Tom Petty, composer of the soundtrack to a generation of baby boomers—and beyond—died yesterday.

Glen Campbell died yesterday. While his death was not unexpected, it does give us pause to look back on his stellar career and graceful goodbye.

He wrote with Bob Dylan, played Dolly Parton’s husband, penned prize-winning off-Broadway plays and maintained a dignity to his work through the years that never betrayed his rough beginnings. When you consider a modern day Renaissance man, you could easily be referring to Sam Shepard.   

If anyone exemplified southern music at its '70s best, it was Gregg Allman.

Jonathan Demme, Academy Award winner for Best Director for Silence of the Lambs, died today at age 73.