Obituaries for 2017

[Gefn]

Fats Domino dies at 89



Developing...

Ain't that a shame :( I hope there's a blueberry hill in heaven

[Free Vulcan]

No!  One of my all-time favorites.

Same here.

[Applewood]

Another of the greats from the 50s gone. 

Rest in peace.

[EasyAce]

RIP Mr. Domino . . .


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY3YhsEo1ck

[Suppressed]

Bad day for the greats of '28.

[libertybele]

One of my all time favorites and sweet memories from childhood.  My Dad (R.I.P.) used to play this when I was a kid ... "Blueberry Hill" came out the year I was born!!!  (Now ya'll know).


www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKQZy2PJtq8

[libertybele]

"Ain't that a Shame" !!!  .... What a great honky-tonk piano player!  Sing it Fats.


www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbCgz2RKIow

[Sanguine]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_--JV9gqbrg

[Smokin Joe]

Rats.

[sneakypete]

Fats Domino dies at 89


Obituary from NBC News

 

@jmyrlefuller

That one hurts. IMHO,the Fat Man never really received the credit he deserves for making "that new-fangled rock and roll racket!" popular.

I never heard one single negative word about him personally,either.

[Free Vulcan]

@jmyrlefuller

That one hurts. IMHO,the Fat Man never really received the credit he deserves for making "that new-fangled rock and roll racket!" popular.

I never heard one single negative word about him personally,either.

He was one of the very best of the early crowd. Always Mr. Suave and Smooth.

[Smokin Joe]

He was one of the very best of the early crowd. Always Mr. Suave and Smooth.

He had class.

[musiclady]

 Wow. Another icon of my youth gone...... RIP Fats.

[Suppressed]

Suzan Farmer
Hammer horror film actor who went on to take a variety of roles in popular television series, including Coronation Street, The Saint and Blake’s 7
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/24/suzan-farmer-obituary


Suzan Farmer in The Saint, 1965. Photograph: ITV/Rex/Shutterstock

Suzan Farmer, who has died aged 75 of cancer, was a vocally precise actor with beguiling eyes who starred in a number of films for Hammer, the British company that specialised in memorable gothic horror.

In particular she was the heroine of Terence Fisher’s Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), the second of Hammer’s productions with Christopher Lee as the evil count. The target of the vampire’s lust, she bravely resisted him with the help of her screen husband Francis Matthews, before shooting the ice off a frozen moat and plunging Dracula into the freezing water below at the film’s climax. Farmer also provided, in post-production, the screams supposedly uttered by her co-star Barbara Shelley.

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[goatprairie]

Suzan Farmer
Hammer horror film actor who went on to take a variety of roles in popular television series, including Coronation Street, The Saint and Blake’s 7
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/24/suzan-farmer-obituary


Suzan Farmer in The Saint, 1965. Photograph: ITV/Rex/Shutterstock

Suzan Farmer, who has died aged 75 of cancer, was a vocally precise actor with beguiling eyes who starred in a number of films for Hammer, the British company that specialised in memorable gothic horror.

In particular she was the heroine of Terence Fisher’s Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), the second of Hammer’s productions with Christopher Lee as the evil count. The target of the vampire’s lust, she bravely resisted him with the help of her screen husband Francis Matthews, before shooting the ice off a frozen moat and plunging Dracula into the freezing water below at the film’s climax. Farmer also provided, in post-production, the screams supposedly uttered by her co-star Barbara Shelley.

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Interestingly enough, I just watched that flick a few days ago. One of the curious facts about the movie is that Dracula never utters a word of dialogue. Christopher Lee read the script before filming, and Dracula had dialogue.  Lee felt the dialogue wasn't worth it, so he never said anything as the count.  Just a lot of snarling.

[jmyrlefuller]

Major League Baseball pitcher Roy Halladay dies at 40



Halladay spent 16 seasons in Major League Baseball, 12 of those with the Toronto Blue Jays and the rest with the Philadelphia Phillies. Halladay was one of the most respected pitchers of his time, appearing in eight All-Star Games and winning two Cy Young Awards (2003 and 2010, leading all of Major League Baseball in wins those years). Halladay was one of a select few pitchers in MLB history to throw a perfect game (May 29, 2010), one of two no-hitters he threw that year alone (the other being in the playoffs October 6).

Halladay's plane crashed into the Gulf of Mexico November 7.

News story from Rogers Sportsnet (Canada)

Wikipedia

Career statistics

[DCPatriot]

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/11/7/16620412/roy-halladay-dead-plane-crash-florida-phillies-blue-jays


Roy Halladay, former Phillies and Blue Jays pitcher, dies in Florida plane crash

The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the sad news.
by Whitney McIntosh@WhitneyM02 Nov 7, 2017, 4:28pm EST



Roy Halladay, who pitched in the major leagues for the Phillies and Blue Jays for 16 seasons from 1998 to 2013, was killed in a plane crash in Pasco County, Fla., on Tuesday afternoon.

The Pasco Country sheriff’s office confirmed the news in a press conference, saying that their “hearts and prayers go out to the family”, and that Halladay was a personal friend. That he “meant a lot to the sheriff’s office” and that they will be working with the family to provide any assistance they can.

Prior to the press conference, speculation about whether the victim of the crash was Halladay was tied to the tail number of the plane, which matched that of the plane he owned. He was an avid flyer, and less than a month ago was featured on Icon Aircraft’s website as the first person to receive a Model Year 2018 A5 plane.

more at above link....

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[Cyber Liberty]

LOS ANGELES — A spokeswoman for the family of actor John Hillerman says the co-star of TV’s “Magnum, P.I.” has died. Hillerman was 84.

Spokeswoman Lori De Waal said Hillerman died Thursday at his home in Houston. She said the cause of death has yet to be determined.

Hillerman played stuffy Jonathan Higgins to Tom Selleck’s free-wheeling private detective Thomas Magnum in the hit 1980s series set in Hawaii.

http://pix11.com/2017/11/09/magnum-p-i-actor-john-hillerman-dies-at-84/

[Gefn]

LOS ANGELES — A spokeswoman for the family of actor John Hillerman says the co-star of TV’s “Magnum, P.I.” has died. Hillerman was 84.

Spokeswoman Lori De Waal said Hillerman died Thursday at his home in Houston. She said the cause of death has yet to be determined.j

Hillerman played stuffy Jonathan Higgins to Tom Selleck’s free-wheeling private detective Thomas Magnum in the hit 1980s series set in Hawaii.

http://pix11.com/2017/11/09/magnum-p-i-actor-john-hillerman-dies-at-84/

RIP
I loved him on "Ellery Queen" , he played Simon Brimmer

[Applewood]

LOS ANGELES — A spokeswoman for the family of actor John Hillerman says the co-star of TV’s “Magnum, P.I.” has died. Hillerman was 84.

Spokeswoman Lori De Waal said Hillerman died Thursday at his home in Houston. She said the cause of death has yet to be determined.

Hillerman played stuffy Jonathan Higgins to Tom Selleck’s free-wheeling private detective Thomas Magnum in the hit 1980s series set in Hawaii.

http://pix11.com/2017/11/09/magnum-p-i-actor-john-hillerman-dies-at-84/

Rest in peace.  Loved Magnum PI.

[edpc]

LOS ANGELES — A spokeswoman for the family of actor John Hillerman says the co-star of TV’s “Magnum, P.I.” has died. Hillerman was 84.

Spokeswoman Lori De Waal said Hillerman died Thursday at his home in Houston. She said the cause of death has yet to be determined.

Hillerman played stuffy Jonathan Higgins to Tom Selleck’s free-wheeling private detective Thomas Magnum in the hit 1980s series set in Hawaii.

http://pix11.com/2017/11/09/magnum-p-i-actor-john-hillerman-dies-at-84/

He was the OG of the OMG!


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N-hErL98ea0

[debrawiest]

Rest in peace.  Loved Magnum PI.

Ahhhhh.  Magnum PI. 

RIP

[Smokin Joe]

The character Higgins was a great counterpoint to Selleck's character. Wonderfully done! Farewell, sir, thanks, and RIP!

[skeeter]

Chuck Mosley of Faith No More, R.I.P.

Thought he’d cleaned up.

[Suppressed]

Overwatch legend Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka dies at 30
The Overwatch community is in mourning.
Nicole Carpenter  Overwatch Staff Reporter
https://dotesports.com/overwatch/internethulk-passes-away-18591

Photo via Blizzard Entertainment

Former Team Liquid Overwatch coach Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka has passed away at the age of 30.

Hawelka's passing was confirmed on Twitter by Team Liquid owners Steve Arhancet and Victor Goossens. "We are in touch with his family, and are supporting them in every way we can while we all try to grasp the loss," the owners wrote. "We humbly ask everyone to respect his family's privacy during this difficult time."

Details of his death are currently unknown.

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Friendly Memorial Tournament: https://go.twitch.tv/GOSUTV_OW

[Gefn]

Gossip columnist Liz Smith dead at age 94

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/liz-smith-daily-news-gossip-columnist-dead-94-article-1.3628352

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/liz-smith-syndicated-gossip-columnist-dies-94-51103366

I can't imagine NYC papers without her. RIP

[EasyAce]

Boston Red Sox great Bobby Doerr dies at 99

He was baseball's oldest living former major leaguer before his death; he was one of the
four Red Sox who were the subject of the late David Halberstam's lyrical ballad, The
Teammates, about their lifelong friendship, and the last surviving member of the
foursome. (Ted Williams, Dominic DiMaggio, and Johnny Pesky were the others; the book
hooked around their journey to visit the dying Williams one more time, a trip Doerr
couldn't make because he was tending his MS-stricken wife full-time.)

He was a nine-time All Star whose record for most 100+ RBI seasons (six) stood until
fellow Hall of Famer Joe Morgan broke it with eight.

I'm writing an essay about Doerr which I'll publish later today.

RIP, Mr. Doerr. Give a tip of the beak to Messers. Williams, Pesky, and DiMaggio, and
may your reunion with your beloved Monica be as sweet as your lives on earth
together seem to have been.

[Suppressed]

Boston Red Sox great Bobby Doerr dies at 99

Oh, wow...I hadn't realized he was still around!  Thanks for posting, @EasyAce.

[jmyrlefuller]

Malcolm Young, founder of AC/DC, dies at 64



Young was the rhythm guitarist for AC/DC, a group he established in 1973, and the older brother of lead guitarist and public face Angus Young. He remained with the band, keeping it alive after original lead singer Bon Scott died in 1980, and seamlessly transitioned the band from its hard-rock punk days under Scott to the stadium rock phenomenon it would become under Brian Johnson. Young's drinking problems eventually caught up with him around 2010, when he started experiencing symptoms of dementia; he was eventually forced to leave the band permanently in 2014 because of his worsening state.

Malcolm Young's death comes less than a month after his older brother George Young died of unrelated causes.

Obituary from News Corp

Wikipedia

[Applewood]

Bummer.  AC/DC was  one of my favorite bands years ago. 

Rest in peace, Mr. Young.i

[EasyAce]

Oh, wow...I hadn't realized he was still around!  Thanks for posting, @EasyAce.

Doerr's death now leaves Red Schoendienst as baseball's oldest living Hall of Famer.

[goatprairie]

Doerr's death now leaves Red Schoendienst as baseball's oldest living Hall of Famer.

I saw Schoendienst hit a home run against the Dodgers at Milwaukee County Stadium in June 1960. It was his only homer of the season. I was ten years old, and my dad let me go right up to the railing with the family camera. I took about five or six pictures of Don Drysdale pitching to Eddie Matthews.
They turned out perfect.  And they're all lost. One of my biggest regrets about things I've lost...maybe the biggest.

[catfish1957]

Bummer.  AC/DC was  one of my favorite bands years ago. 

Rest in peace, Mr. Young.i

Sick too.  First Tom Petty a short time ago, now this.

And I'll go into a major funk if any member of Rush passes.

[Gefn]

Sick too.  First Tom Petty a short time ago, now this.

And I'll go into a major funk if any member of Rush passes.

Me too.

[edpc]

@catfish1957
@Freya


What......John Rutsey doesn’t count?  He died in 2008.

[Cyber Liberty]

@catfish1957
@Freya


What......John Rutsey doesn’t count?  He died in 2008.

He left Rush in '74.  He was their Peter Best.

[EasyAce]

He left Rush in '74.  He was their Peter Best.

Not quite. He left the band himself, over music differences and health issues. (He was a diabetic.)
For years, too, he maintained a friendship with Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson; they worked out in the
same gym together. Pete Best was a whole 'nother smoke . . .

[Cyber Liberty]

Not quite. He left the band himself, over music differences and health issues. (He was a diabetic.)
For years, too, he maintained a friendship with Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson; they worked out in the
same gym together. Pete Best was a whole 'nother smoke . . .

I agree my analogy was imperfect.  Rush would probably break up completely today if anybody left.  They're a pretty tight-knit bunch.  Eh? 

[EasyAce]

I agree my analogy was imperfect.  Rush would probably break up completely today if anybody left.  They're a pretty tight-knit bunch.  Eh?

They must have been to spend almost a century together.

You could say likewise for ZZ Top.

[TomSea]

Mel Tillis has passed away.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JXG0e-Yh2M

[jmyrlefuller]

Commentator Robert E. Raiford dies at 89

Raiford was one of the last radio commentators of his era, serving as a broadcaster for over 70 years, beginning as a teenager in 1944 and culminating with a stroke in 2015. A serious newsman up through the 1960s, a drunken prank led to him losing his job with CBS Radio and he wound up back in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he had spent much of his early career.

His talk show on a local Charlotte TV station was noticed by local shock jocks John Boy and Billy, who felt the self-admitted curmudgeonly liberal with a strong distaste for political correctness would be a perfect fit as the show's newsman. When the show went national, Raiford's commentaries likewise were included.

Obituary from the Charlotte Observer

Wikipedia

[jmyrlefuller]

Mel Tillis has passed away.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JXG0e-Yh2M

Mel Tillis, Country Music Hall of Famer, dies at 85



Tillis was left with a stammer as a result of a bout with malaria as a child, but it never affected his singing voice. He held a number of blue-collar jobs early in his life before moving to Nashville in 1957 and breaking into the music industry. He enjoyed success both as a songwriter and as a singer, with his greatest heyday being in the 1970s, when he had a string of chart-topping country hits. He parlayed this success into mainstream popularity with an acting career and frequent appearances on the game show Hollywood Squares.

Like most other country singers, Tillis's career (although it had already begun to fade in the late 1980s) was sidelined in 1991 when a new brand of country rose to popularity. While his career faded, his daughter Pam would go on to become a country star in the new style herself. (Ironically, Pam would be inducted into the Grand Ole Opry before her father did, and Pam herself nominated Mel to the Opry in 2007.) He continued to record up until the early 2010s, recording a hit comedy album as recently as 2010.

Tillis died from complications from a January 2016 surgery that never healed properly.

Obituary from The Tennessean

Wikipedia

Discography


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muNDdYMKVMc

[catfish1957]

Not quite. He left the band himself, over music differences and health issues. (He was a diabetic.)
For years, too, he maintained a friendship with Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson; they worked out in the
same gym together. Pete Best was a whole 'nother smoke . . .

Well, the best to the late Mr. Rutsey, but Rush without the often acknowledged greatest Rock Drummer of all time?

Would not be near the same legacy that Rush has garnished.

[skeeter]

We can say goodbye to Keith Partridge, as well.

Geez...

[AllThatJazzZ]

Mel Tillis, Country Music Hall of Famer, dies at 85



Tillis was left with a stammer as a result of a bout with malaria as a child, but it never affected his singing voice. He held a number of blue-collar jobs early in his life before moving to Nashville in 1957 and breaking into the music industry. He enjoyed success both as a songwriter and as a singer, with his greatest heyday being in the 1970s, when he had a string of chart-topping country hits. He parlayed this success into mainstream popularity with an acting career and frequent appearances on the game show Hollywood Squares.

Like most other country singers, Tillis's career (although it had already begun to fade in the late 1980s) was sidelined in 1991 when a new brand of country rose to popularity. While his career faded, his daughter Pam would go on to become a country star in the new style herself. (Ironically, Pam would be inducted into the Grand Ole Opry before her father did, and Pam herself nominated Mel to the Opry in 2007.) He continued to record up until the early 2010s, recording a hit comedy album as recently as 2010.

Tillis died from complications from a January 2016 surgery that never healed properly.

Obituary from The Tennessean

Wikipedia

Discography


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muNDdYMKVMc

 

I was just watching a video of the "Old Dogs" last night. Just a casual chat session with Mel Tillis, Jerry Reed, Waylon Jennings, Jimmy Dean and Bobby Bare. Now Bare is the only one still alive. They're all leaving us.  Thank God for YouTube.
 


Country Legends Cavalcade - Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash, Buck Owens, Mel Tillis, Merle Haggard, Jerry Reed, Freddie Hart & More

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO7cbxwi3cU
Queue up to 38:34 for a fun session with the whole gang.

[Cyber Liberty]

We can say goodbye to Keith Partridge, as well.

Geez...

May as well, as long as he can remember what it means.  He appears to have that one foot keeping him out of the grave on a banana peel.  My MIL died from Dementia, and my own Dad is being slowly stolen from us as well.

[skeeter]

May as well, as long as he can remember what it means.  He appears to have that one foot keeping him out of the grave on a banana peel.  My MIL died from Dementia, and my own Dad is being slowly stolen from us as well.

David Cassidy died today.

His is another one of those deaths that make you aware of the passage of time.

[Cyber Liberty]

David Cassidy died today.

His is another one of those deaths that make you aware of the passage of time.

Los of stories on Google about it's being imminent, but the only entry that says for sure he's left us is Wiki.  Wouldn't be surprised of it's happened already, though.

[skeeter]

Los of stories on Google about it's being imminent, but the only entry that says for sure he's left us is Wiki.  Wouldn't be surprised of it's happened already, though.

I saw it trending on FB but its no longer there.

Maybe someone jumped the gun.

C'mon get happy.

[Applewood]

David Cassidy died today.

His is another one of those deaths that make you aware of the passage of time.

So far, Cassidy is still alive and in ICU.  But organ failure indicates his condition is grave.