately, my dismal GPA and the ever present draft for the Vietnam War, kept me from pursuing anything close to this.
In an effort to satisfy my artistic side, I started taking commercial art classes and messing around with freehand media.
I was a huge Ed "Big Daddy" Roth fan (still am). In high school, I met him at a car show at the state fair grounds, and was so overwhelmed by it, that when I finally had the chance to talk with him, I couldn't think of a thing to say or ask.
Anyway, while I was studying art when in the Navy in 1972 at UCSD, among other things, I made numerous pencil drawings. I had a lot of free time while on the ships during our Vietnam tours' of duty, so I needed something to take my mind away from everything going on around me. These are the only two I did that survived until now. My dreams of becoming an artist were there for many years, but never quite managed to go from interested amateur, to the real thing. Life has a way of twisting your hopes toward other directions, and although I still have a mild interest, I just don't have the time to pursue it. These are just the some of the remnants of times gone by. I hope you enjoy them.
This first is one I drew of my sister. It's obvious I looked at her with a teenage outlook of a sibling. I need to give this to her. I think she'd enjoy seeing how much she has changed.
I'm not sure about the history of the second one. Vietnam was certainly on my mind, so I can only assume its impressions were strong in me.
I just posted a couple old pencil drawings on facebook, but I'd like to tell a little story about them first.
Back even before I joined the Navy, I became an aspiring artist.
In high school, I dreamed of becoming an architect. Frank Lloyd Wright was an early role model of mine, and I read and collected everything I could on him. I visited Taliesin West and was convinced that this was what I wanted to do as a career. Unfortunately, my dismal GPA and the ever present draft for the Vietnam War, kept me from pursuing anything close to this.
In an effort to satisfy my artistic side, I started taking commercial art classes and messing around with freehand media.
I was a huge Ed "Big Daddy" Roth fan (still am). In high school, I met him at a car show at the state fair grounds, and was so overwhelmed by it, that when I finally had the chance to talk with him, I couldn't think of a thing to say or ask.
Anyway, while I was studying art when in the Navy in 1972 at UCSD, among other things, I made numerous pencil drawings. I had a lot of free time while on the ships during our Vietnam tours' of duty, so I needed something to take my mind away from everything going on around me. These are the only two I did that survived until now. My dreams of becoming an artist were there for many years, but never quite managed to go from interested amateur, to the real thing. Life has a way of twisting your hopes toward other directions, and although I still have a mild interest, I just don't have the time to pursue it. These are just the some of the remnants of times gone by. I hope you enjoy them.
This first is one I drew of my sister. It's obvious I looked at her with a teenage outlook of a sibling. I need to give this to her. I think she'd enjoy seeing how much she has changed.
I'm not sure about the history of the second one. Vietnam was certainly on my mind, so I can only assume its impressions were strong in me.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Left to my thoughts
I'm sitting at the kitchen table, having taken the day off to move things back after our partial remodel, and getting ready to go see a friend I haven't seen in almost 40 years.
While I'm waiting for Home depot to open, I took the time to clean up all of the posts on this blog. I removed a pile of them posted, but not written by me. The soap box is closed for a bit, but I'm sure it will be back. I left a few tidbits worth pondering.
What is left are mostly my own... things meant to induce some sort of introspective mood. I haven't written much in a while. With the remodel of the place, a granddaughter than demands I spoil her, and assorted other distractions, I've left things like this blog to sit and wait. I intend to get back to it, but my attention is still being drawn away to pursue the follow-up list of projects that always come after a big job is nearing its end.
Writing is one of those outlets I don't do near enough. So many ideas, but so little time to get them out.
Sois sage
While I'm waiting for Home depot to open, I took the time to clean up all of the posts on this blog. I removed a pile of them posted, but not written by me. The soap box is closed for a bit, but I'm sure it will be back. I left a few tidbits worth pondering.
What is left are mostly my own... things meant to induce some sort of introspective mood. I haven't written much in a while. With the remodel of the place, a granddaughter than demands I spoil her, and assorted other distractions, I've left things like this blog to sit and wait. I intend to get back to it, but my attention is still being drawn away to pursue the follow-up list of projects that always come after a big job is nearing its end.
Writing is one of those outlets I don't do near enough. So many ideas, but so little time to get them out.
Sois sage
Thursday, February 10, 2011
May I have your attention please!
May I have your attention please! This is an important notice, that will be effective until further notice: With the current economic situation, and because of the energy crisis, the light at the end of the tunnel will be put out.
Saturday, January 01, 2011
Who we lost in the last six months of 2010
So we're reached the end of another year. It's been especially an challenging one for many of us, but we got through it and look forward to making 2011 a better one. We set aside our thoughts and look toward what great thing will come for us.
As we peer into the future, we also need to take a breath and look back at where we have been. We lost some memorable people in 2010, and although a few of their names will appear on occasion in the future, there is a good chance that most of them, except for a few that knew them intimately, will vanish into obscurity with barely a whisper. Some have influenced our lives, while others did not spark any recognition at all.
Below is the same limited selection of names I have compiled before. I am familiar with some names on this list, but was surprised to see others. It was only in their passing, that I can recognize their significance, and what contributions they made. Read through the list, see how many you know. Take a moment to look up some of the ones you don't, and honor their memory. We owe them that much.
July 2010
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Jul 4 - John Hampton, 103, American philanthropist, co-founder of Toys for Tots.
Jul 5 - Jim Bohlen, 84, American-born Canadian environmentalist, founder of Greenpeace.
Jul 8 - Maria Olivia da Silva, 130?, Brazilian supercentenarian and oldest citizen claimant. (Portuguese)
Jul 8 - Thomas C. Peebles, 89, American physician, isolated the measles virus.
Jul 9 - Nobuyoshi Tamura, 77, Japanese aikidoka, cancer.
Jul 11 - Stuart F. Feldman, 73, American lawyer and lobbyist, co-founded the Vietnam Veterans of America, pneumonia.
Jul 13 - George Steinbrenner, 80, American baseball team owner (New York Yankees), heart attack.
Jul 13 - Vernon Baker, 90, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient, cancer.
Jul 14 - Seymour London, 95, American doctor, invented automatic sphygmomanometer, heart disease.
Jul 17 - Shirley Silvey, 82, American animator (The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, Dudley Do-Right Show, George of the Jungle), heart failure.
Jul 19 - David Warren, 85, Australian inventor of the flight data recorder.
Jul 23 - Daniel Schorr, 93, American journalist (CBS News, National Public Radio).
Jul 23 - Dorothy Stowe, 89, American-born Canadian activist, co-founder of Greenpeace.
Jul 29 - Zheng Ji, 110, Chinese nutritionist and biochemist, world's oldest professor. (Chinese)
August 2010
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Aug 5 - Jürgen Oesten, 96, German seaman, U-boat commander during World War II.
Aug 6 - David C. Dolby, 64, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.
Aug 8 - Patricia Neal, 84, American actress, 1964 Academy Award winner (Hud), lung cancer.
Aug 13 - Edwin Newman, 91, American journalist and newscaster (NBC News), pneumonia.
Aug 14 - Abbey Lincoln, 80, American jazz singer and actress (For Love of Ivy, Nothing But a Man).
Aug 18 - Kenny Edwards, 64, American singer-songwriter (The Stone Poneys), prostate cancer.
Aug 19 - Ahna Capri, 66, American actress (Enter the Dragon), car accident.
Aug 20 - Jack Horkheimer, 72, American public television host (Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer), executive director of Miami Planetarium, respiratory ailment.
Aug 21 - Chloé Graftiaux, 23, Belgian rock climber, mountaineering accident.
Aug 23 - George David Weiss, 89, American composer ("What a Wonderful World", "Can't Help Falling in Love", "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"), natural causes.
Aug 23 - Marcel Albert, 92, French aviator, World War II flying ace.
Aug 26 - Walter Wolfrum, 87, German World War II Luftwaffe fighter ace.
Aug 29 - Peter Lenz, 13, American motorcycle racer, collision.
Aug 30 - Francisco Varallo, 100, Argentine footballer, last surviving participant in the 1930 FIFA World Cup.
September 2010
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Sep 3 - Mike Edwards, 62, English cellist (Electric Light Orchestra), car accident.
Sep 7 - Glenn Shadix, 58, American actor (Beetlejuice, The Nightmare Before Christmas), fall.
Sep 8 - Allen Dale June, 91, American original Navajo code talker.
Sep 9 - Bunny Summers, 86, American actress (Re-Animator, The Last Starfighter), after brief illness.
Sep 10 - Billie Mae Richards, 88, Canadian voice actress (The Care Bears Movie, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Rudolph's Shiny New Year), stroke.
Sep 11 - Harold Gould, 86, American actor (The Sting, Rhoda, The Golden Girls), prostate cancer.
Sep 20 - Leonard Skinner, 77, American school teacher, namesake of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Alzheimer's disease.
Sep 22 - Eddie Fisher, 82, American singer and entertainer, complications from hip surgery.
Sep 26 - Gloria Stuart, 100, American film actress (The Invisible Man, Titanic), respiratory failure.
Sep 29 - Tony Curtis, 85, American actor (Some Like It Hot, Spartacus, The Defiant Ones), cardiac arrest.
October 2010
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Oct 10 - Louis F. Bantle, 81, American chairman of U.S. Tobacco Company, lung cancer and emphysema.
Oct 14 - Benoît Mandelbrot, 85, Polish-born American mathematician, pioneer of the study of fractals, pancreatic cancer.
Oct 15 - Georges Mathé, 88, French oncologist and immunologist, bone marrow transplant pioneer.
Oct 15 - Mildred Fay Jefferson, 84, American pro-life activist, first black woman to graduate from Harvard Medical School.
Oct 16 - Barbara Billingsley, 94, American actress (Leave It to Beaver).
Oct 19 - Tom Bosley, 83, American actor (Happy Days, Father Dowling Mysteries), heart failure.
Oct 22 - Alex Anderson, 90, American cartoonist, created characters for The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show and Crusader Rabbit.
Oct 28 - James MacArthur, 72, American actor (Hawaii Five-O, Swiss Family Robinson), natural causes.
November 2010
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Nov 1 - Ernesto Presas, 65, Filipino martial arts grandmaster.
Nov 3 - Jim Clench, 61, Canadian bass guitarist (April Wine, Bachman–Turner Overdrive), lung cancer.
Nov 5 - Jill Clayburgh, 66, American actress (An Unmarried Woman, Ally McBeal, Dirty Sexy Money), chronic leukemia.
Nov 15 - William Self, 89, American actor and television production manager (Batman, Lost in Space, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea), heart attack.
Nov 27 - Irvin Kershner, 87, American film director (Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Never Say Never Again), lung cancer.
Nov 28 - Leslie Nielsen, 84, Canadian-born American actor (Airplane!, The Naked Gun), pneumonia.
December 2010
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Dec 4 - Pamela Bryant, 51, American model, actress (H.O.T.S.), and Playboy Playmate of the Month (April 1978), natural causes.
Dec 15 - Blake Edwards, 88, American film director, producer and screenwriter (The Pink Panther, Breakfast at Tiffany's), pneumonia.
Dec 17 - Captain Beefheart, 69, American rock musician and artist (Trout Mask Replica), complications from multiple sclerosis.
Dec 20 - Steve Landesberg, 74, American actor (Barney Miller, Forgetting Sarah Marshall), colorectal cancer.
Dec 21 - Ernie Tripke, 88, American police officer, first responder to James Dean crash, heart and lung problems.
Dec 26 - Teena Marie, 54, American singer and composer.
Dec 26 - Albert Ghiorso, 95, American nuclear scientist, co-discovered twelve chemical elements.
Dec 27 - Grant McCune, 67, American Academy Award-winning visual effects artist (Star Wars), pancreatic cancer.
Dec 29 - Brigitte Burdine, 48, American video game developer (World of Warcraft, Killzone 2), hit-and-run accident.
Dec 31 - Onie Ponder, 112, American supercentenarian.
As we peer into the future, we also need to take a breath and look back at where we have been. We lost some memorable people in 2010, and although a few of their names will appear on occasion in the future, there is a good chance that most of them, except for a few that knew them intimately, will vanish into obscurity with barely a whisper. Some have influenced our lives, while others did not spark any recognition at all.
Below is the same limited selection of names I have compiled before. I am familiar with some names on this list, but was surprised to see others. It was only in their passing, that I can recognize their significance, and what contributions they made. Read through the list, see how many you know. Take a moment to look up some of the ones you don't, and honor their memory. We owe them that much.
July 2010
===============
Jul 4 - John Hampton, 103, American philanthropist, co-founder of Toys for Tots.
Jul 5 - Jim Bohlen, 84, American-born Canadian environmentalist, founder of Greenpeace.
Jul 8 - Maria Olivia da Silva, 130?, Brazilian supercentenarian and oldest citizen claimant. (Portuguese)
Jul 8 - Thomas C. Peebles, 89, American physician, isolated the measles virus.
Jul 9 - Nobuyoshi Tamura, 77, Japanese aikidoka, cancer.
Jul 11 - Stuart F. Feldman, 73, American lawyer and lobbyist, co-founded the Vietnam Veterans of America, pneumonia.
Jul 13 - George Steinbrenner, 80, American baseball team owner (New York Yankees), heart attack.
Jul 13 - Vernon Baker, 90, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient, cancer.
Jul 14 - Seymour London, 95, American doctor, invented automatic sphygmomanometer, heart disease.
Jul 17 - Shirley Silvey, 82, American animator (The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, Dudley Do-Right Show, George of the Jungle), heart failure.
Jul 19 - David Warren, 85, Australian inventor of the flight data recorder.
Jul 23 - Daniel Schorr, 93, American journalist (CBS News, National Public Radio).
Jul 23 - Dorothy Stowe, 89, American-born Canadian activist, co-founder of Greenpeace.
Jul 29 - Zheng Ji, 110, Chinese nutritionist and biochemist, world's oldest professor. (Chinese)
August 2010
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Aug 5 - Jürgen Oesten, 96, German seaman, U-boat commander during World War II.
Aug 6 - David C. Dolby, 64, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.
Aug 8 - Patricia Neal, 84, American actress, 1964 Academy Award winner (Hud), lung cancer.
Aug 13 - Edwin Newman, 91, American journalist and newscaster (NBC News), pneumonia.
Aug 14 - Abbey Lincoln, 80, American jazz singer and actress (For Love of Ivy, Nothing But a Man).
Aug 18 - Kenny Edwards, 64, American singer-songwriter (The Stone Poneys), prostate cancer.
Aug 19 - Ahna Capri, 66, American actress (Enter the Dragon), car accident.
Aug 20 - Jack Horkheimer, 72, American public television host (Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer), executive director of Miami Planetarium, respiratory ailment.
Aug 21 - Chloé Graftiaux, 23, Belgian rock climber, mountaineering accident.
Aug 23 - George David Weiss, 89, American composer ("What a Wonderful World", "Can't Help Falling in Love", "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"), natural causes.
Aug 23 - Marcel Albert, 92, French aviator, World War II flying ace.
Aug 26 - Walter Wolfrum, 87, German World War II Luftwaffe fighter ace.
Aug 29 - Peter Lenz, 13, American motorcycle racer, collision.
Aug 30 - Francisco Varallo, 100, Argentine footballer, last surviving participant in the 1930 FIFA World Cup.
September 2010
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Sep 3 - Mike Edwards, 62, English cellist (Electric Light Orchestra), car accident.
Sep 7 - Glenn Shadix, 58, American actor (Beetlejuice, The Nightmare Before Christmas), fall.
Sep 8 - Allen Dale June, 91, American original Navajo code talker.
Sep 9 - Bunny Summers, 86, American actress (Re-Animator, The Last Starfighter), after brief illness.
Sep 10 - Billie Mae Richards, 88, Canadian voice actress (The Care Bears Movie, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Rudolph's Shiny New Year), stroke.
Sep 11 - Harold Gould, 86, American actor (The Sting, Rhoda, The Golden Girls), prostate cancer.
Sep 20 - Leonard Skinner, 77, American school teacher, namesake of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Alzheimer's disease.
Sep 22 - Eddie Fisher, 82, American singer and entertainer, complications from hip surgery.
Sep 26 - Gloria Stuart, 100, American film actress (The Invisible Man, Titanic), respiratory failure.
Sep 29 - Tony Curtis, 85, American actor (Some Like It Hot, Spartacus, The Defiant Ones), cardiac arrest.
October 2010
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Oct 10 - Louis F. Bantle, 81, American chairman of U.S. Tobacco Company, lung cancer and emphysema.
Oct 14 - Benoît Mandelbrot, 85, Polish-born American mathematician, pioneer of the study of fractals, pancreatic cancer.
Oct 15 - Georges Mathé, 88, French oncologist and immunologist, bone marrow transplant pioneer.
Oct 15 - Mildred Fay Jefferson, 84, American pro-life activist, first black woman to graduate from Harvard Medical School.
Oct 16 - Barbara Billingsley, 94, American actress (Leave It to Beaver).
Oct 19 - Tom Bosley, 83, American actor (Happy Days, Father Dowling Mysteries), heart failure.
Oct 22 - Alex Anderson, 90, American cartoonist, created characters for The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show and Crusader Rabbit.
Oct 28 - James MacArthur, 72, American actor (Hawaii Five-O, Swiss Family Robinson), natural causes.
November 2010
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Nov 1 - Ernesto Presas, 65, Filipino martial arts grandmaster.
Nov 3 - Jim Clench, 61, Canadian bass guitarist (April Wine, Bachman–Turner Overdrive), lung cancer.
Nov 5 - Jill Clayburgh, 66, American actress (An Unmarried Woman, Ally McBeal, Dirty Sexy Money), chronic leukemia.
Nov 15 - William Self, 89, American actor and television production manager (Batman, Lost in Space, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea), heart attack.
Nov 27 - Irvin Kershner, 87, American film director (Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Never Say Never Again), lung cancer.
Nov 28 - Leslie Nielsen, 84, Canadian-born American actor (Airplane!, The Naked Gun), pneumonia.
December 2010
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Dec 4 - Pamela Bryant, 51, American model, actress (H.O.T.S.), and Playboy Playmate of the Month (April 1978), natural causes.
Dec 15 - Blake Edwards, 88, American film director, producer and screenwriter (The Pink Panther, Breakfast at Tiffany's), pneumonia.
Dec 17 - Captain Beefheart, 69, American rock musician and artist (Trout Mask Replica), complications from multiple sclerosis.
Dec 20 - Steve Landesberg, 74, American actor (Barney Miller, Forgetting Sarah Marshall), colorectal cancer.
Dec 21 - Ernie Tripke, 88, American police officer, first responder to James Dean crash, heart and lung problems.
Dec 26 - Teena Marie, 54, American singer and composer.
Dec 26 - Albert Ghiorso, 95, American nuclear scientist, co-discovered twelve chemical elements.
Dec 27 - Grant McCune, 67, American Academy Award-winning visual effects artist (Star Wars), pancreatic cancer.
Dec 29 - Brigitte Burdine, 48, American video game developer (World of Warcraft, Killzone 2), hit-and-run accident.
Dec 31 - Onie Ponder, 112, American supercentenarian.
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