The Obituary Thread

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I was watching Election again tonight and wondered what ever happened to the actor who played Tammy, the dark horse candidate in the race. I just found out she died last week at 38.

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Hank Aaron has passed away at 86.

[W]

The true home run king.

Also Mira Furlan passed away at 65. She's most known for Babylon 5 (Ambassador Delenn) and Lost (Danielle Rousseau).

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Larry King has passed away at the age of 87.

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Cloris Leachman passed away yesterday at 94.

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Cicely Tyson passed away last night at 96.

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Notable January deaths:

1/2 Paul Westphal, 70 - basketball player/coach
1/3 Gerry Marsden, 78 - musician (Gerry and the Pacemakers)
1/4 Tanya Roberts, 65 - actress (Charlie's Angels (TV), The Beastmaster)
1/4 Gregory Sierra, 93 - actor (Barney Miller, Sanford & Son)
1/7 Michael Apted, 79 - director (Coal Miner's Daughter, Nell)
1/7 Marion Ramsey, 73 - actress (Police Academy series)
1/7 Tommy LaSorda, 93 - baseball manager
1/9 John Reilly, 86 - actor (General Hospital, Passions)
1/16 Phil Spector, 81 - music producer
1/18 Jimmie Rodgers, 87 - pop singer
1/19 Don Sutton, 75 - baseball player
1/20 Mira Furlan, 65 - actress (Babylon 5)
1/22 Hank Aaron, 86 - baseball player
1/23 Larry King, 87 - journalist/broadcaster
1/27 Cloris Leachman, 94 - actress (Young Frankenstein, Last Picture Show)
1/28 Cicely Tyson, 96 - actress (Sounder, The Help)

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They're saying Dustin Diamond (44) died. He went in a couple of weeks ago and was diagnosed with cancer. Pretty quick.

[Buscemi2]

I just found out when I saw Peacock had a Remembering Dustin Diamond section with Saved by the Bell episodes.

Cause of death was Stage 4 lung cancer.

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Hal Holbrook has passed away at the age of 95.

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Christopher Plummer has passed away at the age of 91.

Damn. What a terrible run we're having.

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Larry Flynt passed away yesterday at 78.

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Martha Stewart (no, not THAT one, the one who costarred with Humphrey Bogart in In a Lonely Place) has passed at the age of 98.

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February deaths:

2/5 Christopher Plummer, 91 - The Sound of Music, Beginners, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
2/8 Mary Wilson, 76 - Founding member of The Supremes
2/9 Chick Corea, 79 - American Jazz composer/keyboardist
2/13 Louis Clark, 72 - keyboardist, Electric Light Orchestra
2/18 Prince Markee Dee, 52 - Rapper, member of The Fat Boys
2/20 Gene Taylor, 68 - keyboardist, Canned Heat and The Fabulous Thunderbirds

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Yaphet Kotto has passed away at 81.