From:    Albertus Magnus                        Area: Metaphysical
To:      All                                    11 Jan 94 21:28:22
Subject: The Year in Death: 1/4                 UpdReq 

   THE YEAR IN DEATH/1993
 The world still hasn't found its limit for senseless carnage, and 1993
 saw some truly ugly stuff: savage atrocities in Bosnia, self-destruction
 as a political weapon in Somalia, extremists in Ireland and Israel doing
 their damnedest to defeat any attempt to stop the violence in their
 respective homelands because those efforts will not lead to Heaven on
 Earth delivered yesterday.
     International terrorism made it to U.S. soil with the bombing of the
 World Trade Center, apparently by Islamic fundamentalists. Most of the
 mayhem here, however, tended to be on a smaller scale, though no more
 sensical. There were a dozen instances of husbands or boyfriends
 shooting their estranged lovers inside court houses, a lunatic
 slaughtered commuters on an LIRR train, a right-to-lifer shot an
 abortionist dead, a NYC teenager hired an acquaintance to shoot his
 pregnant 15-year-old girlfriend as an alternative to an abortion (or
 actually having the child), several more postal workers gunned down
 co-workers, and on and on.
     And lest we get the impression that only thugs and lunatics have
 been letting loose rivers of blood, we should remember the massacre in
 Waco by the Feds. We are not going to miss DAVID KORESH at all, but
 there were 50 other people in that compound, and summary execution isn't
 the way things are done in this country. Also last year, it was finally
 proven that President RONALD REAGAN was lying repeatedly when he denied
 repeatedly that U.S.-trained and U.S.-funded Salvadoran death squads --
 er, ``freedom fighters'' -- wiped out a village of over 700 civilians in
 1982.
     Last year, three separate studies (that we're aware of) determined
 that the availability of the means of suicide increases the likelihood
 that someone will kill themself: specificially, the mere presence of a
 firearm in a household is a strong contributing factor in suicide. These
 and other studies came to the startling conclusion that you're more
 likely to die if you're shot rather than being wounded in some other way.
     Does any of this mean we should try to reduce the number of guns out
 there? Heavens, no. Even measures designed to keep guns out of the hands
 of convicted felons and children could maybe possibly inconvenience a
 lawful gun owner or two. So maybe KRS-ONE does have the only realistic
 philosophy: make sure you have more powerful weaponry than the people
 who bug you, and if they persist, kill them. Reminds us of that upstate
 New York woman who shot and wounded a fireman when he broke down her
 door to put out a fire, or that Baton Rouge homeowner who killed a
 Japanese exchange student for ringing his doorbell. God save us from
 people protecting themselves. The Brady Bill passed, a long overdue gesture.
     So why dwell on death? It's true, what we do here at TWID is a
 smidge ghoulish. Death is frightening. But the death of a celebrity has
 a different resonance from the death of a person close to us. We live,
 if only a little bit, through celebrities. Most of us aren't likely to
 go into space, or regularly hit jumpers from 30 feet out, or write a
 novel that tells the rest of us something we don't know about ourselves,
 but how can we not feel a vicarious thrill when someone else does? It's
 indication that any human endeavor is achievable by any human, even us.
 And even if that isn't true, that's what vicariousness (vicariocity?
 vicariability?) is for. Not to mention imagination.
     We measure ourselves against public figures. Would we sell tons of
 cocaine to strangers to support our dirt-poor neighbors (and ourselves)
 on the proceeds, like PABLO ESCOBAR, or cover for a felonious president,
 as did BOB HALDEMAN? Would we be brave enough to make a bombing run over
 enemy territory knowing that capture or death was a near certainty, like
 JIMMY DOOLITTLE?
     Why do we identify with celebrities? Maybe it's because the
 celebrities we most cherish embody qualities that we most admire -- and
 sometimes even aspire to. Mourning their deaths is an act of
 recapitulating what is best in the human heart -- such as the simple
 dignity of HELEN HAYES, the mischievousness of GEORGE ``Spanky''
 MCFARLAND, the elegance and charity of AUDREY HEPBURN, the inspired
 dreaming of FEDERICO FELLINI, the thrill of discovery -- that is to say,
 of life -- of LEWIS THOMAS, the uncompromising demand for justice of
 THURGOOD MARSHALL, the decency of ARTHUR ASHE, the exuberance of DIZZY
 GILLESPIE. We'll remember them all, and for very good reason.
     The list below is not comprehensive, but it's close.

 --``Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to
 have nothing whatever to do with it.''       -- Somerset Maugham


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From:    Albertus Magnus                        Area: Metaphysical
To:      All                                    11 Jan 94 21:28:44
Subject: The Year in Death: 2/4                 UpdReq 

 ACTORS/PERFORMING ARTS:
 DON AMECHE (85). LEON AMES (91), Wilbur's nosy neighbor on ``Mr. Ed.''
 ANDRE THE GIANT (46). BERNARD BARROW (65), Johnny Ryan on ``Ryan's
 Hope.'' BILL BIXBY (59). RAYMOND BURR (76). CANTINFLAS (81). DORIAN
 COREY (56), ``Paris is Burning.'' CYRIL CUSACK (82). DON DEFORE (80),
 Mr. B on ``Hazel.'' CURLEY JOE DERITA (83). JAMES DONALD (76). JOSE
 DUVAL (72), ``Juan Valdez.'' FRITZ FELD (93). DAVE FUCCELLO (56), Sen.
 Culver from ``Dallas.'' STEWART GRANGER (80). FRED GWYNNE (66). MOSES
 GUNN (64). HAROLD INNOCENT (60). RICHARD JORDAN (56). BRANDON LEE (27).
 PINKY LEE (85). GEORGE MCFARLAND (64). GARRY MOORE (78). RIVER PHOENIX
 (23). VINCENT PRICE (82). DAVIS ROBERTS (76). DAN SEYMOUR (78), Abdul
 the bouncer in ``Casablanca.'' RAY SHARKEY (40). HERVE VILLECHAIZE (50).
 SAM WANAMAKER (74), RICHARD WARING (82). RICHARD WEBB (77), ``Captain
 Midnight.'' SKIP YOUNG (63), Wally from ``The Ozzie and Harriet Show.''
 ACTRESSES/PERFORMING ARTS:
 ADRIANNE ALLEN (86). MINNIE GENTRY (77). LILLIAN GISH (99). HELEN HAYES
 (92). AUDREY HEPBURN (63). ZITA JOHANN (89). RUBY KEELER (82). LOUISE
 KIBBEE (71), ``The Edge of Night.'' EUGENIE LEONTOVICH (93). MYRNA LOY
 (88). JANET MARGOLIN (50). CLAUDIA MCNEIL (77). KATE REID (62). ANNE
 SHIRLEY (74). ALEXIS SMITH (72). GLADYS WALTON (90).
 PRODUCERS/DIRECTORS:
 EMILE ARDOLINO (50). JAMES BRIDGES (75). FEDERICO FELLINI (73). DUNCAN
 GIBBONS (41). CHARLES LAMONT (98), director: Abbott and Costello.
 ALEXANDER MACKENDRICK (81). JOSEPH MANKIEWICZ (83). ISHIRO HONDA (81).
 ED JURIST (76), producer: ``The Flying Nun.'' SAM ROLFE (69), producer:
 ``The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' RICHARD SCHMIECHEN (45).
 WRITERS/PUBLISHERS:
 ANTHONY BURGESS (76), NINA BERBEROVA (92). LESLIE CHARTERIS (85). AVRAM
 DAVIDSON (NA). LILLIAN DE LA TORRE (91). PETER DE VRIES (83). LESTER DEL
 REY (77). MANUAL DA FONSECA (81). CYNTHIA K. GILLESPIE (51),
 ``Justifiable Homicide: Battered Women, Self Defense, and the Law.''
 PENELOPE GILLIAT (NA). WILLIAM GOLDING (82). JOYCE HABER (60 or 62),
 gossip columnist. WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST JR. (85), journalist. JAMES
 LEO HERLIHY (66). JOHN HERSEY (78). VICTORIA HOLT (83 or 87). IRVING
 HOWE (72), editor of Dissent. ABEN KANDEL (96), screenplay of ``I Was a
 Teen-Age Werewolf.'' MICHAEL KANIN (83), co-wrote ``Woman of the Year''
 (younger brother of GARSON). MARGARET LANDON (90). ANITA MARTINI (54),
 first female journalist admitted to a major league baseball locker room.
 C. NORTHCOTE PARKINSON (83). JOSEPH PULITZER JR. (80), publisher.
 RICHARD SALE (80). HARRISON SALISBURY (84), journalist. GEORGE SHEEHAN
 (74). WILLIAM L. SHIRER (89). WILLIAM EDGAR STAFFORD (79). WALLACE ist.
 LEWIS THOMAS (80).
 POLITICS (world):
 ALEXANDRA, Queen of Yugoslavia (71). JOZSEF ANTALL (61), Hungarian Prime
 Minister. BAUDOUIN (62), King of Belgium. PIERRE BEREGOVOY (67), former
 Prime Minister of France (suicide). JUAN DE BORBON (79), claimant to
 Spanish throne. RATU SIR PENAIA GANILAU (75), first President of Fiji.
 FELIX HOUPHOUET-BOIGNY (88-plus), President of the Ivory Coast. SALAH
 JADID (63), former Syrian leader. LUIS KUTNER (84), co-founder of
 Amnesty International. GUY MALARY (50), Justice Minister of Haiti
 (assassinated). KASDI MERBAH (55) former prime minister of Algeria
 (assassinated). CAPT. ERIC NAVE (94), broke Japan's military codes
 during World War II. HEDI NOUIRA (81), former premier of Tunisia. JUAN
 JESUS CARDINAL POSADAS OCAMPO (66), Archbishop of Guadalajara (killed in
 drug gang shoot-out). TARGUT OZAL (66), president of Turkey. VIKTOR
 POLYANICHKO (54), a Russian prime minister (assassinated). RANASINGHE
 PREMADASA (68), president of Sri Lanka (assassinated). . KAKUEI TANAKA
 (75), Prime Minister of Japan 1972-74. SIR DICK WHITE (87), former head
 of MI5.
 POLITICS (U.S.):
 CESAR CHAVEZ (66). JOHN CONNALLY (76). JAMES H. DOOLITTLE (96). VINCENT
 W. FOSTER JR. (46), deputy White House Counsel (suicide). GERHARD GESELL
 (82), judge who presided over Watergate and Pentagon Papers cases. DAVID
 GUNN (47) abortionist (assassinated). H.R. ``BOB'' HALDEMAN (67). Rep.
 PAUL HENRY (51). FRANK LEMAY (36), State Department economist who warned
 of Iraq's nuclear build-up. PATRICK LIPPERT (35), director of Rock The
 Vote. THURGOOD MARSHALL (84). Gov. GEORGE S. MICKELSON (52). Gen.
 MATTHEW B. RIDGEWAY (98). Gen. ROSCOE ROBINSON JR. (64). Rep. WILL
 ROGERS JR. (81). Sen. ROBERT A. TAFT JR. (76). ROBERT WAGNER JR. (49),
 former deputy mayor of New York.
 DANCERS/CHOREOGRAPHERS:
 GARY DELOATCH (40), dancer with Alvin Ailey. AGNES DE MILLE (88). ALWIN
 NIKOLAIS (82). RUDOLF NUREYEV (54).


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From:    Albertus Magnus                        Area: Metaphysical
To:      All                                    11 Jan 94 21:29:00
Subject: The Year in Death: 3/4                 UpdReq 

 MUSICIANS/COMPOSERS/VOCALISTS:
 MARIAN ANDERSON (96). MARIO BAUZA (82). SAMMY CAHN (79). TOY CALDWELL
 (45), Marshall Tucker Band. JOHN CAMPBELL (41). BORIS CHRISTOFF (79),
 bass. MIKE CLARKE (49), drummer for The Byrds. ALBERT COLLINS (61). BOB
 CROSBY (80), BING's younger brother. ROCKIN' DOPSIE (61). BILLY ECKSTINE
 (78). DIZZY GILLESPIE (75). ADELAIDE HALL (92). ERSKINE HAWKINS (79).
 MIECZYSLAW HORSZOWSKI (100), pianist. DOUGLAS HOPKINS (32), the Gin
 Blossoms. CLIFFORD JORDAN (61). STEVE PHILIP JORDAN (74). HECTOR LAVOE
 (46). ERICH LEINSDORF (81). LEBERT LOMBARDO (88), GUY's younger brother.
 CARLOS MONTOYA (89), flamenco guitarist. HELEN O'CONNELL (73). MITCHELL
 PARISH (92), wrote ``Volare.'' SUN RA (79). MICK RONSON (46). ALEXANDER
 SCHNEIDER (84), violinist. RICHARD TEE (NA). JAMES (SON) THOMAS (66).
 TATYANA TROYANOS (54), mezzo-soprano. CONWAY TWITTY (59). BERNIE WAYNE
 (74), co-writer of ``There She Is'' and ``Blue Velvet.'' FRANK ZAPPA
 (52).
 ARTISTS:
 MARJORIE HENDERSON BUELL (88), cartoonist, ``Little Lulu.'' LARZ E.
 BOURNE (77), cartoonist, ``Deputy Dawg.'' PIERRE `Peyo' CULLIFORD, (64),
 cartoonist, ``Smurfs.'' JOHN DIEBENKORN (70) painter. RAOUL HAGUE (88),
 sculptor. VINCENT T. HAMLIN (93), cartoonist, ``Alley Oop.'' HARVEY
 KURTZMAN (68), cartoonist, ``Alfred E. Newman''; ``Little Annie
 Fannie.'' PETER LIPMAN-WULF (88), semi-Abstract sculptor. CHARLES MOORE
 (68), architect. GERALD OSTER (75), Op Art. CLAUDE RENOIR (79),
 cinematographer. JUDITH ROTHSCHILD (71), painter. REVA SHWAYDER (91),
 abstract artist. HANNAH WILKE (52), painter.
 ATHLETES/SPORTS:
 ETHAN ALLEN (89), outfielder; created the All-Star Baseball board game.
 DAVEY ALLISON (32), race car driver. JEFF ALM (25), Houston Oiler.
 ARTHUR ASHE (49), tennis. DINO BRAVO (44), wrestler. ROY CAMPANELLA
 (71), Dodgers catcher. BEN CHAPMAN (84), outfielder. BILLY CONN (75),
 fighter. {M1Tim Crews (31), Indian pitcher. JIMMIE CRUTCHFIELD (83),
 outfielder. BILL DICKEY (86), Yankees catcher. DON DRYSDALE (56),
 Dodgers pitcher. HEATHER FARR (28), golfer. CHARLIE GEHRINGER (89), 2nd
 baseman. GRANVILLE HAMNER (66), Whiz Kid (1950 Phillies). DEREK HERSEY
 (39), free-solo climber. JAMES HUNT (45), race car driver. ALAN KULWICKI
 (38), race car driver. REGGIE LEWIS (27), Celtic. ROGER MCCLUSKEY (63),
 race car driver. JOHNNY MIZE (80), baseball player. WILLIE MOSCONI (80),
 billiards. STEVE OLIN (27) Indians pitcher. CHRISTINE O'REILLY (25),
 tennis. JOHN PENNEL (53), pole-vaulter. DRAZEN PETROVIC (28), Net.
 PRAIRIE BAYOU (3), 1993 Preakness winner. ROY `WRONG WAY' RIEGELS (84),
 te B-ball coach. KERRY VON ERICH (NA), wrestler. DAVID WAYMER (34),
 defensive back. DEWEY WEBBER (54), surfer; yo-yo champion. ARCHIE
 WILLIAMS (78), sprinter. CLIFF YOUNG (29), Indians pitcher.
 SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY/GADGETRY
 CHARLES CALLISON (79), led the Audobon Society from 1960-77. W. EDWARDS
 DEMING (93), quality control guru. JOHN H. DESSAUER (88), Xerox copiers.
 ALWYN GENTRY (48), botanist. POLYKARP KUSCH (82), 1955 Nobel for
 Physics. ALEXANDER LANGMUIR (83), epidemiologist; created the precursor
 to the Federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention. SEVERO OCHOA
 (88), 1959 Nobel in Physiology or Medicine. THEODORE PARKER (40),
 ornithologist, WOLFGANG PAUL (80), 1989 Nobel in Physics. STANLEY RICH
 (76), scanning sonar. DAVID ROCKOLA (96), the Rockola jukebox. BRUNO
 ROSSI (88), physicist. ALBERT SABIN (86), biologist. VINCENT J. SCHAEFER
 (87), cloud seeding. DONALD `DEKE' SLAYTON (69), astronaut. LEON
 THEREMIN (97), the theremin. JOHN WALSON SR. (78), first provider of
 cable TV services.
 BUSINESS:
 JOSEPH A. ALBERTSON (86), supermarkets. ARTHUR C. BASS (61),
 entrepreneur. KENNETH BOULDING (83), economist, philosopher, poet.
 EDWARD BRECK (86), personal care products. EDDIE CHILES (83), owned the
 Texas Rangers. DORIS DUKE (80), philanthropist. HERBERT FISHER (71),
 founder of Jamesway Corp. JULIO GALLO (83), vintner. LEWIS GILBERT (86),
 shareholders' rights advocate. FELIX JAMES GRUCCI (87), fireworks. ELIOT
 JANEWAY (80), economist. TADAO KASHIO (75), founder of Casio Computer
 Co. EWING M. KAUFMAN (76), owner of the KC Royals.  FRANCISCO
 LAMBORGHINI (76), automaker. REGINALD LEWIS (50), CEO of Beatrice.
 BERNIE LOWE (75), co-founder Cameo-Parkway Records. TAIKICHIRO MORI
 (88), real estate--the world's richest man. HENRY RINGLING NORTH (83).
 ROY RAYMOND (47), founder Victoria's Secret. NORTON SIMON (86). ALICE
 TULLY (91). LEE WAGNER (83), founder/editor of ``TV Guide.''


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From:    Albertus Magnus                        Area: Metaphysical
To:      All                                    11 Jan 94 21:30:06
Subject: The Year in Death: 4/4                 UpdReq 

 RELIGION:
 NORMAN VINCENT PEALE (95).
 FASHION:
 BERNICE PONTRELLI (86), film costume designer. IRENE SHARAFF (83),
 costume designer. HANNAH TROY (93), invented the `petite' size and the
 tent dress.
 RELATIVES OF THE FAMOUS:
 HELEN FRITSCHE CRONKITE (101). ALAN HOOVER (86). SAMUEL JACKSON (100).
 CHARLES SCORSESE (80). JAMES JORDAN (57). THE DOWAGER LADY FERMOY (84),
 Princess Di's maternal grandmother. ROBERT DE NIRO (71), painter. MARIA
 TOLSTOY (85), poet. {M1Amos Niven Wilder (97), biblical scholar. PAT
 NIXON (81). CATHERINE LENO (82). JOSEPH TALESE (89). JOY BAKER (64),
 wife of Sen. Howard Baker and daughter of Sen. Everett Dirksen. HUGH
 RODHAM (82). NANCY MOORE THURMOND (22).
 RANDOM NOTABLES:
 ALFRED M. BUTTS (93), Scrabble. REUBEN FINE (79), chess. RALPH SMITH
 FULTS (82), last survivor of the Bonnie and Clyde gang. JENNIFER GIBBONS
 (29), one of Britain's ``Silent Twins.'' VALENTINA S. GRIZODUBOVA (83),
 aviatrix. CHARLOTTE HUGHES (115), second-oldest person in the world.
 LING LING (23), panda. YVETTE and YVONNE MCCARTHER (43), Siamese twins.
 SPUDS MACKENZIE (10), spokesdog. EUGENE T. MALESKA (77), ``The New York
 Times' '' crossword editor. ELIZABETH H. MARSTON (100), prompted
 creation of ``Superwoman.'' BILL WATSON MITHLO (105), one of the few
 survivors of the Chiricuahua Apache. NORA NELSON (115), perhaps the
 oldest citizen of the United States. SAMUEL STAYMAN (84), bridge player.
 Baron AXEL VON DEM BUSSCHE (73), last surviving German officer involved
 in the plot to kill HITLER. EDWIN WILSON (94), a founder of the American
 Humanist Association. WALTER A. WOOD (85), past president of the
 American Geographical Society and the Explorers Club. ANGIE XTRAVAGANZA
 (27), house mother.
 IRREDEEMABLE SCUM:
 JOSEPH G. CHRISTOPHER (35), the .22-Caliber Killer. PABLO ESCOBAR (44),
 head of the Medellin cocaine cartel. ALADENA ``JIMMY THE WEASEL''
 FRATIANNO (79), former chief of the L.A. mafia. DAVID KORESH (33),
 leader of the Branch Davidians. LUCIANO LIGGIO (68), former head of the
 Mafia in Corleone, Sicily.
 PROVISIONALLY DEAD:
 ROSS PEROT, who has a 6-man Cuban hit squad after him. SALMAN RUSHDIE,
 who has half the muslim world after him.
 UNDEAD:
 BOB HOPE, RONALD REAGAN.
 Once again, TWIDMAN offers deep and abiding gratitude to BRITT and
 WAGNER.
 (The Week in Death is by Brian Santo, [B.SANTO@genie.geis.com].)


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