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Chewie has passed. Peter Mayhew passed April 30 at 74.
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Rrrrrrrrrraaaaaawwrrrrr.

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Recent celeb deaths:

Jim Fowler, 89, wildlife expert, hosted "Wild Kingdom", appeared on "The Tonight Show" many times

Peggy Lipton, 72, actress, played Julie on the TV series "The Mod Squad"

Doris Day 97, Hollywood icon, appeared in "Please Don't Eat the Daisies," "Pillow Talk", and "The Man Who Knew Too Much", just to name a few


And just today:

Tim Conway, actor/comedian, starred in TV's "McHale's Navy" as well as being a regular on "The Carol Burnett Show". Plus, remember "Dorf on Golf"? That was him.
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Recent Celebrity Deaths:


June 6 - Dr. John, American singer/songwriter, 77

June 12 - Sylvia Miles, Oscar nominated actress for Midnight Cowboy and Farewell, My Lovely, 94

June 15 - Franco Zeffirelli, Italian director of Romeo and Juliet and Tea With Mussolini, 96

June 17 - Gloria Vanderbilt, fashion designer, 95

June 24 - Billy Drago, character actor, played Frank Nitti in Brian DePalma's The Untouchables, 73

June 26 - Max Wright, actor, played Willie Tanner (the dad) on TV's ALF, 75
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Rutger Hauer :(

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In a beautiful and strange coincidence, Rutger hauer passed away in 2019, the year that is the setting of Blade Runner, and in which his character dies.
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So Harrison Ford has 30 more years?
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Buscemi2 wrote:So Harrison Ford has 30 more years?
It seems so !
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Wouldn't surprise me
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July celebrity deaths (figure I'll do these one a month):

Lee, Iacocca, 94 - Former CEO of Ford/Chrysler

Arte Johnson, 90 - Comedian, a regular on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh In"

H. Ross Perot, 89 - Founder of EDS, two-time independent presidential candidate

Rip Torn, 88 - Actor/comedians, "Larry Sanders Show", "Men in Black", "Dodgeball"

Cameron Boyce, 20 - Actor, "Grown Ups", "Mirrors", "Eagle Eye"

Freddie Jones, 91 - Actor, "Dune", "Krull", "The Elephant Man"

Rutger Hauer, 75 - Actor, "Nighthawks", "Ladyhawke", "Blade Runner"

Russi Taylor, 75 - Voice actor, played Minnie Mouse, as well as Martin Prince on The Simpsons
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Harley Race (73) one of the greats in pro wrestling history. 7x NWA champion, eclipsed only by Ric Flair.
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Peter Fonda has passed away at the age of 79.

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August deaths:

Peter Fonda, actor, 86 (see above)

Jack Whitaker, sports announcer, 95 (covered PGA tournaments for decades)

Valerie Harper, actress, 80 (played the title character in TV's "Rhoda")

Barbara March, TV actress, 65 (played Lursa in the Star Trek Universe)
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September deaths:

Eddie Money, 70, singer - "Two Tickets to Paradise", "Baby Hold On", "Take Me Home Tonight"

Ric Ocasek, 75, lead singer of the Cars - "You Might Think", "Let's Go", "Just What I Needed"

Sid Haig, 80, actor - played Captain Spaulding in "House of 1000 Corpses" and "The Devil's Rejects"

Carol Lynley, 77, actress - The Poseidon Adventure

Aron Eisenberg, 50, actor - played Nog (Worf's son) on Star Trek: Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Rob Garrison, 59, actor - played Tommy (one of the Cobra Kai jerks) in The Karate Kid
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Not much in the way of celebrity deaths this past month. I guess that's a good thing.


10/4 - Diahann Carroll, 84, Oscar-nominated actress - Julia, Claudine, "White Collar"

10/6 - Rip Taylor, 88, comedian

10/6 - Ginger Baker, musician - drummer and co-founder of Cream

10/11 - Robert Forster, 78, actor - Jackie Brown, Mulholland Drive, "Last Man Standing"

10/17 - Bill Macy, 97, actor - played Walter on "Maude", also appeared in The Jerk and Analyse This
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