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Notable DEATHS
Just three months before Chi the disaster and millions were
na hosted the 2008 Olympics, left homeless. It was China's
ERICH K A ESTN ER , 1 0 7 , Janu-
an earthquake of 7.9 struck worst earthquake in the past
the province of Sichuan. Over three decades. (Wang Jiaowen/ ary 1 . Believed to be Germany's
55,000 people were killed in ColorChinaPhoto) last World War I veteran.
SIR EDMUND HILLARY, BB, Janu
ary 1 1 . The firs t man to climb
Mount Everest died of a heart
attack. He was also the firs t man
to climb all the world's mountains
over 2 6 ,2 0 0 feet, without sup
plemental oxygen.
EVELYN PIN CKERT “PINKY”
BRIER, 9 8 , January 2 0 . The
firs t female flight instructor in the
United S ta te s . She also flew non
combat missions in World War II
as a member of the Women A ir
force Service Pilots.
HEATH LED G ER, 2 B , January
2 2 . The talented actor died of
an accidental drug overdose. He
has since been awarded a Golden
Globe award posthumously and is
nominated for an Oscar.
M ARGARET TRUMAN, S 3 ,
Jan . 2 3 . The only child of fo r
mer President Harry S . Truman
who became a concert singer,
a c tre ss, radio and TV personality
and m ystery writer.
WILLIAM F. B U C K LE Y JR., B 2 ,
February 2 7 . Columnist, novelist,
and television talk show host was
the founder of the modern con
servative movement.
TIM R U S S ER T , 5 B , June 13.
Influential NBC journalist collapsed
and died from a sudden heart a t
tack after returning from a family
trip to Italy to celebrate his son's
graduation from college.
ALEXANDER I. SOLZHENITSYN,
8 3 , August 3 . W riter and father
of Russia's nationalist patriotic
movement lived to see his home
land after two decades of exile,
only to be distressed by what he
saw as communism's affect on
A young mother and her many live on a mere 46 cents a
child sleep after being saved day. Even without the current Russia's character.
by a rescue crew from their floods, the situation in Bihar is
flooded village. Massive flood challenging. Already, vulnerable STEPHANIE T U B B S JO N ES,
ing in northern parts of India groups could be pushed over 5 B , Aug. 2 0 . Ohio congresswom
forced 500,000 to evacuate the edge by this crisis," said an and the firs t black woman,
their homes. The floods af UNICEF Emergency Specialist
elected in 1 3 9 8 , to represent
fected almost 2.7 million in Mukesh Puri.(PRNewsFoto/Proj-
India. It was in areas where ect Concern International) Ohio in Congress and a strong
critic of the Iraq war.
Closing
