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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

21 hours ago, Spartan Girl said:

Marni Nixon, the hidden voice behind The King and I, West Side Story, and other movie musicals, dies at 86

Damn.  I love My Fair Lady and West Side Story, and Marni's singing voice (even if it was a "secret") made them memorable.

As long as we're singing  the late Miss Nixon's talents, let's not forget that she DID appear in person as one of the catty nuns singing 'How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria' in "Sound of Music"- and did a fairly good job both in singing and being comedically snide. Sad she suffered at the end and that her family has had to lose her but no doubt she's made the Heavenly Host more harmonious. RIP, Miss Nixon.

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legaleagle53

3 hours ago, Blergh said:

As long as we're singing  the late Miss Nixon's talents, let's not forget that she DID appear in person as one of the catty nuns singing 'How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria' in "Sound of Music"- and did a fairly good job both in singing and being comedically snide. Sad she suffered at the end and that her family has had to lose her but no doubt she's made the Heavenly Host more harmonious. RIP, Miss Nixon.

To be fair, the nuns weren't really being catty.  They had legitimate complaints about Maria, and the Mother Superior agreed with them, even though she was a little more tactful about it. That's what led the Mother Superior to think (and eventually tell Maria) that Maria just wasn't cut out to be a nun and that God had a much different path laid out for her to follow.

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dalek

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It appears that Richard Thompson, creator of the Cul de Sac newspaper cartoon strip has succumbed to Parkinson's Disease.

http://teamculdesac.blogspot.com/2016/07/cartoonist-richard-thompson-has-passed.html

Adding the more detailed Washington Post obit

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/07/27/richard-thompson-acclaimed-cul-de-sac-creator-and-post-contributor-dies-at-58/?tid=pm_entertainment_pop_b

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Wings

Wings

On 7/24/2016 at 6:34 PM, BW Manilowe said:

@wings707: I don't remember seeing the lump you spoke of on Garry Marshall's cheek, but I'm also not saying he didn't have 1. The official cause of death, as it was reported the night his death was announced, was complications of pneumonia following a stroke he apparently had on Tuesday of last week.

The lump was definitely there and prominent.  Clearly not the cause of his death though. 

St. Claire

St. Claire

8 hours ago, Rick Kitchen said:

I found a website called Celebrity Death Beeper that will send you a text or an email when a celebrity dies.

http://www.celebritydeathbeeper.com/

Maybe I need to get that for my friend at work who always texts me when someone dies, but sends me years-old info. In December, he sent me the "Colonel Potter aka Harry Morgan, also Joe Friday on Dragnet, dead @ 96" to which I replied "um...yeah, in 2011." This week he texted me that Mickey Rooney had died. Which was true in April 2014. I told him to upgrade from his darned flip phone so he could check Google to verify before sending me old celebrity death news.

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Popples

Popples

8 hours ago, Rick Kitchen said:

I found a website called Celebrity Death Beeper that will send you a text or an email when a celebrity dies.

http://www.celebritydeathbeeper.com/

Using that, I feel like this year your phone wouldn't stop beeping for more than three days.

Ken Barrie, the voice of Postman Pat, dies at 83. He also sang the theme tune, which I love.

magicdog

magicdog

I just heard about Jerry Doyle's death on the radio.  Although I do remember him as Garabaldi on B5, he's been a nationally syndicated radio host and I used to listen to him regularly.  I was floored when the death was announced.   His boss (the head of the syndication company) is hosting Jerry's radio show at the moment to break the news to fans (said he died Wednesday night) and talk about what kind a guy he was (a real mensch).  Darn it he was only 60 years old!!!   

BW Manilowe

BW Manilowe

Since this is connected to a death discussed upthread, I'm posting it here.

According to TMZ & E! (my source), Anton Yelchin's parents are filing a lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler, along with the actual manufacturer of their son's car, & apparently the dealership where he bought the car (3 different defendants), in connection with Anton's recent & horribly untimely passing.

http://m.eonline.com/news/784287/anton-yelchin-s-parents-plan-to-file-lawsuit-against-automaker-after-deadly-car-accident

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BW Manilowe

BW Manilowe

More on Anton Yelchin. 

He died without a will (& with an estimated $1.4 million fortune) & his parents are filing to control his estate.

http://www.people.com/article/anton-yelchin-death-victor-irina-yelchin-file-probate

Also... He (his family) received written notice of his car's safety recall *7 days AFTER he died*.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/jeep-recall-anton-yelchin-1201828785/

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AntiBeeSpray

AntiBeeSpray

22 hours ago, UYI said:

David Huddleston has died.

I know most remember him from The Big Lebowski, but to me he was Kevin's Grandpa Albert on The Wonder Years. RIP. 

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/david-huddleston-dead-big-lebowski-917418

Damn. I remember him from The Big Lebowski and as Grandpa Albert. RIP sir.

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Bastet

Bastet

Huddleston guest starred on The West Wing, and his character's scene with President Barlet is something that pops into my head at random times and makes me smile.  He was also the sheriff in the so-bad-it's-good Angels in Chains episode of Charlie's Angels.   But, yeah, he'll always be Grandpa Arnold to me.

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bmasters9

bmasters9

1 hour ago, Bastet said:

ESPN's John Saunders has died.  He was one of the few people still worth watching on that network for me. 

And IIRC, he was on sports on WMAR Channel 2 in Baltimore when that was the NBC station of that area (WMAR is now ABC), and was even on college football in the studio for ABC. 

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