http://debritz.net/taxonomy/term/18/0 en http://debritz.net/node/1062 <p>"Wearing Superman pajamas and covered with his Batman blanket, comic book illustrator Dave Cockrum died Sunday." So begins <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/11/28/comic.death.ap/index.html" target="new">a remarkable Associated Press story</a> on the death of the man who illustrated the X-Men comics in the 1970 and, apparently, co-created the characters Storm, Mystique, Nightcrawler and Colossus.</p> RIP Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:44:19 -0700 debritz 1062 at http://debritz.net http://debritz.net/node/1001 <p>The world has lost two stars - veteran Hollywood actor Jack Palance and young Australian Belinda Emmett. Details are at my <a href="http://www.celebritydeaths.net" target="new">Celebrity Deaths Archive</a>.<br /> 11.37am update: US singer Gerald Levert, of <i>I Swear</i> fame, also died on Friday.</p> RIP Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:52:01 -0700 debritz 1001 at http://debritz.net http://debritz.net/node/908 <p>American crooner Freddy Fender has joined the great heavenly chorus. There's more at my <a href="http://www.celebritydeaths.net" target="new">Celebrity Deaths Archive</i>.</p> RIP Sat, 14 Oct 2006 20:33:18 -0600 debritz 908 at http://debritz.net