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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.
We say goodbye to Joe Rosenthal, the news photographer who
won a Pulitzer Prize for a shot of U.S. Marines raising a
flag at Iwo Jima. His historic photograph is still frozen in
the minds of people today. We also say goodbye to magazine
founder Robert Hoffman, Cinnabon co-creator Ray Lindstrom,
and voice actor Tony Jay.
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ROBERT HOFFMAN, LAMPOON CO-FOUNDER, DEAD AT 59
Famed arts patron Robert K. Hoffman, who also helped found
the parody magazine National Lampoon, died last weekend in
Texas at the age of 59. While attending Harvard University
in the late 1960s, Hoffman helped found National Lampoon
magazine with Henry Beard and Douglas Kenney, before event-
ually entering the business sector and becoming a noted
philanthropist to the arts before his death Sunday, the
Dallas Morning News said. "National Lampoon never would have
happened, and none of the things that came out of it would
have happened without Robert," Beard told the Morning News.
Hoffman, who sold his interest in the magazine in 1975, was
voted one of the top 50 philanthropists for 2005 by Business
Week after he and his wife, Marguerite Steed Hoffman,
donated nearly $150 million in art last year. Hoffman is
survived by his wife, his brother Dr. Richard Hoffman, his
mother and three daughters.
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JOE ROSENTHAL, NEWS PHOTOGRAPHER, DEAD AT 94
Joe Rosenthal, the news photographer who won a Pulitzer
Prize for a shot of U.S. Marines raising a flag at Iwo Jima,
has died at the age of 94. Rosenthal, born Oct. 9, 1911, in
Washington, was found dead Sunday morning in his bed at his
home in an assisted living center in Novato, Calif., The
San Francisco Chronicle reported. In 1945, the Pulitzer
Committee described the black and white Iwo Jima photo he
took while a 33-year-old Associated Press photographer as a
"frozen flash of history," the newspaper said. Despite the
photo's enormous fame, Rosenthal made little money from it,
the newspaper said. He received a $4,200 bonus in war bonds
from his employer, a $1,000 photography prize from a camera
magazine and about $700 for a couple of radio appearances.
Meanwhile, he told the Chronicle, where he later worked, he
kept a framed certificate declaring him an honorary Marine,
which he said was his proudest possession. He is survived
by his daughter, an adopted son, grandchildren and great-
grandchildren.
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RAYMOND LINDSTROM, CINNABON CREATOR, DEAD AT 63
Raymond Lindstrom, one of the creators of the original
Cinnabon, has died at the age of 63. He suffered from the
early-onset of Alzheimer's disease. Lindstrom's 25-year
career with Seattle-based Restaurants Unlimited led to the
creation of several signature Seattle restaurants along with
the Cinnabon pastry. His interview with Restaurants Unlimited's
founder Rich Komen landed him a job in Tacoma, where he over-
saw the final construction and opening of a Clinkerdagger's.
He later controlled all restaurant operations, and in 1979
became company president. It was in the mid-1980s that Komen
came up with the idea of cinnamon rolls as a specialty food,
and his team went on to create a memorable one that has become
a mainstay of malls throughout North America. Lindstrom was
married three times. He is survived by his wife, his two sons
Jeff and Greg, and a daughter, Katie.
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TONY JAY, VOICE ACTOR, DEAD AT 73
Tony Jay, a prolific voice actor who appeared in hundreds of
commercials for radio and TV as well as cartoons and video
games, has died at 73. The Los Angeles Times reported that
Jay died on Aug. 13 at Kindred Hospital in Los Angeles. His
wife, Marta MacGeraghty Jay, said the veteran actor died
from complications after a surgery to remove cancer from his
lungs. Jay, who possessed a uniquely baritone voice, often
played the villain in video games and cartoons, the Times
said. He is perhaps best remembered for his role as Judge
Frollo in the 1996 Disney animated film "The Hunchback of
Notre Dame." During the last decade of his career, Jay
found substantial work in video games, the report said.
"His voice was pretty tremendous and one of a kind," said
Natanya Rose, who worked with Jay on video-game projects
for International Creative Management. "Any time you needed
that regal, deep, wise presence, he definitely was the
person to go to." Born in London in 1933, Jay is survived
by his mother, Edith, 99; his brother, Robert; his son,
Adam, 17, and his wife.
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Notable deaths this week in history...
In 1967, Dr. Gregory Goodwin Pincus, one of the three
"fathers" of the birth-control pill, died of myeloid meta-
plasia, a rare blood disease. He was 64.
In 1974, Charles Lindbergh, the first solo aviator to fly
non-stop directly from New York to Paris, died at the age of
72.
In 1984, author Truman Capote, whose book on the Clutter
family murders, In Cold Blood, became an instant bestseller,
died from an overdose of pills. He was 59.
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