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This is the End

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My fellow ghouls:

It has been my distinct honor to inform, entertain, annoy, and disgust you all over these past 6 years, but the time has finally come. I quit.

‘Fun’ and ‘responsibility’: two things that go together like ice skating and cerebral palsy. This site was originally a pet project… a much needed escape from – what was at the time – a soul-crushing office job. Dodging my work duties to scour the internet for bad news and typing up insulting obits was a pleasure. It still is… but things have changed and I can’t dodge the work anymore. And frankly, I have other priorities that – sorry to say – eclipse my interest in entertaining you sick bozos (with all due respect). The result is a feeling that this whole thing is getting short-changed because of the lack of time I have to devote to it. So… this decision hasn’t been an easy one, but good ol’ Der Kommissar is hanging up his deadpooling spurs indefinitely. ‘Responsibility’ is a real bitch. And ‘Fun’?… well, he’s gotta take the train this time.

Current 2022 players may receive a direct communication from Dr. Death regarding the future of the pool… mainly to gauge interest and viability of a 2023 round. So if you’ve prepped a list and wanna play, be on the lookout for that email and let the doctor know how you feel. Or hell… start your own pool. And if you do, be sure to let me know… I might even submit a list. Beyond that, I offer a quick clap-clap & a wave of the hands… cuz it’s a dealer change & I’m out.

Thank you all for your support, attention, disdain, or whatever. Thanks to the DRCDP players, the Twitter followers, and anyone who has expressed appreciation for The Dead Reckoner’s brand of brief, irreverent humor.

With Sympathy,

-Der Kommissar

The Short List – Nov ’22

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Each month, we list the unselected dead celebs we either didn’t have time to report on… or who were just too boring to malign. So in case you were wondering “whatever happened to,” this monthly post may give you some unexpected closure.

November 1, 2022
  • Max Maven – Aged 71 years. Acclaimed magician and influential mentalist.
  • Romano Mazzoli – Aged 89 years. Kentucky congressman and pro-life Democrat.
  • Norman D. Shumway – Aged 88 years. Republican, Mormon, Japanophile, and 6-term California congressman.
  • Takeoff – Aged 28 years. Another bullet-riddled young rapper.
November 2, 2022
  • Francesco Tatò – Aged 90 years. Italian energy & media magnate known as “Kaiser Franz”.
November 3, 2022
  • Douglas McGrath – Aged 64 years. Screenwriter, film director, and actor who got an Oscar nod for “Bullets over Broadway.”
  • Ray Guy – Aged 72 years. Raiders’ 3X Super Bowl punter & only one ever drafted in the first round.
November 4, 2022
  • Dave Butz – Aged 72 years. 16-year Defensive tackle for the Redskins.
  • Bill Sheffield – Aged 94 years. Fifth governor of Alaska from 1982 to 1986.
November 5, 2022
  • Tame One – Aged 52 years. Rapper, member of hip-hop supergroup The Weathermen.
  • Bill Treacher – Aged 92 years. British actor mostly known for soaps.
  • Tyrone Downie – Aged 66 years. Bob Marley’s keyboard player and Grace Jones’ fukk-buddy.
November 6, 2022
  • Don Lewis – Aged 81 years. Electronic engineer and electronic music pioneer.
November 7, 2022
  • Michael Butler – Aged 95 years. Broadway producer of “Hair” dubbed “the hippie millionaire”.
  • Jeff Cook – Aged 73 years. Country musician, founding member of Alabama.
  • Leslie Phillips – Aged 98 years. English actor, director, producer and author.
November 8, 2022
  • Dan McCafferty – Aged 76 years. Singer for Scottish hard rock band Nazareth.
November 9, 2022
  • Fred Hickman – Aged 66 years. Sports broadcaster seen on CNN, TBS, and ESPN.
  • Garry Roberts – Aged 72 years. Founding guitarist for The Boomtown Rats.
November 10, 2022
  • Jack Reed – Aged 89 years. 2X World Series Outfielder for the Yankees, popularly referred to as “Mickey Mantle’s caddie.”
  • Nik Turner – Aged 82 years. Member of space rock pioneers Hawkwind.
  • Alan Park – Aged 60 years. Canadian comedian and political satirist.
November 11, 2022
  • Keith Levene – Aged 65 years. Founding member of both the Clash and Public Image Ltd (PiL).
  • John Aniston – Aged 89 years. Emmy-winning soap actor and Jennifer’s dad.
November 12, 2022
  • Gene “Cip” Cipriano – Aged 94 years. Woodwind player for session legends The Wrecking Crew.
  • Budd Friedman – Aged 90 years. American actor and comedian who founded The Improv.
  • Carroll Hubbard – Aged 85 years. Kentucky congressman embroiled in the “Rubbergate” scandal.
  • Jim Bohannon – Aged 78 years. Syndicated radio broadcaster.
November 13, 2022
  • Anthony Johnson – Aged 38 years. Top ranked American mixed martial artist nicknamed “Rumble.”
November 14, 2022
  • Jerzy Połomski – Aged 89 years. Pop singer and actor who was some kind of big deal in Poland at some point. Have a fukk?… give a fukk.
November 15, 2022
  • Veronica Hurst – Aged 91 years. British film, stage and television actress.
  • Marcus Sedgwick – Aged 54 years. Award-winning author of teen fiction.
November 16, 2022
  • Nicki Aycox – Aged 47 years. Film & TV actress with an assortment of mid-level roles.
  • Carol Leigh – Aged 71 years. “The Scarlot Harlot” credited for coining the occupational phrase “sex worker.”
  • Robert Clary – Aged 96 years. Actor who played Corporal Louis LeBeau on “Hogan’s Heroes”.
November 17, 2022
  • Ken Mansfield – Aged 85 years. Record producer who worked with The Beatles and helped popularize the Outlaw movement with Waylon Jennings.
  • B. Smyth – Aged 30 years. A young rapper who didn’t OD or get shot for doing stupid sh!t. Apparently, they exist.
November 18, 2022
  • Tommy Facenda – Aged 83 years. Rock & Roll Hall of Famer known for his 1959 single “High School U.S.A.”
November 19, 2022
  • Jason David Frank – Aged 49 years. Actor who played Tommy Oliver of “The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.”
November 20, 2022
  • Gray Frederickson – Aged 85 years. Film producer who won an Oscar for “The Godfather Part II.”
  • Mickey Kuhn – Aged 90 years. Child actor who played Beau Wilkes in “Gone with the Wind.”
  • Michael Armand Hammer – Aged 67 years. Heir to a petrochemical corporation and father to a rumored cannibal.
  • Buster Drayton – Aged 70 years. Former IBF light-middleweight world champion.
  • Joyce Bryant – Aged 95 years. Singer, dancer, and civil rights activist dubbed “The Bronze Blond Bombshell” and “The Black Marilyn Monroe”.
November 21, 2022
  • Wilko Johnson – Aged 75 years. Guitar player for 70’s rockers Dr. Feelgood and mute executioner on “Game of Thrones.”
November 22, 2022
  • John Y. Brown Jr. – Aged 88 years. Kentucky Governor who turned KFC into a multimillion-dollar restaurant chain.
November 23, 2022
  • Nobody terribly important.
November 24, 2022
  • Börje Salming – Aged 71 years. First European player inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
November 25, 2022
  • Irene Cara – Aged 63 years. Actress and singer of “Fame” and “Flashdance…. What a Feeling.”
November 26, 2022
  • Albert Pyun – Aged 69 years. Director of low-budget B-movies and direct-to-video action films, including the 1990 version of “Captain America.”
  • Freddie Roman – Aged 85 years. Jewish stand-up comedian best known for his frequent appearances at “Borscht Belt” hotels.
November 27, 2022
  • James Wright – Aged 94 years. Australian media personality known as “The Merry Medic.”
November 28, 2022
  • Clarence Gilyard – Aged 66 years. Actor who played Sundown in “Top Gun” and vault hacker Theo in “Die Hard.”
  • Donald McEachin – Aged 61 years. Virginia congressman and Ashley Madison user.
November 29, 2022
  • Aline Kominsky-Crumb – Aged 74 years. American underground comics artist and Robert Crumb’s widow.
November 30, 2022
  • Christine McVie – Aged 79 years. Singer, songwriter, and keyboardist for Fleetwood Mac.
  • John Hadl – Aged 82 years. 2X pro-bowl QB for the Chargers & the Rams.
  • Jiang Zemin – Aged 96 years. 5th President of the People’s Republic of China.

 

 

 

The Short List – Oct ’22

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Each month, we list the unselected dead celebs we either didn’t have time to report on… or who were just too boring to malign. So in case you were wondering “whatever happened to,” this monthly post may give you some unexpected closure.

October 1, 2022
  • Antonio Inoki – Aged 79 years. 12X pro wrestling world champion and Japanese politician.
October 2, 2022
  • Sacheen Littlefeather – Aged 75 years. Native American civil rights activist who gave Brando’s Oscar “acceptance speech.”
October 3, 2022
October 4, 2022
  • Dave Dryden – Aged 81 years. Ice hockey goaltender who created and first used the modern goaltending mask.
  • Jerry Vainisi – Aged 80 years. GM & VP of the Chicago Bears when they won SB XX
October 5, 2022
  • Sara Lee – Aged 30 years. Pro wrestling chick.
October 6, 2022
  • Judy Tenuta – Aged 72 years. Accordion-playing, grammy-winning comedian known as “The Love Goddess.”
  • Jody Miller – Aged 80 years. Grammy-winning country music singer who had a hit with “Queen of the House.”
October 7, 2022
  • Austin Stoker – Aged 92 years. Trinidadian-American actor who regularly played a cop in shi++y action movies.
  • Ann Flood – Aged 89 years. Soap actress from the “golden age of television”… whatever that is.
October 8, 2022
  • Peter Tobin – Aged 76 years. Scottish serial killer.
  • Charlie Brown – Aged 80 years. Syndicated “beach music” DJ.
October 9, 2022
  • Eileen Ryan – Aged 94 years. Actress and mother of Chris & Sean Penn.
  • Dick Ellsworth – Aged 82 years. All-star pitcher for the Cubs.
  • Anita Kerr – Aged 94 years. Multiple Grammy-winning Nashville vocalist.
October 10, 2022
  • Michael Callan – Aged 86 years. Golden Globe-winning actor seen in “Gidget Goes Hawaiian” and other steaming heaps of feces.
October 11, 2022
  • Charles Sherrod – Aged 85 years. American minister and civil rights activist.
October 12, 2022
  • Lucious Jackson – Aged 80 years. NBA All-star Center for the 76’ers and the US Olympic team.
October 13, 2022
  • Bruce Sutter – Aged 69 years. 6X All-star and MLB HOF pitcher.
  • James McDivitt – Aged 93 years. Astronaut and NASA legacy pilot.
October 14, 2022
  • Ted White – Aged 96 years. Stuntman and actor who donned the hockey mask in the 4th “Friday the 13th” installment.
  • Jose Luis Rivera – Aged 62 years. Puerto Rican WWF wrestler, half of tag teams “The Shadows” and “The Conquistadores.”
  • Jan Rabson – Aged 68 years. Actor & voice talent, voice of Leisure Suit Larry and several Pixar flick characters.
October 15, 2022
  • Joyce Sims – Aged 63 years. R&B singer who had a top 10 hit with “Come Into My Life.”
October 16, 2022
October 17, 2022
October 18, 2022
  • Harvey L. Wollman – Aged 87 years. Former Governor of South Dakota.
  • Robert Gordon – Aged 75 years. Actor and rockabilly singer.
  • Charles Duncan Jr. – Aged 96 years. Jimmy Carter’s Secretary of Energy and former president of Coca-Cola.
October 19, 2022
  • Charley Trippi – Aged 100 years. Versatile RB for the Chicago Cardinals.
  • Dave Herman – Aged 81 years. Starting right guard for The Jets’ Super Bowl III winning team.
  • John Jay Osborn Jr. – Aged 77 years. Bestselling author of “The Paper Chase.”
  • Joanna Simon – Aged 85 years. Member of vocal group The Simon Sisters with siblings Carly & Lucy.
October 20, 2022
  • Lucy Simon – Aged 82 years. Carly’s other bandmate and Grammy-winning sister.
  • Ron Masak – Aged 86 years. TV actor who played the town sheriff in “Murder, She Wrote.”
  • Bettye Crutcher – Aged 83 years. Singer/songwriter whose songs get covered by far bigger names.
October 21, 2022
  • Rainer Schaller – Aged 53 years. German entrepreneur, owner of Gold’s Gym.
October 22, 2022
  • Dietrich Mateschitz – Aged 78 years. Austrian billionaire businessman, co-founder of Red Bull.
October 23, 2022
  • Walt Corey – Aged 84 years. AFL All-star linebacker and coach.
  • Don Edwards – Aged 86 years. American cowboy singer, guitarist who performs Western music.
  • Michael Kopsa – Aged 66 years. Canadian actor who voiced and appeared in several sci-fi films & TV shows
October 24, 2022
  • Ash Carter – Aged 68 years. Obama’s US Secretary of Defense.
  • Leslie Jordan – Aged 67 years. Emmy-winning TV actor seen in “Will & Grace.”
  • Ben Feigin – Aged 47 years. Emmy-winning producer of “Schitt’s Creek.”
October 25, 2022
  • Jules Bass – Aged 87 years. One half of Rankin/Bass Productions… who created the “Frosty the Snowman” and “Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer” holiday TV classics.
October 26, 2022
  • Julie Powell – Aged 49 years. Author who’s cooking book was adapted for the 2009 film “Julie & Julia”.
  • Agustín Ramírez – Aged 70 years. Mexican singer-songwriter, co-founder and frontman of Los Caminantes.
October 27, 2022
  • Geraldine Hunt – Aged 77 years. R&B singer who had a #1 dance hit in 1980 with “Can’t Fake the Feeling.”
October 28, 2022
  • D.H. Peligro – Aged 63 years. Punk drummer for The Dead Kennedys and – briefly – The Red Hot Chili Peppers.
  • Vince Dooley – Aged 90 years. Head coach of the Georgia Bulldogs for almost 25 years.
October 29, 2022
  • Robin Sylvester – Aged 72 years. Bass player for Grateful Dead side project Rat Dog
October 30, 2022
  • Mike Fanning – Aged 69 years. First-team All-American for the ’74 Irish and starting Defensive Tackle for the Rams’ Super Bowl XIV team.
October 31, 2022

 

The Short List – Sept ’22

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Each month, we list the unselected dead celebs we either didn’t have time to report on… or who were just too boring to malign. So in case you were wondering “whatever happened to,” this monthly post may give you some unexpected closure.

September 1, 2022
  • Earnie Shavers – Aged 78 years. Hard-hitting heavyweight pro boxer with 69 knockout wins.
September 2, 2022
  • Drummie Zeb – Aged 62 years. Drummer and lead singer for British reggae band Aswad.
September 3, 2022
  • Herbert Kohler Jr. – Aged 83 years. Billionaire executive chairman of a Wisconsin plumbing empire.
September 4, 2022
  • Art Rosenbaum – Aged 83 years. Grammy-winning artist, musician, and folklorist.
  • Peter Straub – Aged 79 years. Award-winning horror novelist.
September 5, 2022
  • Mark Littell – Aged 69 years. 82′ World Series-winning pitcher and inventor of the Nutty Buddy package protector.
September 6, 2022
  • Guy Morriss – Aged 71 years. NFL center who became head coach at Kentucky & Baylor.
  • Just Jaeckin – Aged 82 years. French film director who started the “Emmanuelle” softcore film franchise.
September 7, 2022
  • Lance Mackey – Aged 52 years. 4 time Iditarod sled dog racing champion.
  • Bernard Shaw – Aged 82 years. Journalist who was CNN’s guy on the ground during the first Gulf War.
  • Marsha Hunt – Aged 104 years. Blacklisted Hollywood actress whose career spanned 9 decades.
September 8, 2022
  • Sonny West – Aged 85 years. Songwriter & musician who co-wrote Buddy Holly’s biggest hits.
  • LaDeva Davis – Aged 78 years. Host of PBS’s “What’s Cooking?”
September 9, 2022
  • Jack Ging – Aged 90 years. Actor seen in Eastwood flicks and lotsa shi++y TV shows.
  • Shelby Jordan – Aged 70 years. O-lineman for the Raiders’ ’83 Super Bowl Champs.
September 10, 2022
September 11, 2022
September 12, 2022
  • PnB Rock – Aged 30 years. Another dumbass rapper.
  • Ramsey Lewis – Aged 87 years. American jazz composer, pianist, and radio personality with 5 gold records and 3 Grammys to his name.

 

 

 

September 13, 2022
  • Ken Starr – Aged 76 years. Lawyer who authored The Starr Report, which precipitated Bill Clinton’s impeachment.
  • Fred Franzia – Aged 79 years. American winemaker who brought you the Charles Shaw brand, better known as “Two-Buck Chuck.”
  • Jean-Luc Godard – Aged 91 years. Highly influential French-Swiss film director.
September 14, 2022
  • Irene Papas – Aged 93 years. Award-winning Greek actress and Marlon Brando’s girlfriend.
  • Bill Pearl – Aged 91 years. American bodybuilder & 5-time Mr. Universe.
September 15, 2022
  • John Stearns – Aged 71 years. 4X All-star catcher for the Mets.
September 16, 2022
  • Marva Hicks – Aged 66 years. American R&B singer and actress.
September 17, 2022
  • Maarten Schmidt – Aged 92 years. Astronomer whose mug once made the cover of Time Magazine for discovering quasars.
September 18, 2022
  • Nobody especially famous.
September 19, 2022
  • Maury Wills – Aged 89 years. 7X All-star shortstop with 3 World Series rings.
September 20, 2022
September 21, 2022
  • Anton Fier – Aged 66 years. American drummer, producer, composer, and bandleader.
September 22, 2022
  • Stu Allan – Aged 60 years. British dance music DJ and producer.
September 23, 2022
  • Louise Fletcher – Aged 88 years. Oscar-winning actress who played Nurse Ratched in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”
September 24, 2022
September 25, 2022
  • James Florio – Aged 85 years. Former congressman and 49th governor of New Jersey.
September 26, 2022
  • Mark Souder – Aged 72 years. Disgraced Indiana congressman.
September 27, 2022
September 28, 2022
  • Bill Plante – Aged 84 years. CBS News’ White House correspondent for 3 decades.
September 29, 2022
  • Al Primo – Aged 87 years. American television news executive who was credited with creating the Eyewitness News format.
September 30, 2022
  • Héctor López – Aged 93 years. 2× World Series champion outfielder for the Yankees.

The Short List – Aug ’22

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Each month, we list the unselected dead celebs we either didn’t have time to report on… or who were just too boring to malign. So in case you were wondering “whatever happened to,” this monthly post may give you some unexpected closure.

August 1, 2022
  • Rosa de Castilla – Aged 90 years. Singer/actress from the golden age of Mexican cinema. A re-fried Julie Andrews, if you will.
August 2, 2022
  • Melissa Bank – Aged 61 years. American author who wrote “The Girls’ Guide to Hunting & Fishing.”
August 3, 2022
  • Jackie Walorski – Aged 58 years. Indiana congresswoman.
  • Nicky Moore – Aged 75 years. Samson’s singer after Bruce Dickinson left for Iron Maiden.
  • Jack Deloplaine – Aged 68 years. RB for the Steelers in Super Bowls 13 & 14.
  • Raymond Damadian – Aged 86 years. Inventor of MRI technology.
August 4, 2022
  • Sam Gooden – Aged 87 years. Rock & Roll HOF’er who sang with The Impressions.
  • Albert Woodfox – Aged 75 years. Member of The Angola Three who served the longest period of solitary confinement in American prison history (40 years.)
August 5, 2022
  • Clu Gulager – Aged 93 years. TV western actor who found a 2nd career in sh!tty horror films.
August 6, 2022
  • David Muse – Aged 73 years. Gold & platinum album-winning singer, songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist.
  • Buddy Leach – Aged 88 years. Louisiana Congressman & Chairman of the Louisiana Democratic Party.
August 7, 2022
  • Roger E. Mosley – Aged 83 years. Actor who played the black helicopter pilot on “Magnum, P.I.”
  • David McCullough – Aged 89 years. 2X Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient.
  • Bert Fields – Aged 93 years. Notorious entertainment lawyer and author.
  • Ezekiel Alebua – Aged 75 years. 3rd Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands.
August 8, 2022
  • Lamont Dozier – Aged 81 years. American Hall of Fame songwriter who co-wrote and produced 14 US Billboard number-one hits.
August 9, 2022
  • Raymond Briggs – Aged 88 years. British children’s writer and illustrator who created “The Snowman.”
August 10, 2022
  • Sir Ralph Halpern – Aged 83 years. British fashion retailer and tabloid scoundrel.
August 11, 2022
  • Manuel Ojeda – Aged 81 years. Mexican actor who played the villain Zolo in “Romancing the Stone.”
  • Darius Campbell Danesh – Aged 41 years. Scottish singer/songwriter.
August 12, 2022
  • Wolfgang Petersen – Aged 81 years. German filmmaker who directed “Das Boot,” “The Neverending Story,” “The Perfect Storm,” & more.
August 13, 2022
  • Robyn Griggs – Aged 49 years. Child actor turned soap actor turned John Wayne Bobbit hangaround.
  • Denise Dowse – Aged 64 years. Film & TV actress noted for playing the Vice Principal on “Beverly Hills, 90210.”
August 14, 2022
  • Svika Pick – Aged 72 years. Polish singer dubbed “The Israeli King of Pop.”
August 15, 2022
  • Pete Carril – Aged 92 years. Princeton’s head mens basketball coach for 30 years.
August 16, 2022
August 17, 2022
  • Jim Mueller – Aged 79 years. Sportscaster, voice of the Browns for 20 years.
August 18, 2022
  • Virginia Patton – Aged 97 years. Actress, last remaining adult cast member of “It’s A Wonderful Life.”
  • Clayton Jacobson II – Aged 88 years. American inventor credited with introducing the jet ski.
August 19, 2022
  • Mildred Kornman – Aged 97 years. Oldest surviving child actor from the “Our Gang” series.
August 20, 2022
  • Leon Vitali – Aged 74 years. English actor and personal assistant to Stanley Kubrick.
August 21, 2022
  • Vincent Gil – Aged 83 years. Australian actor who played Nightrider in “Mad Max.”
August 22, 2022
  • Gary Gaines – Aged 73 years. Texas football coach portrayed by Billy Bob Thornton in “Friday Night Lights.”
  • Jerry Allison – Aged 82 years. Rock & Roll HOF’er, Buddy Holly’s drummer & collaborator.
August 23, 2022
  • Creed Taylor – Aged 93 years. Grammy-winning record producer & jazz label owner.
August 24, 2022
  • Len Dawson – Aged 87 years. KC QB & MVP of SB IV.
  • Joe E. Tata – Aged 85 years. TV actor who played the owner of The Peach Pit on “Beverly Hills, 90210.”
August 25, 2022
  • Mable John – Aged 91 years. Female Mowtown blues vocalist who also appeared in “Honeydripper” and “20 Feet from Stardom.”
  • Joey DeFrancesco – Aged 51 years. Acclaimed jazz multi-instrumentalist.
August 26, 2022
  • Roland Mesnier – Aged 78 years. White House executive pastry chef for 25 years. That’s right folks… we’ve all been paying for a fukking presidential donut maker.
August 27, 2022
  • Robert LuPone – Aged 76 years. Film & TV actor seen in “Jesus Christ Superstar” and “The Sopranos.”
August 28, 2022
August 29, 2022
  • Ernie Zampese – Aged 86 years. Offensive Coordinator for the Cowboys’ Super Bowl 30 team.
  • Luke Bell – Aged 32 years. American country musician and singer-songwriter.
  • Charlbi Dean – Aged 32 years. South African actress seen in “Triangle of Sadness.”
August 30, 2022
  • Steve White – Aged 48 years. NFL DE & blogger for SB Nation. Probably not a valid pick, but sports writers won’t shut up about it.
August 31, 2022
  • Lee Thomas – Aged 86 years. All-star first baseman for the Angels and GM for the Phillies.

 

The Short List – May ’22

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Each month, we list the unselected dead celebs we either didn’t have time to report on… or who were just too boring to malign. So in case you were wondering “whatever happened to,” this monthly post may give you some unexpected closure.

May 1, 2022
  • Ric Parnell – Aged 70 years. English musician who played Spinal Tap’s doomed drummer Mick Shrimpton.
  • Jerry verDorn – Aged 72 years. Daytime Emmy winning soap actor who was on “Guiding Light” for 26 years.
May 2, 2022
  • James V. Stanton – Aged 90 years. Ohio congressman who served through the seventies.
May 3, 2022
  • Norman Mineta – Aged 90 years. California congressman who held cabinet posts for both Clinton and GWBush.
  • Andra Martin – Aged 86 years. American actress and frequent costar of James Garner.
May 4, 2022
  • Howie Pyro – Aged 61 years. Punk bass player for D Generation and – briefly – Danzig.
May 5, 2022
  • Kenneth Welsh – Aged 80 years. Canadian actor who played villain Windom Earle on “Twin Peaks.”
May 6, 2022
  • Jewell – Aged 53 years. R&B singer hailed “The First Lady of Death Row Records.”
  • Bill Laskey – Aged 79 years. Pro Bowl linebacker for the Bills.
May 7, 2022
  • Bruce MacVittie – Aged 65 years. Actor seen in “The Sopranos” and Eastwood’s “Million Dollar Baby.”
May 8, 2022
  • John R. Cherry III – Aged 73 years. Creator of Jim Varney’s Earnest character and director of those god-awful Earnest movies.
May 9, 2022
  • Tim Johnson – Aged 75 years. Illinois congressman from 2001 to 2013.
May 10, 2022
  • Bob Lanier – Aged 73 years. 8X NBA All-star center for the Piston & Bucks.
May 11, 2022
  • Randy Weaver – Aged 74 years. Green Beret whose family was murdered by the feds at Ruby Ridge.
  • Norman Dolph – Aged 83 years. American songwriter who produced the Velvet Undergrounds first recordings.
  • June Preston – Aged 93 years. Child actress, singer, and rival of Shirley Temple.
May 12, 2022
  • Robert McFarlane – Aged 84 years. Reagan’s National Security Advisor who was central to the Iran-Contra affair.
  • Gino Cappelletti – Aged 88 years. Patriots kicker & WR who became their radio color commentator.
May 13, 2022
  • Lil Keed – Aged 24 years. Another dumbass rapper.
May 14, 2022
  • David West – Aged 57 years. Pitcher for Minnesota’s ’91 World Series champion team.
May 15, 2022
  • Maggie Peterson – Aged 81 years. Singer & actress who played Charlene Darling on “The Andy Griffith Show.”
May 16, 2022
  • John Aylward – Aged 75 years. Film & TV actor with a recurring role on “The West Wing.”
May 17, 2022
  • Vangelis – Aged 79 years. Greek composer who won an Oscar for scoring “Chariots of Fire.”
  • Marnie Schulenburg – Aged 37 years. Daytime Emmy nominated soap actress seen on “As The World Turns.”
May 18, 2022
  • Bob Neuwirth – Aged 82 years. American folk singer, songwriter, and Bob Dylan associate.
May 19, 2022
  • Ron Rice – Aged 81 years. Sunscreen manufacturer and founder of Hawaiian Tropic.
May 20, 2022
  • Roger Angell – Aged 101 years. Award-winning sports journalist & writer/editor for The new Yorker.
May 21, 2022
  • Colin Cantwell – Aged 90 years. NASA employee turned Hollywood concept artist who designed the Millennium Falcon & the Death Star.
May 22, 2022
  • Dervla Murphy – Aged 90 years. Travel author who rode from Ireland to India on a bicycle.
May 23, 2022
  • Joe Pignatano – Aged 92 years. Catcher for the ’59 World Series-champion Dodgers and coach of the 1969 World Series-champion Mets.
  • Thom Bresh – Aged 74 years. American country music guitarist and singer.
May 24, 2022
  • John Thompson – Aged 95 years. First manager of the Seahawks and 1978’s NFL Executive of the Year.
May 25, 2022
  • Eduardo Lizalde – Aged 93 years. Award-winning Mexican poet. Yes… apparently there are poets in Mexico.
May 26, 2022
  • Alan White – Aged 72 years. English drummer and songwriter for prog rockers Yes.
  • Andy Fletcher – Aged 60 years. Founding keyboard player for Depeche Mode.
May 27, 2022
  • Fayez Sarofim – Aged 93 years. Egyptian billionaire & former owner of the Houston Texans.
May 28, 2022
  • Bo Hopkins – Aged 84 years. American actor seen in “The Wild Bunch,” “American Graffiti,” and TV’s “Dynasty.”
May 29, 2022
  • Ronnie Hawkins – Aged 87 years. Canadian rockabilly legend.
  • Lester Piggott – Aged 86 years. English horse jockey widely regarded as one of the greatest flat racers of all time.
May 30, 2022
  • Jeff Gladney – Aged 25 years. NFL cornerback, Minnesota’s 1st round draft pick in 2020.
May 31, 2022
  • Charles Siebert – Aged 84 years. Actor & director who played Dr. Stanley Riverside II on “Trapper John, M.D.”.

 

 

The Short List – April ’22

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Each month, we list the unselected dead celebs we either didn’t have time to report on… or who were just too boring to malign. So in case you were wondering “whatever happened to,” this monthly post may give you some unexpected closure.

April 1, 2022
  • C.W. McCall – Aged 93 years. Truck-driving country singer of “Convoy.”
April 2, 2022
  • Estelle Harris – Aged 93 years. Actress who played George’s mother on “Seinfeld.”
April 3, 2022
  • Gene Shue – Aged 90 years. 5X NBA All-star & 2X Coach of the Year.
April 4, 2022
  • Joe Messina – Aged 93 years. Mowtown’s Funk Brothers guitarist dubbed the “white brother with soul.”
  • Kathy Lamkin – Aged 74 years. Actress with small parts in big movies.
April 5, 2022
  • Bobby Rydell – Aged 79 years. 60’s teen idol, singer of “Wild One.”
April 6, 2022
  • Rae Allen – Aged 95 years. Tony winning stage and screen actress seen in “The Sopranos” and “Stargate.”
  • Rayfield Wright – Aged 76 years. Hall of Fame O-lineman for the Cowboys..”
April 7, 2022
April 8, 2022
  • Edwin Kantar – Aged 89 years. World champion card player and author.
April 9, 2022
April 10, 2022
  • Joe Horlen – Aged 84 years. All-star pitcher for Oakland’s ’72 championship team.
  • John Drew – Aged 67 years. 2X NBA All-star and first player banned under the substance abuse policy.
April 11, 2022
  • Charnett Moffett – Aged 54 years. American jazz bassist who’s worked with just about everybody.
April 12, 2022
  • Shirley Spork – Aged 94 years. Pro golfer and LPGA founder.
  • Sonny Caldinez – Aged 89 years. Wrestler & actor with small roles in “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and “The Fifth Element.”
April 13, 2022
  • Tom McCarthy – Aged 61 years. Drug-running hockey player.”
April 14, 2022
  • Rio Hackford – Aged 51 years. Actor known for playing Toby on HBO’s “Treme”
April 15, 2022
  • Liz Sheridan – Aged 93 years. Actress who played Jerry’s mother on “Seinfeld.”
  • Mike Bossy – Aged 65 years. Hall of Fame right wing for The Islanders’ 80’s dynasty team.
April 16, 2022
  • David Leeson – Aged 64 years. Pulitzer-winning war photojournalist.
April 17, 2022
  • Jim Hartz – Aged 82 years. Barbara Walters’ co-host of “The Today Show.”
  • DJ Kay Slay – Aged 55 years. American DJ & record executive.
April 18, 2022
  • Sid Mark – Aged 88 years. Syndicated radio host of “Sunday with Sinatra.”
April 19, 2022
  • Brad Ashford – Aged 72 years. US congressman from Nebraska.
  • Garland Boyette – Aged 82 years. All-star linebacker for the Houston Oilers.
  • Freeman Williams – Aged 65 years. 2X NCAA season scoring leader who appeared in “White Men Can’t Jump.”
  • Kane Tanaka – Aged 119 years. World’s oldest person since 2018.
April 20, 2022
  • Robert Morse – Aged 90 years. Emmy and Tony-winning actor seen in AMC’s “Mad Men.”
  • Guitar Shorty – Aged 87 years. Blues guitarist/singer credited with influencing both Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Guy.
April 21, 2022
April 22, 2022
  • Guy Lafleur – Aged 70 years. Hall of Fame right wing who won 5 Stanley Cups.
April 23, 2022
  • Orrin Hatch – Aged 88 years. Utah senator who was the GOP’s longest-serving in history.
  • John Stofa – Aged 79 years. QB who became the Bengals’ first signed player and thrower of the team’s first touchdown.
  • Arno – Aged 72 years. Belgian singer & actor.
April 24, 2022
  • Richie Moran – Aged 85 years. American Hall of Fame lacrosse player and coach.
April 25, 2022
  • J. Roy Rowland – Aged 96 years. US congressman form Georgia.
  • Andrew Woolfolk – Aged 71 years. Sax player for Earth, Wind, & Fire.
  • Shane Yellowbird – Aged 42 years. Canadian country music singer-songwriter who wrote “Pickup Truck.”
April 26, 2022
  • Klaus Schulze – Aged 74 years. German electronic music pioneer & member of Tangerine Dream.
April 27, 2022
  • Judy Henske – Aged 85 years. American singer & songwriter dubbed “the Queen of the Beatniks.”
  • Bob Elkins – Aged 89 years. Character actor who appeared in “The Coal Miner’s Daughter.”
April 28, 2022
  • Neal Adams – Aged 80 years. Highly influential comic book artist.
April 29, 2022
  • Joanna Barnes – Aged 87 years. TV actress and author of home decorating books.
April 30, 2022
  • Gabe Serbian – Aged 44 years. Acclaimed drummer for extreme metal acts The Locust, Cattle Decapitation, and Head Wound City.

The Short List – March ’22

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Each month, we list the unselected dead celebs we either didn’t have time to report on… or who were just too boring to malign. So in case you were wondering “whatever happened to,” this monthly post may give you some unexpected closure.

March 1, 2022
  • Conrad Janis – Aged 94 years. American film & TV actor who played Midy’s dad on “Mork & Mindy.”
  • Warner Mack – Aged 86 years. Country singer/songwriter with nearly 2 dozen hits from the 50’s to the 80’s.
March 2, 2022
  • Alan Ladd Jr. – Aged 84 years. 20th Century Fox producer who greenlit “Star Wars” and won an Oscar for “Braveheart.”
  • Johnny Brown – Aged 84 years. Singer & actor who played the superintendent on “Good Times” and appeared on just about every black sitcom that came after.
  • John Stahl – Aged 68 years. Scottish actor who played Rickard Karstark on “Game of Thrones.”
  • Tony Walton – Aged 87 years. Tony, Emmy, And Oscar-winning set designer who built the world of “Mary Poppins” and “The Wiz.”
March 3, 2022
  • Tim Considine – Aged 81 years. Actor known for Disney flicks, early seasons of “My Three Sons,” and getting bitch-slapped in “Patton.”
  • Walter Mears – Aged 87 years. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.
March 4, 2022
  • Jimbeau Hinson – Aged 70 years. The Oak Ridge Boys collaborator who wrote the #1 country hit “Fancy Free.”
March 5, 2022
  • Roy Winston – Aged 81 years. Vikings linebacker who played in 4 of their Super Bowl appearances.
March 6, 2022
  • Kenneth Ives – Aged 87 years. British TV actor known best by “Doctor Who” nerds.
March 7, 2022
  • Jeremy Child – Aged 77 years. Titled British actor with small roles in bug films.
March 8, 2022
  • Johnny Grier – Aged 74 years. NFL’s first black referee.
  • Grandpa Elliott – Aged 77 years. NOLA based street musician who became a viral sensation. Also went by the name “Uncle Remus.”
March 9, 2022
  • Jimmy Lydon – Aged 98 years. American actor who got his start in the 30’s.
March 10, 2022
  • Emilio Delgado – Aged 81 years. Fix-it shop owner Luis on “Sesame Street” for 45 years.
March 11, 2022
  • Rupiah Banda – Aged 85 years. 4th President of Zambia
  • Brad Martin – Aged 48 years. Country music singer-songwriter who broke out in the early aughts.
March 12, 2022
  • Traci Braxton – Aged 50 years. Singing sister outshined by her sibling Toni.
March 13, 2022
  • Brent Renaud – Aged 50 years. American documentary filmmaker killed in Ukraine.
March 14, 2022
  • Akira Takarada – Aged 87 years. Japanese actor known for appearing in 6 Godzilla movies.
March 15, 2022
  • Jean Potvin – Aged 72 years. Defenceman for the New York Islanders’ ’80 & ’81 Stanley Cup champion teams.
March 16, 2022
  • Vic Fazio – Aged 79 years. California congressman.
  • Ralph Terry – Aged 86 years. Yankees starting pitcher and 1962 World Series MVP.
March 17, 2022
  • Peter Bowles – Aged 85 years. English stage and television actor.
March 18, 2022
  • Don Young – Aged 88 years. GOP’s longest-serving member of congress, representing Alasks for 49 years.
  • John Clayton – Aged 67 years. Eggheaded sports journalist and ESPN personality.
March 19, 2022
  • Pat Goss – Aged 80 years. TV gearhead who hosted “MotorWeek’s” regular segment “Goss’ Garage.”
March 20, 2022
  • Tom Young – Aged 89 years. NCAA basketball head coach.
March 21, 2022
  • LaShun Pace – Aged 60 years. Gospel singer & evangelist who appeared in “Leap of Faith.”
March 22, 2022
  • Ted Mooney – Aged 70 years. American novelist.
March 23, 2022
  • Madeleine Albright – Aged 84 years. Clinton’s Secretary of State and US ambassador to the UN.
March 24, 2022
  • Gil Stein – Aged 94 years. 5th president of the NHL.
March 25, 2022
  • Keith Martin – Aged 55 years. Hit lovesong writer who penned “Because of You.”
March 26, 2022
  • Jeff Carson – Aged 58 years. American country music artist with a string of hits in the late 90’s & early ’00s.
March 27, 2022
March 28, 2022
  • Marvin J. Chomsky – Aged 92 years. Emmy-winning TV director of “Star Trek” and “Gunsmoke.”
March 29, 2022
  • Paul Herman – Aged 76 years. Actor who regularly played degenerates and greaseballs.
March 30, 2022
  • Nathaniel Ian Wynter – Aged 67 years. Jamaican musician who worked with Bob Marley & the Wailers.
March 31, 2022

The Short List – Feb ’22

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Each month, we list the unselected dead celebs we either didn’t have time to report on… or who were just too boring to malign. So in case you were wondering “whatever happened to,” this monthly post may give you some unexpected closure.

February 1, 2022
  • John Zazula – Aged 69 years. Megaforce Records founder who gave Metallica their big break.
February 2, 2022
  • Bill Fitch – Aged 89 years. Hall of Fame NBA coach.
February 3, 2022
February 4, 2022
  • Ashley Bryan – Aged 98 years. Award-winning writer and illustrator of children’s books.
February 5, 2022
  • No one terribly important passed away on this day.
February 6, 2022
  • George Crumb – Aged 92 years. Pulitzer and Grammy winning avant-garde musician & composer.
February 7, 2022
  • Douglas Trumbull – Aged 79 years. American film director and brains behind special effects seen in “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “Blade Runner.”
February 8, 2022
  • Ricky Hunter – Aged 85 years. WWF jobber also known as The Gladiator.
February 9, 2022
  • Jim Angle – Aged 75 years. Journalist, one of Fox News’ original correspondents.
  • Betty Davis – Aged 77 years. Funk songstress who was once married to Miles and dated Clapton.
  • Ian McDonald – Aged 75 years. Rock musician, founding member of Foreigner and King Crimson.
February 10, 2022
February 11, 2022
  • Mike Rabon – Aged 78 years. Guitarist and vocalist for ’60s hit group The Five Americans.
February 12, 2022
  • Carmen Herrera – Aged 106 years. Internationally renowned abstract minimalist.
February 13, 2022
  • King Louie Bankston – Aged 49 years. Garage rocker and surviving member of The Exploding Hearts.
February 14, 2022
  • Sandy Nelson – Aged 83 years. One of the best-known rock drummers of the early 1960s.
February 15, 2022
  • Bill Robinson – Aged 96 years. Automotive designer who created the Plymouth Fury.
February 16, 2022
  • Roger Rager – Aged 73 years. American pro race driver.
  • Jack Smethurst – Aged 89 years. English television and film comic actor.
February 17, 2022
  • David Brenner – Aged 59 years. Oscar-winning film editor who regularly cut for Oliver Stone, Roland Emmerich, and Zack Snyder.
  • Jim Hagedorn – Aged 59 years. US Congressman for Minnesota’s 1st district.
  • Martin Tolchin – Aged 93 years. American journalist and author, founded ‘The Hill’ and ‘Politico.’
February 18, 2022
  • Lindsey Pearlman – Aged 43 years. American actress known for her roles on General Hospital and Chicago Justice.
February 19, 2022
  • Gary Brooker – Aged 76 years. Founder and lead singer of psychedelic rock band Procol Harum.
  • Emile Francis – Aged 95 years. NHL player, coach, and general manager.
  • Charley Taylor – Aged 80 years. Hall of Fame player & coach for The Washington Redskins.
February 20, 2022
  • Joni James – Aged 91 years. American pop singer who had a #1 hit in 1952.
  • Bob Beckel – Aged 73 years. Political analyst and pundit for both FOX & CNN.
February 21, 2022
  • Ernie Andrews – Aged 94 years. American jazz, blues, and pop singer.
February 22, 2022
  • The Amazing Johnathan – Aged 63 years. Comedian & magician.
  • Mark Lanegan – Aged 57 years. Singer/songwriter for Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age, and Mad Season.
February 23, 2022
  • Ricky Rick – Aged 34 years. Suicidal South African rapper.
February 24, 2022
  • Sally Kellerman – Aged 84 years. Oscar-nominated actress who played Hot Lips in “M*A*S*H” and Thorton Mellon’s love interest in “Back To School.”
  • Ken Burrough – Aged 73 years. 2X Pro Bowl WR for the Houston Oilers.
February 25, 2022
  • Farrah Forke – Aged 54 years. American actress known for roles on “Wings” and “Lois & Clark.”
  • Lionel James – Aged 59 years. Chargers RB who set NFL records for receiving yards by a running back and all-purpose yardage.
  • Dick Versace – Aged 81 years. First Puerto Rican NBA coach.
February 26, 2022
  • Snootie Wild – Aged 36 years. Another rapping bullet magnet.
  • Ralph Ahn – Aged 95 years. Old Korean actor who often played old Korean men.
February 27, 2022
  • Veronica Carlson – Aged 77 years. British actress regularly cast in gothic horror films.
  • Ned Eisenberg – Aged 65 years. Film & TV actor regularly seen on “Law & Order: SVU.”
  • Nick Zedd – Aged 63 years. Artsy wierdo.
February 28, 2022
  • Kirk Baily – Aged 59 years. Actor who played camp counsellor ‘Ug’ Lee on Nickelodeon’s “Salute Your Shorts.”
  • Abuzed Omar Dorda – Aged 77 years. Former Prime Minister of Libya.

The Short List – Jan ’22

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Each month, we list the unselected dead celebs we either didn’t have time to report on… or who were just too boring to malign. So in case you were wondering “whatever happened to,” this monthly post may give you some unexpected closure.

January 1, 2022
  • Dan Reeves – Aged 77 years. NFL RB & coach who saw 9 Super Bowls.
  • Max Julien – Aged 88 years. Blaxploitation film actor who starred in “The Mack.”
January 2, 2022
  • Traxamillion – Aged 42 years. Rapper & hip-hop record producer.
January 3, 2022
  • Jay Wolpert – Aged 79 years. Producer for “The Price is Right” and screenwriter for the Pirates of the Carribean movies.
January 4, 2022
  • Tommy Matchick – Aged 78 years. Infielder for Detroit’s ’68 World Series winning team.
  • Joan Copeland – Aged 99 years. American stage & screen actress.
January 5, 2022
  • Ralph Neely – Aged 78 years. All-pro & Pro Bowl O-lineman for the Cowboys.
  • Kim Mi-soo – Aged 29 years. South Korean Actress seen in the Disney+ series “Snowdrop.”.
January 6, 2022
  • Peter Bogdanovich – Aged 82 years. Oscar nominated director of “The Last Picture Show,” “Paper Moon,” and “Mask.”
  • Calvin Simon – Aged 79 years. Singer for Parliament & Funkadelic.
  • Sidney Poitier – Aged 94 years. Oscar-winning black actor.
January 7, 2022
  • Dee Booher – Aged 73 years. GLOW wrestler and actress.
  • Mark Forest – Aged 89 years. Bodybuilder and actor from 60’s gladiator movies.
January 8, 2022
  • Michael Lang – Aged 77 years. Promoter & producer for all 3 Woodstock Music Festivals.
January 9, 2022
  • Dwayne Hickman – Aged 87 years. TV actor who played the title role on “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.”
January 10, 2022
  • Don Maynard – Aged 86 years. Hall of Fame WR for the Jets’ Super Bowl III team.
January 11, 2022
  • Ernest Shonekan – Aged 85 years. 9th Nigerian head of State.
  • Phil Samis – Aged 94 years. Last surviving member of the Maple Leafs’ 1948 Stanley Cup team.
January 12, 2022
  • Ronnie Spector – Aged 78 years. Lead singer of The Ronettes, Phil’s Ex.
January 13, 2022
  • CPO Boss Hogg – Aged 52 years. Late 90’s Compton rapper & N.W.A. hangaround.
January 14, 2022
  • Dallas Frazier – Aged 82 years. Country musician and songwriter who wrote “Elvira.”

 

 

January 15, 2022
  • Ralph Emery – Aged 88 years. TV & radio personality referred to as “the Dick Clark of country music.”
  • Joe B. Hall – Aged 93 years. NCAA HOF men’s basketball coach for the University of Kentucky.
January 16, 2022
  • Charles McGee – Aged 102 years. The last surviving member of The Tuskegee Airmen.
January 17, 2022
  • Yvette Mimieux – Aged 80 years. Blonde actress from “The Time Machine” and “The Black Hole.”
January 18, 2022
  • Lusia Harris – Aged 66 years. First and only woman ever officially drafted
  • Dick Halligan – Aged 78 years. Grammy winning musician, founding member of Blood Sweat & Tears.
January 19, 2022
  • Hardy Krüger – Aged 93 years. Actor who seemingly played only German soldiers in war movies for 60 years.
  • Gaspard Ulliel – Aged 37 years. French actor who played Hannibal Lecter in “Hannibal Rising.”
  • Bob Goalby – Aged 92 years. Pro golfer, Masters Tournament winner
January 20, 2022
  • Elza Soares – Aged 91 years. Exiled Brazilian singer.
January 21, 2022
  • Clark Gillies – Aged 67 years. NHL hall of famer, 4X Stanley Cup winner with the NY Islanders.
January 22, 2022
  • Kathryn Kates – Aged 73 years. TV actress seen in a few episodes of “Seinfeld.”
January 23, 2022
  • Thierry Mugler – Aged 73 years. French fashion designer for popstars & A-listers.
  • Beegie Adair – Aged 84 years. American jazz pianist & bandleader.
January 24, 2022
January 25, 2022
  • Fredrik Johansson – Aged 47 years. Guitar player for Sweden’s Dark Dranquility.
January 26, 2022
  • Morgan Stevens – Aged 70 years. TV actor seen in “The Waltons” and “Melrose Place.”
  • Bud Brown – Aged 94 years. Ohio congressman & former Reagan administration cabinet member.
  • Moses J. Moseley – Aged 31 years. TV actor seen as a jaw-less pet walker on “The Walking Dead.”
January 27, 2022
  • Gene Clines – Aged 75 years. Outfielder for the Pirtes’ ’71 World Series Champion team.
January 28, 2022
  • Donald May – Aged 94 years. American TV actor who starred in soaps & westerns.
January 29, 2022
  • Howard Hesseman – Aged 81 years. Film & TV actor who played WKRP’s Dr. Johnny Fever.
January 30, 2022
January 31, 2022
  • Carleton Carpenter – Aged 95 years. Stage & screen actor known for musical numbers with Debbie Reynolds .
  • Robert Wall – Aged 82 years. American martial artist and actor who appeared in several Bruce Lee & Chuck norris films.

Roll on ’22

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God luck & good speed –
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The Short List – December ’21

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Each month, we list the unselected dead celebs we either didn’t have time to report on… or who were just too boring to malign. So in case you were wondering “whatever happened to,” this monthly post may give you some unexpected closure.

December 1, 2021
  • Grand Jojo – Aged 85 years. Belgian singer-songwriter with a ridiculous stage name.
December 2, 2021
  • Darlene Hard – Aged 85 years. American pro tennis player with multiple singles & doubles championship titles.
December 3, 2021
  • Claude Humphrey – Aged 77 years. Hall of Fame NFL defensive end for the Falcons & the Eagles.
December 4, 2021
  • Stonewall Jackson – Aged 89 years. Country musician from the 50’s-60’s golden era of honky tonk.
December 5, 2021
  • Bill Glass – Aged 86 years. 4X Pro-bowl defensive end for the Cleveland Browns.
December 6, 2021
  • Kåre Willoch – Aged 93 years. 30th prime minister of Norway.
December 7, 2021
  • NAME – Aged 64 years. Musician & author dubbed “the Godfather of hip hop journalism.”
December 8, 2021
  • Robbie Shakespeare – Aged 68 years. Jamaican musician and session bassist.
  • Gil Bridges – Aged 80 years. Sax player for Detroit rockers Rare Earth.
  • Blackjack Lanza – Aged 86 years. Pro wrestler, one-half of tag team The Blackjacks.
  • Barry Harris – Aged 91 years. American jazz pianist, bandleader, & bebop proponent.
  • Ralph Tavares – Aged 79 years. Vocalist for family R&B/soul/disco act Tavares.
December 9, 2021
  • Al Unser – Aged 82 years. Pro racing driver, 4X Indy 500 champ.
  • Demaryius Thomas – Aged 33 years. 4X Pro Bowl RB for Denver’s Super Bowl 50 team.
  • Larry Sellers – Aged 72 years. Native American actor from “Dr. Quinn, medicine Woman.”
  • Carmen Salinas – Aged 82 years. Mexican actress turned politician.
  • Cara Williams – Aged 96 years. Oscar & Emmy-nominated American film & TV actress.
December 10, 2021
  • Les Emmerson – Aged 77 years. Singer/guitarist for Five Man Electrical Band who originally wrote Tesla’s hit “Signs.”
December 11, 2021
  • Anne Rice – Aged 80 years. American author who penned “The Vampire Chronicles”.
  • Manuel Santana – Aged 83 years. US Open & Wimbeldon winning tennis player.
  • Jack Hedley – Aged 92 years. British actor who appeared in “For Your Eyes Only.”
December 12, 2021
  • Roland Hemond – Aged 92 years. GM and award-winning executive for multiple MLB teams.
  • Vicente Fernández – Aged 81 years. Grammy-winning Mexican musician and cultural icon.
  • James Guffney – Aged 39 years. TNA Pro wrestler known by the ring name “Jimmy Rave.”
December 13, 2021
  • Joe Simon – Aged 85 years. Grammy-winning R&B musician & vocalist.
  • Blackberri – Aged 76 years. Gay black wierdo.
December 14, 2021
  • Ken Kragen – Aged 85 years. Music manager & producer who organized We Are the World and Hands Across America.
December 15, 2021
  • Len Hauss – Aged 79 years. 5X Pro-bowl center for the Washington Redskins… yes, the fukking REDSKINS.
  • Wanda Young – Aged 78 years. Lead singer of Motown’s The Marvelettes.
  • Bridget Hanley – Aged 80 years. TV actress with featured roles on “Here Come the Brides” and “Harper Valley PTA.”
December 16, 2021
  • George Gekas – Aged 91 years. Pennsylvania Congressman fror 20 years.
  • Hub – Aged 62 years. Original bass player for The Roots.
  • Alan B. Scott – Aged 89 years. Inventor of Botox.
December 17, 2021
  • Harry Jacobs – Aged 84 years. All-star linebacker for the Bills.
December 18, 2021
  • Kangol Kid – Aged 55 years. American hip hop producer, songwriter, break dancer, and emcee.
December 19, 2021
  • Drakeo the Ruler – Aged 28 years. Another dipsh!t rap star.
  • Sally Ann Howes – Aged 91 years. Stage, screen, & TV actress over 6 ecades, played Truly Scrumptious in “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.”
  • Billy Conway – Aged 65 years. Drummer for Morphine.
  • Nicholas Georgiade – Aged 88 years. Actor who was Agent Rico Rossi on TV’s “The Untouchables.”
December 20, 2021
December 21, 2021
  • Anthony Williams – Aged 90 years. Steel pan musician also known as “Muffman.”
December 22, 2021
December 23, 2021
December 24, 2021
  • JD Crowe – Aged 84 years. American banjo player and bluegrass band leader.
December 25, 2021
  • Candy Palmater – Aged 53 years. Canadian comedian & actress seen on “Trailer Park Boys.”
December 26, 2021
December 27, 2021
  • Bruce Davis – Aged 65 years. NFL lineman for the Raiders early-80’s Super Bowl teams.
December 28, 2021
December 29, 2021
December 30, 2021
  • Sam Jones – Aged 88 years. Hall of Fame NBA guard with 10 championship rings.
December 31, 2021
  • Fred Cone – Aged 95 years. NFL fullback & placekicker and Packers’ Hall of Famer.

 

 

 

 

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