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Notable March 2022 deaths:


3/2 Alan Ladd Jr., 84, producer, Star Wars
3/4 Mitchell Ryan, 88, actor, Lethal Weapon, Liar Liar
3/10 Emilio Delgado, 81, actor, Sesame Street
3/13 William Hurt, 71, actor, Broadcast News, Body Heart
3/23 Madeleine Albright, 84, fmr. Secretary of State
3/25 Taylor Hawkins, 50, drummer, Foo Fighters

Estelle Harris, best known as playing George Costanza's mother on Seinfeld, passed away yesterday at 93.

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins passed away this morning at 24.

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried has passed away at the age of 67. Cause of death is ventricular tachycardia.

Notable deaths in April:


4/1 C.W. McCall, 93, country singer
4/2 Estelle Harris, 93, actress, Seinfeld, Toy Story
4/5 Nehemiah Persoff, 102, actor, Some Like It Hot, Yentl
4/5 Bobby Rydell, 79, singer
4/12 Gilbert Gottfried, 67, comedian
4/17 Roderick Clark, 49, R&B singer, Hi-Five
4/25 Andrew Woolfolk, 71, saxophonist, Earth Wind & Fire
4/26 Randy Rand, 62, bassist, Autograph
4/30 Naomi Judd, 76, country singer

Ric Parnell, 70, the drummer for Spinal tap, passed on May 1. (Was he the one who spontaneously combusted?)

Country singer Mickey Gilley died on May 7 at the age of 86.

Fred Ward has passed away at the age of 79.

Character actor Bruce MacVittie, who played Danny Scalercio on The Sopranos, has passed away at the age of 65.

Goodfellas actor Ray Liotta has passed away at the age of 67.

Vangelis passed away last week at 79.

Andy Fletcher, keyboardist and founding member of Depeche Mode, has passed away at the age of 60.

Notable May deaths:

5/7 – Mickey Gilley, 86, country singer
5/7 – Bruce MacVittie, 65, actor, The Sopranos
5/7 – Jack Kehler, 75, actor, Men in Black II
5/8 – Fred Ward, 79, actor, Remo Williams, Tremors
5/10 – Bob Lanier, 73, NBA legend
5/11 – Trevor Strnad, 41, death metal singer, The Black Dahlia Murder
5/17 – Vangelis, 79, composer, Chariots of Fire theme
5/26 – Ray Liotta, 67, actor, Goodfellas, Field of Dreams
5/26 – Alan White, 72, drummer, Yes
5/26 – Andy Fletcher, 60, keyboardist, Depeche Mode
5/28 – Bo Hopkins, 84, actor, American Graffiti

Former running back Marion "The Barbarian" Barber passed away last night at 38.

Singer and David Lynch collaborator Julee Cruise passed away yesterday at 65.

Phillip Baker Hall passed away last night. He was 90.