Celebrity Obituary thread

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Wanda Young, a member of Motown's chart-topping The Marvelettes, has died in suburban Detroit. She was 78.

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainmen...g-member-motowns-marvelettes-dies-78-81941508

 

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Canadian comedian Candy Palmater has died at age 53. She created and hosted the award-winning The Candy Show on APTN, was a regular co-host on CTV's afternoon talk show The Social and acted in various shows, including Trailer Park Boys.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/canadian-comedian-candy-palmater-obit-1.6298371

 

[HelloNNNewman]

NFL Legend John Madden has passed away at age 85.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nf...-to-hall-of-fame-coach-broadcaster/ar-AASdVMR

 

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Betty White - whose Hollywood career spanned over more than nine decades - was 99 years old, and only weeks from her 100th birthday on January 17th.

https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/3768892/betty-white-dead-golden-girls-actress/

 

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Tiffini Hale, best known as a member of "The All New Mickey Mouse Club," has died. She was 46.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/mickey-mouse-club-tiffini-hale-dead-46

 

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Denis O’Dell, a producer on two Beatles’ movies as well as “How I Won the War,” “Robin and Marian” and “Heaven’s Gate,” died Dec. 30 from natural causes in Almería, Spain at his home in San José, Cabo de Gata. He was 98.

https://forums.windowscentral.com/off-topic-lounge/220803-79.htm

 

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Acclaimed character designer Derek Wyatt, who is best known for his signature design work on shows such as Transformers: Animated, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, Teen Titans and various incarnations of Ben 10 has passed away at age 49.

https://www.animationmagazine.net/p...s-character-designer-derek-wyatt-dies-age-49/

 

[HelloNNNewman]

Sidney Poitier, trailblazing Hollywood icon who broke barriers for Black actors, dies at 94

https://news.yahoo.com/sidney-poitier-dies-hollywood-trailblazer-152557782.html

 

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Dwayne Hickman, Actor and Star of ‘The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis,’ Dies at 87.

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/dw...-many-loves-of-dobie-gillis-actor-1235149782/

 

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Bob Saget, comedian and beloved TV dad on 'Full House' and 'Fuller House,' dies at age 65

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/bob-saget-comedian-beloved-tv-010442916.html

 

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Ronnie Spector, the cat-eyed, bee-hived rock ‘n’ roll siren who sang such 1960s hits as “Be My Baby,” “Baby I Love You” and “Walking in the Rain” as the leader of the girl group the Ronettes, has died. She was 78.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-obit-ronnie-spector_n_61df4d2fe4b0a26702888fe8

 

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Walter Ralph Emery, Country Music Hall of Famer and host of the TNN primetime talk show "Nashville Now," died Saturday at the age of 88.

https://news.yahoo.com/country-music-hall-famer-nashville-204115862.html

 

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Dallas Frazier, the songwriter behind such country hits as The Oak Ridge Boys’ “Elvira,” The Hollywood Argyles’ “Alley Oop” and Emmylou Harris’ “Beneath Still Waters,” has died, according to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s CEO Kyle Young. He was 82.

https://deadline.com/2022/01/dallas-frazier-dead-country-singer-songwriter-was-82-1234913477/

 

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Michael Jackson, the Los Angeles talk radio personality who spent 32 years at KABC Radio and was syndicated on the ABC Radio Network for nearly a decade, died peacefully today at 87

https://deadline.com/2022/01/michae...adio-hall-of-fame-inductee-was-87-1234913413/

 

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Fred Parris, the songwriter whose “In The Still of the Night” became one of doo-wop’s most memorable songs, has died at age 85

https://deadline.com/2022/01/fred-p...he-night-the-five-satins-obituary-1234913337/

 

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Sonny Turner, lead singer of The Platters, dies at 83 The Platters were among the top vocal groups of the 1950s, with a string of immense hits such as “Only You,” “The Great Pretender” and “My Prayer.

https://www.soultracks.com/story-sonny-turner-dies

 

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John David Wolverton, the author behind the Runelords fantasy saga, Ravenspell, and more—as well as the author of one of the most famous Star Wars expanded universe stories around—has passed away at the age of 64.

https://gizmodo.com/rip-dave-wolverton-who-gave-us-the-enduring-star-wars-1848373178

 

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French actor Gaspard Ulliel, one of the stars of Marvel's upcoming Moon Knight series, has reportedly died at the age of 37.

https://www.ign.com/articles/moon-knight-hannibal-rising-star-gaspard-ulliel-dies-aged-37

 

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Yvette Mimieux, the radiant actress who created a stir in the 1960s with performances in Where the Boys Are, Light in the Piazza, Toys in the Attic, The Time Machine, and, in a history-making turn, Dr. Kildare, has died. She was 80.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/m...here-boys-are-jackson-county-jail-1234947325/

 

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Carol Speed, known for her work in blaxploitation-era movies such as Abby, and The Mack, has passed away at the age of 76. She also appeared in “Julia,” “Sanford and Son,” and more

https://news.yahoo.com/mack-abby-actress-carol-speed-191500877.html