The Short List – June ’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.

June 1, 2022
  • Barry Sussman – Aged 87 years. WAPO editor who helped break the Watergate story.
June 2, 2022
  • Hal Bynum – Aged 87 years. Award-winning outlaw country songwriter.
June 3, 2022
  • Larry Hillman – Aged 85 years. Canadian defenceman & coach whose name was engraved on the Stanley Cup 6 times.
  • Ken Kelly – Aged 76 years. Artist whose work was often featured on heavy metal album covers.
  • John Porter – Aged 87 years. 21 year Illinois congressman.
  • Ann Turner Cook – Aged 95 years. The kid seen on Gerber baby food packaging since 1931.
June 4, 2022
  • John Cooksey – Aged 80 years. Louisiana eye doctor turned congressman.
June 5, 2022
  • Trouble – Aged 34 years. Another stupid dead rapper.
June 6, 2022
  • Jim Seals – Aged 80 years. The Seals of 70’s soft rockers Seals & Crofts.
  • Eric Nesterenko – Aged 88 years. NHL All-star Center who appeared in “Youngblood.”
  • Brother Jed – Aged 79 years. Confrontational evangelist.
June 7, 2022
June 8, 2022
  • Rocky Freitas – Aged 76 years. Pro-bowl offensive tackle for the Lions.
June 9, 2022
  • Julee Cruise – Aged 65 years. Singer/actress seen in all the Twin Peaks stuff.
  • Don Perkins – Aged 84 years. 3X All-Pro and 6X Pro Bowl NFL fullback.
  • Matt Zimmerman – Aged 87 years. Canadian actor who voiced Alan Tracy on “Thunderbirds.”
June 10, 2022
  • Baxter Black – Aged 77 years. Writer and radio personality whose whole life revolved around being a cowboy.
June 11, 2022
  • George Weyerhaeuser – Aged 95 years. Kidnapped victim at the center of an FBI investigation in the 30’s.
June 12, 2022
June 13, 2022
  • Carlos Ortiz – Aged 85 years. Int’l Boxing Hall of Famer who held world titles at 2 weight classes.
June 14, 2022
  • Ondrej Rigo – Aged 66 years. Slovak serial killer and necrophiliac.
June 15, 2022
  • Maureen Arthur – Aged 88 years. American film, television, and stage actress.
June 16, 2022
  • Mike Pratt – Aged 73 years. NCAA Basketball head coach turned sportscaster.
June 17, 2022
  • Jean-Louis Trintignant – Aged 91 years. Award-winning french actor known by cinephiles for his work in “Z.”
June 18, 2022
  • Mark Shields – Aged 85 years. DNC fanboy who regularly appeared on PBS & CNN panel shows that nobody really watched.
June 19, 2022
  • Brett Tuggle – Aged 70 years. Keyboardist for Fleetwood Mac and David Lee Roth.
  • Tim White – Aged 68 years. WWE referee whose Hell in a Cell appearance became the impetus for the bizarre Lunchtime Suicide storyline.
June 20, 2022
  • Caleb Swanigan – Aged 25 years. Power forward for the Portland Trailblazers.
June 21, 2022
  • James Rado – Aged 90 years. Grammy-winning musician behind the catchy tunes of “Hair.”
  • Dragan Tomić – Aged 86 years. Former president of Serbia and accessory to genocide.
June 22, 2022
  • Bruton Smith – Aged 95 years. Billionaire NASCAR track owner.
June 23, 2022
  • Bernard Belle – Aged 57 years. R&B songwriter & producer who created hits for Michael Jackson, Bobby Brown, & Patti LaBelle.
June 24, 2022
June 25, 2022
  • Sam Gilliam – Aged 88 years. American abstract artist.
June 26, 2022
  • Mary Mara – Aged 61 years. Actress seen mostly on primetime TV dramas like ER, Law & Order, & Nash bridges.
June 27, 2022
  • Marlin Briscoe – Aged 76 years. Pro football’s first starting Quarterblack.
June 28, 2022
June 29, 2022
  • Sonny Barger – Aged 83 years. Outlaw biker, author, co-founder of The Hell’s Angels.
  • Jim Pappin – Aged 82 years. 2x Stanley Cup winning Maple Leaf.
June 30, 2022
  • Vladimir Zelenko – Aged 48 years. Dubious physician who concocted the Trump-touted “Zelenko Protocol.”

 

 

 

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