Benihana restaurant owner and creator, Rocky Aoki, died July 10 at the age of 69 due to pneumonia, a complication from cancer. His wife and six children were by his side in New York when he passed away.
Beloved children entertainer, Larry Harmon, who became a household name as Bozo the Clown, died of congestive heart failure on Thursday, July 3 at the age of 83. Harmon dauned the costume of Bozo the clown several times but mostly licensed the character and his likeness out to others.
Former U.S. Senator Jesse Helms died today at the age of 86 in Raleigh, North Carolina. The cause of his death has not yet been disclosed. Helms was a conservative icon whose convictions drove him to fight liberalism in the senate. The North Carolina Republican opposed abortion and many civil rights issues, including the bill that gave Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. an honorary national holiday. It was his opposition to such issues that caused many to consider him a racist. In his memoir “Here’s Where I Stand” Helms denied such allocations.
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Actress Dody Goodman died on Sunday at Englewood Hospital in New Jersey at the age of 93. The actress, who entertained audiences on The Tonight Show with Jack Paar, had been sick for several years.
