2024 Obituaries Thread

[Ccook]

Peter Schickele, better known as classical music parodist P.D.Q. Bach, age 88 from declining health.

[FieldsFan336]

Broadcaster, actress and politician Nerene Virgin, best known to Canadian children of the 80s as Jodie on TVOntario's Today's Special, passed away on Monday at the age of 77.  She was also a frequent co-host on Polka Dot Door

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/nerene-virgin-obituary?id=54138266

[Ccook]

Mary Weiss, a member of 60s girl group the Shangri-Las (Leader Of The Pack), age 75. No cause given.

[Ccook]

Dexter Scott King, son of Martin Luther King Jr., age 62 from prostate cancer.

[FieldsFan336]

Canadian filmmaker Norman Jewison has passed away at the age of 97.  He was known for directing films such as Moonstruck and Fiddler on the Roof

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/norman-jewison-dead-moonstruck-1235803603/

[Ccook]

Uga X, the live mascot for the Georgia Bulldogs from 2015 to 2022, age 10. They said he died peacefully in his sleep.

Charles Osgood, CBS News mainstay and long time host of CBS News Sunday Morning, age 91 of dementia.

[whowouldeverhurtawhammy]

Charles Osgood, CBS News mainstay and long time host of CBS News Sunday Morning, age 91 of dementia.

Sad... He was the reason I watched Sunday Morning...

[Ccook]

Frank Farian, record executive who foisted Milli Vanilli on the world, age 82.

[sideshowPA]

Frank Farian, record executive who foisted Milli Vanilli on the world, age 82.

Solid use of "foisted" here.

[jude_este]

Singer Melanie, who was best known for the 1970s songs “Brand New Key” and “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain),” and who performed at Woodstock in 1969 died Tuesday at age 76. Besides a statement from her reps that she had an illness, her cause of death was not disclosed.

[jhc2010]

Charles Osgood of CBS Sunday Morning fame (45 years at a abs) died on Tuesday at 91.

This Sunday’s 90-minute CBS Sunday Morning broadcast will honor Osgood.

http://cbsnews.com/amp/news/charles-osgood-veteran-cbs-newsman-and-longtime-host-of-sunday-morning-dies-at-91

[Ccook]

Charles Osgood of CBS Sunday Morning fame (45 years at a abs) died on Tuesday at 91.

Already mentioned five posts up.

[Briguy]

A week old almost, but country music singer Margo Smith, known for her yodeling and covers of two late 1950s/early 1960s pop hits that she took to No. 1 on the country chart in 1978, dead at 84, complications from a stroke.

The songs covered:

* “Don’t Break the Heart That Loves You,” a cover of Connie Francis’ 1962 No. 1 pop hit.

* “It Only Hurts For a Little While,” originally by the Ames Brothers and a top 15 pop hit in 1956.

Margo was a celebrity the week of March 25-29, 1980 on “The Hollywood Squares,” a country music-themed week of episodes. Of all the stars who appeared that week, Jim Stafford is the last surviving of the lot; Tammy Wynette, three Georges (Lindsey, Goebel and Jones), Minnie Pearl, Mel Tillis and Roy Clark had passed earlier.

https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/former-clark-county-resident-who-had-no-1-country-hits-dies-at-84/3FCO5URZP5FHVK2PUEUEEQLUMQ/

Brian

[Ccook]

Broadway legend Chita Rivera (West Side Story, Bye Bye Birdie, Chicago), age 91. No cause specified.

[Alfonzo]

Broadway legend Chita Rivera (West Side Story, Bye Bye Birdie, Chicago), age 91. No cause specified.

One of the greatest stage actresses in Broadway history. Rest in peace, Chita.

Sadly, we lost another Broadway star yesterday. Three-time Tony Award winner Hinton Battle also passed away.

https://playbill.com/article/three-time-tony-winner-hinton-battle-dies-at-67