2024 Obituaries Thread

[Alfonzo]

Actor Mickey Cottrell passed away at the age of 79.

https://people.com/mickey-cottrell-dead-at-79-star-trek-actor-hollywood-publicist-8421916

[Ccook]

Glynis Johns, actress probably best known as the wife of Mr. Banks in Disney's Mary Poppins, age 100. No cause given but she had been in assisted living.

[rick420buzz]

David Soul, Hutch from "Starsky and Hutch" has passed at the age of 80.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/05/entertainment/david-soul-death/index.html

[Ccook]

Actor Christian Oliver (Speed Racer, The Baby-Sitters Club, Valkyrie), age 51 after his plane crashed in the Caribbean. His two daughters were also killed in the accident.

[plinko2000]

He played Brian in the second season of Saved by the Bell: The New Class.

[JayC]

Actor Harry Johnson (Battlestar Galactica, Law & Order, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer) died at the age of 81.
https://people.com/harry-johnson-dead-8422780

[Ccook]

Cindy Morgan, who played Lacey Underall next to Bill Murray in Caddyshack, age 69. Cause unknown.

[Ccook]

Rev. Donald Wildmon, head of the American Family Association who led boycotts on TV shows (NYPD Blue), movies (The Last Temptation of Christ) and even Mighty Mouse, age 85 of Lewy body dementia.

[PatrickRox80]

Bud Harrelson, Miracle Met who famously tangled with Pete Rose, has passed away at the age of 79.

https://apnews.com/article/bud-harrelson-death-mets-e990440aa0b811edac023c219cee77e8

[88JRFAN]

Peter Crombie (played recurring character "Crazy" Joe Davola on Seinfeld), passed away Jan. 10 at age 71

[Ccook]

Days Of Our Lives star Bill Hayes who was married to co-star Susan Seaforth Hayes, age 98. No cause disclosed.

[plinko2000]

I just read that Robert Mackey who posted on this forum as Robair has died.

[Ccook]

Joyce Randolph, last of the surviving original cast members of The Honeymooners (she was Ed Norton's wife Trixie), age 99. No cause given.

[JayC]

Alec Musser, actor best known for his roles in All My Children and the Adam Sandler movie Grown Ups, died at the age of 50. https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/alec-musser-dead-all-my-children-1235871383/

[whowouldeverhurtawhammy]

This death was not addressed in the 2023 thread when it happened, but it has been brought to my attention (as of the time I made this post) that David Oreck, the namesake founder of the Oreck Corporation (makers of the Oreck XL vacuum cleaners) and spokesperson for said company's commercials, passed away on 2/15/23, no cause of death given. Like Bob Barker, Oreck was 99.

https://obits.nola.com/us/obituaries/nola/name/david-oreck-obituary?id=47479731