The Dead Thread

Hawaiian ukulele and slack-key guitar player Peter Moon
August 25, 1944 - February 17 2018

Hawaiian News Now: Peter Moon

Aw, no.

RIP Nokie Edwards!

http://theventures.com/rip-nokie-edwards-may-9-1935-march-12-2018/

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-nokie-edwards-ventures-obituary-20180312-story.html

RIP Stephen Hawking.

https://www.ocregister.com/2018/03/13/theoretical-physicist-stephen-hawking-has-died-at-76/

Frank Avruch, who was the star of the popular children's TV program "Bozo the Clown," has died. He was 89.

Delores Taylor, Star of ‘Billy Jack’ Movies of the 1970s
September 27, 1932 - March 23, 2018

The Wrap: Delores Taylor

Former WWE wrestler, manager and later television star "Luscious" Johnny Valiant
November 25, 1946 - April 4, 2018

BBC: "Luscious" Johnny Valiant

R. Lee Ermey, guarding Heaven’s Gates

RIP Bruno Sammartino

https://sports.yahoo.com/bruno-sammartino-wrestling-legend-dies-82-150905681.html

and Paul Jones

http://lastwordonprowrestling.com/2018/04/18/breaking-no-1-paul-jones-dead-aged-75/

Brabara Bush
Born: June 8, 1925, NewYork–Presbyterian/Queens
Died: April 17, 2018, Houston, TX

Harry Anderson from "Night Court"

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/obituaries/harry-anderson-dead-night-court.html

Verne Troyer------Mini-Me from Austin Powers

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/apos-austin-powers-apos-actor-204041665.html

[ Edited by: GROG 2018-04-21 22:50 ]

Bob Dorough of "Schoolhouse Rock!"

http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2018/04/bob_dorough_of_schoolhouse_roc.html

Charles Neville, sax player for the Neville Brothers.
December 28, 1938 - April 26, 2018

MySunCoast: Charles Neville

The Official Website of Charles Neville

Stu Boy King of the Dictators.

https://dffdblog.com/2018/05/02/r-i-p-stu-boy-king-1954-2018/

Tony Kinman, founder of The Dils and member (along with his brother Chip) of Rank and File and Blackbird.

1956(?) - May 3, 2018

L.A. Weekly: Tony Kinman

[ Edited by: King Bushwich the 33rd 2018-05-05 13:21 ]

Oh wow, that's a sad one. I freakin' LOVED The Dils. They and Subhumans were the two bands that got me obsessed with punk as a lad.

Publisher of covert topics and one of the revivalist of cocktail culture in the 1990s Adam Parfrey.

http://deadline.com/2018/05/adam-parfrey-dies-feral-house-publisher-author-and-editor-of-forbidden-knowledge-was-61-1202388142/

Damn Anthony Bourdain suicide at 61.

I liked him.

AND HE liked tiki.
"Tiki places like this made me want to travel"
"Every American needs this" " "If you don't love this place you are a sick twisted lonely F$#K with too many cats"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9wGW5QANDg

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-anthony-bourdain-dead-20180608-story.html

[ Edited by: tikiskip 2018-06-08 07:50 ]

DJ Fontana

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/elvis-presley-drummer-dj-fontana-dead-at-87-w521520

Koko the Gorilla: https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/koko-sign-language-gorilla-dies-1.4715701

Science Fiction author Harlan Ellison
May 27, 1934 – June 27, 2018

Variety: Harlan Ellison

Official Harlan Ellison Homepage

Spider-Man creator Steve Ditko

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/steve-ditko-dead-spider-man-creator-was-90-1125489

Tab Hunter

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tab-hunter-dead-damn-yankees-star-was-86-1057871

Adrian Cronauer, who inspired 'Good Morning, Vietnam' film.
September 8, 1938- July 19, 2018

BBC: Adrian Cronauer - the real Good Morning, Vietnam DJ

Burt Reynolds

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/burt-reynolds-dead-deliverance-boogie-nights-star-was-82-831093

Vocalist-guitarist Marty Balin who co-founded the Jefferson Airplane
January 30, 1942 - September 27, 2018

Rolling Stone: Marty Balin

The Official Marty Balin Website

Will Vinton----Oscar winning "Claymation" animator. Created the California Raisins.

Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee
December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018

Daily Mail: Stan Lee

Roy Clark at age 85. Great guitarist.

William Goldman---wrote Butch Cassidy and Princess Bride.

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/16/668572662/william-goldman-writer-behind-butch-cassidy-princess-bride-dies-at-87

GROG miss Tiki-Kate

Had to edit because Spelling Police caught misspelled word.

[ Edited by: grog 2019-01-24 22:54 ]

Slack key guitarist Cyril Pahinui
April 21, 1950 - Nov 17, 2018

NPR: Cyril Pahinui

Former President George H.W. Bush Dies At 94

R.I.P., Great White Pigeon

Ken Berry

http://extratv.com/2018/12/01/ken-berry-of-f-troop-mamas-family-dead-at-85/

Pete Shelley :(

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-46476369

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/dec/06/pete-shelley-lead-singer-of-buzzcocks-dies-at-63

Former President George H.W. Bush Dies At 94

Wait Bush is dead!
They should put that on TV or something?

Mean Gene Okerlund

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2813531-wwe-hall-of-famer-mean-gene-okerlund-dies-at-age-76

http://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/25667972/mean-gene-okerlund-iconic-interviewer-professional-wrestling-dies-76

And Daryl Dragon!

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/daryl-dragon-dead-captain-captain-tennille-was-76-1172534

AND Bob Einstein
https://deadline.com/2019/01/bob-einstein-dead-curb-your-enthusiasm-super-dave-osborne-smothers-brothers-1202527938/

Kaye Ballard

https://nbcpalmsprings.com/2019/01/22/legendary-entertainer-and-coachella-valley-resident-kaye-ballard-dead-at-93/?fbclid=IwAR3hEn5f--0RZAi_2QcSE5E9GUiuNDH4tTehT3LNAtBkTpr9RqI3Rp8QRYA

Carol Channing was 97. "Hello Dolly"

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/15/entertainment/carol-channing-dead/index.html

Damn I know I'm late but can't let it go.

Ray Sawyer, the Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show member who sang the 1973 Shel Silverstein-penned hit “The Cover of ‘Rolling Stone,'” has died at the age of 81.(Dec 31 2018)

Best hippies ever.

Dr Hook - "Yodel"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5PBvvvT7C8

Actress Julie Adams, most famous for Creature from the Black Lagoon, but I also enjoy her in the William Castle noir, Hollywood Story, with Richard Conte. She was 92.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/julie-adams-dead-creature-black-lagoon-actress-was-92-1047543

RIP, Pedro Morales.

https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2019/2/12/18222342/pedro-morales-dead-age-76

This'll be in my head all week now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLz4ZJXdDCw

Monkees’ Peter Tork dies at 77

The Monkees took a lot of flack for being the Prefab Four, but Tork and Nesmith had some serious musical chops. Once they wrested musical control from the studio handlers, they produced some seriously interesting stuff--and that doesn't diminish the quality of the hits they had written by others.

I'm seeing reports on Instagram and FB that Andrew McClain, aka Mr. Tiki Head, died in a automobile accident Feb. 24. I didn't know him, but enjoyed the character he played. He seemed a great ambassador for the tiki community.

Thanks, Prikli for noting this. I just posted in the general forum before seeing this here, hopefully the duplication isn't a concern. This feels like a huge loss, even to those of us who didn't know him personally.

Marylin from the Munsters---was 81.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/beverley-owen-the-original-marilyn-from-the-munsters-dies-at-81/ar-BBU448P?OCID=ansmsnnews11

Aww, drat!