Chris 1,895 Posted October 1 Quote CNN — Actor Michael Gambon, best known for playing Albus Dumbledore in most of the “Harry Potter” movies, has died at 82 following a “bout of pneumonia,” a statement issued on behalf of his family said on Thursday, PA Media news agency reported. “We are devastated to announce the loss of Sir Michael Gambon,” the statement issued by his publicist Clair Dobbs said, according to PA. “Beloved husband and father, Michael died peacefully in hospital with his wife Anne and son Fergus at his bedside, following a bout of pneumonia. Michael was 82.” Source Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris 1,895 Posted October 6 NFL Hall of Famer Dick Butkus has died at age 80. Source Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KarenK 351 Posted October 6 30 minutes ago, Chris said: NFL Hall of Famer Dick Butkus has died at age 80. Source A legend. The Bears are playing tonight. Lets hope they take one in his honor. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elmira Telegram 285 Posted October 13 Quote Phyllis Coates, the first actress to play Daily Planet journalist Lois Lane on the small screen, has died at the age of 96. Coates passed away of natural causes on Wednesday, her daughter Laura Press confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. Source Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris 1,895 Posted October 16 Suzanne Somers, best known for her roles in TV's "Three's Company" and "She's the Sheriff," has died at 76. Somers' longtime publicist, R. Couri Hay, shared a statement on behalf of the actress' family with the news Sunday. The actress, who "survived an aggressive form" of breast cancer for over 23 years, "passed away peacefully at home in the early morning hours" on Sunday," the statement read. Source Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris 1,895 Posted October 19 Burt Young, better known as "Uncle Paulie" in the Rocky films, has died at 83. APNews Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elmira Telegram 285 Posted October 25 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective in several “Shaft” films beginning in the early 1970s, has died. He was 81. APNews Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris 1,895 Posted October 27 Richard Moll, the fun-loving actor who portrayed the towering and tenderhearted bailiff Aristotle Nostradamus “Bull” Shannon on all nine seasons of the popular NBC sitcom Night Court during its original run, has died. He was 80. Moll died peacefully Thursday at his home in Big Bear Lake, California, his publicist announced. Source 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris 1,895 Posted October 29 Actor Matthew Perry, best known for his role on “Friends,” has died from an apparent drowning on Saturday, TMZ reports. He was 54 years old. Authorities responded to reports of a cardiac arrest at an L.A.-area home where Perry was located, according to TMZ. The circumstances surrounding the actor’s death remain unclear, although reports claim no foul play was involved. Source Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elmira Telegram 285 Posted November 2 Quote Bob Knight, whose Hall of Fame career was highlighted by three national titles at Indiana -- one capping an undefeated season not since matched -- and countless on-court outbursts, has died. He was 83. Knight's family made the announcement Wednesday night. He was hospitalized with an illness in April and had been in poor health for several years. Source Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elmira Telegram 285 Posted November 20 Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has died at age 96: Quote ATLANTA (AP) — Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, has died at the age of 96. The Carter Center said she died Sunday after living with dementia and suffering many months of declining health. The statement said she “died peacefully, with family by her side” at 2:10 p.m. at her rural Georgia home of Plains. “Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything I ever accomplished,” the former president said in the statement. “She gave me wise guidance and encouragement when I needed it. As long as Rosalynn was in the world, I always knew somebody loved and supported me.” Source Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elmira Telegram 285 Posted Monday at 02:37 PM Quote NEW YORK (AP) — Marty Krofft, a TV producer known for imaginative children’s shows such as “H.R. Pufnstuf” and primetime hits including “Donny & Marie” in the 1970s, has died in Los Angeles, his publicist said. Krofft was 86. He died Saturday of kidney failure, publicist Harlan Boll said. Krofft and his brother Sid were puppeteers who broke into television and ended up getting stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Along the way, they brought a trippy sensibility to children’s TV and brought singling siblings Donny and Marie Osmond and Barbara Mandrell and her sisters to primetime. Source Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris 1,895 Posted yesterday at 02:26 AM I honestly thought they were both dead already. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
