People Whose Passing We Lament

Elliott Smith
Dr. Robert Atkins
Katharine Hepburn
Bob Hope
David Brinkley
Nina Simone
Fred Rogers
Charles Bronson
Robert Palmer
Dolly the cloned sheep
Johnny Cash
Elia Kazan
George Plimpton
Sam Phillips
John Ritter
Jean Kerr
Maurice Gibb
Richard Crenna
Al Hirschfeld
Stan Brakhage
Nell Carter
Paul Zindel
Michael Kelly
Robert Stack
June Carter Cash
Gregory Peck
Hume Cronyn
Buddy Hackett
Barry White
Buddy Ebsen
Celia Cruz
John Schlesinger
Gregory Hines
Warren Zevon
Donald O’Connor
Althea Gibson
William Steig
Willie Shoemaker
Jack Elam
Rod Roddy
Bobby Hatfield
Art Carney
David Hemmings
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Teddy Edwards
Kirk Varnedoe
Senator Paul Simon
 

People We Wish Would Just Go Away

Adam Carolla
Ryan Seacrest
Paris Hilton
Britney Spears
The Sit ’n’ Sleep Guys
J. Lo
Trista and Ryan
Michael Jackson
Bill O’Reilly
Ben Affleck
Rush Limbaugh
Kid Rock
Gilbert Gottfried
Madonna
Eminem
Michael Eisner
George Mitchell
Dianne Feinstein
Laura Levinson
William Janklow
Joe Lieberman
Jillian Barberie
Tracy Morgan
The Strokes
Carson Daily
Gloria Allred
Ann Coulter
Sharon Osbourne
George W. Bush