2022 Celebrity Death Thread

[Daith]

*Sigh* Sad to see both Nichelle Nichols and Pat Carroll pass. But my mind is waiting for that third notice to hit

 

[Axaday]

Walter Koenig is the youngest of the bunch but I do not believe Shatner or Takei is gonna go while the other lives.

 

[Ryougabot]

 

[Paladin]

Olivia Newton-John, ‘Grease’ star and ‘Physical’ singer, dies at 73

Olivia Newton-John, the top female pop vocalist of the 1970s who starred in movies including “Grease” and “Xanadu,” died Monday. She was 73. Her husband posted the news on h…

www.baltimoresun.com

 

[Ironbite4]

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp.

 

[DarkeklawGW]

Actor Anne Heche dies a week after car crash

The 53-year-old star of films including Donnie Brasco, Catfight and the remake of Psycho, did not regain consciousness after a car crash on 5 August

www.theguardian.com

 

[Steevy Maximus]

Wolfgang Peterson, director of Das Boot, The Neverending Story, In the Line of Fire and Air Force One has passed.

Wolfgang Petersen, blockbuster director of 'Das Boot,' 'Air Force One,' 'Troy,' dies at 81

Wolfgang Peterson ("Das Boot"), who directed Brad Pitt ("Troy"), George Clooney ("Perfect Storm") and Harrison Ford ("Air Force One"), is dead at 81.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Ungnome]

I'm not sure if former world leaders count as traditional celebrities, but Mikhail Gorbachev has died.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/30/world/europe/mikhail-gorbachev-dead.html

 

[Shadewing]

Wrong Russian Leader, Death.

 

[wonko the sane?]

Dude was 91, how is that wrong?

 

[Shadewing]

Because I think most the world would have preferred if he took Putin instead.

 

[Nevermore]

Rest in peace, Mikhail Sergeyevich. While I don't agree with every decision he made, he was wise enough to understand that he shouldn't be standing in the way of history, and instead opened the doors wide. Germany wouldn't be what it is today were it not for him.

 

[Ironbite4]

Ain't a Gangster's Paradise no more.

Coolio Dead at 59

Coolio died Wednesday in Los Angeles ... TMZ has learned.

www.tmz.com

Ironbite-damn it.

 

[Shadewing]

Well damn, there's a death that comes outta nowhere. Like, most the others recently have been fairly old but Coolio was still fairly young comparatively.

 

[Steevy Maximus]

And another that slipped a little more quietly, Louise Fletcher, the iconic Nurse Ratched and memorable Kai Wynn on Star Trek DS9

Remembering Louise Fletcher, 1934 – 2022

StarTrek.com honors the late actress and her contributions to the Star Trek universe.

www.startrek.com

 

[Wheelimus]

We lost a legend. Still salty that I had tickets to see her twenty years ago and then the Little Nashville Opry burned down.

Country Music Queen Loretta Lynn Dies

Lynn's frank songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia pulled her out of poverty and made her a pillar of country music.

www.huffpost.com

 

[Fero McPigletron]

 

[Shadewing]

Well Pushing-Up-Roses is gonna be devastated.

 

[Ironbite4]

She is.

 

[Daith]

Seems like a good time to watch Bedknobs and Broomsticks. She will most certainly be missed.