Celebrity Obituary thread

[me just saying]

Raymond Charles "Ray" Camp was an American rock and roll musician, nicknamed "The King of Rockabilly". He first recorded in the mid-1950s. He was 86

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Campi

 

[me just saying]

Cliff Simon, the South African actor who rose to prominence playing the long-running villain Ba’al on “Stargate SG-1,” died March 9 in an accident while kitesurfing. He was 58

https://www.thewrap.com/cliff-simon-actor-best-known-as-baal-on-stargate-sg-1-dies-at-58/

 

[raycpl]

Former undisputed middleweight world champion 'Marvelous' Marvin Hagler has died at the age of 66.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/boxing/56390270

 

[fatclue_98]

Former undisputed middleweight world champion 'Marvelous' Marvin Hagler has died at the age of 66.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/boxing/56390270

Wow, RIP champ. Part of the real golden age of boxing with Tommy Hearns, Pipino Cuevas, Salvador Sanchez, Roberto Duran and many others.

 

[me just saying]

Henry Darrow, the pride of Puerto Rico who starred as the charming Manolito Montoya, the son of a wealthy Mexican land baron, on the 1967-71 NBC Western The High Chaparral, has died. He was 87. The Emmy winner also starred on 'Harry O' and worked on three TV versions of 'Zorro.'


https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/henry-darrow-actor-on-the-high-chaparral-dies-at-87

 

[me just saying]

Reggie Warren, best known for being an original member of the iconic R&B group Troop, passed away on Sunday at his California home, TMZ reports. He was 52.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/reggie-warren-iconic-r-b-015745006.html

 

[me just saying]

Yapeht Kotto, the prolific character actor who starred in Alien, the James Bond film Live and Let Die, and the long-running TV series Homicide: Life on the Street, died Monday night at the age of 81.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/yaphet-kotto-star-alien-homicide-130747216.html

 

[Laura Knotek]

Jazz bassist and Headhunters founding member Paul Jackson has died

https://thevinylfactory.com/ne...ber-paul-jackson-dead-aged-73/

 

[me just saying]

Texas Country Singer Taylor Dee Dies at 33 After Rollover Car Crash. Dee released her first single "The Buzz" in 2019

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/texas-country-singer-taylor-dee-212807330.html

 

[me just saying]

Elgin Baylor, the Los Angeles Lakers legend, Hall of Famer and 11-time NBA All-Star, has died of natural causes, the Lakers said Monday. He was 86.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elgin-...has-died-at-86-cause-of-death-natural-causes/

 

[me just saying]

Dan Sartain, the Alabama-based garage rock singer-songwriter, died on Saturday. He was 39 years old.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/new...rock-singer-songwriter-dies-at-39/ar-BB1eQTKn

 

[me just saying]

Randall Barry Orton, died at the age of 62, he held the ICW Southeastern Tag Team Championship with his brother,and held the NWA Americas Tag Team Championship with Hector Guerrero. He was best known as “Barry O” in WWF. He had two stints in WWF, 1985-86 and 1990-91.

https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2021/03/barry-orton-passes-away-at-age-62/

 

[me just saying]

George Segal, the banjo player turned actor who was nominated for an Oscar for 1966's “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and worked into his late 80s on the ABC sitcom “The Goldbergs,” has died at age 87

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainmen...-goldbergs-star-george-segal-dies-87-76643457

 

[me just saying]

Kurt Thomas, the first U.S. male gymnast to win a gold medal at the world championships, died of complications from a stroke, his family said Friday. He was 64.

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/gymnastics-kurt-thomas-dies-suffering-stroke

 

[me just saying]

Award-winning actress Jessica Walter has died, Fox News can confirm. She was 80.With a career spanning over five decades, Walter's recent credits include starring as Lucille Bluth on "Arrested Development," which earned her both Emmy and SAG nods.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jessica-walter-arrested-development-archer-star-dead

 

[me just saying]

Craig “Mums” Grant, an actor and poet who appeared in all six seasons of HBO’s prison drama Oz among dozens of film, TV and stage credits, died Thursday, apparently of natural causes, according to his representatives. He was 52.

https://deadline.com/2021/03/craig-mums-grant-dead-oz-hightown-slam-poetry-1234721763/

 

[me just saying]

Don Heffington, who became most visible as a member of Lone Justice in the 1980s before going on to play on hundreds of recordings by the leading lights of roots-rock, died Tuesday night at age 70.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/don-heffington-lone-justice-member-011553965.html

 

[me just saying]

Richard Gilliland, the veteran character actor whose credits included Designing Women, 24, Desperate Housewives, and many other TV shows and films, has died at 71.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/richard-gilliland-designing-women-24-184706064.html

 

[me just saying]

Houston Tumlin, known for his role in “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby” as a young actor, has died. He was 28.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/houston-tumlin-talladega-nights-child-193836737.html

 

[me just saying]

Larry McMurtry, Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘Lonesome Dove’ author, dead at 84. McMurtry also won a Golden Globe and Oscar award for best screenplay for 'Brokeback Mountain' in 2006

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/larry-mcmurtry-lonesome-dove-author-dead