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Obituaries January 2020

Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 6:40 pm
by AARR
Edd Byrnes, 'Grease' and '77 Sunset Strip' star, dead at 87
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/e ... -star-dead

Re: Obituaries January 2020

Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 8:50 pm
by Jochs
AARR wrote:Edd Byrnes, 'Grease' and '77 Sunset Strip' star, dead at 87
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/e ... -star-dead
Ed Byrnes hosted a pilot episode of "Wheel of Fortune" in 1974. Chuck Woolery would eventually be chosen to host the show with hostess Susan Stafford (who is the hostess in the pilot.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x5wmlf4A_g&t=5s

Re: Obituaries January 2020

Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 10:16 pm
by Jochs
R.I.P. Screenwriter and early SNL favorite Buck Henry. He was 89.
https://deadline.com/2020/01/buck-henry ... TbP-ym2G4c

Re: Obituaries January 2020

Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2020 7:23 pm
by AARR
Rush drummer Neil Peart dead at 67: 'Rest in peace brother'
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/n ... ummer-dead

Re: Obituaries January 2020

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 6:25 am
by AARR
Singer David Olney, 71, dead after suffering heart attack while performing
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/d ... tack-death

Re: Obituaries January 2020

Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2020 2:14 pm
by Garry K
Terry Jones, of the Monty Python comedy troupe, has died at age 77.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51209197

To me, Mr. Jones most memorable role was as "Mr. Creosote"! I always have to warn people to NOT eat or drink anything while watching the Mr. Creosote scene in The Meaning of Life. That was probably the Monty Pythons' most disgusting scene! (But funny!)

Garry K

Re: Obituaries January 2020

Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 2:19 am
by Trainman2223
https://www.today.com/food/planters-kil ... wl-t172306

Mr. Peanut, the dapper Planters icon, is dead at 104

The snack company revealed that Mr. Peanut's untimely demise occurred following a horrible car accident with his friends, actors Wesley Snipes and Matt Walsh. The three men (or two men and a monocle-wearing legume) were taking a road trip through winding, desert canyon roads when an armadillo caused the NUTmobile to swerve off a cliff. The three travelers ended up hanging from a small branch high above a canyon.

As a final act of heroism, Mr. Peanut purposely fell to his death in order to save Snipes and Walsh. He died respectably still wearing his top hat.

He was only 104.

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Re: Obituaries January 2020

Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 4:28 pm
by Jochs
R.I.P. longtime PBS new anchor, Jim Lehrer. He was 85.
https://www.npr.org/2020/01/23/79897429 ... dies-at-85

Re: Obituaries January 2020

Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 3:36 pm
by AARR
Kobe Bryant among those killed in California helicopter crash
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/californ ... s-reported

Re: Obituaries January 2020

Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2020 1:09 pm
by Fred
Dan Haggerty "Grizzly Adams" just passed away.

Re: Obituaries January 2020

Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2020 8:18 pm
by Jochs
Fred wrote:Dan Haggerty "Grizzly Adams" just passed away.
Did you read this on Facebook? He died on 1/15/16.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0353624/bio
I often see reports on Facebook of a celebrity dying, and I didn't think that celebrity was still alive, and it turns out it's an old article.
Or you read someone has passed, only to find out it's not true, which is what many people thought when they first heard about Kobe Bryant. Unfortunately, Bryant's death was not a hoax.

Re: Obituaries January 2020

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 9:51 pm
by Jochs
R.I.P. former race car driver, John Andretti. He lost his battle with colon cancer at the age of 56.
https://wnep.com/2020/01/30/versatile-r ... ies-at-56/

Re: Obituaries January 2020

Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2020 3:24 am
by Jochs
R.I.P. Jack Burns, 85, co-creator of "The Muppet Show." He died earlier this week.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10845075/ ... 1580295183

Re: Obituaries January 2020

Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 4:11 pm
by Jochs
R.I.P "Star Wars" actor Alan Harris, who died last week at the age of 81.

https://metro.co.uk/2020/01/31/star-war ... cyR2shtxBI