Milestone Moments: All The Celebrity Vitals

[BetterButter]

Marvin Laird, Broadway and Film Composer and Conductor, Dies at 85

[BetterButter]

Thom Christopher, of One Life to Live, Dead at 84

[Mr. Sparkle]

1 hour ago, BetterButter said:

Thom Christopher, of One Life to Live, Dead at 84

I remember him as Hawk on the ill-fated second season of "Buck Rogers." 

[Lugal]

9 hours ago, Mr. Sparkle said:

I remember him as Hawk on the ill-fated second season of "Buck Rogers." 

[BetterButter]

Paul Maslansky, ‘Police Academy’ and ‘Return to Oz’ Producer, Dies at 91

[MissAlmond]

Actor Mark Withers best known for playing Ted Dinard on the ABC television series Dynasty has died, age 77.

https://deadline.com/2024/12/mark-withers-dies-77-dynasty-stranger-things-1236196878/

https://variety.com/2024/legit/news/mark-withers-dead-dynasty-1236241755/

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/07/entertainment/mark-withers-dynasty-death/index.html

https://people.com/mark-withers-dead-at-77-8757880

[Fool to cry]

Morgan Lofting, the voice of the Baroness on GI Joe and other characters passed away. 

 

 

[BetterButter]

Renowned poet and Black arts movement icon Nikki Giovanni dies at 81

[MissAlmond]

 

[Miss Anne Thrope]

Very bummed to learn that Michael Cole of  The Mod Squad (and Celebrity Bowling at my house) has passed at 84.   

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/michael-cole-dead-mod-squad-1236083123/

[MissAlmond]

16 hours ago, Miss Anne Thrope said:

Very bummed to learn that Michael Cole of  The Mod Squad (and Celebrity Bowling at my house) has passed at 84.   

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/michael-cole-dead-mod-squad-1236083123/

With the passing of "One white" The Mod Squad have all left us. R.I.P. Mr. Cole. 

 

Edited Wednesday at 07:01 PM by MissAlmond

[ProudMary]

1 hour ago, Miss Anne Thrope said:

Very bummed to learn that Michael Cole of  The Mod Squad (and Celebrity Bowling at my house) has passed at 84.

I'm sorry to learn of his passing. I loved The Mod Squad and Michael Cole was one of my earliest celebrity crushes. 😢

[ebk57]

1 hour ago, Miss Anne Thrope said:

Very bummed to learn that Michael Cole of  The Mod Squad (and Celebrity Bowling at my house) has passed at 84.   

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/michael-cole-dead-mod-squad-1236083123/

Well damn.  He was my sister's favorite on one of her favorite shows.  And while I did enjoy the show and am sad at his passing, it makes me miss my sister even more. 

[Dimity]

41 minutes ago, ebk57 said:

Well damn.  He was my sister's favorite on one of her favorite shows.  And while I did enjoy the show and am sad at his passing, it makes me miss my sister even more. 

I know what you mean. It was Donny Osmond's birthday yesterday and I missed my sister so much. She loved Donny.

[ProudMary]

The Amazing Kreskin has died. While I do remember him from Merv Griffin's show and Johnny Carson's, I especially remember first seeing him on Wonderama with Sonny Fox. (Boy, am I dating myself!)  From AP News:

George Kresge Jr., who wowed talk show audiences as the The Amazing Kreskin, dies at age 89

[SunnyBeBe]

On 12/10/2024 at 11:57 PM, Dimity said:

I know what you mean. It was Donny Osmond's birthday yesterday and I missed my sister so much. She loved Donny.

I am like your sister in that I loved Donny back in the day. He brought so much happiness to his fans. He had and still has awesome fans.  Nice memory of your sister.  
 

I always remember his birthday. I forgot to come here and post about it though.   

Edited Friday at 12:26 PM by SunnyBeBe

[roseha]

Conan O'Brien's parents died this week within three days of each other.

Thomas O’Brien, an epidemiologist, and Ruth O’Brien, a lawyer, juggled successful careers with raising six children, including the comedy star.

Sad to hear sorry for Conan and his five siblings.  I know there's a Youtube video about his mother's achievements along with comments from the family

 

Edited Yest. at 01:06 AM by roseha

[Annber03]

Oh, damn, that's rough. Condolences to him and his siblings. 

[andromeda331]

Wow, poor Conan and his siblings. That's horrible.

[shapeshifter]

On 12/13/2024 at 8:05 PM, roseha said:

Conan O'Brien's parents died this week within three days of each other.

Thomas O’Brien, an epidemiologist, and Ruth O’Brien, a lawyer, juggled successful careers with raising six children, including the comedy star.

Sad to hear sorry for Conan and his five siblings.  I know there's a Youtube video about his mother's achievements along with comments from the family

 

Lives worth living and worthy of living. It's so easy to see Conan in both of them physically, but clearly from the article they were the sources of his genius too. 

[roamyn]

I'm no Conan fan, but that's tough to lose both your parents simultaneously.  The silver lining is that after almost 60 years of marriage, one didn't have to survive long w/o the other.  I'm sure that's a small comfort to the children of Dr. & Mrs. O'Brien.

[Notabug]

5 hours ago, roamyn said:

I'm no Conan fan, but that's tough to lose both your parents simultaneously.  The silver lining is that after almost 60 years of marriage, one didn't have to survive long w/o the other.  I'm sure that's a small comfort to the children of Dr. & Mrs. O'Brien.

This happens so very often in couples in long term marriages.  I have 2 friends who lost both of their elderly parents within weeks of each other fairly unexpectedly.

Conan's parents seem to have been amazingly accomplished and productive people who raised some great kids.  Lives well lived indeed.

[shapeshifter]

39 minutes ago, Notabug said:

This happens so very often in couples in long term marriages.  I have 2 friends who lost both of their elderly parents within weeks of each other fairly unexpectedly.

Yes, and having lived through the tragic alternative of the remaining elderly spouse dying by inches in grief for the next 5 years, I am hoping that maybe in the 3 days Conan's elderly mother survived his father that it became apparent she could not be happy without him, and that her life now seemed complete.
😢 -`♡´-

[SunnyBeBe]

8 minutes ago, shapeshifter said:

Yes, and having lived through the tragic alternative of the remaining elderly spouse dying by inches in grief for the next 5 years, I am hoping that maybe in the 3 days Conan's elderly mother survived his father that it became apparent she could not be happy without him, and that her life now seemed complete.
😢 -`♡´-

Yes. I can imagine it.  My great grandparents went weeks apart. And, I expect to see it with my parents with a 66 year marriage. 

[AgathaC]

One of my great aunts died the night of her husband’s funeral. Both had been in hospice care, so not a shock. Everyone believed she held on to see her children, grands and great-grands one last time before joining her husband of 70 years.

My paternal grandmother and maternal grandfather each outlived their spouse by at least 10 years. It’s difficult on the family for both to die so close together, but a blessing for the couple (assuming they were truly devoted and in love). My grandparents’ lives went on, but they were never the same and never truly happy.

[Shannon L.]

2 hours ago, shapeshifter said:

Yes, and having lived through the tragic alternative of the remaining elderly spouse dying by inches in grief for the next 5 years, I am hoping that maybe in the 3 days Conan's elderly mother survived his father that it became apparent she could not be happy without him, and that her life now seemed complete.
😢 -`♡´-

I don't wish that my dad had died within a few weeks of my mom, who died 4 years ago this coming January, but my dad has been so miserable.  Between missing her dearly and some physical problems, he's practically given up.  He's even implied on a couple of occasions that he's ready.  

Edited 1 hour ago by Shannon L.