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FEATURES | Issue: "News of the year" December 31, 2005

Departures

Year in Review | Notables deaths during 2005 | Edward E. Plowman

John Paul II
(Karol Józef Wojtyla)

84; April 2 | Much-traveled charismatic pope credited with hastening the fall of communism in Poland and in other Eastern bloc countries; a staunch conservative, he defended traditional Catholic theology and church teachings on social and moral issues throughout his 26-year reign.

Rosa Parks

92; Oct. 24 | Shy seamstress and devout Christian who on Dec. 1, 1955, was arrested for refusing to surrender her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., city bus to a white man, triggering a chain reaction leading to the civil-rights movement.

Johnny Carson

79; Jan. 23 | Legendary, quick-witted comedian who hosted NBC's The Tonight Show from 1962 to 1992, becoming a national institution putting his viewers to bed for 30 years with a smooth nightcap of celebrity banter and heartland charm.

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