1988: Raymond Carver
1989 Ferdinand Marcos
1990: Jill Ireland
1991: Dr. Suess
1992: Hal Roach
At the age of 100
1993: André the Giant
1994: Nicole Brown Simpson
1995: Jerry Garcia
1996: Tupac Shakur
1997: The Notorious B.I.G.
1998: Sonny Bono
1999: DeForest Kelley
2000: Tito Puente
I had been listening to him for years and I thought he was fabulous.
2001: Isaac Stern
And everyone who died on 9/11
2002: Ann Landers
2003: Ty Longley (Great White guitarist), WHJY DJ Mike “The Doctor” Gonsalves, and 98 others in The Station nightclub fire.
I was very active on a hard rock message board at the time – one of the board’s members was also killed in the tragedy.
2004: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
And I’m still trying to process it.
2005: Rosa Parks
Snerk.
2006: Syd Barrett
2007: Merv Griffin