Celebrity Obituary thread

[Laura Knotek]

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet and founder of City Lights bookshop, dies aged 101

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2...shop-dies-aged-101?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

 

[me just saying]

Peter S. Davis, the colorful producer on the Christopher Lambert-starring 1986 film Highlander that launched a bevy of sequels, television offshoots and video games, has died. He was 79.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/peter-s-davis-highlander-producer-dies-at-79

 

[me just saying]

Actor Ronald Pickup, who is best known for his roles in the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel films and The Crown, has died aged 80.

https://news.yahoo.com/ronald-pickup-best-exotic-marigold-164253298.html

 

[Laura Knotek]

BBC News - Michael Gudinski: Australian music industry icon dies aged 68
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-56247777

 

[Laura Knotek]

Vernon Jordan, civil rights leader and adviser to Bill Clinton, dies aged 85
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...inton-dies-aged-85?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

 

[me just saying]

Jahmil French, known for his role as Dave Turner in Canadian teen series Degrassi: The Next Generation, has died. He was 29.

https://people.com/tv/jahmil-french-dead-degrassi-star-was-29/

 

[me just saying]

Bunny Wailer, a reggae luminary who was the last surviving member of the legendary group The Wailers, died on Tuesday in his native Jamaica. He was 73. Wailer, a baritone singer whose birth name is Neville Livingston, formed The Wailers in 1963 with late superstars Bob Marley and Peter Tosh when they lived in a slum in the capital of Kingston

https://apnews.com/article/bunny-wailer-dead-41f656973e58c6ebe98c223bc06ffc1b

 

[me just saying]

Ralph Peterson Jr., Drummer Who Re-Enlivened Hard Bop, Dead At 58

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/01/9725...-drummer-who-re-enlivened-hard-bop-dead-at-58

 

[me just saying]

Coronation Street legend Johnny Briggs has sadly passed away today (February 28) aged 85. The cobbles favourite played lothario Mike Baldwin on the soap for 3 decades between 1976 and 2006, appearing in a staggering 2,349 episodes.

https://sports.yahoo.com/news/coronation-street-star-johnny-briggs-110700733.html

 

[me just saying]

Geoffrey Scott, an actor known for his roles in "Dynasty" and 2003's "Hulk," has died at age 79.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/geoffrey-scott-dynasty-and-hulk-actor-dead-at-79

 

[Laura Knotek]

Legendary Cleveland rocker and radio personality Michael Stanley dies at 72


https://www.wkyc.com/article/entert...es-72/95-551249f6-61d3-4391-9b14-eb528d844942

 

[me just saying]

British satirist Tony Hendra, who starred in "This is Spinal Tap" as Ian Faith, has died. He was 79. Hendra, who also was a former editor of National Lampoon and Spy magazines

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/tony-hendra-this-is-spinal-tap-actor-dead

 

[me just saying]

Duffy Jackson, a drummer whose swinging exuberance propelled him from child stardom in Little Rascals to a prolific career behind Lionel Hampton, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne and many others, died on Wednesday in Nashville, Tenn. He was 67.

https://www.wbgo.org/post/duffy-jac...mpton-count-basie-and-others-dies-67#stream/0

 

[raycpl]

R.I.P. Lou Ottens, Creator of the Cassette Tape Dead at 94


https://consequenceofsound.net/2021/03/rip-lou-ottens-cassette-dead/

 

[me just saying]

Roger Mudd, the longtime political correspondent and anchor for NBC and CBS who once stumped Sen. Edward Kennedy by simply asking why he wanted to be president, has died. He was 93.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/roger-mudd-longtime-network-tv-newsman-dies-at-93

 

[me just saying]

Leon Gast, Oscar-Winning Director of Muhammad Ali Doc 'When We Were Kings,' Dies at 85

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/ne...doc-when-we-were-kings-dies-at-85/ar-BB1enXVA

 

[me just saying]

Norton Juster Dies: Acclaimed Children’s Author Of ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’ And ‘The Dot And The Line’ Was 91

https://deadline.com/2021/03/norton...-the-line-childrens-author-was-91-1234709849/

 

[me just saying]

Trevor Peacock, who starred in Richard Curtis’ iconic UK comedy The Vicar of Dibley, has died. He was 89.

https://deadline.com/2021/03/trevor-peacock-dies-vicar-of-dibley-1234709819/

 

[me just saying]

Frank Thorne, the legendary comic book artist perhaps best known for his work on Marvel Comics' Red Sonja, passed away the same day as his wife, Marilyn. He was 90 years old.

https://www.cbr.com/frank-thorne-obituary/

 

[me just saying]

Horror director Norman J Warren died in the early hours of Thursday morning, following a year of ill health. He was 78. The English director is best known for 1970s horror films such as Satan's Slave, Prey and Terror, as well as the 1980s works Inseminoid and Bloody New Year.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowb...an-J-Warren-dies-aged-78-year-ill-health.html