2023 Obituaries Thread

[Ccook]

Conny Van Dyke, singer, actress (W.W. And the Dixie Dancekings) and game show panelist (Match Game, Tattletales), age 78 of vascular dementia.

[Alfonzo]

Conny Van Dyke, singer, actress (W.W. And the Dixie Dancekings) and game show panelist (Match Game, Tattletales), age 78 of vascular dementia.

She was a 70s game show mainstay, especially on You Don't Say! and The Cross-Wits. Rest in peace, Conny.

[SeaBreeze341]

San Diego Padres owner & chairman Peter Seidler, age 63.


The guy had a lot of living to do.  However, Mr. Seidler had been going through an illness for quite some time. RIP.

[SamJ93]

Ken Squier, longtime NASCAR racing commentator, passed away last night at age 88 after a prolonged illness.

[Ccook]

George Brown, co-founder of the R&B group Kool & The Gang, age 74 of lung cancer.

[plinko2000]

Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has died.

https://news.yahoo.com/former-first-lady-rosalynn-carter-201832933.html

[whowouldeverhurtawhammy]

Peter Spellos, the voice of Sky-Byte in the 2000s Transformers anime (Robots in Disguise), has died today at the age of 69. The cause of death is not disclosed.

https://comicbook.com/anime/news/peter-spellos-dead-transformers-anime-voice-actor-dies-69/?fbclid=IwAR11vdUTmIZoco7PCg54bitKlqOwBAbsrRZtx1b8O7-DpdhrFfbOTo4elUk

[RJSchex]

(August 13)
Patricia Bredin, 88, performed “All” the the second (1957) Eurovision Song Contest—the debut entry for the United Kingdom, and the first entry ever to have been performed in English.

[Ccook]

Mars Williams, saxophonist for the Psychedelic Furs and the Waitresses, age 68 of ampullary cancer.

[Superballer]

Former ace relief pitcher Willie Hernandez, who memorably helped lead the Tigers to the 1984 World Series, passes on at 69: 


https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2023/11/21/detroit-tigers-willie-hernandez-dies-american-league-cy-young-mvp-1984/71666971007/

[Ccook]

Levi Walker Jr., known to Atlanta Braves fans as team mascot Chief Noc-a-Homa from 1966 to 1985, age 80 from failing health.

[Ccook]

Marty Krofft, who with brother Sid created live-action Saturday morning shows like H.R. Pufnstuf and Land of the Lost, age 86 of kidney failure.

[PatrickRox80]

Henry Kissinger has passed on, at the age of 100.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/29/henry-kissinger-the-towering-american-diplomat-dies-at-age-100.html

[htmlcc92]

Frances Sternhagen, known for various roles including as Cliff Clavin’s mother on Cheers and, to me, characters in two Stephen King adaptations, died:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/frances-sternhagen-cheers-and-sex-and-the-city-actor-dies-at-/ar-AA1kKLbq?ocid=sapphireappshare

[plinko2000]

Sandra Day O'Connor has died.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/sandra-day-o-connor-first-150416055.html