In Memoriam: Entertainment Industry Celebrity Deaths

[Browncoat]

7 minutes ago, scriggle said:

Kellye Nakahara Wallett, Actress in 'M*A*S*H', Dies at 72

She was cute as hell!

[Was-MArsenault]

1 hour ago, BetterButter said:

Charles Portis, author of 'True Grit,' dies at 86

 

14 minutes ago, scriggle said:

Kellye Nakahara Wallett, Actress in 'M*A*S*H', Dies at 72

Sad to hear about.

[rainsmom]

33 minutes ago, scriggle said:

Kellye Nakahara Wallett, Actress in 'M*A*S*H', Dies at 72

Nooooooo!

[Blergh]

1 hour ago, scriggle said:

Kellye Nakahara Wallett, Actress in 'M*A*S*H', Dies at 72

It sounds as though she made a full life for herself  with her art,etc. after the show ended and became the matriarch of a close-knit family so that's a good thing! RIP, Mrs. Wallett. 

[andromeda331]

6 hours ago, scriggle said:

Kellye Nakahara Wallett, Actress in 'M*A*S*H', Dies at 72

That stinks! I always liked Kellye. RIP Wallett and thank you for Kellye. She was such a great character.

[Was-MArsenault]

And according to IMDB, Kellye's last acting role was in 2000.

Edited February 18, 2020 by MikaelaArsenault

[MissAlmond]

Former child actress Ann E Todd has died, age 88.  Kings Row is one of my guilty pleasures.  The matching of the child actors with their characters as adults. was spot on.  She was also in How Green Was My Valley, another personal favorite.  R.I.P. Ms. Todd.

https://deadline.com/2020/02/ann-basart-dead-child-actress-ann-e-todd-the-trouble-with-father-1202861587/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ann-e-todd-dead-young-actress-intermezzo-three-daring-daughters-was-88-1279647

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?n=ann-basart&pid=195376075

 

Edited February 18, 2020 by MissAlmond
added legacy link

[merylinkid]

13 hours ago, scriggle said:

Kellye Nakahara Wallett, Actress in 'M*A*S*H', Dies at 72

Saw this late last night.   Heartbreaking.   She was recurring on MASH from the beginning.   To pay her back for all her hard work, Alan Alda wrote that special episode for her in season 11.   Wonderful actress.   So sad she left us so soon.

[Was-MArsenault]

54 minutes ago, MissAlmond said:

Former child actress Ann E Todd has died, age 88.  Kings Row is one of my guilty pleasures.  The matching of the child actors with their characters as adults. was spot on.  She was also in How Green Was My Valley, another personal favorite.  R.I.P. Ms. Todd.

https://deadline.com/2020/02/ann-basart-dead-child-actress-ann-e-todd-the-trouble-with-father-1202861587/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ann-e-todd-dead-young-actress-intermezzo-three-daring-daughters-was-88-1279647

 

According to those articles, she died of complications due to dementia.

Edited February 18, 2020 by MikaelaArsenault

[MissAlmond]

14 hours ago, scriggle said:

Kellye Nakahara Wallett, Actress in 'M*A*S*H', Dies at 72

I loved her in M*A*S*H.  R.I.P. Kellye Nakahara Wallett. 

[Was-MArsenault]

I didn’t even know that Kelleye was sick.

[Was-MArsenault]

From TMZ:

https://www.tmz.com/2020/02/18/good-times-willona-janet-dubois-dead-dies-74/

[stonehaven]

Ken Levine's blog tribute to Kellye:

http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2020/02/rip-kellye-nakahara.html

[Was-MArsenault]

According to the TMZ article, Janet died unexpectedly in her sleep at her home overnight.

[MissAlmond]

6 hours ago, MikaelaArsenault said:

From TMZ:

https://www.tmz.com/2020/02/18/good-times-willona-janet-dubois-dead-dies-74/

Damn. Damn. Damn.  R.I.P. Ms. DuBois.  

Edited February 19, 2020 by MissAlmond

[Was-MArsenault]

2 minutes ago, MissAlmond said:

Damn. Damn. Damn.  R.I.P. Ms. Dubois.  

Also according to that article, Ja'net hadn't complained of any specific ailments recently, and appeared to be in good health to those around her. She even attended a fan event in Hollywood a couple weeks ago.

[GHScorpiosRule]

11 minutes ago, MissAlmond said:

Damn. Damn. Damn.  R.I.P. Ms. Dubois.  

NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not Willona!!!!!

[Yogisbooboo64]

Wow....she looked great at the Good Times segment with Jimmy Kimmel/Norman Lear.

Wonderful character actress, rest well lady love.

1 minute ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not Willona!!!!!

Yep...'And you too, Willona'!  From Balderman Davis.

[Was-MArsenault]

20 minutes ago, Yogisbooboo64 said:

Wow....she looked great at the Good Times segment with Jimmy Kimmel/Norman Lear.

Wonderful character actress, rest well lady love.

Yep...'And you too, Willona'!  From Balderman Davis.

I didn’t know that she was in that.

[merylinkid]

Not Willona.   Damn.

 

Loretta Switt posted on Twitter about Ms.  Kellye's passing, but nothing for Alan Alda yet.

[Was-MArsenault]

7 minutes ago, merylinkid said:

Not Willona.   Damn.

 

Loretta Switt posted on Twitter about Ms.  Kellye's passing, but nothing for Alan Alda yet.

What did Loretta have to say?

[Popples]

Ja'net Dubois also co-wrote and sang the theme song to The Jeffersons. RIP.

 

Edited February 18, 2020 by Popples
Added info

[AgentRXS]

No! I loved Ja'net Dubois! Man,this sucks! I had no idea she sung one of my favorite TV theme songs ever! Rest well, Ms. Dubois.

[Was-MArsenault]

Esther Scott, actress:

https://www.tmz.com/2020/02/18/boyz-in-the-hood-90210-actress-esther-scott-dead-dies/

https://deadline.com/2020/02/esther-scott-dead-birth-of-a-nation-boyz-n-the-hood-actress-1202862453/

Edited February 19, 2020 by MikaelaArsenault

[MissAlmond]

Janet Jackson (yes that Janet Jackson for those who don't know) who played Ms. Dubois daughter Penny in Good Times send out condolences.

 

Edited February 19, 2020 by MissAlmond

[Hiyo]

Broadway actress Zoe Caldwell, who won four Tony Awards over the course of her decades-long career, died Feb. 16 from complications due to Parkinson’s disease. She was 86.

https://ew.com/theater/2020/02/18/zoe-caldwell-dead-four-time-tony-award-winner-dies-86/

Edited February 19, 2020 by Hiyo

[Was-MArsenault]

5 hours ago, Hiyo said:

Broadway actress Zoe Caldwell, who won four Tony Awards over the course of her decades-long career, died Feb. 16 from complications due to Parkinson’s disease. She was 86.

https://ew.com/theater/2020/02/18/zoe-caldwell-dead-four-time-tony-award-winner-dies-86/

Never heard of her before, but still very sad.

[Hiyo]

Well, I guess that could be said by quite a few on here about quite a few people posted about here, but I do agree it is sad.

Most people would probably know of her work (outside the theater) as the Grand Councilwoman throughout the Lili & Stitch franchise.

Here is Audra McDonald's tribute to her on Twitter:

 

Edited February 19, 2020 by Hiyo

[Was-MArsenault]

1 hour ago, Hiyo said:

Well, I guess that could be said by quite a few on here about quite a few people posted about here, but I do agree it is sad.

Most people would probably know of her work (outside the theater) as the Grand Councilwoman throughout the Lili & Stitch franchise.

Here is Audra McDonald's tribute to her on Twitter:

 

I've heard of Lilo & Stitch, but have only seen the TV show and that's it.

[Hiyo]

Well, I do hope you might be inspired to seek out her performances that are on tape where you can and when you can.

Being called the most brilliant actress by someone of Audra McDonald's caliber is high praise indeed.

[Was-MArsenault]

1 hour ago, Hiyo said:

Well, I do hope you might be inspired to seek out her performances that are on tape where you can and when you can.

Being called the most brilliant actress by someone of Audra McDonald's caliber is high praise indeed.

I'll make sure to look them up on YouTube.

[Hiyo]

Cool you can start with this brief clip, featuring both Zoe and Audra together 🙂

 

 

[Was-MArsenault]

1 hour ago, Hiyo said:

Cool you can start with this brief clip, featuring both Zoe and Audra together 🙂

 

 

Thank you. 🙂

[Was-MArsenault]

Pop Smoke, rapper:

https://pitchfork.com/news/pop-smoke-shot-dead-at-20-report/

[MissAlmond]

1 hour ago, Hiyo said:

Cool you can start with this brief clip, featuring both Zoe and Audra together 🙂

Fantastic clip! Thanks for sharing it.  

Edited February 19, 2020 by MissAlmond

[Was-MArsenault]

17 minutes ago, MissAlmond said:

Fantastic clip! Thanks for sharing it.  

Here's another one.

 

[MaryMitch]

MeTV has a short memorial video of some of Kellye Nakahara's finer moments - on this page:

https://www.metv.com/stories/rip-kellye-nakahara-who-played-nurse-kellye-on-10-seasons-of-m-a-s-h

[Jaded]

17 hours ago, MaryMitch said:

MeTV has a short memorial video of some of Kellye Nakahara's finer moments - on this page:

https://www.metv.com/stories/rip-kellye-nakahara-who-played-nurse-kellye-on-10-seasons-of-m-a-s-h

 

[Was-MArsenault]

27 minutes ago, Jaded said:

 

I did see that yesterday. There are other tributes on this link as well.

https://www.metv.com/tag/obituaries

And here is their In Memoriam from 2019.

https://www.metv.com/lists/in-memoriam-remembering-the-tv-stars-we-lost-in-2019

Here are some tributes by fellow rappers about Pop Smoke:

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-19/up-and-coming-rapper-pop-smoke-killed-in-hollywood-hills-home-by-masked-gunmen-police-say?_amp=true

[MissAlmond]

3 hours ago, MikaelaArsenault said:

And here is their In Memoriam from 2019.

https://www.metv.com/lists/in-memoriam-remembering-the-tv-stars-we-lost-in-2019

Thank you.  I didn't check METV for an In Memoriam tribute.

[Was-MArsenault]

14 minutes ago, MissAlmond said:

Thank you.  I didn't check METV for an In Memoriam tribute.

You’re welcome. I just thought that it should be posted.

[Blergh]

On 2/18/2020 at 9:47 PM, MissAlmond said:

Janet Jackson (yes that Janet Jackson for those who don't know) who played Ms. Dubois daughter Penny in Good Times send out condolences.

 

What a wonderful tribute from Miss Jackson! That post is one of the nicest things I've seen her say about someone unrelated . In any case, Miss DuBois proved to be the sorely needed guiding light for Good Times  in its latter years AND did a very good job composing and singing 'Movin' On Up' (I hope she got steady royalty payments for that)!  RIP, Miss DuBois.

[Blergh]

Sy Sperling, the founder of the Hair Club for Men ("I'm not just the president but also a client.") has died at age at 78.  No doubt a memorable set of commercials but I have to wonder if his rug survives him. Seriously, though it also turns out that he started a charity called Hair Club for Kids that provides wigs to children under 18 who've lost their original hair to chemotherapy so I think that's a truly good thing to have done and sincerely worthy of remembrance. RIP, Mr. Sperling.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/sy-sperling-hair-club-for-men-dead-174255141.html

[Was-MArsenault]

On 2/21/2020 at 4:38 AM, Blergh said:

Sy Sperling, the founder of the Hair Club for Men ("I'm not just the president but also a client.") has died at age at 78.  No doubt a memorable set of commercials but I have to wonder if his rug survives him. Seriously, though it also turns out that he started a charity called Hair Club for Kids that provides wigs to children under 18 who've lost their original hair to chemotherapy so I think that's a truly good thing to have done and sincerely worthy of remembrance. RIP, Mr. Sperling.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/sy-sperling-hair-club-for-men-dead-174255141.html

May he Rest In Peace.

[Picture It. Sicily]

On 2/21/2020 at 4:38 AM, Blergh said:

Sy Sperling, the founder of the Hair Club for Men ("I'm not just the president but also a client.") has died at age at 78.  No doubt a memorable set of commercials but I have to wonder if his rug survives him. Seriously, though it also turns out that he started a charity called Hair Club for Kids that provides wigs to children under 18 who've lost their original hair to chemotherapy so I think that's a truly good thing to have done and sincerely worthy of remembrance. RIP, Mr. Sperling.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/sy-sperling-hair-club-for-men-dead-174255141.html

I hadn't heard about his charity before. How wonderful.

[Was-MArsenault]

31 minutes ago, Picture It. Sicily said:

I hadn't heard about his charity before. How wonderful.

Same. I had never even heard of the charity before until looking it up.

[praeceptrix]

Country singer Lindsey Lagestee has died from injuries received in a car crash a week ago. She was 25. 

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/02/22/us/lindsey-lagestee-dixie-crush-death-trnd/index.html

[BetterButter]

Creator of iconic Lego figure dead at 78

Edited February 23, 2020 by BetterButter

[Was-MArsenault]

The cause of death for Jason Davis has possibly been revealed.

https://popculture.com/celebrity/2020/02/18/recess-star-jason-davis-possible-cause-of-death-revealed/

https://www.tmz.com/2020/02/18/jason-davis-death-case-possible-overdose-heroin-recess-mikey/

[shoregirl]

https://people.com/food/b-smith-dies-age-70/

Model and restaurateur B. Smith dies at 70 from alzheimer. She announced her diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer disease in 2014.

Edited February 23, 2020 by shoregirl