Celebrity Obituary thread

[Guytronic]

David Huddleston, star of Big Lebowski and Santa Claus, dies at 85 - David Huddleston, star of Big Lebowski and Santa Claus, dies at 85 - BBC News

The real "Big Lebowski" is gone

 

[Laura Knotek]

[h=1]Eugene 'the Animal' Ciasullo's death prompts memories of city's mob wars[/h]Eugene 'the Animal' Ciasullo's death prompts memories of city's mob wars | cleveland.com

 

[Laura Knotek]

Celebrated Brazil plastic surgeon Ivo Pitanguy dies at 93 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-37001270

 

[Laura Knotek]

Padraig Duggan, founding member of Irish folk band Clannad, dies aged 67

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ex...mber-Irish-folk-band-Padraig-Duggan-death/amp

 

[Laura Knotek]

John Saunders, Longtime ESPN Broadcaster, Dies at 61

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/08/1...rer=http://www.nytimes.com/section/obituaries

 

[Laura Knotek]

Kenny Baker, Star Wars R2-D2 actor, dies aged 81 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37072736

 

[Laura Knotek]

Emmy-Winning Stage and Screen Star Fyvush Finkel Dies at 93

http://www.broadwayworld.com/articl...ity-Mourns-the-Loss-of-Fyvush-Finkel-20160814

 

[Laura Knotek]

BOBBY HUTCHERSON: 1941-2016

https://www.sfjazz.org/onthecorner/bobby-hutcherson

 

[Laura Knotek]

Architects guitarist Tom Searle dies after battle with cancer - http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/37148553

 

[Laura Knotek]

Backstreet Boys and NSync founder Lou Pearlman dies - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37148302

 

[Guytronic]

Jazz harmonica great Toots Thielemans dies at 94 in Belgium

Toots Theilmans gone at 94.
One of the greats he had a very long run...Toots was so good...

 

[Laura Knotek]

[h=1]Rudy Van Gelder, 91, engineer who perfected sound of jazz on record[/h]Rudy Van Gelder, 91, engineer who perfected sound of jazz on record - The Boston Globe

 

[Guytronic]

Gene Wilder Dead: 'Willy Wonka' Star Was 83 | Hollywood Reporter

Gene Wilder is gone at 83.
Another comic great leaves us.

 

[Laura Knotek]

[h=1]Legendary Boeing engineer Joe Sutter dies; he pioneered Boeing’s 747 jumbo jet[/h]Legendary Boeing engineer Joe Sutter dies; he pioneered Boeing?s 747 jumbo jet | The Seattle Times

 

[Laura Knotek]

Before I Kick the Bucket TV maker Rowena Kincaid dies - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-37260055

 

[Laura Knotek]

Synth Pioneer Don Buchla Dead at 79

https://reverb.com/news/synth-pioneer-don-buchla-dead-at-79

 

[Laura Knotek]

[h=1]Edward Albee, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? playwright, dies aged 88[/h]https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2...ee-dies-playwright-whos-afraid-virginia-woolf

 

[Laura Knotek]

[h=1]Cry-Baby's 'Hatchet-Face,' Kim McGuire, Dies at 60[/h]Cry-Baby's 'Hatchet-Face,' Kim McGuire, Dies at 60 : People.com Mobile

 

[Laura Knotek]

Dural, leader of Buckwheat Zydeco, dies

http://www.theadvertiser.com/story/...leader-buckwheat-zydeco-passes-away/90910752/

 

[Guytronic]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/25/u...gment-call-saved-moon-landing-dies-at-72.html

Lives like Jack Garman's I find fascinating especially now that we seem to focus on such terrible things of late.