Deaths in the news: Comic-con Co-founder Krueger & Don Voegeli, Composer Of 'All Things Considered'

[The Straight Story]

Comic-con Co-founder Krueger Dies

KEN KRUEGER, one of the brains behind the world’s biggest comic book convention, Comic-Con International, has died - just two weeks after co-founder SHELDON DORF passed away.

Krueger founded the San Diego, California-based annual comic book festival with Dorf in 1970. He died of a heart attack on Saturday (21Nov09).

Dorf died earlier this month (03Nov09) from kidney failure. He was 76.

This year’s (09) event was attended by more than 125,000 people and included appearances from director Tim Burton, Johnny Depp and Twilight stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner.

http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/11/26/comic-con-co-founder-krueger-dies-64693/


Don Voegeli, Composer Of The 'All Things Considered' Theme, Has Died

There's sad news to pass along.

Don Voegeli, composer of the themes that All Things Considered listeners have heard since the show debuted in 1971, has died. He was 89, according to an obituary posted online at Madison.com.

As NPR's Bob Boilen reported on ATC's 31st anniversary, Voegeli taught in the music department at the University of Wisconsin and at the birth of NPR was asked to come up with a theme for a national daily news program.

His first version, as you can hear here, isn't what current listeners are used to. Voegeli came up with something that will sound more familiar in 1974. The theme has gone through three more updates since.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/11/voegeli_all_things_considered.html