Year 3 of the pandemic has begun and so belatedly has the 7th Annual Celebrity Death Thread.
OP to be updated when any celebrity dies:
Definition of celebrity to be determined by me. The List
January Peter Bogdanovich- January 6th (American director, writer, actor, producer, critic, and film historian) Sidney Poitier- January 7th (Bahamian-American actor, film director, activist, and ambassador) Bob Saget- January 9th (American stand-up comedian, actor, and television host) Robert Durst- January 10th (American serial killer) Gary Waldhorn- January 10th (English actor and comedian) John Sainsbury- January 14th (British businessman and politician) Meat Loaf- January 20th (American singer and actor) Barry Cryer- January 27th (English writer, comedian, and actor)
February Bamber Gascoigne- February 8th (English television presenter and author) Ivan Reitman- February 12th (Czechoslovak-born Canadian film and television director, producer and screenwriter.) Mark Lanegan- February 22nd (American singer-songwriter, author, and musician) Anna Karen- February 22nd (South African-born British actress) Shirley Hughes- February 25th (English author and illustrator)
March Shane Warne- 4th March (Australian cricket commentator and former international cricketer) Lynda Baron- 5th March (English actress and comedian) William Hurt- 13th March (American actor) Taylor Hawkins- 25th March (American musician) Tom Parker- 30th March (English singer)
April Estelle Harris- 2nd April (American actress) June Brown- 3rd April (English actress, author and launderette operator) Gilbert Gottfried- 12th April (American comedian and actor)
May Kailia Posey- 2nd May (American actress, beauty pageant contestant, and reality television show contestant) Tony Brooks- 3rd May (British racing driver) Dennis Waterman- 8th May (English actor and singer) David Ward- 8th May (English founder of Ocean Software) Fred Ward- 8th May (American actor and producer) Andrew Symonds- 14th May (Australian cricketer) Kay Mellor- 15th May (English actress, scriptwriter, and director) Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou- 17th May (Greek musician, composer, songwriter and producer) Ray Liotta- 26th May (American actor and film producer) Andrew Fletcher- 26th May (English keyboard player, DJ, and founding member of the electronic band Depeche Mode) Alan White- 26th May (English drummer and songwriter) Lester Piggott- 29th May (English professional jockey, trainer and tax evader)
June Julee Cruise- 9th June (American musician, singer, songwriter and actress) Philip Baker Hall- 12th June (American actor) Tim Sale- 16th June (American Eisner Award-winning comics artist) Joe Turkel- 27th June (American actor and the best goddamn bartender from Timbuktu to Portland, Maine - or Portland, Oregon for that matter)
July Kazuki Takahashi- 4th July 2022 (Japanese manga writer and creator of Yu-gi-oh). Lenny Von Dohlen- July 5th (American actor) James Caan- July 6th (American actor) Shinzo Abe- 8th July (Japanese former prime minister) Gregory Itzin- 8th July (American actor and Jack Bauer identifier) Gennaro Anthony "Tony" Sirico Jr.- 8th July (American actor) Ivana Trump- 14th July (Czech-American businesswoman, media personality, socialite, fashion designer, author, and model) Paul Ryder- 15th July (English musician) David Warner- 24th July (English actor) Paul Sorvino- 25th July (American actor) Bernard Cribbins- 27th July (English actor and singer) Nichelle Nichols- 30th July (American actress, singer, dancer and beloved communications specialist)
August Carlo Bonomi- 6th August (Italian voice actor and clown) Dame Olivia Newton-John- 8th August (British-Australian singer, actress, and activist.) Raymond Briggs- 9th August (British illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist and author and snowman builder.) Gene LeBell - 9th August (American martial artist, stunt performer, actor, and professional wrestler) Anne Heche- 11th August (American actress) Darius Danesh- 11th August (Scottish singer-songwriter, actor and film producer) Wolfgang Petersen- 12th August (German film director, producer, and screenwriter) Sammy Chung- 28th August 2022 (English football player and manager) Charlbi Dean- 29th August (South African actress and model) Mikhail Gorbachev- 30th August (Soviet politician who served as the "last" leader of the Soviet Union) Bill Turnbull- 31st August (English television and radio presenter and journalist)
September Peter Straub- 4th September (American novelist and poet) Queen Elizabeth II- 8th September (British-German Queen) Gwyneth Powell- 8th September (English actress) Jean-Luc Godard- 13th September (French-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic) Eddie Butler- 15th September (Welsh rugby union player, journalist and sports commentator) Cherry Valentine- 18th September (English drag queen and mental health nurse) Dame Hilary Mantel- 22nd September (British writer) Louise Fletcher- 23rd September (American actress) Coolio- 28th September (American rapper)
October Dame Angela Lansbury- 11th October (Irish-British and American film, stage and television actress and prolific novellist) Robbie Coltrane- 14th October (Scottish actor and comedian) Leslie Jordan- 24th October (American actor, comedian, writer, and singer) Jerry Lee Lewis- 28th October (American nonce)
November
Takeoff- 1st November (American rapper) Aaron Carter- 5th November (American singer and songwriter) Mimi Parker - 5th November (American drummer) Bill Treacher- 5th November (English actor) Leslie Phillips- 7th November (English actor, voice artist, author, greeter and campanologist) Tom Owen - 8th November (British actor) Kevin Conroy- 10th November (Batman) Sue Baker- 14th November (British journalist and television presenter) Jason David Frank- 19th November (American actor and martial artist) Wilko Johnson- 21st November (English guitarist, singer, songwriter and occasional actor) Irene Cara- 25th November (American singer, songwriter and actress) Clarence Gilyard Jr.- 28th November (American university professor, actor, author and beloved computer hacker) Christine McVie- 30th November (English musician and songbird)
December
Al Strobel- 2nd December (American actor) Bob McGrath- 4th December (American actor, musician, and children's author) Kirstie Alley- 5th December (American actress) Mills Lane III- 6th December (American boxing referee and professional boxer, a two-term Washoe County, Nevada district court judge, and television personality) Ruth Madoc- 9th December (British actress) Victor Lewis-Smith- 10th December (British film, television and radio producer, a television and restaurant critic, a satirist and newspaper columnist) Angelo Badalamenti- 11th December (American composer and arranger) Siniša Mihajlović- 16th December (Serbian professional football player and manager) Terry Hall- 18th December (British musician and the lead singer at various times of the Specials, Fun Boy Three, the Colourfield, Terry, Blair & Anouchka, and Vegas) Maxi Jazz- 23rd December (British musician, rapper, singer, songwriter and DJ) John Bird- 24th December (English actor, writer and satirist) Pelé- 29th December (Brazilian professional footballer) Dame Vivienne Westwood- 29th December (English fashion designer and businesswoman) Barbara Walters- 30th December (American broadcast journalist and television personality) Pope Benedict XVI- 31st December (German pope) Anita Pointer- 31st December (American singer-songwriter)
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