RIP Brad Graham; and thanks for coining "blogosphere"

Already wrote about Brad Graham's passing at Prophet or Madman. Seems relevant here as well, as this is a theater blog and he was a theater publicist, so I'll link it:
RIP Brad Graham; and thanks for coining "blogosphere"

Farewell Captain Chaos

Dom DeLuise is gone at age 75
http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSTRE5444X920090505

Farewell to Ron Silver

Activist, scholar, actor. He ran the political spectrum, but he was always honest about where he stood. And the man knew how to get things done. Fare thee well, sir, fare thee well.

Actor Ron Silver dies after two-year battle with esophageal cancer

BY Jane H. Furse
DAILY NEWS WRITER

Updated Monday, March 16th 2009, 8:27 AM

Actor Ron Silver has died after a two-year fight with esophageal cancer.

Actor and political activist Ron Silver died Sunday after a two-year battle with esophageal cancer, according to a spokesman for the Creative Coalition, the public policy organization he co-founded.

Robin Bronk, the coalition's executive director, said Silver, 62, "died peacefully in his sleep with his family around him early Sunday morning. He had been fighting esophageal cancer for two years and the family is making arrangements for a private service." [Read More @ NY Daily News]