Of all the famous people who died this year

...only two fit my good riddance criteria:

1) Jesse Helms, 86 He served five terms in the Senate, and he never shied from a Southern-fried filibuster to get what he wanted. Or, more precisely, to stop what he didn't want. "Senator No" was against most everything--food stamps, foreign aid, the King holiday, gay rights, modern art and countless judicial nominees--other than tobacco. Even Ronald Reagan called him a "thorn in my side."

2) Paul Weyrich, 66 Weyrich coined the phrase "moral majority" and helped found the Heritage Foundation, the country's most influential conservative think tank, and the Christian Coalition.