Corey Ian Haim, * December 23, 1971, † March 10, 2010.

DARE TWS / Sigi von Koeding, * 1968, † March 6, 2010.

Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse, † March 6, 2010.

Milton Glaser was recently honoured with the 2009 National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama. As one of twelve recipients of the award for outstanding achievements and support of the arts in the US, he is the first graphic designer ever recieving this award.

Although there isn’t an official statement yet, confirmations from second hand sources reveal that Guru has fallen into a coma after suffering cardiac arrest. Godspeed and all the best.

Have you ever been watching TV or a movie and pointed to the screen and said, “Hey! It’s that Guy!”? Well, here is where you’ll find him – All “That Guys!” on one page.

Lee Alexander McQueen, * March 17, 1969, † February 11, 2010.

Jerome D. Salinger, * January 1, 1919, † January 27, 2010.

Dennis Stock, * July 24, 1928, † January 11, 2010.

Dennis Stock joined Magnum in 1951 after receiving magazine LIFE’s young photography award. He became famous thanks to his memorable James Dean pictures as well as his jazz musicians ones, taken between 1957 and 1960.

The Smoking Gun uncovers some seemingly irregular financial transactions behind the scenes of Wyclef Jean’s charitable organization Yele Haiti. Via

Teddy Pendergrass, * March 26, 1950, † January 13, 2010.

A beautiful but sad video by Eliot Rausch about an ex-con and his dog. Via

While people all over the world are marking the 75th anniversary of the birth of Elvis Presley, we would like to give a big shout out to a treasure who is still with us – University of Cambridge professor emeritus Stephen Hawking, who turned 68 years old on January 8. Hawking is a theoretical physicist who is regarded as one of the most intelligent men alive.

An evening with spoken words – January 10, 2010 at the Astra Kulturhaus.

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