In Memorium

[Natalka]

Actress Jayne Meadows dies at 95

Jayne Meadows, a glamorous redheaded actress who starred on Broadway, in the movies and on television, but who was probably best known for her 46-year role as Steve Allen’s wife, business partner and frequent co-star, died on Sunday at her home in Encino, Calif. She was 95.

Ms. Meadows was never as well known as her younger sister, Audrey, who played Alice Kramden on the now-classic Jackie Gleason sitcom “The Honeymooners.” But she was a versatile and accomplished actress in her own right and a familiar presence on television for years, in dramatic productions, prime-time series and game shows.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/28/ar...tury.html?_r=0

[Shwa Girl]

The actress who played Tracy Partridge on Partrige Family TV show, has passed away.
Suzanne Crough died suddenly. The cause of death is not yet known
RIP

[walkonby]

Louie Louie’ singer Jack Ely dies at age 71

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertain...icle-1.2202725

[Natalka]

(Not 'entertainment', but I guess it's good to keep these together...)

Weight Watchers founder Jean Nidetch dies at 91



http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/weight-...t-91-1.2350093

[walkonby]

Ben E. King, soul legend who sang 'Stand By Me,' dead at 76




http://www.nydailynews.com/entertain...icle-1.2206463

[gryphon]

Legendary Wrestler and Promoter Verne Gagne passed away on Monday at the age of 89

[Shwa Girl]

(Not 'entertainment', but I guess it's good to keep these together...)

Weight Watchers founder Jean Nidetch dies at 91



http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/weight-...t-91-1.2350093

91 is a good age/life
RIP

[gryphon]

Legendary Wrestler and Promoter Verne Gagne passed away on Monday at the age of 89

[Natalka]

RIP Ben E. King

On paper, Stand By Me seems a simple song, and certainly King wrote it with simple intentions: a love song to his partner at the time, Betty Nelson. Pop songs are seldom expected to mirror the lives of the artists who created them, but it certainly adds a sparkle to the song to know that Nelson would go on to celebrate five decades of marriage with the man who sang to her: “If the sky that we look upon should tumble and fall / All the mountains should crumble to the sea / I won’t cry, I won’t cry / No, I won’t shed a tear / Just as long as you stand, stand by me.”


It’s especially fitting that a song about enduring love – a love able to survive, no matter what trials and traumas it encounters – was built equally strongly to stand the test of time.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/mus...ng-stand-by-me

A Canadian connection -



In Calgary, 2010 - Singer Ben E. King, left, enjoyed the experience of working with producer Lanny Williamson at local studio The Beach, where King fulfilled a dream of his by recording an album of jazz standards, titled Heart & Soul

[gryphon]

Grace Lee Whitney has passed away

[Natalka]

Just saw that, gryphon

Grace Lee Whitney, Yeoman Rand on Original 'Star Trek,' Dies.

Grace Lee Whitney, 85, the futuristic-clipboard-bearing Yeoman Janice Rand on the original series of "Star Trek," died this weekend in the town of Coarsegold, California, her family confirmed. No cause of death was reported.

After several years as a dancer with big bands, she was cast as Janice Rand, a Star Fleet yeoman who was personal assistant to William Shatner's Capt. James T. Kirk, in the first season of the original 1966-to-1969 run of "Star Trek." When the series was reborn as a movie franchise in 1979, Whitney returned, now promoted to chief petty officer, in "Star Trek: The Motion Picture." By the time she made her last appearance as Rand, in "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country," in 1991, she had made it to lieutenant.

[Natalka]

Errol Brown, Hot Chocolate singer, dies aged 71


Brown had liver cancer and died Wednesday at his home in the Bahamas, said Phil Dale.

Hot Chocolate had hits in more than 50 countries worldwide, including You Sexy Thing - which Brown co-wrote - It Started with a Kiss and Every 1's a Winner.

Brown was made an MBE by the Queen in 2003 and received an Ivor Novello award for his outstanding contribution to British music in 2004.

You Sexy Thing, Hot Chocolate's best-known hit and a top 10 single in the 1970s and '80s, charted again in the UK when it was featured in The Full Monty in 1997.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-32613573


Brown with his wife Ginette after receiving an MBE for services to pop music in 2003

LOVE this song!

[walkonby]

Elizabeth Wilson, '9-5' actress, dead at 94

Tony Award-winning actress Elizabeth Wilson has passed away at age 94.
The death of the actress, best known for her supporting roles in such films as "The Graduate" and "9-5," was confirmed to The New York Times by her friend Elizabeth Morton.


During her long career, the actress took home a Tony for "Sticks and Bones," where she played a Vietnam War veteran. Later Wilson was nominated for an Emmy in her role on NBC's "Nutcracker: Money, Madness and Murder."
She was a favorite of director Mike Nichols and played in his 1967 film "The Graduate." He later worked with her on films including "Catch-22," "The Day of the Dolphin" and "Recardinc Henry."
Her most memorable role was Roz, the enemy of Jane Fonda and Dolly Parton in "9-5."
The actress's final film was "Hyde Park on Hudson," where the star played Mrs. Roosevelt, in 2012.





http://www.nydailynews.com/entertain...icle-1.2217433

[Shwa Girl]

B B King has passed away
The King of the Blues guitar
He was 88 and died in his sleep
RIP

[Natalka]

RIP, what a legend, and a mentor to so many.
He sure could make Lucille sing!