2018 Obituaries Thread

[Ccook]

Kids of the 60s (like me) knew him as the voice of Number One on Cool McCool as well as Sonny and Gramps from the Cocoa Puffs commercials.

[Ccook]

Yvonne Staples of the R&B group the Staples Singers (“I’ll Take You There,” “Respect Yourself”), age 80. Cause not disclosed.

[blozier2006]

Art Bell, creator and long time host of syndicated late-night radio talk show "Coast to Coast AM", has died at the age of 72.

http://news3lv.com/news/local/radio-host-art-bell-dies-at-72-in-pahrump-home

[holein1isawesome]

Art Bell, creator and long time host of syndicated late-night radio talk show "Coast to Coast AM", has died at the age of 72.

http://news3lv.com/news/local/radio-host-art-bell-dies-at-72-in-pahrump-home

Damn, that sucks. My dad loved his radio show.

[SamJ93]

Renowned film director Milos Forman (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus) has passed at age 86. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/milos-forman-dead-cuckoos-nest-amadeus-director-was-86-861207

[FieldsFan336]

Actor R. Lee Ermey, best known for the film Full Metal Jacket, passed away today at age 74.  Fans of The Simpsons will also know him as the voice of Colonel Hapablap in the season 7 episode "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming", and he was also the voice of Sarge in Toy Story

https://abc7.la/2ENFc7r

[wpghi5]

Steven Bochco, who created great shows like NYPD Blue, L.A. Law and Hill Street Blues, has passed away at age 74:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/steven-bochco-innovative-co-creator-of-‘nypd-blue’-‘hill-street-blues’-dies-at-74/ar-AAvm9UW?ocid=spartanntp

RIP Steven Bochco. 

Winnie Mandela, anti-apartheid campaigner and former wife of South Africa president Nelson Mandela, age 81 after a long illness.

RIP Winnie Mandela. 

[Hag]

Harry Anderson, who played Judge Stone on Night Court, has passed at age 65. He appeared in Stephen King's IT movie on TV as well. RIP.

[SBarsodo]

Harry Anderson, who played Judge Stone on Night Court, has passed at age 65. He appeared in Stephen King's IT movie on TV as well. RIP.

A great guy gone too soon.  RIP

[htmlcc92]

Carl Kasell, newscaster for NPR and known for his work as judge and scorekeeper on the network's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me program, passed away at 84.
https://www.npr.org/2018/04/17/528656453/npr-newscaster-carl-kasell-dies-at-84-after-a-lifelong-career-on-air

[Ccook]

David Edgerton, co-founder of Burger King, age 90, from complications following a fall.

[UltraPrice]

Former first lady Barbara Bush has passed away today at age 92

http://abcnews.go.com/US/lady-barbara-bush-dies-age-92/story?id=54490037

[blozier2006]

Barbara Bush, former First Lady from 1989 to 1993, and the mother of President George W. Bush, has died at 92.

EDIT: Ninja'd ^

[geniusinmath]

May her RIP. She lived a long life.

[Ccook]

Wrestling legend Bruno Sammartino, age 82 following an illness.