Best friend and Co-Founder - may your Sambuca never run out
Over the last 11 years Ken's life began to deteriorate. Ken grew up in Green Bay and graduated from Green Bay West High School in 1960. On November 22, 1963 he was drafted into the United States Army to fight for his country in Vietnam. He served 2 terms and earned a pair of purple hearts for his courageous duty. After coming home, he settled in Texas and then eventually returned home to Green Bay.
Best friend and had great times at his Bar - Century Lanes
Aaron R. (Slugger) Reinhard, 38, De Pere, passed away Friday, July 17, 2020.
He was born January 6, 1982 in Green Bay, WI.
Good friend and had great times at SideKicks Bar - Rest in peace buddy!
David Michael Mattern, 64, passed away August 25, 2024. The son of Gerald and Anne (Defenderfer) Mattern. It is with great regret that we must announce that David passed on Sunday, August 25 due to complications from brain cancer. After completing his first round of chemo and radiation he was able to get a few relaxing weeks without treatment. Unfortunately, before we could explore the next steps, Dave's health took an unexpected downward turn within a couple of days. We are thankful that he was able to say goodbye to many friends and family before leaving us. JoJo has added more information on his CaringBridge page and we will share the beautiful obituary she is writing at a later date, which will be updated on Ryan's Funeral Home. If you have any questions, contact David's immediate family, that being Margaret, Vincent, Carley, Phillip, Johana, and Anne. Ryan's Funeral Home. "I just want to say how grateful I am for the support Vincent and Dad received. I am thankful Vincent was able to be a full-time caregiver and that he was able to pick up on Dad's symptoms before he was diagnosed. I am so happy that they were able to share Dad's passion for riding for many years. Margaret was so supportive being Dad's health advocate and helping us understand what was happening in terms of health and treatment along with many other unexpected obstacles. She was the reason my husband and I were able to see Dad more often with their regular trips to MKE over the past years. It is truly a gift to remember the times he was able to eat at Matt's restaurant and connect with my husband over cocktails/food. I'm thankful to Dave Withbroe for being a great friend to dad since childhood. Forever grateful for sparking Dad's passion and supporting him in many hobbies. Dad was living his best life traveling to race tracks and the Superbike School with Dave. So thankful for Dad's siblings for being a power team, solving problems and collecting resources were a breeze with them. Phil was able to walk Vincent through being a caregiver and how to handle the backend with finances/paperwork. There was endless support from Dad's siblings, the Mattern family, the Olson family, Dad's friends, and his work family at Marco. It would take me weeks to express my gratitude to everyone. I am hoping to thank you all in the near future. Thank you, thank you, thank you." -Carley
Samuel Cook known professionally as Sam Cooke, was an American singer, songwriter, civil-rights activist and entrepreneur.Influential as a singer, composer, and producer,he is commonly known as the King of Soul for his distinctive vocals and importance within popular music. He began singing as a kid and joined the Soul Stirrers before moving to a solo career where he scored a string of hit songs including "You Send Me", "A Change Is Gonna Come", "Cupid", "Wonderful World", "Chain Gang", "Twistin' the Night Away", and "Bring It On Home to Me".
John Belushi, the manic, rotund comedian whose outrageous antics and spassedic impersonations on the 'Saturday Night Live' television show propelled him to stardom in the 1970's, was found dead yesterday in a rented bungalow in Hollywood, where he had launched a film career in recent years.
Cathryn Damon, 56, who won an Emmy for playing a straight and loyal wife amid the loony characters on the TV spoof Soap, died of cancer May 4 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 - May 16, 1990) was an American singer, musician, dancer, actor, vaudevillian, comedian, and activist known for his impressions of actors, musicians, and other celebrities. At age three, Davis began his career in vaudeville with his father Sammy Davis Sr. and the Will Mastin Trio, which toured nationally. After military service, he returned to the trio and became an overnight sensation following a nightclub performance at Ciro's (in West Hollywood) after the 1951 Academy Awards. With the trio, he became a recording artist. In 1954, at the age of 29, he lost his left eye in a car accident. Several years later, he converted to Judaism, finding commonalities between the oppression experienced by African-American and Jewish communities.
Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara, 5 September 1946 - 24 November 1991) was a British musician, record producer, and singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the rock band Queen.
Arthur Peterson Jr. died of Alzheimer's disease, was an American actor. He played character and supporting roles on stage, television, and feature films. On television, he played the Major in the TV series Soap.
Chris Farley from Madison, Wisconsin, United States, a comedian and actor who hammed his way through skits and sketches on ''Saturday Night Live'' as everything from a frenzied motivational speaker to a giddy strip-club dancer, was found dead yesterday in his apartment in Chicago. He was 33.
Actress Nancy Marchand is dead. A spokeswoman for HBO says Marchand died last night at her home in Connecticut after a long battle with lung cancer and emphysema. On television, Marchand was known for her roles of autocratic newspaper publisher Margaret Pynchon on Lou Grant - winning four Emmy Awards as Best Supporting Actress in a Dramatic Series for her performance - as well as for playing matriarch Livia Soprano, mother of Tony Soprano, on the HBO series The Sopranos, which earned her a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. She is survived by three children and many grandchildren.
Mulligan, who died Tuesday at his home in Hollywood after a long battle with cancer, earned an Emmy in 1989 for his performance in Empty Nest. He also received an Emmy in 1980 for the soap-opera spoof Soap, in which he played sputtering Burt Campbell.
It was a tribute ordered by Packers president Bob Harlan after he learned that Reggie White, one of the most revered players to put on a Packers uniform and a giant figure in the team's return to Super Bowl glory, had died at his home in Cornelius, N.C., at age 43.
Dangerfield, 82, died Tuesday afternoon at the University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center, where he had undergone heart surgery in August. Rodney Dangerfield knew "I don't get no respect" was funny when it cracked up New Yorkers, notorious for being tough. From there on out, the one-liner became his catchphrase -- and the pudgy, bug-eyed comic became the perennial loser.
Johnny Carson, who in three decades as host of "The Tonight Show" became one of America's most influential entertainers as well as one of television's most powerful figures, died Sunday. He was 79.
Steve Irwin, the khaki-clad wildlife stalker who won global fame with his televised death-defying crocodile stunts and whose booming voice made 'Crikey!' in a ripe Australian accent an international catchword, was killed by a stingray yesterday while filming a documentary at the Great Barrier Reef off Australia's northeast coast. He was 44.
Browne died early Wednesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles following a long battle with cancer. On television, he had several memorable guest roles. He was a snobbish black lawyer trapped in an elevator with bigot Archie Bunker in an episode of the 1970s TV comedy All in the Family and the butler Saunders in the comedy Soap. He won an Emmy in 1986 for a guest role as Professor Foster on The Cosby Show.
Michael Jackson, whose quintessentially American tale of celebrity and excess took him from musical boy wonder to global pop superstar to sad figure haunted by lawsuits, paparazzi and failed plastic surgery, was pronounced dead on Thursday afternoon at U.C.L.A. Medical Center after arriving in a coma, a city official said. Mr. Jackson was 50, having spent 40 of those years in the public eye he loved.
Farrah Fawcett, a reigning symbol of American pop culture who never quite managed to escape the one electrifying role that made her that symbol -- as one of 'Charlie's Angels' -- has died. She was 62, and had been suffering from anal cancer, which had recently spread to her liver.
Davy Jones, by long-held public consensus the handsomest and most popular of the Monkees, the collectively young, longhaired, wildly famous and preternaturally buoyant pop group of the 1960s and afterward, died on Wednesday in Indiantown, Fla. He was 66.
James Gandolfini, who has died aged 51 of a heart attack, was one of those rare actors who was able to portray a violent, bullying, murderous, vulgar, serial adulterer, while simultaneously eliciting sympathy and understanding from television audiences. In 86 episodes from 1999 to 2007, in HBO's hit series The Sopranos, the balding, beefy, middle-aged Gandolfini, as Tony Soprano, a New Jersey mafia boss, managed to transcend any stereotyping of Italian-Americans (although the charge was still made) by showing the flawed character's vulnerable side.
The filmography of Joan Rivers includes over 25 feature films, numerous television and documentary series, seven filmed comedy specials, game shows, and other media. She began her career as a stand-up comedian, and had a years-long tenure as a host and regular guest on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson from 1965 to 1986
American singer, songwriter, actor and founding member of the rock band the Eagles. Frey was the lead singer and frontman for the Eagles, roles he came to share with fellow member Don Henley, with whom he wrote most of the Eagles' material.
Garry Shandling was born on November 29, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, USA as Garry Emmanuel Shandling. He was a writer and actor, known for The Larry Sanders Show (1992), It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1986) and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014). He died on March 24, 2016 in Los Angeles, California, Jokes about his hard to manage hair (in his stand-up comedy and television series). Distinctive low-key, often whiny voice. Lived with sometimes co-star, Linda Doucett from 1987-1994. When they broke up, she filed charges against him for sex discrimination and sexual harassment.
Carrie Fisher, the actress whose role as Princess Leia in the original "Star Wars" trilogy inspired millions of fans worldwide and helped George Lucas' space-fantasy epic redefine Hollywood blockbusters for a new generation of moviegoers, died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016.
Prince, the songwriter, singer, producer, one-man studio band and consummate showman, died on Thursday at his home, Paisley Park, in Chanhassen, Minn.
Don Rickles, the acidic stand-up comic who became world-famous not by telling jokes but by insulting his audience, died on Thursday at his home in Los Angeles.
Adam West, who donned a cape, cowl and tights to become an overnight sensation in 1966 as the star of 'Batman' TV series, has died, according to a family statement.
Robert Guillaume was an American actor and singer, known for his role as Benson DuBois in the television series Soap and its spin-off Benson, as well as for voicing the mandrill Rafiki in The Lion King and related media thereof.
David Cassidy, the actor, singer and teen heartthrob best known as the band member with the green eyes and the feathered haircut on 'The Partridge Family,' the 1970s television show about a family band, died on Tuesday in a hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was 67.
Harry Anderson, the actor best known for playing an off-the-wall judge working the night shift of a Manhattan court room in the television comedy series "Night Court," was found dead in his North Carolina home Monday.
Robert Mandan was an American actor, best known for his roles as Sam Reynolds on Search for Tomorrow, Chester Tate, the womanizing businessman husband of Jessica Tate on the satirical sitcom Soap from 1977–1981 and James Bradford on the short lived Three's Company spin off Three's A Crowd that lasted for one season
Aretha Louise Franklin was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist. Franklin began her career as a child singing gospel at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, where her father C. L. Franklin was minister
Burt Reynolds, the wryly appealing Hollywood heartthrob who carried on a long love affair with moviegoers even though his performances were often more memorable than the films that contained them, died on Thursday in Jupiter, Fla.
If Stan Lee revolutionized the comic book world in the 1960s, which he did, he left as big a stamp 'maybe bigger' on the even wider pop culture landscape of today.
Roy Clark, the country singer and multi-instrumentalist best known as a longtime host of 'Hee Haw', the television variety show that brought country music to millions of households each week, died on Thursday at his home in Tulsa, Okla.
Ken Berry (1933-2018) starred in the sitcom F'Troop' in the 1960s. Berry played Captain Parmenter on the Western themed sitcom for two years. He had a recurring role on the last season of 'The Andy Griffith Show' as widowed farmer Sam Jones. That character was spun off to star on 'Mayberry R.F.D.,' ran from 1968 until 1971.
Penny Marshall was the star of the popular sitcom, Laverne and Shirley. She later moved behind the camera to become an acclaimed director, helming the hit movies Big, Awakenings, and A League of Their Own.
Donnelly Rhodes Henry died of Cancer, was a Canadian actor, known professionally as Donnelly Rhodes. He had many American television and film credits, probably best known to American audiences as the hapless escaped convict Dutch Leitner on the soap opera spoof Soap and as Phillip Chancellor II on The Young and the Restless.
Monkees bassist and singer Peter Tork, who played with the group from their earliest days as a made-for-TV band in the Sixites through their recent reunion tours, died Thursday of unknown causes.
Katherine Helmond, the sitcom star whose memorable roles as ditzy matriarchs in 'Soap,' 'Who's the Boss?' and 'Coach' endeared her to audiences of all ages
Packers Hall of Fame lineman won three Super Bowls
The London-born actor played Chewbacca in Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Return Of The Jedi (1983), Revenge Of The Sith (2005) and The Force Awakens (2015). Mayhew had been working at a London hospital when he was cast in the part that would make him famous - director George Lucas had been looking for someone taller than Darth Vadar (who was 6ft 6in).
Peggy Lipton, the angel-faced actress who starred in 'The Mod Squad' and made a television comeback in the 'Twin Peaks' series, died on Saturday in Los Angeles.
Tim Conway, Comedian and Carol Burnett Show Star, Dies at 85
Bart Starr, unflappable quarterback who led Packers to five NFL titles, dies at 85
Dr. John was a legendary New Orleans singer and musician who was known for his voodoo themed stage shows where he took on the persona of the Night Tripper
Dave Bartholomew, the producer, arranger, composer, trumpet player and bandleader who had a major hand in the shaping of New Orleans rhythm and blues and early rock and roll, died on Sunday in New Orleans.
Arte Johnson was one of the stars on the hip comedy sketch show Laugh-In. He created many memorable hilarious characters on Laugh-In including Wolfgang, an ex-German soldier who would mutter Verry interesting, and a lecherous old man who would proposition an old lady played by Ruth Buzzi.
Rip Torn was an Emmy-winning actor best known for his roles as Artie on TV's "The Larry Sanders Show", Chief Zed in the first two "Men in Black" movies.
Martin McDonough, passed away, Saturday, July 20, 2019. He was born on March 22, 1959 in Green Bay, WI to James and Dolly (Kramer) McDonough.
Peter Fonda, icon of 1960s counterculture, who starred in 'Easy Rider,' died Friday, August 16, 2019, in Los Angeles, after a battle with lung cancer.
Valerie Harper, who parlayed a sidekick role as the leading lady's unprepossessing best friend on The Mary Tyler Moore Show into a star turn of her own in the hit sitcom Rhoda, died on Friday.
Eddie Money, who left behind a career as a New York police officer to become one of the top-selling rock stars of the 1970s and '80s, with hits like 'Two Tickets to Paradise' and 'Take Me Home Tonight,' has died.
Ric Ocasek was the lead singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitarist of the Cars, who had a string of hits in the 1970s and 80s including Drive
Just What I Needed, and Shake it Up.
Rip Taylor was a popular comic known for his outrageous personality. He was called the 'king of confetti' for punctuating the end of his jokes by throwing a bucket of paper confetti into the audience.
Died in Santa Monica, California of brain cancer. Neil Peart was the drummer and primary lyricist for classic progressive rock band Rush. Known for his technical proficiency and his elaborate drum kit, he is considered by many to be one of the greatest rock drummers in history.
Died at Cedars-Sinai Health Center in Los Angeles of a heart attack. Buck Henry was an actor, director, and screenwriter who co-created "Get Smart" with Mel Brooks, was Oscar-nominated for his screenplay for "The Graduate" (1967) and hosted "Saturday Night Live" 10 times in the show's early years. Henry co-directed "Heaven Can Wait" (1978) alongside Warren Beatty, earning another Academy Award nomination for Best Director.
Died of dementia at home in London. Terry Jones was a founding member of the Monty Python comedy team, who brought absurd humor to the world with their "Monty Python's Flying Circus" TV sketch show and several movies. Jones directed those films - "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," "Monty Python's Life of Brian," and "Monty Python and the Meaning of Life." He appeared in them too, as well as in non-Python films including "Jabberwocky" and "L.A. Story."
Died at his home in Beverly Hills. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Holbrook was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was married three times, the third to actress Dixie Carter (1939-2010). The couple appeared together in the 2009 movie "That Evening Sun," and Holbrook had a recurring role on Carter's sitcom, "Designing Women," playing her character's boyfriend.
Died at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles from complications of multiple sclerosis at the age of 73. Lander, a Brooklyn native, and his comedy partner Michael McKean met and created their Lenny and Squiggy characters while they were acting students at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, before "Laverne & Shirley" producer Garry Marshall hired them to bring their writing talents and their shtick to the show. Lander and McKean costarred in the show through its entire eight-year run on ABC.
Died at the age of 86 in Dallas from complications of COVID-19. Charley Pride was not the first Black musician in country music, but he was the genre's first big star, with 30 No. 1 songs on the country charts during a legendary career.
Jeremy Bulloch played the Mandalorian bounty hunter Boba Fett in 1980's 'The Empire Strikes Back' and 1983's 'Return of the Jedi,' both movies part of the original 'Star Wars' trilogy. He began acting as a child and appeared in Disney movies and sitcoms.
Died at the age of 82 in Los Angeles from complications related to COVID-19. Dawn Wells was beloved by generations of fans for her role as the farm girl Mary Ann on the 1960s sitcom "Gilligan's Island." Mary Ann was a counterpoint to the glamorous Hollywood star Ginger, played by Tina Louise, who is now the last surviving cast member.
Born Issur Danielovitch Dec. 9, 1916, Douglas acted in dozens of movies as well as on the Broadway stage, and he was a producer, director and author. He received three nominations for the Academy Award for best actor: for "Champion" (1949), "The Bad and the Beautiful" (1952) and "Lust for Life" (1956), and he was honored with an Academy Honorary Award in 1996 for his decades of work in the motion picture industry. His other well-known films include "Spartacus," "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" and "The Man From Snowy River."
Died at the age of 91 when struck by a car crossing the street in Venice Beach, California. Orson Bean was a longtime comic actor who was a favorite guest on TV talk shows, especially "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson. Bean first gained success as a stand-up comic, then moved on to guest star on TV talk shows and game shows such as "To Tell the Truth."
Robert Conrad was an American film and television actor, singer, and stuntman. He is best known for his role in the 1965 to 1969 television series The Wild Wild West, playing the sophisticated Secret Service agent James T. West. He portrayed World War II ace Pappy Boyington in the television series Baa Baa Black Sheep (later syndicated as Black Sheep Squadron). In addition to acting, he was a singer, and recorded several pop/rock songs in the late 1950s and early 1960s as Bob Conrad. He hosted a weekly two-hour national radio show (The PM Show with Robert Conrad) on CRN Digital Talk Radio beginning in 2008."
Died of cardiac arrest. Ja'net DuBois was best known for her role as the gossip Willona on the hit 1970s sitcom "Good Times." Willona was the neighbor and friend of the Evans family on the Norman Lear series set in the Chicago projects. DuBois also co-wrote and sang one of the most famous theme songs ever, "Movin' on Up" for "The Jeffersons." She appeared in "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" on the big screen, and on television she guest starred on "Moesha" and "The Wayans Bros." After starring with Janet Jackson on "Good Times," she later played Jackson's mother in the music video for the song "Control."
Without uttering a word onscreen, the emotive child actress with the distinctive bob haircut starred as Little Red Riding Hood in 1922 in a short film of the same name and in Hansel and Gretel (1923) in another short took part in a bullfight in Carmen Jr. (1924) escaped from a burning building in The Darling of New York (1923) and ran a lighthouse in the heart-tugging Captain January (1924).
Max von Sydow was a Swedish actor whose well-known films include "The Exorcist" and "The Seventh Seal." He was known for the gravitas he brought to his roles, beginning in his early career as he was mentored by, and became a favorite star of, legendary Swedish director Ingmar Bergman.
Died of cancer at home in Westlake, California at the age of 84. Waggoner's biggest roles: Waggoner was initially hired as the announcer for "The Carol Burnett Show," his rich voice introducing Burnett and her costars. He soon began spearing in sketches.
Vocalist Kenny Rogers, who dominated the pop and country charts in the 1970s and 1980s with a string of sleekly tailored hits and won three Grammys, has died. He was 81. Rogers passed away peacefully at home from natural causes under the care of hospice and surrounded by his family, a representative for the singer said in a statement. Due to the national COVID-19 emergency, the family is planning a small private service at this time with a public memorial planned for a later date.
Died at the age of 81 from heart failure. Growing up, Withers had a stutter and joined the Navy at the age of 18. He grew out of the stutter well enough to leave the Navy and start a singing career. His 1971 debut album Just As I Am featured one of his signature songs, "Ain't No Sunshine," a song he also wrote. "Lean on Me" was a hit for Withers in 1972, his only single to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
Died of complications of COVID-19 coronavirus. Having begun working as a dialect coach in the 1980s, Jack's extensive career included credits on several recent Star Wars films such as Solo and Rogue One. While working on The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, he also took on a minor role of Resistance leader Major Caluan Ematt.
Died of complications of COVID-19 coronavirus. Ellis Marsalis, jazz pianist, educator, and patriarch of the Marsalis family, has died at the age of 85. His death was announced in tweets from New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and Jazz at Lincoln Center, where his son Wynton is managing and artistic director.
Died in Ohio of complications of COVID-19 coronavirus. Fierro was a longtime resident of Martha's Vineyard, where "Jaws" was filmed. It was there that she played her most famous role, especially memorable for a scene in which her character slaps Sheriff Brody, played by Roy Scheider (1932 - 2008). After "Jaws," Fierro operated the Island Theatre Workshop, a children's theater in Martha's Vineyard, where she was artistic director for 25 years. She was also a regular player at the Martha's Vineyard Playhouse.
Died at the age of 81 from Parkinson's disease. Lester was working in local theater when he won the role of Eb Dawson, the wise guy farmhand for Mr. and Mrs. Douglas. He won the role since he was the only actor who could milk a cow.
Richard Penniman, better known as Little Richard, who combined the sacred shouts of the black church and the profane sounds of the blues to create some of the world's first and most influential rock and roll records, died on Saturday morning in Tullahoma, Tenn. He was 87.
A Brooklyn, New York, native, Stiller was born June 8, 1927. He studied drama at Syracuse University, graduating in 1950, and soon began working in local theaters and clubs. Not long after, he met and soon married Anne Meara, also a performer.
Died of natural causes. Fred Willard was a comic actor beloved for roles in films including "Best in Show," "A Mighty Wind," and "This Is Spinal Tap." During his long career he also appeared in several TV shows, including "Fernwood 2 Night," "Real People," "Roseanne," "Everybody Loves Raymond," and "Modern Family." His final recurring role was as Steve Carell's father in the upcoming Netflix series "Space Force."
Died of complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and peripheral arterial disease at his home in Los Angeles. Osmond was a child actor who made guest appearances on many TV shows including "Lassie." He was originally supposed to be a guest star as Eddie Haskell on "Leave It to Beaver" but was so good that he was made a regular cast member. Eddie was known for getting his best friend Wally Cleaver and his younger brother Beaver into trouble.
Died at the age of 87 from cancer. Herd was a longtime character actor who mostly appeared on television with a few movie roles. He had a recurring role as Captain Sheridan on the police drama "T.J. Hooker, which starred William Shatner. He also appeared on various "Star Trek" series, "V","The Rockford Files," and "Golden Girls." On the big screen, he had roles in "All the President's Men" and "The China Syndrome." He may be best known for his 11 appearances on the critically acclaimed "Seinfeld," playing Mr. Wilhelm, the dim boss of George Costanza (Jason Alexander) at the New York Yankees.
Pope was an established stage actress before becoming known to the moviegoing audience, having appeared on Broadway with James Stewart (1908 - 1997) in "Harvey" (1970) as well as in other shows on Broadway and beyond. In 1968, Pope won an Obie Award for Best Actress for her Off-Broadway performance in "Muzeeka." She had a recurring role as Mrs. David on TV's "Soap" as well as making other TV appearances on show's including "Mork & Mindy," "Barney Miller," "The Golden Girls," and "ER." She was best known for her role in "9 to 5" playing secretary Margaret, the "office lush" and later recovering alcoholic whose catch phrase was "Atta girl!"
Died of cardiac arrest. Bonnie, June (1953-2006), and Anita Pointer started The Pointer Sisters in 1969. Older sister Ruth joined in 1972 and the R&B group had a hit in 1973 with "Yes We Can." They blended elements of rock, funk, and country into their R&B sound featuring the sisters' terrific harmony singing. Bonnie wrote their country crossover hit song "Fairytale" in 1974, the song reached the top 20 and won the Grammy Award for Best song by a duo or group in country music. Bonnie left for a solo career in 1977, she had a hit disco song in 1979 with her cover of "Heaven Must Have Sent You." She continued to perform and reunited occasionally with her sisters.
Died of natural causes at his home in Beverly Hills. One of the most influential and revered comic minds of the 20th century, Reiner found success as a writer and performer on television, in movies and even on records with his frequent collaborator Mel Brooks and their classic "2000 Year Old Man" routine. He helped shape the careers of actors Dick Van Dyke and Steve Martin as well as his own son, the director and actor Rob Reiner
Died at the age of 99 from a heart ailment. Downs traveled to the South Pole, went into a cage in the water to encounter a great white shark and other adventures. "Covering adventure stories let me be more than a reporter." "I became a cowboy in the great west in search of wild mustangs to tame."
Died after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke. When I first started playing, I got into Bluegrass music and, of course, it was Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, Reno & Smiley, Stanley Brothers and those people. And then about the time Elvis came along and Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins and those guys, I got into that kind of music. And then later on, of course, the groups. Oh gosh, The Allman Brothers were one of my all-time favorites, Eric Clapton. You know the musical groups and the musical people, Bob Dylan.
Died by drowning in Fillmore, California. Ventura County Sheriff's Department confirmed her death at a press conference on July 13. Her body was disovered seven years to the day her "Glee" co-star Cory Monteith died from a drug overdose.
Regis Philbin was host of the long-running talk shows 'Live! With Regis and Kathie Lee' and 'Live! With Regis and Kelly,' as well as the first host of the U.S. version of the popular game show 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.'
Died of complications from throat and lung cancer in Los Angeles. Santoni started his career with movies including Carl Reiner's (1922-2020) "Enter Laughing" (1967), playing an aspiring actor. In "Dirty Harry" (1971), he played Inspector Chico Gonzalez, Harry Callahan's rookie partner. Santoni had roles in other films including "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" (1982), "Cobra" (1986), "Can't Hardly Wait" (1998), and "28 Days" (2000). He also made appearances on TV shows including "Hawaii 5-O" and "Hill Street Blues," as well as a regular role in "Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law." Santoni's best-known TV appearance was on four episodes of "Seinfeld," playing restaurateur Poppie, who had issues with hygiene and incontinence.
Died at home following a long battle with pancreatic cancer at the age of 80. Trebek became the host of "Jeopardy!" in 1984, reviving the show after it had been off the air since 1979.
Died unexpectedly at home. Born with achondroplasia dwarfism, Stevie Lee Richardson began his pro wrestling career in 2002 going by the name "Puppet the Psycho Dwarf." He created the Half-Pint Brawlers, a wrestling group that would have a reality show on Spike TV. As an actor, he appeared in "Jackass 3D," "American Horror Story: Freak Show," and as a munchkin in the 2003 movie "Oz the Great and Powerful" starring James Franco. He was also a motivational speaker who lived in the Chicago area with his wife and two children.
Died at home in Washington, D.C., of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer. Nominated to the Supreme Court by President Bill Clinton in 1993, Ginsburg was noted for her liberal dissents and her longevity on the court. Among Ginsberg's notable rulings were United States v. Virginia (1996), in which Ginsburg wrote the majority opinion stating that the Virginia Military Institute's all-male admissions policy was unconstitutional; Bush v. Gore (2000), in which she dissented from the court's decision to end the presidential election recount; and Obergefell v. Hodges (2015), in which she made decisive arguments that led to the court's granting of marriage rights to same-sex couples.
Mac Davis was a singer-songwriter who had a No. 1 hit in 1972 with Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me and wrote hit songs for other artists
including Elvis Presley's In the Ghetto.
Reddy launched her international career with her 1971 version of "I Don't Know How to Love Him," from the musical "Jesus Christ Superstar." It became popular in the U.S. and Canada, and when she followed it the next year with "I Am Woman," she became a force to be reckoned with.
Eddie Van Halen was one of the greatest rock guitarists in history. He was a major influence on up and coming guitarists, many who decided to take up learning guitar because of him. Eddie and his drummer brother Alex formed a band in the early 1970s that would become Van Halen in 1974. Died at the age of 65 from throat cancer, announced today by his son Wolf Van Halen on Twitter.
Died at the age of 77 of complications following cardiac arrest. Conchata Ferrell was well known for playing the beloved wisecracking housekeeper Berta on the hit CBS sitcom 'Two and a Half Men,' which starred Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer. She was nominated twice for an Emmy for her performance on the show.
The Scottish superstar retired from acting in 2006, and from public life entirely in 2011. Sean was the son of Joe, a truck driver, and Euphamia, a laundress. His stellar career has earned him accolades such as The Greatest Living Scot and Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure.
Roberts' breakthrough role came in 1980, when she was chosen to replace Shelley Hack for the fifth season of "Charlie's Angels." She played Julie Rogers, but she couldn't revitalize the declining former hit show, and it was cancelled after that season. In 1985, Roberts starred as geologist Stacey Sutton opposite Roger Moore (1927-2017) in "A View to a Kill." Her other notable 1980s films included "The Beastmaster" (1982), "Sheena: Queen of the Jungle" (1984), and "Body Slam" (1986). Among her last major roles was co-starring as Midge Pinciotti, Donna's mother, in "That '70s Show."
Trump reacted slowly to the COVID-19 pandemic. He downplayed the threat, ignored or contradicted many recommendations from health officials, and promoted false information about unproven treatments and the availability of testing. Trump is the projected loser of the 2020 presidential election to Democratic nominee Joe Biden, but has refused to concede defeat. He has made unsubstantiated accusations of electoral fraud, mounted a series of legal challenges to the results, and ordered White House officials not to cooperate in the presidential transition.
Henry Louis Aaron wasn't just our icon, but one across Major League Baseball and around the world. His success on the diamond was matched only by his business accomplishments off the field and capped by his extraordinary philanthropic efforts. Aaron eventually tied, then surpassed Ruth's record, finishing his remarkable 23-year career with 755 homers. Even at that, he felt shortchanged.
Born Lawrence Zeiger in Brooklyn, New York, Larry was the son of Jewish immigrants, his father, Aaron Zieger, from Austria, and mother, Jennie (nee Gitlitz), from Belarus. His father died when Larry was a boy; the family were forced to go on welfare, and after finishing at Lafayette high school, he went to work to help support them. At 18 he married his sweetheart, Frada Miller, but the marriage was soon annulled, reportedly at the wish of her parents.
A 26-year-old actress was found dead on Saturday in Seoul, South Korea, the latest loss of a young performer in the country's entertainment industry, which has faced a reckoning over the mental health burden on its glamorous stars.
After consistent work in television throughout the 1960s, Leachman saw her career take off when she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 'The Last Picture Show' (1971). In the drama, she played a homemaker, trapped in an unhappy marriage in a small Texas town, who begins an affair with a teenage boy. The film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 1998.
Plummer's film career began in 1958 with his film debut, Sidney Lumet's "Stage Struck." He went on to appear in more than 100 films, including "The Return of the Pink Panther" (1975), "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" (1991), "The Insider" (1999), "A Beautiful Mind" (2001), "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (2011), and "Knives Out" (2019). He provided voices for a number of animated films, including "An American Tale" (1986) as Henri le Pigeon and "Up" (2009) as Charles Muntz. On Broadway, he had leading roles in plays including "The Good Doctor," "Othello," and "Macbeth."
It was only Spinks eighth professional fight when he challenged Ali for the heavyweight championship in 1978 in Las Vegas. Ali was Spinks' boxing idol, and fighting the legend was an incredible opportunity for the up-and-comer. Even more incredible was Spinks' win by split decision, after 15 rounds. He was the new champion, and he celebrated the unexpected win very publicly. But when Ali rematched Spinks later that same year, Ali won, taking the title back from Spinks.
Rush Limbaugh, the conservative media icon who for decades used his perch as the king of talk-radio to shape the politics of both the Republican Party and nation, died Wednesday after a battle with cancer. He was 70 years old.
Died of complications from bypass surgery in Santa Rosa, California. George Segal was born on February 13, 1934 in Great Neck, Long Island, New York, to Fannie Blanche (Bodkin) and George Segal Sr., a malt and hop agent. All of his grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants. After a stint in the military, he made his bones as a stage actor before being cast in his first meaty film role in The Young Doctors (1961). His turns in Ship of Fools (1965) and the eponymous King Rat (1965) heralded the arrival of a major talent. He followed this up with his Oscar-nominated performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), in which he more than held his own against Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) was a cultural phenomenon, the film that wrecked the MPDDA censorship code that had been in place since 1934, and a huge box office success to boot.
The Times confirmed with the Riverside County Coroner that Paragon died April 3 in Palm Springs of unknown causes. News of the actor's death was not made public until June. Best known for his role as Jambi the Genie on the television series "Pee-wee's Playhouse". Paragon's other on-screen appearances included a role as "Seinfeld's" Cedric, one-half of a couple who often gives Kramer (Michael Richards) grief.
While the exact cause wasn't revealed, the actor had reportedly been struggling with various health issues for the passed 20 years. Walter Olkewicz was born on May 14, 1948, in Bayonne, New Jersey. After college, the aspiring actor would start appearing in classic TV shows like Taxi, Barney Miller, and Alice. He would make his movie debut in the 1976 movie Futureworld, the sequel to the 1973 Michael Crichton movie Westworld. More roles were quick to follow, with Olkewicz moving on to play Private Hinshaw in Steven Spielberg's war movie 1941 the following year. He'd later with work Joel Schumacher on the 1994 legal thriller The Cllient as mafia lawyer Jerome "Romey" Clifford.
Died of a heart attack at his home in Davisville, Missouri. He began playing lap steel as a boy and performed in local country and psychedelic rock bands throughout his teens. In 1967, Young was invited to Los Angeles by Richie Furay to play steel on Buffalo Springfield's third and final album, Last Time Around, and Young, Furay, George Grantham and Jim Messina formed Poco soon after.
Died Friday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Silla is best-known for being the man under Cousin Itt's long mane of real human hair. He first premiered on the television show in the series' 20th episode, 'Cousin Itt Visits the Addams Family,' where Addams patriarch Gomez (John Astin) tries to get his cousin a job as a curator at the local zoo.
A cause of death has not been disclosed. Steinman, whose sweeping operatic producing style was a perfect fit for the sometimes bombastic, highly melodic pop of Meat Loaf, Celine Dion, Bonnie Tyler and Barry Manilow, found a home on the theatrical stage as well, composing the score for the 2017 musical Bat Out of Hell, as well as the Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1996 West End musical Whistle Down the Wind.
Died at his home in Palm Desert, California at the age of 90. Best known as Captain Merrill Stubing on "The Love Boat," a role he played from 1977 to 1986, MacLeod was nominated for three Golden Globes for the role and parlayed his fame portraying the cruise ship's captain into a gig as global ambassador for Princess Cruises. Prior to his tenure on "The Love Boat," MacLeod had his first taste of fame playing Joseph "Happy" Haines on "McHale's Navy" from 1962 to 1964, when he left the show in pursuit of larger roles. His breakout performance came in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," where he played news writer Murray Slaughter from 1970 to 1977.
Died at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 83. Ned Beatty was a prolific character actor known for roles in films including "Deliverance," "Network," and "Superman."
Died of complications of Lewy body dementia at the age of 79. Bonner had several small roles in movies and TV shows including "Mannix" and "Love, American Style" before landing his signature role on "WKRP in Cincinnati." Herb Tarlek became the role that Bonner was inescapably linked with.
Died June 23 at a hospice center in Calgary, Alberta of esophageal cancer. Ellen McIlwaine, a fiery slide guitarist and singer who came to prominence in the late 1960s, performing with Jimi Hendrix in Greenwich Village and forming what was then a rare woman-led rock band, only to strike out on her own after she realized her bandmates "expected me to do the laundry after we finished onstage'"
Died in his sleep at his home on July 27, 2021. Dusty was born Joseph Hill in Dallas, Texas, and grew up in the Lakewood district. His mother was a talented singer and a devotee of blues artists such as Bessie Smith, while his older brother Rocky was a guitar player and blues fan. When Rocky formed a band called the Starliners, he needed a bass player and recruited Dusty, who had been learning to play the cello at the local Woodrow Wilson high school. Dusty found himself onstage in a Dallas bar, working out how to play bass as he went along.
Died of cancer at the age of 70. Markie Post, the effervescent actress known for her roles on the television series "Night Court" and "The Fall Guy" and the movie "There's Something About Mary" during a career that spanned four decades, died on Saturday at her home in Los Angeles.
Despite becoming one of the greats of rock'n'roll, the dapper and deadpan Charlie Watts, who has died aged 80, spent more than 60 years doing his second-favourite job. Watts applied himself diligently to the task of being the rock-steady heartbeat of the Rolling Stones, but what he always yearned to do was play jazz.
It is very difficult to separate the character of the eponymous hero of the television series Lou Grant (1977-82) from the actor who played him. Ed Asner, who has died aged 91, will always be associated with the irascible but kindly crusading city editor of the Los Angeles Tribune, although he had a career that stretched back to the 1950s and continued long after Lou Grant was axed.
Died of cancer at the age of 61. Macdonald joined the cast of "Saturday Night Live" in 1993. He became best known there for his work on "Weekend Update," which he began anchoring in 1994. Macdonald ha roles in "Billy Madison" (1995) and "The People vs. Larry Flynt" (1996) while he was still on the SNL cast.
