RIP Thread... pile them up in here

Know what's funny? My most vivid memory of Robert Conrad is him losing a running race to Gabe Kaplan on Battle of the Network Stars.

 

8:00-8:15

 

This is what put an item on my Bucket List . . .



I wanted a ride in a F4U Corsair! Unfortunately, it's a one-seater and I don't have a pilot's license.

I did, however, score a ride in the back seat of an F4 Phantom.

 

Donald Stratton, a Pearl Harbor survivor and USS Arizona crew member, has died at 97



https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/17/us/uss-arizona-survivor-dies/index.html

 

Kellye Nakahara, actress in 'M*A*S*H,' dies at 72

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/17/entertainment/kellye-nakahara-mash-obit/index.html

 

I believe one of just 5 M*A*S*H* characters who appeared in every season.

 

‘Good Times’ actress and songwriter Ja’Net DuBois dies

https://www.latimes.com/world-natio...iter-and-good-times-actress-janet-dubois-dies

 

I just read in that bio article that she composed and sang the theme song for The Jeffersons - I did not know that.

 

Yikes.....the Reaper is on a roll this week"

Mickey Wright (1935 – 2020), LPGA legend who won 13 majors

http://www.legacy.com/news/celebrit...right-1935-2020-lpga-legend-who-won-13-majors



Charles “Chuckie” O’Brien, Jimmy Hoffa’s associate who was portrayed in “The Irishman”

http://www.legacy.com/news/celebrit...chuckie-obrien-jimmy-hoffas-associate-who-was



Tony Fernandez (1962 - 2020), former Toronto Blue Jays star

http://www.legacy.com/news/celebrit...andez-1962-2020-former-toronto-blue-jays-star

 

For those of us who remember the 80's......He was also a member.....


Sy Sperling, Hair Club For Men Founder, Passes Away In Florida, At 78

https://southfloridareporter.com/sy-sperling-hair-club-for-men-founder-passes-away-at-78/

 

You probably never heard of this guy, but chances are he made your life significantly easier...

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/...a25c9793fa42b44&regi_id=110373654ion=whatElse

 

I'm on the computer 8-9 hours a day - I will raise a glass to him this weekend, for sure.

 

"Inside the Actors Studio" host James Lipton.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/02/entertainment/james-lipton-obit/index.html

 

Here's a big name......

Max Von Sydow: The Exorcist and The Seventh Seal actor dies aged 90

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51803195

 

Can't forget him as Ming the Merciless either.........or the evil Brewmeister Smith in Bob & Doug Mckenzie's Strange Brew

 

Great actor. Lost a giant.

 

Another big one.......

Legendary country singer Kenny Rogers dies at 81

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/21/entertainment/kenny-rogers-country-singer-dies/index.html

 

You picked the wrong time to leave me Lucille
4 hungry children and a crop in the field
I seen some bad times
Been through some sad times
But this time your hurting won’t heal
You picked the wrong time to leave me Lucille

 

'Curly' Neal, Harlem Globetrotters ball-handling legend, dies at 77

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/26/us/curly-neal-harlem-globetrotters-legend-dies-spt-trnd/index.html





And don't forget his legendary performances off the court as well with appearances on Gilligan's Island, Scooby Doo, and The Love Boat.

 

He should have straightened out his hair instead of leaving it curly