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.”.