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Cyd Charisse

(86) classy, long-legged, graceful Texas beauty who danced with the Ballet Russe as a teenager and starred in MGM musicals with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. Charisse's fame came from the Technicolor musicals of the '40s and '50s. Classically trained, she could dance anything, from a pas de deux in Ziegfeld Follies (1946) to the lowdown Mickey Spillane satire in The Band Wagon (1953; with Astaire). She also forged a popular song-and-dance partnership on TV and in nightclub appearances with her husband of 60 years, singer Tony Martin. She is shown above in Singin' in the Rain (1952; with Kelly), Band Wagon, Silk Stockings (1957), her Broadway debut in the musical Grand Hotel (1991), and in a recent public appearance. Charisse died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California on June 17, 2008.

George Carlin

(71) stand-up comedian, a counterculture hero famed for his routines about drugs and dirty words. Known for his provocative material, Carlin won status as an anti-Establishment icon in the '70s with stand-up bits full of drug references and a routine called "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television." A regulatory battle over a radio broadcast of the routine ultimately reached the US Supreme Court, which ruled that the words cited in Carlin's routine were indecent and that the government's broadcast regulator could ban them from being aired at times when children might be listening. Carlin had a history of heart and drug-dependency problems. He died of heart failure after being hospitalized earlier in the afternoon for chest pains, in Santa Monica, California on June 22, 2008.

Petal the Elephant

(52) oldest African elephant in an American zoo. Petal, who usually slept standing up, was found lying in her stall by Philadelphia Zoo staff. Veterinarians were called immediately, but Petal died about two hours later. A video monitoring system showed that her right rear leg buckled suddenly, causing her to collapse. Petal had lived most of her life at the Philadelphia Zoo and had been in excellent health, showing no recent signs of illness or decline. She died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 9, 2008.

Words and pictures from Life in Legacy

Two of the most important things in my life are fashion and music.  Recently we lost two icons from these industries.

Thank you for the enormous amount of pleasure you have given me over the years:

Bo Diddley (79) singer and guitarist who invented his own name, his own guitars, his own beat, and, with a handful of other musical pioneers, rock 'n' roll itself. The legendary singer and performer was known for his homemade square guitar, dark glasses, and black hat. Along with Chuck Berry, Diddley was recognized as one of rock's most influential guitarists. In recent years he had suffered from diabetes. In 2007, he suffered a heart attack in Gainesville, Fla. and was hospitalized after a concert in Council Bluffs, Iowa. On May 13, 2008, he had a stroke in Omaha, Neb. He died of heart failure in Archer, Florida on June 2, 2008.

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Yves Saint Laurent (71) French designer who rewrote the rules of fashion by putting women into elegant pantsuits that defined how modern women dressed. Saint Laurent exploded on the fashion scene in 1958 as a boy-wonder successor to Christian Dior and became one of the best-known and most influential couturiers of the second half of the 20th century. He created a bold new dress code for women during the feminist revolution of the '70s and helped to launch the era of the celebrity designer with his jet-set lifestyle. He died in Paris, France on June 1, 2008.

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