I guess this is something that I’m overdue in posting – I usually am so focused on what is either going on right now, or what might be going to happen that I immediately forget whatever has been going on in the past. So there are probably some major holes in my memory of what happened this past year – I really do need to buy a notebook so I can jot down thoughts for future entries…<\/p>\n
Here are some high points:<\/p>\n
I know I missed many things of note, but I’ll update this post as I remember other events.<\/p>\n
Kjersten Oquist, violist, age 36 – killed by a drunk driver
\nAngela Svendesen, violinist, age 31 – killed by a drunk driver
\nMartha Herby, flutist, age 55 – gall bladder cancer
\nGian Carlo Menotti, composer, age 95
\nMstislav Rostropovich, cellist, age 80 – intestinal cancer
\nJean Vollum, philanthropist, age 80 – heart failure
\nIngmar Bergman, film director, age 89
\nBeverly Sills, soprano, 78 – lung cancer
\nLuciano Pavarotti, tenor, 71 – pancreatic cancer
\nOscar Peterson, jazz pianist, 82
\nKarlheinz Stockhausen, composer, 79<\/p>\n
US military casualties in Afghanistan – 117 \u00c2\u00b9<\/a> I guess this is something that I’m overdue in posting – I usually am so focused on what is either going on right now, or what might be going to happen that I immediately forget whatever has been going on in the past. 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\nUS military casualties in Iraq – 901 \u00c2\u00b2<\/a>
\nIraqi civilian casualties – between 22,586 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 24,159 \u00c2\u00b3<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"