DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[Zombie_61]

...I had only ever read about the show, mainly whenever Bob Denver (Gilligan) was the subject...

A favourite TV show from my childhood.

I've never actually seen the show, mostly because I don't remember them re-running it when I was young. I only know of Maynard G. Krebs because I watched Bob Denver on Gilligan's Island and The Good Guys and have had hopes that someone somewhere would eventually begin airing that Dobie Gillis show, but, so far, it hasn't happened.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

American opera singer, both soprano & mezzo-soprano, Maria Ewing, no relation to JR, died on the 9th aged 71.

 

[Zombie_61]

Betty White - I was shocked and saddened when I heard the news. I thought she was surely going to make it to her 100th birthday. R.I.P. Betty Marion White Ludden.

Minor update for anyone who might be interested--the official cause of Betty White's death was a "cerebrovascular accident", the medical term for a stroke, which she suffered on December 25th according to her doctor.

 

[MisterCairo]

Actor Gary Waldhorn, perhaps best known for his role on The Vicar of Dibley, has died, aged 78:

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/vicar-dibley-actor-gary-waldhorn-153709956.html

Lower right, beside Dawn French.

 

[BobHufford]

Ronnie Spector. Age 78. Brief battle with cancer.

 

[MisterCairo]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/ronnie-spector-dead-1.6312811

 

[Zombie_61]

Ronnie Spector was a great talent. I question her judgement for marrying a truly strange person like Phil Spector, but she eventually saw the error of her ways.

 

[Edward]

Ronnie Spector was a great talent. I question her judgement for marrying a truly strange person like Phil Spector, but she eventually saw the error of her ways.

She wouldn't have been the first of us to make such a mistake. A sad loss indeed.

 

[Doctor Strange]

Actress Yvette Mimieux:

Yvette Mimieux, Who Found Fame With ‘The Time Machine,’ Dies at 80 - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Yvette Mimieux Dead: ‘Where the Boys Are’ Actress Was 80 – The Hollywood Reporter

 

[MisterCairo]

^^^

I confess I had never heard of her. This article notes she was the first actor on American tv to show her bellybutton/navel-

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertain...ust-turned-80/ar-AASUHvv?ocid=iehp&li=AAggNb9

 

[Turnip]

Actor Hardy Krüger passed away yesterday at the age of 93.

 

[Trenchfriend]

@Turnip
One of these guys, I though to live forever.

 

[Frunobulax]

Actor Hardy Krüger passed away yesterday at the age of 93.

Didn't recognize his name right away, but after looking him up, I do remember him mostly from Flight of the Phoenix.

 

[MisterCairo]

Canadian Motown singer and songwriter R. Dean Taylor has died, aged 82.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/canadian-motown-singer-r-dean-taylor-dead-at-82-1.6321442

 

[Harp]

Actor Hardy Krüger passed away yesterday at the age of 93.

Kruger also played Rommel in I believe War and Remembrance.

He had a presence on camera that is innate, a thespian craft skill that cannot simply be taught. RIP

 

[Worf]

Canadian Motown singer and songwriter R. Dean Taylor has died, aged 82.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/canadian-motown-singer-r-dean-taylor-dead-at-82-1.6321442

Indiana Wants Me..... Lord I can't go back there....

Worf

 

[Turnip]

@Harp Maybe because he knew a little better than others that war and serving the SS meant something different than a boy‘s fantasy adventure.

 

[Tiki Tom]

Meat Loaf dead at 74.
“I would do anything for love. But I won’t do that.”
Read an article once about the amazing amount of energy he put into each show. I may be misremembering the article, but I seem to recall that it talked about him actually losing weight during his performances. I remember this song bringing friends to tears. Very passionate performer. Full of soul. Amazing voice and take-no-prisoners stage presence. R.I.P.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/21/entertainment/meat-loaf-obit/index.html

 

[Trenchfriend]

R.I.P.

 

[MisterCairo]

Man, what a drag.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertain...ar-dies-at-74/ar-AASZSeu?ocid=iehp&li=AAggNb9

One of several I never had the chance to see live, and now never will. My girls and I just watched him on a series called Ghost Wars. Another loss at a relatively young age.