R.I.P. 2

R.I.P. was getting full so time for a new one!

>1 JulieLill: Sadly, you're right.

Ed Victor
1939-2017
Literary Agent to celebrities
http://www.nydailynews.com/newswires/entertainment/ed-victor-literary-agent-clap...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2017/06/09/glenne-headly-star-dirty-r...

Glenne Headley
Star of screen and stage

Adam West
1928-2017
Actor best know for Batman

Holy Smokes!

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/adam-west-dead-batman-star-832264

John Avildsen
1935-2017
Director of films including Rocky and The Karate Kid
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/17/533333494/john-avildsen-oscar-...

Stephen Furst
1955-2017
Actor best known for Animal House
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/06/17/us/ap-us-obit-stephen-furst.html?_r=...

Bill Dana
1924-2017
Actor
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/19/arts/television/bill-dana-comic-best-known-fo...
I have not seen him in years and didn't know he was still alive- very funny guy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1MOLzFpqrU

>6 JulieLill: Stephen Furst was also Vir on Babylon 5

Michael Bond
1926-2017
Author of Paddington Bear
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jun/28/paddington-bear-author-michael-bon...

Michael Nyqvist
1960-2017
Best known for his role as Mikael Blomkvist in Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jun/29/michael-nyqvist-obituary

>10 .cris: I much preferred the Trilogy than the US films. He was very good in that role.

Martin Landau
1928-2017
Best known for his role in TV's Mission Imposible series.
https://www.beritadaily.com/martin-landau-dies-at-89/

George A. Romero
1941-2017
U.S. film maker whose 1968 cult classic "Night of the Living Dead" spawned the zombie movie genre.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jul/16/george-a-romero-night-of-the-living...

John Heard
1945-2017
http://variety.com/2017/film/news/john-heard-dead-dies-home-alone-1202503566/
Actor- best known for the father in Home Alone

June Foray
1917-2017
http://www.pressherald.com/2017/07/27/june-foray-voice-actress-of-rocky-the-squi...

The voice of hundreds of cartoon and movie characters a few of which include Rocky the Squirrel, Mary Lou Who, and the 1970's doll, Chatty Cathy.

>15 Carol420: What a talented woman!

>16 JulieLill: My daughter had a Chatty Cathy and the voice nearly drove my husband out of his mind.

Sam Shepard
1943-2017
Actor
http://deadline.com/2017/07/sam-shepard-has-died-at-73-1202139154/

This was a big shock. I didn't even know he had ALS. He died several days ago but I think this was just released since a lot of the obits are very incomplete.

Lois Laurel Hawes
1927-2017
Stan Laurel's daughter and former actress

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lois-laurel-hawes-dead-stan-laurels-daught...

Judith Jones
1924-2017
Book Editor who Published Julia Child

http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-judith-jones-20170802-story.html

Robert Handy
1925-2017
English actor

http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/world/article/Robert-Hardy-Cornelius-Fudge-in-Ha...

>20 JulieLill: I find it odd that Robert Hardy is mentioned with Harry Potter. My first thought will always be in his role of vet Siegfried Farnon, in All Creatures Great and Small, a wonderful Sunday evening show that the whole family could enjoy. Oooh, they don't make 'em like that any more!

Glenn Campbell
1936-2017
County singer best remembered for "Rhinestone Cowboy" and "By the Time I Get to Phoenix".

http://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/glen-campbell-dead-at-81

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/08/entertainment/glen-campbell-dies/index.html

Roger Carlson
1928-2017
Owner of the bookstore that was featured in my all time favorite book but was made into a disappointing film for me-The Time Traveler's Wife
Interesting obit
http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/roger-carlson-owned-bookmans-alley-eva...

Vivian Maier was also a customer of his. She had a documentary made about her photography.

>23 JulieLill: Wouldn't that be one of the best jobs you could think of. All those books! Just lock the doors and read. Oh...I guess I'd have to sell one or two in order to eat:)

>22 Carol420: I was sorry to hear about Glen Campbell. I can't claim to be a big country music fan but this guy truly transcended the genre.

Has anyone here watched the biopic I'll Be Me? It's a 2014 film that gives a look into Campbell's history and decline due to Alzheimer's. He also shows up in The Wrecking Crew, although that film focuses more on Tony Tedesco.

Both films are currently available via Netflix streaming.

>25 ScoLgo: Thanks for the info on the films. He was quiet a talented man.

Haruo Nakajima
1929-2017
Japanese actor who portrayed the first Godzilla in the 1954 film. Interesting obit.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/world/asia/godzilla-actor-haruo-nakajima-japa...

Patricia "P.J." Lambrecht
1946-2016
Half of the author team of mother and daughter P.J. Tracey of the Monkeewrench Gang series.

http://pjtracy.com/in-memory-of-pj/

http://www.twincities.com/2016/12/22/p-j-lambrecht-monkeewrench-author-dies/

A friend from another group saw this and just posted it.

>28 Carol420: I have never read any of these books. Are they for kids?

>29 JulieLill: No...the books are about a group that is composed of software experts and investigators that take on cases. They aren't exactly cozy mysteries but they lack the blood and guts of my type of mysteries. We read a couple of them as group reads on the Mystery & Suspense group while we were still with Leafmarks. Here's the list of their books from Goodreads.

https://www.goodreads.com/series/43438-monkeewrench

Jerry Lewis
1926-2017
Comedian
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/20/movies/jerry-lewis-dead-celebrated-comedian-a...

Brian Aldiss
1925-2017
Science fiction author
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/brian-aldiss-science-fiction-wri...

One of his short stories was the basis for Spielberg's film A.I..

Jay Thomas
1948-2017
Actor best known for his roles in Cheers and Murphy Brown
http://www.channel24.co.za/TV/News/cheers-actor-jay-thomas-dies-20170825

>33 Carol420: I really liked him.

>34 JulieLill: Me too. He was a guest on another series but I can't remember which one, It was only for a week or so.

Tobe Hooper
1943-2017
Horror Movie Pioneer
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-bc-us--obit-tobe-hooper-20170827...

He made The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and one of my favorites- the original Poltergeist

>36 JulieLill: I saw this in the paper this morning. I love paranormal and to some extent horror movies but The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was just gore and more gore. The paper said another director describe it as "a bloody load of crap." In addition to Poltergeist he also did Salem's Lot...so he could do some good ones.

>37 Carol420: I was not impressed with the movie Salem's Lot probably because I loved the book. I don't think he did justice to it. Though I prefer to see the movie first because I am always disappointed with the film if I read the book first. If I read the book after I see the film than the book enhances the film for me. Crazy isn't it.

>38 JulieLill: I have been taking the same approach in recent years, JulieLill. I often find that the details and digressions found in books only give me additional insights into the movies. The first memory I have of reading after viewing was 2001: A Space Odyssey. I simply had to read the book after because I had no clue what the heck I had just watched! ;)

>38 JulieLill: I prefer to read the book and then prepare myself to be disappointed with the film. If I do see the film first, I can't muster much enthusiasm for the book because I assume I know what happens.
>39 ScoLgo: Did anyone understand 2001...? I'm convinced the reels of film were played in the wrong order when I saw it at the cinema after it was first released!

>40 .cris: I could go for impressing you and saying that I understood it perfectly...didn't everyone? But I would be lying.:) >38 JulieLill: I read Salem's Lot before I saw the movie. I was expecting the movie to bear little resemblance to the book so I was just entertained, not disappointed. I had the same experience with Pet Semetary. The first one was okay...the second one was horrible with a capital "H".

>41 Carol420: Don't get me started on Stephen King adaptations. They vary from amazing (The Green Mile and Shawshank) to... should have been aborted at birth (the remake of Carrie and the current TV series The Mist)

>42 .cris: Can't disagree with you on that.

>39 ScoLgo: I too had a problem with the film 2001: Space Odyssey and I too read the book after seeing the movie to hope that it would help. It didn't. The book and the movie were written concurrently. Here is Wiki page on it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(novel)

Richard Anderson
1926-2017
Actor, best known for The Six Million Dollar Man
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/31/arts/television/richard-anderson-dead-star-of...

This was a blast from the past. I haven't seen him in decades but I clearly remember from The Six Million Dollar Man.

Shelly Berman
1925-2017
Comedian
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/01/obituaries/shelley-berman-dead-comedian.html?...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_IrQO42RI8

John Ashbery
1927-2017
Pulitzer prize winning American poet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ashbery
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/09/03/poet-john-ashbery-dead-90/630232...

John Keil
1922-2017
Creator of McGruff the Crime Dog
http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/rockland/2017/09/05/mcgruff-crime-dog-crea...

Troy Gentry
1967 - 2017
County singer - part of the Montgomery Gentry duo
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/arts/music/troy-gentry-dead-country-montgomer...

Don Williams
1939-2017
Country music's "gentle giant".
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2017/09/08/country-music-hall-famer-do...

Jake LaMotta
1922-2017
Boxer whose story was made into the film -Raging Bull
http://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/jake-lamotta-inspiration-for-raging-bull-dies...
I was surprised he lived so long considering his occupation.

>51 JulieLill: I recently watched Raging Bull, another Martin Scorsese film with a beaten and battered woman. I couldn't enjoy La Motta's successes after seeing that.

Harry Dean Stanton
1926-2017
Actor of great esteem.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/critics-notebook-harry-dean-stanton-a-zen-...
My favourite is a five minute appearance at the end of The Straight Story.

>53 .cris: He was a amazing actor.

Hugh Hefner
1926-2017
Founder of Playboy magazine

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/27/obituaries/hugh-hefner-dead.html

Monty Hall
1921-2017
Game show Host best known for the origional "Let's Make A deal"

http://thisstationrocks.com/monty-hall-goodbye-at-96/

>56 Carol420: I remember watching that in the summers on break. Those people were all so crazy.

>57 JulieLill: It was different that's for sure. Wane Brady hosts the show now and the people still dress in strange costumes. Halloween everyday on that show:)

S.I. Newhouse Jr.
1927-2017
Billionaire publisher of magazines
Convinced Trump to write Art of the Deal

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/si-newhouse-jr-low-profile-media...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-02/without-newhouse-there-might-...

Tom Petty
1950-2017
Frontman for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, the rock band whose hits from the 1970's and 1980's included “Breakdown,” “Don’t Do Me Like That” and “Free Fallin’.”

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-petty-dead-at-66-rocker-tom-petty-and-heartbrea...

>60 Carol420: Full Moon Fever was one of my favourite albums

>61 .cris: I have that one....somewhere:) Always liked "Runnin Down A Dream". Now I'm feeling nostalgic. I'll have to look for my old vinyls.

Since this is a movie lover's thread, it should be noted that Tom had a speaking part in the final scene of Kevin Costner's 1997 movie The Postman.

>63 WholeHouseLibrary: Thank you for that.

Arthur Janov
Psychotherapist
1924-2017
Author of Primal Scream

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/02/obituaries/arthur-janov-dead-developed-primal...

Skip Haynes
1946-2017
Singer and he wrote Lake Shore Drive
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/skip-haynes-who-wrote-chicago-anthem-lake-shor...

Here's Lake Shore Drive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZGMJWG4CT0

which was in the second Galaxy Quest film.

Robert Guillanume
1927-2017
Actor/Best Known for his role in Benson
http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/robert-guillaume-dead-dies-benson-1202598171/

Fats Domino
1928-2017
Musician
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/25/522583856/fats-domino-architec...

Jack Bannon
1940-2017
TV Actor known for Lou Grant and brother-in-law to John Travolta

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jack-bannon-dead-lou-grant-actor-was-77-10...

John Hillerman
1932-2017
Actor, best Known for his role on Magnum PI

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/obituaries/john-hillerman-who-played-snooty-s...

David Cassidy
1950-2017
Actor and singer...best remembered for his role in the 1960-1970 TV show "The Partridge Family".

www.cnn.com/2017/11/21/entertainment/david-cassidy-dies/..

>70 Carol420: My first crush! So long David!

>71 JulieLill: My daughter had a lunchbox with his picture on the front. I believe it was her first crush also:)

Rance Howard
1928-2017
Actor, father of Ron Howard
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/26/obituaries/rance-howard-dies.html

Jim Nabors
1930-2017
Actor best know for his roles as Gomer Pyle on the Andy Griffiths "Mayberry" and PVT. Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/30/entertainment/jim-nabors-dead/index.html

Joan Hess
1949 - 2017
Author of The Maggody series and the Clair Mallory series, She died Nov 23 but I'm just now seeing this. She was one of my mother's favorite authors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Hess

Heather Menzies-Urich
1949-2017
Played Louisa Trapp in The Sound of Music and was also married to Robert Urich, the actor

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/26/obituaries/heather-menzies-urich-sound-of-mus...

Rose Marie
1923-2017

Sally Rodgers on the Dick Van Dyke show

http://www.legacy.com/ns/rose-marie-obituary/187664130

>77 Carol420: I had been following her on Twitter this year and she was ever entertaining, smart and funny till the end.

Sue Grafton
1940 - 2017
Author of the "Alphabet" book series

http://jacksonville.com/news/national/2017-12-30/sue-grafton-writer-popular-alph...

Jerry Van Dyke
1931-2018
Actor and brother of Dick Van Dyke
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/06/obituaries/jerry-van-dyke-dead.html
He was acting till late in life. Loved him on The Middle

John Tunney
1934-2018
US Senator who was the inspiration for the film The Candidate
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/01/12/john-tunney-ex-us-senator-from-californi...

Doreen Tracey
1943-2018
Former Mouseketeer
http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-doreen-tracey-20180111-story.html
I barely remember The Mickey Mouse Club but I know my older sisters watched it. Interesting obit.

Hey-cris- did they air The Mickey Mouse Club in England?

>81 JulieLill: Not during my childhood. We had very little viewing time for kids. There was "Watch with Mother" for the little 'uns that came on at about 4pm. Most of my generation will vividly remember Andy Pandy, Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men and The Woodentops. A bit creepy really! Don't forget we only had two channels (BBC and ITV) until the mid 60's with only about 8 hours of broadcasting a day. I just discovered that there was nothing on between 6pm and 7pm, so that children could be put to bed...No more "Can I just watch the end of this programme, please". There was actually nothing to watch.

>82 .cris: A hour with no TV programming? Wow! That wouldn't work now since people have virtually access around the clock to TV not to mention the computer and the phone.

Hugh Wilson
1943-2018
Director of Police Academy and my beloved TV show WKRP in Cincinnati

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/17/obituaries/hugh-wilson-who-created-wkrp-in-ci...

Peter Mayle
1939-2018
British Author whose novel, A Good Year was made into a film starring Russell Crowe and Marion Cotillard
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/obituaries/peter-mayle-who-wrote-of-a-year-in...

Peter Wyngarde
1927-2018
Actor that inspired the character-Austin Powers
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/jan/18/peter-wyngarde-obituary

Dorothy Malone
1925-2018
Actress best known for Peyton Place
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/21/dorothy-malone-obituary

I enjoyed her work but thought she had long passed. 93- not bad.

Mort Walker
1923-2018
Cartoonist
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/27/obituaries/mort-walker-dead-beetle-bailey-car...
I am a big cartoon fan so I am so sad to read about the death of Mort Walker.

John Morris
1926-2018
Composer for Mel Brook films.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/28/obituaries/john-morris-composer-for-mel-brook...

Jack Ketchum
1946-2018
Horror Author
http://ew.com/books/2018/01/25/jack-ketchum-dead-horror-author-dies/
I don't think I ever read anything by him but some of his books have been made into films.

Simon Shelton Barnes
1966-2018
Voiced Tinky Winky in the Teletubbies
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tragic-final-weeks-teletubbies-tinky-11916...
My daughter was too old for this show but I remember watching this with my son.

>89 JulieLill: I read his The Girl Next Door. It was pretty good. I gave it 4 stars.

John Mahoney
1940-2018
Actor/Writer
Probably best known for his role on TV's Frasier but also acted on stage and in film. He was one of my favorite actors.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/06/obituaries/john-mahoney-actor-best-known-for-...

Mickey Jones
1941-2018
Character actor/Musician
http://variety.com/2018/tv/obituaries-people-news/mickey-jones-dead-dies-justifi...
Didn't recognize the name but recognized his picture.

John Gavin
1931-2018
Actor/Ambassador to Mexico
He was probably most famous for acting but later was ambassador to Mexico under Reagan.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/john-gavin-actor-who-became-amba...

Vic Damone
1928-2018
Singer, had multiple marriages including being married to Diahann Carroll
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/12/obituaries/vic-damone-singer-dies.html

Marty Allen
1922-2018
Comedian
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/obituaries/marty-allen-wild-eyed-comedy-star-...

I thought he died a long time ago- 95 is pretty good as long as you are healthy!

Margot Schlesinger
1919-2018
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/margot-schlesinger-dies-at-99-survived-holocau...
Interesting obit about a young woman who was saved because of Schindler's List

Rev. Billy Graham
1918-2018
American evangelist and counsel to several U.S. Presidents

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/21/obituaries/billy-graham-dead.html

Nanette Fabray
1920-2018
Star of many films and TV
https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8217500/nanette-fabray-charming-singer-d...
Here is another star that I thought had long passed. What a long life! I loved her in those old musicals.

Lewis Gilbert
1920-2018
Director of Bond films and Alfie

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/27/obituaries/lewis-gilbert-dead.html

Hubert De Givenchy
1927-2018
Fashion Pioneer
http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/20180312_ap_83af1092ef384eb696755257127b...

Ken Dodd
1927-2018
UK Comic
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-43367267
I never heard of him but he had a interesting obit.

.cris - I bet you knew Ken Dodd - any thoughts?

>100 JulieLill: Ken Dodd: utterly unfunny Liverpudlian comedian who had a tickling stick (feather duster) and said "tattifalarious". He was in court 30 years ago on tax evasion charges. One pay day for me and one for one of my many off-shore bank accounts. He was acquitted after repaying £1million, stating he was a simple soul who didn't understand financial stuff. He was still made a "Lord" in a New Years Honour list. It never seemed particularly honourable to me!

Stephen Hawking
1942 - 2018
A British theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Center for
Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/14/health/stephen-hawking-dead/index.html

>102 Carol420: I am shocked at his death- he seemed immortal to me!

>102 Carol420: I started listening to the new series of Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy on Radio 4 last week. Adapted from a book written by Eoin Colfer to celebrate 40 years since the broadcast of the first series by Douglas Adams. I was tickled pink to find out Stephen Hawking was a cast member. I guess he must have been a huge fan.

>103 JulieLill: >104 .cris: He was quiet a man. He never thought that he was incapable pf doing anything. He even took a turn in the zero gravity chamber and said he felt more free for that half hour than ever in his entire life.

Delores Taylor
1932-2018
Writer, Actress and Wife of Tom Laughlin- Best known for the film Billy Jack
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/27/obituaries/delores-taylor-85-dies-writer-and-...

Talk about a blast from the past. I haven't heard about her in years.

Anita Shreve
1946-2018

American author of The Stars Are Fire, Eden Close, The Pilot's Wife and The Weight of Water as well as several others.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/anita-shreve-dies-best-selling-230759925.htm...

Steven Bochco. Creator of Hill Street Blues.
1948 -2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqWYKGkRBKw
I loved that show.

>108 .cris: I loved it too. Creative guy!

Isao Takahata
1935-2018
Directed Grave of The Fireflies and Co-founded Studio Ghibi in Japan

https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2018/04/06/arts/06reuters-people-takahata.html

I loved Grave of The Fireflies.

>110 JulieLill: I saw that. So soon after watching my first Ghibli film (Spirited Away). Which should I choose next?

Susan Anspach
1942-2018
Actress
Can't say I have seen anything with her in it recently but I remember her from films in the 1970's
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2018/04/09/susan-anspach-who-starred-...

Chuck McCann
1934-2018
Actor/Comic
Talk about a blast from the past- I did not remember his name or maybe never knew it but that face is so recognizable.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/obituaries/chuck-mccann-zany-comic-in-early-c...

I remember him mostly from this commercial-
https://youtu.be/8dTEHm8q1eo

>111 .cris: I don't think I have seen any of his other films but I am going to try and get a copy of The Tale Of Princess Kaguya to view.

Milos Forman
1932-2018
Director of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/14/obituaries/milos-forman-dead.html

>114 JulieLill: OFOtCN. A film I never tire of watching.

R. Lee Emery
1944-2018
Former Soldier and Actor - best known for his role in Full Metal Jacket

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/15/obituaries/r-lee-ermey-dead-actor.html

Harry Anderson
Actor & Comedian
1952-2018
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-harry-anderson-tributes-2018041...

This is a shocker for me. Definitely watched his TV shows. He was so funny. No news on the cause of his death yet.

Barbara Bush
1924 -2018

Former first lady of the United States and mother of a former President and a current governor. Mrs. Bush has raised over one billion dollars for the Literacy Council and various cancer charities.

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/17/politics/barbara-bush-dies/index.html

I had the honor of meeting Mrs. Bush 15 years ago. A delightfully gracious and funny lady. She believed with all her heart that no person in The United States of America should not know how to read or own at least one book...therefore she worked to make it so. I've done my part to make her wish come true.

Michael Anderson
1920-2018
Director of Logan's Run and Around the World in 80 Days

His film The Dam Busters was the inspiration for the scene of the attack of the Death Star in the first Star Wars film.

http://variety.com/2018/film/news/michael-anderson-dead-dies-logans-run-director...

Tom Wolfe
1930-2018
American author of The Right Stuff & Bonfire of the Vanities

https://www.northjersey.com/story/life/books/2018/05/15/tom-wolfe-author-right-s...

>120 Carol420: The movie The Right Stuff is one of my all time favorite movies.

>121 JulieLill: We have good taste. It's one of my favorites also:)

Peter Mayer
1936-2018
Publisher of Up the Down Stair Case, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, and The Satanic Verses

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/11/obituaries/peter-mayer-publisher-of-the-incen...

Joseph Campanella
1924-2018
Actor
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/joseph-campanella-veteran-character-actor...
Both my husband and I thought he had already passed on but I remember him and enjoyed his work.

Clint Walker
1927-2018
Actor - known for Dirty Dozen and Cheyenne
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/22/obituaries/clint-walker-towering-western-star...

Jerry Maren
1920-2018
Last surviving Munchkin from The Wizard Of Oz film

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/06/arts/jerry-maren-dead-wizard-of-oz-munchkin.h...

Anthony Bourdain
1956-2018
Chef, Author, TV Personality
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/06/08/618185381/anthony-bourdain-chef-...

Harlan Ellison
1934-2018
Author
https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/28/17515214/harlan-ellison-science-fiction-star-...
This was a shock.

Adrian Cronauer
1938-2018
Airman Who Inspired the Movie - Good Morning, Vietnam
http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/20180719_ap_0167086f9fed47948f6a8f9674c3...

This is a good example of how a bio pic probably is more false than true.

Robert Dix
1935-2018
Actor
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/robert-dix-dead-forbidden-planet-forty-gu...

David Landsberg
Actor/Screenwriter/Producer
1944-2018
https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/david-landsberg-obituary-1.20378179

I remember him from CPO Sharkey which was in the mid 1970's but he was an active screenwriter later in his career and wrote for a lot of TV shows.

Aretha Franklin
1942-2018
Singer/Appeared in The Blues Brothers
What a great talent lost!
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/obituaries/aretha-franklin-dead.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FOUqQt3Kg0

>132 JulieLill: I'll miss that voice.

Senator John McCain
1936-2018
Senator from Arizona since 1984. Spent 5 years as a Viet Nam War prisoner.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/john-mccain-american-hero-dies-at-81?yptr=yahoo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain

Neil Simon
Playwright and Filmmaker
1927-2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/26/ob...

Burt Reynolds
1936-2018
Actor and director - Star of "Smokey and The Bandit" and "The Longest Yard" plus many more.
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/09/06/burt-reynolds-dead-at-82.html

He was born in Lansing, Michigan...a fellow Michigander:)

Many years ago (mid-70s) when he was hitting his stride, a friend of mine was working as a candy striper in an Atlanta hospital. A very handsome man got in the elevator while she was making her flower delivery. She didn't realize who it was until after he was gone because he wasn't wearing his toupee. Burt was there to visit Tammy Wynette.

>137 varielle: I knew Tammy Wynette & Burt Reynolds were very good friends. Tammy and George Jones lived in a town (Lakeland), just a few miles from where I grew up (Plant City), in Florida. We used to ride by their house on Sunday afternoons because they would be out in the yard doing ordinary things with their kids. One Sunday they were entertaining guests at a cook out and one of those guests was Burt Reynolds.

>137 varielle: >138 Carol420: What great stories! The only actor I can remember seeing in person was Mark Linn-Baker from My Favorite Year and the TV series Perfect Strangers. We were in Vegas for a wedding and he was in our elevator.
Harrison Ford went to the high school that my dad attended and eventually worked at but I don't think he was in any of my dad's classes.

>139 JulieLill: Going to school with Harrison Ford would be awesome. Even if you never met him...just to know you breathed the same air he had breathed would be enough:) For some reason Burt Reynolds appealed to me more on the screen than in person. Could be because he was swigging a beer and wolfing down a king sized steak when I saw him:)

Bill Daily
Actor
1927 -2018
Actor from I Dream of Jeannie and Newhart
https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/bill-daily-dead-dies-major-healey-i-dream-of-je...

>140 Carol420: My dad was older than Harrison so he may have been in one of my dad's classes.

Lydia Clarke Heston
1923-2018
Wife of Charlton Heston, Photographer and Stage/Screen Actress

https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/lydia-heston-charlton-heston-photogra...

I never knew anything about her but she had an amazing life.

John Cunliff
1933-2018

British author and creater of Postman Pat childen's TV series and Rosie and Jim books.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/breaking-john-cunliffe-dead-85-13318620

>144 Carol420: Those don't sound familiar. Is that a British series?

He's totally British. I don't think he's ever had much of any exposure in America. I have cousins in Scotland and Ireland that grew up with him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6b9j31PqXs Postman Pat. Broadcasting aimed at pre-schoolers began in 1981 and you'd have to be dead not to recognise the theme tune, (if you're a Brit) but not much ever happened in every episode. I believe there was a bit of controversy when Pat and Jess (his cat) became "The Special Delivery Service" in 2008 using a helicopter, a motorcycle and sidecar (for Jess) and a 4 x 4 Jeep on his deliveries, but the world kept turning.

>147 .cris: Why couldn't Jess deliver the mail? A helicopter and a motorcycle with a side car sound like a fast and safe means of accomplishing this. Maybe that was the problem. You might actually get the mail before you died of old age. Sounds like our Captain Kangaroo that talked to a clock and a moose and his best friend Mr. Green Jeans seemed either to never change his pants or owned nothing but green jeans.

Scott Wilson
1942-2018
Actor
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/08/obituaries/scott-wilson-dead.html

The name was not familiar to me but I realized I had seen him in many movies after reading the obit and he was in my husband's favorite show The Walking Dead.

Raye Montague
1935-2018
The Navy's "Hidden Figure"
https://www.essence.com/culture/raye-montague-arkansas-hidden-figure-dead/

Todd Bol
1956-2018
A man that contributed to thousands if not millions of people enjoying what all of us do...reading. A simple idea that has expanded the world over.

http://www.startribune.com/little-free-library-founder-dies-leaving-a-legacy-of-...

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/todd-bol-founder-of-little-free-librar...

>151 Carol420: We have several of those around our town though we do have a very nice library where I work. But I think it is a great idea especially in areas that do not have a library.

The town over does not fund a library but someone donated a home to use as a library where people can donate books and check them out. I am not sure how they keep track of the books and I think it is only run by volunteers. We get a few of their citizens who come over to our library to get memberships but are shocked by the price of a yearly fee but it is the same as what our members pay through their taxes.

>152 JulieLill: I saw one of his free libraries in Grand Rapids, one in Kalamazoo, and one in Detroit. There are probably more in those cities since they are so large. I don't think people have to return the books if they don't want to. They can keep them, give them to someone else or trade them.

>152 JulieLill: Do you have to pay to join your town library? Occasionally our councils voice shutting down smaller libraries or reducing the opening hours, but there's always an uproar, so they go off to look at saving money elsewhere.

>154 .cris: Most of the local libraries in the U.S. are funded in part by the residents property taxes. In our town any resident can get a free library card and use all the resources the Battle Creek library has to offer if they they live in... in my case...four of the major school districts. The same is true of the surrounding communities. If I wanted a card to use the Kalamazoo library I could pay a fee and get one. I'm pretty sure that >152 JulieLill: state works about the same.

>154 .cris: Everybody in town pays taxes for our library (whether they use it or not) and it is well worth it for the amount of books and movies I and my son check out. We are always ahead. We are not billed separately, it comes out of our property taxes.

James Karen
Actor
1923-2018
This name was so unfamiliar to me but his face is highly recognizable and I have seen him on TV and Film.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/24/obituaries/james-karen-veteran-actor-and-path...

Stan Lee
1922-2018
An American comic-book writer, editor, film executive producer, actor, and publisher. Best known for his creations of The Hulk, The X-Men, Spider Man and many many others.

www.cbsnews.com/news/stan-lee-dead-marvel-comics.

Daniel Rain
1928-2018
A Canadian actor who provided the voice of the computer HAL 9000 in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.

paleofuture.gizmodo.com/douglas-rain-voice-of.

Stephen Hillenburg
1961-2018

Creator of SpongeBob Squarepants

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/%E2%80%98spongebob-squarepants%E2%80%99-creato...

>160 Carol420: I think I saw every episode with my son when he was so young! So sorry to see him gone!

He was only 57. Said he had ALS.

George HW Bush
1924-2018
41st President of the United States

https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-george-hw-bush-20181130-story.htm...

Penny Marshall
1943-2018
American actress best known for her role as LaVern DeFazzio in the early TV show Lavern and Shirley.

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny-metro-penny-marshall-obit-20181218-story.htm...

Audrey Geisel
1921-2018
Dr. Suess's (Theodor Geisel) wife

https://www.apnews.com/7a4cc19724c24608b1a81d6f75b4a32b
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/a...

Shirley Boone
1934-2019
Wife of Pat Boone and Philanthropist
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/01/12/us/ap-us-obit-shirley-boone.html

Jo Andres
1954-2018
Filmmaker and wife of Steve Buscemi
https://variety.com/2019/film/obituaries-people-news/steve-buscemi-wife-jo-andre...

Carol Channing
1921-2019
American actress best known for her role in "Hello Dolly".

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/carol-channing-broadway-legend-dead-at-97/

>168 Carol420: I had thought she died a long time ago - 97 -long time to live!

>168 Carol420: My Mom really liked her. She said she was one of the few people older than she was:) My Mom was 95.

>167 JulieLill: It's a bit sad that the obituary for Mrs Buscemi catalogues the films that Mr Buscemi has been in.