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In Memoriam: Entertainment Industry Celebrity Deaths

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By Kromm
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This thread is for deaths of celebrities in the entertainment business only. No notices about politicians, please. 

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Bastet
Bastet

Piss up a rope, Val Kilmer.  If your physical illness got so bad that your life utterly sucked and no end to that suffering was in sight, so that suicide was or seemed to be the best of the available

wilsie
wilsie
BetterButter
BetterButter

Olivia Newton-John Has Died At 73

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Blergh

Blergh

3 hours ago, MissAlmond said:

Country music star Charley Pride has died from complications of COVID-19, age 86.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/charley-pride-dead-obit-192455/

https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/12/12/charley-pride-dies-86-covid-19-complications/6523671002/

Dolly Parton wrote a very touching tribute  on Twitter to him-   rather upset over losing a longtime friend and colleague- especially via the affliction.  RIP, Mr. Pride.

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Vermicious Knid

Vermicious Knid

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Didn’t they mention the “intervention” letter Tony Hsieh got from the multitalented, but mostly singer, Jewel? I’d say that had attribution with it.

The Jewel letter was published in an article in Forbes, which I actually linked days ago. So that was already widely and publicly available information. She/He/Them(?) made a bunch of statements that were not backed up, including claiming the house where he died was owned by his girlfriend. Also, people write whatever they want online, without being sued all the time. Libel and slander are actually very, very difficult to prove in court. People almost never sue, and when they do 99% of the time it fails.

This one actually made me cry. 65 year old retired school teacher Olpha Selepe of South Africa always wanted to record and release a pop song. Everyone told her not to, so she did it in secret and released it anyway. Became a huge viral hit and got to number one on iTunes South Africa. But she was only able to enjoy her fame for a short time. Just a few weeks later, she tested positive for Covid-19, and died within days.

 

shapeshifter

shapeshifter

40 minutes ago, merylinkid said:

I cried when I saw the news about Charley Pride.

When my now husband and I were dating we lived in different states.   We texted A LOT.   We would send each other songs that reminded each of us of the other.   One of the ones he sent me was "Kiss an Angel Good Morning."   

It reminds of us the mortality of ourselves and our loved ones when the voices that we identify with key moments of our youth are silenced. 😢

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MissAlmond

MissAlmond

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John le Carré author of Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy and The Spy Who Came in From the Cold has died, age 89.

https://deadline.com/2020/12/john-le-carre-dies-author-of-tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-was-89-1234655759/

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/dec/13/john-le-carre-author-of-tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-dies-aged-89

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Vermicious Knid

Vermicious Knid

My father thinks he saw that two science fiction writers died recently, Ben Bova and someone else. If he's not remembering wrong, I can't find it. Although I did see that Vonda McIntyre died in 2019 which I wasn't aware of, and a few who died earlier this year I had forgotten. Anyone know who it might be?

shapeshifter

shapeshifter

11 hours ago, MissAlmond said:

John le Carré author of Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy and The Spy Who Came in From the Cold has died, age 89.

https://deadline.com/2020/12/john-le-carre-dies-author-of-tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-was-89-1234655759/

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/dec/13/john-le-carre-author-of-tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-dies-aged-89

Perhaps he would have enjoyed that his name was a clue in this morning’s NY Times crossword puzzle? I like to think so. My father would have. 

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Spartan Girl

1 hour ago, OtterMommy said:

Ann Reinking has died

I remember seeing Annie (the movie) when I was a kid and thinking Reinking, as Grace Ferrell, was the epitome of grace.

Yes, yes she was. And she did have great chemistry with Albert Finley.

Better buckle up, guys. 2020 is going full speed ahead to the bitter end.

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Yogisbooboo64

Yogisbooboo64

14 hours ago, VCRTracking said:

I first knew her from ANNIE too. Then years later I saw ALL THAT JAZZ:

 

 

Totally gutted by this.

Ms. Reinking was sexy AF, her dancing and choreography skills were brilliant and those piercing blue eyes!!

All That Jazz is one of my fave musicals....the two clips above (especially They'll Be Some Changes Made) are badass!

Also loved her in Annie, particularly the dance number with Geoffrey Holder as Punjab.

Rest well, lovely lady and a hearty FUCK YOU, 2020!!

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VCRTracking

VCRTracking

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9 minutes ago, SuprSuprElevated said:

I have really never been a musical theater buff.  I remember her from a Cosby episode, and other television roles.

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She was great in that! She played Robert Culp's wife. It was a reunion for the I SPY co-stars Culp and Cosby. Culp played Cliff Huxtable's old Navy buddy "Scott Kelly"(the name taken from their old characters). We find out Scott had a near fatal heart attack a while ago. Reinkan had a very good scene with Claire where she talked about how she wasn't prepared to deal with the finances and legal matters in case he died.

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This link has a summary bio with photo on each celebrity that died in 2020 so far.  I didn’t count them, but as I scrolled through, there seemed to be a lot who died due to covid -19.   
https://people.com/celebrity/stars-who-died-2020/?slide=7756195#7756195

 

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Vermicious Knid

Vermicious Knid

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John Prine named Artist of the Year at the Americana Awards.

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...this award acknowledges the music he was still making up until his final illness, as well as the powerful presence he maintained in Americana circles. Prine's classic songs shed light on the vulnerability and defiant resilience of ordinary, often lonely souls, and this win is particularly poignant coming in the middle of a pandemic that has taken the lives of so many

 

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MissAlmond

MissAlmond

12 hours ago, SunnyBeBe said:

This link has a summary bio with photo on each celebrity that died in 2020 so far.  I didn’t count them, but as I scrolled through, there seemed to be a lot who died due to covid -19.   
https://people.com/celebrity/stars-who-died-2020/?slide=7756195#7756195

Thank you for posting this.  The earlier deaths feel like they happened in another lifetime.  In a way I guess they did.  

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Vermicious Knid

Vermicious Knid

Nobody answered my question, but there has in fact been another death of an SF&F author. Phyllis Eisenstein, who was never a prolific or well know writer has died. I have read and own several of her novels and enjoyed them. Several obituaries mention she told George RR Martin to put dragons in his novels but I'd hate for that to be her claim to fame.

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MissAlmond

MissAlmond

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Peter Lamont, production designer for such films as Goldfinger, Casino Royale, Fiddler on the Roof, Titanic, and Aliens, has died age 91.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/peter-lamont-legendary-production-designer-on-bond-films-and-titanic-dies-at-91

https://deadline.com/2020/12/peter-lamont-dies-oscar-winning-production-designer-james-bond-aliens-titanic-1234659158/

https://variety.com/2020/film/news/peter-lamont-dead-titanic-james-bond-1234866570/

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WinnieWinkle

WinnieWinkle

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17 minutes ago, roseha said:

I remember reading her mother's book about her when I was growing up.   Inspiring person, and the same can be said for her family of course.

 I am incredibly saddened by this.  Fitting somehow that someone like Karen, a fighter who surmounted so much in her life, would end up dying in 2020.  Because, of course.  

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Yogisbooboo64

Yogisbooboo64

FUCK YOU, FUCK YOU, FUCK YOU 2020!!!

As if still mourning the badass that was Ann Reinking wasn't enough...

One of the baddest female country singers of the 80s has passed away....K.T. Oslin.

Hold Me is my favorite track, I also loved Mary and Willie and of course 80s Ladies.

Unfortunately, she caught Covid a week before she died, plus she had Parkinson's.

Fuck.  Rest in power, beautiful lady!

 

Bastet

Bastet

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NO!!  '80s Ladies is a fucking anthem I still jam to today.  (For it, of all songs - celebrating women "of a certain age" - to result in a woman finally winning Song of the Year at the CMA Awards was so gratifying!)  I love many of her other songs, too.

I also love her response to being told by a radio programmer the station wouldn't play her song "Younger Men" because it would be offensive to male listeners.  She asked if they played "Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time" and upon confirmation asked, "You don't think that's offensive to female listeners?"  He hung up on her.

Here's the Rolling Stone obituary.

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Bastet

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NFL Hall of Fame linebacker Kevin Greene died at home today at 58; no cause of death was stated.  Starting as a walk-on player in college, he played the bulk of his career with the Rams, but is widely known for helping the Steelers reach a Super Bowl before closing out his playing career with the Panthers (after a brief stop in San Francisco), later serving as a linebackers coach for a Super Bowl-winning Packers team and most recently the Jets.  Only two players have had more sacks in their careers.

He leaves behind a wife and two (adult) children.

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