Ivan Dixon, which some of depending on your age may remember as Sergeant James Kinchloe in the hit TV series Hogan’s Heroes. Dixon, died Sunday at the age 76 after a hemorrhage and complications from kidney failure. After Hogan’s Heroes Dixon did some other TV roles including a role in the CBS Playhouse special “The Final War of Olly Winter” for which he got an Emmy nomination for his performance. He become more known as a director, directing such shows as “The Waltons,” “The Rockford Files,” “Magnum, P.I.” and “In the Heat of the Night”.
Arthur C. Clarke, the well known science fiction writer who co-wrote "2001: A Space Odyssey", died today at age 90. Clarke is also credited with the concept of communications satellites in 1945, decades before they became a reality. Some of Clarke’s best-known books are "Childhood's End," 1953; "The City and The Stars," 1956; "The Nine Billion Names of God," 1967; "Rendezvous with Rama," 1973; "Imperial Earth," 1975; and "The Songs of Distant Earth," 1986. Arthur C. Clarke’s latest novel, "The Last Theorem," which was co-written with Frederik Pohl, is said to be coming later this year.
Vicki Van Meter, who made headlines for piloting a plane across the country at age 11 and from the U.S. to Europe at age 12,in the 1990s died Saturday at the tender age of 26. She died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. Her body was found in her Meadville home on Sunday. Her brother said she battled depression, but her family thought she had been dealing with her problems. In 1994, Vicki Van Meter flew from Augusta to Glasgow, Scotland, and was credited with being the youngest girl to make a trans-Atlantic flight.
I want to say good-bye to all three of these people that brought us joy and excitement and send condolences to their family and friends.
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