Celebrity Obituary thread

[me just saying]

Emergency! Actor Tim Donnelly Dead at 77. He also appeared in other shows including The Virginian, Hawaii Five-0, Project U.F.O., Dragnet 1967 and Adam-12.

https://people.com/tv/emergency-actor-tim-donnelly-dead-at-77/

 

[me just saying]

"Old Yeller" star Tommy Kirk has died, Fox News can confirm. He was 79.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/old-yeller-tommy-kirk-dead

 

[me just saying]

The Bold and the Beautiful has lost a legendary cast member. Actor Michael Tylo, whom fans of the hit CBS drama know as the sleazy Sherman Gale, has died at the age of 73

https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertai...-beautiful-star-michael-tylo-dead-at-73.html/

 

[HelloNNNewman]

Alan Kalter, David Letterman’s ‘Late Show’ Announcer, Dies at 78

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t...ead-letterman-late-show-announcer-1235025323/

 

[me just saying]

Deon Estus, the bassist for pop band Wham!, has died aged 65. Estus was a highly regarded bass player who also performed and recorded with Elton John, Marvin Gaye, Annie Lennox and Tina Turner.

https://news.yahoo.com/wham-bassist-deon-estus-died-143713298.html

 

[me just saying]

Granville Adams, the actor best known for his performance as Zahir Arif on HBO's "Oz," has died following a long struggle with cancer. He was 58 years old.

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/tv/oz-star-granville-adams-dies-58-n1281215

 

[me just saying]

Ruthie Tompson, the last living link to the earliest days of Walt Disney’s animation studio has died aged 111

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/oct/12/ruthie-tompson-pioneering-disney-animator-dies-aged-111

 

[me just saying]

Actress Cynthia Harris, famed for her role as Sylvia Buchman in the classic sitcom Mad About You, has died at the age of 87.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...out-you-star-after-her-death-at-87/ar-AAPeyfP

 

[me just saying]

Former White Sox first baseman Eddie Robinson, the oldest living former major league player whose more than six decades in professional baseball included being general manager for two teams, has died. He was 100.


https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-...-white-sox-all-star-first-baseman-dies-at-100

 

[pseudoware]

Retired four-star general and former US secretary of state Colin Powell dies at 84.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/18/politics/colin-powell-dies/index.html

 

[Laura Knotek]

Colin Powell, former US secretary of state, dies aged 84

https://www.theguardian.com/us...-84?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

 

[me just saying]

Betty Lynn, best known for playing Barney Fife's girlfriend Thelma Lou on "The Andy Griffith Show," died Saturday, the Andy Griffith Museum stated. She was 95 years old.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/17/us/betty-lynn-dies-thelma-lou-andy-griffith-show/index.html

 

[Laura Knotek]

BBC News - Willy Wonka songwriter Leslie Bricusse dies aged 90
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58970326

 

[me just saying]

Peter Scolari, who famously starred in the sitcom "Bosom Buddies" alongside Tom Hanks, has died. He was 66.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/peter-scolari-bosom-buddies-newhart-actor-dead

 

[me just saying]

voice actor Jack Angel passed away. He was 90. He appeared in such films as G.I. Joe: The Movie, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Balto, A Bug's Life, The Iron Giant, Monsters, Inc. Toy Story 3, Finding Nemo, and Lilo & Stitch, among many others.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-10-20/voice-actor-jack-angel-passes-away/.178645

 

[me just saying]

Actor Chris Ayres, best known for voicing "Dragon Ball" character Frieza, died on Monday aged 56.

https://news.yahoo.com/chris-ayres-actor-known-voicing-082509888.html

 

[me just saying]

James Michael Tyler, Actor Who Played Gunther on ‘Friends,’ Dies at 59

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/james-michael-tyler-actor-played-213553855.html

 

[me just saying]

Jerry Pinkney, a prize-winning children's book illustrator known for his richly textured images of Black life, fables and fairy tales in works ranging from “The Lion and the Mouse” to “The Sunday Outing,” has died at 81

https://www.kansas.com/entertainment/celebrities/article255184702.html

 

[me just saying]

Camille Saviola, an actress known for her work on shows like “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” “Entourage,” “Younger” and in roles on Broadway, has died. She was 71

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/c...ine-and-entourage-actor-dies-at-71/ar-AAQ6hLX

 

[me just saying]

Ronnie Wilson, founding member of The Gap Band, 'a genius with creating,' dies at 73

https://www.usatoday.com/story/ente...nnie-wilson-gap-band-member-death/6263697001/