Robert Harold Schuller (September 16, 1926 – April 2, 2015)

Schuller was a televangelist, pastor, motivational speaker, and author,
principally known for the weekly Hour of Power television program, which
he founded in 1970 and hosted until 2010. He was also the founder of
the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California, where the Hour of
Power program was previously broadcast.

Schuller died early this morning at a skilled-nursing facility in Artesia,
California. In 2013, he was diagnosed with a tumor in his esophagus
that had spread to his lymph nodes.

The Crystal Cathedral

JACKSONVILLE, Ore. (AP) –  Gary Ross Dahl, the creator of the wildly popular
1970s fad the Pet Rock, has died at age 78 in southern Oregon.

Dahl’s wife, Marguerite Dahl, confirmed Tuesday that her husband of 40 years
died March 23 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

The smooth stones came packed in a cardboard box containing a tongue-in-
cheek instruction pamphlet for "care and feeding." Dahl estimated he had sold
1.5 million of them at roughly $4 each by the time the fad fizzled. The Pet Rock
required no work and no time commitment.

Born Dec. 18, 1936, in Bottineau, North Dakota, Dahl was raised in Spokane, Washington.

In 1975, he was a Los Gatos, California, advertising executive when he came
up with the Pet Rock idea.

"Johnny B. Goode" was a major hit, peaking at #2 on Billboard magazine’s
Hot R&B Sides chart and #8 on the Billboard  Hot 100. The song is ranked
as number seven on Rolling Stone’s list of “the 500 Greatest Songs of
All Time".

 
Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry will be 89 in October.

Jimmy Greenspoon (February 7, 1948 – March 11, 2015)

Greenspoon was a keyboard player and composer, best known as a
member of the band Three Dog Night. He died from cancer in North
Potomac, Maryland Wednesday. He was diagnosed last year with
metastatic melanoma, and stopped touring with band. 

Dave Frohnmayer (July 9, 1940 – March 9, 2015)

Frohnmayer was an attorney, politician, and university administrator
from Oregon. He was the 15th president of the University of Oregon
(UO), serving from 1994 to 2009. His tenure as president was the
second-longest after John Wesley Johnson. He was the first native
Oregonian to run the UO. Frohnmayer previously served as Oregon
Attorney General from 1981 to 1991, and subsequently served as
dean at the University of Oregon School of Law before serving as
president of the university. He died Monday night after battling
prostate cancer.