Carlin, George
The profane comedian known for his "7 Dirty Words" routine
Famous People Who Died in 2008
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Clarke, Arthur C.
The author of 2001: A Space Odyssey -
Crichton, Michael
The author of Jurassic Park -
Deep Throat
Mysterious informer of the Watergate scandal -
Diddley, Bo
The early rock 'n' roll inventor nicknamed "The Originator" -
Ellis, Dock
The MLB player who pitched a no-hitter on LSD -
Fischer, Bobby
The American chess champ who beat Boris Spassky in 1972 -
Hayes, Isaac
The singer of "Theme from Shaft" -
Helms, Jesse
Conservative senator from North Carolina, 1973-2003 -
Heston, Charlton
Moses in the 1956 film The Ten Commandments -
Hillary, Sir Edmund
The first man to climb Mount Everest -
Kamen, Jack
Cover artist for EC Comics -
Ledger, Heath
The Brokeback Mountain star who died at age 28 -
Newman, Paul
Blue-eyed star of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid -
Odetta
The fierce black folk singer known for "Oh, Freedom" -
Page, Bettie
1950s pinup model with black hair and bangs -
Pinter, Harold
The Nobel-winning author of The Homecoming -
Robbe-Grillet, Alain
The "anti-novel" guy who wrote the film Last Year at Marienbad -
Russert, Tim
Host of TV's Meet the Press, 1991-2008 -
Scheider, Roy
The star of the movies Jaws and All That Jazz -
Snow, Tony
White House press secretary, 2006-07 -
Wallace, David Foster
The author of the novel Infinite Jest