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Kitty O'Neil, Famed Hollywood Stuntwoman and Daredevil, Dies at 72

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Kitty O'Neil, a deaf Hollywood stuntwoman, daredevil and protege of Hal Needham who doubled for Lynda Carter on Wonder Woman and set a land-speed record as the fastest woman driver ever, has died. She was 72.

O'Neil died Friday at Eureka Community Hospital in Eureka, South Dakota. Her longtime friend, former stuntman Ky Michaelson, told The Hollywood Reporter that she died of pneumonia and had recently suffered a heart attack.

Five-foot-2 and 97 pounds, O'Neil worked on such movies as Airport 1975, Two-Minute Warning (1976), Airport '77, Damien: Omen II (1978), Foul Play (1978), The Blues Brothers (1980) and the Needham-directed Smokey and the Bandit II (1980).

She accomplished her most famous Hollywood stunt in 1979 when, dressed as Wonder Woman, she plunged headfirst 127 feet from atop the Valley Hilton in Sherman Oaks onto an inflatable air bag set up on the hotel's pool deck.

"If I hadn't hit the center of the bag, I probably would have been killed," she told The Washington Post in 1979.

O'Neil was set on fire during her career and was the first woman to pull off a "cannon-fired" car roll, in which an explosive charge under the vehicle propels it to rise up and tumble over and over.

On Dec. 6, 1976, the native Texan shattered the land-speed record for female drivers, posting an average speed of 512.71 mph while piloting a hydrogen peroxide-fueled, three-wheeled machine over a 5/8th-mile straightaway in the Alvord Desert in Oregon.

O'Neil also raced boats, dune buggies and motorcycles and was a champion three-meter and platform diver. She had her own Barbie doll, and Stockard Channing portrayed her in a 1979 CBS telefilm, Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story.

"She scared the heck out of me," Michaelson told THR. "I never met a human being that had no fear." In the Mojave Desert in 1977, O'Neil drove a rocket dragster built by Michelson to a top speed of 279.5 mph.

Kitty Linn O'Neil was born on March 24, 1946, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Her father was an Irish oilman and her mother a full-blooded Cherokee Native American who became a speech therapist. She contracted measles and smallpox when she was 4 months old and lost her hearing. Her parents didn't know she couldn't hear until she was 2.

"My mother pushed me to read lips," she told People magazine in 1977, "but she didn't push me in sports — I did that myself. Because I was deaf, I had a very positive mental attitude. You have to show people you can do anything."

O'Neil took up the sport of diving, and in 1962 she moved to Anaheim to train with two-time Olympic gold medalist Sammy Lee. Her hopes of competing in the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo were derailed when she broke her wrist and then contracted spinal meningitis, which threatened to paralyze her.

In the '70s, O'Neil joined Needham's racing team, and he trained her to become a stuntwoman. She was the first female to join Stunts Unlimited, an elite group of performers co-founded by Needham; there were fewer than 40 members when she came aboard in 1976.

O'Neil set the women's water-skiing record of 104.85 mph and once drove a boat 275 mph. She retired in 1982 with nearly two dozen speed records on land and water.

"I'm not afraid of anything," she said in 2015. "Just do it. It's good when you finish, [you know] you made it."

O'Neil always regretted not getting the opportunity to top the male driver record of 630.388 mph set by Gary Gabelich at Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah in 1970. She even thought breaking the sonic barrier (about 767 mph) was within her reach.
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21

Angelica Cob-Baehler, 47, American music industry executive, cancer.
TJ Cruz, 37, Filipino actor, cancer.
Olivia Hooker, 103, American psychologist and yeoman, first African-American woman in the U.S. Coast Guard.
Igor Korobov, 62, Russian intelligence officer, Director of the Main Intelligence Directorate (since 2016).
Lau Nai-keung, 71, Hong Kong academic, businessman, and politician, cancer.
Devin Lima, 41, American singer (LFO), adrenal cancer.
M. I. Shanavas, 67, Indian politician, MP (since 2009), complications from liver transplant.

20

Levine Andrade, 64, Indian-born British violinist.
Roy Bailey, 83, English folk singer.
James H. Billington, 89, American academic, Librarian of Congress (1987–2015), pneumonia.
Robert Blythe, 71, British actor (High Hopes, Whoops Apocalypse, Rebecca's Daughters).
Mac Collins, 74, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 8th district (1993–2005).
Iosif Dmitriev [ru], 71, Russian stage director and actor.
Shlomo Erell, 98, Israeli military general, Commander of the Navy (1966–1968).
Anvar Khamei, 101, Iranian sociologist, economist and journalist, respiratory failure.
Gordon Morritt, 76, English footballer (Rotherham United, Doncaster Rovers, York City).
Eimuntas Nekrošius, 65, Lithuanian stage director and actor (The Corridor), heart attack.
Dietmar Schwager, 78, German footballer (1. FC Kaiserslautern).

19

Dominique Blanchar, 91, French actress (Le Secret de Mayerling, The Song of Sister Maria, L'Avventura).
Tosyn Bucknor, 37, Nigerian radio and television presenter, sickle cell anaemia.
Pablo Cedano Cedano, 82, Dominican Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo (1996–2013).
Alfred Evers, 83, Belgian politician.
Koichi Funayama, 42, American stuntman and actor (Resident Evil: Retribution, The Wolverine, 47 Ronin).
Ilko Korunets [uk], 96, Ukrainian translator.
Dan Maloney, 68, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Los Angeles Kings) and coach (Winnipeg Jets).
John Mantle, 76, Welsh rugby union (Newport) and league player (St Helens, Great Britain).
Gerry O'Malley, 90, Canadian politician, MLA (1988–1998).
Larry Pickering, 76, Australian political cartoonist, lung cancer.
Alí Rodríguez Araque, 81, Venezuelan politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2004–2006) and Finance (2008–2010), ambassador to Cuba (since 2014).
Yuri Sadlowski [uk], 48, Ukrainian poet, literary critic and translator.
Shiao Yi, 83, Taiwanese-American wuxia novelist.
Witold Sobociński, 89, Polish cinematographer (The Adventures of Gerard, The Hourglass Sanatorium, Frantic) and academic.
Bunny Sterling, 70, Jamaican-born British boxer, dementia.
Wu Jianchang, 79, Chinese engineer and politician.
George Yardley, 76, Scottish footballer (East Fife, Tranmere Rovers).(death announced on this date)

18

Héctor Beltrán Leyva, 56, Mexican drug cartel leader (Beltrán-Leyva Cartel), heart attack.
Waldyr Boccardo, 82, Brazilian basketball player, world champion (1959) and Olympic bronze medalist (1960).
Klaus Bockisch, 79, German footballer (SC Preußen Münster, FC 08 Villingen).
Neil Collins, 77, New Zealand broadcaster (4ZB, Radio Dunedin) and politician (Dunedin City Council).
Weeshie Fogarty, 77, Irish Gaelic footballer and sports broadcaster (Radio Kerry).
Andrzej Grembowicz [pl], Polish screenwriter.
Eva McGauley, 19, New Zealand social activist, cancer.
Iain Moireach, 80, Scottish Gaelic writer.
Óscar Munguía [es], 27, Honduran footballer (C.D.S. Vida), shot.
Eiichi Nakao, 88, Japanese politician, Minister of International Trade and Industry (1990–1991).
Peter Peryer, 77, New Zealand photographer.
Peter Simon, 71, American photographer (Grateful Dead), cardiac arrest.
Jennie Stoller, 72, British actress (The Good Father, Sapphire & Steel, King Ralph), cancer.
Muhammad Abdul Wahhab, 95, Pakistani Islamic cleric, Amir of Tablighi Jamaat (since 1992), dengue fever.
Uladzimir Zhuravel, 47, Belarusian football player (Dinamo Minsk, national team) and manager (Dynamo Brest).


17

KTC Abdulla, 82, Indian actor (Sudani from Nigeria).
Richard Baker, 93, English broadcaster (BBC News, Start the Week, Melodies for You).
Kuldip Singh Chandpuri, 77, Indian military officer, commander of the Battle of Longewala.
Cheng Kaijia, 100, Chinese nuclear physicist and engineer.
Yevgeny Osin [ru], 54, Russian singer.
Alyque Padamsee, 90, Indian actor (Gandhi) and ad film maker.
Metin Türel, 83, Turkish football player (PTT, İstanbulspor) and manager (national team).

16

Francisco Calvo Serraller, 70, Spanish art historian
Darlene Ewing, 64, American judge
Alec Finn, 74, English-born Irish bouzouki player (De Dannan).
William Goldman, 87, American author (The Princess Bride) and screenwriter (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men), Oscar winner (1970, 1977), complications from colon cancer and pneumonia.
Al James, 72, British bass guitar player (Showaddywaddy).
Richard Lormand, 56, American publicist and film producer. (death announced on this date)
Flemming Nielsen, 84, Danish footballer (Atalanta, Greenock Morton, national team).
Mohammad Taghi Nourbakhsh [fa], 58, Iranian physician and politician, Chairman of Social Security Organization (since 2013), traffic collision.
Hatem Ben Rabah, 47, Tunisian actor.
Andrey Zhigalin, 49, Russian poet.

15

John Bluthal, 89, Polish-born British-Australian actor (Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width, The Vicar of Dibley, Hail, Caesar!).
Roy Clark, 85, American Hall of Fame country singer and television host (Hee Haw), complications from pneumonia.
Aethelred Eldridge, 88, American artist.
Adolf Grünbaum, 95, German-American philosopher.
Kacem Kefi, 73, Tunisian composer and singer.
Sonny Knowles, 86, Irish singer.
Charmaine Mangwende, Zimbabwean actress.
Zhores Medvedev, 93, Russian agronomist, biologist and dissident.
Seiji Nakamura, 87, Japanese politician, MP (since 1983).
Jan Persson, 75, Danish photographer, cancer.
Kim Porter, 47, American actress and model, cardiac arrest.
Luigi Rossi di Montelera, 72, Italian businessman (Martini & Rossi) and politician, Deputy (1976–1992), heart attack.
Aldyr Schlee, 83, Brazilian writer and illustrator, designer of football national team jersey.
Ivan Smirnov, 63, Russian composer and guitarist.
Ann Symonds, 79, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1982–1998).
Lubomir Tomaszewski, 95, Polish-American artist.

14

Ben Atchley, 88, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1972–1976) and Senate (1977–2005).
Sir Sze-yuen Chung, 101, Hong Kong politician, Senior Unofficial Member of Legislative Council (1974–1978) and Executive Council (1980–1988).
Alfred Concepcion, Filipino politician, Vice Mayor of Balaoan, shot.
Prabhat Nalini Das, 91, Indian academic.
Aníbal González Irizarry, 91, Puerto Rican journalist and broadcaster.
Morten Grunwald, 83, Danish actor (Olsen Gang) and director, thyroid cancer.
James V. Hansen, 86, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah's 1st congressional district (1981–2003).
Eva Hata [uk], 60, Ukrainian writer.
Rolf Hoppe, 87, German actor (I Was Nineteen, Tři oříšky pro Popelku, Mephisto).
Swami Jagadatmananda, 89, Indian writer.
Francisco Molina, 88, Spanish-Chilean football player (Atlético Madrid, Audax Italiano) and manager (Deportes Antofagasta).
Anuar Omar, 38, Kazakhstani journalist.
Fernando del Paso, 83, Mexican novelist and poet.
Anatoliy Pushkar [uk], 33, Ukrainian arm wrestler.
Fritz Rohrlich, 97, American theoretical physicist.
Masahiro Sayama, 64, Japanese jazz pianist.
Tim Stockdale, 54, British equestrian, stomach cancer.
Mario Suárez, 92, Venezuelan folk singer.
Gottfried Weilenmann, 98, Swiss racing cyclist, Tour de Suisse winner (1949).
Douglas Wright, 62, New Zealand dancer and choreographer.
Sergey Yurtaykin, 91, Russian actor (And Quiet Flows the Don, Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia, The Invisible Man).
Zaibo, 62, Malaysian actor (Under One Roof), cancer.

13

Sir John Anderson, 73, New Zealand banker (ANZ Bank New Zealand), broadcast executive (TVNZ) and sport administrator (New Zealand Cricket).
Frederick Berry, 68, American politician, member of the Massachusetts Senate (1983–2013).
Ronald P. Dore, 93, British sociologist.
Lucho Gatica, 90, Chilean bolero singer and actor.
Oreste Genta [it], 107, Italian general and aviator.
James R. Hand, 101, American golf executive (USGA).
Caroline Rose Hunt, 95, American heiress, hotelier (Rosewood Hotels & Resorts), and philanthropist, stroke.
Marcella Jeandeau, 90, Italian Olympic sprinter (1948).
Everett A. Kelly, 92, American politician, Member of the Florida House of Representatives (1978–2000).
Katherine MacGregor, 93, American actress (Little House on the Prairie).
John Meadows III, 74, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (since 2004), stomach cancer.
Ken Narita, 73, Japanese singer, pneumonia.
Brian Rusike, 62, Zimbabwean songwriter and keyboardist.
Charles Sargent, 73, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (since 1997), cancer.
Nicolay Silis [ru], 90, Russian sculptor and film actor.
David Stewart, 71, Scottish footballer (Ayr United, Leeds United, national team).
Jean-Claude Thomas, 68, French politician, Deputy (1988–2012).
John Wilson, 75, British angler, stroke.


12

Nikki Delamotte, 30, American journalist (The Plain Dealer), shot.
Ananth Kumar, 59, Indian politician, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs (since 2016), Chemicals and Fertilizers (since 2014) and Civil Aviation (1998–1999), lung cancer.
Stan Lee, 95, American comic-book writer (Spider-Man, X-Men) and publisher (Marvel Comics).
David Pearson, 83, American Hall of Fame racing driver (NASCAR).
Toivo Topias Pohjala, 87, Finnish politician, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry (1987–1991).
Leonid Zrelov, 74, Russian writer.(death announced on this date)

11

Pedro Aranda-Díaz Muñoz, 85, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Tulancingo (1975–2008).
Dominic Carmon, 87, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans (1993–2006).
Jerry Gant, 56, American visual artist and poet.
Olga Harmony [es], 90, Mexican writer.
Herbert London, 79, American political activist and commentator.
Douglas Rain, 90, Canadian actor (2001: A Space Odyssey).
Paul Rausnitz [cs], 90, Czech-American businessman and WWII veteran, Medal of Merit recipient.
Frankie Schneider, 92, American racing driver.
Hiroyuki Sonoda, 76, Japanese politician, MP (since 1986), pneumonia.
Volker Steenblock [de], 60, German philosopher.
Zeng Shiqiang, 84, Taiwanese sinologist, scholar, and writer.

10

Ajuma Ameh-Otache, 33, Nigerian footballer (national team).
Raffaele Baldassarre, 62, Italian politician, MEP (2009–2014), heart attack.
Joel Barcellos, 81, Brazilian actor (Os Fuzis, My Home is Copacabana, Sagarana: The Duel), stroke.
Marián Geišberg [sk], 64, Slovak actor, singer-songwriter and humorist.
Ehteram-Sadat Habibian, Iranian actress.
Ron Johnson, 71, American football player (New York Giants, Michigan Wolverines), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Liz J. Patterson, 78, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1987–1993) and the South Carolina Senate (1980–1987).
Jan Petránek [cs], 86, Czech journalist, commentator and dissident, Charter 77 signatory, heart failure.
John Rogers, 57, American businessman, president of San Diego Comic-Con, glioblastoma.
Yulia Volchkova [uk], 44, Ukrainian actress.

9

Vladislav Ahromenko [be], 53, Belarusian writer.
Richard Paul Conaboy, 93, American judge, District Court Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (1979–1992), heart attack.
Ken Howell, 57, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies).
Roger Hoy, 71, English footballer (Tottenham Hotspur, Crystal Palace, Cardiff).
Roger W. Hunt, 80, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1991–2000, 2005–2012, 2015–2017), complications from surgery.
Roland Mahauden [fr], 76, Belgian actor and screenwriter.
Janet Paisley, 70, Scottish writer and poet.
Lalan Sarang, 79, Indian actress (Samna, Mahek).
Zdzisław Sosnowski [pl], 94, Polish footballer.
Robert Urbain [fr], 87, Belgian politician, Minister of State (since 2004).
Bijan Zarmandili [it], 76, Iranian-born Italian writer and journalist.

8

Askhal Ahmetkhuzhin [ru], 76, Russian poet and literary translator, stroke.
Bartolomé Bennassar [fr], 89, French historian.
Mykola Bosak [uk], 70, Ukrainian journalist and writer.
Ion Chistruga, 66, Moldovan documentary film director.
Bonnie Cooper, 83, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League).
Max Croci [it], 50, Italian film director, cancer.
Vladimir Fromer, 78, Russian-born Israeli writer and jourmalist.
Javier Giraldo Neira [es], 78, Colombian sports journalist.
François N. Macerola, 76, Canadian lawyer and film executive.
Ron Negray, 88, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).
Raymond Plank, 96, American businessman (Apache Corporation).
Nikolay Rumantzev, 54, Russian actor (Yeralash).
Wallace Triplett, 92, American football player (Detroit Lions, Chicago Cardinals), first African-American draftee to play in the NFL.

7

Hamadjoda Adjoudji, 81, Cameroonian politician, Minister of Animal Husbandry, Fishing and Animal Industries (1984–2004).
José Fortunato Álvarez Valdez, 50, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Gómez Palacio (since 2015).
Robert Anthony Brucato, 87, American Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop (1997–2007) and apostolic administrator (2000) of New York.
Lev Burin, 75, Russian painter.
Lorenzo Luis García [es], 62, Argentine boxer.
Friedrich Heimler, 76, German-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Cruz Alta (2002–2014).
Juris Jurjevics, 75, Latvian-born American writer and publisher, co-founder of Soho Press.
Walt Kowalczyk, 83, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys, Oakland Raiders).
Francis Lai, 86, French film score composer (A Man and a Woman, Rider on the Rain, Love Story), Oscar winner (1971).
Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, 84, Scottish-born American journalist, editor, critic and novelist.
Bob Naegele, Jr., 78, American businessman, original owner of Minnesota Wild.
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, 67, Irish musician and composer.
Amaliya Panahova, 73, Azerbaijani actress (The Day Passed, Babek), cancer.
Oscar Rabin, 90, Russian painter.


6

Bangkay, 71, Filipino actor.
Francis Boespflug, 70, French film producer (No Fear, No Die, A Very Long Engagement, High Society). (death announced on this date)
Cliffs of Moher, 4, Irish thoroughbred racehorse, euthanised.
Viktor Kuznetzov, 74, Russian hockey player and coach. (death announced on this date)
Bernard Landry, 81, Canadian politician, Premier of Quebec (2001–2003).
Ted Mack, 84, Australian politician, MP for North Sydney (1990–1996), NSW MP for North Shore (1981–1988), stroke.

5

Keith Christiansen, 74, Canadian-born American ice hockey player (Minnesota Fighting Saints), Olympic silver medalist (1972), lung cancer.
Héctor Ferrer, 52, Puerto Rican politician, member of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico (2001–2018), esophageal cancer.
Ali Squalli Houssaini, 86, Moroccan writer, author of the lyrics of the national anthem of Morocco.
Zenon Kolobich (uk), 64, Ukrainian choreographer.
Oksana Nikolaychuk, 43, Russian journalist.
Kenneth Roy, 73, Scottish journalist and author.
Bruno Zaremba (fr), 63, French footballer.

4

José Rafael Abinader, 89, Dominican politician, Senator (1998–2002).
Karl-Heinz Adler, 91, German artist.
Pretty Asmara (id), 41, Indonesian actress.
Donna Axum, 76, American beauty pageant contestant and model, Miss America (1964).
Gian Luca Barandun (de), 24, Swiss alpine skier, paragliding crash.
Bill Brown, 80, American football player (Minnesota Vikings, Chicago Bears).
Aleksandr Galkin, 70, Russian football player (Avangard Kursk) and manager.
Roman Grinev, 41, Russian jazz bassist.
Katerina Handzyuk (uk), 33, Ukrainian politician, complications from an acid attack.
Sir Jeremy Heywood, 56, British civil servant, Cabinet Secretary (2012–2018), cancer.
Harris Hines, 75, American judge, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia (2017–2018), traffic collision.
Tariqul Islam, 73, Bangladeshi politician, Minister of Food (2001–2002) and Information (2002–2004), complications from diabetes.
Phillip Jackson, 68, American politician and community activist, founder of the The Black Star Project, cancer.
Khalid Ibrahim Khan, 69, Pakistani politician, brain haemorrhage.
Richard Le Hir (fr), 71, Canadian politician.
Mustapha Madih, 62, Moroccan football manager.
Vince Manuwai, 38, American football player (Jacksonville Jaguars, Atlanta Falcons).
Jacques Masdeu-Arus, 76, French politician.
Yuriy Mislavski, 71, Russian pianist.
Andrzej Mitan (pl), 68, Polish conceptual artist, singer and composer.
John Njenga, 89, Kenyan Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Mombasa (1990–2005).
Grant R. Osborne, 76, American theologian.
Mike Parker, 75, American news reporter (KFI-AM, KNXT-TV, WBBM-TV).
Juan Antonio Ramírez Sunyer (es), 71, Spanish judge (Operation Anubis, 2017 Catalan independence referendum).
Shin Seong-il, 81, South Korean actor (To the Last Day, Prince Yeonsan, Why the Cuckoo Cries), lung cancer.
Wolfgang Zuckermann, 96, German-born American harpsichord maker and sustainability activist. (death announced on this date)

3

Wahiduddin Ahmed, 95, Bangladeshi academic, Vice-Chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (1975–1983).
Jean-Paul Baréty, 90, French politician, Deputy (1994–1997), Mayor of Nice (1993–1995).
Janusz Bielański, 79, Polish Roman Catholic priest, rector of the Wawel Cathedral (1983–2007).
Tom Diaz, 32, American singer and musician (The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die).
Josh Fauver, 38, American rock bassist (Deerhunter).
Maria Guinot, 73, Portuguese singer ("Silêncio e tanta gente"), lung infection.
Mari Hulman George, 83, American motorsport executive (Indianapolis Motor Speedway).
Kasim Jumagujin, 33, Kazakhstani stuntman (Conan the Barbarian, Expendables 2, 47 Ronin). (death announced on this date)
Yammie Lam, 55, Hong Kong actress (Witch from Nepal, The Greed of Man, Looking Back in Anger).[(body found on this date)
Oleg Lavrov (ru), 70, Russian stage actor and director.
Laxman Masturiya, 69, Indian poet.
Jean Mohr, 93, Swiss documentary photographer.
Mimoun El Oujdi, 68, Moroccan raï singer, cancer.
Ramona Ripston, 91, American civil rights activist (ACLU).
Eustaquio Sosa (es), 79, Uruguayan poet, singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Brent R. Taylor, 39, American military officer, Mayor of North Ogden, Utah (since 2013), shot.
J. Willard Thompson, 83, American racehorse trainer.

2

Roger Bootle-Wilbraham, 7th Baron Skelmersdale, 73, British politician, member of the House of Lords (since 1974).
Nélson Chabay, 78, Uruguayan footballer (Montevideo, Avellaneda, national team).
Raymond Chow, 91, Hong Kong film producer (Golden Harvest) and presenter.
Christian Daghio (it), 49, Italian boxer and Thai boxer, injuries sustained in match.
Leonard Enright, 65, Irish hurler (Patrickswell, Limerick).
Mark Fosson, American primitive guitarist, cancer.
Roy Hargrove, 49, American jazz trumpeter, Grammy winner (1997, 2002), cardiac arrest.
Torben Jensen (da), 74, Danish actor.
Álvaro de Luna, 83, Spanish actor (That Man in Istanbul, Ballad of a Bounty Hunter, Order to Kill), liver cancer.
Kitty O'Neil, 72, American stuntwoman, pneumonia.
Tomás Rodríguez Bolaños, 74, Spanish politician, mayor of Valladolid (1979–1995), Deputy (1993–2004), Senator (2004–2008).
Sami-ul-Haq, 80, Pakistani cleric and politician, Senator (1985–1997, 2003–2009), stabbed.
Glenn Schwartz, 77, American musician (James Gang, Pacific Gas & Electric, All Saved Freak Band).
Olga Sedletskaya (ru), 80, Russian stage actress.
Pedro Serra Bauzá (es), 90, Spanish businessman.
Andrew Urdiales, 54, American serial killer, suicide.

1

Francesco Barbaro, 91, Italian gangster, head of the Barbaro 'ndrina.
Alain Chevalier, 87, French businessman, co-founder of LVMH.
Carlo Giuffrè, 89, Italian actor (The Railroad Man, The Girl with the Pistol, Poker in Bed) and stage director.
Bunny Grant, 78, Jamaican boxer.
Theodor Hoffmann, 83, German admiral, Chief of the Volksmarine (1987–1989) and East Germany Minister of Defense (1989–1990).
Mariano Rajoy Sobredo, 97, Spanish jurist and magistrate.
Pedro Carlos Rovai (pt), 80, Brazilian film director and producer.
Dave Rowland, 74, American country music singer (Dave & Sugar), stroke.
Annika Sundbaum-Melin (sv), 56, Swedish journalist. (death announced on this date)
Ken Swofford, 85, American actor (Fame, Ellery Queen, The Andromeda Strain).
Robert F. Taft, 86, American Jesuit priest, Archimandrite of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
George Taka (id), 51, Indonesian actor.
Vladimir Tiutiunnik (ru), 64, Russian stage director and television actor.
Yurik Vardanyan, 62, Armenian weightlifter, Olympic champion (1980).
Edmund Zagorski, 63, American convicted double murderer, execution by electric chair.
Paul Zimmerman, 86, American sportswriter (Sports Illustrated).
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R.I.P. Marvel Comics legend, Stan Lee. (95)
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Jochs wrote:R.I.P. Marvel Comics legend, Stan Lee. (95)
http://www.tmz.com/2018/11/12/stan-lee- ... el-comics/
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Douglas Rain, the veteran Canadian stage actor who provided the soft and gentle voice of the rogue HAL 9000 computer for Stanley Kubrick's classic 2001: A Space Odyssey and its sequel, has died. He was 90.

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Roy Clark has moved on to join the rest of the Hee Haw cast in the next life. He was 85.

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R.I.P. Katerine MacGregor (93) who played Harriet Olseon on "Little House on the Prairie."
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I used to watch Hee Haw, for the chicks. :lol:
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hoborich wrote:I used to watch Hee Haw, for the chicks. :lol:
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R.I.P. Southwest Michigan Philanthropist John Howard. (99)
https://www.heraldpalladium.com/news/lo ... e7244.html
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J T wrote:Roy Clark has moved on to join the rest of the Hee Haw cast in the next life. He was 85.

He could play a mean guitar.


He played "Cousin Roy" on the Beverly Hillbillies.

In this case, I believe the music is dubbed in. Roy was known for his guitar and banjo playing.
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Wayne Maunder, 1960s Western Star, Dies at 80

Wayne Ernest Maunder (December 19, 1937 – November 11, 2018) was a Canadian-born American actor who starred in three American television series between 1967 and 1974.

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R.I.P. Stephen Hillenburg, (57) the creator of 'Spongebob Squarepants.'
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Former US President George H. W. Bush dies at the age of 94

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"George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States and the father of the 43rd, was a steadfast force on the international stage for decades, from his stint as an envoy to Beijing to his eight years as vice president and his one term as commander in chief from 1989 to 1993.

The last veteran of World War II to serve as president, he was a consummate public servant and a statesman who helped guide the nation and the world out of a four-decade Cold War that had carried the threat of nuclear annihilation.

His death, at 94 on Nov. 30 also marked the passing of an era."
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Kitty O'Neil, deaf Hollywood stunt woman who worked on Wonder Woman died in November at age 72.
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Another recently reported death is Oscar-nominated actress Sondra Locke. (72.) She died on November 3rd.
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Just heard on the news yesterday that she had died. Seems weird that they would have waited two weeks to announce it. :wink:
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Penny Marshall, of Laverne and Shirley fame.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/18/entertai ... index.html
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