The Short List – Sept ’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.

September 1, 2020
  • Ian Mitchell – Aged 62 years. Bass player for Scottish teen rockers The Bay City Rollers
September 2, 2020
  • Tootie Robbins – Aged 62 years. 12 year NFL lineman, mostly for the Cardinals.
September 3, 2020
  • Irving Kanarek – Aged 100 years. American criminal defense lawyer for Charles Manson and Onion Field kidnapper Jimmy Lee Smith.
September 4, 2020
  • Gary Peacock – Aged 84 years. Renowned Jazz bass player.
September 5, 2020
  • Smokey Gaines – Aged 78 years. Harlem Globetrotter and NCAA coach.
September 6, 2020
  • Bruce Williamson – Aged 49 years. American R&B and soul singer and a onetime lead singer for The Temptations.
  • Kevin Dobson – Aged 77 years. American TV drama actor who starred in “Kojak” and “Knots Landing.”
September 7, 2020
  • Xavier Ortiz – Aged 48 years. Mexican actor, singer, television host, and suicide case.
September 8, 2020
  • Ronald Harwood – Aged 85 years. Oscar winning screenwriter and playwright.
September 9, 2020
  • Ronald Bell – Aged 68 years. Musician, co-founding member of Kool & the Gang.
September 10, 2020
September 11, 2020
  • Toots Hibbert – Aged 77 years. Jamaican singer/songwriter who fronted the reggae/ska band Toots and the Maytals.
September 12, 2020
  • Jack Murphy – Aged 83 years. Surfer, murderer, and minister who was involved in the biggest jewel heist in American history.
September 13, 2020
  • John Ferris – Aged 71 years. Us Olympic swim team bronze medalist and one time world record-holder.
September 14, 2020
  • Al Kasha – Aged 83 years. American songwriter and 2X Oscar winner.
September 15, 2020
  • Momčilo Krajišnik – Aged 75 years. Former Bosnian head of state and convicted war criminal.
September 16, 2020
September 17, 2020
  • Winston Groom – Aged 77 years. Novelist who wrote “Forrest Gump.”
September 18, 2020
  • Mike Tilleman – Aged 76 years. NFL defensive tackle and big deal in Montana.
September 19, 2020
  • John Turner – Aged 91 years. Career politician and 17th prime minister of Canada.
September 20, 2020
  • Michael Chapman – Aged 84 years. American cinematographer and director.
September 21, 2020
  • Ron Cobb – Aged 83 years. Sci-fi production designer who created time machine & spaceships in “Back to the Future,” “Star Wars,” and “Alien.”
  • Roy Head – Aged 79 years. American singer best known for his hit “Treat Her Right”
  • Bob Nevin – Aged 82 years. Canadian NHL player known for his stint with the NY Rangers.

    • Michael Lonsdale – Aged 89 years. Brit/French actor who starred as Bond villain Hugo Drax in “Moonraker.”

  • Tommy DeVito – Aged 92 years. Singer & founding member of The Four Seasons.
September 22, 2020
    Bob Atkins – Aged 74 years. NFL defensive back for the Houston Oilers.
September 23, 2020
  • Gale Sayers – Aged 77 years. Elusive halfback/return specialist for the Bears and NFL Hall of Famer.
  • W.S. Holland – Aged 85 years. Drummer for Sun Records’ “Million Dollar Quartet” sessions that backed Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash
September 24, 2020
  • Paul Pettit – Aged 88 years. MLB pitcher for the Pirates and baseball’s 1st 6-figure bonus baby.
September 25, 2020
September 26, 2020
  • Jay Johnstone – Aged 74 years. 2X World Series winning MLB outfielder.
September 27, 2020
  • Kevin Burns – Aged 65 years. Award winning TV producer responsible for more than 800 hours of programming.
September 28, 2020
  • Jackie Dennis – Aged 77 years. Scottish singer and child actor known as The Kilted Choirboy.
September 29, 2020
September 30, 2020
  • John Russell – Aged 100 years. Olympic equestrian and horse’s ass.
  • Sweet Lou Johnson – Aged 86 years. MLB outfielder and 1965 World Series champ.

 

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