The Obituary Thread

[Shrykespeare]

Olivia Newton-John has passed away from breast cancer at the age of 73.

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Anne Heche has passed away at 53.

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Saw that. What a horrible way to go.


Manuel Ojeda, who starred in dozens of Mexican films, has passed at 81. He was in exactly one English-language film, playing the primary villain in the Michael Douglas/Kathleen Turner adventure film Romancing the Stone.

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Wolfgang Petersen has passed away from pancreatic cancer. He was 81.

[Shrykespeare]

Wolfgang Petersen has passed away from pancreatic cancer. He was 81.

Damn. He helmed some of my guilty pleasures - Air Force One, In the Line of Fire, Troy... even The Neverending Story.

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Wolfgang Petersen has passed away from pancreatic cancer. He was 81.

Damn. He helmed some of my guilty pleasures - Air Force One, In the Line of Fire, Troy... even The Neverending Story.

He quietly put together a really dynamic, impressive filmography over 3 decades. I forgot that his last English-language film was The Poseidon Adventure remake, which ironically was the 1st movie of his that I ever saw.

[Shrykespeare]

August Celebrity Deaths:

8/2 – Vin Scully, 94, Dodgers announcer
8/5 – Clu Gulager, 93, actor, The Return of the Living Dead
8/5 – Judith Durham, 79, folk singer, The Seekers
8/6 – David Muse, 73, singer, Firefall
8/7 – Roger E. Mosley, 93, actor, Magnum P.I.
8/8 – Olivia Newton-John, 73, singer
8/8 – Darryl Hunt, 72, bassist, The Pogues
8/11 – Manuel Ojeda, 81, actor, Romancing the Stone
8/12 – Anne Heche, 53, actress, I Know What You Did Last Summer
8/12 – Wolfgang Petersen, 81, director, In the Line of Fire, Air Force One
8/22 – Jerry Allison, 82, drummer, The Crickets
8/29 – Luke Bell, 32, country singer
8/30 – Mikhail Gorbachev, 91, former Soviet premier

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Queen Elizabeth II has passed away at 96.

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Jean-Luc Godard has passed away at 91.

[numbersix]

That's the last of the French New-Wave filmmakers. Adieu

[Chienfantome]

Indeed, he was the last one standing. Salut, Jean-Luc !

[Buscemi2]

Henry Silva passed away yesterday at 95. You might not know his name but he was in a lot of different movies, mainly in villain roles.

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Louise Fletcher passed away yesterday at 88.

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Coolio passed away earlier today at 59.

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September Deaths:


9/8 – Queen Elizabeth II, 96, English monarch
9/13 – Jean-Luc Godard, 91, director, Breathless
9/13 – Jesse Powell, 51, R&B singer
9/14 – Irene Papas, 96, actress, The Guns of Navarone
9/14 – Henry Silva, 95, actor, The Manchurian Candidate
9/22 – John Hartman, 72, drummer, The Doobie Brothers
9/23 – Louise Fletcher, 88, actress, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
9/28 – Coolio, 59, rapper