News Obituaries

[Amy SF]

Chuck Yeager, Ace Pilot And First To Fly Faster Than Speed Of Sound, Dead At 97​

Sound Barrier-Breaking Pilot And American Hero Chuck Yeager Dies

“There was no buffet, no jolt, no shock. Above all, no brick wall to smash into. I was alive," Yeager wrote in 2016 about breaking the sound barrier.

www.huffpost.com

He was played by Sam Shepard in “The Right Stuff”. His nephew is former Dodgers catcher Steve Yeager.

 

[shyvas]

Larry King: US talk show host dies weeks after testing positive for COVID-19

King's career spanned more than six decades and he is estimated to have conducted more than 50,000 interviews.

news.sky.com

 

[Chryssie]

I just saw this on the news. RIP

 

[KLS52]

Hank Aaron. RIP.

 

[KLS52]

Cloris Leachman RIP

 

[SuicideBlonde]

She was absolutely amazing.

 

[David3]

Cloris Leachman RIP

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She was a long-time vegetarian (since the 1950s).

94 years old - I think she got her money's worth.
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[David3]

Cloris Leachman RIP

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I attended a vegan charity concert several years back. I was standing outside the hall, when this random guy suddenly starting taking photos of me (or so I thought). I then realized that he was snapping photos of someone standing next to me. I turned to look - Cloris Leachman!
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[shyvas]

Captain Sir Tom Moore dies aged 100 after contracting coronavirus and pneumonia

Captain Sir Tom raised more than £32m for the NHS by walking 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday.

news.sky.com

 

[Amy SF]

Obituary roundup:

Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson, purposeful and pioneering actor, dead at 96

Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who earned an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” won a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers’ hearts in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” has died

abcnews.go.com

Dustin Diamond

Dustin Diamond dead at 44 following battle with lung cancer

Diamond, who was best known for playing Screech on the 1990s sitcom "Saved By the Bell," died on Monday.

www.newsweek.com

Hal Holbrook

Hal Holbrook, prolific actor who played "Deep Throat" in "All the President's Men," has died at 95

Hal Holbrook toured the world for more than 50 years as Mark Twain in a one-man show and uttered the immortal advice "Follow the money" in "All the President's Men."

www.cbsnews.com

Tommy Lasorda

Dodgers icon Tommy Lasorda dies at 93

LOS ANGELES -- Tommy Lasorda, the son of Italian immigrants and a professional pitcher who became a legendary Dodgers manager, global baseball ambassador and national treasure, died on Thursday. He was 93. Commissioner Rob Manfred issued the following statement: “Tommy Lasorda was one of the...

www.mlb.com

Tanya Roberts

Tanya Roberts dies at 65 after premature death announcement

Actress Tanya Roberts died Monday night, her partner, Lance O'Brien, told CNN on Tuesday.

www.cnn.com

Don Sutton

Baseball Hall of Famer Don Sutton dead at 75

Don Sutton, the Hall of Fame baseball player who pitched for five teams over 23 seasons, died Monday night, his son tweeted Tuesday.

www.cnn.com

Sheldon Adelson

Sheldon Adelson, Republican kingmaker and casino magnate, has died at 87

Sheldon Adelson, the chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands and a major donor to Republican politicians, died late Monday following complications related to his cancer treatment, his company said. He was 87.

www.cnn.com

 

[Raven]

Obituary roundup:

Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson, purposeful and pioneering actor, dead at 96

Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who earned an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” won a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers’ hearts in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” has died

abcnews.go.com

Dustin Diamond

Dustin Diamond dead at 44 following battle with lung cancer

Diamond, who was best known for playing Screech on the 1990s sitcom "Saved By the Bell," died on Monday.

www.newsweek.com

Hal Holbrook

Hal Holbrook, prolific actor who played "Deep Throat" in "All the President's Men," has died at 95

Hal Holbrook toured the world for more than 50 years as Mark Twain in a one-man show and uttered the immortal advice "Follow the money" in "All the President's Men."

www.cbsnews.com

Tommy Lasorda

Dodgers icon Tommy Lasorda dies at 93

LOS ANGELES -- Tommy Lasorda, the son of Italian immigrants and a professional pitcher who became a legendary Dodgers manager, global baseball ambassador and national treasure, died on Thursday. He was 93. Commissioner Rob Manfred issued the following statement: “Tommy Lasorda was one of the...

www.mlb.com

Tanya Roberts

Tanya Roberts dies at 65 after premature death announcement

Actress Tanya Roberts died Monday night, her partner, Lance O'Brien, told CNN on Tuesday.

www.cnn.com

Don Sutton

Baseball Hall of Famer Don Sutton dead at 75

Don Sutton, the Hall of Fame baseball player who pitched for five teams over 23 seasons, died Monday night, his son tweeted Tuesday.

www.cnn.com

Sheldon Adelson

Sheldon Adelson, Republican kingmaker and casino magnate, has died at 87

Sheldon Adelson, the chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands and a major donor to Republican politicians, died late Monday following complications related to his cancer treatment, his company said. He was 87.

www.cnn.com

Wow.

It's weird as I just heard "Screech" mentioned on a TV show the other day. I would always remember the show he was in from the nineties.

I was trying to think where I had seen Cicely Tyson before. She played the mother in How to Get Away with Murder.

 

[shyvas]

Sergio Catalan passed away in April 2020

Sergio Catalán who helped save Uruguayans in Andes in 1972 Passes Away - Americas Rugby News

Sergio Catalán, the herdsman who helped save Uruguayan rugby players trapped in the Andes in 1972 ha

www.americasrugbynews.com

 

[Amy SF]

Christopher Plummer

Oscar winner and 'Sound of Music' star, Christopher Plummer, dies at 91

Veteran Canadian actor Christopher Plummer, whose decades-long career featured a star turn in "The Sound of Music" and an Oscar win late in life, has died, his manager said Friday. He was 91.Plummer died at his home in Connecticut with his wife Elaine Taylor at his side, his longtime friend and...

www.rawstory.com

 

[shyvas]

Mary Wilson, Co-Founder of the Supremes, Dies at 76

Vocalist Mary Wilson, who co-founded the Supremes as a 15-year-old in a Detroit housing project and stayed with the fabled, hitmaking Motown Records trio until its dissolution in 1977, died on Mond…

variety.com

 

[Amy SF]

Larry Flynt

Larry Flynt, The Porn King Who Founded Hustler, Dies

The controversial figure, who was portrayed by Woody Harrelson in "The People vs. Larry Flynt," was one of the biggest names in adult entertainment.

www.huffpost.com

 

[Amy SF]

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet and founder of City Lights bookshop, dies aged 101

Poet and countercultural pioneer put on trial for publishing Allen Ginsberg’s Howl went on to become a beloved icon of San Francisco

www.theguardian.com

 

[shyvas]

Upstairs, Downstairs actress Nicola Pagett dies aged 75

The stage and screen actress was best known for playing Elizabeth Bellamy in the 1970s TV series.

www.bbc.com

 

[Lou]

David Mintz, Whose Tofutti Made Bean Curd Cool, Dies at 89 (Published 2021)

He set out to create an ice cream substitute for people who keep kosher. He created a phenomenon, also loved by vegans, diabetics and people with milk allergies.

www.nytimes.com

 

[David3]

"Ramona Quimby" children's book author Beverly Cleary has died at age 104.

From Wikipedia:

"Cleary won the 1981 National Book Award for Ramona and Her Mother and the 1984 Newbery Medal for Dear Mr. Henshaw. For her lifetime contributions to American literature, she received the National Medal of Arts, recognition as a Library of Congress Living Legend, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal from the Association for Library Service to Children. The Beverly Cleary School, a public school in Portland, was named after her, and several statues of her most famous characters were erected in Grant Park in 1995."

 

[Lou]

"Ramona Quimby" children's book author Beverly Cleary has died at age 104.

Oh my. 104!