This is a truly unfortunate death, though one that almost certainly could have been prevented:
English actor Julian Sands' body was found after a five and a half month search on the slopes of Mount Baldy (Mount San Antonio) in the San Gabriel Mountains. Sands had gone missing on a hiking trip during a time in January when the mountain, one of the highest points in Southern California at 10,064 feet in elevation, had been pummeled by an unbelievable amount of snow. He was only 65:
"I think honesty is of the first, utmost importance in art... any art. After that comes technique and... after that comes talent. Honesty is first. All the rest of the things are important, too, but they're secondary. Without honesty, I don't care how much technique you have, you have nothing."--Linda Ronstadt