2022 Obituaries Thread

[PatrickRox80]

Bob Penny who appeared in such films as Forrest Gump and My Cousin Vinny passed away at the age of 87.

https://ew.com/celebrity/bob-penny-dead-forrest-gump-actor/

[Alfonzo]

Anita Pointer of Pointer Sisters passed away at age 74.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/anita-pointer-dies-age-74-founding-member-pointer-sisters/#app

[pannoni1]

Now I feel a little less excited upon hearing the news that seemingly provides an exclamation point for inarguably the biggest purge of last-minute passings to close out a year. Ricky Nelson's 1985 New Year's Eve passing is probably the most infamous one of the rock era, but this means that only Ruth will live to see the 50th anniversary of The Pointer Sisters' eponymous debut album on Blue Note Records. My earliest memories of "I'm So Excited" (which she sang lead on) and Anita were not in the early 1980s since it was just before my time, but in 1991 when my elementary school's gymnasium's cassette mixtape for warm-up exercises included that hit while I would be jump roping, peg climbing walls, or doing push-ups. RIP Anita Pointer.

[JayC]

At least one more for 2022: Modest Mouse drummer and co-founder Jeremiah Green passed away on December 31 at the age of 45. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/01/entertainment/jeremiah-green-obit-trnd/index.html