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Picking Up the Flag of the Sun

By STEPHEN MILLER
September 30, 2008

'From its name to its headlines, it was devoted to the people, events, and concerns of our city.' -- Mayor Bloomberg

Elinor Guggenheimer, 96, Consumer Advocate

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Osborn Elliott, 83, Former Newsweek Editor

Paul Newman, Actor, Succumbs to Cancer at 83

Osborne Elliott, 83, Editor of Newsweek

Dick Lynch, 72, Giants Cornerback Turned Announcer

James Crumley, 68, Poetic Crime Novelist

Norman Whitfield, 67, Stalwart Motown Songwriter

Rick Wright, 65, Pink Floyd Keyboardist

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David Foster Wallace, 46, 'Infinite Jest' Writer

Ralph Plaisted, 80, North Pole Adventurer

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W.D. Mohammed, 74, Transformed Nation of Islam

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Bill Melendez, 91, Peanuts Animator

Tommy Bolt, 92, Temperamental Golf Champ

Jerry Reed, 71, Country Guitarist and Genial Actor

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Don LaFontaine, 68, Movie Trailer Voice-Over King

Edwin Guthman, 89, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist

Manny Farber, 91, 'Eccentric' Film Critic

Pervis Jackson, 70, Sang Bass for the Spinners

Daniel Neal Heller, 83, Lawyer Who 'Beat the IRS'

Dorival Caymmi, 94, Brazilian Composer

Jerry Wexler, Legendary Record Producer

Sandy Allen, 53, World's Tallest Woman

Eva Reich, 84, Lectured on Reichian Psychology

Soul Singer Isaac Hayes, 1942-2008

Erik Darling, 74, Leader in Folk Revival

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Nicola Rescigno, 92, Co-Founded Dallas Opera

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ARTS+ ›

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'Choke': Hard To Swallow

'Eagle Eye': Let It Go to Voicemail

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