Deaths of Minor Celebrities

[Isee]

Gary wright, Dream Weaver, 80, Parkinsons and Dementia related disease

‘Dream Weaver’ singer Gary Wright dead at 80

Gary Wright had a pair of No. 2 songs with "Dream Weaver" and "Love is Alive" in 1976.

www.kiro7.com

 

[February]

Gary wright, Dream Weaver, 80, Parkinsons and Dementia related disease

‘Dream Weaver’ singer Gary Wright dead at 80

Gary Wright had a pair of No. 2 songs with "Dream Weaver" and "Love is Alive" in 1976.

www.kiro7.com

Although I only knew a couple of their hits, it's far too young.
Sounds like liver problems.

 

[SeanE]

Ron Barassi, football legend, aged 87

AFL legend Ron Barassi dead, aged 87

AFL legend Ron Barassi has died at the age of 87, his family has confirmed in a statement.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[oddjob]

Roger Whittaker, 87, folk singer

Roger Whittaker obituary

Popular folk singer and whistler best known for his 1969 hit Durham Town (the Leavin’)

www.theguardian.com

 

[SeanE]

David McCallum aged 90

NCIS And The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Actor David McCallum Is Dead At 90

David McCallum, whose credits included NCIS and The Man from U.N.C.L.E., has passed away.

www.cinemablend.com

 

[timmy]

David McCallum aged 90

NCIS And The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Actor David McCallum Is Dead At 90

David McCallum, whose credits included NCIS and The Man from U.N.C.L.E., has passed away.

www.cinemablend.com

That's a shame. I used to love Sapphire and Steel, with him and Joanna Lumley.

 

[BBpenguin88]

That's a shame. I used to love Sapphire and Steel, with him and Joanna Lumley.

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I loved him as Ilya Kuryakin in Man from UNCLE as well as the Great Escape (although that is where his wife Jill Ireland met & fell in love w/Charles Bronsen grrr)

 

[February]

I used to love The Man From UNCLE

 

[BBpenguin88]

I used to love The Man From UNCLE

 

[SeanE]

Michael Gambon, aged 82

Harry Potter actor Sir Michael Gambon dies aged 82

The actor was best known for playing Dumbledore and had won four Baftas.

www.bbc.com

 

[Kaz]

Cal Wilson dead at 53: Beloved comedian and TV personality passes away

https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/celebrity-deaths/cal-wilson-dead-at-53-beloved-comedian-and-tv-personality-passes-away/news-story/724081beceb8f6b6e1dcf9dacc89fa44

 

[timmy]

Cal Wilson: rare form of cancer confirmed as cause of comedian’s death

New Zealander had been in Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred hospital for a month before her death at 53, management says, as tributes flow for ‘shining soul’

www.theguardian.com

I was surprised she was 53, she had such a youthful vibe.

 

[timmy]

David McCallum aged 90

NCIS And The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Actor David McCallum Is Dead At 90

David McCallum, whose credits included NCIS and The Man from U.N.C.L.E., has passed away.

www.cinemablend.com

Just coming back to this. An ad from NZ from 1967. TISCO was a very well known TV service company right into the 1980s, maybe longer.

 

[SeanE]

Mark Goddard (Don, from Lost in Space) aged 87

Mark Goddard, Actor on ‘Lost in Space,’ Dies at 87

He played Major Don West, the hot-tempered pilot of the Jupiter 2, on the 1960s CBS adventure series.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[BBpenguin88]

Piper Laurie age 91
Carrie of course, but I loved her in Twin Peaks

 

[BBpenguin88]

Suzanne Somers 76
she was an all around entertaining lady
Jonathan Winters & her w/the troops

 

[SeanE]

Burt Young, aged 83

Rocky co-star and former boxer Burt Young dies aged 83

Burt Young, the Oscar-nominated actor who played Paulie alongside Sylvester Stallone in the Rocky franchise, has died aged 83.

www.abc.net.au

 

[BBpenguin88]

Burt Young, aged 83

Rocky co-star and former boxer Burt Young dies aged 83

Burt Young, the Oscar-nominated actor who played Paulie alongside Sylvester Stallone in the Rocky franchise, has died aged 83.

www.abc.net.au

 

[February]

'Absolutely without peer': England mourns the death of a football icon Bobby Charlton

Bobby Charlton, who survived the horrific Munich plane crash to become arguably England's greatest player, dies aged 86.

www.abc.net.au

Bobby Charlton.
Another household name to pass away from when I was a kid!

 

[BBpenguin88]

Len Goodwin passed in April 20223 at age 78
Dancing w/the Stars posted a lovely tribute & dance

adding the BBC tribute