SLIDESHOW: Famous deaths 2008

21 of 103: This March 6, 2000 file photo shows session drummer Earl Palmer, in New York during the 15th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Dinner. Palmer died Friday at his Los Angeles home after fighting a lengthy illness. He was 84. Palmer's pioneering backbeats were recorded on such classics as Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti" and The Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'." (AP Photo/Ed Betz, File)

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