2023 Obituaries Thread

[Ccook]

Chaim Topol, best known as Teyve in Fiddler On The Roof, age 87 after a lengthy illness.

[plinko2000]

Actor Robert Blake has died.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/robert-blake-actor-acquitted-wifes-002148039.html

[GRWHAMMY the 2nd]

https://deadline.com/2023/03/kristin-bjorklund-dead-emmy-winning-family-feud-producer-was-67-1235285287/

long time Feud producer (starting with the original Dawson run and still was with the show all the way to modern Harvey Feud)

[ooboh]

https://deadline.com/2023/03/kristin-bjorklund-dead-emmy-winning-family-feud-producer-was-67-1235285287/

long time Feud producer (starting with the original Dawson run and still was with the show all the way to modern Harvey Feud)

Yeah, I’ve seen her name in the end credits plenty of times. Rest in peace.

[Renny]

long time Feud producer (starting with the original Dawson run and still was with the show all the way to modern Harvey Feud)

She’s also one of the substitute models for Holly during Season 12.

[Ccook]

Jerry Samuels, better known as Napoleon XIV (They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-aaaa!), age 84. No cause given.

[moneygamelover]

Bud Grant, the Minnesota Vikings coach who led the team to 4 NFC Championships, which unfortunately for the Vikings ended up with losses in Super Bowls 4, 8, 9, and 11 has died at age 95. Bud Grant was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as part of the class of 1994.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35835975/bud-grant-led-vikings-4-super-bowls-hof-career-dies?device=featurephone

[Blissey]

Chen Kenichi, the Iron Chef Chinese on the original 1993-1999 Japanese "Iron Chef" series, passed away on 11 March 2023 of interstitial lung disease at the age of 67.

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20230314_18/

[RJSchex]

Bobby Caldwell, 71, white R&B/Jazz singer, best known for 1979 hit “What You Won’t Do For Love”.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/03/15/bobby-caldwell-dies-what-you-wont-do-love-singer/11476518002/

[tpir04]

Wow, and I just listened to that song earlier today. RIP.

[dagdoggnh]

Lance Reddick, best known for roles in the TV series "The Wire", "Oz" and Netflix's "Resident Evil" as well as the "John Wick" films and voice work in video games such as the "Destiny" series, was found dead this morning in his Studio City, CA home at the age of 60.  Details: https://variety.com/2023/film/obituaries-people-news/lance-reddick-dead-the-wire-john-wick-1235557886/

[Ccook]

Yankees slugger Joe Pepitone, age 82, possibly of a heart attack.

[Ccook]

NBA legend Willis Reed, who led the New York Knicks to a championship 50 years ago, age 80 of congestive heart problems.

[Roadgeek Adam]

Paul O'Grady, MBE DL, also known as Lily Savage, the drag character, and host of Blankety Blank in the United Kingdom (their version of Match Game), has died at age 67 according to his partner, André Portasio.


This has been a rough week for the drag community, as we just lost Darcella XV, the oldest living active drag queen at the age of 92 on March 24.

[Alfonzo]

Political satirist and pianist Mark Russell, known for his regular comedy specials on PBS for almost 30 years has died from complications of prostate cancer at age 90. I was at our local PBS station in Buffalo for a taping and learned that my fellow Buffalo native had the green room named for him in his honor. Parodied many times, probably most famously on The Simpsons in the episode "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington" and by Mark McKinney in a 1996 SNL skit. He will be missed.



https://video.thinktv.org/video/mark-russell-1680212006/