They were sports icons, public servants, entrepreneurs, storytellers and advocates who touched the lives of many Hoosiers.
They were trailblazers in their field who devoted their lives to helping others and captivated the public with their talents. Some died of old age; others died too young.Carl Brizzi, a former Marion County prosecutor and once a rising star Republican, died on Jan. 5 at age 53 after suffering a stroke. He was a prosecutor from 2003 to 2010 and ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2020.
Allen, the third-generation owner of Taylor's Bakery, began working there at age 8. He ditched college and began running the bakery after his father became sick. Even in retirement, he never stopped delivering cakes. "He just, in his life on this Earth, did a tremendous volume of work," Kim Boyd, founder and president of The H.O.P.E. TEAM, told IndyStar following Young's death.Pat Aikman, former director of the Indiana All-Stars basketball teams, died on March 9 at age 86. Steve Witty, a friend and former executive director of the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association, said Aikman took his job very seriously.
He came to IndyStar as a janitor in 1972, applied to be a photographer five times and was rejected each time. Finally, in 1983, he got a three-month photo internship, setting off a decades-long career of photographing rock stars, politicians, athletes, artists, celebrities such as Michael Jordan and Melania Trump, to name a few.
Anderson, a Democrat, was elected sheriff in 2002 and served in that role until 2011. He also spent more than two decades in the U.S. Marshal's Service, overseeing law enforcement in several federal buildings throughout Indiana.
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