Celebrity Obituary thread

[me just saying]

The American reggae and pop music singer-songwriter Johnny Nash, best known for his 1972 hit "I Can See Clearly Now," died Tuesday morning, He was 80 years old.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/06/entertainment/johnny-nash-death/index.html

 

[me just saying]

Whitey Ford, one of the most talented pitchers in baseball history who helped lead the New York Yankees to a string of World Series wins in the 1950s and '60s, has died, the team announced Friday. He was 91.

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/whitey-ford-new-york-yankees-pitching-great-dead-at-91-team-announces

 

[Ed Boland]

Amen. I hope he's jamming with Prince right now.

With Dimebag, Hendrix, SRV, and Prince!

 

[me just saying]

TV game show host Tom Kennedy, known best as the host of "Name That Tune" and "You Don't Say!" has died at the age of 93.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/tom-kennedy-name-that-tune-host-dead-at-93

 

[HelloNNNewman]

Margaret Nolan, an actress and artist known as the gold-painted model in the title sequence for the 1964 James Bond film “Goldfinger,” died Oct. 5, her son, Oscar Deeks, confirmed to Variety. She was 76.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/margaret-nolan-goldfinger-model-actress-225430951.html

https://twitter.com/edgarwright/status/1315406123738988549

 

[me just saying]

Cincinnati Reds legend and Hall of Famer Joe Morgan has passed away at the age of 77

https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-news-reds-legend-hall-of-famer-joe-morgan-passes-away-77/

 

[me just saying]

Bradley Mott, actor (The Accidental Tourist, Brother 2, Inside Llewyn Davis) died at 64

https://news.yahoo.com/bradley-mott-big-man-chicago-180100597.html

 

[me just saying]

Conchata Ferrell, known best for her role on "Two and a Half Men," has died. She was 77 years old.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/conchata-ferrell-dead

 

[me just saying]

Joan Barnett, the Emmy-nominated producer of the television movie Adam, The Jayne Mansfield Story, The Parent Trap II, Long Gone, died in Boston at age 74.

https://deadline.com/2020/10/joan-barnett-dies-emmy-nominated-producer-of-a-1234598452/

 

[raycpl]

Bob Bigss - founder of influential Slash Records

https://deadline.com/2020/10/bob-bi...ential-slash-records-label-was-74-1234599265/

 

[me just saying]

Johnny Bush, the country singer-songwriter best known for writing Willie Nelson's hit "Whiskey River," has died. He was 85.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/johnny-bush-songwriter-willie-nelson-whiskey-river-dead-85

 

[me just saying]

Actress Rhonda Fleming, the fiery redhead who appeared with Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Charlton Heston, Ronald Reagan and other film stars of the 1940s and 1950s, has died. She was 97.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/rhonda-fleming-movie-star-dead-97

 

[me just saying]

Anthony Chisholm, the actor who played Burr Redding on HBO’s prison drama Oz, has died at the age of 77. Credits included Law & Order: SVU, High Maintenance, Random Acts of Flyness, Hack and last year’s Hulu drama Wu-Tang: An American Saga.

https://tvline.com/2020/10/17/anthony-chisholm-oz-dead-dies-obituary/

 

[me just saying]

Doreen Montalvo Dies: Television And Broadway Actress Known For ‘Mrs. Doubtfire,’ ‘On Your Feet’ Was 56

https://deadline.com/2020/10/doreen-montalvo-dead-television-broadway-actress-56-1234599281/

 

[me just saying]

Marge Champion, a legendary actress and dancer during Hollywood’s Golden Age and Broadway stage performer, has died. She was 101.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/marge-champion-actress-dancer-snow-white-model-dead-101

 

[me just saying]

Tony Lewis, the bassist and singer for the Outfield who scored a major Eighties hit with “Your Love,” has died. He was 62.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tony-lewis-the-outfield-dead-obituary-1078460/

 

[me just saying]

Writer and fan Richard A. Lupoff, 85, died October 22, 2020. Lupoff wrote numerous works of SF, and was best known in fandom for co-editing fanzine Xero

https://locusmag.com/2020/10/richard-a-lupoff-1935-2020/

 

[me just saying]

Spencer Davis whose band had hits with “Gimme Some Lovin’,” “Keep on Running,” and “I’m a Man” died at 81

https://pitchfork.com/news/spencer-davis-leader-of-spencer-davis-group-dead-at-81/

 

[me just saying]

Former Raiders offensive lineman Mario Henderson is dead, the team announced on Wednesday. He was 35.

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/former-raiders-mario-henderson-dead-at-35-team-says

 

[me just saying]

Running back Bill Mathis, who was an original member of the Jets, died. He was 81

https://sports.yahoo.com/bill-mathi...-member-of-the-jets-dies-at-81-170208294.html