Bobby Murcer was 62. He was a five-time All-Star outfielder who spent nearly four decades with the New York Yankees as a player, executive and announcer.

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Larry Harmon was 83. He turned the character Bozo the Clown into a show business staple that delighted children for more than a half-century.

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Dody Goodman was 93. She was the delightfully daffy comedian known for her television appearances on Jack Paar's late-night talk show and as the mother on the soap-opera parody "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman."

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George Carlin was 71. He was a counter-culture hero famed for his routines about drugs, dirty words and the demise of humanity.

I'll have more from one of my favourite comedians throughout the day.

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Cyd Charisse was 86. She was the long-legged Texas beauty who danced with the Ballet Russe as a teenager and starred in MGM musicals with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly.

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Tim Russert was 58. He was the host of NBC's "Meet the Press" and the network's Washington bureau chief.

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Miroslav Dvorak was 56. He was a key defenceman for the Philadelphia Flyers for three seasons in the 1980s.

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Brian Budd was 56. He was the Canadian soccer player best known for winning ABC's World Superstars championship three years in a row from 1978 to 1980.

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Tyrone Jones was 46. He was the colourful and outspoken linebacker who helped the Winnipeg Blue Bombers capture two Grey Cup titles during his eight-year tenure with the CFL club.

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Jim McKay was 86. He elegantly covered competitions from badminton to barrel jumping. Yet he may best be remembered for that grim day at the Munich Olympics when he broke the news with three simple words: "They're all gone."

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