2018 Obituaries Thread

[drwhovill]

Also, when Richard Dawson left Match Game, it seemed like Bill Daily was often one of the regular ones who would sit in Richards' seat.

[Superballer]

Pro football hall of famer Tommy McDonald, a key member of the Eagles' 1960 world championship team, has passed on at age 84: 

https://www.bleedinggreennation.com/2018/9/24/17895930/tommy-mcdonald-eagles-pro-football-hall-of-fame-wide-receiver-dies-passes-away-age-nfl-philadelphia

[Blissey]

Film producer Gary Kurtz, perhaps best known for producing the first two "Star Wars" films, has passed away at the age of 78 following a year-long battle with cancer.

https://www.starwars.com/news/gary-kurtz-passes-away

[Ccook]

Al Matthews, who played Sgt. Apone in Aliens (1986), found dead at his home, age 75.

[Ccook]

Sons of Anarchy actor Paul John Vasquez, age 48, apparent heart attack.

Frank Parker of Days of Our Lives, age 79, of complications from Parkinson’s disease and dementia.

[blozier2006]

Marty Balin, guitarist and co-founder of Jefferson Airplane, died yesterday at the age of 76.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jefferson-airplane-guitarist-marty-balin-dead-76-730912/

[Superballer]

Another member of Philadelphia's legendary Gang Green defense has left this world, as free safety Wes Hopkins has passed on at 57; no cause has been immediately announced: 

http://www.phillytrib.com/obituaries/wes-hopkins--year-safety-for-eagles/article_9e0d9c4c-c0cd-5d23-a7fc-86fb8f448ac8.html

[Ccook]

Peggy Sue Gerron, the namesake of the Buddy Holly song Peggy Sue, age 78, cause not given.

[Ccook]

Geoff Emerick, chief recording engineer for the Beatles, age 72 of a heart attack.

[Superballer]

The winningest college football coach of all time, St. John's (Minnesota) John Gagliardi, has passed on at 91, 6 years after ending his career with a likely unreachable 489 wins: 




http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/winningest-coach-in-college-football-history-john-gagliardi-dies-at-91/ar-BBO3ozK?li=BBnba9I&ocid=mailsignout

[Ccook]

Claymation master Will Vinton (California Raisins and the Domino's Pizza Noid, among others), age 70 of multiple myeloma. He passed on October 4.

[Ccook]

Carol Hall, songwriter who did the music and lyrics for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, age 82 of a form of a dementia.

[jmorgan]

The co-founder of Microsoft, Paul Allen, at age 65 of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-dies-of-cancer-at-age-65/ar-BBOr8yy?ocid=spartanntp

[Superballer]

Former Chargers owner Alex Spanos has passed on at 95: 

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/chargers/sd-sp-chargers-alex-spanos-owner-dies-20181009-story.html

[JayC]

James Karen, actor in Poltergeist and many other films, died at the age of 94- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-karen-dead-poltergeist-china-syndrome-actor-was-94-722368