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Re: 2016 Obituaries Thread
« Reply #30 on: April 13, 2016, 10:21:07 PM »
Gareth Thomas, actor known as Roj Blake from the British TV series Blake's 7, has died at the age of 71, according to doctorwhonews.com.

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Re: 2016 Obituaries Thread
« Reply #31 on: April 18, 2016, 07:52:39 PM »
Another former star of Everybody Loves Raymond has died; this time it's Doris Roberts (Marie Barone) at 90:
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/doris-roberts-dead-everybody-loves-raymond-actress-was-90-report-w203197

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Re: 2016 Obituaries Thread
« Reply #32 on: April 18, 2016, 08:46:26 PM »
Very sad. I remember her in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation as well. RIP.
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Re: 2016 Obituaries Thread
« Reply #33 on: April 18, 2016, 09:29:23 PM »
Another former star of Everybody Loves Raymond has died; this time it's Doris Roberts (Marie Barone) at 90:
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/doris-roberts-dead-everybody-loves-raymond-actress-was-90-report-w203197

She has made appearances in Barney Miller & Walker:Texas Ranger as far as I remember. So sad she's gone.

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Re: 2016 Obituaries Thread
« Reply #34 on: April 18, 2016, 11:09:24 PM »
Aw man...

I'm going to miss Doris.  She was absolutely hysterical in her performances for Grandma's Boy, Raymond, and Christmas Vacation.

The comedic acting world has lost a superstar.  R.I.P. Doris.  Thanks for all the laughs.   :cry:
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Re: 2016 Obituaries Thread
« Reply #35 on: April 18, 2016, 11:17:05 PM »
Everybody Loves Raymond was must-see television in my home every Monday night for pretty much its entire run. No two people could have portrayed Frank and Marie Barone's characters better than Peter Boyle and Doris Roberts did. And now they're both gone...but certainly not forgotten.

Thanks for being a part of one of the last great sitcoms, Doris. RIP.

And wow, she was 90? I had no idea she was that old.
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Re: 2016 Obituaries Thread
« Reply #36 on: April 19, 2016, 01:41:39 AM »
RIP Doris Roberts.  :cry:

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Re: 2016 Obituaries Thread
« Reply #37 on: April 21, 2016, 01:35:56 AM »
Former WWE superstar Chyna (Joanie Laurer) has passed away, she was 45.

http://www.wrestlingnewssource.com/news/42254/Former-WWE-Star-Chyna-Passes-Away-At-Age-45/

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Re: 2016 Obituaries Thread
« Reply #38 on: April 21, 2016, 06:02:54 AM »
She was the first female Royal Rumble participant & first female to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship. She will be missed.

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Re: 2016 Obituaries Thread
« Reply #39 on: April 23, 2016, 02:40:55 PM »
Michelle McNamara, wife of former King of Queens star Patton Oswalt, has died at age 46:
http://pagesix.com/2016/04/22/patton-oswalts-wife-michelle-mcnamara-dies-at-46/

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Re: 2016 Obituaries Thread
« Reply #40 on: April 25, 2016, 09:25:45 AM »
Billy Paul, of the 1972 hit "Me And Mrs. Jones," age 80, of pancreatic cancer.
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Re: 2016 Obituaries Thread
« Reply #41 on: April 28, 2016, 11:56:39 PM »
Someone behind plenty of "As Seen On TV" marketing has passed away, and that's K-Tel founder Philip Kives, at age 87.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/phil-kives-k-tel-winnipeg-obit-1.3556818
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Re: 2016 Obituaries Thread
« Reply #42 on: April 29, 2016, 01:06:05 AM »
Someone behind plenty of "As Seen On TV" marketing has passed away, and that's K-Tel founder Philip Kives, at age 87.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/phil-kives-k-tel-winnipeg-obit-1.3556818

RIP Philip Kives.  :cry:

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Re: 2016 Obituaries Thread
« Reply #43 on: May 03, 2016, 02:11:28 PM »
Afeni Shakur, the mother of slain rapper 2Pac, has died at age 69:
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/afeni-shakur-mother-tupac-dead-69-article-1.2622887

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Re: 2016 Obituaries Thread
« Reply #44 on: May 08, 2016, 07:41:39 PM »
Australian TV producer Reg Grundy, best known to American audiences for Sale of the Century and Scrabble, has died at the age of 92.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/television/australian-tv-legend-reg-grundy-has-died-aged-92/news-story/7a9d806afa72774a63ed775cd6fc44f2