2024 Obituaries Thread

[Ccook]

Peter Angelos, longtime owner of the Baltimore Orioles, age 94 after an illness, perhaps stemming from surgery on an aortic valve.

[Ccook]

Former U.S. senator and V.P. candidate Joe Lieberman (D-Ct.), age 82 from complications following a fall.

[Alfonzo]

Oscar-winner Louis Gossett Jr. has passed away.

https://share.newsbreak.com/6ikqb9ys

[Hag]

Very unfortunate, he was great in An Officer and a Gentleman. RIP.

[JayC]

Actor Chance Perdomo died as a result of a motorcycle accident at the age of 27: https://people.com/chance-perdomo-known-for-gen-v-and-after-franchise-dead-at-27-8622704

[Ccook]

Actress Barbara Rush (It Came From Outer Space, Peyton Place), age 97. No cause given.

[Ccook]

Actress Barbara Baldavin who appeared on many TV shows including Star Trek and Medical Center, age 85 of congestive heart failure.

[SamJ93]

Comedian and actor Joe Flaherty, known for his roles on SCTV, Freaks And Geeks and Happy Gilmore among other shows/movies, age 82 of undisclosed causes.

[GRWHAMMY the 2nd]

Comedian and actor Joe Flaherty, known for his roles on SCTV, Freaks And Geeks and Happy Gilmore among other shows/movies, age 82 of undisclosed causes.

Just as Adam Sandler (the actor, not the TPIR producer) announced a sequel happening for Happy Gilmore

granted, part of what drew people to the original was Barker vs Sandler, which any followups can't replicate due to late last year with Barker's death

[Alfonzo]

Rest in Peace, Count Floyd.

[GameShowsRule95]

Comedian and actor Joe Flaherty, known for his roles on SCTV, Freaks And Geeks and Happy Gilmore among other shows/movies, age 82 of undisclosed causes.

Ironically I just the other day watched Back to the Future Part II, in which he plays the Western Union guy who in 1955 delivers Marty the letter Doc wrote in 1885.

[JayC]

Just as Adam Sandler (the actor, not the TPIR producer) announced a sequel happening for Happy Gilmore

granted, part of what drew people to the original was Barker vs Sandler, which any followups can't replicate due to late last year with Barker's death

How about he faces off with Drew for the sequel?

[Ccook]

Clarence "Frogman" Henry, singer of the 1956 song "Ain't Got No Home," age 87. No cause given but he was in failing health.

[plinko2000]

Former football player OJ Simpson has died.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/oj-simpson-dead-at-76-family-announces-144012008.html

[Ccook]

Robert MacNeil, journalist and half of PBS's MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, age 93 of natural causes. MacNeil was in Dallas covering JFK's motorcade in 1963 for NBC and furnished reports of the shooting and subsequent death of the president.