Valley of Life | Online Memorial Blog

Peter Fernandez, who helped launch the hugely popular animated series “Speed Racer” to success died on July 15, 2010 of lung cancer at the age of 83.

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In honor of the 60^th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, a memorial was build on a stretch of highway that connects Acushnet Avenue, at Exit 6, to Route 140 in New Bedford, Connecticut. Korean War veteran Roland Gendron helped make the memorial roadway possible. Gendron enlisted the assistance of Representative Robert Koczera and Senator Mark Montigny. According to “South Coast Today,” this piece of the road is now called the Korean War Veterans’ Memorial Roadway. The Department of Highways is responsible of the road’s maintenance.

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A Buffalo, New York memorial, which will have a public dedication on September 11, 2010, will honor those who lost their lives in the Persian Gulf War, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Designs for the monument were unveiled Saturday at Forest Lawn’s Field of Valour.

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A year after pop singer Michael Jackson’s unexpected death, his legacy still lives through his music. “Access Hollywood” reports the King of Pop has sold about 35 million albums in the last 12 months. Jackson died in 2009 after having a fatal amount of anesthesia and sedatives administered to him.

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As the five-year anniversary of the deadly Hurricane Katrina approaches, the city of Biloxi, Miss., plans to create a memorial on the Town Green that will list the names of nearly 170 people who died or are missing because of the storm.

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