Obituaries for 2023

[Cyber Liberty]

Well he now faces his maker.

Let us hope that in prison, he prayed fervently for Our Fathers forgiveness. 

[Kamaji]

Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi dead at 86

By Associated Press
June 12, 2023

Silvio Berlusconi, 86, the boastful billionaire media mogul who was Italy’s longest-serving premier despite scandals over his sex-fueled parties and allegations of corruption, died Monday, according to his television network.

Mediaset announced his death with a smiling photo of the man on its homepage and the headline: “Berlusconi is dead.”

Berlusconi was hospitalized on Friday for the second time in months for treatment of chronic leukemia.

He also suffered over the years from heart ailments, prostate cancer and was hospitalized for COVID-19 in 2020.

A onetime cruise ship crooner, Berlusconi used his television networks and immense wealth to launch his long political career, inspiring both loyalty and loathing.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/06/12/silvio-berlusconi-italys-former-prime-minister-dead-at-86/

[mountaineer]

Actor Treat Williams dies at 71 after motorcycle accident
The actor's work spanned stage, film and television, from the Broadway production "Grease" to the film "Hair" and the series "Everwood."
June 12, 2023, 10:57 PM EDT / Updated June 13, 2023, 12:30 AM EDT
By Diana Dasrath and Dennis Romero

Treat Williams, a star of stage, television and film, has died in a motorcycle accident, his family said Monday evening. He was 71.

"It is with great sadness that we report that our beloved Treat Williams has passed away tonight in Dorset, Vermont after a fatal motorcycle accident," his family said in a statement. "As you can imagine, we are shocked and greatly bereaved at this time."

Vermont State Police said in a statement that Williams was critically injured in Dorset about 4:53 p.m. Monday when a Honda SUV turned in front of him, ending in a collision that threw Williams from his 1986 Honda motorcycle.

He was taken to Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York, where he was pronounced dead, state police said. ... NBC News

[Gefn]

Cormac McCarthy, Novelist of a Darker America, Is Dead at 89

Cormac McCarthy, the formidable and reclusive writer of Appalachia and the American Southwest, whose raggedly ornate early novels about misfits and grotesques gave way to the lush taciturnity of “All the Pretty Horses” and the apocalyptic minimalism of “The Road,” died on Tuesday at his home in Santa Fe, N.M. He was 89.

Knopf, his publisher, said in a statement that this son, John, had confirmed the death.

Mr. McCarthy’s fiction took a dark view of the human condition and was often macabre. He decorated his novels with scalpings, beheadings, arson, rape, incest, necrophilia and cannibalism. “There’s no such thing as life without bloodshed,” he told The New York Times magazine in 1992 in a rare interview. “I think the notion that the species can be improved in some way, that everyone could live in harmony, is a really dangerous idea.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/13/books/cormac-mccarthy-dead.html

[berdie]

McCarthy was a good, if somewhat dark, author.

[mountaineer]

My husband is a track nerd, and the talk at his running forum is that Tori was depressed over professional and personal setbacks, and took her own life.

Wow, looks like the nerds were wrong. Still very sad.

Report: U.S. Olympic Sprinter Tori Bowie Died in Childbirth
Warner Todd Huston
13 Jun 2023
Breitbart

American Olympic gold medal winner in track and field Tori Bowie shockingly died at the age of only 32, and now an autopsy has revealed that she died from pregnancy complications.

The former sprinter was found dead at her home on May 2 after the police were called to make a welfare check on her.

An autopsy report from the Orange County (Florida) Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed that Bowie was around eight months pregnant and was in active labor when she died.

Medical officials said Bowie may have suffered from issues including respiratory distress and eclampsia, according to USA Today Sports. ...

[mountaineer]

Daniel Ellsberg, who disclosed Pentagon Papers, dies at age 92
by The National Desk
Fri, June 16th 2023, 2:43 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (TND) — Daniel Ellsberg, a government consultant who in 1971 leaked what became known as the Pentagon Papers and exposed the deceit of American policymakers during the Vietnam War, has died, according to multiple reports.

He was 92 years old.

The New York Times said his cause of death was pancreatic cancer.

[mountaineer]

We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong
Glenn Greenwald remembers the Pentagon Papers whistleblower and ceaseless anti-war activist
June 16, 2023

That you should never meet your heroes, as they are bound to disappoint you, has become such conventional wisdom that it requires no author to affirm it. In a 2020 satirical New Yorker article, Alex Witt attributed the proverb to the faceless “they” (“They say, ‘Never meet your heroes,’ ” adding, “It’s good advice. I’ve met all of my idols, and I’ve been disappointed by every single one”). Some internet pages attribute the quote to the British comedian Alan Carr after meeting Paul Newman, though that appears more apocryphal than reliable. It hardly matters who first said it; it just strikes one as intuitively true because the glaring, multi-faceted imperfections of humans when seen up close make a heroic image unlikely to survive interpersonal scrutiny.

Daniel Ellsberg, the renowned Pentagon Papers whistleblower, single-handedly destroyed the validity of this advice for me. Ellsberg was one of my two or three top childhood heroes. Though I was only four years old in 1971, when he knowingly assumed a high probability of life in prison to inform the American people about systemic lying by the U.S. government regarding the war in Vietnam, I became engrossed by both the Pentagon Papers and Watergate dramas as I entered adolescence. Those became the formative events for my understanding of politics and journalism.

 The lies told by leading Pentagon and CIA officials about the Vietnam War were numerous, and they came fast and furious from the start of the U.S. role in the war in the early 1960s to its end in the mid-1970s. The lie that led Ellsberg to risk his liberty to expose was central. Top Pentagon and other U.S. Security State officials were publicly insisting they were getting closer and closer to winning the war, all while privately admitting from the start that victory would be impossible, that the best-case scenario was a stalemate with the North Vietnamese.

Ellsberg’s remarkable moral courage and self-sacrifice to try to stop an unjust war from spiraling even further out of control played a major role in shaping my understanding of journalism, the need for transparency, the virtues of bravery, and the duties of citizenship. I read everything I could get my hands on about Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers case. That someone at the age of 40 would be willing to spend the rest of his life in prison for a political cause both mystified and excited me. Ellsberg occupied a central place in my childhood imagination about heroism, integrity, and courage.   ...

Rolling Stone

[Kamaji]

‘The Young and the Restless’ star Brett Hadley dead at 92

By Adriana Diaz
June 16, 2023

“The Young and the Restless” star Brett Hadley died Wednesday at 92, his close friend said.

His cause of death was not revealed but his photographer pal Mary Ann Halpin confirmed his passing on Facebook.

The actor was best known for his longtime role on “The Young and the Restless” as Genoa City police detective and Williams family patriarch Carl Williams.

“It is with a heavy heart that I have to say goodbye to my sweet friend Brett Hadley,” Halpin wrote.

“We were in an acting class and were the bad kids in the class. We sat in the back and giggled. I remember us sitting in his coverable WV … I will miss his playful and deep conversation, his funny flirty giggle and twinkling eyes. He took his last bow and gracefully left us yesterday.”

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/06/16/the-young-and-the-restless-star-brett-hadley-dead-at-92/

[sneakypete]

‘The Young and the Restless’ star Brett Hadley dead at 92

By Adriana Diaz
June 16, 2023

“The Young and the Restless” star Brett Hadley died Wednesday at 92, his close friend said.

His cause of death was not revealed


Well,yeah,it was. He was 92  years old. 

[jmyrlefuller]

Ray Lewis III dies at 28.

The son and namesake of Hall of Fame linebacker and suspected accessory to murder Ray Lewis followed in his father's footsteps in two ways: becoming a professional football player (albeit at a lower level, rising only to the level of an indoor football team in Wyoming) and suspected criminal charges (in the younger Lewis's case, sexual assault) that were eventually dropped.

Lewis died from an apparent death of despair June 15.

https://people.com/ray-lewis-son-ray-lewis-iii-dies-at-28-7547622

[libertybele]

‘The Young and the Restless’ star Brett Hadley dead at 92

By Adriana Diaz
June 16, 2023

“The Young and the Restless” star Brett Hadley died Wednesday at 92, his close friend said.

His cause of death was not revealed but his photographer pal Mary Ann Halpin confirmed his passing on Facebook.

The actor was best known for his longtime role on “The Young and the Restless” as Genoa City police detective and Williams family patriarch Carl Williams.

“It is with a heavy heart that I have to say goodbye to my sweet friend Brett Hadley,” Halpin wrote.

“We were in an acting class and were the bad kids in the class. We sat in the back and giggled. I remember us sitting in his coverable WV … I will miss his playful and deep conversation, his funny flirty giggle and twinkling eyes. He took his last bow and gracefully left us yesterday.”

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/06/16/the-young-and-the-restless-star-brett-hadley-dead-at-92/

I am an avid fan of the Y&R and have been watching it for 50 years.  The character Carl Williams hasn't been on for decades and they have recently snubbed his television son, Paul Williams (Doug Davidson).

RIP Brett Hadley

[Kamaji]

‘Back To School’ actor Paxton Whitehead dead at 85

By David Russell
June 20, 2023

Veteran character actor Paxton Whitehead, who was nominated for a Tony for his performance in “Camelot,” died last Friday. He was 85.

His son Charles told The Hollywood Reporter that he died at a hospital in Virginia.

Whitehead’s most memorable role came in the 1986 hit film “Back To School,” as Dr. Phillip Barbay, the stuffy professor who has to deal with Thornton Melon, played by Rodney Dangerfield as a businessman who attempts to earn his college degree.

He spent most of his early career on the stage, signing with the Royal Shakespeare Company in the late 1950s.

Whitehead also served as artistic director of the Shaw Festival, one of the largest repertory theater companies, which originally only featured shows written by George Bernard Shaw.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/06/20/actor-paxton-whitehead-dead-at-85/

[mountaineer]

Ray Lewis III dies at 28.  ...Lewis died from an apparent death of despair June 15.

I heard it was an overdose, but not an intentionally suicidal OD.

[Kamaji]

Former Steelers linebacker Clark Haggans dead at 46

By David Russell
June 21, 2023

Former Steelers linebacker Clark Haggans, a member of the team that won Super Bowl XL in 2005, died at 46, a popular Pittsburgh sports radio host announced Tuesday evening.

No cause of death has been given.

Haggans played 13 seasons in the NFL, including eight with the Steelers from 2000 to 2007.

He collected a career-high nine sacks during the 2005 season and sacked Seattle’s Matt Hasselbeck on the opening drive of Super Bowl XL, a 21-10 Steelers triumph.

Haggans later played for the Cardinals and 49ers, again making the Super Bowl as a member of the San Francisco team that won the NFC title in 2012.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/06/21/former-nfl-steelers-linebacker-clark-haggans-dead-at-46/

[sneakypete]

Former Steelers linebacker Clark Haggans dead at 46

By David Russell
June 21, 2023

Former Steelers linebacker Clark Haggans, a member of the team that won Super Bowl XL in 2005, died at 46, a popular Pittsburgh sports radio host announced Tuesday evening.

No cause of death has been given.

Haggans played 13 seasons in the NFL, including eight with the Steelers from 2000 to 2007.

He collected a career-high nine sacks during the 2005 season and sacked Seattle’s Matt Hasselbeck on the opening drive of Super Bowl XL, a 21-10 Steelers triumph.

Haggans later played for the Cardinals and 49ers, again making the Super Bowl as a member of the San Francisco team that won the NFC title in 2012.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/06/21/former-nfl-steelers-linebacker-clark-haggans-dead-at-46/

@Kamaji

Steroids abuse over the years?

[GtHawk]

@Kamaji

Steroids abuse over the years?

Maybe death is related to concussions?

[mountaineer]

Sheldon Harnick, whose lyrics for the acclaimed stage and film musical Fiddler on the Roof are some of the most recognizable and beloved in Broadway history, died Friday at his home in Manhattan. He was 99.

His death was announced by spokesman Sean Katz.

In collaborations with composer Jerry Bock, Harnick gave Broadway some of its most publicly adored and critically acclaimed musicals, including 1959’s Pulitzer-winning Fiorello!, 1963’s She Loves Me and, of course, Fiddler on the Roof, the massively successful 1964 musical with a book by Joseph Stein that told the story of Jewish dairyman Tevye who struggled to support his wife and daughters on a shtetl in the Imperial Russia of 1905. ...

But the Bock-Harnick masterpiece would come in 1964 with their songs based on the Tevye tales of Sholem Aleichem. The musical to delivered to the stage such indelible characters as Tevye; wife Golde; headstrong daughters Tzeitel, Hodel and Chava; gossipy matchmaker Yente; and hapless tailor Motel among many others, Fiddler on the Roof is among the most cherished Broadway musicals in history, a staple of major stages and high school auditoriums. “Sunrise, Sunset,” with Harnick’s poignant lyrics about watching children grow up and away, would find its way into untold numbers of wedding receptions, with “If I Were A Rich Man” becoming a universal anthem of longing and what-if fantasies, marked by daydreams of wealth and “ya ba dibba dibba” musings.   ... Deadline

[Smokin Joe]

RIP, Mr. Harnick, and thanks. I enjoyed the show.

[berdie]

One of my favorite musicals.

[Smokin Joe]

One of my favorite musicals.

Yes!I am not much on musicals, in general, but that one I liked.

[deb]

Yes!I am not much on musicals, in general, but that one I liked.

It’s a great one!

[berdie]

Yes!I am not much on musicals, in general, but that one I liked.

I love musicals. But Fiddler is not the typical musical. The situations and lyrics of some of the songs are so touching that they can bring tears to my eyes, even after the multitudes of times  I've seen it, and I'm not one given to tears.


RIP, Sir. Not many can make me weepy.

[Kamaji]

Richard Ravitch, ‘titan of New York’s civic world,’ dead at 89

By Jesse O’Neill and Carl Campanile
June 26, 2023

Richard Ravitch, the former MTA chairman and lieutenant governor who is widely credited with helping New York emerge from its ’70s debt crisis, died at the age of 89 in Manhattan Sunday.

Ravitch was never elected to office, but had an immense influence on politics, transportation and civics in the state and city he called home.

“He was a steady, savvy, and brilliant leader and a public servant in the truest sense of the term,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a statement, confirming his death.

Born in 1933 to a Jewish Russian immigrant family in Brooklyn, Ravitch watched his father’s burgeoning HRH Construction Corporation shape the Manhattan skyline by erecting some of its most recognizable high-end apartment buildings, schools, museums and hospitals in addition to tens of thousands of affordable housing units, according to The Real Deal.

By 1960, Ravitch himself had taken the reins of the family company after attending the city’s prestigious Lincoln School and Fieldston School before graduating from Columbia University, earning a law degree at Yale University and serving in the Army, according to The New York Times.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/06/26/richard-ravitch-former-mta-chair-dead-at-89/

[jmyrlefuller]

Ugh.

Ravitch was at the center of one of the most brazen usurpations of little-r republican government in New York history.

In 2009, there was a dispute within the state Senate. Eliot Spitzer had resigned, David Paterson had ascended to the governorship, and a few members of the Democratic caucus (led by eventual corruption convict Pedro Espada) decided to mutiny on their leader (eventual corruption convict Malcolm Smith) and join a coalition with the Republicans (led by eventual corruption convict Dean Skelos and his deputy, eventual corruption convict Tom Libous—are y'all noticing a trend here?) Well, because of all this, there was no clear president pro tempore of the Senate, and thus no Lieutenant Governor... meaning if Paterson ever left the state, a constitutional crisis would ensue.

So he created a constitutional crisis of his own and appointed Dick Ravitch unilaterally, with no confirmation process... even though nothing in state law nor the state constitution permitted such a thing. And a court, with no basis, allowed it.

And we wonder why people are fleeing this God-forsaken state.

[jmyrlefuller]

Burns Cameron, the original Jeopardy! super-champion, dies at 85

Cameron was a contestant on the original Jeopardy! in 1965, hosted by Art Fleming. His $7,070 total (when clues only offered values of $10-$100; i.e. he would have won $141,400 under 21st-century scoring) was a record up to that time, and though Cameron's total was eventually surpassed by two contestants in 1969, Cameron also won his Tournament of Champions, something the other two contestants failed to do.

He was eventually invited back twice for invitational tournaments, including a 1972 one-off game in which he faced off against the two contestants who outscored him (he finished second) and a 1990 special tournament during Alex Trebek's hosting run, during which Cameron was the only contestant from before 1980 (by then, the rules had changed drastically, and Cameron was bounced from the tournament in the first round).

https://www.pressherald.com/2023/06/25/obituaryburns-elliott-cameron-2/

[jmyrlefuller]

Jesse McReynolds, Grand Ole Opry regular, dies at 93

https://bluegrasstoday.com/jesse-mcreynolds-passes/

[mountaineer]

Whew! Thanks for the insights into NY politics, @jmyrlefuller

[Kamaji]

‘Titanic’ actor Lew Palter dead at 94

By David Russell
June 27, 2023

Lew Palter, the actor best known to audiences as Macy’s co-owner Isidor Straus in the 1997 classic “Titanic,” died last month, it was revealed Monday. He was 94.

Palter succumbed to lung cancer on May 21, his daughter Catherine told The Hollywood Reporter.

He was a familiar face on TV, appearing on “The Flying Nun,” “Columbo,” “The Brady Bunch,” Hill Street Blues” and “LA Law,” among other shows.

Palter played a Supreme Court Justice in the 1981 comedy-drama “First Monday In October,” starring Walter Matthau and Jill Clayburgh.

He was also a faculty member at CalArts School of Theater.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/06/27/titanic-actor-lew-palter-dead-at-94/

[mountaineer]

John Goodenough, The Scientist Who Helped Revolutionize Lithium-Ion Batteries, Dies at 100
By Akshat Rathi / Bloomberg
June 27, 2023 9:40 AM EDT

John Goodenough, a pioneering researcher who helped transform lithium-ion batteries, died at the age of 100 on Sunday.

His inventions that helped develop modern computers and commercialize lithium-ion batteries touched every person’s life on the planet. Yet few knew him and his work didn’t bring him riches, though it did earn him a Nobel Prize very late in life. None of that bothered Goodenough, as he kept developing better batteries almost until the end of his life. His decades of work and innovation are now a cornerstone in the race to decarbonize the world’s vehicles and energy system. ...

After earning a PhD, Goodenough spent 24 years at the US Defense Department-funded Lincoln Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His work in the 1950s and 1960s on compounds made of metals and oxygen helped progress the development of random access memory, or RAM, that serves as the center for a computer’s short-term data access....

It’s at Oxford that he turned his attention to batteries, after the oil crisis of 1973 sparked his interest in alternative forms of energy.

All batteries, from the very first one invented in 1799 by Alessandro Volta, are made up of three components: two electrodes — referred to as an anode and a cathode — with an electrolyte that allows the flow of charged atomic particles called ions between them. Lithium is the lightest metal in the universe, and a battery that can use lithium ions would be able to store the maximum amount of energy in the smallest amount of space.

An Exxon scientist named Stanley Whittingham had developed a battery that used lithium in the early 1970s. However, that very desire to make batteries energy dense caused Whittingham’s battery — which used lithium metal as anode and titanium sulfide as cathode — to catch fire.

With safety in mind, Goodenough turned to compounds that he had studied during his days developing random access memory: oxides. Working with two graduate students, he found that cobalt oxide served as a superior and safer cathode.

However, Oxford never patented Goodenough’s invention and he gave it away to a British nuclear research agency in the hope that it may be commercialized.  ... More at TIME

[mountaineer]

Julian Sands: British actor's body identified after long search on mountain

Human remains found in mountains in California have been confirmed to be those of British actor Julian Sands, who went missing on a hike in January.

Walkers found the remains on Saturday, police said, and they have now been formally identified.

Sands, 65, was best known for his roles in the Oscar-winning film A Room With A View and TV dramas 24 and Smallville.

His other credits included 2011's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, in which he appeared opposite Daniel Craig. ... BBC

[sneakypete]

Jesse McReynolds, Grand Ole Opry regular, dies at 93

https://bluegrasstoday.com/jesse-mcreynolds-passes/

@jmyrlefuller

I don't think  I ever knew his name,but I recognized the photo of him instantly. If the Grand Old Operey  was on tv,the tv in my house was showing the Grand Old Operey.

[Fishrrman]

j myrle posted:
"Jesse McReynolds, Grand Ole Opry regular, dies at 93"

And Bobby Osborne (mandolin player and tenor in the Osborne Brothers with Sonny) has just passed, as well:
https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/06/27/bluegrass-legend-osborne-brothers-bobby-osborne-rocky-top-dies-at-91/70361336007/

Both were of the last "brother duets", and both of the Opry...

[jmyrlefuller]

Former NFL starting quarterback Ryan Mallett dies at 35 in a drowning incident.

https://www.si.com/.amp/nfl/2023/06/27/ryan-mallett-dies-drowning-accident-arkansas-michigan

[mountaineer]

The Washington Post (via MSN)
Lowell Weicker, GOP senator who became bold Nixon adversary, dies at 92
Story by Laurence I. Barrett • 6h ago

Lowell P. Weicker Jr., a three-term senator from Connecticut who became one of President Richard M. Nixon’s boldest Republican adversaries during the Watergate affair and who engineered dramatic increases in medical research funding despite President Ronald Reagan’s efforts to slash domestic spending, died June 28 at a hospital in Middletown, Conn. He was 92.  ...

 Mr. Weicker, who had family ties to the E.R. Squibb pharmaceutical fortune, was educated at preparatory schools and elite colleges. But in politics, a profession often driven by polls, Mr. Weicker was a self-described “maverick” — the title he also gave his memoir. His caustic tongue and bearlike, 6-foot-6 build lent an imposing aura.

A liberal Republican for much of his career, Mr. Weicker was unable to retain his party’s support during its rightward lurch under Reagan. He was unseated in 1988 by a Democratic challenger, Joseph I. Lieberman, then the Connecticut attorney general. The race marked Mr. Weicker’s sole electoral defeat in a political career spanning more than three decades. ...

Mr. Weicker first gained national attention when, as a freshman U.S. senator in 1973, he became one of only three Senate Republicans willing to join the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities. The committee’s mandate was to investigate the June 1972 burglary of Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington.  ...

[Kamaji]

Christine King Farris, sister of Martin Luther King Jr, dies aged 95

By Reuters
June 30, 2023

Christine King Farris, the sister of slain US civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr and a prominent activist herself, died on Thursday at the age of 95.

Farris died peacefully in Atlanta, Georgia, with her family by her side, according to the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta, of which she was a founding board member.

Farris participated in historic events of the civil rights movement, including the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, and the “March Against Fear” in Mississippi in 1966.

“Shaping the history of the journey of America in the 20th and 21st centuries, she stood for peace, freedom, and justice—virtues that reflect the best of our nation,” US President Joe Biden said in a written statement.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/06/30/christine-king-farris-sister-of-martin-luther-king-jr-dies-aged-95/

[Kamaji]

Alan Arkin dead at 89: Oscar winner was ‘a talented force of nature’

By Richard Pollina
June 30, 2023

Actor Alan Arkin, who earned an Oscar for his performance in 2007’s “Little Miss Sunshine” among dozens of other accolades, has died.

The acclaimed stage and screen veteran was 89.

Fellow actor Jason Alexander first shared the news on Twitter, calling the actor a “wonderful, original voice for comedy.”

“On the few occasions I was in his presence, a kind and generous soul,” the “Seinfeld” star tweeted. “I learned so much from watching him. And the laughs I got from his glorious work seem endless. May he rest well.”

The Brooklyn-born actor’s cause of death has not been revealed, but his sons Adam, Matthew and Anthony confirmed his passing to People.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/06/30/oscar-winning-actor-alan-arkin-dead-at-89-report/

[bigheadfred]

Alan Arkin dead at 89: Oscar winner was ‘a talented force of nature’

By Richard Pollina
June 30, 2023

Actor Alan Arkin, who earned an Oscar for his performance in 2007’s “Little Miss Sunshine” among dozens of other accolades, has died.

The acclaimed stage and screen veteran was 89.

Fellow actor Jason Alexander first shared the news on Twitter, calling the actor a “wonderful, original voice for comedy.”

“On the few occasions I was in his presence, a kind and generous soul,” the “Seinfeld” star tweeted. “I learned so much from watching him. And the laughs I got from his glorious work seem endless. May he rest well.”

The Brooklyn-born actor’s cause of death has not been revealed, but his sons Adam, Matthew and Anthony confirmed his passing to People.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/06/30/oscar-winning-actor-alan-arkin-dead-at-89-report/

I remember him best from Catch-22. Good movie.

[PeteS in CA]

I remember Arkin from 1979's "The Inlaws" as the nervous dentist "Sheldon Kornpett", along with the CIA agent "Vince Ricardo", played by Peter Falk.

[berdie]

I remember Arkin from Wail Until Dark. He was creepy.

[verga]

I remember Arkin from 1979's "The Inlaws" as the nervous dentist "Sheldon Kornpett", along with the CIA agent "Vince Ricardo", played by Peter Falk.

One of the funniest movies ever.

[GtHawk]

I remember Arkin from 1979's "The Inlaws" as the nervous dentist "Sheldon Kornpett", along with the CIA agent "Vince Ricardo", played by Peter Falk.

The In-Laws was aired just last week if I recall and thoroughly enjoyed it again. Sadly we are at a time where have lost/are losing the most real comedians able to make people laugh without resorting to vulgarity.

[Kamaji]

Vince Tobin, former Arizona Cardinals head coach, dead at 79

By Ryan Glasspiegel   
July 3, 2023

Former Arizona Cardinals head coach Vince Tobin, who led the team to its first playoff victory in 51 years, died Monday at the age of 79.

A cause of death was not immediately revealed.

In a statement, Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill expressed his condolences to Tobin’s family.

“Our deepest condolences go out to everyone who knew and loved Vince Tobin, and in particular his wife Kathy and their family,” the statement read.

“As head coach of the Cardinals, his steady leadership was a constant and a big part of the success the team enjoyed during his tenure. His football legacy with us is highlighted by the thrilling 1998 season, return to the postseason, and upset playoff win at Dallas. He will also be remembered for his instrumental role in key decisions like drafting Jake Plummer and Pat Tillman.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/07/03/vince-tobin-former-arizona-cardinals-head-coach-dead-at-79/

[Cyber Liberty]

Vince Tobin, former Arizona Cardinals head coach, dead at 79

Too bad Bidwell decided one spot in a Super Bowl was enough and quit paying for top notch players.  But a hearty thanks to Vince Tobin!

[Wingnut]

If you grew up in the era of AM 50K plus radio clear channels you might have heard this guy broadcasting from WLS 890 on your Radio dial.


Hall of fame rock disc jockey Dick Biondi dead at 90
By Shanzeh Ahmad
Chicago Tribune
•
Jul 02, 2023 at 8:10 am



Legendary Chicago rock disc jockey and personality Richard “Dick” Biondi died earlier this week, WLS-AM 890 announced on Facebook Saturday night. He was 90.

Biondi “died peacefully at home on Monday, June 26,” according to the radio station. A cause of death wasn’t given, but in April 2017, Biondi left WLS-AM when hospitalized for what was described as a leg ailment.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-richard-biondi-wls-radio-dies-20230702-v6k7qw5njvaezaxojsplwn2gpe-story.html

[Kamaji]

Journey co-founder George Tickner dead: Band’s guitarist was 76

By Nika Shakhnazarova
July 6, 2023

George Tickner, the co-founder and original guitarist for Journey, has died at the age of 76.

News of Tickner’s death was confirmed by co-founding member Neal Schon on social media. No cause of death has been given at this time.

“Journey Junkies, I have some very sad news. George Tickner, Journey’s original rhythm guitarist and songwriting contributor on their first three albums, has passed away. He was 76 years old,” Schon, 69, wrote on Facebook Thursday.

“Godspeed, George… thank you for the music. We will be paying tribute to you on this page indefinitely.”

He continued, “Our condolences to his family and friends, and to all past and present band members. So heartbreaking.. I think we need to do a group hug, JJ’s.”

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/07/06/journeys-original-guitarist-george-tickner-dead-at-76/

[sneakypete]

Journey co-founder George Tickner dead: Band’s guitarist was 76

By Nika Shakhnazarova
July 6, 2023

George Tickner, the co-founder and original guitarist for Journey, has died at the age of 76.

News of Tickner’s death was confirmed by co-founding member Neal Schon on social media. No cause of death has been given at this time.

 

@Kamaji

Yes,it was. Cause of death was he was 76  years old.  It is not surprising when someone dies at 76. The only surprise is they lived that long.

[catfish1957]

@Kamaji

Yes,it was. Cause of death was he was 76  years old.  It is not surprising when someone dies at 76. The only surprise is they lived that long.

Not sure studies of longevity of rock stars has been done, but I'd bet a bunch that it is less than the general population.

Keef is an anomolus exception.

[sneakypete]

Not sure studies of longevity of rock stars has been done, but I'd bet a bunch that it is less than the general population.

Keef is an anomolus exception.

@catfish1957

Keef is eternal.

[Gefn]

Journey co-founder George Tickner dead: Band’s guitarist was 76

By Nika Shakhnazarova
July 6, 2023

George Tickner, the co-founder and original guitarist for Journey, has died at the age of 76.

News of Tickner’s death was confirmed by co-founding member Neal Schon on social media. No cause of death has been given at this time.

“Journey Junkies, I have some very sad news. George Tickner, Journey’s original rhythm guitarist and songwriting contributor on their first three albums, has passed away. He was 76 years old,” Schon, 69, wrote on Facebook Thursday.

“Godspeed, George… thank you for the music. We will be paying tribute to you on this page indefinitely.”

He continued, “Our condolences to his family and friends, and to all past and present band members. So heartbreaking.. I think we need to do a group hug, JJ’s.”

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/07/06/journeys-original-guitarist-george-tickner-dead-at-76/

Rest in peace sir, thank you for all the music