The Dead Thread

Damn. This one hurts. Rob Fertig, husband to Caroline Pupule, active in FOM and owner of the spectacular home tiki bar Moai Ice House in Austin passed away Feb. 26 from cancer. I'd only known him for a year, but he was a great guy and I always looked forward to our conversations. His loss leaves a big hole in the community here.

RIP Katherine Helmond, 89

https://metv.com/stories/rip-katherine-helmond-of-soap-whos-the-boss-and-coach?fbclid=IwAR2-zs5_LhvV5tp-fF6iMHzMVkZFiLKpfQ8omh3Rqo7gP0pCmyXZzGBXWcM

Wrestling Superstar Christopher Alan Pallies, AKA King Kong Bundy
November 7 1957 - March 4, 2019
The Bundy family on Married with Children was named after him.

The Sun, A news UK company: King Kong Bundy

What no Luke Perry up yet?

He had to die much like Wayne Combs for us to find out how great everybody thought he was.

Luke Perry of Beverly Hills, 90210 and Riverdale fame has died at 52
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/luke-perry-star-of-beverly-hills-90210-and-riverdale-dead-at-52

Missed this one last month

RIP Ken Nordine

https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-ken-nordine-dead-0217-story.html

Dick Dale, King of the Surf Guitar, Is Dead at 81

Sob.

Skank in peace, Ranking Roger.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/english-beat-general-publics-ska-pioneer-ranking-roger-dead-56-221856806.html?fbclid=IwAR1Cp9aCOkYISS288bYxIqyW4M05k-JNcmEjby8PKma-bhwRW_KoH6t1tkY

The Mascara Snake
August 16, 1948 – December 7, 2018

Radar Station: The Mascara Snake

RIP Georgia Engel (Georgette to me)

known for roles on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Broadway and sitcoms, dead at 70

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-georgia-engel-mary-tyler-moore-dead-70-20190416-pslqzlm2ovhkrmfwjm7cwxlpna-story.html?fbclid=IwAR0e3jX6Rr4IAdnIr3e_MldtMhYrWGQQNCFmdvVc5394DW828T8AzN9mgVY

Legendary science fiction/fantasy author Gene Wolfe has died. I was fortunate enough to reprint a couple of his older stories back in my editor days, and in 2002 I was able to interview him during the World Fantasy Convention in Corpus Christi. He was a fascinating--and obscenely talented--man.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/16/gene-wolfe-science-fiction-author-dies-aged-87
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/may/13/gene-wolfe-hero-neil-gaiman-sf

~Jayme

Lagoon of Mystery
http://www.JaymeBlaschke.com

[ Edited by: Prikli Pear 2019-04-16 21:52 ]

Chewbecca Actor Peter Mayhew From ‘Star Wars’ Dies at 74.

RIP, Peter Mayhew.

He was a really nice guy; met him several times at Comic Con. When we saw him the last time at Celebration in Anaheim, he actually remembered us. I'll miss seeing/talking with him.

https://variety.com/2019/film/news/peter-mayhew-dead-dies-chewbecca-star-wars-1203203816/

On 2019-05-02 15:55, bamalamalu wrote:
RIP, Peter Mayhew.

He was a really nice guy; met him several times at Comic Con. When we saw him the last time at Celebration in Anaheim, he actually remembered us. I'll miss seeing/talking with him.

https://variety.com/2019/film/news/peter-mayhew-dead-dies-chewbecca-star-wars-1203203816/

I had heard from friends who went to Celebration Chicago that Peter was looking very worn down. This is a sad day. He was such a great guy, organizing charities, and
by all reports always doing what he could to help out with Make-A-Wish wishes and other events.

Godspeed Chewbacca. :(

Doris Day!
No.
Man she was great in Pillow Talk.

Doris Day was great in everything.

I just finished watching Lullaby of Broadway, where she not only sang magnificently but also danced up a storm. Plus there's a great scene where she goes out to dinner with S.Z. Sakall and he orders a double Zombie and sucks it down.

[ Edited by: Hamo 2019-05-13 23:06 ]

The only female actress I can think of that came close to her was Myrna Loy, all the greats are dying.

Betty Davis never did much for me.

Find myself watching more old stuff than the new crap they put out these days.

We will be left with all of the Housewife trash as our "Celebrity's" who die.
Good riddance.

Who is the next Frank Sinatra or Doris Day, Al Pacino.
Some of these losers make more than the greats did.
Most of them make more than Myrna Loy did and she made over a hundred movies!
So sad.

Pillow Talk - Roly Poly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxHd2ZPL_pk

Comedian and Actor Tim Conway Dead at 85, after long illness
Watching Conway crack-up other cast members on the Carol Burnett Show was often funnier than the skits, themselves.

My wife is a big fan of Doris Day, especially her songs. Yesterday, I told her that Day has passed, at 97, earlier that morning. She was quiet for a minute, then started singing 'Teacher's Pet'. We both started laughing at how delightfully alarming and wrong the lyrics sound, these days!

On 2019-05-13 23:00, Hamo wrote:
Doris Day was great in everything.

She was pretty great. One of my favorite female vocalists. Full disclosure, the only film of hers that I've seen is 'It's a Great Feeling' from 1949. Earlier this year we started watching re-runs of the Doris Day Show on Amazon Prime. Some early childhood memories for me were seeing the opening of her show all the time on my grandparents gigantic Quasar color TV. The show is defintely worth watching for some colorful retro fun.

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Leon Redbone Dead at Age 127 (or maybe 69)

Announcement from the official website at leonredbone.com/news:

"The rum's the thing..."

[ Edited by: Limbo Lizard 2019-05-30 20:14 ]

We are gonna miss you, Baby.

Rest in Peace, Roky Erickson.

RIP Arte Johnson

https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/arte-johnson-dead-dies-laugh-in-1203259167/

Mad Magazine
What, We Worry!

The Hollywood Reporter: MAD Magazine to Effectively Shutter After 67 Years

A giant no longer walks among us.
João Gilberto, Father of Bossa Nova, Dies at 88

Rip Torn

https://deadline.com/2019/07/rip-torn-dead-larry-sanders-show-broadway-emmy-tony-winner-1202644048/

Rutger Hauer was 75.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/rutger-hauer-blade-runner-co-165044480.html

Peter Fonda, 79

https://variety.com/2019/film/news/peter-fonda-dead-star-of-easy-rider-ulees-gold-dies-at-79-1203305078/

Rest in Peace, Valerie Harper. Glad she got more good time than expected.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/valerie-harper-tvs-rhoda-morgenstern-dies-at-80-427004

Damn no Ric Ocasek or Eddie Money posting here by the Death Police?

2 days ago - Ric Ocasek -- the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame singer whose popular new wave band, The Cars, helped define the sound of rock music in the late 1970s and '80s -- died from hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, according to the NYC medical examiner.

5 days ago - Eddie Money, the prolific singer and songwriter whose songs “Baby Hold On,” “Two Tickets to Paradise,” “Shakin'” and “Take Me Home Tonight” soundtracked popular music in the 1980s, died Friday (Sept. 13). He was 70.

They were both born in states other than California, Ha!

Never heard of some of these people listed.

Oh and Cokie Roberts, not a fan, but she's dead.
So I guess that goes here. 9/17/19

Daniel Johnston, too.

https://freebeacon.com/culture/daniel-johnston-1961-2019/

On 2019-09-18 07:28, tikiskip wrote:
Oh and Cokie Roberts, not a fan, but she's dead.

Nice of you to notice though.

Robert Hunter of the Dead is dead!

Did go to one show long ago, it was weird but fun.

Robert Hunter, the lyricist, poet and mystical seeker who wrote some of the most beloved songs by the Grateful Dead, has died at age 78. Hunter's family announced his death in a statement, writing, "It is with great sadness we confirm our beloved Robert passed away yesterday night. He died peacefully at home in his bed, surrounded by love. His wife Maureen was by his side holding his hand." No cause of death was available at press time.

Larry Wallis May 19, 1949 - September 19, 2019
Guitarist for Motorhead and Pink Fairies.

Spin: Larry Wallis

RIP, Barrie Masters of Eddie and Hot Rods.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-49906646

And rest in peace Kim Shattuck.

This one is so hard. I wasn't a close friend, but spend a bit of time with her over the years due to having close friends in common and am so saddened by this news. Kim rocked, in every interpretation of the word. I hate this.

https://www.nme.com/news/music/kim-shattuck-the-muffs-frontwoman-and-guitarist-dies-at-56-2553300

Michael J. Pollard, ‘Bonnie and Clyde’, 'Star Trek' & 'Lost in Space' Actor
May 30, 1939 - Nov 2019

Variety: Michael J. Pollard

Artist/Cartoonist Gahan Wilson February 8, 1930-November 21, 2019

New York Times: Gahan Wilson

Syd Mead, 86, Maker of Future Worlds in ‘Blade Runner’ and More. Dec 30, 2019

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/03/arts/design/syd-mead-dead.html

Edd Kookie Byrnes, 87

Neil Peart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNlJBeTNwvI

Terry Jones, founding member of Monty Python, dead at age 77

Kobe Bryant and four other non star type people who don't matter as much.

On 2020-01-26 14:49, tikiskip wrote:
Kobe Bryant and four other non star type people who don't matter as much.

One of those 'people that don't matter' was his 13 year old kid, so that's pretty harsh.

"was his 13 year old kid, so that's pretty harsh."

I thought so too when the news reported it and said four other people and gave no names.
That was why I put it that way.
Only later did they report her name but none of the others.

You know one of the others was most likely one of his daughters friends that was excited to be with them.

It's odd that being good at a game makes your life so much more worthy and sad when you die than four other peoples death.
That was my point.

Kirk Douglas, one of Hollywood's last great Golden Age stars, was 103.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kirk-douglas-dies-spartacus-670526

:(

R.I.P. sir

"I am Spartacus"