2 More Lives Lost

2 well known men lost their lives yesterday, both in their 70's and both to Leukemia :o(

Bill Walsh, the imaginative and charismatic coach who took over a downtrodden 49ers team and built one of the greatest franchises in NFL history, died Monday morning at his home in Woodside at the age of 75 after a three-year struggle with leukemia.

Bill Walsh took over a broken-down 49ers team in 1979 and reshaped it in his indomitable way, riding the shoulders of his players to three Super Bowls, all victories. Associated Press Photo, 1985.

Tom Snyder, the late-night talk show host whose free-form program and intimate interviewing style influenced a generation of broadcasters, died in his Tiburon home nearly two years after he announced he had chronic lymphatic leukemia. Snyder, was 71.