Two more celebrity deaths today.....

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1) Singer and writer Jim Carroll, author of The Basketball Diaries and best known for his 1979/1980 hit "People Who Died". Somehow it seems perversely apropos to post a link to an anime video to the tune of the song. Sing along if you feel up to it and/or know the words. Teddy sniffing glue, he was 12 years old....

2) Actor Patrick Swayze, best known for his role in "Dirty Dancing". The tabloids warned this that this day would come.

I'll let thatcrazycajun and filkertom write the obits. They seem to do a better job than me.

[Updated 19:56 15-Sep] Here's a link to the song without the silly anime.

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Mary Travers from Peter, Paul and Mary and Henry Gibson of Laugh-In (among other roles) both died today. Both were in their early 70's, and both suffered from cancer.