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"Hail and Farewell": A tribute to those we lost in 2024

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With Lee Cowan , we say a heartfelt " Hail and Farewell " The man who took that picture Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders left us this year .

From Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson , Jones made them all better.

"We are all connected in the great circle of life," he said as Mufasa in " The Lion King ".

" Jaws " stuntwoman Susan Backlinie was the stuntwoman who was that famous shark's midnight snack.

Jack Jones sang the theme to " Love Boat " Steve Lawrence and his late wife, Eydie Gorme sang any number of songs about love.

Barbara Taylor Bradford wrote about people who are "so fabulous," "Readers really don't want to read about ugly people".

Bob Greene : Not all our sports heroes remain on pedestal.

Greene: We also lost, one of the great sportscasters of our era.

He says we're losing more and more Holocaust survivors every year .

Greene says there are so many who left us far earlier than the century mark, like country music legend.

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