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"Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the
grave. Our birth is nothing but our death begun." Bishop Hall
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Welcome to another edition of Dead End.
This week we say good-bye to comic book illustrator Dave
Cockrum, who created the X-Men characters that we recognize
from the recent movies. "They took his characters and made
an industry out of them, said Neal Adams, a well-known
illustrator. This comic book genius touched the lives of
many, and next year, Mr. Cockrum’s rendering of Wolverine
is scheduled to be used on a postage stamp.
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DAVE COCKRUM, COMIC BOOK ILLUSTRATOR, DEAD AT 63
Wearing Superman pajamas and covered with his Batman blanket,
comic book illustrator Dave Cockrum died Sunday. The 63-year
old overhauled the X-Men comic, helped turn the title into a
publishing sensation and major film franchise. Cockrum died at
his home in Belton, South Carolina, after a long battle with
diabetes. A family friend said he will be cremated in a Green
Lantern shirt. Cockrum and writer Len Wein were handed the
X-Men, a group of young outcasts enrolled in an academy for
mutants. The premise had failed to capture fans. Cockrum and
Wein added their own heroes to the comic and many signature
characters Cockrum designed and co-created -- such as Storm,
Mystique, Nightcrawler and Colossus -- went on to become part
of the "X-Men" films. "Dave saw the movie and he cried because
his characters were on screen and they were living " Meth said.
He also said Cockrum will be remembered as "a comic incarnate.
He had a genuine love for comics and for science fiction and
for fantasy, and he lived in it," Meth said. "He loved his
work."
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WILLIAM DIEHL, NOVELIST, DEAD AT 81
The best-selling author of "Primal Fear,", died on Friday. He
was 81. He started on his first novel, "Sharky’s Machine,"
while a juror. Mr. Diehl, then 50, was bored by the trial and
started writing fiction on a notepad. The book, published in
1978, became a best seller and, in 1981, a movie starring Burt
Reynolds. Mr. Diehl was unemployed when he got the news that
the book was going to be published, when his agent first
called to tell him, the phone line went dead, sice he hadn't
paid the bill. Diehl’s other novels included "Primal Fear," a
1993 thriller, which became a 1996 film starring Richard Gere
and Edward Norton. Mr. Diehl was formerly a writer for The
Journal-Constitution and had been a freelance photographer and
magazine editor. He also served in World War II as a ball-
turret gunner aboard a B-24 bomber.
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PAT DOBSON, MAJOR LEAGUE PITCHER, DEAD AT 64
Pat Dobson, one of four starters to win 20 games for the
Orioles in 1971 and later a member of an illustrious pitching
staff in Baltimore and a savvy scouting department with the
San Francisco Giants, died at the age of 64. In 1971 Dobson
went 20-8 for the Orioles, rounding out a rotation which
included Jim Palmer (20-9), Dave McNally (21-5) and Mike
Cuellar (20-9). The 1920 Chicago White Sox are the only other
team in major league history to have four 20-game winners. "He
is one of four that everybody will remember," said Earl Weaver,
the former Baltimore manager. He also won a World Series ring
with the 1968 Detroit Tigers. After his playing career ended,
Dobson spent 8 seasons as a pitching coach for Milwaukee
(1982-84), San Diego (1988-90), Kansas City (1991) and Balti-
more (1996). This year, his ninth with the Giants, Dobson was
a special assistant to Brian Sabean, the team’s general manager.
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ANITA O'DAY, STAR OF THE BIG-BANDERA, DEAD AT 87
Anita O’Day, whose vocal style made her a premier singer of
both the big-band and postwar jazz eras, and whose taste for
fast living secured her name as one of jazz’s toughest survi-
vors, died yesterday in Los Angeles. She was 87. Her career
took off for the first time in the big-band era. "When you
think of the great jazz singers, I would think that Anita is
the only white woman that belongs in the same breath as Ella
Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan," said the
jazz critic Will Friedwald. Through most of the 1940s, Ms.
O’Day ranked among the best of the big-band vocalists. Her
Sunday afternoon performance at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival,
as captured in Bert Stern’s film "Jazz on a Summer’s Day," was
one of her great offhanded achievements. She sang an insinu-
ating "Sweet Georgia Brown" and a breakneck "Tea for Two." Ms.
O’Day was fond of asserting that she was not a singer, but a
song stylist; she took pride in her self-made technique and
her ability to deliver a tune with confidence, no matter how
frenetic the setting.
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Notable deaths this week in history...
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In 1986, Cary Grant, the actor who starred in such classics
as "His Girl Friday," "Bringing Up Baby," and "Suspicion,"
died at the age of 82.
In 1984, Robert Louis Stevenson, poet, novelist and essay-
ist, who wrote the children's book "Treasure Island," died
at the age of 44.
Also in 1986, Cuban-American actor and television producer,
best known for the popular television sitcom "I Love Lucy,"
died at the age of 69.
In 2001, rock musician George Harrison, who achieved legend-
ary status as the lead guitarist for The Beatles, died at
the age of 58.
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