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.