Hardest Part Is Saying Goodbye
Every year around New Year's Eve, I look back and remember all the loved ones we have lost in the outgoing year. It's never easy. This year, I lost my hero, my Dad. If you lost someone near and dear to you this year, I am sorry for your loss. You know all too well of the void in your life I am talking about. Here is a list of other people we will always miss.
2014 saw the passings of many famous people in art, film, music and activism.
According to WGN TV, here are a few of those who passed away in 2014.
Robin Williams, actor/comedian
Philip Seymour Hoffman, actor
Ray Leonard, WGN Radio legend
Lauren Bacall, actress
Harold Ramis, writer/actor/director
James Garner, actor
Mickey Rooney, actor
Ruby Dee, actress/activist
Casey Kasem, radio host
Pete Seeger, singer/writer/activist
Mike Nichols, director/writer
Elaine Stritch, actress
Shirley Temple Black, actress/ambassador
Meschach Taylor, actor
Sid Caesar, actor
Ann B. Davis, actress
Elizabeth Pena, actress
Larry Schreiner, WGN Radio reporter
Marcia Strassman, actress
Molly Glynn, actress
Bernie Yvon, actor
Ken Weatherwax, actor
Frankie Knuckles, DJ
Jan Hooks, actress
Russell Johnson, actor
Bob Hoskins, actor
Eli Wallach, actor
Maya Angelou, poet/writer/activist
Joe Cocker, musician
David Brenner, comedian
John Pinette, comedian
Richard “Jaws” Kiel, actor
Paul Revere, musician
Ralph Waite, actor
Juanita Moore, actress
Don Pardo, announcer
Richard Attenborough, actor/director
Joan Rivers, comedienne
Gone but not forgotten. Here's to a bright, better and healthy new year for us all.