Celebrity Obituary thread

[me just saying]

Paul Oscher, who moved to Austin eight years ago after a career that included many years in blues legend Muddy Waters' band, died Sunday at age 71.

https://www.austin360.com/story/ent...usician-muddy-waters-sideman-dies/7287585002/

 

[Laura Knotek]

CNN: Les McKeown, frontman of 70s teen sensation Bay City Rollers, dies aged 65.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/22/ente...ay-city-rollers-obit-scli-gbr-intl/index.html

 

[raycpl]

For a brief moment, the Rollers were the biggest thing. Even over here in Malaysia, people started wearing clothes with tartan trim.

 

[me just saying]

Johnny Crawford, the original Mouseketeer who starred as the young son of the Civil War veteran portrayed by Chuck Connors on the 1958-63 ABC series The Rifleman, died Thursday, it was announced. He was 75.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/j...8the-rifleman-e2-80-99-dies-at-75/ar-BB1gd2Ek

 

[me just saying]

Drummer John Hinch, who played on JUDAS PRIEST's debut album, 1974's "Rocka Rolla", has died. He was 73 years old.

https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-judas-priest-drummer-john-hinch-dead-at-73/

 

[me just saying]

Michael Collins, the man who stayed behind aboard the Apollo 11 command module while crewmates Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the moon and walked into history, died Wednesday after a battle with cancer, his family announced. He was 90.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-collins-dies-age-90-apollo-11-astronaut/

 

[HelloNNNewman]

Anne Douglas, Widow of Kirk Douglas, Dies at 102 - She was a location scout for John Huston, a publicist at Cannes and president of her husband's production company.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/anne-douglas-dead-producer-widow-kirk-douglas-102

 

[me just saying]

Oscar-winning actress Olympia Dukakis, known for her roles in movies like "Steel Magnolias" and "Moonstruck," has died. She was 89.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/ne...ck-and-steel-magnolias-dies-at-89/ar-BB1ggd2g

 

[pseudoware]

Bobby Unser, 3-time Indy 500 winner dies at 87.

https://www.espn.com/racing/indycar...ser-three-indianapolis-500-winner-dies-age-87

 

[me just saying]

Jacques d’Amboise, Ballet Legend Who Danced in ‘Seven Brides for Seven Brothers’ and ‘Carousel,’ Dies at 86

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/new...80-98carousel-e2-80-99-dies-at-86/ar-BB1gk4uZ

 

[me just saying]

Tawny Kitaen, known for her roles in a number of '80s music videos, has died. She was 59 years old.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/tawny-kitaen-music-video-vixen-dead

 

[me just saying]

Lloyd Price, best known as the early rock 'n roll icon behind hits like "Lawdy Miss Clawdy," "Personality" and the semi-forbidden "Stagger Lee," is dead at age 88.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/lloyd-price-early-rock-legend-behind-stagger-lee-dead-at-88

 

[pseudoware]

Charles Grodin, star of "Midnight Run" and "The Heartbreak Kid" died at 86.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/18/entertainment/charles-grodin-obit/index.html

 

[pseudoware]

Former Utah Jazz center dies at 64 after bike crash

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...z-center-mark-eaton-dies-bicycle-crash-age-64

 

[pseudoware]

Gavin MacLeod, star of Love Boat and Mary Tyler Moore Show, dies at 90

https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/29/entertainment/gavin-macleod-obituary/index.html

 

[me just saying]

Mark York, known for his appearances on the NBC comedy "The Office," has died. He was 55.

https://news.yahoo.com/mark-york-known-role-billy-194436002.html

 

[me just saying]

John Davis, one of the true singers behind notorious R&B act Milli Vanilli, has died of coronavirus aged 66, according to his family.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/27/entertainment/john-davis-milli-vanilli-scil-intl/index.html

 

[me just saying]

WNS has received word that NWA star Paul Christy has passed away aged 82. He had been dealing with Parkinson's disease in recent years

https://www.wrestlingnewssource.com/news/68285/NWA-Star-Paul-Christy-Passes-Away-Aged-82/

 

[me just saying]

Paul Soles, the actor who provided the original voice of Spider-Man, has died at the age of 90.

https://metro.co.uk/2021/05/29/original-spider-man-voice-actor-paul-soles-dies-aged-90-14673355/

 

[me just saying]

English actor and novelist Shane Brian - famed for starring in the 1994 film Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell as well as the 1973 edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray - has died at 74

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/shane-briant-dead-frankenstein-film-24204655