The final hours of 2003 are an appropriate time to reflect on some of the people who left us over the past year. Numerous showbiz types went to that great stage in the sky. Bob Hope, who combined a love of entertaining with an unadulterated patriotism, passed on at 100. Art Carney, Ed Norton of the fabled Honeymooners, will be remembered as the ultimate pal. Sure, he often realized that Ralph Kramden’s latest get-rich-quick scheme was fatally flawed, but he hung in there anyway. Just out of pure, unquestioning friendship. Bee Gee Maurice Gibb died in January. Whether one loved...