In Memoriam: Entertainment Industry Celebrity Deaths

[Annber03]

Damn, barely into the new year and the cycle's already started anew...

[BetterButter]

Jeremiah Green, Modest Mouse Drummer, Dead at 45

[AgentRXS]

Sad to hear about Anita Pointer. "Slow Hand" was my favorite Pointer Sisters song. Cancer sucks.

[Bastet]

I can't believe there's only one Pointer Sister left.

9 minutes ago, AgentRXS said:

"Slow Hand" was my favorite Pointer Sisters song.

I love that one (and Conway Twitty's version), but "Fire" was my favorite of their songs.

[BetterButter]

Earth, Wind & Fire drummer Fred White dies at 67

[Ms Blue Jay]

I love "Automatic" by The Pointer Sisters.

Carl Weathers announced Anita Baker died by mistake on Twitter, and I got quite a shock.

[GreekGeek]

Three 6 Mafia's Gangsta Boo is dead at 43.

About the only thing I know about Three 6 Mafia is that their "Hard Out Here for a Pimp" beat out Dolly Parton's "Travelin' Thru" at the Oscars, but 43 is way too young to die.

[kittykat]

She made regular appearances on tour and album with Run the Jewels (El-P and Killer Mike).  That is so sad.

[MissAlmond]

Actor Rita McLaughlin Walter who played Carol Deming Hughes Stallings Andropoulos Frazier on As the World Turns has died, age 71.

https://michaelfairmantv.com/as-the-world-turns-alum-rita-walter-dead-at-71/2022/12/28/

https://www.soapsindepth.com/posts/as-the-world-turns/as-the-world-turns-star-rita-mclaughlin-dead-at-71

https://soaps.sheknows.com/soaps/news/656244/soap-star-dies-rita-mclaughlin-walter-as-the-world-turns-carol/

https://soaphub.com/young-restless/news-yr/as-the-world-turns-star-rita-walter-mclaughlin-dead-at-71/

[MissAlmond]

Broadway director Frank Galati who won a Tony Award for The Grapes of Wrath has died, age 79.   

https://deadline.com/2023/01/frank-galati-dead-obituary-broadway-ragtime-grapes-of-wrath-director-1235210260/

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Director-Writer-and-Actor-Frank-Galati-Dies-at-79-20230103

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/1/3/23536911/frank-galati-steppenwolf-goodman-theater-tony-award-director-writer-chicago-obituary

 

[BetterButter]

Alan Rankine of the Associates dies aged 64

[Blergh]

2 hours ago, MissAlmond said:

Actor Rita McLaughlin Walter who played Carol Deming Hughes Stallings Andropoulos Frazier on As the World Turns has died, age 71.

https://michaelfairmantv.com/as-the-world-turns-alum-rita-walter-dead-at-71/2022/12/28/

https://www.soapsindepth.com/posts/as-the-world-turns/as-the-world-turns-star-rita-mclaughlin-dead-at-71

https://soaps.sheknows.com/soaps/news/656244/soap-star-dies-rita-mclaughlin-walter-as-the-world-turns-carol/

https://soaphub.com/young-restless/news-yr/as-the-world-turns-star-rita-walter-mclaughlin-dead-at-71/

For those who didn't follow soaps, it should be noted that the former Miss McLaughlin started her TV career playing (uncredited) Patty Duke's double in The Patty Duke Show (1963-1966) whenever both Patty and her 'identical cousin' Cathy Lane would have to appear in the same scene- and it wasn't via split-screen. IOW, the then-Miss McLaughlin almost always appeared with her back to the camera while Miss Duke would face it! No doubt this helped her sell the illogical logic that the soap put her character through. Of course, if her birth date is as claimed, this also means she started on Patty Duke when she was twelve while Miss Duke was seventeen but since Miss Duke herself was quite short, it's not that much of a stretch.

RIP, Mrs. Walter.

Edited January 3, 2023 by Blergh

[MissAlmond]

Longtime music editor for The Simpsons Chris Ledesma has died, age 64.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2023-01-03/chris-ledesema-the-simpsons-music-editor-dies

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/chris-ledesma-dead-simpsons-music-editor-1235290524/

https://deadline.com/2023/01/chris-ledesma-dead-the-simpsons-music-editor-64-1235210323/

https://variety.com/2023/artisans/obituaries-people-news/chris-ledesma-dead-the-simpsons-1235478464/

Edited January 4, 2023 by MissAlmond

[dalek]

SF/F author Suzy McKee Charnas has died.  She was one of the early what I would characterize as "second wave feminism" science fiction and fantasy authors, starting with Walk to the End of the World and Motherlines.  Her feminist werewolf story "Boobs" won a Hugo Award in 1989.  She was also known for a series of vampire stories starring the Compte de Saint Germain.

https://locusmag.com/2023/01/suzy-mckee-charnas-1939-2023/

 

Author Fay Weldon has died, age 91.  In the US she's probably best known for her novel The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, which was adapted as both a British miniseries that was broadcast in the US and had a major Hollywood movie adaptation. She was very prolific and wrote around 30 novels.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/04/fay-weldon-obituary

[Vermicious Knid]

Well damn. I actually own these: The Sorcery Hall trilogy is The Bronze King (1985), The Silver Glove (1988), and The Golden Thread (1989).  Suzy McKee Charnas was never a very prolific writer but what she did get out there is good. 

[MissAlmond]

17 hours ago, dalek said:

Author Fay Weldon has died, age 91.  In the US she's probably best known for her novel The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, which was adapted as both a British miniseries that was broadcast in the US and had a major Hollywood movie adaptation. She was very prolific and wrote around 30 novels.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/04/fay-weldon-obituary

The Hollywood adaptation was She-Devil and starred Roseanne Barr; a guilty pleasure of mine. But I first remember Fay Weldon from the credits of Upstairs, Downstairs which Weldon wrote for.  R.I.P.

Edited January 5, 2023 by MissAlmond

[MissAlmond]

James "Buster" Corley co-founder of restaurant and entertainment chain Dave & Buster's has died, age 72.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/04/business/james-buster-corley-death/index.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/james-corley-died-age-72-cofounder-dave-and-busters/

https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/dave-busters-founder-dies-17694967.php

[OtterMommy]

In an effort to clarify and streamline some threads, we are closing this thread and moving the topic over into Milestone Moments: All the Celebrity Vitals.  Please continue any discussion over there.  Thanks!