R.I.P. 50's pinup model Bettie Page.

Page was placed on life support last week after suffering a heart attack in Los Angeles and never regained consciousnessr. Page's family agreed to remove life support. Before the heart attack, Page had been hospitalized for three weeks with pneumonia.

She was 85.

Moderator? I know she's not an author, but this was the closest I could find in relevance. Perhaps this topic can be expanded in its scope (and its title changed) to Print?

I also tried to start a new topic on the Media subtopic's main board, but got an error when I pressed the button. (I'm guessing you had just removed it before I did so).

I hadn't removed anything, so I'm not sure what the problem was, Luigi.

What was the Topic you wanted?

As for relevance you could have put it on the Movies RIP board as she had done some movies, but since, I believe, they were of the bondage/nudity variety that wouldn't be discussed on Nitcentral... ;-)

On the other hand she was the inspiration for Bettie in The Rocketeer, so Comics RIP could have worked as well.

Still, some celebrities just fall between the cracks, so a new board makes sense as well.

It's interesting after her career as photographer's model, nobody really seemed to know what had happened to her until Dave Steven's brought back interest in her. IIRC there were various conspiracy theories about what happened to her, but she had just basically dropped out of the limelight & had a normal life.

I didn't know she did movies, but I think the primary area in which she was most widely known would be more relevant. Since she was a pinup, I thought there should be an R.I.P. board for the print media. This could cover journalists, models, photographers, magazine founders and editors, etc. Since that's an area that will tend to generate less posts, I figure there should be one inclusive board for all of these, rather than splintering it into lots of boards with only one or two posts on them. Whaddaya think?

What would have been wrong with listing Betty Page's death on the "Signing Off: Media Personalities Remembered" board? I would have thought the word "media" would have covered pretty anything (and everything) Betty Page was known for.

Yeah, I guess. Maybe "Signing off" conjures up the idea of radio and TV, and de-emphasized the "media" in my mind.

I can see that. But I've tended to use it as an all-purpose celebrity death board.

No.1, (the cage)-nurse Chapel-doc-Chapel computervoice-Luxwanna Troi passed away , 76,luekemia,as far as I know.

Former Detroit Tigers pitcher Mark "The Bird" Fidrych was found dead at his Massachusetts home on 4/13/09. He was 54 years old. More on him here.

Already posted in "The Final Whistle", Adam.

Marilyn Chambers...The Ivory Soap woman.

(No other explanation of what else she did is necessary)

But look behind the green door to find out.

LOL

She died? Wow, I didn't know she was that old.

She wasn't. She was 56, almost 57.

...and still smokin' hot

Bea "Maude" Arthur...age 86

So long, Dorothy (her Golden Girls character). Say what you will about her looks (and her looks were the butt of many jokes), Bea had a wonderful comic sense of timing. It was always a pleasure to watch her snap a smart remark off to Walter, Archie Bunker or, hell, anyone really. Thanks for the laughs and smiles, Bea!

She and Estelle Getty were hilarious on The Golden Girls. They always got the funniest lines, and probably influenced my love sarcastic retort humor.

Ed McMahon has died at age 86.

Now I'll never win that million dollars.

Here's the article

Ed McMahon

Farrah Fawcett has just passed away at the age of 62. More here.

Sad news I knew she didn't have long to live.

This just in...I can't believe it!!!

Michael Jackson has died after suffering from abrupt cardiac arrest!

He was 50, and is survived by his three children, Prince, Paris, and the youngest whose real name I do not know.

Man, what is going on? First Ed, then Farrah, and now the King of Pop is gone!

This is depressing!

It's also a sad day for the world, in my opinion.

Anyway, rest in peace, Michael. Finally you are free from the media and the public's scrunity.

I will remember...

*sigghhhhh* It was untrue. TMZ was wrong. But they were right about Farrah!

CNN has confirmed that Michael Jackson is in a coma after suffering cardiac arrest, but he had not died.

Sometimes news sources jump the gun. For example, in 1982, somebody reported that Abe Vigoda had died, so he posed for a picture while reading his own obituary. He is still alive, as of 6/25/09.

Also, the same thing happened to Kurt Cobain. Two months before his suicide in March or April of 1994, somebody reported he died from a heroin overdose.

And then Bob Hope was reported dead two years prematurely.

So you see, this is not an unheard-of thing to have happen. It's just irritating when it does!

Nope, Kcbs74 just confirmed Jackson died...

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Gregory Peck one of my favorite actors died of
something 6 months before he really croaked..

Yes. It's true. I am very upset.

I hope now, he can finally rest, and no longer be under attack from critics and detracters.

I will miss him terribly.

R.I.P. Michael Jackson 1959-2009

"The King Of Pop"

I will not stop criticizing him. He was a child molester, even if he wasn't convicted of him.

Bad day for 70's icons, eh?

Agreed, Scott.

Bad day for 70's icons, eh?
I consider Jackson more of an '80s icon, although he got his start with his brothers in the late '60s. With the Thriller album, and the accompanying videos from it, he pretty much put MTV on the map. Both MTV and VH-1 were playing his videos this morning.

I will not stop criticizing him. He was a child molester, even if he wasn't convicted...
I'm with you, Scott and Luigi. IMHO, Jackson got off in 2003 not because he wasn't guilty, but because he had a good lawyer. There were other allegations, but I won't go into them here. BTW, the 2003 episode of Law & Order, titled "Smoke" was apparently based on Jackson. The protagonist was a child molesting comic instead of a music icon, but the episode's writers didn't do a lot to hide the Jackson connection.

and poor Farrah passed away of cancer,
they even showed her hair loss.

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John's right 3 famous people died back to back!


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I saw that episode. It was a good one. But are you sure it was a comic? I could've sworn it was a toy store mogul.

I think we're both right, Luigi. Law & Order: SVU did an episode titled "Sick", which was also based on Jackson's headlines at the time. The L&O episode had Larry Miller in his third appearance on the series (he played himself in that one, not his wife-murdering Michael Dobson character). The SVU episode had Cindy Williams as the guest star, playing (IIRC) the grandmother of the molested child.

Looks like we lost another one.. Billy Mays, the pitchman died... Maybe he can sell some sort of embalming product now...

1950's TV icon Gale Storm passed away June 26, 2009 at the age of 87. I remember watching reruns of her series My Little Margie when I was a kid. More on her life and career here.

Karl Malden

Known best for playing Omar Bradley in "Patton" and the American Express commercials.

He was 97

Karl Malden? He was one of the first celebrities to spruik American Express cards. he was also quite famous for his roles in "Streetcar Named Desire" and "On The Waterfront" amongst MANY other movies.

Not to mention "The Streets of San Francisco". Thank you "I Love the 70s".

Walter Cronkite that's the way it is (was)
passed away at 92..

wow. No one nits Walter Cronkite?

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when Arthur Clarke passed away he rated a little
scroll on the bottom of the tv.

Toxicology tests found cocaine in Billy Mays' system; that's what caused his fatal heart attack. More here.

Wow, and here I thought OxiClean and Orange Glo were the only things he was sniffing.

Him and Michael Jackson both died as a result of drug addiction.

Variety columnist Army Archerd has died of mesothelioma at the age of 87. He wrote for Variety for over 50 years. More here.

Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary has passed away from leukemia at tha age of 72. More here.

very very sad to hear. They defined a generation along with people like Pete Seeger and the Mamas and the Papas. Sorely missed...

Good Riddance Dept.: Susan Atkins, part of the "family" of Charles Manson, died in prison on 9/24/09 of brain cancer. Atkins was the one who stabbed the eight months pregnant Sharon Tate. Read here for more information.

Vic Mizzy, who composed (among other things he wrote) the themes to the TV series The Addams Family and Green Acres, died 10/17/09. He was 93.

He played & sang the Addams Family song himself

And those finger snaps were his too.

A major part of my childhood just died - Soupy Sales has passed away at the age of 83. Maybe we should sneak into our dads' wallets and send him the green paper with the famous faces on them. More here.

I was about to post the same thing.

And them darned young'uns have no idea of who or what we're talking about.

Here's a great page (or rather, pages) about Soupy from TV Party.
I used to the bit about sending Soupy the green paper was an urban legend, but it's not.
Sorry for beating you to the punch on this, Scott. You can hit me in the face with a cream pie anytime.

God, John A. Lang just told me. He said "You're one of the last people to see Soupy Sales alive.", and I said, "WHAT???!!!??"

I just went over to Sale's Wikipedia article, and it's true.

I felt so bad for him and his wife. He looks all happy in the photograph I took of him that is currently in his article, but the truth is that his face was mostly frozen. I don't know what condition he had, but he moved very slowly, did not talk (at least apparently), and when I asked for permission to photograph him, as I usually do I asked him people behind the table (his wife and some other representative). In retrospect, I'm amazed that he went out in public to be seen like that (though again, the pic doesn't convey the slow/frozen nature of his movements or expression). Either he needed the money, or he really loved the fans.

I vaguely remember watching him when I was a kid. He will be missed.

I've got a blooper tape with the backstage angle of the time the crew put a stripper behind the scenery so that only Soupy could see what was going on and he had to keep going with the show as she danced. I remember him being called to testify as an expert witness in a pie throwing incident once. I'll miss him.

Oral Roberts dead at age 91

So? So what? Who cares? I mean, who really cares?

He was a friggin' stinkin' ultra right-wing, ultra conservative, fundamentalist Christian republican who's just gone down to that really hot place filled with brimstone that Helms, Falwell and Thurmond have already gone to, and that will Swaggart and Bakker evenually go to!

That's really how it is, ya know. People who claim they go to the cool, light place really end up going to the dark, hot place!

Ya know why? 'CAUSE THEY WERE COMPLETELY CORRUPT AND THEY SINNED THEIR WHOLE LIVES! THEY DESERVED IT!!!!

And that's all I have to say about that!

Just in case you were wondering, I really hate excessively religious old dudes, who go on TV and claim God will kill them if they don't get a certain amount of money by a certain time. I REALLY hate that, and Oral Roberts did that back in 1987.

"Do-As-I-Say-Not-As-I-Do" conservative hypocrites! Gotta hate 'em! I sure do!

Personally, I don't care. Especially after his "God's going to take me if I don't get the money I need for my university" stunt. But number one, there are others who might care. And number two, no matter what I think of him, Roberts was a very significant figure in American religion. That alone makes his passing worth mentioning.

For once I agree with you, Benn. Oral was corrupt in his "God told me to get (X million) dollars or He's gonna take me home." stunt. He made God look like a bookie or a gangster.

I thought he turned Yahweh into a common blackmailer, which being a Christian back then, I very much objected to.

"Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken?"---EZEKIEL 13:7

Huh?

I no speak the language clear, translate please.

Are we still talking about Oral Roberts?

Yes.

The Scripture is quite clear.

Rough translation:

"Have you not seen a false vision, have you not spoken a false prophesy, because you say, "The Lord said it", however, I have not spoken?"

Look up Ezekiel 13:7 in the newer editions of the Bible

When did The Kitchen Sink become Religious Musings?

If there doesn't happen to be a death board over there (& if not, why not?) just mention the person's death, but have discussions about his/her/its religious activities over there please.

Actress Brittany Murphy died this morning from cardiac arrest. She could not be revived after somebody, I don't know who, attempted CPR on her numerous times. She was 32.

There will be a medical investigation some time this week. Boy, I sure hope she didn't die because of drugs, there's between quite enough of that in Hollywood already!

That should be "been quite enough of that...".

Brittany Murphy's autopsy has been completed. The results were "normal", according to TMZ. No foul play, nothing suspicious was involved.

However, I, as well as do others, wonder about the amount of prescription drugs Murphy had in her home. Perhaps it's irrelevant now.

She had been sick and was vomiting the day before, her mother said. If it was connected to her cardiac arrest, it was not mentioned.

I am now going to rent a few of her movies over the holidays, she was funny in quite a few.

How come nobody else wrote about this on here?

Where are you all hiding?

Oh well. Happy Whatever-You're-Having!

In my case, because I don't give a darn about most celebrities

I tried to but kept having problems posting.

It appears to be working now.

I think her death is drug related. She used to be a bit chubby and recently she was really thin and dies of a heart attack at 32. The authorities find like 10 different types of prescription drugs in her bed room. That doesn't get into what kinds of illegal drugs she might have been messing with.

She got that thin years ago. It wasn't really recent.

R.I.P. fellow native of Union City, New Jersey, and creator of Woodsy Owl, Harold Bell.

Bell passed away December 4 at the age of 90, but I only heard about this a day or two ago, and only discovered the above link today, when an editor added him to the Notable residents section of Wikipedia's Union City, NJ article. I had no idea he was from around here.

He joins fellow Union City comic/cartoon creators Otto Messmer (creator of Felix the Cat) and Joe Oriolo (co-creator of Casper the Friendly Ghost and animator of Felix the Cat).

Felix and Woodsy are cool. But Casper...? Always did hate him.

Andrew Koenig was found dead. Suicide

Mission: Impossible's Peter Graves, the original Jim Phelps, has been found dead at the age of 83.

Peter Graves was one of my favorite actors too

rip,

Davy Crockett is gone. Fess Parker dead at 85.

I was surprised to hear about Fess Parker's death. I thought he had died years ago. Like maybe back in the '70s or '80s.

No. He quit acting, and became wealthy via real estate investments. When I was a kid, I had a "Davy Crockett" cap that I treasured.
The icons of my youth are really passing on. Last October, it was Soupy Sales. This week, it's Peter Graves, Fess Parker and New York DJ Ron Lundy.

Robert Culp, of I spy just died of a fall.
Another favorite of mine..

Longtime TV personality Art Linkletter has died. He was 97.

The only thing he did that I saw was the "Kids Say The Darndest Things" shows that Bill Cosby brought back in the late '90's.

I wonder how he was able to live that long!

Gary Coleman.

John Forsythe has passed away at the age of 92. His long career included the TV series Bachelor Father, the voice of Charlie in Charlie's Angels and of course, playing Blake Carrington in Dynasty (a role that George Peppard was originally cast in). More here.

Actor Dennis Hopper has died; he was 74 and had been battling prostate cancer. More here.

4 in a row this time!

Not really. Forsythe. Died a while back.

Rue McClanahan, one of The Golden Girls, and co-star of Maude (with fellow Golden Girl Bea Arthur) has passed away at the age of 76. More here. According to the article, she was married six times.
Her passing leaves Betty White as the only surviving Golden Girl.

Estelle Getty in 2008, Bea Arthur in 2009 and now Rue McClanahan in 2010. If I was Betty White I wouldn't be taking too many bookings beyond 2011...

She walked into the Loews Kips Bay theater lobby in Manhattan once when I was there recruiting for a screening of The Fighting Temptations, a film that ironically, she appeared in.

Like the other Golden Girls, she will be missed.

Jimmy Dean, country musician, actor and sausage king, passed away 6/13/10. He had his own variety show in the 1960's, played Vegas hotel king Willard Whyte in the 1971 James Bond flick Diamonds Are Forever, but it was the sausages that made him wealthy. More here.

Himan Brown died at the age of 99 back on June 4. He was a radio producer who's best known as the creator of the campy anthology series Inner Sanctum Mysteries, the one with the infamous creaking door and the host who served as a model for the Cryptkeeper of Tales from the Crypt. He also attempted a revival of radio drama in the Seventies with The CBS Radio Mystery Theater.

This was posted in "Sports", but I think it belongs here too - New York Yankees principal owner George Steinbrenner has just died of a heart attack. He was in a Tampa, Florida hospital when the end came. More here.

Prolific character actor Maury Chaykin passed away yesterday, his 61st birthday. More here.

Mitch Miller, of Sing Along With Mitch fame, passed away 7/31/10 at the age of 99. I'm showing my age in saying that I remember watching his NBC show as a kid. More on Mitch Miller here.

He had a long life.

I wonder how many people found themselves saying, 'He was still alive?' today. I know I did.

Me too, Kevin. A staple of my early childhood.

I was a few years too young for "Sing Along With Mitch", but I knew about it.

Geez, Patricia Neal, 84, lung cancer.

Producer extraordinaire David Wolper died 8/10/10 at the age of 84. His credits include Roots, The Thorn Birds, L.A. Confidential and Get Christie Love, among many other films and TV shows. More here.

As well as the opening ceremonies to the games of the XXIII Olympiad in Los Angeles, in 1984.

Robert Schimmel, the favorite stand-up comedian of my late friend Gwen, has died at the age of 60; together, we saw him twice. He culled lots of his material from his fight against non-Hodgkins lymphoma, but his death was caused by a car accident. More on Mr. Schimmel here.

I started listening to Schimmel in the '90's after his "Comes Clean" album came out, he had some really funny material. Then came "If You Buy My CD I Can Get This Car", where he talked about having a heart attack (in 1998), and then he had an special on HBO called "Unprotected", which did pretty well, he and his then-wife had just had a new baby.

Unfortunately, the next year he was diagnosed with lymphoma, which did go into remission, and around that time, he divorced his wife and married his daughter's best friend. Another comedy album called "Resurection" was put out, but I have never seen it for sale anywhere and therefore, I've never heard it.

Before his tragic death he was waiting to receive a liver transplant, as he had contracted Hepatitis C through a previous blood transfusion.

As far as I know, he is survived by his three children from his previous marraige, as well as the two he had with his second wife. His first son, Derek, died of cancer during the early part of Schimmel's career.

I remember seeing two specials from the '80s, "Dirty Dirty Jokes" hosted by Redd Foxx, and "Nothin' Goes Right", hosted by Rodney Dangerfield, where Robert did some comedy bits. Even then I knew he was a true talent, too bad his life ended up being the way it was.

Robert Schimmel died from his injuries after the car accident he and his daughter were involved in. He was 60 years old.

A few weeks ago, Eddie Fisher passed away. And yesterday, Tony Curtis died as well.

Both were Hollywood legends, and both had daughters who became actresses.

They will be missed.

Gee, Beav, Barbara Billingsley, June Cleaver, has died at the age of 94 of rheumatoid disease.

Cut me some slack, Jack! The Jive Lady died.

She also voiced Nanny in the Muppet Babies cartoon.

I forgot about that.

Tom Bosley, Howard Cunningham on Happy Days has died at the age of 83. So long, Mr. C!

Man...he looks so OLD in that photo

I hated Happy Days. But, I'll remember Tom Bosley for his performance in the Night Gallery TV-movie/pilot. In the segment "Eyes", he played a gambler who's in big debt to a bookie. He sold his eyesight to a selfish, vain blind woman, played by Joan Crawford, to pay it off.
RIP, Mr. Bosley.

Hokey Smoke! Alex Anderson, creator of Rocky and Bullwinkle, has died at age 90.

And, as a tribute, the WaPo's Top 15 Rocky&Bullwinkle Quotes.

Book em Danno, died, 70s...

The new Five-O aired a still-shot tribute to James MacArthur before tonight's episode.

RIP Jack LaLanne, perhaps the first "fitness guru", died from pneumonia at age 96.

That's ironic. He was famous for pulling boats, and now he's pushing daisies.

Elmer Lynn Hauldren, who was the spokesperson for "Empire Today" carpets, died April 26, 2011 at his home in Evanston, Illinois. More here.

1-800-588----R.I.P.

That dude always sounded like he was on Valium.

New York Daily News sports cartoonist and columnist Bill Gallo has passed away at the age of 88. He had been with the News for 70 years. More on him here.

Edward Hardwicke, who played Doctor Watson for many years against Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes, died on Monday.

Professional wrestler Macho Man Randy Savage, in a car accident.

In addition to being an 1980s fixture in professional wrestling, often appearing with Hulk Hogan, or his real-life wife, Miss Elizabeth, Savage (Real name Randall Mario Poffo) those who remember the first Spider-Man movie will remember him as wrestler Bonesaw McGraw.

I'd like to add that the late "Macho-Man" Savage and Miss Elizabeth divorced around 1992. Miss Elizabeth (real name Elizabeth Ann Hulette) herself died in 2003.

The man I'm about to mention was a sleazebag extraordinaire, but he had a brief moment in the spotlight which should be noted. Composer/writer/director Joseph Brooks was found dead in New York City yesterday, an apparent suicide. He was 73. He wrote and directed the 1977 film You Light Up My Life, as well as composing the title song. IIRC, the movie was a moderate hit. However, the song was a tremendous hit, and was everywhere throughout late 1977 and early '78; if you think Lady Gaga's music is all over, you have no idea. At the time of his death, Brooks was awaiting trial on 82 counts of sex crimes, including rape. More on him here.

"Dr. Death" himself, Dr. Jack Kevorkian, has died at the age of 83. He assisted in at least 130 suicides, and spent time in prison for doing just that. Ironically, he died of natural causes. More here.

Well, most people die of natural causes.

The guy who invented Gilligan and The original Brady Bunch just died ....

That would be Sherwood Schwartz.
He was 94.

Singer Amy Winehouse died yesterday at the age of 27.

Police say her death is "unexplained".

Sure it was. And Nicole Simpson was killed by "unknown' Columbian drug lords.

They didn't say it was Unknown they said it was being treated as if it was unknown. The previous article put it best �at this early stage it is being treated as unexplained.�

Yes, the end result will probably show it was her hedonistic & suicidal lifestyle choices that led to her death, they probably want to make sure that it was not some other possibility like a murder.

The BBC's David Sillito: "Her private life was something of a mess."
Yeah, and World War II was just a minor inconvenience.

Yeesh! Does anyone really care about this idiot? How many chances did she get to clean up her act & get healthy? It's not really a tragedy that she died so young, it's amazing she survived so long. *shakes head* I just can't care about people who try so hard to kill themselves.

Amy Winehouse's dad: She beat her addiction three years ago.

Sure she did. And those track marks on her arms are just adult acne.

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RIP Steve Jobs. Dead at 56 from Pancreatic Cancer.

Jobs co-founded Apple Computer, founded NeXT, founded Pixar, came back to save Apple from the brink.

Boxer "Smokin' Joe" Frazier died of liver cancer on November 7, 2011. Here's details of his funeral, which was held yesterday. Frazier fought Muhammad Ali three times, most famously in the "Thrilla in Manila" in 1975. He also played himself in 1976's Rocky.
I know bupkiss about boxing, but Frazier, Ali, George Foreman and their contemporaries were larger-than-life figures. I can't name even one of today's "prominent" boxers.

Yep. Posted in the Final Whistle.

Smokin' Joe was a class act all the way.

Frazier, Ali, George Foreman and their contemporaries were larger-than-life figures

Hence the title of the documentary, "When We Were Kings". At least, that's my take on it.

Oh, and the Thrilla was possibly the greatest boxing match ever, and one of the best sporting events ever as well -- and I'm *NOT* a boxing fan.

Don Cornelius, host of the long running Music-based TV show "Soul Train" was found dead in his Los Angeles home, he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He had been suffering from various health problems for a long time. He was 75.

In the last 20 years I remember having seen parts of "Soul Train" on various channels at times, but never a full episode. It was said that it was primarily for black people, because whites already had "American Bandstand". Well, to that I ask, what about "Solid Gold" and "Dance Fever"? Both those shows had whites and blacks, as I recall. Some music/dancing shows were for everyone and not just for a specific race, as some people implied that they were.

Also, in 2008, he was arrested and pled no contest to charges of felony domestic violence against his estranged wife. He did not remarry and I do not know if he has any other family. Anyway, this is sad, his program was really popular for a long time, and what little I saw of it, I liked.

He would end every show with "I'm Don Cornelius and as always, we wish you peace, love, and soul!" Rest In Peace, Don.

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Whitny Houston, passed away...48.

local news.

And according to my local news, nothing else happened in the world today.

From 8 to 9:30 all Whitney^* all the time.

^*Please note the spelling, He's Dead Jim.

Whitney................EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!

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Davey Jones of Monkees Fame passed away.

Already been posted about in the music section Sherman, but thanks!

Conservative political blogger Andrew Breitbart, who broke the Anthony Weiner sexting scandal (I said "Weiner." Huh huh huh Heh heh heh ) died this morning at the age of 43. More here.

Aw wow, that's a shame. That's way too young, and he held his own against an opponent during an appearance on Stossel.

Peter Breck, 82, passed away .

While best known for his role on The Big Valley, MSTies know him for his scenery-chewing performance as the psychotic Moon in The Beatniks.

Eugene Polley died last Sunday at the age of 96. For those giving blank stares, back in 1955 he developed the Zenith Flash-Matic, the first wireless TV remote.

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-eugene-polley-20120523,0,3655200.story

Automotive legend Carroll Shelby died May 10, 2012 at the age of 89. He's probably best known for importing a British roadster to the U.S. and installing a 427 Ford V-8 engine in it, thereby creating the Shelby Cobra. During his long career, he worked with both Ford and Chrysler. More on him here.

He was also featured in Bill Cosby's classic "200 MPH" routine from the 1968 album of the same name. It was funny, check it out!

"It'll do...OVER...200 miles an hour!"

I had been away of Polley, since I had come across information on him when noting the following nit for the Star Trek Voyager episode Memorial:

Anyone else see the irony about a reference to a device for changing channels on Voyager?
Paris tells Torres that there were no remote controls in the 1950s. Untrue. Nikola Tesla invented the first remote control device, which he called a "teleautomaton" in 1898 (U.S. Patent 613,809), demonstrating it by controlling boat with radio signals during an electrical exhibition at Madison Square Garden. (Source: Jonnes, Jill. Empires of Light. Page 355, referencing O'Neill, John J., Prodigal Genius: The Life of Nikola Tesla, 1944, p. 167.)
---The first one created for a TV was invented by Dr. Robert Adler, head of the engineering department at Zenith, in 1950. Their device, which was their answer to Zenith founder Eugene F. McDonald Jr.'s assignment to create a device to silence commercials, was called the Lazy Bones. It was connected to the TV set by a cable, and used buttons turn the set on and off, change channels, and mute sound.
---And in case Paris wasn't counting remotes connected by cable, Zenith later came out with a wireless version in 1955 called the Flashmatic, a ray-gun device that would use a beam of light directed at the TV set. (Source)

Adam, Just an FYI... I mentioned Shelby over on "Media Personalities Remembered 2", because I couldn't find a good place for it.

No biggie, and thanks for re-iterating. Shelby was truly a legend.

Luigi, you had been "away" of Polley?

aware ;)

Kinda figured as much, Chris.

Peter Newkirk (Richard Dawson) passed away.

He sure did kiss a lot of people!

And he was the villian in "The Running Man".

"Whatsa matter, steroids maka ya DEAF?!"

Heh heh!

He sure did kiss a lot of people!
And, he married one of them. His second wife was Gretchen Johnson, who was a contestant on Family Feud. Dawson was also one of the panelists on the '70s version of Match Game (which, IIRC, led to his selection to be host of the Feud), and he also played Newkirk on Hogan's Heroes for the show's six year run. Dawson was 75 years old.

Correction: Mr. Dawson was 79 years of age.

Let us not forget his role as Damon Killian, host of the show in "The Running Man".

Scott, did you miss my above post with the funny quote? Or what?

I already said this. Thanks anyway.

R.I.P. Kathryn Joosten, who played Presidential secretary Mrs. Landingham on The West Wing and Karen McCluskey on Desperate Housewives (among other roles), dead of lung cancer at 72.

R.I.P. Sherman Hemsley, star of The Jeffersons and Amen, dead of natural causes at the age of 74.

He's moved on up....

RIP Chad Everett, star of Medical Center. He died from lung cancer at age 76.

Actor Chad Everett died yesterday of lung cancer in Los Angeles. He was 75 years old. Everett was married to actress Shelby Grant for 45 years, until her death last year. Everett was also the unfortunate victim of a groundless paternity suit in 1973. Even though he was declared "not the father" in 1984, the woman (Sheila Scott) kept harassing him until she was ordered to leave him alone in 1991. More here.

Tom Davis, former partner of Al Franken, and a major contributor to SNL, died 7/19/12 of cancer at age 59. He appeared with Franken in Trading Places; they played the handlers of the caged gorilla. More here.

don't know where to put this,but he's kinda missing..Haven't seen our John A. Lang in a while...

just wondering if he's ok...he's might be Rip?

Sheesh Sherman, he's not dead. He just doesn't post here as often as he used to.

That's an understatement. He last posted on the page for "The Dark Knight Rises" under "Movies" on July 21. Probably his first post in months. We miss you, John.

Unfortunately certain posters here have made him feel less than welcome which is a great shame.

My b-day was July 29 and I didnt feel like posting it, Rodney.Certain posters would make me feel like He should be really dead.

???? What does your birthday have to do with John Lang? And which "certain posters" are these?

So instead of not posting at all, you decided to ask whether John was dead? Ummm....ok...

As for those "certain posters"- I spoke to John on Facebook last night and he said "I grew tired of certain people deleting my posts and making snide remarks about them" and also that he had "broke no rules that [he] was aware of. Perhaps they thought they were too sarcastic."

That's a great shame. John was great to have around.

and I thought one of you deleted my S.f. Giants stuff on facebook, and when I found out I deleted him as my pal.

I still visit here when I'm REALLY BORED.

John!!!!!! (Hands off she's mine!)

Back on topic - Film critic Judith Crist died today at her Manhattan home at the age of 90. More here.
I pretty much thought of Ms. Crist as a (apologies to the late Spiro Agnew) "cynical effete snob". I don't think she liked anything.

Was she also a nattering nabob of negativism?

Probably . Like I wrote above, I feel she didn't like anything. I understand that she even gave a negative review to Some Like It Hot, which is now regarded as one of the funniest movies ever. (IMHO, it's up there, but I think that Animal House or 1968's The Producers are a wee bit funnier.)

Comedienne Phyllis Diller died today at the age of 95. She made herself the target of most of her jokes, and starred in at least two TV series (The Pruitts of Southampton and The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show). (I wonder how "Fang" is taking the news of her death.) More here.

Hey Adam, didnt Phyllis also do "covers" of "I Cant Get No Satisfaction" and "Light My Fire" at some point? I think I heard both of them on Dr. Demento about 20 years ago.

I remember reading in the book "Hollywood Hi-Fi: Outreagous Celebrity Recordings" which came out in 1995 that Diller was quoted as saying "They signed a petition begging me to never sing again." Also, George Takei (before he came out) said about the book "Oooh! Is Shatner going to be in it?" That he was, George, that he was!

In fact, there is a whole Star Trek-themed section in the book, as Shatner, Nimoy, Nichols, and even Grace Lee Whitney cut albums in the 60s and 70s. I had no idea until I heard a lot of it on the aforementioned Dr. D radio show.

As for "The Pruitts Of Southhampton", it was included in the 50 Worst Shows Of All Time article in a 2002 TV Guide, and was described as "The Beverly Hillbillies in reverse". Sounds positively riveting.

And I also remember Diller doing an episode of Scooby-Doo. And I'm pretty sure that she did "Hollywood Squares", too. I remember reading that the 90s version of it was referred to as "The Show Where Celebrities Go To Die". Now, that's a *little* harsh, dont you think? I used to watch it, having never seen the original.

What else did Phyllis do during her long career, could you mention a few things, Adam? Thanks.

For Andre

She was also a guest on the original Muppet Show.

My first exposure to Phyllis Diller was when I was a kid. I was in my dad's car, and WNEW radio was playing one of her comedy skits. I laughed my arse off; I thought it was the funniest thing I ever heard. I watched The Pruitts of Southampton, aka The Phyllis Diller Show, faithfully with my sister when we were younger; it premiered when I was 12 and Sis was 10. It was kind of Beverly Hillbillies in reverse, as Diller and her family were formerly rich people who went bust, for reasons I've long forgotten. One running gag on the show that I haven't forgotten was making cups of tea by re-using the same tea bag, even going so far as to patch it up if need be. I remember the show as being funny; certainly not as bad as TV Guide or Bart Andrews (who listed this as one of The Worst TV Shows Ever in his 1980 book of that title) did.
RIP, Phyllis Diller. You gave this guy a lot of laughs.

the man who said one small step for( a )man just passed away at 82

He didn't "just" die, he died Saturday. We discussed it on the Space Missions board in the Kitchen Sink.

oh,ok, thanks Luigi...I dont go on the space missions board, ..to me he just died recently,

And how about using *NAMES* for once, fergoodnessake!

Alex Karras, former NFL player, "Webster" actor, and portrayer of "Pawn In The Game Of Life" Mongo in the classic Mel Brooks laughfest "Blazing Saddles", has died. He was 77.

Will anyone else comment on this, or is this site truly dead now? Cuz it sure has seemed that way as of late...

I also remember Alex as The 500 Pound Jerk. He played an Olympic weightlifter that falls in love with a gymnast from the U. S. S. R.

Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch died at 2 a.m. this morning of congestive heart failure. He was 88 years old. Koch was NYC mayor from 1978 through 1989. He was credited with bringing the city back from the near bankruptcy of the mid-1970's. Koch was a larger-than-life figure, who was everywhere during his tenure as mayor. He was everywhere after his tenure as well, appearing as a judge on The People's Court, as one of the NY1 "Wiseguys", and as an all-around political gadfly. More on Koch here.

"The Critic", the 90s cartoon series I love, had an amusing segment with a Ghostbusters parody, where Louis Tully tells them:

"Oh my God! Save yourselves! New York is under attack by an 80-foot Ed Koch!"

"HOWMY DOIN'?! HOWMY DOIN'?! *storms through streets smashing buildings*

*picks up a subway car* "DONT BE SCARED, IM JUST LOOKIN' FOR A NOSH!!" *takes big bite out of it*

Heh heh, that sure was funny. But why did Donald Trump hate him so much? That I dont get!

Los Angeles newscaster Mario Machado, who also played news anchor Casey Wong in the three original Robocop movies, has passed away. He was 78.

Dr. Joyce Brothers, TV psychologist has died in NYC at age 85.

Like I said on the Commercials board recently, the doctor had become a complete corporate shill by the 90s, as well as a caricature of herself, with all of her numerous movie and TV appearances. She was a frequent "celebrity guest" on Late Night With Conan O'Brien, for example.

Oh well, may she rest in peace.

You know, Andre, I could say the same thing about you, only replace "commercial" with "NitCentral rant".

Give it a freakin' rest.

Ya know, Scott, Tim once asked me who had died and made me the Grand Poobah around (this website). And now, I ask the same of you. Why would you care if I express my opinions about sellout celebrities the way I do? It's not hurting you any, at least not that I know of.

And I don't *always* "rant" when I post here. That being said, I don't feel the need to defend my actions to you, or anyone else. I thought this kind of thing happening was long gone, I really did.

I don't really know what else to say about this one, so I'll just end it with the classic and legendary Bill Hicks bit about celebrities who sell out and do commercials:

"Do a commercial, you're off the Artistic Roll Call, plain and simple. If you do a commercial, there is a price on your head, you're just another whore at the Capitalist Gang-Bang, everything you say is suspect, and every word out of your mouth is like a **** fallin' into my drink! *Aaaauuuuhhhhh* *Bbblllaaauuuggghhh* *Pssssshhhhhh*!"

That's a colorful metaphor if I've ever heard one, that's for sure!

Question. WHY would the word "****" need to be censored out of my post? Or anyone's for that matter? Since when did THAT become an obscenity or an expletive?

And just who moderates the Sink, anyway? I think I need to finally have a word with that person. They should contact me and speak to me directly, man to man. Then maybe we can sort this all out.

And just to add the follow-up part to the classic Bill Hicks bit, because I felt like it:

"And yes, I have been offered commercials, OK? I've been offered commericials, and I've turned them all down. Only for the simple reason that...I'm not a salesman! (blows a raspberry) And I dont need money that is built on blood."

Disagree with that philosophy all you want, but he stuck to his guns and stayed true to his word until the very end, when cancer took his life in 1994. I think he is quite probably the greatest and most talented unknown comedic genius that the world has ever known. He never sold out and compromised his principles or artistic integrity. And that's why he remains largly unknown, nearly twenty years later.

And that's sad.

As I've mentioned before, and as it says on the front page of the Sink, I'm the moderator.

As for the word it may be a minor curse word, but I thought it qualified considering that at one time the word "stupid" was banned here.

The intent of the quote was still there, censored word or not.

Personally, I've never understood the attitude people have to doing commercials. It's a job.

I could understand the "selling out" claim if it's for a product that the person doesn't believe in or goes against their personal philosophy.

I think of the actress who did the adult diaper commercials. She stated in an interview that when she was first offered the commercial she was insulted, and she complained about it to her mother who asked her if it was a good product. Finding out that her mom needed to wear adult diapers is what changed the actress' mind about doing those commercials.

If someone doesn't want to do commercials, that's their right. However the attitude that the only people who do commercials are "sell outs" and that people who refuse to do them are somehow "noble" is stupid. There are many reasons to do or not do commercials and it's up to the individual to decide whether they think it's right.

And here comes the banhammer....

RIP Sean Sasser, the widower of the late Real World: San Francisco cast member Pedro Zamora, who died on August 7 of mesothelioma at the age of 44.

Sasser and Zamora, who were both HIV-positive AIDS educators and activists, exchanged vows on the show, which was TV's first ever same-sex commitment ceremony He had lived with HIV for 25 years, and was diagnosed the previous month with mesothelioma. He had remarried the month before that, which means it was the second time a marriage was cut short for him.

Rather than place a link here to one of the many news stories about his death, I'll link to the Legacy and Tribute section of Zamora's Wikipedia article, which I wrote, since it has all the details, and linked citations to all those news stories. (It's the second paragraph from the bottom of that section.)

Cal Worthington, So Cal car dealer, famous for his commercials, has died at age 92.

Worthington was famous for his ads, featuring him and his "dog, Spot", where Spot was always some sort of wild animal.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/cal-worthington-car-dealer-famed-tv-ads-dies-20203818

Filmation co-founder, Lou Schiemer has died. Filmation produced such cartoons as the various Archie series, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch ('70s version), The Groovy Goolies, The Brady Kids, Lassie's Rescue Rangers, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids and the STAR TREK animated series.

R.I.P., Mrs. Krabappel. Wallace was also Carol, Dr. Robert Hartley's secretary on The Bob Newhart Show. Ned Flanders wives keep dying on him, don't they?

Smokey and the Bandit director, Hal Needham.

Rock musician Lou Reed has died at the age of 71.

Three film industry people passed away this past weekend - actor Peter O'Toole (age 81), actress Joan Fontaine (96) and actor/director/writer Tom Laughlin (82).

Maximilian Schell...from "Judgment at Nuremberg", "A Bridge Too Far", and "The Black Hole" died at age 83.

At least it wasn't a blatant ripoff of a previous ep the way that New Voyages episode was a ripoff of Q Who(TNG).

RIP Phillip Seymour Hoffman from an apparent drug overdose

Jim Lange, who is probably best known as the host of The Dating Game, has passed away at the age of 81.

Luis Avalos...from "The Electric Company"...January 22, 2014

Comedian David Brenner, who holds the record for appearances on The Tonight Show (158, IIRC), and whose observational humor influenced many current comics (including Jerry Seinfeld) passed away March 15, 2014. He was 78.

Casey Kasem...age 82

Zoinks

Robin Williams...age 63

Unfortunately, Williams' death was a suicide, brought on by depression and possible financial problems. He had said that he took the role in the recently cancelled series The Crazy Ones because he needed the money.

"Divorce is expensive. I used to joke they were going to call it �all the money,� but they changed it to alimony." - Robin Williams

RIP Lauren Bacall, age 89.

In her memory, I shall put my lips together and blow.

How were Robin Williams and Lauren Bacall "miscellaneous" celebrities? Both had reasonably long careers and made many notable films. They should be listed in the movie section.

Singer and actor Julius La Rosa, probably most famous for being fired on the air by (the jealous and petty prick extraordinare) Arthur Godfrey, has passed away at the age of 86. More, including details of his firing, here.

Janet Waldo...voice of Penelope Pitstop, Josie (From Josie & The Pussycats) & Judy Jetson....age 96

Actor, songwriter and talk show host Alan Thicke has passed away. He was 69, and was playing hockey with his son when he suffered a heart attack. More here.

Bernard Fox, Dr Bombay on "Bewitched", has died at 89.

RIP Zsa Zsa Gabor, at age 99

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/18/movies/zsa-zsa-gabor-often-married-actress-known-for-glamour-dies.html

Hon. Joseph Wapner, the original judge of The People's Court from 1981-93, passed away in his sleep on 2/26/2017. He was 97. More here.

as Rainman said, Waah, gotta watch Wapner!

TCM host Robert Osborne passed away yesterday at the age of 84. More here.

"Chuckie Baby" has passed on. Chuck Barris, creator of game shows The Dating Game, The Newlywed Game and (of course) The Gong Show passed away March 21, 2017. He was 87. More here.

http://variety.com/2017/tv/people-news/june-foray-dead-dies-rocky-natasha-bullwinkle-1202508180/,June Foray, who voiced both Rocky the Flying Squirrel and Natasha Fatale, has died at 99.

She was also the voice of Little Cindy Lou Who in the animated classic "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"

Darn it... Link here

Patti Deutsch..panelist from "Match Game" age 73.

Addendum to the June Foray entry. She was also the voice of Nell Fenwick in the Dudley Do-Right segments, as well as virtually every female and boy character in the series. She did not, however, voice Mr. Peabody's pet boy Sherman. That was Walter Tetley.

Playboy founder Hugh Hefner passed away on 9/27/17, age 91. I wonder if he'll be buried in the silk robe and pajamas he always wore. More here.

Feminists are already criticising Hef for buying the plot next to Marilyn Monroe because she didn't give her consent to this when alive and he used nudes of her in Playboy without her consent.

Monty Hall from "Let's Make A Deal" died 9/30/2017

Pro wrestling champion Bruno Sammartino has passed away at the age of 82. More here.

I remember when he was a promising up and comer.

Fashion designer Kate Spade was found dead in her apartment this morning, an apparent suicide. More here.

RIP Anthony Bourdain, celebrity chef and travel guru.

Dorcas Reilly recently died on October 15 at the age of 92. Who is that? She's the creator that staple (or bane if you're not a fan) of Thanksgiving dinners known as the green bean casserole.

Stan Lee, a giant among giants in the comic book world, has died at the age of 95. More details here.

It's a sad day for comic books fans.

Stan Lee practically built Marvel Comics and gave us some of their most iconic heroes.

In later years, you could always count on him popping up in a cameo in a Marvelverse movie.

Farewell, Stan Lee.

Stan's cameo in Avengers 4 will be a sad moment for everyone. If his cameo involves him coming back to life after our heroes have undone Thanos' finger-click, the entire audience will be in floods of tears.

Stephen Hillenburg, creator of Sponge Bob Square Pants, has passed away from ALS at age 57. He was a writer for the Nickelodeon cartoon Rocko's Modern Life. Which was a bit off-the-wall; Sponge Bob took off-the-wall to new heights. More here.

I know. It sucks on so many levels.

I don't know if this man can be considered a celebrity, but he had his moment in the spotlight. Melvin Dummar, who once picked up an elderly hitchhiker who looked like a derelict, passed away on December 9, 2018, at the age of 74. The hitchhiker claimed to be billionaire Howard Hughes, and Dummar produced a will, allegedly written by Hughes, which would have left Dummar some $150 million if declared valid (it wasn't). This incident was made into a pretty good movie in 1980, titled Melvin and Howard. More here.

Former WWE wrestler King Kong Bundy has passed away at the age of 61. More here.

Fashion icon Gloria Vanderbilt has passed away at the age of 95. Here's a remembrance from her son, CNN personality Anderson Cooper.

Lee Iacocca, father of the Ford Mustang, and who kept Chrysler from going under in the late 1970's, has passed away at age 94.

Christopher Booker (1937-2019)

the first editor of Private Eye, after a short illness.

Nat's editorial:

Somewhat obnoxious that people are saying stuff like "he had the courage to question conventional wisdom". He didn't, he just wrote endless articles denying everything from climate change (pretty much every other week in the London Daily Telegraph) to saying that asbestos wasn't dangerous as it is "chemically identical to talcum powder". Unsurprisingly, he was a creationist, the sort who hide behind a thin veneer of looking reasonable by calling it intelligent design.

Former New York City district attorney Robert Morgenthau has passed away at age 99, ten days shy of his hundredth birthday. He served as DA for 35 years, and was the model for Law & Order's Adam Schiff.

Two broadcast journalists passed away this week: ABC news reporter Cokie Roberts at 75, and NBC/ABC political journalist Sander Vanocur at age 91.

Heard this on the "Fresh Air" radio show this week. Cartoonist Gahan Wilson died last month. He was known for his work appearing in Playboy, The New Yorker and National Lampoon. Second to only Charles Addams for spooky, horror type work. I followed his series "The Kid" in National Lampoon. That relationship apparently went sour as he had the Kid killed in the last page he did for them. That page was not included in the book collection of the series.

You don't know the face, but the characters are unforgettable. Caroll Spinney, who played Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street, has passed away at age 85. More here.

Carol Serling, widow of the late Rod Serling, passed away January 9, 2020. She was 91.

Fred Silverman, who at different times ran three major broadcast networks, and afterward was successful as an independent producer, passed away 1/30/20 at the age of 82.

Katherine Johnson, one of the Hidden Figures, whose work as a NASA mathematician was instrumental in sending astronauts into space safely, has passed away at the age of 101. She also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama. More here.

Kazuhisa Hashimoto passed away on Tuesday at the age of 61. Who's that? He's the guy who created the Konami Code. The one that goes up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-02-26/konami-code-creator-kazuhisa-hashimoto-passes-away/.156882

Florida Today reports the death aged 88 of Al Worden, the command module pilot for Apollo 15 and one of only 24 people to have flown to The Moon.

The Times reports the death aged 76 of Betty Williams was a co-recipient with Mairead Corrigan of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her work as a cofounder of Community of Peace People, an organization dedicated to promoting a peaceful resolution to the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Frederick "Curly" Neal of the Harlem Globetrotters has passed away at the age of 77.

Artist Mort Drucker, best known for his (great) artwork for Mad Magazine, passed away April 9, 2020 at the age of 91. In a nice touch of irony, he did the artwork for the poster for American Graffiti, then did the same for the Mad satire, "American Confetti."

Herb Stempel, who blew the whistle over his appearance on the rigged quiz show Twenty One, passed away April 7, 2020. He was 93. (Stempel was played by John Turturro in the 1994 movie Quiz Show.)

Carl Reiner has passed away at 98.

Grant Imahara died on July 13 2020 of a brain aneurysm. He was 49 years old.

More details here.

He has given his final answer. TV icon Regis Philbin passed away last night, he was 88. More on his long career here.

The Hollywood Reporter reports the death aged 98 of Jackie Stallone, astrologer and women's wrestling promoter (and mother of Sylvester) who made a splash turning up on Celebrity Big Brother in 2005. She appeared on a number of chat shows with the likes of David Letterman, Howard Stern, Graham Norton, Clive James and Richard & Judy.

Gale Sayers, star running back for the Chicago Bears, whose friendship with teammate Brian Piccolo inspired the TV-movie Brian's Song, has passed away at age 77. More on him here.

Alex Trebek, longtime host of Jeopardy, and many other game shows, passed away today; he was 80. He fought the good fight against brutal pancreatic cancer. His last Jeopardy episode was taped October 29; it will air on Christmas Day. More on Alex Trebek's passing here.

Comedian Norm Crosby, whose mangling of the English language was his stock-in-trade (and he was pretty good at it) has passed away at age 93. More from Fox News here.

Alex Trebek was a fellow Canadian. He went to university right here in Ottawa.

RIP Sean Connery, the Original 007 James Bond,
RIP Wilford Brimley,
RIP David Lander aka Squiggy from
"Laverne & Shirley"

The "Fastest Man Alive" has passed on. Chuck Yeager died yesterday; he was 97. He sure had a helluva life; more on it from CNN here.

Two more actors we lost recently, Abby Dalton and Warren Berlinger.

I suppose these names showed up elsewhere at Nitcentral, but here are some we can't forget to include.

David Prowse
Diana Rigg
Eddie Van Halen
Chadwick Boseman
Fred Willard
Richard Herd
Lyle Waggoner
Buck Henry
Kobe Bryant
Kelly Preston
Kirk Douglas
Little Richard
Kenny Rogers
Neal Peart
Terry Jones

I forgot to type earlier
RIP Naya Rivera &
RIP Dawn Wells, the actress famous for playing Mary Ann on
Gilligans Island

RIP Naya Rivera &
RIP Dawn Wells aka Mary Ann from
Gilligans Island

I apologize for posting about
Naya Rivera & Dawn Wells twice, I posted a Second time, because I didn't see the my original post about Rivera & Wells. I didn't see it post, so I typed it again, sorry for the mistake

Sy Sperling, the man who bared his bald head in TV commercials for his Hair Club For Men ("I'm not only the president. I'm also a client.") passed away in February, 2020 of an unspecified illness at the age of 78. His commercials were everywhere in the 1980's; if I recall, at that time I had Hair Club send my friend (who had, and still has, a full head of hair) a brochure. As a gag, of course.

Baseball manager extraordinare Tommy LaSorda, who spent 71 years with the Dodger organization, both in Brooklyn and L.A., passed away on January 7, 2021. He was 93. More on his long career here.

The Dodgers should of never left Brooklyn...

Larry King has passed away at age 87. More on his broadcasting career from NBC news here.

Mira Furlan, best known for playing Minbari Ambassador Delenn on the 1990's tv series Babylon 5, has died on january 21 2021 from West Nile virus complications. She was 65.

She delivered one of the most badass lines in the history of science fiction in this Babylon 5 scene.

RIP Dustin Diamond famous for playing
Samuel "Screech" Powers on
Saved by the Bell, he was only 44, I knew he had Stage 4 Cancer, I thought he would survive for a few more months

RIP Jack Palladino, Famous
Hollywood PI ,
RIP Christopher Plummer

Cliff Simon, best known for playing Ba'al in Stargate SG-1, has died on March 9, 2021, in a kiteboarding accident. He was 58 years old.

I don't know if he can be considered a celebrity, but he sure ripped off plenty of them. Bernie Madoff, engineer of the biggest ponzi scheme in history, has passed away in prison; he was 82. More from CNBC here.

He wasn't famous, he was infamous

Hope you like the heat, Bernie!

He'll be roasting next to Rush...

Oh burn! (no pun intended)

Felix Silla (1937-2021)

Dwarf Italian-born American actor famous for playing Cousin Itt in The Adams Family (1965-66) and for playing Twiki in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979-81) has sadly died. He was also the body of Lucifer in Battlestar: Galactica (1978-79).

Only Gomez and Wednesday left now :'(

RIP Charles Grodin

RIP Gavin Macleod.

Famous a Captain Stubing on "The Love Boat", and as Murray on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show".

He was also on McHale's Navy. He was on two shows about boats, I guess the Pacific Princess is better than PT-73.

So that leaves Ed Asner and Betty White as the only surviving cast members of the Mary Tyler Moore show.

And Ms. White has already out lived all her former Golden Girls co-stars (all of whom were younger that she is).

90 year old Canadian actor, Paul Soles, passed away on Wednesday May 26th.
He was the voice of (the best, IMO) Spider-Man series from the 60's, and before that was the voice of Hermey the Elf in Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, and in the 70's live action vignettes for the Canadian game show That Is The Law.
I was lucky enough to meet him at a toy show a couple years ago. A nice guy, that took pictures with fans.

RIP Kevin Clark, actor from the 2003 Jack Black comedy film
"School of Rock" Kevin Clark was only 32 when he died on
May 26, 2021 , Clark played the part of
Freddy "Spazzy McGee" Jones on the drums,

Ah yes, the old Spider-Man cartoon, bad animation, whacked out storylines (it was the 60's, after all).

I love that show!

Ned Beatty has passed away at the age of 83.
Hopefully he'll be making a much-deserved detour to Otisburg on his way to the Great Beyond.
Otisburg?
Otis...burg?!
OTISBURG???!!!

Hopefully he won't spend all eternity squealing like a pig.

Frank Bonner, who played General Sales Manager, Herbert R. Tarlek Jr. on WKRP In Cincinnati, has passed away at age 79.
He's been one of my favorite sitcom characters since I watched the series every week when it was new, from 1978 to 1982. He and Johnny Fever made that show what it was.

Said he died of something called Lewy body dementia.

IIRC, that is the same disease that Robin Williams had. Which brought on his suicide in 2014 at age 63.

Lewy body dementia also killed Estelle Getty of the Golden Girls.

Actor John Paragon has died. Best known for Jambi the Genie on Peewee's Playhouse and Ramon Azteca, a Latin entertainer character.

Stuart Damon, Dr. Alan Quartermaine on 'General Hospital' for three decades, dies at 84

I mostly remember him as Craig Stirling in The Champions.

Never saw that show, but I do remember it. I remember Stuart Damon as Guido Verdeschi from the Space:1999 two parter "The Bringers of Wonder".

Ron Popeil, inventor of countless gadgets (you never knew you needed) such as the "Pocket Fisherman", the "Pasta Maker" and the "Inside the Egg Scrambler", passed away July 28, 2021 at age 86. He practically (for good or bad) invented the infomercial (to sell all that stuff), and the classic Saturday Night Live skit "Bass-O-Matic" spoofed Popeil's ads. More here.

Believe it or not, Popeil was the subject of a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It was featured all the way back on "In 3-D".

RIP Markie Post of Night Court
Last Month Charles Robinson also of Night Court passed away

It was also very sad how on
December 7, 2020
Model Joselyn Cano passed away, she
was only 30, and called
"The Mexican Kim Kardashian" see this link , https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joselyn_Cano

Legendary rock groupie Connie Hamzy, who at the tender age of 17 was immortalized by the Grand Funk Railroad rock band, has passed away at 66.

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2021/08/22/sweet-sweet-connie-dies-at-66

Back in �73 she scored a mention in GFR�s #1 hit We�re an American Band with the line:

Sweet, sweet Connie was doin� her act. She had the whole show and that�s a natural fact!

She also got mentioned in Cheap Trick�s tune, Standing on the Edge.

Connie�s conquests were beyond enumeration, including but not limited to Peter Frampton, Dan Fogelberg (and his manager), Kiss, Queen (likely excluding Freddy Mercury), Huey Lewis, Pantera, Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, ZZ Top, Steppenwolf, the Doobie Brothers, the Eagles, and both Van Halen brothers. Neil Diamond, too. She claimed that at one point, even future president Bill Clinton had propositioned her when he was Governor of Arkansas.

I see that the KarTRASHian creatures are not the first to become famous, while contributing absolutely nothing of value to the world.

What has that to do with music deaths?

She was part of the music scene, in her own way.

Rodney has a point, this woman wasn't a singer (any more than Kim KarTRASHian is an actor).

So these posts have been moved here.

I remember seeing her on VH-1's series on groupies back in the 80s. Still very pretty even then.

I was shocked to see online a few minutes ago that Norm Macdonald passed away, he was only
61, 61 years young

Peter Scolari, of "Bosom Buddies" and "Newhart" fame, has passed at 66 from cancer.

Gavin MacLeod, Ed Asner, Cloris Leachman, Frank Bonner, Markie Post, Dustin Diamond, Tawny Kitean, George Segal, Peter Scolari...
2021 has not been kind to sitcom stars.

Gotta add Norm MacDonald to that sad list.

Another addition to the list

James Michael Tyler, who played Gunther on Friends (the manager of Central Perk, who had the unrequited crush on Rachel), has died at the age of 59 from prostate cancer.

I never watched the CBS Saturday morning series, 'The Secrets of Isis' (I was more of a 'Captain Marvel' guy), but actress JoAnna Cameron, who played Isis, has passed away at the too-young age of 70.

I remember watching both those shows.

Dean Stockwell from
Quantum Leap

He died 4 days ago on the 7th and I never heard a word about this! What a shame-- I liked 'Quantum Leap', catching it somewhere around the second season, and was pleased when he got a guest appearance in 'Enterprise' with his old 'Quantum Leap' co-star, Scott Bakula.

Yeah, he will be missed.

Betty White has passed away at 99.

F*** YOU 2021!!!! You just had to get a parting shot in, didn't you.

Just a few days short of her hundredth birthday. =8(

Gavin MacLeod, Ed Asner, Cloris Leachman, and now Betty White...in the SAME YEAR?! FOUR cast members from the same sitcom ('Mary Tyler Moore')?! Talk about a conspiracy theory in the works.
Agreed, Scott; F*** YOU 2021, right where it hurts!
What a classy, sweet lady, and she STILL looked like she was just in her 70's.
They join Mary, herself (2017), Valerie Harper (2019), Georgia Engel (2019) and Ted Knight (1986) in that big newsroom in the sky.
That leaves nobody from the main cast.

John Madden,NFL legend
Another horrible loss

Betty White was also the last of the Golden Girls.

Yeah, it sucks that she came so close to making it to 100.

Bob Saget, 65 years young

The only survivors of the Mary Tyler-Moore Show, none of whom were main cast but were frequent recurring roles, are: John Amos (Gordy), Lisa Gerritsen (Bess) and Joyce Bulifant (Marie Slaughter).

Ted and Georgette's adopted kid played by Robby Rist ('Cousin Oliver') played in three episodes and is still around, but that's nowhere was frequent as the others mentioned.

Okay, Grim Reaper, stand down.

You've taken enough famous people for a while.

Ronnie Spector

Singer Meat Loaf at age 74 &
Comedian Louie Anderson at age
68 , very sad

They're dropping like flies

Singer Meat Loaf at age 74

His name is Robert Paulson!

Peter Robbins, the Original voice of Charlie Brown, and also from
"A Charlie Brown Christmas"
he was 65

This one hurts;
Howard Hesseman (Doctor Johnny Fever of 'WKRP In Cincinnati') died from complications of colon surgery in Los Angeles, yesterday, on January 29, 2022, at the age of 81.
Johnny Fever has been one of my all-time favorite TV characters since I watched the first episode when the show premiered. He was also one of the few bright lights when he appeared in numerous episodes of 'The New WKRP In Cincinnati' syndicated series.

Here's a salute to the late Howard Hesseman from Me-TV. Turns out his performance as Dr. Johnny Fever was based on his own experience as a DJ.

Of course, that story of him dying of complications from colon surgery are complete horse hoo. The truth is that the Phone Cops finally nabbed him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTPzTG1Lx60

The bomb didn't get him, but the Phone Cops did-- at least it took them over 40 years to do so!
RIP, Fever.

I'm sad also over the death of
Howard Hesseman , From Wikipedia it says
Howard Hesseman (February 27, 1940 � January 29, 2022) was an American actor known for his television roles as malcontent disc jockey "Dr. Johnny Fever" on WKRP in Cincinnati, and the lead role of history teacher Charlie Moore on Head of the Class. He appeared regularly on television and in film from the 1970s to 2010s, with other noteworthy roles including Sam Royer (the husband of lead character Ann Romano) in the last two seasons of One Day at a Time, and a supporting role as Captain Pete Lassard in the film Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment."

And a recurring role as a gay man in The Bob Newhart Show.

Ivan Reitman has died, he was 75, the director of Ghostbusters, Animal House and many other films, very sad,
When his name popped up on my phone, I had a bad feeling that he had passed away, sadly I was right

The Grim Reaper continues his rampage through Hollywood.

Here's more on Ivan Reitman's passing from CNN.
And, Mr. Reitman did not direct Animal House; he just produced it (along with Matty Simmons.) John Landis was that pic's director.
On a personal note, I thought his films Stripes and Dave were much better than Ghostbusters. So sue me.

To each their own.

"So sue me."
Oh, now you've done it, Adam!
I'm calling Rudy Guilianni right now!

I'm not comfortable with people posting their wishes for people to die. Please don't do it, at least, not here.

I'm confused, who has been posting such a wish, and when?

Likely removed, I imagine

Yes, I removed the post.

At first I left it, but thinking it over I realized that

1. It gives NitCentral a negative tone.

2. The chief wouldn't like it.

3. Since it was about a world leader, it might lead to others making similar comments about other world leaders, thereby turning this into a defacto Political Musings board and we already have a board for Political Musings, we don't need to turn the Sink into another one.

Anyone noticed that, when a celeb dies, the anti-vaccine nuts are all over it.

What, no one dies of anything else anymore? It was Parkinson's Disease, NOT Covid, that killed Peter Bogdonavich.

I've noticed that at work, too, but it's from the ultra-pro vaccine employee. If anyone at work takes a day off, or a celebrity dies (even at age 86), she's wondering out loud, "I wonder if it was Covid?" Oy.
Sometimes people die from being 86, not that d*mn virus.
And, KAM, I'm glad you removed the post, even though I never saw it. I think we've been pretty well behaved here at Nitcentral. The only person I was ever unsympathetic to pass away was Rush Limbaugh.

Early in the pandemic Italian cartoonist Albert Udurzo passed away and I found it interesting that the newspaper article was very specific in stating it was not covid.

In May of 2020 I did a cartoon about a shooting death being listed as a covid death. I think a few weeks later the news reported a shooting victim as dying of covid.

It's hard to be funny in a world where what should be ridiculous becomes real.

RIP to Sally Kellerman (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sally-kellerman-dead-hot-lips-houlihan-mash-1235099282/).

Ms. Kellerman was the the original "Hot Lips" in the movie M*A*S*H, as well as Dr. Elizabeth Dehner in the TOS pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before".

Actor Ned Eisenberg, known for playing defense attorneys in the Law & Order franchise, has passed away from cancer at age 65. More from the New York Post here.

The article should have been in the New York Ledger

Gravelly voiced comedian Gilbert Gottfried passed away this past Tuesday, April 12; he was 67 and died from a heart ailment. More from Rolling Stone here.

Heaven just got a little bit louder.

Actually, it got a little louder back on April 2. Estrelle Harris, who played George's mother, Estelle Costanza on 'Seinfeld' passed away on April 2 at the age of 93, just 20 days from her 94th birthday.

And in a cruel twist of fate, Jerry Seinfeld's TV series mom, Liz Sheridan, died today at the age of 93, just 5 days after her 93rd birthday.
She has a claim to fame with my wife and I; I can't tell you how many times I've paraphrased/quoted Elaine, when my wife drove from one parking spot to another, unsure where to park, at which point I would moan, "Mrs. Seinfeld, pick a parking spot! Just pick a parking spot!". Even though it was a glass for a pee sample, that Elaine was asking Helen Seinfeld for.

She was also the Tanner's neighbor, Raquel (sp?) with her husband Trevor on Alf. I remember their last name, but not sure how to spell it without looking it up.

I sometimes wonder why the Tanner's didn't just tell Raquel and Trevor about Alf. It would have made things a lot easier. I'm sure they'd had been able to understand the need to keep Alf secret.

She was also the Tanner's neighbor, Raquel (sp?) with her husband Trevor on Alf. I remember their last name, but not sure how to spell it without looking it up.

Ochmonek

Thanks.

I remembered a guy from one episode mispronounced it "ouch my neck". So I knew it was somewhat close to that.

I remember that too.

Pat Goss, who gave sound car care advice on the PBS series Motorweek for 41 years, passed away this past March; he was 77. More here.

Singer Naomi Judd has died at the age of 76, due to "mental illness,", whatever that means (some think that means she committed suicide, although there is currently no evidence of that).

Why don't they just come out and tell us the cause of death. At least that would shut the conspiracy nuts up.

Maybe they don't really know? A relative of mine passed earlier this year and the death certificate said something like, "Mental deteriation of unknown pathology". Which sounds odd, although I suppose if you have an Alzheimers-like illness that messes up the brain it could cause the body to shut down unexpectedly.

Not sure what problems Naomi Judd had, but it's a shame she didn't get to make her farewell tour.

Yeah.

Country music legend Mickey Gilley, whose club shot to prominence after the release of the movie Urban Cowboy, has passed away at the age of 86. More on Gilley's passing here.

Ray Liotta , the Goodfellas and
Field of Dreams actor passed away at age 67

Anne Turner Cook has passed away at the age of 94. You may ask who she is. Well, I'm sure you've seen her face if you have children. Or even if you don't. She was the Gerber baby, whose smiling face has appeared on countless packages of baby food and other children's items. More on her passing here.

James Caan , heard about it just now

You know, Jeff, there's a thread specifically for actors and TV & Movie related people deaths. They don't need to be repeated here.

David Warner , British actor was 80

RIP to Paul Sorvino, at age 83.

Nichelle Nichols, Uhura, the one and only Nyota Uhura, has passed away at 89 , Very Sad

David Warner, Paul Sorvino, Bernard Cribbins, Tony Dow, and now Nichelle Nicols.

What a horrible week.

And yet Trump, Putin, and Kim Jong-un (and his whack job sister) live on

What's wrong with this picture!?

Roger E. Mosley, who played T.C. on the original Magnum P.I., has died at the age of 83.

He also did some cameos on the Magnum reboot, playing a different character, of course.

RIP Olivia Newton-John, at age 73.

The 2022 Celebrity Massacre continues

Tim, do a Google search, remember the infamous Curse of 2016 , that
Claimed the lives of countless celebrities in that year.
Articles about that curse said only once in every 200 years do that many famous people die in a single year
Thank God William Shatner survived
2016 ,

Articles about that curse said only once in every 200 years do that many famous people die in a single year

When have we had as many famous people than we have had in the 20th century?

Yeah, there were famous people before the 20th century, but movies, records, radio, tv, & the internet led to an explosion of famous people unprecedented in earlier eras.

Guess the Grim Reaper is trying to break his 2016 tally.

And he just added Anne Heche to the 2022 list. She was in a car crash, a few days ago. According to Wikipedia:

---

quote:

On August 8, a representative for Heche said she was in a coma in extremely critical condition, with medical ventilation required for a pulmonary injury.

On August 11, the representative said that Heche was not expected to survive due to an anoxic brain injury, and that she was being kept on life support to determine if her organs are viable for donation, as she has long expressed her wish to donate her organs.

---

1994 seemed to be a year that more than the usual amount of famous people died.

Well, they pulled the plug on Anne Heche.

Queen Elizabeth II has died at
96

I think this year will live in infamy for taking some beloved people from us. Maybe not the worst year, but possibly Top 5. Scroll back up and remind yourselves how many of your favourites have passed and then realize, 2022 still has 3 and a half months to go!
And then 2023 will have it's own sad list.

RIP Louise Fletcher

The 2022 Celebrity Massacre has claimed Loretta Lynn.

Okay, she was 90 years old, but still, another one gone.

Legendary actress Dame Angela Lansbury has left us at the ripe old age of 96

Most probably know Dame Angela Lansbury for her role as author/amateur sleuth, Jessica Fletcher, on Murder, She Wrote (and it was a great role).

However, Ms. Lansbury's career goes back decades. Some of her other roles include the ill fated Sybil Vain in The Picture Of Dorian Gray (1945), and Eglantine Price in Bedknobs And Broomsticks (1971).

She'll be greatly missed.

We lost Leslie Jordan, in a car accident, a few days ago. He was 67.

At the time of his death, he was co-starring on Mayim Bialik's show, Call Me Kat. Last night's episode had a remembrance tag for Mr. Jordan, just after the show ended (he had filmed nine episodes of this season before his death).

Jerry Lee Lewis is now playing that great piano in the sky. The legendary rocker that started during the days of Elvis and Buddy Holly has passed away at age 87.

I for one am more than a little surprised that he was still alive.

He, Chuck Berr7, and Elvis can now do jam sessions.

Hopefully Jerry Lee didn't find himself in a place filled with "Great balls of fire". ;-)

Sorry. Obvious joke is obvious.

Marrying his underaged cousin might be held against him.

Or maybe they'll cut him some slack.

Kevin Conroy, who has been the main voice of Batman in animated TV shows and movies has passed away at age 66.
According to an official press release, Conroy died on Nov. 10 at the age of 66. Known as the voice of Bruce Wayne/Batman on the landmark animated series, Batman: The Animated Series, Conroy brought the hero to life across 60 different projects, including 15 films, 15 animated series and almost 400 episodes culminating in over 100 hours of television. He also starred as a live-action Bruce Wayne on the Arrowverse's "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover event from 2019 to 2020.

He also voiced Batman in most of the Arkham games with Origins being an exception.

The 2022 Celebrity Massacre continues.

Are more celebrities dying in 2022 than most years, why is it a "massacre" when it'd seem to be just...people dying, like they do all the time.

Watermellon smashing comedian Gallagher has died. The standup perrenial had been having heart problems for the past several years. He was 76.

I guess it feels more like a 'massacre' when it's someone very famous (Meat Loaf), or beloved (Nichelle Nichols), or unexpectedly (Bob Saget), or old, but not THAT old (Olivia Newton-John) passes away, it can seem like a 'massacre'. Especially when we've listed these famous people every month of the year.
No, they aren't family, and people die every day, but by being on our TV and movie theater screens, sublimely they can feel that way. Can you imagine if you lost a parent, sibling, cousin, aunt, uncle, or grandparent every single month of the year? That would feel like a massacre!

We are all pretty much of an age when the people we watched as we were growing up are now at an age when they pass away.We will continue to lose celebrities all the time and on a bigger scale every year.

Depressing, isn't it.

The last of the original Hogan's Heroes has passed away. Robert Clary, aka Corporal Louie Lebeau, has died at the ripe old age of 96.
Kenneth Washington, who played Baker during the last season, is now the last remaining main cast member.

And he must be getting on himself.

Washington is now 76. He also played Watkins in the Trek episode "That Which Survives"; the poor redshirt who got killed by Losira ("I didn't ask you to check the board, lad!")

Not your typical celebrity, but in computing circles he was a rock star.

Fred Brooks, designer of IBM's OS/360, and famed author of "The Mythical Man Month" has passed away at age 91.

The 2022 Celebrity Massacre has claimed two more. They are Jason David Frank, 49, and Nicki Aycox, 47.

And the argument that they're getting old does not apply here, as both were younger than I am. The first committed suicide, the latter died of leukemia.

Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac has passed away at the age of 79.
Stevie Nicks got more attention, thanks to her being one of the main singers and she was the prettier one, but I've always liked Christine's songs that she sung, like 'Little Lies'. She was also the writer of 'Gypsy', 'Rhiannon', 'Dreams', and 'Go Your Own Way'.
The lady was a genius.

RIP to Kirstie Allie, at age 71, from Cancer.

The 2022 Celebrity Massacre strikes again

Scott, you mean 'Kirstie Alley', not 'Allie'.

She is just the second cast member of 'Cheers' to pass away, despite the series premiering 40 years ago.
Only Nicholas Colasanto (Coach) died before her, and that was way back in 1985.

Quite a different fate than the Mary Tyler Moore Show which has no surviving members of the official cast, and most died in pretty rapid succession fairly recently.

The Dick van Dyke Show has two members still alive, though to be fair one of them was a young kid at the time.

The Dick van Dyke Show has two members still alive, though to be fair one of them was a young kid at the time.

The other being Mr. Van Dyke himself, who is still with us at 96 (he turns 97 in three days).

I caught the episode of Conan O'Brien where he guested and Brian Setzer Orchestra played the theme song for him and he loved it.

That was a nice touch.

Too many in just a matter of a few days this week;

- Ian Tyson, Canadian folk singer (had a TV show on CTV for many years with his wife, Sylvia) - December 29.

- Pele, legendary Brazilian soccer player - December 29.

- Vivienne Westwood, world famous British fashion designer - December 29.

- Barbara Walters, long-time broadcaster and interviewer - December 30.

Former Pope Benedict XVI.

I see the Grim Reaper has already kicked off his 2023 list:


https://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertainment/news/adam-rich-former-eight-is-enough-child-star-dies-at-54/ar-AA166C7f?cvid=b4629c06696e403c8c09fe5860ea0328


And before anyone says that this was another ancient, old actor, this chap was two years younger than I am.

The Great Horrible Unprecedented Celebrity Massacre of 2023 From Whence No Famed Star Shalt Escape claims Lisa Marie Presley, 54.

And we're barely two weeks in.

And once again the celebrity in question was two years younger than I am. So much for Rodney's "they're all ancient old" argument.

And Robbie Knievel, 60
And Robbie Bachman of BTO, 69

Nobody said they were only old. Babies die all the time. Young, old, middle-aged, people of all ages, races and creeds die. It�s one of the few unifying things in the world..
There are more �celebrities� in the world today than ever thanks to decades of film and tv and music and sport. I doubt some former child actor from a 40 year old sitcom dying would have rated a mention 30 years ago because we weren�t so saturated with it thanks to the 24-hour news cycle.
There�s no massacre or purge, just the continual match of death on us all. And yes, one day your wish will come true and both Trump and Putin will be dead too.

Take the wishing for people's death stuff elsewhere, Political Musings maybe, just not here.

I am sick to death of reading these ghoulish posts and just deleting these threads outright.

Why delete a whole thread for a couple blocks of conversation?? Seems a little overkill to me.

Me, on Monday, May 30, 2022 on the Political Musings, Trump Presidential thread;
'Content edited by Moderator'.

Rodney, same day, same thread;
'Wishing death on anybody, even Trump, on a public forum like this is never a good look. I suggest Tim remove your vile comment.'

Tim, the next day, same thread;
'Gotta go with Rodney on this one, Steve. I've removed the first part of your post. Believe me, I loathe Trump as much as the next person, but we should show restraint (and I've made this same slip a few times, in regards to Putin). We can hate Trump, call him names, and such, but wishing actual death is going too far.'

Me, on that same day and same thread:
'Okay, you guys are right and I'm glad you edited out the comments.'

So...Tim can wish for death on a scumbag, but I can't? And Tim thinks I went too far, but he can go there? And Rodney (rightly) says my comments should be deleted, but doesn't think Tim's should?
The difference being one is a disgusting Russian and the other is a disgusting American?
Right.
I'm not asking to be allowed to repeat such 'vile' comments. I'm over that and I won't be doing it in the future.
The double-standard here is just confusing and not consistent.
And I agree with KAM; let's clean up some of these posts so that it reflects the real purpose of it-- mourning the loss of someone we've heard of, instead of He's-dead-why-isn't-fill-in-the-blank?'.

I never said it shouldn't be deleted- KAM was talking about nuking the ENTIRE THREAD.

I'm getting a little sick of Tim's bleating about celebrity massacres and then adding hate for Trump and Putin on top of it.

I have no issue with KAM, Butch or anyone else for that matter who wants to remove those comments and leave just the mention of the celebrity death. It's not like it's a ton of work (I think) but probably necessary.

Tim has actually been approached about this very thing in other spots on the board (both public and private). I'd like to think he's a mature enough individual to get the message finally....

KAM, if you wish to delete my latest post in this thread, then go ahead. I raise no objections.

Furthermore, from this day forward, I will no longer post in any death threads. It might be best for all concerned if I stayed away.

No need to overreact. It's easy to stay on topic.

92-year old John Astin is now the only living main cast member of 'The Addams Family'
Lisa Loring, who played his daughter, Wednesday, has died at age 64. She was just 6 years old when the series began.

Cindy Williams, better known as Shirley in Laverne and Shirley, has passed away at age 75 after a short illness.

Actress Annie Wersching at age 45 from Cancer

Raquel Welch, 82 Years Young

I'm predicting that by the end of 2023 Raquel will be in the top 10 surprising celebrity deaths.

Richard Belzer, famous for playing John Munch on Homicide, SVU, and the X-Files, dead at 78 from unspecified health issues.

Also known for being a smart-a$$ comic, his last words were reportedly "F*** you M****rF***er"

That's a shocker, Scott. I didn't know of any health problems with Belzer, although I thought he was way too thin. Expect a dedication on an upcoming episode of SVU.

Temporarily returning from my self imposed exile from these thread to post about the death of noted Canadian actor, Gordon Pinsent, at the age of 92:


https://www.wpxi.com/news/trending/gordon-pinsent-away-her-actor-canadian-icon-dead-92/NRMIL6T7BJGVLGDP6XF4CA3FAE/

Lance Reddick , from The Wire &
John Wick , he was only 60
Anyone Know the cause of death

A coroner's report has stated that he died waiting for you to respond to the half a million threads you've started and not posted anything else on.

Holy ••••, Jerry Springer has died
at age 79

My wife and I used to watch this for a year or so (many years ago when it was on at 10 pm), but I got tired of the redneck trailer trash entitled no responsibility taken types of people on his show.
I tapped out first and she eventually did so, too, but I never had anything against Jerry, himself. Just the weirdos and nastys on his show.

Remember the Diaper Bob episode of the Jerry Springer show ?

I remember he was on an episode of Married With Children as the Masculine Feminist. Al and his buddies didn't take kindly to him.

He was also on an episode of the Dick Dietrick show (forgot the spelling) if I remember the name right. Tried to Google it but no luck so I might be remembering his name completely wrong. Does anyone else remember that show? It was a parody of talk shows that aired in the 90s iirc.

I was unaware until very recently that Jerry Springer, of whom it's hard to find a more quintessentially American type of media icon, was born in Highgate tube station in London during the Blitz.

JERRY! JERRY! JERRY!

The audience chant when the idiot he kept inviting on his show went at each other.

Jerry Springer was the subject of an edition of Who Do You Think You Are? tracing his family history.

Also the Jerry Springer scene from
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and the Mad TV Sketch of the
Jerry Springer show

I just heard that
Miss Universe Australia finalist Sienna Weir died at age 23 after a horse riding accident, very sad
This and the tragedy of the late
Christopher Reeve is why I would never get on a horse. Don't get me wrong I think horses are beautiful animals, but I wouldn't ever get on a horse

I'm the same. Only rode one once, waaaay back when I was 19 years old, and trying to hold on while it decided to run part of the route was enough for me.
It's really a one-in-a-million chance, but it's not the way I'd want to go out-- slowly and paralyzed.
Makes me cringe when I think of all the horse-riding celebrities like William Shatner take part in.

Tina Turner, the legendary singer
At 83 & "Thor" actor
Ray Stevenson at 58 , both very sad

I could have sworn Tina was still out there performing, but the news said she'd retired in 2009, I think.
I liked her-- she was one of the focal points of good '80's music.
My personal favorites from her are 'What's Love Got To Do With It', 'One Of The Living', and 'Goldeneye'.

I saw Tina Turner in concert way back on 1985. To coin a phrase: Absolutely Fabulous. 1985 was a great year for her, with her album Private Dancer and the eponymous single from it, her tour, and her role as Auntie Entity in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. With its theme song, We Don't Need Another Hero. RIP, Anna Mae (her birth name).

Anna Mae Bullock.

I gotta wonder what it's like to have a completely different real name, than the one EVERYBODY calls you by. Pro wrestlers have the same deal (Charlotee Flair is actually Ashley Elizabeth Fleihr, Tito Santana is Mercid Solis). Tina went her whole career with the majority of us probably thinking that that was her real name. At least the 'Tina' part, but no. Stage name.
I wonder if she was ever called Anna by anyone the past 20 years.

It's likely that her family called her Anna.

Think about how many of us use a different name online. Maybe enough that someone could call us by that name and we'd be able to identify with it as much as our given name. Maybe there's even people that only know us by that name to the point where calling us by our given name would feel weird.

I would imagine it's something like that but taking it into your real life.

I'm also thinking about Adam West, a.k.a. William West Anderson, and Burt Ward, a.k.a. Bert John Gervis Jr. Burt (or Bert) is 77 years old now and rarely does any type of tv or movies now, but who are you going to call when you want him on your show? Burt Ward.

Tina's music has been given a boost in popularity, as happens when a great musician or singer passes.
She's been on several radio stations here the past couple days (more than she usually was), including a 2 hour tribute on Boom 97.3.
Here in Toronto we have a place in the center of downtown called Yonge Dundas Square (Yonge Street and Dundas Street intersect), where people can congregate, hang out, watch live music or experience a farmer's market or flea market, depending on the weekend. As a tribute to the late Gordon Lightfoot, some people have considered petitioning city hall to rename it Lightfoot Square. He's kinda a big thing here in Toronto, having performed at Massey Hall a staggering 180 times!

Samantha Weinstein the
Canadian actress from Carrie died aged 28 from Cancer

According to her Wikipedia page, Tina's family called her Ann.

@Chris, I definitely do that.

George Maharis last Wednesday, age 94. I fear that the legacy of this great TV actor will be reduced to a punchline on the series ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT.

Huh?

This guy quit acting a full decade before Arrested Development premiered.

I will suggest that he is not the one who delivered the punchline, the punchline may have been about him. Am I correct?

He may not have been considered a celebrity, but he sure made his mark in history. Robert Hanssen, whose spying for Russia from 1979-2001 caused more damage to U.S. intelligence than anyone in history, has passed away in the Colorado Supermax prison; he was 79. The attempt to out Hanssen as a Russian operative was dramatized in the excellent 2007 movie Breach, Chris Cooper played Hanssen. More here.

Sad to report that Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, a.k.a. The Iron Sheik, has passed away at the age of 81. The Sheik was one of the World Wrestling Federation's most prominent heels of the 1980s, beating Bob Backland for the championship, then lost it to Hulk Hogan, beginning the Hulkamania craze.
And he hated Hogan after that.
Really REALLY hated Hogan!
Check out an interview and Sheik does not hold back, with plenty of 'colorful metaphors' that would make a prison guard blush.

Not so sad to report the death of Theodore "Ted" Kaczynski AKA the Unabomber. He was found dead in his cell, possible a suicide.

The world is not a poorer place with the likes of him gone from it.

A name that I thought had already kicked the bucket.
Oh, well. Good riddance and enjoy the fire!

Amen to that.

Burn, Teddy, burn!

Everwood actor Treat Williams has died at 71 after a motorcycle accident

Marvel comic book fans will recognize this name;
John Romita, Spider-Man artist extraordinaire, has passed away at the age of 93.
Romita took over the artistic side of The Amazing Spider-Man from co-creator, Steve Ditko, in 1966, and improved it substantially, in my opinion. He made women like Mary Jane and Gwen Stacy simply beautiful, and established villains like Doc Ock and Mysterio even better.
Among his more famous characters that first appeared during his tenure are Mary Jane Watson, Robbie Robertson, the Rhino, the Shocker, and the Prowler, and did some of the best Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus stories.
He's actually John Romita Senior, as his son, John Junior, also became a popular comic book artist at Marvel.
He came to Fan Expo several years ago and I just stood there in awe as he drew custom-made drawings for fans (for $$$, of course), and I regret not getting one.

Alan Arkin at 89 years young

Put this in the Trek Cemetery, guess I'll put it here too.


Manny Coto, the man who many (including me) say turned Enterprise around (albeit too late to save it) has died of cancer at the age of 63.

Mr. Coto was a lifelong fan and watched TOS when he was a kid.

Mr. Coto, under your watch, Enterprise delivered its best episodes. Thanks, Manny.

Legendary Singer Tony Bennett at 96
When his name suddenly popped up on people's phones, people knew it wasn't a good sign
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-07-21/la-me-tony-bennett-dies

He had a good life.

RIP Tony Bennett.

Tony Bennett or Frank Sinatra or Perhaps Dean Martin who was the greatest of those 3 ?

I personally preferred Dino, mainly because he also had a funny side (his variety show, the celebrity roasts, the Matt Helm movies).

In terms of singing? I would always go Sinatra. All of them had great voices but Sinatra just had something special.

I agree with Steve though, Dean had the best sense of humour.

Bennett had a beautiful voice but I never really felt he was in the same league as the others- he just had the luxury of living long enough to record duets for the last 20 years.

We'll never see their like again.

Irish singer Sin�ad O'Connor at 56

Paul Reubens aka Pee-wee Herman , he was 70
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2023/07/31/paul-reubens-dies-pee-wee-herman-actor-comedian-cancer/70499351007/
I Loved Pee-wee's Playhouse

I used to watch that all of the time as a kid .

Angus Cloud, 'Euphoria' actor, dies aged 25 , very sad

William Friedkin, Director of �The French Connection� and �The Exorcist,� Dies at 87

Friedkin made what may have been his final public appearance at this year's TCM Classic Film Festival. Which presented a special 50th anniversary screening of The Exorcist.

Robbie Robertson, musician and former member of The Band has passed at age 80.
We're losing alot of entertainers in the music industry this year, unfortunately.

Tina Turner, Sinead O'Conner, Tony Bennett, Robbie Robertson, Gordon Lightfoot, Harry Belafonte, Burt Bacharach, David Crosby, Jeff Beck, Gary Rossington (of Lynyrd Skynyrd), Tim Bachman (of Bachman Turner Overdrive), John Gosling (of The Kinks) Randy Meisner (of The Eagles), Andy Rourke (of The Smiths), Lasse Wellander (of ABBA).

Man, that's too many.

and now Tom Jones at 95
https://apnews.com/article/tom-jones-dead-fantasticks-80f9efa143d84d9a9784f1a8bd5667e5
Supermodel turned actress
Shelley Smith died at 70

I hope you realize that this is not the singer Tom Jones. Who hosted the variety show This Is Tom Jones, where he would throw his bow tie into the audience during a song in the last act of the show. And sang "It's Not Unusual" and the theme from Thunderball.

Bob Barker, long time host of
"The Price is Right" gameshow has died at 99 years young

I would have felt differently if Barker hadn't been instrumental in meddling with the affairs of the Toronto Zoo 10 years ago. He wasn't solely responsible for the Zoo having our three elephants transferred to California, but the guy isn't even Canadian, and there are cold American cities that kept their elephants! Why us? Now a whole generation of people in Toronto and the area have never seen a live elephant.

Also lost is actress Arlene Sorkin, known primarily as the voice of Harley Quinn for a quarter of a century in DC animated TV shows, animated movies, and computer games. Ironically, Quinn was a character created for 'Batman - The Animated Series', and wasn't even a DC Comics-created character. They adopted her into their books because of the character's popularity. Arlene also has a role in 'Days of our Lives' between 1984 and 2010, racking up 427 episodes.
She was just 67 years old.

Died of MS.

Jimmy Buffett passed on September 1st, and now another music industry name, Steve Harwell of Smash Mouth fame is gone.
The music industry is taking a worse hit this year than TV and movies, by the looks of it.

Roger Whittaker, aged 87.

Love his songs.

David McCallum, AKA Illya Kuryakin of The Man From UNCLE has passed away at age 90. He joins his co-star, Robert Vaughn, in that great secret agent secret hideout in the sky. Vaughn passed in 2016.

A case of I-didn't-know-she-was-still-alive; Phyllis Coates, 'The Adventures of Superman''s first Lois Lane for the first season, has passed away at the age of 96. She later played Lois Lane's mother in an episode of 'Lois And Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'.

Didn't know she was still alive either.

Suzanne Somers at age 76
She was great as Chrissy Snow on
Three's Company and as
Carol Lambert on Step by Step

Matthew Perry, Chandler from
"Friends" at 54

Richard Moll at 80
His full name was
Charles Richard Moll and was great as
Aristotle Nostradamus "Bull" Shannon on "Night Court"

Richard Roundtree at age 81, the thing is
With Robin Williams, he died at age
63 in 2014, after his death is he viewed as an even bigger legend than when he was alive

Not sure what the connection between the two is but this is dangerously close to actually being a point!

Couldn't you have just noted Mr. Roundtree's death, Winters, without putting in rubbish that has nothing to do with it.

I noted Mr. Roundtree's passing on the "Movies" board shortly after his death. IMHO, with his many film and TV credits, he was more than a "miscellaneous celebrity."
And, since age was mentioned, I recently turned 69.

Perhaps "miscellaneous" should be dropped from the thread title.

There is an explanation up at the top.

"This is for famous people who've died for which no other appropriate RIP board exists."

But, you know, reading is hard.

No need to get snippy KAM....

Indeed.

Adam and I made legitimate comments, IMO.

*shrug*

I actually stopped rolling my eyes at people posting anyone on this board regardless of other boards some time ago.

Yes, I understand if you come through the Last Day/Last Week link it bypasses the top altogether. And those who click the tile link are more interested in scrolling to the bottom to pay attention to anything up top.

But there was a discussion about whether Richard Roundtree should be here and I remember the description up top and decided to repost it.

Then when I saw that at 2 times normal and bolded it kind of seemed 'word of god'ish I decided to add what I thought was a joke.

*shrug*

Didn't come across like a joke to me.

"Extreme Weight Loss" star Brandi Mallory has passed away at the age of 40. Very sad

Who??

Wikipedia gave me nothing.

Mega-TV producer Norman Lear, who brought All In The Family, Maude, Good Times and many other series to TV, passed away yesterday at the age of 101. More from CNN here.
One of his lesser-known series was 1975's The Hot L Baltimore, based on the play. One of the stars was a little known actor named James Cromwell. The series was quite good, and pushed the envelope (like most of Lear's series did.) So ABC, in its infinite wisdom, cancelled it after thirteen episodes.

Am I alone in getting worried every time I see a celebrities name (i.e., that hasn't passed as far as I know) in Windows Search?

Not bad an age for someone who was born during the Presidency of Woodrow Wilson.

Or put another way...
-- World War One had ended just 5 years before.
-- The Titanic sank just 8 years earlier.
-- The first TV network to go on the air, NBC, was still 25 years away from its first transmissions in June 1947.
-- President Richard Nixon, Lear's/Mike Stivic's favourite punching bag was just a little boy, at 9 years of age, when Lear was born.
-- The first manned Moon landing was still 47 years away in the future!
-- Pluto was still 8 years away from being discovered.

While justifiably famous for his hits, he probably was behind more flops than any one single person in the industry.

Not intended as a nasty comment. It just goes to show how hard you have to try to get those successes.

-- The Titanic sank just 8 years earlier.

10 years, not 8.

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He probably was behind more flops than any one single person in the industry.

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Here is Lear's IMDB page.

Some interesting shows/movies he was involved with.

Indeed.

One of Lear's flops was 704 Hauser. The premise was a black family was living in Archie Bunker's old house (hence the title.) The parents were liberals, while the son was a hard conservative. Also, an unknown actress named Maura Tierney played the son's girlfriend. IIRC, one of the reasons the series was created was to make use of the sets from All In The Family, which were then in storage. More on the series here.

Failed spin-off.

For every Frasier, there is an AfterMASH.

But, After MASH at least got a season and a half on the air. 704 Hauser got just six episodes, one of which was left unaired.
One of Lear's major successes was One Day At A Time, which ran nine seasons. It was one of the first, maybe the first, series to feature a divorced working mother. Unfortunately, it made more headlines for co-star Mackenzie Phillips' behavior than for the series itself.

Fixed it for you, Tim.

For every Frasier, there is The Tortellis.

;-)

However, I don't blame you for forgetting THAT Cheers spin-off.

I remember Te Tortellis, unfortunately.

As far as 704 Hauser goes, I think the reason it failed is obvious. When one sees Archie Bunker's house, they want to see Archie Bunker in it, not a bunch of Knobby Nobodies.

Science fiction author David Drake (best known for Hammer's Slammers and RCN) died last Sunday.

https://david-drake.com/

That sucks. I liked those series.

Andre Braugher , age 61
From Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Cause of death?

Didn't specify, "after a brief illness".

I read on the ticker (I think that's the right term? I.e., the text that shows various news stories) of a local news channel that it was Lung Cancer.

Well, now that the cause is known, it should keep the anti-vaxxers at bay.

Tom Smothers of The Smothers Brothers was 86

Terrible grammar, Winters, but what else is new.

Allow me...

Tom Smothers, of the Smothers Brothers, has died at the age of 86.

I watched the Smothers Brothers on their revival revival show, back in the 1980's. Always loved Tom's bit with the yo-yo.

I remember seeing them at Ontario Place back in the 80s.

It's ironic that their edgy humour that criticized the Viet Nam war and the government in general wouldn't insult anybody these days. Heck, the Tonight Show and later David Letterman would make more controversial jokes, only a few years later.

Times change.

Joyce Randolph, who played Trixie Norton on The Honeymooners, as died at the age of 99. Another that didn't quite make it to 100.

Her death means that there are now no actors from The Honeymooners left.

Charles Osgood , the longtime
host of CBS Sunday Morning has died at
91 years young , he was a cool dude
He had great bowties

Jesse Jane at only 43

Allow me to add a few more details for those of you wondering just who this "Jesse Jane" was.

Jesse Jane (who's real name was Cynthia Howell) was a porn actor who managed to transition into mainstream movies. Very few porn actors manage to do that*.

Ms. Jane, and her boyfriend, were both found dead, apparently of a drug overdose. Whether it was an accident or suicide has not yet been determined.


*Traci Lords (who's real name is Nora Kuzma), is the only other porn star to make it into mainstream that I can think of

As I recall, Ashlyn Gere made the mainstream as well. She had a role on "Space: Above and Beyond".

Her too then.

This is 4 months late because somehow the news of his passing got by me, or the media offered very little (or no) coverage, but Mark Goddard, a.k.a. Major Don West of 'Lost In Space' fame died back on October 10, 2023 at age 87.
And I only found this out because I hadn't visited the Irwin Allen website in many months, and that's when I learned of his passing.

I heard about Mr. Goddard's passing on Facebook.

Chita Rivera at 91 years young

If you're going to note the passing of an actor, a little more details, aside from a name and age, would be greatly appreciated.

Her full name was Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero Anderson, and she was a Tony Award winning Broadway actor. She also did movies and television shows.

Wikipedia is your friend.

I�m willing to cut him some slack here, as I often do the same thing. Though I link to the obituary when I do do.

Carl Weathers as died at the age of 76.

One of his best known roles was that of Apollo Creed in the Rocky movies.

Carl was a man who had himself a stew going.

I beg your pardon?

A reference to his appearance on "Arrested Development".

"Whoa, there's still some meat left on that bone. You take that home, throw it into a pot with some broth and potatoes, baby, you got yourself a stew going."

Thanks.

Never watched that show.

Star Trek� actor Kenneth Mitchell dies after years-long battle with ALS, he was only 49

At least the cause of death was listed.

That should shut the anti-vaxxers up.

As most of you know, I have direct experience with ALS.

For some reason, it seems personal to me when someone dies from it.

That should shut the anti-vaxxers up.

Not all of them. I'm sure some will say that vaccines cause ALS. =8/

You're probably right.

Dragonball's creator, Akira Toriyama, died from acute subdural hematoma on March 1, 2024, at the age of 68.

That's bleeding in the brain, I believe.

Did he suffer a severe head injury?

Subdural hemotomas happen when blood gets between two of the three membranes that envelop the brain. Toriyama had a brain tumor according to his family, and was scheduled for surgery in february. It is not made clear if the surgery happened and caused the hematoma, or if the tumor itself was the cause.

Brain tumours are always risky surgery.

Eric Carmen, the lead singer from
The Raspberries and the song
"Go All the Way" he was 74

No cause of death.

Why keep it a secret? That's just giving more ammunition to the anti-vaxxers.

Really? The Covid vaccine doesn't even enter my thoughts these days, now that it's getting further and further back in time.
Age 74 tells me that it could have just been natural causes.
His two main songs, as far as I'm concerned are 'Hungry Eyes' (which Toronto's Boom 97.3 plays all the time) and ''All By Myself'.

They're out there.

Believe me.

"Believe me."

A Trump-ism!
AAAAAAAAIIIIIEEEEEE!!!!!!!

Steve, weren't you one of folks who kept whining about me bringing up Orange Peel outside of Political Musings?

So, it's okay now?

That 'AAAAAAAIIIIIEEEEE!!!!!' was a cry of revolt at seeing one of his over-used phrases popping up from someone (unintentionally) who despises that Orange jackass as much as me.
Just found it ironic.
Just don't say you were 'treated unfairly and it's very sad.' !

It's all good.

Louis Gossett Jr. at age 87

Barbara Rush dies at 97.


https://ca.yahoo.com/news/barbara-rush-came-outer-space-044524733.html

I know her from the Sci-Fi classic It Came From Outer Space.

She was the first wife of Jeffery Hunter, who played Captain Pike in The Cage.

Joe Flaherty of SCTV has died at age 82. Somehow he never seemed to get famous after SCTV, unlike Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, and John Candy.
Surprising also that after more than 40 years, Joe is only the second cast member to pass on (the other was, obviously, John Candy in 1994).

I remember him as Count Floyd, host of Monster Chiller Horror Theatre.

Surprising also that after more than 40 years, Joe is only the second cast member to pass on (the other was, obviously, John Candy in 1994).

Fourth, actually. You forgot about Harold Ramis and Tony Rosato.

Whoops. You're right, mostly about Harold Ramis, who I totally forgot about. I knew about Tony Rosato, but I thought he was with the show for a short time and didn't mention him. My bad, since imdb.com says he appeared in the first 3 seasons, something I'd forgotten.

I know Tony Rosato from his recurring role on a late night cop show called Night Heat (which was filmed in Toronto).

Tony played Arthur "Whitey" Morelli, a street hustler that the cops went to when they needed info on the criminal of the week. Whitey always seemed to have the correct info.

This show was on in the mid to late-80's.

Orenthal James Simpson (you know all about him) has passed away from prostate cancer at the age of 76. More
here.
I never believed he was innocent of the murder of his ex-wife Nicole and Ron Goldman. There was just too much evidence against him in that nine month long trial. And, he was acquitted after just four hours of jury deliberation? Give me a break.

Nicole and Goldman went to The Good Place.
OJ went to the Other Place down stairs.
Good riddance, you lying monster.

Mr. Simpson, this is the Other Place!

Hope you like the heat, O.J.

Terry Carter, who played Colonel Tigh on classic Battlestar Galactica and Joe Broadhurst on McCloud has died at the age of 95.

I liked Colonel Tigh. Tough, but still respected by the Colonial Warriors. I felt he had good chemistry with Adama.

I agree.