2019 Obituaries Thread

[Alfonzo]

Jerry Herman, lyricist who wrote Hello, Dolly and Mame, age 88 of pulmonary complications.

Not just a lyricist, he was a composer/lyricist who also wrote the score for La Cage aux Folles, the only Broadway musical win to the Best Musical Tony Award three times (One for Best Musical, two for Best Revival of a Musical). Rest in Peace, Jerry.

[Superballer]

Legendary Iowa coach Hayden Fry passes on from cancer at 90; he also coached at SMU and North Texas, and started a strong coaches tree including Barry Alvarez and Bill Snyder: 

https://journalstar.com/news/national/obituaries/hayden-fry-texan-who-turned-around-iowa-dies-at/article_a0a2c5d2-d369-5b31-957c-4d605e106ef9.html

[wpghi5]

Lee Mendelson, producer of many Peanuts TV specials, age 88 of cancer.

RIP Lee Mendelson. 

[Ccook]

Sue Lyon, who played the title role of Stanley Kubrick's 1963 movie Lolita, age 73, cause not disclosed.

[Ccook]

Sleepy LaBeef, rockabilly cult hero for some 60 years, age 84. No cause given.

[jude_este]

Neil Innes, British singer, songwriter, and comedian known for his work with Monty Python, The Rutles, and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band dead at age 75. No cause given.

[mellongraig]

Kelly Fraser, Juno-nominated Inuk singer-songwriter, took her own life at age 26 on December 24.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/kelly-fraser-obituary-1.5409059

[yuki-louve]

Patricia Alice Albrecht, best known as the speaking voice of Pizzazz in the '80s cartoon "Jem (and the Holograms)", passed away on Christmas Day. No cause of death given.

https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/2019/12/25/patricia-alice-albrecht-jem-the-holograms-pizzazz-dies/

[pricefan18]

EDIT: This can be removed now, link that was mentioned as wrong in previous post has been corrected.

[yuki-louve]

Wrong link.

Oops, sorry. I fixed the original post. Hate sites that just put articles one after another like that, and when you scroll too far it acts like you clicked the other link.

[pricefan18]

Oops, sorry. I fixed the original post. Hate sites that just put articles one after another like that, and when you scroll too far it acts like you clicked the other link.

No worries, things happen. I hate how a lot of sites are like that now too.

[jude_este]

Jack Sheldon, jazz trumpeter and sidekick to Merv Griffin on "The Merv Griffin Show" who also gave voice to the "Schoolhouse Rock" classics I’m Just a Bill and Conjunction Junction, passed away on December 27th at age 88. Cause of death not disclosed.

[Roadgeek Adam]

Locking for 2020.