The Short List – Oct ’20

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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.

October 1, 2020
  • Murray Schisgal – Aged 93 years. American playwright and Oscar nominated screenwriter (“Tootsie.”)
October 2, 2020
  • Howard S. Feldman – Aged 92 years. Academy Award nominated producer (“Witness”) who also also gave us some classic stinkers (“The Golden Child” & “Hot Dog… The Movie.”)
October 3, 2020
  • Charlie Haeger – Aged 37 years. MLB knuckleball pitcher who went a little cuckoo.
  • Thomas Jefferson Byrd – Aged 70 years. Actor, Tony Award winner, and frequent Spike Lee colaborator.
October 4, 2020
  • Clark Middleton – Aged 63 years. American actor best known for his supporting roles in “Kill Bill: Vol. 2,” “Sin City,” and “The Blacklist.”
  • Kenzō Takada – Aged 81 years. Japanese-French fashion designer & COVID case.
October 5, 2020
  • Margaret Nolan – Aged 76 years. Bond girl who got the paint job in “Goldfinger.”
October 6, 2020
  • Johnny Nash – Aged 80 years. American singer-songwriter best known for “I Can See Clearly Now”.
October 7, 2020
  • Tom Kennedy – Aged 93 years. Host of multiple TV game shows, most notably “Name That Tune.”
October 8, 2020
  • Brian Locking – Aged 81 years. English musician, bassist for The Wildcats and The Shadows.
October 9, 2020
  • Pierre Kezdy – Aged 58 years. American punk bassist known for work with Pegboy and Naken Raygun.
October 10, 2020
  • Kent L. Wakeford – Aged 92 years. American cinematographer who shot Martin Scorsese’s earliest films.
October 11, 2020
  • Louis Carter – Aged 67 years. NFL RB who threw the Buccaneers’ first franchise TD.
October 12, 2020
  • Conchata Ferrell – Aged 77 years. TV actress who played Berta the housekeeper for all twelve seasons of “Two and a Half Men”
October 13, 2020
October 14, 2020
  • Rhonda Fleming – Aged 94 years. Red-headed sexpot dubbed “The Queen of Technicolor” for a string of film roles in the 50’s and 60’s.

 

October 15, 2020
  • Joan Barnett – Aged 74 years. Award winning TV producer who brought us “The Burning Bed.”
October 16, 2020
  • Gordon Haskell – Aged 74 years. British musician, songwriter, & bassist who was in King Crimson for a minute.
  • Johnny Bush – Aged 85 years. Singer/songwriter nicknamed “Country Caruso” who wrote the Willie Nelson hit “Whiskey River.”
October 17, 2020
October 18, 2020
  • René Felber – Aged 87 years. Former president of Switzerland.
October 19, 2020
  • Spencer Davis – Aged 81 years. Founder of the 1960s beat band The Spencer Davis Group… who asked you to “Gimmie Some Lovin.”
October 20, 2020
  • Bill Mathis – Aged 81 years. Running back for the 1969 AFL World Champion Jets.
October 21, 2020
  • Marge Champion – Aged 101 years. Song & dance broad who Disney modeled for animated flicks.
  • Viola Smith – Aged 107 years. One of the first female professional drummers, appeared on film & TV in the 40’s-70’s.
October 22, 2020
  • William Blinn – Aged 83 years. Award winning screenwriter that brought us “Brian’s Song,” “Roots,” “Purple Rain,” and “Starsky & Hutch.”
October 23, 2020
  • Matt Blair – Aged 70 years. 6X Pro-bowler linebacker who spent his career in Minnesota.
October 24, 2020
  • Prince Azim of Brunei – Aged 38 years. Film producer and fourth in line to succeed the throne of Brunei.
October 25, 2020
  • Lee Kun-hee – Aged 78 years. Long-time chairman for Samsung and richest man in South Korea.
  • Johnny Leeze – Aged 78 years. British soap opera actor known for roles on “Emmerdale” and “Coronation Street.”
October 26, 2020
  • Stan Kesler – Aged 92 years. Songwriter, musician, & producer who worked with Elvis & Jerry Lee Lewis.
October 27, 2020
  • Jimmy Orr – Aged 85 years. NFL WR & top Unitas target.
October 28, 2020
    li>Leanza Cornett – Aged 49 years. Actress, TV personality, and Miss America 1993.
  • Ray Blacklock – Aged 65 years. Australian rugby “legend,” some say.
  • Bobby Ball – Aged 76 years. English comedian, actor, and singer from “The Cannon and Ball Show.”
October 29, 2020
  • Travis Roy – Aged 45 years. Author and philanthropist who empowered paraplegics and quadriplegics.
October 30, 2020
  • Herb Adderley – Aged 81 years. NFL cornerback and only player to appear in four of the first six Super Bowls.
October 31, 2020