I was able to attend service of Larry Weston, who died at age of 69 from cancer. He was my boss at wsdot and a role model for me. I also lost my longest neighbor, Mike Doherty, we would visit in backyard so often. Don Crowell was a former church board member, and Larry Trapp I knew from my WUTC days. None of these died from covid.
Here are some other people who I never met, but impacted my life;
George Alex Trebek, a Canadian-American game show host and television personality. He was the host of the syndicated game show Jeopardy! for 37 seasons from its revival in 1984 until his death in 2020.
Christian singer, songwriter, and comedian, Aaron Wilburn passed away November 27, 2020. Born July 9, 1950, in Ardmore, AL, Wilburn began his career as a member of the Happy Goodman Family. Throughout Aaron's five decades of songwriting, he either wrote or co-wrote many of Gospel music's most beloved songs, including "Four Days Late," "Home," "It Won't Rain Always," "That Sounds Like Home To Me," "What A Beautiful Day (For The Lord To Come Again)," and dozens more.
Gary McSpadden was a renowned gospel singer and a member of the Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame. He was a member of the Oak Ridge Boys from 1962-1963, and went on to a career with other top gospel groups of that era including the Bill Gaither Trio and the Gaither Vocal Band. McSpadden died on April 15 at the age of 77 after a battle with cancer.
Harold Reid shot to fame as a member of the Statler Brothers. The bass vocalist and comedian died on April 24,2020, after battling kidney failure. Reid was 80 years old at the time of his death.
Kenny Rogers died on March 20 in Sandy Springs, GA. According to his family, "passed away peacefully at home from natural causes under the care of hospice and surrounded by his family."
