DEATHS Animal trainer Frank Inn, 86, who turned an animal-shelter mutt named Higgins into movie star Benji, of undisclosed causes, July 27, in Sylmar, Calif.... Original Mickey Mouse Club musical director Norman D. "Buddy" Baker, 84, who scored such Disney cartoons as The Fox and the Hound and arranged music for theme-park rides including "It's a Small World," of undisclosed causes, July 26, in Sherman Oaks, Calif. His score for Disney's 1972 live-action Napoleon and Samantha earned him an Oscar nod.... White-supremacist novelist William Pierce, 68, of cancer, July 23, in Hillsboro, W.Va. Police discovered a copy of his The Turner Diaries on executed Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh at the time of his arrest.... Big-band trumpeter Jimmy Maxwell, 85, who performed with Benny Goodman, the Tonight Show orchestra, and as a soloist on the Godfather soundtrack, of undisclosed causes, July 20, in Great Neck, N.Y. --Nancy Miller

Originally posted Aug 09, 2002 Published in issue #666 Aug 09, 2002 Order article reprints
Page 1 2
You Might Also Like

Add your comment

The rules: Keep it clean, and stay on the subject or we might delete your comment. If you see inappropriate language, e-mail us. An asterisk * indicates a required field.

500 characters remaining