______ Passed Away Today, RIP (1 Viewer)

[Tom Servo]

Wrestling icon Danny Hodge passed away on Christmas Day at age 88.

 

[Corporation]

Wrestling icon Danny Hodge passed away on Christmas Day at age 88.

Another wrestler passed today in his prime. Brodie Lee, seemed to be well liked by all. RIP. 

 

[Don Quixote]

Phil Niekro - another baseball HOFer taken away in 2020.

 

[simey]

Guitar great Tony Rice died on Chistmas morning. He was one of the greatest flatpickers in bluegrass.  

 

[gianmarco]

Freshman Utah RB dies at 19 years old in accidental shooting

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Freshman Utah RB dies at 19 years old in accidental shooting

This is such sad news.

He accidentally shot himself in the hip.  I suspect he damaged the femoral artery and bled to death.  

R.I.P.  

 

[Corporation]

Phil Niekro - another baseball HOFer taken away in 2020.

Knucksie was my favorite pitcher growing up, second favorite player only to Dale Murphy.  RIP.

 

[Doug B]

Fashion designer Pierre Cardin passed today at age 98.

 

[Eephus]

Alto Reed, long-serving sax player for Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, died of colon cancer at age 72.

 

[Ron Swanson]

Alto Reed, long-serving sax player for Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, died of colon cancer at age 72.

Damn. He's a neighbor and well loved by the community. Had no idea he was sick.

 

[wikkidpissah]

Fashion designer Pierre Cardin passed today at age 98.

All the angels cheered as St Peter cried out "sweaters for everyone!!" when he saw who approached the gates. RIP -

 

[wikkidpissah]

Alto Reed, long-serving sax player for Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, died of colon cancer at age 72.

RIP. turn the page........

 

[Don Quixote]

Aw.... Dawn Wells of COVID.... https://twitter.com/variety/status/1344366394830446594?s=21 

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

Alto Reed, long-serving sax player for Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, died of colon cancer at age 72.

Man that sucks. Dude was all Detroit and pure class

From one fellow MSU Spartan alum to another, and who was way cooler, RIP brother

 

[Tom Servo]

Aw.... Dawn Wells of COVID.... https://twitter.com/variety/status/1344366394830446594?s=21 

Does that mean the entire GI cast is gone now?

 

[Sea Duck]

Aw.... Dawn Wells of COVID.... https://twitter.com/variety/status/1344366394830446594?s=21 

Damn.

For all the talk of the Ginger/Mary Ann dynamic, it was pretty clear that the producers of "Gilligan's Island" realized early on that both women were hotties, because almost every episode has at least one of them in a bathing suit or miniskirt.

 

[Sea Duck]

Does that mean the entire GI cast is gone now?

Ginger lives.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Mary Ann was the bomb.  Enough said.

 

[zamboni]

Going to do a coconut vodka shot in Dawn Wells’ honor.

RIP to a sweet, beautiful character.

 

[Doug B]

Dancer and actor Shabba Doo (Adolfo Quiñones) -- Ozone in the Breakin' movies -- passed today at age 65.

Battle Dance tribute from Breakin'.

 

[zamboni]

Dancer and actor Shabba Doo (Adolfo Quiñones) -- Ozone in the Breakin' movies -- passed today at age 65.

Battle Dance tribute from Breakin'.

He was also part of the dance troupe The Lockers with Fred “Rerun” Berry. Guest appearance on What’s Happening.

 

[TripItUp]

Mary Ann 

it was her or Olivia Newton John that made it move first.

Absolute dime spot 

 

[SFBayDuck]

Dancer and actor Shabba Doo (Adolfo Quiñones) -- Ozone in the Breakin' movies -- passed today at age 65.

Battle Dance tribute from Breakin'.

Awww man.  Eleven year old me put on the parachute pants to go see that movie in the theater, then went home and rolled out the linoleum in the garage and did my best to poorly imitate everything I had just seen.

Ice-T on the mic in that scene, three years before his first album came out.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Does that mean the entire GI cast is gone now?

Mrs. Howell is dead?

 

[DJackson10]

Wrestler Jon Huber AKA Brodie Lee in the Indies and AEW and Luke Harper in WWE died last week do to a Lung issue non covid related. He was 41. A couple of great stories I have and kind of hits home as he started his career locally in Philly with a wrestling based company that just shut down. one of the nicest people I've met remotely famous. No ego and most important was an awesome husband and father to his kids. AEW the company he worked for up to his death are really taking car of his family. There is a T shirt thats about $25 with all proceeds going to help his family at ShopAEW for anyone interested in helping out 

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Mrs. Howell is dead?

Thirty years ago at age 90.  She's no Abe Vigoda.

 

[Corporation]

Wrestler Jon Huber AKA Brodie Lee in the Indies and AEW and Luke Harper in WWE died last week do to a Lung issue non covid related. He was 41. A couple of great stories I have and kind of hits home as he started his career locally in Philly with a wrestling based company that just shut down. one of the nicest people I've met remotely famous. No ego and most important was an awesome husband and father to his kids. AEW the company he worked for up to his death are really taking car of his family. There is a T shirt thats about $25 with all proceeds going to help his family at ShopAEW for anyone interested in helping out 

Yeah I posted about his death last week, seemed to be loved by all those who worked with him.  Very sad.

 

[Westerberg]

RIP MF DOOM

 

 

[rockaction]

RIP MF DOOM

 

Listening now. Madvillainy is considered a hip hop classic as is Mm..Food.

 

[rick6668]

Thirty years ago at age 90.  She's no Abe Vigoda.

Interesting about Schafer:

Schafer was secretive about her age. She reportedly never revealed her true year of birth to her husband during their marriage. For many years, her birth year was generally given as 1912. Few people believed this, yet her actual year of birth of 1900 (which was not discovered until after her death) shocked even her intimate friends. She was reportedly also a breast cancer survivor, which she withheld from her fans and friends.

Also her relationship with Wells: 

Her investments, particularly in real estate, made her a multi-millionaire. Differing sources state that most of this fortune was bequeathed to either her Gilligan's Island co-star Dawn Wells or to care for her dogs. Wells did not comment on that, but she did claim on Vicki Lawrence's talk show Vicki! that Schafer spent her last years living with her,  adding that she essentially had served as Natalie's caretaker during that time.

Dawn was a kind soul and will be missed.

 

[Moe Green]

RIP MF DOOM

 

Yep, that's a sad one. He actually died back in October, but his wife released the news yesterday.

 

[FairWarning]

NFL HOFer Floyd Little.  Nicknamed The Franchise, basically saved the Broncos.

 

[zamboni]

RIP NBA Hall of Fame player and coach Paul Westphal.

 

[James Bond]

NFL HOFer Floyd Little.  Nicknamed The Franchise, basically saved the Broncos.

So sorry to see this. Little was the first real star I can remember from the Broncos. Even when the team sucked, and they did a lot in the sixties, Little was the "man." He was a legit superstar and always a supporter of the team. I saw that he was in hospice a while back so I knew the prognosis wasn't good. RIP Floyd.

 

[FairWarning]

RIP NBA Hall of Fame player and coach Paul Westphal.

Brain cancer, that’s a rough one. He was one of my favs in the 70’s.

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

NFL HOFer Floyd Little.  Nicknamed The Franchise, basically saved the Broncos.

RIP  :(

 

[zamboni]

RIP NBA Hall of Fame player and coach Paul Westphal.

Brain cancer, that’s a rough one. He was one of my favs in the 70’s.

Yes - I enjoyed watching those hardworking ‘70s Suns teams with him, Walter Davis, Alvin Adams, Truck Robinson, etc.

 

[FairWarning]

Yes - I enjoyed watching those hardworking ‘70s Suns teams with him, Walter Davis, Alvin Adams, Truck Robinson, etc.

Great uniforms also.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

this hit me.

Paul Westfaul was one of my favorites.  

back when the NBA still kept the one-and-half steps ...

the traveling in basketball today just makes me sad

and it's pervasive in college basketball now as well ...2 and a half steps is nothing

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

back when the NBA still kept the one-and-half steps ...

the traveling in basketball today just makes me sad

This makes basketball unwatchable for me.

 

[wikkidpissah]

the traveling in basketball today just makes me sad

This makes basketball unwatchable for me.

oddly, this ol peeppoop is OK widdat

tis the foulfishing and general hands-off which drives me to distraction. if Rick Mahorn exhaled in the lane today, it would be called a Flagrant 1

 

[Sea Duck]

A few recent deaths from the British Invasion newsdesk...

Chad Stuart, from Chad & Jeremy (hits with "A Summer Song" and "Yesterday's Gone")

Geoff Stephens, songwriter of numerous hits ("Winchester Cathedtral" by the New Vaudeville Band, "There's A Kind Of Hush" by Herman's Hermits, literally dozens more)

Gerry Marsden, from Gerry & The Pacemakers (hits with "Ferry Cross The Mersey" and "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying", not to mention the Beatles reject "How Do You Do It")

 

[Clown Car]

Tanya Roberts, only 65, collapsed after walking her dogs. 
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.etonline.com/tanya-roberts-bond-girl-that-70s-show-star-dead-at-65-158508%3famp

 

[SFBayDuck]

Tanya Roberts, only 65, collapsed after walking her dogs. 
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.etonline.com/tanya-roberts-bond-girl-that-70s-show-star-dead-at-65-158508%3famp

This one hurts. An all time fave of adolescent me, thanks largely to Beastmaster, Charlie’s Angels, and A View to a Kill. 

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

This one hurts. An all time fave of adolescent me, thanks largely to Beastmaster, Charlie’s Angels, and A View to a Kill. 

So not Midge jumping rope in a sweater?

 

[DocHolliday]

This one hurts. An all time fave of adolescent me, thanks largely to Beastmaster, Charlie’s Angels, and A View to a Kill. 

I watched Beastmaster twenty times because of her.  She was gorgeous 

 

[wikkidpissah]

Gerry Marsden, from Gerry & The Pacemakers (hits with "Ferry Cross The Mersey" and "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying", not to mention the Beatles reject "How Do You Do It")

right brilliant scouser, yeah? being me Ma was born in Liverpool and i hated the Beatles early on, i had to have me some pop Liverpudlians, and the Pacemakers were it. i simply don't believe you do ballads better than "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" and "Ferry 'Cross the Mersey". the latter has been a shower song for as long as i've taken showers and is one of the very few songs i have a digital recording of me singing. if i knew how to upload, i'd tribute here. RIP, mate.

 

[SFBayDuck]

I watched Beastmaster twenty times because of her.  She was gorgeous 

I should have included Sheena as well.

 

[Sinn Fein]

Tanya Roberts, only 65, collapsed after walking her dogs. 
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.etonline.com/tanya-roberts-bond-girl-that-70s-show-star-dead-at-65-158508%3famp

Not so fast my friend:

TMZ updates a story about actor Tanya Roberts (That ’70s Show, A View to a Kill), saying that she is in fact alive despite earlier reports from her rep and multiple outlets that she had died

Outlets like CNN and The Hollywood Reporter, in addition to TMZ, reported Roberts’ death and stars of That ‘70s Show publicly shared condolences, but TMZ now reports that Roberts’ representative was mistaken and the actor is alive and in an LA hospital.

 

[Clown Car]

Not so fast my friend:

TMZ updates a story about actor Tanya Roberts (That ’70s Show, A View to a Kill), saying that she is in fact alive despite earlier reports from her rep and multiple outlets that she had died

Outlets like CNN and The Hollywood Reporter, in addition to TMZ, reported Roberts’ death and stars of That ‘70s Show publicly shared condolences, but TMZ now reports that Roberts’ representative was mistaken and the actor is alive and in an LA hospital.

I just saw that and came here to retract!