Todays Dead List 08/09/2008

The Dead List August 9, 2008

“Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.”

• Hermann Hesse
  (07/02/1887 – 08/09/1962)
  German writer

“Are you joining the Army? Good, it’ll make a woman of you.”

• Joe Orton
  (01/01/1903 – 08/09/1967)
  British playwright

“My whole life has been decided by fate.”

• Sharon Tate
  (01/24/1943 – 08/09/1969)
  US actor (Killed by Manson Family)

“A cynic is just a man who found out when he was about ten that there wasn’t any Santa Claus, and he’s still upset.”

• James Gould Cozzens
  (08/19/1903 – 08/09/1978)
  US writer

"Tipper and Al (Gore) came to a show the last time we were in Washington. They’re nice people, a nice family. We made every effort not to frighten them. "

• Jerry Garcia
  (08/01/1942 – 08/09/1995
  US guitarist, singer (Grateful Dead)

“I felt that I didn’t want to be in show business anymore. I felt that I wanted to be a farmer. I was milking cows and shoveling terrible stuff and working all day. By the end of the day, all I wanted was my tap shoes—I thought, ’What am I doing? I better get back where I belong on the stage where we work at night and can sleep late!”

• Gregory Hines
  (02/14/1946 – 08/09/2003)
  US dancer, actor

"I would like to give these kids a good home. In fact, there’s one a few miles away from here… "

• Bernie Mac
  (10/05/1957 – 08/09/2008)
  US Actor – Comedian