The Blog of Death http://www.blogofdeath.com/ en Donald Goerke http://www.blogofdeath.com/archives/001669.html Donald Edward Goerke, the "Daddy-O of SpaghettiOs, " died on Jan. 10 of heart failure. He was 83. Born in Waukesha, Wis., Goerke served in the Army Air Force during World War II, then earned a bachelor's degree from Carroll College... Tsutomu Yamaguchi http://www.blogofdeath.com/archives/001668.html Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the only person who was ever officially recognized as a survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings at the end of World War II, died on Jan. 4 of stomach cancer. He was 93. Yamaguchi was... Ruth Lilly http://www.blogofdeath.com/archives/001667.html As an heiress, Ruth E. Lilly could have lived a very comfortable life doing anything she wanted or absolutely nothing at all. Instead, she decided to fund a wide variety of causes and help those in need. And over the... Peter Moore http://www.blogofdeath.com/archives/001666.html Peter Moore, London's official town crier for 31 years, died on December 20. Cause of death was not released. He was 70. Town criers have a long history of serving the English citizenry with vocal proclamations. The first known broadcast... A Look Back http://www.blogofdeath.com/archives/001665.html Some people view obituaries as morbid stories, but in truth only one line of an obit deals with death. The rest of the story focuses on the amazing lives people lead. In 2009, these 20 obituaries were the stories that... Victims of the Sept. 11th Terrorist Attacks http://www.blogofdeath.com/archives/000310.html The World Trade Center (A-M) A Gordon McCannel Aamoth • Edelmiro (Ed) Abad • Maria Rose Abad • Andrew Anthony Abate • Vincent Abate • Laurence Christopher Abel • William F. Abrahamson • Richard Anthony Aceto • Alicia Acevedo Carranza... Victims of the Sept. 11th Terrorist Attacks http://www.blogofdeath.com/archives/000309.html The World Trade Center (N-Z) N Robert B. Nagel • Takuya Nakamura • Alexander J.R. Napier • Frank Joseph Naples • John Napolitano • Catherine A. Nardella • Mario Nardone • Manika Narula • Narender Nath • Karen S. Navarro... Victims of the Sept. 11th Terrorist Attacks http://www.blogofdeath.com/archives/000308.html The Pentagon Craig Amundson • Melissa Rose Barnes • Max J. Beilke • Kris Romeo Bishundat • Carrie R. Blagburn • Canfield D. Boone • Diana Borrero de Padro • Donna Bowen • Allen P. Boyle • Christopher Lee Burford... Victims of the Sept. 11th Terrorist Attacks http://www.blogofdeath.com/archives/000307.html AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 77 Paul W. Ambrose • Yeneneh Betru • Mary Jane (MJ) Booth • Bernard Curtis Brown • Charles F. Burlingame • Suzanne M. Calley • William E. Caswell • David M. Charlebois • Sara M. Clark •... Victims of the Sept. 11th Terrorist Attacks http://www.blogofdeath.com/archives/000306.html UNITED FLIGHT 93 Christian Adams • Lorraine G. Bay • Todd Beamer • Alan Beaven • Mark K. Bingham • Deora Frances Bodley • Sandra W. Bradshaw • Marion Britton • Thomas E. Burnett • William Joseph Cashman • Georgine... Victims of the Sept. 11th Terrorist Attacks http://www.blogofdeath.com/archives/000305.html UNITED FLIGHT 175 Alona Avraham • Garnet Edward (Ace) Bailey • Mark Lawrence Bavis • Graham Andrew Berkeley • Touri Bolourchi • Klaus Bothe • Daniel R. Brandhorst • David Reed Gamboa Brandhorst • John Brett Cahill • Christoffer Mikael... Victims of the Sept. 11th Terrorist Attacks http://www.blogofdeath.com/archives/000304.html AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 11 Anna Williams Allison • David Lawrence Angell • Lynn Edwards Angell • Seima Aoyama • Barbara Jean Ares Tegui • Myra Joy Aronson • Christine Barbuto • Carolyn Mayer Beug • Kelly Ann Booms • Carol... Chanel http://www.blogofdeath.com/archives/001663.html Chanel, a dachshund mix who held the official record as the world's oldest dog, died on Aug. 28. Cause of death was not released. She was 21, or about 147 in dog years. Born May 6, 1988, Chanel was only... John Keel http://www.blogofdeath.com/archives/001661.html John Alva Keel, a prominent Fortean author who shed light on the Mothman sightings, died on July 3 of congestive heart failure. He was 79. Born Alva John Kiehle and raised in Hornell, N.Y., he developed an early interest in... Ed McMahon http://www.blogofdeath.com/archives/001660.html Col. Edward Leo Peter McMahon Jr., a legendary TV personality and Marine, died on June 23. Cause of death was not released. He was 86. The Detroit native always wanted to be a broadcaster. In his teens, he worked the...