Obituaries for 2022

[Kamaji]

Hank Williams Jr’s wife, Mary Jane Thomas, dead

By Julius Young , Lauryn Overhultz , Fox News
March 24, 2022

Mary Jane Thomas, wife of country music star Hank Williams Jr., has died, Fox News Digital confirmed.

Thomas was transported from Jupiter Beach Resort & Spa in Jupiter, Florida, to a local hospital around 5 p.m. local time Tuesday, where she was pronounced dead, a spokesperson for the area’s police department told Fox News Digital. Reports about her death differ about Thomas’ age. She was in her late 50s or early 60s.

Williams, 72, and Thomas were married about 30 years. After meeting in 1985 at one of Williams’ shows in Washington state, the pair tied the knot in 1990.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/03/24/hank-williams-jrs-wife-mary-jane-thomas-dead/

[sneakypete]

Hank Williams Jr’s wife, Mary Jane Thomas, dead

By Julius Young , Lauryn Overhultz , Fox News
March 24, 2022

Mary Jane Thomas, wife of country music star Hank Williams Jr., has died, Fox News Digital confirmed.

Thomas was transported from Jupiter Beach Resort & Spa in Jupiter, Florida, to a local hospital around 5 p.m. local time Tuesday, where she was pronounced dead, a spokesperson for the area’s police department told Fox News Digital. Reports about her death differ about Thomas’ age. She was in her late 50s or early 60s.

Williams, 72, and Thomas were married about 30 years. After meeting in 1985 at one of Williams’ shows in Washington state, the pair tied the knot in 1990.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/03/24/hank-williams-jrs-wife-mary-jane-thomas-dead/

@Kamaji

Am I the only one feeling kinda old after learning that Little Hank is 72 years old?

[verga]

North Korea will now enter a month of official mourning over her death.

Hey at least she is no longer the worst SoS.

[Wingnut]

@Kamaji

Am I the only one feeling kinda old after learning that Little Hank is 72 years old?

 A man's only as old as the woman he feels..

[Kamaji]

A man's only as old as the woman he feels..

[jmyrlefuller]

Stephen E. Wilhite, inventor of the GIF, dies at 74

Wilhite, an employee of Compuserve (later absorbed into America Online, then into Yahoo! many years later), devised a file compression format designed for computer-generated graphics with a limited number of colors (such as weather maps) known as the Graphics Interchange Format, reducing their size. The file format eventually became largely obsolete with newer compression formats such as PNG (which offered full color spectrum, as opposed to GIF being limited to 256 discrete colors) but its support for animation provided its lasting contribution in the form of short clips that still circulate on message boards to the present day.

Wilhite died March 14 of a sudden and severe case of coronavirus.

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/23/1088410133/gif-creator-dead-steve-wilhite-kathaleen-wife-interview--

[Kamaji]

Stephen E. Wilhite, inventor of the GIF, dies at 74

Wilhite, an employee of Compuserve (later absorbed into America Online, then into Yahoo! many years later), devised a file compression format designed for computer-generated graphics with a limited number of colors (such as weather maps) known as the Graphics Interchange Format, reducing their size. The file format eventually became largely obsolete with newer compression formats such as PNG (which offered full color spectrum, as opposed to GIF being limited to 256 discrete colors) but its support for animation provided its lasting contribution in the form of short clips that still circulate on message boards to the present day.

Wilhite died March 14 of a sudden and severe case of coronavirus.

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/23/1088410133/gif-creator-dead-steve-wilhite-kathaleen-wife-interview--

That's a real shame.  The ".gif" is still ubiquitous.

[GtHawk]

A man's only as old as the woman he feels..

Wait a minute, using that as a gauge...........Biden is suffering dementia at a much younger age than we thought

[Kamaji]

Wait a minute, using that as a gauge...........Biden is suffering dementia at a much younger age than we thought

[Ghost Bear]

Stephen E. Wilhite, inventor of the GIF, dies at 74

I wonder how he pronounced it?   

[Kamaji]

I wonder how he pronounced it?   

Apparently, he pronounced it with a soft first letter, like 'jif', not with a hard first letter:  https://time.com/5791028/how-to-pronounce-gif/

[Ghost Bear]

Apparently, he pronounced it with a soft first letter, like 'jif', not with a hard first letter:  https://time.com/5791028/how-to-pronounce-gif/

Oh, so he said it wrong too.   

[Kamaji]

Oh, so he said it wrong too.   

Exactly!

[andy58-in-nh]

Stephen E. Wilhite, inventor of the GIF, dies at 74

[Kamaji]

Perfect!

[Smokin Joe]

Wait a minute, using that as a gauge...........Biden is suffering dementia at a much younger age than we thought

Yeah, like, seven...

[jmyrlefuller]

Comedian, game show regular, and actor Scoey Mitchell dies at 92.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/scoey-mitchell-dead-barefoot-park-1235118079/

[txradioguy]

R.I.P. Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins. 50. No cause of death yet. They were in South America in their current tour.

[Free Vulcan]

R.I.P. Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins. 50. No cause of death yet. They were in South America in their current tour.

WHAAAAAAAA!!!!?????

One of my favorite bands of all time. He was a beast of a drummer.

[txradioguy]

WHAAAAAAAA!!!!?????

One of my favorite bands of all time. He was a beast of a drummer.

It’s breaking news less than an hour ago. Loved the way he played the drums.

[libertybele]

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins dead at 50

[mountaineer]

There's a lot of chatter about the v**cine being a factor.

[GtHawk]

There's a lot of chatter about the v**cine being a factor.

When I saw his age it was one of the first things I thought.

[jmyrlefuller]

When I saw his age it was one of the first things I thought.

That's pretty close to the same age fellow Seattle rockers Paul Weiland* and Chris Cornell died. Apparently, much like Cornell, Hawkins had a few too many drugs in his system when he died.

*My phone amusingly autocorrected that name to Paul Williams, who is very much still alive.

[DB]

That's pretty close to the same age fellow Seattle rockers Paul Weiland* and Chris Cornell died. Apparently, much like Cornell, Hawkins had a few too many drugs in his system when he died.

*My phone amusingly autocorrected that name to Paul Williams, who is very much still alive.

He was having severe chest pain and was taken to the hospital where he died. That doesn't sound like an OD but who knows.

[Wingnut]

They released the prelim Tox report on Hawkin's.  The boy had more drugs in him than Hunter Biden on a date night.   He OD'd.

[mountaineer]

 

[DB]

They released the prelim Tox report on Hawkin's.  The boy had more drugs in him than Hunter Biden on a date night.   He OD'd.

https://news.yahoo.com/taylor-hawkins-death-toxicology-report-000651293.html

[Free Vulcan]

I don't even know what to think. I can understand a situation like Petty who gets addicted to opioids and can't get off them, but to have that many chemicals in you at 50 y/o? That's a kamikaze run.

And wife and kids to boot? Success beyond all measure? Where could his head possibly been at?

[jmyrlefuller]

He was having severe chest pain and was taken to the hospital where he died. That doesn't sound like an OD but who knows.

Andy Gibb died of one at 31. Take enough drugs and it will mess with your heart.

[libertybele]

I don't even know what to think. I can understand a situation like Petty who gets addicted to opioids and can't get off them, but to have that many chemicals in you at 50 y/o? That's a kamikaze run.

And wife and kids to boot? Success beyond all measure? Where could his head possibly been at?

Obviously he had some issues and some sort of chemical/drug dependency.  You're right; success, wife and kids, what a shame.

[mountaineer]

Andy Gibb died of one at 31. Take enough drugs and it will mess with your heart.

Especially cocaine.

[Kamaji]

‘Sopranos’ and ‘Goodfellas’ star Paul Herman dead on 76th birthday

By Yaron Steinbuch
March 30, 2022

Gangster movie stalwart Paul Herman, a Brooklyn native who appeared in “The Sopranos” and “Goodfellas,” died Tuesday on his 76th birthday.

The cause of death has not been disclosed.

His death was confirmed by Michael Imperioli, a former “Sopranos” castmate, who described Herman in an Instagram post as “just a great dude.”

“A first class storyteller and raconteur and one hell of an actor … Paulie lived around the corner from me the last few years and i am glad we got to spend some time together before he left us,” Imperioli, who played Christopher Moltisanti in the hit HBO series, wrote in the touching tribute.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/03/30/sopranos-and-goodfellas-star-paul-herman-dead-at-age-76/

[Wingnut]

Bill Fries, voice of 'C.W. McCall' from "Convoy" passes away at 94.

Catch you on the Flip-Flop so keep the bugs off your glass and the bears off your... 10-4.

[jmyrlefuller]

Bill Fries, voice of 'C.W. McCall' from "Convoy" passes away at 94.

Catch you on the Flip-Flop so keep the bugs off your glass and the bears off your... 10-4.

His last interview:
https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,462968.0.html

[jmyrlefuller]

Jimmy Lydon, child actor of the 1930s who went on to act well into the 1970s, dies at 98.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jimmy-lydon-life-with-father-henry-aldrich-movies-dead-1235115079/

[jmyrlefuller]

Estelle Harris, character actress known for her bright orange hair and accent, dies at 93

Harris's famous roles were as part of double acts, including George Costanza's mother on Seinfeld (opposite Jerry Stiller) and Mrs. Potato Head in the Toy Story movies (opposite Don Rickles).

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/estelle-harris-dead-dies-seinfeld-toy-story-1235221983/

[jmyrlefuller]

Donald Shaffer, the real-life Radar O'Reilly, dies at 92

Shaffer was the neighbor of "Richard Hooker" (pseudonym), the author of the book MASH, and served with him in the Korean War. Hooker adapted details of Shaffer's life into Radar O'Reilly, one of the characters in the book, which in turn was portrayed by Gary Burghoff in both the film and the TV series.

Shaffer went on to also serve in Vietnam, then spent his post-military career as a history professor.
https://www.wokv.com/news/trending/donald-shaffer-inspiration-mashs-radar-oreilly-character-dead-92/VEE2P2HCXVFKFL365TRKXM5QXY/

[jmyrlefuller]

Barrie Youngfellow, sitcom fixture of the 1970s and 1980s, dies at 75

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/barrie-youngfellow-dead-its-a-living-1235123929/

[mountaineer]

Estelle Harris was hilarious as Mrs. Costanza. What a gem.

[Free Vulcan]

Estelle Harris was hilarious as Mrs. Costanza. What a gem.

Her and Jerry Stiller were comedic genius.

Serenity now!

[Gefn]

Estelle Harris, character actress known for her bright orange hair and accent, dies at 93

Harris's famous roles were as part of double acts, including George Costanza's mother on Seinfeld (opposite Jerry Stiller) and Mrs. Potato Head in the Toy Story movies (opposite Don Rickles).

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/estelle-harris-dead-dies-seinfeld-toy-story-1235221983/

Rest In Peace Mrs. Constanza. You had a long career making us laugh.

[mountaineer]

Volare singer Bobby Rydell, the teen idol who also starred in Bye Bye Birdie, is dead at 79

    Rydell died on Tuesday at age 79
    His cause of death has not yet been revealed
    He rose to fame with his 1960 singles Volare and Wild One, among others
    Rydell had 34 hit singles in total throughout the 1950s and '60s
    The singer also appeared on television and had a role in Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
    Paul McCartney cited Rydell's Forget Him as the inspiration for She Loves You
    He stayed busy in his later years and still had shows planned for later this year

By Brian Marks For Dailymail.com
Published: 18:01 EDT, 5 April 2022 | Updated: 18:51 EDT, 5 April 2022

[GtHawk]

Volare singer Bobby Rydell, the teen idol who also starred in Bye Bye Birdie, is dead at 79

    Rydell died on Tuesday at age 79
    His cause of death has not yet been revealed
    He rose to fame with his 1960 singles Volare and Wild One, among others
    Rydell had 34 hit singles in total throughout the 1950s and '60s
    The singer also appeared on television and had a role in Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
    Paul McCartney cited Rydell's Forget Him as the inspiration for She Loves You
    He stayed busy in his later years and still had shows planned for later this year

By Brian Marks For Dailymail.com
Published: 18:01 EDT, 5 April 2022 | Updated: 18:51 EDT, 5 April 2022

RIP Bobby I really enjoyed your music. It is odd though that the writer puts Volare before Wild One because Wild One was his #1 and Volare #4, oh well I liked them both.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Rest In Peace Mrs. Constanza. You had a long career making us laugh.

Mega dittos.

[mountaineer]

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback dead after getting hit by a car
by Ryan King, Breaking News Reporter
 | April 09, 2022 11:25 AM
Washington Examiner

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins Jr. died Saturday after getting hit by a car in South Florida.

Haskins, who was vying to become the starting quarterback, was 24 years old and would have turned 25 on May 3. Details of the accident are limited, but his death was confirmed by his agent, Cedric Saunders.

He joined the Steelers before the 2021 season after a stint at the Washington Commanders in 2019 and a notable college football career at Ohio State University. He may have been in South Florida for a practice session with Mitch Trubisky, early reports indicate.

This is a real shocker for Stillers fans, even if he was 3rd on the depth chart.

[Gefn]

Woman who drew up Schindler’s lists during Holocaust dies at 107

The woman who drew up lists of people for the German industrialist Oskar Schindler that helped save hundreds of Jews during the Holocaust has died aged 107.

Mimi Reinhardt, who was employed as Schindler’s secretary, was in charge of drawing up the lists of Jewish workers from the ghetto of the Polish city of Kraków who were recruited to work at his factory, saving them from deportation to Nazi death camps.

“My grandmother, so dear and so unique, passed away at the age of 107. Rest in peace,” Reinhardt’s granddaughter Nina wrote in a message to relatives.

Austrian-born Reinhardt, who was also Jewish, was recruited by Schindler himself and worked for him until 1945.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/08/mimi-reinhardt-woman-who-drew-up-schindlers-lists-during-holocaust-dies-at-107

[Kamaji]

Woman who drew up Schindler’s lists during Holocaust dies at 107


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/08/mimi-reinhardt-woman-who-drew-up-schindlers-lists-during-holocaust-dies-at-107

Another bright light dims and goes out.

[Gefn]

Another bright light dims and goes out.

Amen

[mountaineer]

Mr. M and I were in Frankfurt a few years ago and happened upon a building with a plaque indicating that Schindler once lived there, long after the events portrayed in the movie. For a moment we really couldn't speak. Hollywood became reality, and we thought about what he - and Frau Reinhardt - did.