Celebrity Obituary thread

[me just saying]

EastEnders stars have been sharing their memories of Dr Legg actor Leonard Fenton, who has died aged 95.

https://news.yahoo.com/eastenders-tributes-leonard-fenton-143336023.html

 

[Laura Knotek]

Ian McDonald, King Crimson and Foreigner Founding Member, Dies

Read More: Ian McDonald, King Crimson and Foreigner Founding Member, Dies | https://ultimateclassicrock.com/ian...-dead/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral

 

[me just saying]

Betty Davis, funk pioneer and fashion icon, dies at 77. She released: 1974's They Say I'm Different and 1975's Nasty Gal. In 2009, Light in the Attic Records released her record Is It Love or Desire?, originally recorded in 1976.

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/09/1079644021/betty-davis-funk-pioneer-dies

 

[me just saying]

Ivan Reitman, the influential filmmaker and producer behind beloved comedies from “Animal House” to “Ghostbusters,” has died at 75

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainmen...oducer-ghostbusters-director-dies-75-82870135

 

[me just saying]

Howard Grimes dies: Hi Rhythm drummer provided the backbeat for Al Green, Ann Peebles, more. He was 80

https://news.yahoo.com/howard-grimes-dies-hi-rhythm-003544957.html

 

[me just saying]

Hollywood soap opera actress Lindsey Pearlman – whose family had been looking for her since Feb. 13 when she failed to return home and has not been seen or heard from since – is deceased after her body was found on Friday in Los Angeles, Fox News Digital has confirmed. She was 43.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/general-hospital-lindsey-pearlman-dead

 

[me just saying]

Frank Pesce, a character actor who appeared in both "Beverly Hills Cop" movies, "Top Gun," "Midnight Run" and "Miami Vice," died on Feb. 6 due to dementia complications. He was 75.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/frank-pesce-beverly-hills-cop-top-gun-actor-dead-75

 

[me just saying]

Love Thy Neighbour’s Jack Smethurst has died aged 89. His credits but included Chariots of Fire (1981), the John Goodman vehicle King Ralph (1991) (which re-united him with his Love Thy Neighbour co-star Rudolph Walker) and 1996's La Passione.[8]

https://metro.co.uk/2022/02/16/jack...ghbour-star-dies-peacefully-aged-89-16118703/

 

[Laura Knotek]

Mark Lanegan, Grunge Pioneer and Screaming Trees Singer, Dead at 57

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mark-lanegan-screaming-trees-dead-obituary-1311045/

 

[HelloNNNewman]

Comic Magician ‘The Amazing Johnathan’ Dead At 63

https://www.thelist.com/777078/the-heartbreaking-death-of-the-amazing-johnathan/

 

[me just saying]

Jane "Nightbirde" Marczewski, a singer who was a contestant on "America's Got Talent," died on Saturday at age 31. Many remember her from America’s Got Talent, where she performed her song ‘It’s OK’ and inspired millions of people around the globe with her messages of faith and never giving up."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertain...e-nightbirde-marczewski-dies-at-31/ar-AAUaxM2

 

[me just saying]

Singer-songwriter Gary Brooker, best known for the 1967 single "A Whiter Shade of Pale" as part of British rock band Procol Harum, has died at the age of 76

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/new...-pale-singer-songwriter-dead-at-76/ar-AAUdiiE

 

[me just saying]

Doctor Who star Stewart Bevan has died at the age of 73. The actor was best known for playing Professor Clifford Jones in 1973, alongside Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor in the British science fiction television programme.

https://startsat60.com/media/entertainment/doctor-who-star-stewart-bevan-dies-age-73

 

[me just saying]

Dale Critchlow, best known for playing farmer Lyle in Napoleon Dynamite, died Friday in Idaho Falls, Idaho, his family told local publication Preston Citizen. He was 92.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/m...dead-napoleon-dynamite-actor-lyle-1235096777/

 

[HelloNNNewman]

Sally Kellerman, Hot Lips Houlihan in ‘M*A*S*H,’ Dies at 84

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/m...erman-dead-hot-lips-houlihan-mash-1235099282/

 

[me just saying]

Farrah Forke, who co-starred on the long-running NBC sitcom "Wings," died of cancer on Feb. 25 in her Texas home, a family friend confirmed to Variety. She was 54.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/farrah-forke-wings-lois-clark-actress-dead

 

[me just saying]

Kirk Baily, the actor best known for his role as dim-witted camp counselor Kevin "Ug" Lee on the early Nickelodeon sitcom "Salute Your Shorts," died Feb. 27 in Los Angeles. His domestic partner, Ranjani Brow, confirmed that he died after battling lung cancer. He was 59.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/kirk-baily-salute-your-shorts-star-dead-59

 

[me just saying]

Oscar-winning producer and influential motion picture executive Alan Ladd Jr., who ushered in the "Star Wars" era of motion pictures, died Wednesday. He was 84.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/alan-ladd-jr-oscar-winning-producer-greenlit-star-wars-dead-84

 

[me just saying]

Ned Eisenberg, famous for his work on "Law & Order: SVU" and most recently, "Mare of Easttown," has died after a battle with cancer.. He was 65

https://www.tmz.com/2022/02/28/ned-eisenberg-mare-easttown-law-order-actor-dead-dies/

 

[me just saying]

Veronica Carlson, the British actress who starred for Hammer Films opposite Christopher Lee in Dracula Has Risen From the Grave and alongside Peter Cushing in Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed, has died. She was 77.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/veronica-carlson-dead-hammer-films-1235101871/