時々刻々、人が死に人が生まれる。
作家のジョン・アップダイク死す；
CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN-HAUPT “John Updike, a Lyrical Writer of the Middle-Class Man, Dies at 76” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/books/28updike.html
MICHIKO KAKUTANI “A Relentless Updike Mapped America's Mysteries” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/books/28appr.html
また、グレイシー柔術のHelio Gracie氏も；
The Associated Press “Helio Gracie, Promoter of Jiu-Jitsu, Dies at 95” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/sports/othersports/30gracie.html
さらに、レイナード・スキナードのキーボード奏者Billy Powellも；
The Associated Press “Billy Powell, Keyboardist for Lynyrd Skynyrd, Dies at 56” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/arts/music/29powell.html
