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Like the rest of the country, the world of the performing arts also lost friends and family in the catastrophe including Frasier producer David Angell, Anthony Perkins’ widow, actress Berry Berenson, and television commentator Barbara Olson, among others. INTRODUCTION The year 2001 was a tumultuous one, as America was shattered by terrorist attacks that claimed thousands of lives in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania. TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments vii Introduction ¡ Reference Bibliography 3 The 200¡ Obituaries Alexander’s, Tommy Gattas, James Gattas, the Fox & Hound, the University of Memphis Library and the Memphis and Shelby County public libraries. Mark He‡ngton, Anne Taylor, Andy Branham, John Nelson, Richard Allynwood, Frank de Azpillaga, Irv Jacobs, Bob Cuneo, Alun Jones, Marty Baumann, Trinity Houston, Joy Martin, Denise Tansil, John Janovich, Jake Miller, Hal Stansbury, Blaine Lester, Jay Morris, the fine folks at J. Porter at the Science Fiction Chronicle, Rosa Burnett and the sta› at State Technical Institute library, Tom Weaver, Fred Davis, Forrest J Ackerman, Mike Fitzgerald, John Beifuss, Eric Rohr, Ray Neilson, John Whyborn, Boyd Magers, Larry Tauber, An-ĭrew “Captain Comics” Smith, Nikki and Jimmy Walker, Tony Pruitt, Bobby Mathews, Kent Nelson, Dale Warren, Dr. Special thanks also go to Bob King at Classic Images, for granting permission to use information from my columns, and to the people at Jerry Ohlinger’s for assistance in acquiring many of the photographs appearing herein. John Lilly, Troy Donahue, Pauline Moore, Deborah Walley, Toby Wing, John Mitchum and Rufus ThomasĪCKNOWLEDGMENTS I greatly appreciate the assistance of my good friend, Carla Clark, and my mother, Helene Lentz. McCarthy DeMere, Johnny Colletta, Lucile Ewing, John Lavecchia, Dr. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Box 6¡¡, Je›erson, North Carolina 28640 This book is dedicated to the memory of those friends and family lost during 200¡- John P. Manufactured in the United States of America

All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Jefferson, North Carolina, and Londonįront cover, clockwise from top left: Dale Evans, Dorothy McGuire, Edward Winter and Whitman Mayo Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 200¡ Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture by
