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Saxophonist Clemons, 69, RIP

Clarence Clemons is shown in this Jan. 29, 2003, AP file picture during an interview at his Singer Island, Fla., home. A spokeswoman for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band says the saxophone player died in Florida at age 69 on Saturday. Story here. (AP Photo/Hillery Smith Garrison, File)

Question (from Sodahead.com): Who is the greatest rock-n-roll sidekick of all time?

Ozzie’s David Nelson, 74, R.I.P.

This undated file photo shows the Nelson Family, Ozzie and Harriet with sons Ricky, left, and David, in their television home. David Nelson, who starred on his parents' popular television show “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet,” died Monday at his home in the Century City area of Los Angeles He was 74. Story here. (AP Photo/A&E, File)

Question: Which old family sitcom was your favorite?

Wayne Meyer, 59, RIP

Item: Idaho loses a great friend: Former legislator Meyer dies after battle with colon cancer/Brian Walker, CDA Press

More Info: Wayne Meyer, 59, died Monday after a long battle with colon cancer. Meyer’s name is synonymous with farm survival on the Rathdrum Prairie. He took that same grit and work ethic to Boise as a legislator, and lately took on the role of giving back to the rural community by furthering educational opportunities for local students.

DFO: Wayne was a good man and one of the best representatives that northern Kootenai County has produced. Please feel free to use this thread to remember him.

Actor James Whitmore, 87, RIP

 In this June 22, 2008, file photo, actor James Whitmore speaks at a news conference for “Campaign For a New G.I. Bill” in Beverly Hills, Calif. Whitmore benefited from the G.I. Bill after he served in the United States military during World War II. Whitmore, a Tony-and Emmy-winning actor, who was also nominated for an Oscar, died of lung cancer today in his Malibu home, according to his son Steve Whitmore. Story here. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, file)

Author John Updike, 76, RIP

In this Oct. 23, 1990 file photo, author John Updike, speaks at a lecture at the Boston Public Library in Boston. Updike, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, prolific man of letters and erudite chronicler of sex, divorce and other adventures in the postwar prime of the American empire, died today, of lung cancer, according to a statement from his publisher, Alfred A. Knopf. He was 76. Story here. (AP Photo/file)

Question: Which Updike book is your favorite?

Idaho Native ‘Deep Throat’ Dies

Reporters Bob Woodward, right, and Carl Bernstein, whose reporting of the Watergate case won a Pulitzer Prize, sit in the newsroom of the Washington Post, May 7, 1973. Woodward’s name is synonymous with anonymous sources, “Deep Throat” and reporting that uncovered a scandal that brought down a presidency. Some three decades after Watergate, the outing of Woodward in the CIA leak investigation underscores the change in anonymous sourcing and revives the criticism of the media’s use of unnamed officials to curry favor. (AP Photo)

Item: Idaho native Mark Felt, Watergate’s ‘Deep Throat’ dies at 95/Idaho Statesman

More Info: W. Mark Felt, the former FBI second-in-command who revealed himself as “Deep Throat” 30 years after he helped The Washington Post unravel the Watergate scandal, has died. He was 95.

Question: What impact did Watergate have on you?

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