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R.I.P. John Wooden
June 5th, 2010 | 
Author: John Wooden, Who Built Incomparable Dynasty at U.C.L.A., Dies at 99
John Wooden (October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010), a staid Midwesterner who migrated to U.C.L.A. and became college basketball’s most successful coach, earning the nickname the Wizard of Westwood and an enduring place in sports history, died Friday at Ronald Reagan U.C.L.A. Medical Center, where he had been hospitalized since May 26. He was 99.
He was a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player (class of 1961) and as a coach (class of 1973). He was the first person ever enshrined in both categories; only Lenny Wilkens and Bill Sharman have since been so honored. His ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period while at U.C.L.A. are unmatched by any other college basketball coach.
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R.I.P. Bernie Mac 1958 – 2008
Bernie Mac was born Bernard Jeffery McCullough in Chicago, IL, on October 5, 1958. Becoming a professional comedian when he was 19, Mac performed in area clubs under his original name. He had small roles in a few movies, when, in 1995, he won a part in Ice Cube’s comedy Friday, and got his own HBO special called, Midnight Mac. From there he moved on to a role in Spike Lee’s movie, Get On The Bus, and was offered a recurring role in the TV series Moesha. In 2000, he joined DL Hughly, Cedric The Entertainer and Steve Harvey to do a comedy show called The Original Kings of Comedy. The exsposure leas to his own prime time sitcom, The Bernie Mac Show. From there Mac was giving a recurring role on the box office hit Ocean’s Eleven with Goeorge Clooney, Brad Pitt & Matt Damon and the subsequent sequels Ocean’s Twelve and Ocean’s Thirteen. Bernie Mac is survived by his wife and their only child a daughter.
R.I.P. Harvey Korman 1927-2008
Harvey Herschel Korman (February 15, 1927 – May 29, 2008) was an American comedic actor who performed in television and movie productions beginning in 1960. His big break was being a featured performer on The Danny Kaye Show, but he was probably best remembered for his performances on the sketch comedy series The Carol Burnett Show and in the comedy films of Mel Brooks, most notably Blazing Saddles.
The actor died at UCLA Medical Center after suffering complications from the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm four months ago. He was 81.
