Today - My top
Grumpy Cat – age 7
Real name – Tardar Sauce
Actual cat behind internet meme
Tim Conway – age 85
Hysterically funny comedian
Loved him on the Carol Burnett Show
Darryl Dragon – age 76
Singer/Songwriter
“Captain” from Captain and Tennille
Valerie Harper – age 80
Actress played Rhoda on the
Mary Tyler Moore Show
David Hedison – age 92
Actor – The Fly
Two James Bond movies
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Lee Iacocca – age 94
President of Ford Motor Company
CEO of Chrysler Corporation
Arte Johnson – age 90
Comedian – Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Peter Mayhew – age 74
Actor who played Chewbacca
in original Star Wars trilogy
Toni Morrison – age 88
Awesome author
Pulitzer Prize for Beloved
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Denise Nickerson – age 62
Actress – played Violet Beauregarde in
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Ric Ocasek – age 75
Lead singer of The Cars
One of my favorite bands from high school
John Paul Stevens – age 99
Associate Justice of the
United States Supreme Court
Peter Tork – age 77
Played bass and keyboards for
The Monkees
Rip Torn – age 88
Actor
I loved him in Men in Black!
I haven't heard of many of these people. The ones who were in big movies (James Bond, Willy Wonka etc) yes, Grumpy Cat yes (my Barbarians were fans), but that's about it. I know the Monkees and the Cars, but not the actual players. And that's it. And while I know Rip Torn, I hadn't heard he'd died. So really, I fail quite miserably at this list, lol.
ReplyDeleteDon't feel bad. I went thru several lists of celebrity deaths in 2019 and anyone within earshot would have heard several muttered "he died? really?"
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