History Shapers We Lost This Decade

Dec. 31, 2009— -- 2009
Edward Kennedy / U.S. Senator
Michael Jackson / Entertainer

Mary Travers / Folk Singer

Ed McMahon / Talk Show Sidekick

Walter Cronkite / TV Broadcaster

Paul Harvey / Radio Broadcaster

2008
Paul Newman / Actor
Heath Ledger / Actor

Sir Edmund Hillary / Explorer

Charlton Heston / Actor

William F. Buckley / Conservative Commentator

Bo Diddley / Musician

George Carlin / Comedian

Michael Crichton / Author and Producer

2007
Merv Griffin / Talk Show Host
Lady Bird Johnson / First Lady of the US
Norman Mailer / Author
Boris Yeltsin / President of the Russia
Benazir Bhutto / Prime Minister of Pakistan
Luciano Pavarotti / Opera Singer
Evel Knievel / Daredevil

2006
Aaron Spelling / TV and Movie Producer
James Brown / Entertainer
Gerald Ford / 38th President of the United States
Coretta Scott King / Civil Rights Leader

2005

Johnny Carson / Talk Show Host

Richard Pryor / Comedian

Arthur Miller / Playwright

Peter Jennings / TV Broadcaster

Rosa Parks / Civil Rights Leader

Pope John Paul II Julia Child / Chef and Author

Christopher Reeve / Actor

Yasser Arafat / Palestinian Leader

Ronald Reagan / 40th President of the United States

Ray Charles / Musician

Marlon Brando / Actor

Rodney Dangerfield / Comedian

2003
Bob Hope / Actor
Fred Rogers / Children's TV Host
Katherine Hepburn / Actor
David Brinkley / TV Broadcaster

Johnny and June Cash / Singers

Althea Gibson / Athlete

2002
Chuck Jones / Cartoonist
Milton Berle / Comedian
Ted Williams / Baseball Player
Seattle Slew / Triple Crown Winner

2001
Dale Earnhardt / Race Car Driver
Carroll O'Connor / Actor
George Harrison / Musician

Isaac Stern / Violinist

2000
Tom Landry / Football Coach
Steve Allen / Entertainer
Charles Schulz / Cartoonist