R.I.P. 2008: From Philip Agee to Papa Wendo
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 12.31.08 | 10:09 AM ET
We said goodbye to great writers, adventurers, musicians and others in 2008—all people who, as we see it, had an impact on the world of travel.
R.I.P.:
- Philip Agee, CIA agent and Cuba travel activist
- Bud Browne, surf filmmaker
- Cachao, musician
- George Carlin, comedian
- Michael Crichton, writer
- Elmer Dills, writer and critic
- Steve Fossett, adventurer
- Dave Freeman, writer
- Sir Edmund Hillary, climber and philanthropist
- Tony Hillerman, writer
- Samuel Huntington, writer and political scientist
- Miles Kington, linguist
- Don LaFontiane, voice-over artist
- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, guru
- Richard Marks, activist
- Paul Newman, actor
- Herb Peterson, inventor
- Sydney Pollack, filmmaker
- Dith Pran, photographer
- Diana Barnato Walker, aviator
- David Foster Wallace, writer
- Papa Wendo, musician
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
TambourineMan 12.31.08 | 2:39 PM ET
I’d add Studs Terkel to the list.
Also:
Joern Utzon—designed global travel icon, the Sydney Opera House
Albert Hofmann—allowed us to take trips without leaving the house