In Memorium

[Darth Penguin]

I put Glenn under news, didn't think it was entertainment.

I hadn't seen that when I posted...I was about to post Greg Lake but Sen Glenn caught my attention.

However other non-entertainment people have been posted in this thread by me as well as other posters and no-one has mentioned that those shouldn't be in what I have always considered a thread to commemorate the deaths of notable people.

[Shwa Girl]

Days of our Lives soap star, who played the character of evil Stefano, has passed away. Joseph Mascolo, 87, had Alzheimer's disease. RIP.

[momof3heathens]

http://www.tmz.com/2016/12/13/alan-thicke-dead/

terrible news

[momof3heathens]

double post

[walkonby]

so 2016 is not finished breaking hearts, now Alan Thicke ^^ as posted above by momof3heathens has been taken. So very sad he was playing hockey with his 19 yr old son when a heart attack happened.

[redhdlois]

http://www.tmz.com/2016/12/13/alan-thicke-dead/

terrible news

Just heard this.......he was the youngest 69 year old I knew of......very sad for his young son and (young) wife.

[Natalka]

Oy, I just heard him interviewed on the radio last week. RIP Mr. Thicke, so very sad.

[Natalka]

His most recent honour:

Alan Thicke Official

13 hrs ·

Thanks to Whistler Film Fest for the Icon Award. I promise to try and stay iconic. @whisfilmfest #whistlerfilmfest #Icon

[Natalka]

Bernard Fox, Who Played Dr. Bombay on 'Bewitched,' Dies at 89



"Calling Dr. Bombay! Emergency! Come right away!"

Fox was best known for playing Dr. Bombay, a womanizing warlock, on “Bewitched" from 1966 to 1972. He also famously appeared as Captain Winston Havlock in the 1999 flick “The Mummy” and in “Titantic” as Col. Archibald Gracie.


The Welsh actor, who retired from the spotlight in 2004, also played the bumbling Col. Crittendon on “Hogan’s Heroes” through the late '60s, and lent his voice to the Disney movie “The Rescuers” and its sequel “The Rescuers Down Under.”

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...-was-89-956294

[walkonby]

oops.

[Darth Penguin]

Zsa Zsa Gabor dies aged 99

The actress Zsa Zsa Gabor has died, aged 99, according her publicist quoted in US media reports.
Born in Hungary, she emigrated to the United States during World War Two and made her Hollywood debut in 1952.
She appeared in more than 70 films, but was more famous for her celebrity lifestyle.
She was married nine times - taking her first husband at the age of 20 and wedding for the last time whne she was nearly 70.

[redhdlois]

[Natalka]

RIP - I think she was the first 'celebrity' I was aware of as a child. SSOOOOO glamorous!

[Darth Penguin]

DR Heimlich dies aged 96

US doctor Henry Heimlich, who invented the manoeuvre used to help victims of choking, has died aged 96.
Dr Heimlich died at a hospital in the US city of Cincinnati early on Saturday following complications from a heart attack he suffered on Monday, his family says.
Dr Heimlich invented the lifesaving technique, which uses abdominal thrusts to clear a person's airway, in 1974.
In May he used the technique himself to save a woman at his retirement home.
He dislodged a piece of meat with a bone in it from the airway of an 87-year-old woman, telling the BBC: "I didn't know I really could do it until the other day."

[Natalka]

Canadian entertainer Gordie Tapp, a comedian, musician, script writer and pitchman,
died Sunday from complications of pneumonia at age 94.



During the 1950s, he was a founding member of "Main Street Jamboree," a radio and TV show out of Hamilton, and hosted the CBC music-variety program "Country Hoedown" from 1956 to 1965.

Tapp eventually took his act south of the border to the popular American variety series "Hee Haw," inspiring other Canadian performers to follow his lead.

In more recent years, Tapp was also known for appearing in TV commercials for Ultramatic beds, and was a committed philanthropist, raising funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association and the Easter Seals Society.
He is survived by his wife and his children Kate, Jeff and Barbara.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/...r&_gsc=OTGXgJh