The Short List – Jan ’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.

January 1, 2021
  • Floyd Little – Aged 78 years. Pro-bowl running back for the Denver Broncos.
  • Mark Eden – Aged 92 years. British soap star & film actor.
January 2, 2021
  • Paul Westphal – Aged 70 years. American basketball player, head coach, and commentator.
  • Kerry Vincent – Aged 75 years. TV personality and baker seen on Food Network shows.
January 3, 2021
  • Gerry Marsden – Aged 78 years. English singer-songwriter, leader of the Merseybeat band Gerry and the Pacemakers.
  • Eric Jerome Dickey – Aged 59 years. Crime novel author.
January 4, 2021
  • Albert Roux – Aged 85 years. French restaurateur/chef.
  • Tom Acker – Aged 90 years. Right-handed relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Redlegs.
  • Gregory Sierra – Aged 83 years. TV actor known for roles on “Barney Miller” and “Sandord & Son.”
January 5, 2021
  • John Richardson – Aged 86 years. English male lead in several Italian genre films.
January 6, 2021
  • Bobby Few – Aged 85 years. American jazz pianist and vocalist.
January 7, 2021
  • Marion Ramsey – Aged 73 years. Actress known for playing Hooks, the soft spoken black officer in 6 “Police Academy” movies.
  • Michael Apted – Aged 79 years. British filmmaker, director of “The Coal Miners Daughter.”
January 8, 2021
  • Steve Carver – Aged 75 years. American film director who gave us “Big Bad Mama.”
  • Ed Bruce – Aged 81 years. American country music singer/songwriter who wrote “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys.”
January 9, 2021
  • John Reilly – Aged 86 years. Career Soap opera actor.
January 10, 2021
January 11, 2021
January 12, 2021
  • Tim Lester – Aged 52 years. NFL running back.
  • Fred Levin – Aged 83 years. Florida attorney known for diligence against the tobacco industry.
January 13, 2021
  • Tim Bogert – Aged 76 years. Bassist for Vanilla Fudge and collaborator with Carmine Appice & Jeff Beck.
  • Sylvain Sylvain – Aged 69 years. Guitar player for The New York Dolls.

 

January 14, 2021
  • Peter Mark Richman – Aged 93 years. American bit part actor who appeared in over 30 films and 130 television series.
January 15, 2021
  • Lệ Thu – Aged 77 years. Vietnamese singer.
January 16, 2021
January 17, 2021
  • Sammy Nestico – Aged 96 years. American composer and arranger.
January 18, 2021
  • Jimmie Rodgers – Aged 87 years. Country & Western singer popular in the 50’s & 60’s.
  • Don Sutton – Aged 75 years. MLB pitcher seventh on the all-time strikeout list (3,574.)
January 19, 2021
  • Mark Wilson – Aged 91 years. Author and TV’s first magician/illusionist.
January 20, 2021
  • Ted Thompson – Aged 68 years. Big cheese with the Green Bat Packers.
  • Mira Furlan – Aged 65 years. Croatian actress who was a regular on “Lost.”
January 21, 2021
  • Randy Parton – Aged 67 years. Singer/songwriter, musician, and Dolly’s lil’ bro.
January 22, 2021
  • Tony Jones – Aged 54 years. Offensive tackle who started in 2 Super Bowls with the Broncos.
  • James Purify – Aged 76 years. Half of R&B singing duo James & Bobby Purify.
January 23, 2021
  • J.D. Power III – Aged 89 years. Businessman & founder of auto industry influencer.
  • Hal Holbrook – Aged 95 years. Veteran, award-winning actor and Mark Twain impersonator.
January 24, 2021
  • George Armstrong – Aged 90 years. Canadian pro hockey player & Hall of Fame’er.
  • Sonny Fox – Aged 95 years. Broadcaster, host of the kids TV show “Wonderama.”
January 25, 2021
  • Marie Harmon – Aged 97 years. Golden Age of Hollywood actress known for Westerns.
January 26, 2021
  • Sekou Smith – Aged 48 years. NBA reporter and analyst.
January 27, 2021
  • Goddess Bunny – Aged 61 years. Crippled tranny freakshow, actress.
January 28, 2021
January 29, 2021
  • John Chaney – Aged 89 years. American Hall of Fame college basketball coach.
  • Hilton Valentine – Aged 77 years. English guitarist for The Animals.
January 30, 2021
  • Sophie – Aged 34 years. Transsexual electronic pop musician and producer.
  • Marc Wilmore – Aged 57 years. Cast member of TV’s “In living Color” and writer for “The Simpsons.”
January 31, 2021
  • Mark Beard – Aged 72 years. NASCAR driver and team owner of Beard Motorsports.

 

 

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