Author Topic: Obituaries for 2016 (Read 142998 times)

jmyrlefuller · « **Reply #475 on:** August 06, 2016, 01:50:09 pm »

Jazz clarinet great Pete Fountain dies at 86

A contemporary and friendly rival with Al Hirt, Fountain first rose to fame in the 1950s when he was selected as a charter member of Lawrence Welk's orchestra. A highly respected clarinetist (in an era when Welk's orchestra was still seen as mediocre), Fountain amicably left the Welk show in 1958, disagreeing with Welk over his rendition of the Christmas song "Silver Bells."

From there, Fountain signed with Decca Records, recording a string of commercially successful albums, and established a permanent base in New Orleans, where he fronted his own band and stayed in the national limelight with a series of over 50 appearances on The Tonight Show during Johnny Carson's time as host. A New Orleans legend, he appeared annually in the city's Mardi Gras celebrations as leader of the "Half-Assed Walking Club," in which he and his fellow musicians would get drunk and play music.

No cause of death was stated.

Obituary from WDSU

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Neverdul · « **Reply #476 on:** August 16, 2016, 09:03:29 pm »

'McLaughlin Group' host John McLaughlin dead at 89

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/08/16/mclaughlin-group-host-john-mclaughlin-dead-at-89.html

verga · « **Reply #477 on:** August 16, 2016, 09:06:25 pm »

Quote from: Neverdul on August 16, 2016, 09:03:29 pm

'McLaughlin Group' host John McLaughlin dead at 89

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/08/16/mclaughlin-group-host-john-mclaughlin-dead-at-89.html

RIP

dfwgator · « **Reply #478 on:** August 16, 2016, 09:09:41 pm »

Quote from: Neverdul on August 16, 2016, 09:03:29 pm

'McLaughlin Group' host John McLaughlin dead at 89

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/08/16/mclaughlin-group-host-john-mclaughlin-dead-at-89.html

It couldn't have been Eleanor Clift?

Ghost Bear · « **Reply #479 on:** August 16, 2016, 09:53:05 pm »

Character actor Fyvush Finkel dead at 93

12:04 p.m. EDT August 15, 2016

NEW YORK — Fyvush Finkel, the plastic-faced character actor whose career in stage and screen started in Yiddish theater and led to memorable roles in Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway and on TV in Boston Public and Picket Fences, has died, his son said Monday. He was 93.

Finkel, who was known for his mischievous smile and an ability to prop his ears at an angle for optimum comic effect, died early Sunday in Manhattan, said his son, Ian. He said his father had suffered heart problems for months.

He was a comedian, singer, stage actor, film actor and a familiar TV performer, from Fantasy Island to Blue Bloods to Picket Fences, for which he was nominated for an Emmy twice and won once, in 1994, according to his IMDb page. He celebrated his 80th birthday on the set of Boston Public, playing history teacher Harvey Lipschultz.

Full article here: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/08/15/character-actor-fyvush-finkel-dead-at-93/88759446/

verga · « **Reply #480 on:** August 17, 2016, 12:30:26 am »

Quote from: Ghost Bear on August 16, 2016, 09:53:05 pm

Character actor Fyvush Finkel dead at 93

12:04 p.m. EDT August 15, 2016

NEW YORK — Fyvush Finkel, the plastic-faced character actor whose career in stage and screen started in Yiddish theater and led to memorable roles in Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway and on TV in Boston Public and Picket Fences, has died, his son said Monday. He was 93.

Finkel, who was known for his mischievous smile and an ability to prop his ears at an angle for optimum comic effect, died early Sunday in Manhattan, said his son, Ian. He said his father had suffered heart problems for months.

He was a comedian, singer, stage actor, film actor and a familiar TV performer, from Fantasy Island to Blue Bloods to Picket Fences, for which he was nominated for an Emmy twice and won once, in 1994, according to his IMDb page. He celebrated his 80th birthday on the set of Boston Public, playing history teacher Harvey Lipschultz.

Full article here: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/08/15/character-actor-fyvush-finkel-dead-at-93/88759446/

Loved him in "Picket Fences"

EasyAce · « **Reply #481 on:** August 17, 2016, 01:20:02 am »

Quote from: verga on August 17, 2016, 12:30:26 am

Loved him in "Picket Fences"

"Douglas Wambaugh, Your Honour, representing the pervert!"

"Douiglas Wambaugh, Your Honour, for the sex fiend!"

He was priceless.

verga · « **Reply #482 on:** August 17, 2016, 08:53:19 am »

Quote from: EasyAce on August 17, 2016, 01:20:02 am

"Douglas Wambaugh, Your Honour, representing the pervert!"

"Douiglas Wambaugh, Your Honour, for the sex fiend!"

He was priceless.

:beer:Great writing and great characters that knew how to deliver their lines.

jmyrlefuller · « **Reply #483 on:** August 19, 2016, 09:39:48 pm »

Actor Jack Riley dies at 80

Riley was most famous for his character-acting gigs in the 1960s through the 1980s, the most famous being Elliot Carlin, the most frequently recurring ~~nemesis~~—er, patient for Dr. Bob Hartley on The Bob Newhart Show; he later had a number of roles in Mel Brooks's middle-era films of the late 1970s and early 1980s. He is better known to younger audiences for his voice-acting roles, where he played the male part of a double-act for Country Crock margarine and the role of Stu Pickles, the father on the long-running cartoon Rugrats.

Obituary from Deadline.com

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Ghost Bear · « **Reply #484 on:** August 19, 2016, 11:12:17 pm »

Quote from: jmyrlefuller on August 19, 2016, 09:39:48 pm

Actor Jack Riley dies at 80

Riley was most famous for his character-acting gigs in the 1960s through the 1980s, the most famous being Elliot Carlin, the most frequently recurring ~~nemesis~~—er, patient for Dr. Bob Hartley on The Bob Newhart Show; he later had a number of roles in Mel Brooks's middle-era films of the late 1970s and early 1980s. He is better known to younger audiences for his voice-acting roles, where he played the male part of a double-act for Country Crock margarine and the role of Stu Pickles, the father on the long-running cartoon Rugrats.

Obituary from Deadline.com

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Man, his "Elliot" character on The Bob Newhart Show was so annoying... hard to realize that was 40 years ago.

Gefn · « **Reply #485 on:** August 20, 2016, 10:55:13 am »

Quote from: jmyrlefuller on August 19, 2016, 09:39:48 pm

Actor Jack Riley dies at 80

Riley was most famous for his character-acting gigs in the 1960s through the 1980s, the most famous being Elliot Carlin, the most frequently recurring ~~nemesis~~—er, patient for Dr. Bob Hartley on The Bob Newhart Show; he later had a number of roles in Mel Brooks's middle-era films of the late 1970s and early 1980s. He is better known to younger audiences for his voice-acting roles, where he played the male part of a double-act for Country Crock margarine and the role of Stu Pickles, the father on the long-running cartoon Rugrats.

Obituary from Deadline.com

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I remember him as both Elliot Carlin and Stu Pickles. He was good in both roles. RIP.

Idiot · « **Reply #486 on:** August 20, 2016, 04:10:25 pm »

Quote from: jmyrlefuller on August 19, 2016, 09:39:48 pm

Actor Jack Riley dies at 80

Riley was most famous for his character-acting gigs in the 1960s through the 1980s, the most famous being Elliot Carlin, the most frequently recurring ~~nemesis~~—er, patient for Dr. Bob Hartley on The Bob Newhart Show; he later had a number of roles in Mel Brooks's middle-era films of the late 1970s and early 1980s. He is better known to younger audiences for his voice-acting roles, where he played the male part of a double-act for Country Crock margarine and the role of Stu Pickles, the father on the long-running cartoon Rugrats.

Obituary from Deadline.com

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The Bob Newhart Show.....one of my favorites. It still comes on the CW on Sunday night at 10:30 pm CST. RIP Mr. Carlin...........

jmyrlefuller · « **Reply #487 on:** August 21, 2016, 04:17:31 am »

Lou Pearlman, con artist behind the 1990s boy band boom, dies at 62

Pearlman's Trans Continental conglomerate was originally in the aircraft business (which he propped up by questionable stock dealings) before, inspired by the success of the New Kids on the Block in the early 1990s, he set his sights on the music industry. Pearlman's first creation, the Backstreet Boys, was a huge success, which Pearlman followed with NSYNC, O-Town and LFO, among several others, as well as Innosense, the girl group best known for introducing Britney Spears to the general public. Most of the bands under Pearlman's tutelage eventually sued him.

His purchase of a talent scout company managed by Ayman el Difrawi would prove to be the beginning of his downfall, as the business model Pearlman embraced was widely accused of being a scam. In his last active years, Pearlman ostensibly relaunched his aircraft business and started recruiting investors—the problem was, the aircraft business this time was a fake paper business, and Pearlman was running a Ponzi scheme. He was convicted of fraud and sentenced to a 25-year jail sentence. He died in jail.

Obituary from Rolling Stone

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EasyAce · « **Reply #488 on:** August 21, 2016, 02:26:58 pm »

Quote from: jmyrlefuller on August 21, 2016, 04:17:31 am

Lou Pearlman, con artist behind the 1990s boy band boom, dies at 62

Pearlman's Trans Continental conglomerate was originally in the aircraft business (which he propped up by questionable stock dealings) before, inspired by the success of the New Kids on the Block in the early 1990s, he set his sights on the music industry. Pearlman's first creation, the Backstreet Boys, was a huge success, which Pearlman followed with NSYNC, O-Town and LFO, among several others, as well as Innosense, the girl group best known for introducing Britney Spears to the general public. Most of the bands under Pearlman's tutelage eventually sued him.

His purchase of a talent scout company managed by Ayman el Difrawi would prove to be the beginning of his downfall, as the business model Pearlman embraced was widely accused of being a scam. In his last active years, Pearlman ostensibly relaunched his aircraft business and started recruiting investors—the problem was, the aircraft business this time was a fake paper business, and Pearlman was running a Ponzi scheme. He was convicted of fraud and sentenced to a 25-year jail sentence. He died in jail.

Obituary from Rolling Stone

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A 2007 Vanity Fair profile of Lou Pearlman, at about the time he fled to try ducking the indictments in the
Ponzi scheme:

Mad About the Boys

Machiavelli · « **Reply #489 on:** August 24, 2016, 02:43:05 am »

Steven Hill, Who Starred on 'Law & Order' and 'Mission: Impossible,' Dies at 94

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Steven Hill, who originated imposing lead roles on two notable television series, "Mission: Impossible" in the 1960s and "Law & Order" in the 1990s, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. He was 94.

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Ghost Bear · « **Reply #490 on:** August 24, 2016, 02:58:21 am »

Quote from: Machiavelli on August 24, 2016, 02:43:05 am

Steven Hill, Who Starred on 'Law & Order' and 'Mission: Impossible,' Dies at 94
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I actually found him more believable as a spy in Mission: Impossible, than Peter Graves, who replaced him after the first season. Still, he had a good long career... including 229 episodes on Law and Order.

flowers · « **Reply #491 on:** August 25, 2016, 06:46:32 pm »

Quote from: Machiavelli on August 24, 2016, 02:43:05 am

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did not know he was in MI. Liked L&O for years.

EasyAce · « **Reply #492 on:** August 25, 2016, 11:47:28 pm »

N.J. jazz giant Rudy Van Gelder, who recorded John Coltrane, Miles Davis, dead at 91

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Rudy Van Gelder, a renowned recording engineer who captured jazz greats Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, John
Coltrane and many others in his parents' Hackensack living room and later in his eponymous Englewood Cliffs studio,
died Thursday at the age of 91, according to jazz writer Nate Chinen.

The location and cause of death were not announced.

Van Gelder, a lifelong New Jerseyan, recorded quintessential albums of the genre: John Coltrane's "Blue Train" and "A
Love Supreme," Miles Davis' "Workin'" and "Steamin'," Thelonious Monk's "Monk," Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers'
"Moanin'," and Lee Morgan's "The Sidewinder."

Machiavelli · « **Reply #493 on:** August 29, 2016, 02:33:34 pm »

Mr. Fuji, WWE Hall of Famer, Dies at 82

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Harry Fujiwara, best known by his ring name Mr. Fuji and who pioneered in WWE as an entertainer and manager, died Sunday morning, WWE announced. He was 82.

“WWE is saddened to learn that WWE Hall of Famer Harry Fujiwara, known to WWE fans as Mr. Fuji, passed away this morning at the age of 82,” WWE said on a statement on its website. “His career will be remembered by different generations for different reasons but Mr. Fuji, whether as a Superstar or manager, is one of the most entertaining performers in the history of WWE.”

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mystery-ak · « **Reply #494 on:** August 29, 2016, 07:35:09 pm »

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/gene-wilder-dead-dies-willie-wonka-young-frankenstein-1201846745/

Gene Wilder, ‘Willie Wonka’ Star and Comedic Icon, Dies at 83
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August 29, 2016 | 12:22PM PT

Gene Wilder, who regularly stole the show in such comedic gems as “The Producers,” “Blazing Saddles,” “Young Frankenstein,” “Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” and “Stir Crazy,” died Monday at his home in Stamford, Conn. His nephew Jordan Walker-Pearlman said he died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. He was 83.

He had been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 1989.