In Memoriam

Yes, I've fallen behind. Sorry.

• Maggie Roche, of The Roches ("We don't give out our ages and we don't give out our phone numbers.")
• William A. Hilliard, journalist (The Oregonian)
• Roberta Peters, soprano (slideshow)
• Wayne Barrett, investigative reporter (Village Voice)
• Eugene Cernan, last man to walk on the moon
• Dick Gautier, actor
• Antony Armstrong-Jones, aka Lord Snowdon, photographer and royal spouse
• Nat Hentoff, writer (Village Voice, et al.)
• Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, as of May. An appreciation by David Ettlin.
• Clare Hollingworth, broke the story of the German invasion of Poland in September, 1939
• Zhou Youguang, helped to develop Pinyin (Romanized Chinese character conversion)
• William Peter Blatty, writer (The Exorcist, et seq.)
• Bishop Eddie Long, who was mentioned here when his scandal was current. The Root has an article.