Author Topic: Deaths of famous people (2026) (Read 2417 times)

imref · « **Reply #25 on:** January 30, 2026, 06:48:46 pm »

There so many great roles, but her in A Mighty Wind, and Schitt’s Creek (both alongside Eugene Levy) are at the top of the list for me.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #26 on:** January 30, 2026, 08:28:21 pm »

I haven't seen best in show for a while but she's in it.

blue911 · « **Reply #27 on:** January 30, 2026, 08:34:12 pm »

Dave in Fairfax · « **Reply #28 on:** January 31, 2026, 12:36:35 pm »

Demond Wilson, best known as Lamont Sanford on Sanford and Son.

HondoKillebrew · « **Reply #29 on:** January 31, 2026, 03:11:53 pm »

Quote from: blue911 on January 30, 2026, 08:34:12 pm

SCTV was a lot of fun.

imref · « **Reply #30 on:** January 31, 2026, 05:29:02 pm »

Quote from: HondoKillebrew on January 31, 2026, 03:11:53 pm

SCTV was a lot of fun.

Watch the John Candy documentary if you haven’t see. It.

HondoKillebrew · « **Reply #31 on:** January 31, 2026, 06:58:54 pm »

Quote from: imref on January 31, 2026, 05:29:02 pm

Watch the John Candy documentary if you haven’t see. It.

Thanks for the reminder. Gone waaaay too soon.

imref · « **Reply #32 on:** January 31, 2026, 11:05:51 pm »

Desmond Wilson, best known as Lamont in Sanford and Son:
https://www.tmz.com/2026/01/31/grady-demond-wilson-dead-sanford-and-son/

imref · « **Reply #33 on:** February 02, 2026, 11:52:36 pm »

Chuck Negron, lead singer of Three Dog Night, 76.
https://www.filmogaz.com/131143

varoadking · « **Reply #34 on:** February 03, 2026, 09:54:03 am »

Quote from: imref on February 02, 2026, 11:52:36 pm

Chuck Negron, lead singer of Three Dog Night, 76.
https://www.filmogaz.com/131143

He was actually 83...not a bad run...saw them a few years ago...they were still quite good...

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #35 on:** February 03, 2026, 09:54:15 am »

Quote from: imref on February 02, 2026, 11:52:36 pm

Chuck Negron, lead singer of Three Dog Night, 76.
https://www.filmogaz.com/131143

hate to say it but there's going to be a lot of 60s - 80s musicians taking the stairway to heaven or the highway to hell over the next few years. Actuarially, the remnants of the British invasion and anyone who played Monterrey Pop, Woodstock, or Altamont (or on the roof of Apple studio) would be candidates

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #36 on:** February 04, 2026, 03:17:19 pm »

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/02/mickey-lolich-passes-away.html

imref · « **Reply #37 on:** February 07, 2026, 02:22:49 pm »

Brad Arnold, founder and lead singer of 3 Doors Down, 47 from kidney cancer.

https://musicmayhemmagazine.com/brad-arnold-lead-singer-of-3-doors-down-dies-at-47-after-cancer-battle/

One of the better songs of the last 25 years or so:

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #38 on:** February 07, 2026, 05:46:07 pm »

Terrance Gore of the Royals. Speedster on their title team a decade ago or so. Just 34. Not sure of the details.

imref · « **Reply #39 on:** February 07, 2026, 06:16:19 pm »

Quote from: Natsinpwc on February 07, 2026, 05:46:07 pm

Terrance Gore of the Royals. Speedster on their title team a decade ago or so. Just 34. Not sure of the details.

something went wrong with a routine medical procedure.

1995hoo · « **Reply #40 on:** February 08, 2026, 11:37:02 am »

Former Redskin Barry Wilburn died at 62 in a house fire.

Bad weekend to be a Redskins alumnus.

blue911 · « **Reply #41 on:** February 12, 2026, 08:26:48 am »

Bud Cort

In some weird way,this makes me happy.

The Chief · « **Reply #42 on:** February 12, 2026, 09:41:24 am »

James Van Der Beek 48 from colon cancer, very sad

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #43 on:** February 12, 2026, 10:02:01 am »

Quote from: The Chief on February 12, 2026, 09:41:24 am

James Van Der Beek 48 from colon cancer, very sad

and they are now saying O'Hara pulmonary embolism had as a secondary cause her rectal cancer.

Get checked.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #44 on:** February 13, 2026, 10:07:00 am »

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/02/elroy-face-passes-away.html

Face is a key player in the development of a specific reliever role.

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Even if saves weren’t around at the time, Face’s accomplishments were appreciated during his career. He appeared on MVP ballots each season between 1958-60. He was an All-Star every year between 1959-61 and technically was selected to six All-Star Games, as MLB had both a midseason and postseason All-Star Game for a brief stretch during Face’s peak.

The 1960 season is etched into baseball history. Face tossed 114 2/3 innings of 2.90 ERA ball with 61 games finished for a 95-59-1 team that won the pennant. The respective best regular season teams in each league went to the World Series in those days. Pittsburgh went up against a Yankees club that had Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris and Whitey Ford in their primes.

The Pirates would go on to win one of the most iconic series in league history. Face got the save in each of their first three victories: Games 1, 4, and 5. He pitched the sixth through eighth innings of Game 7. That wasn’t his sharpest outing, as he gave up a go-ahead home run to Yogi Berra, but Pittsburgh would come back to take the lead in the bottom of the eighth. After the Yankees tied it in the top of the ninth, Bill Mazeroski connected on what remains the only Game 7 walk-off home run in history.

imref · « **Reply #45 on:** February 15, 2026, 07:00:55 pm »

Former Redskin Tre Johnson, 54.

English Natsie · « **Reply #46 on:** February 16, 2026, 10:17:14 am »

Palmerston (16) - Former Chief Mouser to the Foreign Office. Retired to Bermuda as 'Feline Ambassador'. Was known to have many spats with Larry, the No10 (Downing Street) Cat...

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #47 on:** February 16, 2026, 10:37:18 am »

Quote from: English Natsie on February 16, 2026, 10:17:14 am

Palmerston (16) - Former Chief Mouser to the Foreign Office. Retired to Bermuda as 'Feline Ambassador'. Was known to have many spats with Larry, the No10 (Downing Street) Cat...

could have used an official mouser in my old building (the Clinton buildings and Mellon Auditorium at the Federal Triangle complex).

imref · « **Reply #48 on:** February 16, 2026, 01:31:55 pm »

Robert Duvall at 95, absolutely legend of Hollywood. He's lived in Western VA for the last 30+ years or so and was frequently spotted out and about. He was a part owner of a restaurant in The Plains called The Rail Stop.

That makes Elliot Gould the last surviving star of the MASH movie.

blue911 · « **Reply #49 on:** February 16, 2026, 01:57:50 pm »

Quote from: imref on February 16, 2026, 01:31:55 pm

Robert Duvall at 95, absolutely legend of Hollywood. He's lived in Western VA for the last 30+ years or so and was frequently spotted out and about. He was a part owner of a restaurant in The Plains called The Rail Stop.

That makes Elliot Gould the last surviving star of the MASH movie.

Gary Burgoff and John Schuck are still around.