The Obituary Thread

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Cindy Williams, best known for playing Shirley Feeney in the 70s sitcom (and spinoff of Happy Days), has passed at the age of 75. She also appeared in such notable movies as The Conversation and American Graffiti.

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Notable January deaths in the world of entertainment:

1/1 Fred White, 67, drummer, Earth Wind & Fire
1/5 Earl Boen, 81, actor, Terminator, T2
1/7 Adam Rich, 54, actor, Eight Is Enough
1/10 Jeff Beck, 78, legendary guitarist
1/12 Lisa Marie Presley, 54, singer-songwriter
1/16 Gina Lollobrigida, 95, actress
1/17 Van Conner, 55, bassist, Screaming Trees
1/18 David Crosby, 81, singer/songwriter, The Byrds & CSNY
1/23 Top Topham, 75, guitarist, The Yardbirds
1/24 Lance Kerwin, 62, actor, James at 15
1/25 Cindy Williams, 75, actress, Laverne & Shirley
1/27 Floyd Sneed, 80, drummer, Three Dog Night
1/28 Tom Verlaine, 73, singer/guitarist, Television
1/31 Charlie Thomas, 85, R&B singer, The Drifters

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Legendary composer Burt Bacharach has passed at the age of 94.

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Raquel Welch has passed away at 82.

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Tim McCarver, former baseball player and color commentator, has passed away at 81.

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Richard Belzer passed away yesterday at 78.

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Actor Gordon Pinsent passed away a few days ago at 92.

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Tom Sizemore has passed at the age of 61.

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Notable February Deaths

2/5 Lillian Walker-Moss, 78, R&B singer, The Exciters
2/8 Burt Bacharach, 94, composer
2/12 David Jude Jolicoeur, 54, rapper, De La Soul
2/15 Raquel Welch, 82, actress, Fantastic Voyage
2/19 Richard Belzer, 78, actor, Law & Order: SVU
2/20 Bruce Barthol, 75, bassist, Country Joe & The Fish
2/25 Gordon Pinsent, 92, actor, The Shipping News

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Director Bert I. Gordon passed away yesterday at 100. You might be familiar with some of his work if you ever watched Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Topol of Fiddler on the Roof fame passed away earlier today at 87.

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Robert Blake, star of the 70s detective show Baretta as well as one of the killers in the adaptation of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, passed today at the age of 89.

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Jerrold Samuels, who had a massive novelty hit with "They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" under the name Napoleon XIV, passed today at the age of 84.

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George Costanza's favorite baseball player, Joe Pepitone, passed away earlier today at 82.

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Blue-eyed soul singer Bobby Caldwell passed yesterday at the age of 71.

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Lance Reddick has passed away the age of 60