First Mister Rogers died, now Captain Kangaroo and Helmut Newton two of my childhood heroes.

I remember asking my mom to make me some deep pockets like the Captain had. He had real deep big pockets.

Mom sewed some really deep pockets in my Footy Pajamas, but I didn't think they were Captain length, so I cut the bottoms of the pockets myself and unable to sew I used tape to seal the ends of the pockets. They were useless, so all my belonging collected around my ankles in the Footy Pajama with skidproof rubber soles that shrank and curled due to some extended stay in the dryer.

I walked around with Popeye sized calves.

I recently sold a prized signed photo Helmut Newton took of Jack Nicholson... Signed by Newton that it. I love Newton's work, so his signature meant alot to me, enough to let it go to the winning bid of $1.00 on eBay. I wish I still had that autograph, now that he's dead I bet I could get double for it.

I remember seeing Helmut's pictures in my mom's fashion magazines and his style was so different that I checked out his name and have always remembered it.

I remember hearing about Stanley Kubrick using Helmut Newton to shoot stills for "Eyes Wide Shut", yet I've never seen those photos. The movie still has that Helmut look to the women in the film.

One of my favorite trends in his style was when he started having his models wear surgical and prosthetic equipment...

That was hot!

Much sexier that those Fashion Models with really deep pockets.