Obituaries for 2026

[Timber Rattler]

'Storage Wars' star Darrell Sheets dies at 67: Report
Lake Havasu Police in Arizona told the entertainment outlet that Sheets appeared to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

Depression is a terrible thing.  I hate that for him and his family.

I never liked that show though.  It's premise was shady in which those locker bidders profited from other people's misfortune, breaking in and picking over personal belongings that had been lost one way or another like a pack of vultures.  I don't see the entertainment value in that.

[verga]

Depression is a terrible thing.  I hate that for him and his family.

I never liked that show though.  It's premise was shady in which those locker bidders profited from other people's misfortune, breaking in and picking over personal belongings that had been lost one way or another like a pack of vultures.  I don't see the entertainment value in that.

H.L. Mencken "No one in this world, so far as I know ... has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people".

[jmyrlefuller]

Nedra Talley Ross, the last living Ronette, dies at 80

https://deadline.com/2026/04/nedra-talley-ross-dead-the-ronettes-1236873122/

[mountaineer]

From Facebook:

Jesus Music Memorial Page
Morgan Trotter  · Apr 26
Perhaps you remember that Nedra Talley Ross released a solo Christian album in 1978, produced by Phil Keaggy and on which she covered a couple of songs by Phil as well as one by Keith Green. This is the best and most complete article I've found commemorating her life so far. It does mention her Christian album and also her marriage to Scott Ross.
https://variety.com/2026/music/news/nedra-talley-ross-ronettes-dead-1236731103/

Here's the song from her album by Keith Green:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi_-hfOc-zg&list=PLPcTOx34g9XT1E7yDP49NWIO6Qo9DjVjy&index=4

[verga]

From Facebook:

Jesus Music Memorial Page
Morgan Trotter  · Apr 26
Perhaps you remember that Nedra Talley Ross released a solo Christian album in 1978, produced by Phil Keaggy and on which she covered a couple of songs by Phil as well as one by Keith Green. This is the best and most complete article I've found commemorating her life so far. It does mention her Christian album and also her marriage to Scott Ross.
https://variety.com/2026/music/news/nedra-talley-ross-ronettes-dead-1236731103/

Here's the song from her album by Keith Green:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi_-hfOc-zg&list=PLPcTOx34g9XT1E7yDP49NWIO6Qo9DjVjy&index=4

Not a huge talent, but definitely had talent.

[PeteS in CA]

"Full Circle"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xrNwekU2qo&list=RD6xrNwekU2qo&start_radio=1

[jmyrlefuller]

Orchestra conductor Michael Tilson Thomas dies at 82

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/26/michael-tilson-thomas-obituary

[txradioguy]

"But the only time I know...I'll hear David Allen Coe...is when Jesus has his final Judgment Day"

R.I.P. David Allen Coe, 86

[verga]

"But the only time I know...I'll hear David Allen Coe...is when Jesus has his final Judgment Day"

R.I.P. David Allen Coe, 86

D@MN, He did some good stuff.

[txradioguy]

D@MN, He did some good stuff.

You Never Even Called Me By My Name is one of my go to karaoke songs...

[Smokin Joe]

"But the only time I know...I'll hear David Allen Coe...is when Jesus has his final Judgment Day"

R.I.P. David Allen Coe, 86

Motorcycle club had a party...

...and so many others. RIP

[txradioguy]

Interesting to note that DAC died on Willie Nelson's 93rd birthday.

[andy58-in-nh]

"But the only time I know...I'll hear David Allen Coe...is when Jesus has his final Judgment Day"

R.I.P. David Allen Coe, 86

"The Ride" and "Would You Lay With Me" are just two of his best songs. RIP, DAC.

[Idiot]

Interesting to note that DAC died on Willie Nelson's 93rd birthday.

Willie is too well preserved to ever die....lol.

[txradioguy]

Willie is too well preserved to ever die....lol.

Him and Keith Richards

[catfish1957]

Him and Keith Richards

Coe lived to be 86?  If you'd told me in 1976 that he'll live 50 more years, I'd called you crazy.....

[txradioguy]

Coe lived to be 86?  If you'd told me in 1976 that he'll live 50 more years, I'd called you crazy.....

Right!

[Free Vulcan]

'The Ride' and 'If That Ain't Country'.

I always dearly appreciated him because they world he wrote in his songs wasn't too far from how I grew up - one step from white trash but worked hard and had enough pride in ourselves to live presentably decent.

[verga]

Him and Keith Richards

Beat me to it. I was counting on him and Betty White being the Highlanders.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/2052029597949026480

[mountaineer]

I do appreciate Turner Classic Movies.
Lengthy and thorough article here:

CNN
CNN founder Ted Turner dead at 87

Ted Turner, the media maverick and philanthropist who founded CNN, a pioneering 24-hour network that revolutionized television news, died peacefully Wednesday, surrounded by his family, according to a news release from Turner Enterprises. He was 87.

The Ohio-born Atlanta businessman, nicknamed “The Mouth of the South” for his outspoken nature, built a media empire that encompassed cable’s first superstation and popular channels for movies and cartoons, plus professional sports teams like the Atlanta Braves.   ...

Just over a month before his 80th birthday in 2018, Turner revealed that he had Lewy body dementia, a progressive brain disorder. In early 2025, Turner was hospitalized with a mild case of pneumonia before recovering at a rehabilitation facility.  ...

[Polly Ticks]

Ted Turner, media mogul and former Atlanta Braves owner, has died at 87

ATLANTA — Media mogul, team owner, restaurateur, philanthropist and a lover of the wide-open spaces. Those are just a few of the titles that Robert “Ted” Turner III held throughout his lifetime.

CNN reported that Turner died on Wednesday at the age of 87.

The man who would come to be known as “The Mouth of the South” was born in Cincinnati on Nov. 19, 1938.


Ted Turner, media mogul and former Atlanta Braves owner, has died at 87

Ted Turner is the reason I am a Braves fan.

[catfish1957]

Ted Turner is the reason I am a Braves fan.

Hated his politics, but kudos to him for helping further southern heritage.  Funded and appeared as a LTC in  "Gods and Generals" back in '96.   One of my favorite box office bombs of all time. 

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2052040459472482311

[Wingnut]

RIP Ted. 

As to CNN.  They are once again, the "Chicken Noodle Network"

[Cyber Liberty]

RIP Ted. 

As to CNN.  They are once again, the "Chicken Noodle Network"

I'm not seeing CNN improving enough.  They have one guy, Scott Jennings that's good, and long term having one guy carrying the entire network will fail because he'll be sabotaged by his co-hosts and other employees.

As for Ted Turner himself, a lot more good than bad.  His biggest mistake was hooking up with Jane Fonda.  Second biggest was selling CNN to that bunch of raging lefties!

[jmyrlefuller]

Ted Turner was an advocate of the One Child Policy being imposed in America.

Ted Turner had five children.

That said, his work in the cable business was hugely influential, and probably why much of the older pop culture is still so memorable today because of all the reruns he showed on them.

[PeteS in CA]

Can't say I'll be mourning the former Mr. Jane Fonda. The old nickname, "Clinton News Network," and Warmista "Captain Planet" cartoon capture his heyday of damaging the US. That said, eight years of a progressive neural disease was a very unpleasant way to go.

[Ghost Bear]

Ted Turner was an advocate of the One Child Policy being imposed in America.

Ted Turner had five children.

That said, his work in the cable business was hugely influential, and probably why much of the older pop culture is still so memorable today because of all the reruns he showed on them.

The one thing that I will give Ted Turner credit for is the creation of cable channel TCM, which originally stood for Turner Classic Movies. He created it as a way to showcase the MGM, RKO, and pre-1950s Warner Brothers movie libraries that he gained ownership of when he bought MGM in 1986. That channel did it right when it comes to presenting old movies.

Of course, Turner was also the mastermind behind the technology that allowed colorizing old B&W movies, so... another reason to not like him. 

[Smokin Joe]

Can't say I'll be mourning the former Mr. Jane Fonda. The old nickname, "Clinton News Network," and Warmista "Captain Planet" cartoon capture his heyday of damaging the US. That said, eight years of a progressive neural disease was a very unpleasant way to go.

Captain Planet was banned in my house.

That said, he did make some significant contributions to television, and the old movies preserved and played were great.
RIP, despite his faults.

[jmyrlefuller]

Captain Planet was banned in my house.

That said, he did make some significant contributions to television, and the old movies preserved and played were great.
RIP, despite his faults.

I watched a lot of Captain Planet as a kid (it was one of the first shows that got the "educational" tag so it benefited from federal mandates in the '90s). Not much of it really stuck, thankfully. The Gaia angle made it obvious that I was dealing with something mythological.

The best I can assess is that Ted was never 100% right in the head and, after stumbling into that million-dollar inheritance because his dad offed himself, ended up with a bunch of money and no real guidance to go with it, not to mention any mental issues he may have been predisposed toward that he inherited genetically. But he happened to find an opening in an emerging market and had the liquidity to turn a million into billions. A combination of luck, the liquidity needed to take risks, shrewd business decisions, and screws just loose enough to avoid any nagging doubts.

[Smokin Joe]

I watched a lot of Captain Planet as a kid (it was one of the first shows that got the "educational" tag so it benefited from federal mandates in the '90s). Not much of it really stuck, thankfully. The Gaia angle made it obvious that I was dealing with something mythological.

The best I can assess is that Ted was never 100% right in the head and, after stumbling into that million-dollar inheritance because his dad offed himself, ended up with a bunch of money and no real guidance to go with it, not to mention any mental issues he may have been predisposed toward that he inherited genetically. But he happened to find an opening in an emerging market and had the liquidity to turn a million into billions. A combination of luck, the liquidity needed to take risks, shrewd business decisions, and screws just loose enough to avoid any nagging doubts.

Genius often treads the razor's edge between sanity and madness.
The determining factor is whether or not one succeeds.
 

[rustynail]

Founder Of 1320Video Kyle Loftis Passes Away

https://www.dragzine.com/news/founder-of-1320video-kyle-loftis-passes-away/