The Obituaries Thread

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(CNN)Wilford Brimley, the mustachioed actor who appeared on the big screen and television shows , has died. He was 85.

Brimley died Saturday while hospitalized in St. George, Utah, his manager Lynda Bensky told CNN. He'd been at the ICU, where he was getting treatment for medical problems and was on dialysis.

"Wilford Brimley was a man you could trust. He said what he meant and he meant what he said," Bensky said. "He had a tough exterior and a tender heart. I'm sad that I will no longer get to hear my friend's wonderful stories. He was one of a kind."

His movie credits date to the 1970s and include "Cocoon," "The Natural" and "The Thing." He also starred in several television shows, including NBC's "Our House" as a gruff widower who asks his daughter-in-law and her children to live with him.

In addition to Quaker Oats, he also appeared in commercials for the American Diabetes Association, where he used his raspy baritone to urge people to check their blood sugar often.

Over the years, he earned a new legion of fans -- many born decades after his movie appearances -- drawn to memes paying tribute to his mustache.

"RIP Wilford Brimley -- so many great performances, but I'll never forget seeing him sing this surprisingly tender 'It's Not Easy Being Green,'" comedian Stephen Colbert tweeted.

Brimley is survived by his wife, Beverly, and three sons.

 

Wilford Brimley in a scene from “Absence of Malice.” “I’m never the leading man,” he said in 1993. “I never get the girl. And I never get to take my shirt off.

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RIP Trini Lopez. Only 2 survivors of this film(The Dirty Dozen) left- Jim Brown and Donald Sutherland.

 

If you watched this clip, you just watched Trini's entire film career.

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Man had some serious skills on the axe tho...

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JAMES BOND ACTOR.... Sean Connery was died at age 90....

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54761824

Thank you for become best spy ever!  

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Constantine Cavafy's poem "Ithaca", recited by Sir Sean Connery, and with music specially composed by Vangelis.

RIP, Sir Connery

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Football legend, Diego Maradona dead at 60 because of heart attack..... 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8986821/Diego-Maradona-died-suffering-cardiac-arrest-according-reports.html

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/highlight/2020/11/26/diego-maradona-dies-aged-60/

https://www.goal.com/en-my/news/diego-maradona-dies-at-60-following-heart-attack/1ib9vk5chgbiv1ldnhx2uonjxh

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Nostalgia with Diego Maradona (Argentina) and Mokhtar Dahari (Malaysia)

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Supersonic pioneer Chuck Yeager passes away at 97

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Academic giant Royal Prof Ungku Aziz was dies at 98 because of old sick...  

Al Fatihah.... 1922 - 2020.... Salam takziah....

https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2020/12/15/academic-giant-royal-prof-ungku-aziz-dies-at-98/1932197

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Al Fatihah... Allahyarhamah Tun Rahah, which was former second PM Malaysia, Allahyarham Tun Razak and mother for former sixth PM Malaysia, Najib Razak was passed away at 87 years at hospital...

Salam takziah.... Amen!   Informations are here!

https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/tun-rahah-mother-former-prime-minister-najib-razak-died-today

https://www.utusan.com.my/berita/2020/12/tun-rahah-meninggal-dunia/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahah_Noah

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In sad news, yesterday, former Bond girl, Tanya Roberts was found dead at the age of 65. Besides Bond, she was also a Charlie's Angel, Sheena, Queen of the Jungle, and regular on That 70's Show, along with being my boyhood fantasy.

In happier news, former Bond girl, Tanya Roberts was found alive at the age of 65. Besides Bond, she was also a Charlie's Angel, Sheena, Queen of the Jungle, and regular on That 70's Show, along with being my boyhood fantasy.

Ooops, she's dead again. Make up your mind, Tanya, in or out?!!!

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Adios to the man who could talk to anyone, Larry King, age 87.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_King

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Legendary stars, Engelbert Humperdinck was loss his wife, Patricia Healy because of coronavirus attacks... 😭

RIP.... Stay strong and stay safe...

https://people.com/music/engelbert-humperdinck-wife-patricia-healey-dies/

Remember, follow SOP for save your lives from covid-19 attacks! 😇

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G. Gordon Liddy - undercover operative convicted in the Watergate scandal burglary, aged 90.

 

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RIP.... Prince Philliip, Duke of Edinburgh and Queen Elizabeth II husband, was dead at 99...

Information are here!

https://7news.com.au/entertainment/prince-philip/prince-philip-duke-of-edinburgh-dead-at-99-c-157619

 

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Former senator, diplomat, vice president under Jimmy Carter, and 1984 presidential nominee Walter Mondale, aged 93.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shock G, who blended whimsical wordplay with reverence for ’70s funk as leader of the off-kilter Bay Area hip-hop group Digital Underground, has died. He was 57.

Nzazi Malonga, a longtime friend who served as head of security and helped manage the group, said the rapper-producer was found unresponsive Thursday in a hotel room in Tampa, Florida. Malonga said the performer, born Greg Jacobs, had struggled with drug addiction for years.

The group found fame with the Billboard Top 10 hit “Humpty Dance” in 1990, as Jacobs donned a Groucho Marx-style fake nose and glasses to become one of his many alter egos, Humpty Hump. He initially maintained the flamboyant Humpty was a separate person, doing in-character interviews and sometimes having his brother Kent Racker play the part.

“Same Song” a year later served as 2Pac’s introduction to music fans, with Shock G handing the baton to the future megastar, who had been working as a roadie for Digital Underground: “2Pac, go ’head and rock this.”

Jacobs was an introverted “technical wizard” adept at arranging samples who played keyboards and drums, said Digital Underground co-founder Jimi Dright, known as Chopmaster J. Dright met his future bandmate while buying equipment at a music store in San Leandro, California, where Jacobs was working.

Big Boi, Chuck D, Snoop Dogg and Busta Rhymes were among those posting online tributes to Jacobs, with many expressing pain after the deaths earlier in the month of rappers DMX and Black Rob. “Our brother Shock G was a GIANT. There’s not one aspect of what we do musically that this man has not influenced,” wrote Talib Kweli.

“The Humpty Dance” invited an audience of awkward youth into hip-hop with its embrace of misfits and outcasts. “Stop whatcha doin’ / ’Cause I’m about to ruin / The image and the style that ya used to,” Shock G rapped with lighthearted bravado. “I’m crazy / Allow me to amaze thee / They say I’m ugly but it just don’t faze me.”

”‘The Humpty Dance’ spoke to all the people that were like him — the fat people, the unattractive people. If you moved like him, you could be whatever you want,” said Malonga.

The group’s platinum-selling debut album “Sex Packets” was titled after an imagined “sex in a pill” product product that Dright said was a response to the AIDS crisis. It was followed by the gold-selling “This is an EP Release” and “Sons of the P.”

Jacobs, whose partner-in-rhyme was the smooth-voiced Money-B, was most comfortable performing in disguise and often struggled privately with the spotlight. “He got to be the star of a production that we had assembled and it ate him up. He didn’t want to be that guy,” Dright said.

Malonga said Jacobs had lived with him in the Los Angeles area for several years to get sober in the early 2000s, but had relapsed and been recently living with family in Florida. He gave away much of his wealth and worked on many unfinished side projects, struggling to find validation from those around him.

“He had hundreds of things he could create. He could draw, he could write music, play piano, he could score things, he could write stories and scripts,” Malonga said. “But unless someone was telling him he was OK, he would never present that.”

“I was very disappointed that he didn’t really see his own talent,” he added. “He was far more humble and insecure than people thought.”

 

Not much of a rap aficionado but this guy's style was definitely infectious.

 

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Tarzan actor, Joe Lara was dead at 58 because of PLANE CRASH!!!!  😭✈️💥

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/05/30/us/nashville-tennessee-cessna-plane-crash-sunday/index.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57304900

https://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/groove/2021/05/694559/tarzan-actor-joe-lara-among-7-presumed-dead-us-plane-crash

Thanks for acting as famous TARZAN on TV series - Tarzan The Epic Adventures. 

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Jackie Mason, Emmy and Tony-winning comedian, aged 93.

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Malaysian pop artis Siti Sarah was passed away because of covid 19....

before death, she delivering the fourth child since 3 days ago. Siti Sarah was severe cough and decreasing oxygen.... Information are here...

https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/malaysian-singer-siti-sarah-dies-of-covid-19-three-days-after-giving-birth

https://www.utusan.com.my/terkini/2021/08/siti-sarah-meninggal-dunia/

https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/tributes-paid-to-malaysian-pop-singer-siti-sarah-who-has-died-3015170

Salam takziah....  

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Martial artist and actor Sonny Chiba, aged 82.

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17 hours ago, madhatter106 said:

Martial artist and actor Sonny Chiba, aged 82.

My favorite of the big 3(Chiba, Lee & Chan). Too bad he had to go from Covid. RIP

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British stand up comic/writer for everyone else Sean Lock, died of lung cancer at 58.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58254859

 

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Dean Stockwell, the award-winning actor who was best known for playing Admiral "Al" Calavicci on the popular sci-fi series Quantum Leap, died on Sunday from natural causes. He was 85.

Born Robert Dean Stockwell in 1936, the actor had a long and prominent career that spanned both film and television, with roles in features like Air Force One and David Lynch's Dune. He began his career as a child actor in the 1940s, performing on Broadway and working under Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in films alongside Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, and Gregory Peck. In 1948, he achieved fame in the form of a cult star with the sleeper hit The Boy With the Green Hair.

Stockwell continued to act in television, Broadway, and film until he decided to make a career change and leave Hollywood. He was famously drawn back in by a phone call from Harry Dean Stanton, who convinced him to return and join him on the film Paris, Texas. The role reignited his career leading to memorable appearances in films like Blue Velvet, Dune, The Rainmaker, and Married to the Mob which earned Stockell a 1989 supporting actor Oscar nomination.

In 1989, he became a household name when he starred opposite Scott Bakula as Admiral "Al" Calavicci on the quirky NBC series Quantum Leap. The show ran for five seasons, earning Stockwell multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nominations as well as a Golden Globe win in 1990. In 1992, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his achievements.

Multiple television projects followed, including shows like Battlestar Galactica; JAG, The Tony Danza Show and NCIS: New Orleans.

Stockwell officially retired from acting in 2015.

Stockwell with Dennis Hopper, Blue Velvet 1986.

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Original NOBITA voice actor, Yoshiko Ota was passed away at 89 due to heart failure...

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/11/08/original-akko-chan-va-yoshiko-ota-passes-away-89

Thank you for making DORAEMON anime was greatest in the world!

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Stephen Sondheim - award winning composer/lyricist of such shows as Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, and Sunday in the Park with George - aged 91.

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Architect Sir Richard Rogers passes at age 88.  His immediately recognizable high-tech style was made famous in striking and controversial landmarks like the Centre Pompidou, designed in partnership with Renzo Piano, and the Lloyd's of London building.

"Richard Rogers, Pritzker Prize-winning British architect, dies aged 88" (CNN, December 19, 2021)

 

Many of his buildings have naturally made their way into SimCity as fan creations, though I can only think of one that was actually made by Maxis, SimCity 3000's T.C. Wong's House, which was based on Rogers' Kabuki-Cho Tower:

I even presumptuously made one ages ago for SimCity 2000 based on an unbuilt design of his, the K-1 Iikura:

 

Rest In Peace, Sir Richard Rogers.

 

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NFL legend John Madden died Tuesday at the age of 85, the league announced in a statement. 

"On behalf of the entire NFL family, we extend our condolences to Virginia, Mike, Joe and their families," NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement. "We all know him as the Hall of Fame coach of the Oakland Raiders and broadcaster who worked for every major network, but more than anything, he was a devoted husband, father and grandfather. 

 

"Nobody loved football more than Coach. He was football. He was an incredible sound board to me and so many others. There will never be another John Madden, and we will forever be indebted to him for all he did to make football and the NFL what it is today." 

 

The Hall of Fame coach turned broadcaster whose exuberant calls combined with simple explanations provided a weekly soundtrack to NFL games for three decades. The league said he died unexpectedly and did not detail a cause.

FILE: Former Oakland Raiders head coach John Madden speaks about former quarterback Ken Stabler, pictured at rear, at a ceremony honoring Stabler during halftime of an NFL football game between the Raiders and the Cincinnati Bengals in Oakland, Calif., on Sept. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Madden gained fame in a decade-long stint as the coach of the renegade Oakland Raiders, making it to seven AFC title games and winning the Super Bowl following the 1976 season. He compiled a 103-32-7 regular-season record, and his .759 winning percentage is the best among NFL coaches with more than 100 games.

But it was his work after prematurely retiring as coach at age 42 that made Madden truly a household name. He educated a football nation with his use of the telestrator on broadcasts; entertained millions with his interjections of "Boom!" and "Doink!" throughout games; was an omnipresent pitchman selling restaurants, hardware stores and beer; became the face of "Madden NFL Football," one of the most successful sports video games of all-time; and was a best-selling author.

Most of all, he was the preeminent television sports analyst for most of his three decades calling games, winning an unprecedented 16 Emmy Awards for outstanding sports analyst/personality, and covering 11 Super Bowls for four networks from 1979-2009.

FILE:  John Madden, head coach of the Oakland Raiders celebrates after the Raiders beat the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl XI on January 9, 1977 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. (Focus on Sport/Getty Images)

"People always ask, are you a coach or a broadcaster or a video game guy?" he said when was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. "I'm a coach, always been a coach."

 

He started his broadcasting career at CBS after leaving coaching in great part because of his fear of flying. He and Pat Summerall became the network's top announcing duo. Madden then moved to Fox in 1994 and went on to call prime-time games at ABC and NBC before retiring following Pittsburgh's thrilling 27-23 win over Arizona in the 2009 Super Bowl.

When he finally retired from the broadcast booth, leaving NBC's "Sunday Night Football," colleagues universally praised Madden's passion for the sport, his preparation, and his ability to explain an often-complicated game in down-to-earth terms.

Madden was raised in Daly City, California. He played on both the offensive and defensive lines for Cal Poly in 1957-58 and earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from the school.

Madden was chosen to the all-conference team and was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles, but a knee injury ended his hopes of a pro playing career. Instead, Madden got into coaching, first at Hancock Junior College and then as defensive coordinator at San Diego State.

Al Davis brought him to the Raiders as a linebackers coach in 1967, and Oakland went to the Super Bowl in his first year in the pros. He replaced John Rauch as head coach after the 1968 season at age 32, beginning a remarkable 10-year run.

With his demonstrative demeanor on the sideline and disheveled look, Madden was the ideal coach for the collection of castoffs and misfits that made up those Raiders teams.

 

John Madden (L), game analyst, "NBC Sunday Night Football," and play-by-play commentator Al Michaels (R) along with Jerome Bettis (rear L) and Tiki Barber (rear R) speak during the Sunday Night Football segment to television critics at the NBC Universal Summer press tour in Beverly Hills, California, July 21, 2008. (REUTERS/Fred Prouser)

Madden went 12-1-1 in his first season, losing the AFL title game 17-7 to Kansas City. That pattern repeated itself during his tenure; the Raiders won the division title in seven of his first eight seasons but went 1-6 in conference title games during that span.

Still, Madden's Raiders played in some of the sport's most memorable games of the 1970s, games that helped change rules in the NFL.

Madden retired from coaching at age 42 after a 9-7 season in 1978.

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Betty White, today. 18 days short of her 100th birthday. RIP Very funny lady.

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Peter Bodganovich - much-lauded film director/writer/producer (The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon) and film historian, aged 82.