The Short List – Sept ’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.

September 1, 2022
  • Earnie Shavers – Aged 78 years. Hard-hitting heavyweight pro boxer with 69 knockout wins.
September 2, 2022
  • Drummie Zeb – Aged 62 years. Drummer and lead singer for British reggae band Aswad.
September 3, 2022
  • Herbert Kohler Jr. – Aged 83 years. Billionaire executive chairman of a Wisconsin plumbing empire.
September 4, 2022
  • Art Rosenbaum – Aged 83 years. Grammy-winning artist, musician, and folklorist.
  • Peter Straub – Aged 79 years. Award-winning horror novelist.
September 5, 2022
  • Mark Littell – Aged 69 years. 82′ World Series-winning pitcher and inventor of the Nutty Buddy package protector.
September 6, 2022
  • Guy Morriss – Aged 71 years. NFL center who became head coach at Kentucky & Baylor.
  • Just Jaeckin – Aged 82 years. French film director who started the “Emmanuelle” softcore film franchise.
September 7, 2022
  • Lance Mackey – Aged 52 years. 4 time Iditarod sled dog racing champion.
  • Bernard Shaw – Aged 82 years. Journalist who was CNN’s guy on the ground during the first Gulf War.
  • Marsha Hunt – Aged 104 years. Blacklisted Hollywood actress whose career spanned 9 decades.
September 8, 2022
  • Sonny West – Aged 85 years. Songwriter & musician who co-wrote Buddy Holly’s biggest hits.
  • LaDeva Davis – Aged 78 years. Host of PBS’s “What’s Cooking?”
September 9, 2022
  • Jack Ging – Aged 90 years. Actor seen in Eastwood flicks and lotsa shi++y TV shows.
  • Shelby Jordan – Aged 70 years. O-lineman for the Raiders’ ’83 Super Bowl Champs.
September 10, 2022
September 11, 2022
September 12, 2022
  • PnB Rock – Aged 30 years. Another dumbass rapper.
  • Ramsey Lewis – Aged 87 years. American jazz composer, pianist, and radio personality with 5 gold records and 3 Grammys to his name.

 

 

 

September 13, 2022
  • Ken Starr – Aged 76 years. Lawyer who authored The Starr Report, which precipitated Bill Clinton’s impeachment.
  • Fred Franzia – Aged 79 years. American winemaker who brought you the Charles Shaw brand, better known as “Two-Buck Chuck.”
  • Jean-Luc Godard – Aged 91 years. Highly influential French-Swiss film director.
September 14, 2022
  • Irene Papas – Aged 93 years. Award-winning Greek actress and Marlon Brando’s girlfriend.
  • Bill Pearl – Aged 91 years. American bodybuilder & 5-time Mr. Universe.
September 15, 2022
  • John Stearns – Aged 71 years. 4X All-star catcher for the Mets.
September 16, 2022
  • Marva Hicks – Aged 66 years. American R&B singer and actress.
September 17, 2022
  • Maarten Schmidt – Aged 92 years. Astronomer whose mug once made the cover of Time Magazine for discovering quasars.
September 18, 2022
  • Nobody especially famous.
September 19, 2022
  • Maury Wills – Aged 89 years. 7X All-star shortstop with 3 World Series rings.
September 20, 2022
September 21, 2022
  • Anton Fier – Aged 66 years. American drummer, producer, composer, and bandleader.
September 22, 2022
  • Stu Allan – Aged 60 years. British dance music DJ and producer.
September 23, 2022
  • Louise Fletcher – Aged 88 years. Oscar-winning actress who played Nurse Ratched in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”
September 24, 2022
September 25, 2022
  • James Florio – Aged 85 years. Former congressman and 49th governor of New Jersey.
September 26, 2022
  • Mark Souder – Aged 72 years. Disgraced Indiana congressman.
September 27, 2022
September 28, 2022
  • Bill Plante – Aged 84 years. CBS News’ White House correspondent for 3 decades.
September 29, 2022
  • Al Primo – Aged 87 years. American television news executive who was credited with creating the Eyewitness News format.
September 30, 2022
  • Héctor López – Aged 93 years. 2× World Series champion outfielder for the Yankees.