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There is also Heather Locklear:


And lets not forget Michael Jackson, who was a good looking young man before he started messing around with his face:


I'm sure there are/were others, but this is enough for now.

James Drury Jr., actor, who was best known for his title role in the TV series, The Virginian, died on Monday April 6, 2020, from natural causes at the age of 85.

English actress Honor Blackman, best known as Bond girl Pussy Galore in Goldfinger, died on Sunday, April 5th at the age of 94. She also appeared as Cathy Gale in the Television Series The Avengers.

Actor Allen Garfield, born Allen Goorwitz, died today of COVID-19 at the age of 80. Among his films were Greetings, Putney Swope, Hi, Mom!, Taking Off, Bananas, Cry Uncle, The Candidate, Get to Know Your Rabbit, The Conversation and Dick Tracy.

Hal Willner, a record producer famed for his left-of-center tribute albums and concerts, and as the long-time sketch music producer for ‘Saturday Night Live’, has died of complications related to the coronavirus; he was 64.

John Prine, the folk singer and songwriter with a raspy voice, died from complications of the coronavirus; he was 73.

Jaxon Buell, the little boy born with 80% of his brain missing due to a birth defect called microhydranencephaly, died in his father’s arms on April 1, 2020, from his body and organs shutting down, which is common with children like him. He was 5 years old. Jaxon’s parents are Brandon and Brittany Buell of Tavares FL.

Lee Fierro, actress, who was best known for her role as the grieving Mrs. Kintner in Steven Spielberg‘s 1975 horror, Jaws, died on April 5, 2020, from complications caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). She was 91.

Linda Tripp, the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal whistle-blower, died on April 8, 2020, from pancreatic cancer at the age of 70.

Caricaturist and comic artist Mort Drucker, best known for his work for Mad Magazine, died Wednesday, April 8th at the age of 91.

Harold Reid, founding member of The Statler Brothers, died at his home on Friday, April 24, 2020, after a long battle with kidney failure. He was 80.

Ashley Ross aka 'Ms. Minnie' of Little Women: Atlanta has succumbed to injuries from a hit and run car accident on April 27, 2020. She was 34 years old.

Little Richard, the rock ’n’ roll legend, died Saturday morning May 9, 2020 in his Nashville home at the age of 87; cause of death is unknown.


Edited Info: Little Richard passed away from bone cancer.

Sources: https://tinyurl.com/ya6umu9l and https://tinyurl.com/yadgp58j

You know it was a different and more innocent era when someone can have a number one hit with a song named Tutti Frutti.

You've got that right, MB!

The 1955 “Tutti Frutti” song, was one of Little Richard’s signature songs, which became an instant hit, crossing over to the pop charts in both the United States and overseas in the United Kingdom. Source: https://tinyurl.com/zybbauq

Little Richard was definitely 'a one of a kind' in the music world, and he was a huge influence on many artistic of that time period.

His contemporaries, including Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Bill Haley, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Everly Brothers, Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran, all recorded covers of his works. Taken by his music and style, and personally covering four of Penniman's songs on his own two breakthrough albums in 1956, Presley told Penniman in 1969 that his music was an inspiration to him and that he was "the greatest". Source: https://tinyurl.com/zybbauq

Check out this video: https://tinyurl.com/yc6su8pj

Here you go, with Little Richard singing “Tutti Frutti”: https://tinyurl.com/oxwqzmc

A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-wop-bam-boom!

Roy Uwe Ludwig Horn, half of Las Vegas icons Siegfried & Roy, died in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 8, 2020, from complications related to COVID-19. He was 75.

Millie Small, Jamaican singer and songwriter, who was best known for her 1964 recording of ‘My Boy Lollipop’, passed away on May 5, 2020, in London, reportedly from a stroke, at the age of 72.


‘My Boy Lollipop’, by Millie Small: https://tinyurl.com/y8fhvvfb

Jerry Stiller, the comedian who played Frank Costanza on "Seinfeld", died of natural causes on, May 11, 2020. He was 92.

Fred Willard, American actor, comedian, and writer, died on May 15, 2020 of natural causes at his home. He was 81.

Phyllis George, who was one of the first female sportscasters as well as Miss America and the first lady of Kentucky, died on May 14, 2020, from a blood disorder, in Lexington, Kentucky. She was age 70.

What a year

Time is fleeting

Don't believe so

Remember Wally and the Beaver

Well,

Eddie haskell is dead.

Wow, Eddie Haskell is dead. Thanks for posting that info, MB. Eddie Haskell, along with the other Leave it to Beaver cast members, were watched by so many of us during our childhoods. I hope you don't mind that I gathered some more info on him, and posted it here.

Ken Osmond had a couple of serious health conditions, that did him in. He died from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and peripheral artery disease, at his home in Los Angeles on May 18, 2020, at the age of 76.

Sources:
https://tinyurl.com/ycvejpha
https://tinyurl.com/78myacu
https://tinyurl.com/yakpz8ey

Did you know that Ken Osmond was the co-author, along with Christopher J. Lynch, of the book Eddie: The Life and Times of America's Preeminent Bad Boy, which was published in September 2014. The foreword was written by Jerry Mathers.

There is a really interesting ‘Look Inside’ option of this book at Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/ycxrhbr2

Rest in peace Eddie.

As you all may remember, Jerry Mathers, who played Beaver, was mistakenly reported as having been killed in Vietnam. As you all probably know by now, he is very much alive.

Yes, I do remember the rumor that Jerry Mathers was killed in Vietnam. Here is some additional information on that rumor (Underlining is mine):

In December 1969, a rumor began that Mathers was killed in action in the Vietnam War. Although the origin of the rumor is unclear, Mathers never saw action and was never stationed outside of the United States.

Source: https://tinyurl.com/y8z3en2s

In the following video, Jerry talks about his "death in Vietnam": https://tinyurl.com/y98u8qey

While doing the research for the information I just posted on Jerry Mathers, I came across the following photo of Ken Osmond:

Jean Kennedy Smith (1928–2020), last surviving Kennedy sibling, and a diplomat who helped with the effort toward peace in Northern Ireland, died on June 18, 2020, at her home in Manhattan at the age of 92.


In 1974, Jean founded Very Special Arts, which provides arts and education programming for youth and adults with disabilities.

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Still alive and kicking....

Famous Italian music composer Ennio Morricone has died. (Living in Italy Franz and a man familiar with the arts, you must know his work well)

Though he wrote countless famous scores for movies, to me he was by far the best Western music composer ever.

You may not know the name, Morricone, but you have heard his music.

He wrote the famous western ditty, The Good the Bad and the Ugly.

Below is my favorite western tunes from A Fist Full of Dollars, with scenes from the movie. The real star of the movie? NO not Clint Eastwood, but Gian Maria Volonte. He's a 10 in his acting ability compared to Eastwood's 4. Born in Milan, Volonte was known as the Italian Laurence Olivier. Volonte also appeared in For a Few Dollars More, with Eastwood.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHNFnij793k

Ennio Morricone wrote music for movies such as, The Exorcist II, The Untouchables, The Thing, The Good the Bad and the Ugly.

Of course you need to be a Western Movie Nut to like such scenes as the one below.

One of my favorite acting appearances by Volonte.

Very Brutal though and not for everyone.

To entice his opponent into a gun fight Volonte has the man's wife and baby taken outside and shot. You don't see it but you hear the gun shot and the baby stops crying. Italian westerns are very violent towards woman and the innocent. Though I would not say that they take an exclusive misogynist approach, and I may have to think twice on that one, they do treat women as props, prostitutes, or "fortunate" victims. Very few strong women in Spaghetti Westerns. (Once Upon a Time in the West with Claudia Cardinale is an exception) And if so they are killed or punched in the face. Don't know if that's a macho Italian thing or what. One of the great imperfections or indiscretions of Spaghetti Westerns which sets them apart from American ones.

Here we have Morricone at his best with his music. Classic Spaghetti Western tune.

The scene is all about Volonte's acting ability and the music. It's what I take away from it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjFVOuYShp0

Thanks for posting that Olivia de Havilland Is still alive at 104 years old, MB. She is an amazing woman, who doesn’t appear to be over 70 years old. Here is a pick of her on her 104th birthday followed by an interesting People Magazine article (The inlay pic is my favorite scene from Gone With The Wind):


Gone with the Wind's Only Surviving Star Olivia de Havilland Turns 104: https://tinyurl.com/yaxh6d2g

Johnny Mandel, songwriter who composed "M*A*S*H" theme song died on June 29, 2020, at his home in Ojai, California, from a heart ailment. He was 94.

Carl Reiner was a legendary comedy writer and performer who created "The Dick Van Dyke Show", died of natural causes at his home on June 29, 2020. He was 98.

Pic Is of Dick Van Dyke, Rosemarie and Carl Reiner

Hugh Downs, former anchor of the ABC news show "20/20", died July 1, 2020, from heart failure at his home in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was 99.

Nick Cordero, star of “Waitress” and “A Bronx Tale”, died on July 5, 2020, after suffering 95 days in the hospital, from complications due to COVID-19, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was only 41 years old.

Poor Mr. Cordero.

Covid ate him up.

What a terrible, terrible way to die. And before doing so they cut off one of his legs due to complications. Terrible! Poor fellow.

And also:

For all of you who lean South with music, Charlie Daniels died today.

I agree, MB, Nick Cordero died a horrible death and it only took 95 days! In addition to having his leg right leg was amputated, he was on a ventilator, being treated with dialysis and Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), also known as extracorporeal life support (ECLS), which is an extracorporeal technique of providing prolonged cardiac and respiratory support to persons whose heart and lungs are unable to provide an adequate amount of gas exchange or perfusion to sustain life.

I was just about to post Charlie Daniels' death when the notification from the forum appeared in my inbox.

Kelly Preston, wife of John Travolta, died on July 12, 2020, following a two-year battle with breast cancer. She was only 57.

Benjamin Keough, the son of Lisa Marie Presley and the grandson of Elvis Presley, died on Sunday July 12, 2020, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, in Calabasas, CA. He was only 27.

Click on image to enlarge.

John Lewis, civil rights legend & U.S. Rep. from Georgia, died on July 17, 2020, from pancreatic cancer, at the age of 80.

I liked him in pictures. John Saxon dead at 83.

Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya, Olympic figure skater, died on July 17, 2020, after falling out of the window of her Moscow home, in a suspected suicide, leaving behind a note that said "Lyublyu" (I love). She was only 20 years old.

Charles Evers, was an American civil rights activist, businessman, disc jockey, and politician, died on July 22, 2020, at the age of 97.

Regis Philbin, known for hosting talk and game shows since the 1960s, died on July 24, 2020 from natural causes at the age of 88.

Don't forget Olivia, twins. Onehundredfour

When you're that old it's all about celebrating you death, not your life.

Can't be much more successful at birthdays than that

Oh, wow, MB, I didn’t know that Olivia had passed until I read your post. Thanks for the heads up! Here you go…

Olivia de Havilland died of natural causes in her sleep at her home in Paris, France, on July 25, 2020, at the age of 104.

Peter Green, guitarist, who was a co-founder of Fleetwood Mac, died Saturday July 25, 2020 in his sleep at the age of 73.

Also:

Jacqueline Scott died this last Friday. I liked her. A character actress who appeared in many western tv movies.

She is best known to me for appearing on Gunsmoke and as Richard Kimble's sister on The Fugitive



https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0779261/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Also:


Kenneth Souza died this past Saturday. He was editor and founder of the Lizzie Borden Quarterly. He was also the writer and director of the documentary Lizzie Borden a Century of Fascination 1992.



Kenneth was 55 years of age.


https://lizzieandrewborden.com/HatchetO ... ywood.html

Trini Lopez, an American singer, guitarist, and actor died on August 11, 2020 at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, California, from complications of COVID-19. He was 83.

Robert Trump, President Trump’s younger brother, died on 08/15/2020, of an undisclosed illness. He was 71.