Michel Blanc, 1952 – 2024
French actor, writer, and theatrical producer Michel Blanc , 72, died of a stroke on October 4. Blanc played mostly “French Woody...
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missevegolden
Oct 31 min read
Bob Yerkes, 1932 – 2024
Stuntman Bob Yerkes , 92, has died, his family announced on October 1. He started his career as a circus acrobat (he actually ran away...
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missevegolden
Oct 31 min read
Ron Hale, 1946 – 2024
Soap star Ron Hale , 78, died on August 27. Hale played Dr. Roger Coleridge on Ryan’s Hope all through the show’s run, from 1975-89; he...
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missevegolden
Oct 11 min read
John Amos, 1939 – 2024
TV star John Amos , 84, died on August 21 in Los Angeles, after years of ill health. Amos famously played the cheery Gordy the weatherman...
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missevegolden
Oct 11 min read
Frank Fritz, ca. 1964 – 2024
American Pickers cohost Frank Fritz , 60-ish, died on Sept. 30. He and Mike Wolfe cohosted the show from 2010 till Fritz’s health began...
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missevegolden
Oct 11 min read
Hieronymus Herculanus Bumbun, 1937 – 2024
I make it a rule not to write about athletes, religious figures, or politicians. But rules are made to be broken, and I am doing so for...
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missevegolden
Oct 11 min read
Robert Watts, 1938 – 2024
British film producer Robert Watts , 86, has died, his family announced on Oct. 1. Watts began his career as a production manager and...
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missevegolden
Oct 11 min read
Ken Page, 1954 – 2024
Broadway actor Ken Page , 70, died on Sept. 30. He starred on Broadway in Cats (as Old Deuteronomy), The Wiz, Guys and Dolls , and Ain’t...
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missevegolden
Sep 301 min read
Gavin Creel, 1976 – 2024
Broadway actor Gavin Creel , 48, died of cancer in New York on Sept. 30. From 2002 through 2022, Creel appeared in such Broadway shows as...
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missevegolden
Sep 291 min read
Kris Kristofferson, 1936 – 2024
Country singer, songwriter, and actor Kris Kristofferson , 88, died at his home in Maui on Sept. 28. Among the many songs he wrote were...
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missevegolden
Sep 291 min read
John Ashton, 1948 – 2024
Character actor John Ashton , 76, died of cancer on Sept. 26. He was best known as hard-nosed John Taggart in three Beverly Hills Cop...
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missevegolden
Sep 291 min read
Drake Hogestyn, 1953 – 2024
Soap opera actor Drake Hogestyn , 70, died of pancreatic cancer on Sept. 28. He was best known for his role as the dashing John Black on...
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missevegolden
Sep 281 min read
Benny Golson, 1929 – 2024
Jazz composer and sax player Benny Golson , 95, died on Sept. 21. The composer of “Killer Joe,” “I Remember Clifford,” and “Along Came...
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missevegolden
Sep 271 min read
Maggie Smith, 1934 - 2024
Flinty, eccentric British actress Maggie Smith , 89, died on Sept. 27 (did anyone else think she was older than that?). She was already a...
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missevegolden
Sep 261 min read
Barbara Leigh-Hunt, 1935 – 2024
Saucer-eyed British actress Barbara Leigh-Hunt , 88, died on Sept. 16. She is best known in the US as a murder victim in Hitchcock’s...
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missevegolden
Sep 251 min read
Eduardo Xol, 1966 - 2024
Actor, pianist and reality star Eduardo Xol , 58, died on Sept. 19, several days after having been stabbed in his Palm Springs apartment...
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missevegolden
Sep 251 min read
Cat Glover, 1964 – 2024
Dancer and choreographer Catherine “Cat” Glover , 60, died on Sept. 25. She shot to fame on Star Search with her partner Patrick Allen...
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missevegolden
Sep 241 min read
Adrian Bailey, 1957 – 2024
Broadway actor Adrian Bailey , 67, died on Sept. 23. The singer, actor and dancer appeared in Your Arms Too Short to Box with God (his...
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missevegolden
Sep 241 min read
Michael Valentine, 1950 – 2024
My friend Chris—one of my many Death Elves—tipped me off to the death last week of Michael Valentine , 74. Valentine invented the...
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missevegolden
Sep 221 min read
Akapan Namatra, 1985 – 2024
Thai movie and TV actor Akapan Namatra , 39, died of heart cancer on Sept. 22 (omigawd, you can get heart cancer?! I have just added...
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