The Short List – Mar ’20

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Here we list the unselected celebs we either didn’t have time for… 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, 2020
  • Jack Welch – Aged 84 years. Former Chairman & CEO of General Electric.
March 3, 2020
  • Bobbie Battista – Aged 67 years. Peabody Award winning documentarian and CNN newscaster.
  • Roscoe Born – Aged 69 years. Emmy nominated soap opera arch-villain.
March 4, 2020
March 6, 2020
  • Henri Richard – Aged 84 years. 11 time Stanley cup winning Canadian hockey player.
  • McCoy Tyner – Aged 81 years. Jazz pianist known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet.
March 14, 2020
  • Phil Phillips – Aged 94 years. Singer/songwriter best known for his 1959 song, “Sea of Love”.
March 17, 2020
  • Lyle Waggoner – Aged 84 years. TV actor, main cast member of “The Carol Burnett Show.”.
March 18, 2020
  • Alfred Worden – Aged 88 years. Astronaut, first deep-space EVA-er.
March 20, 2020
  • P.K. Banerjee – Aged 83 years. Indian soccer player, recipient of FIFA’s highest honor.
  • Borislav Stanković – Aged 94 years. Serbian player/coach who allowed NBA players into the Olympics.
March 22, 2020
  • Eric Weissberg – Aged 80 years. Multi-instrumentalist best known for “Dueling banjos.”
  • Daniel Pilarczyk – Aged 85 years. Roman Catholic Archbishop from 1982 to 2009.
March 24, 2020
  • Terrence McNally – Aged 81 years. Award winning playwright known as “The Bard of American Theater.”.
  • Stuart Gordon – Aged 72 years. Horror film writer/director behind “Re-Animator.”
March 25, 2020
  • Mark Blum – Aged 69 years. Stage & screen actor seen in “Crocodile Dundee” and “Desperately Seeking Susan.”
  • William Bartholomay – Aged 91 years. MLB team owner who brought the Braves to Atlanta.
March 26, 2020
  • Jimmy Wynn – Aged 78 years. All-star Houston outfielder nicknamed “The Toy Cannon.”
  • Fred “Curly” Neal – Aged 77 years. Featured ball-handler for the Harlem Globetrotters and cartoon character.
March 27, 2020
  • Hamed Karoui – Aged 92 years. Former Tunisian head of state.
March 28, 2020
  • John Callahan – Aged 66 years. Actor & TV personality known for roles on “All My Children” and various other soaps.
  • Tom Coburn – Aged 72 years. Conservative State Rep and Senator from Oklahoma dubbed “Dr. No” by Dems.
  • Jan Howard – Aged 91 years. American country music singer, songwriter, author, and producer.
  • David Schramm – Aged 73 years. Actor known best for a recurring role on “Wings”.
March 29, 2020
  • Alan Merrill – Aged 69 years. Musician who originally wrote/recorded “I Love Rock & Roll.”
  • Ken Shimura – Aged 70 years. Comedian referred to as “the Japanese Robin Williams.”
  • Krzysztof Penderecki – Aged 86 years. Polish composer/conductor whose work was used in “The Exorcist” and “The Shining.”