{"id":3406,"date":"2009-03-18T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2009-03-18T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.AchieveMax.com\/blog\/?p=3406"},"modified":"2013-06-27T10:32:20","modified_gmt":"2013-06-27T14:32:20","slug":"were-losing-irreplaceable-icons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/achievemax.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/18\/were-losing-irreplaceable-icons\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re Losing Irreplaceable Icons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The list is obviously far too long to publish here, but we&#8217;re losing truly talented people who will be difficult to replace. In the last six months alone, we&#8217;ve lost such notables as actor James Whitmore, author John Updike, actor Ricardo Montalban, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, French legendary fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, and actors Charlton Heston and Paul Newman.<\/p>\n<p>Just recently, we lost one of the most gifted and beloved broadcasters in our nation&#8217;s history\u2014Paul Harvey. 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