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Kirk Douglas has passed away at 103.
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Well, he wasn't immortal after all, then..
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Ahh, bugger. Couple of Kubricks movies made me like him
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Notable deaths from February 2020:

2/5 - Kirk Douglas, 103 - Father of Michael Douglas, starred in Spartacus
2/5 - Kevin Conway, 77 - Veteran character actor, played the Klingon deity Kahless in several TNG episodes
2/7 - Orson Bean, 91 - Played the voce of Bilbo Baggins in the animated version of The Hobbit (the musical one), also in Being John Malkovich
2/8 - Robert Conrad, 84 - Star of TV's Black Sheep Squadron and Wild Wild West
2/17 - Ja'Net DuBois, 74 - Starred on TV's Good Times (she played 12YO Janet Jackson's adoptive mom)
2/24 - Clive Cussler, 88 - Adventure novelist
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Max Von Sydow passed away yesterday at age 90.
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Sad to see him go. What a legend. Some of my favourite films are because of the dramatic gravitas he brought to them. And then there was Flash Gordon :D

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Aw, that sucks, he was a great actor, so many good movies
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The Gambler has broken even. Kenny Rogers has died at the age of 81.
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90’s Country music star Joe Diffie dead at 61 from complications of COVID-19.
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Adam Schlesinger passed away today, April 1, at 52 years old from the COVID virus.


Celebs we lost in March (have a sad feeling these lists will be long in the next few months):

3/2 - James Lipton, writer/actor, 93
3/4 - Barbara Martin, singer (original member of The Supremes), 76
3/8 - Max Von Sydow, actor, 90
3/17 - Lyle Waggoner, actor, 84
3/20 - Kenny Rogers, C/W singer, 81
3/23 - David Collings, actor, 79 (appeared in three of my favorite classic Dr. Who stories)
3/24 - Bill Reiflin, drummer, 59 (King Crimson, R.E.M., Ministry, Revolting Cocks, et al.)
3/26 - Mark Blum, actor, 69
3/26 - Curly Neal, basketball player, 77 (one of the most famous members of the Harlem Globetrotters' long history)
3/29 - Joe Diffie, country singer, 61
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Ain't no sunshine today.

Legendary R&B singer Bill Withers has passed away. He was 81.

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One of my all-time favourite songs

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Honor Blackman, forever known for playing Pussy Galore opposite Sean Connery in Goldfinger, passed away on April 5 of NATURAL CAUSES. She was 94 years old.

Who could ever see Goldfinger and forget this scene?

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Baseball legend Al Kaline died yesterday at 85. Cause of death isn't known yet.

Honor Blackman was also John Steed's first partner on The Avengers. Unfortunately, many of Blackman's episodes are lost due to the tapes getting wiped and reused.
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Well, we lost quite a few celebrities in April. Not ALL were due to COVID-19, but a few were.


4/1 - Adam Schlesinger, singer/songwriter, 52, lead singer of Fountains of Wayne
4/6 - Honor Blackman, actress, 94, played Pussy Galore in Goldfinger
4/6 - Al Kaline, Hall of Fame baseball player, 85
4/7 - John Prine, singer/songwriter, 73
4/8 - Chynna Rogers, rapper, 25
4/15 - Brian Dennehy, actor, 81, starred in many movies including First Blood, Silverado, and Ratatouille
4/22 - Shirley Knight, actress, 83 - starred in Grandma's Boy, As Good As It Gets, and Paul Blart
4/29 - Irrfan Khan, actor, 53, starred in Slumdog Millionaire and Life of Pi
Happy 60th birthday Jet Li! (4/26/23)

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