The Dead Thread

Anita Ekberg, 'La Dolce Vita' bombshell, dies at 83

Robert Kinoshita, best known for designing the robot from the 1960s sci-fi series “Lost in Space” and its ancestor, Robby the Robot from the film “Forbidden Planet,” died Dec. 9 at age 100.

Variety: Robert Kinoshita

he was also inducted into the Robot Hall of Fame by the Carnegie-Mellon Institute.

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Kim Fowley

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kim-fowley-runaways-dead-at-75-20150115

Ernie Banks' death: 'Like hearing there is not gonna be a summer'

He started playing with our local Negro Leagues team the KC Monarchs in 1950. I'm proud to have this great Hall of Famer's autograph.

Ernie... "let's play 2 !!!"

I once was lost.....but now I'm found.....

Rod McKuen

He may be dead but his albums will live on in the thrift stores around the America.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/01/rod-mckuen

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Basketball coach Jerry "Tark the Shark" Tarkanian
August 8, 1930 – February 11, 2015
KABC News: Jerry Tarkanian

You still don't own her.

Leslie Gore:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/leslie-gore-dead-its-my-party-singer-dies-aged-68-10050270.html

Singer, Poet Leonard Nimoy RIP

http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/27/entertainment/feat-obit-leonard-nimoy-spock/index.html

Brian Carman, guitarist of The Chantays, passed away on March 1, 2015 at the age of 69. The Chantays are known for the instrumental "Pipeline"

Orange County Register: Brian Carman

Pipeline is always on my mind wen I’m watching the surfers in da water at Newport. Masterful!

A few days old, but figured I'd post for posterity:

Eugene Patton - better known as "Gene Gene the Dancing Machine" on "The Gong Show." March 9, 2015

Nooo.

Loved that show, and he was one of the best parts.

So sad that a guy known for dancing lost both legs due to complications from diabetes in 2001. He wore prosthetics and walked with a cane.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Dd6-KV0TR8

Stan Freberg, Madcap Adman and Satirist, Dies at 88

"The rum's the thing..."

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Jayne Meadows, Steve Allen’s Widow and Co-Star, Dies at 95

Suzanne Crough, who starred as the youngest member of the 1970s "Partridge Family", died suddenly on Monday (April 27) at her home in Nevada, at age 52.

"The rum's the thing..."

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Ben E. King, dead of natural causes at 76

Also Jack Ely of the Kingsmen

http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/louie-louie-singer-jack-ely-dies-oregon-age-71-n350806

Tinkerbell

http://www.etonline.com/news/163263_paris_hilton_dog_tinkerbell_dies/

Grace Lee Whitney, who played Yeoman Rand on the original Star Trek series, has died at 85

Robert Drasnin...

B.B. King :(

Actor Christopher Lee passed away Sunday at age 93. His roles in so many classic Hammer horror films were always my favorite and still are.

American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer Ornette Coleman
March 9, 1930 - June 11, 2015
One of the most powerful and contentious innovators in the history of jazz.

New York Times: Ornette Coleman

Ornette Coleman web page

"The American Dream" is no more!

What a day - waking up to the Christopher Lee news really stunk, and then Dusty.

Famed Bourbon Street burlesque performer Blaze Starr (born Fannie Belle Fleming, April 10, 1932)

The Times-Picayune: Blaze Starr

The creator of the pink plastic lawn flamingo, the ultimate symbol of American lawn kitsch, has died. Donald Featherstone was 79.
Featherstone’s wife, Nancy, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that her husband died Monday at an elder care facility in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, after a long battle with Lewy body dementia.
Featherstone, a trained sculptor with a classical art background, created the flamingo in 1957 for plastics company Union Products, modeling it after a bird he saw in National Geographic.
Millions of the birds have been sold. Featherstone worked for Union for 43 years, inventing hundreds of plastic products in that time and rising to the position of president before his retirement in 1999. In addition to his wife of 40 years, Featherstone is survived by two children, four grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.

Actor and pet food entrepreneur Dick Van Patten has died at age 86

Farewell, John Steed.
Patrick MacNee, star of The Avengers, has died at 93

Actor Omar Sharif has died at age 83

I guess that means there is a new Sharif in town.
Cuz the old one has gone.

On 2015-07-10 09:13, tikiskip wrote:
I guess that means there is a new Sharif in town.
Cuz the old one has gone.

You’re a sick man Skip :)

Crud! Roddy Piper. This rots.

http://nypost.com/2015/07/31/wrestling-icon-roddy-piper-dead-at-61/

Batman impersonator died earlier this week, and now the original Batgirl. Yvonne Craig

https://www.yahoo.com/tv/s/tv-batgirl-yvonne-craig-dies-78-045445765.html

GROG miss Tiki-Kate

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And another 60's TV swingin' chick is lost

Hollywood Reporter: Melody Patterson

Melody Patterson April 16, 1949 - August 21, 2015

She was Wrangler Jane on F-troop but also was in Hawaii Five-O, Bye Bye Birdie, The Monkees and Cycle Savages.

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Wes Craven, Director of the Freddie Kruger "Nightmare on Elm Street" and many others.
http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-wes-craven-obit-20150831-story.html

His deathbed final words; "See you in your dreams."

Okay, maybe those weren't his final words, but they should have been!

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My friend and co-worker on Futurama and Asst. Diector on The Simpsons, Ricky Manginsay. We were close to the same height and build, and we both had shaved heads, so he called me his "brother". Super friendly guy and very talented. Cancer. I will miss him.

“Route 66” co-star Martin Milner
December 28, 1931 – September 6, 2015

Route 66 News: Martin Milner

In a movie overflowing with great dialog, Martin Milner had one of the best lines in
the "Sweet Smell of Success" with " That's fish four days old. I won't buy it!"

On 2015-09-07 11:58, King Bushwich the 33rd wrote:
“Route 66” co-star Martin Milner
December 28, 1931 – September 6, 2015

And Adam 12!

And he was Kahuna on an episode of Gidget!

(Sorry about your friend, Grog.)

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Gary Richrath, a former guitarist for the classic rock band REO Speedwagon who also co-wrote the group's hit song "Take It on the Run," died Sunday, according to a publicist for the band. He was 65.

Erik Stein confirmed on Monday that Richrath died but offered no details about the cause of death.

Richrath was born in October 1949, according to public records. He was a member of the band when it released its self-titled debut in 1971 and was with REO Speedwagon until 1989.

Richrath co-wrote some of the band's songs, including "Take It on the Run," which became a Top 5 pop hit on the Billboard charts.

"I feel so sad. Gary was both a unique guitarist and songwriter, and the embodiment of the tough guy with a heart of gold. I learned most of what I know about being in a rock band from Gary Richrath," REO Speedwagon's lead singer, Kevin Cronin, wrote on the band's website and Facebook page. "The entire REO Family mourns his death and shares in the grief of his family, friends, and fans. These words do not come close to expressing the depth of emotions I am feeling at this time."

Richrath last played with the band in 2013, when the band performed a benefit concert in Bloomington, Illinois, to raise money for tornado victims.

REO Speedwagon has released a number of successful albums, including 1980's "Hi Infidelity," which sold 10 million copies in the United States.

Richrath released a solo album, "Only the Strong Survive," in 1992.

Yogi Berra May 12, 1925 - September 23, 2015

On 2015-09-22 23:40, King Bushwich the 33rd wrote:
Yogi Berra May 12, 1925 - September 23, 2015
My hat is off to the Man.

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Catherine Coulson (October 22, 1943 - 28 September 2015)
Twin Peaks Log Lady

Time: Catherine Coulson

oh no :(

Didn't make it to the new episodes...

Carol Doda
August 29, 1937 - November 9, 2015

SFGate: Carol Doda

Tom Wolfe Quotes: Carol Doda