tinaalsgirl Posted April 2, 2020 Posted April 2, 2020 Musician Adam Schlesinger, age 52, from COVID-19. Best known to me as a member of Fountains of Wayne and their hit song "Stacy's Mom".
Nrthwnd Posted April 3, 2020 Posted April 3, 2020 ^ And he wrote one (or more) Broadway scores, too. The main one that comes to mind, is the adaptation of the movie "Cry Baby." That's the one that he was TONY-nominated, for. Only 52. Sad. Schlesinger and Rachel Bloom at Broadway's TONYs.
Nrthwnd Posted April 3, 2020 Posted April 3, 2020 Bill Withers, 81. Singer of "Ain't No Sunshine," and the classic "Lean On Me," which has (now) become an international song of hope during the pandemic.
tinaalsgirl Posted April 4, 2020 Posted April 4, 2020 "Lovely Day" has always been one of my faves of his, though "Lean On Me" is, of course, a classic.
Nrthwnd Posted April 7, 2020 Posted April 7, 2020 Honor Blackman, who played James Bond's Pussy Galore in 1964's "Goldfinger", dies at 94. Blackman's family said in a statement Monday that she died peacefully of natural causes at her home in Lewes, in southeastern England.
Nrthwnd Posted April 7, 2020 Posted April 7, 2020 Musician Adam Schlesinger, age 52, from COVID-19. Best known to me as a member of Fountains of Wayne and their hit song "Stacy's Mom". And TONY-nominated for his Broadway musical score of the movie, CRY-BABY. Speaking of which...
SingleRiderCam Posted April 14, 2020 Posted April 14, 2020 Rick May, who voice acted as Peppy Hare and Andross in Star Fox 64, Dr. M in Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves, and most importantly Soldier in Team Fortress 2, has died at 79 after contracting COVID-19, along with having other diseases.
Nrthwnd Posted April 16, 2020 Posted April 16, 2020 Brian Dennehy, Two-Time Tony Winner and Screen Star, Dies at 81. * His passing was not Covid-19 related, as explained by his family.
CaptainUnknown Posted April 21, 2020 Posted April 21, 2020 Gene Deitch, aged 95: Cartoonist/Director who worked on Popeye and Tom and Jerry.
Garet Posted April 29, 2020 Posted April 29, 2020 Irrfan Khan has died: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-52468343
Garet Posted May 1, 2020 Posted May 1, 2020 Sam Lloyd from Scrubs: https://metro.co.uk/2020/05/01/scrubs-star-sam-lloyd-dies-aged-56-tributes-pour-12643065/
bert425 Posted May 9, 2020 Posted May 9, 2020 awww. . Roy, from Siegfried & Roy has passed (from complications of Covid-19) https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/08/us/roy-horn-of-siegfried-and-roy-dies/index.html
Nrthwnd Posted May 9, 2020 Posted May 9, 2020 NASHVILLE — Little Richard, the self-proclaimed “architect of rock ‘n’ roll” whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably altered popular music while introducing black R&B to white America, died Saturday after battling bone cancer. He was 87. Good Golly, Miss Molly! )o:
bert425 Posted May 10, 2020 Posted May 10, 2020 NASHVILLE — Little Richard, the self-proclaimed “architect of rock ‘n’ roll” whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably altered popular music while introducing black R&B to white America, died Saturday after battling bone cancer. He was 87. who turned into a raging homophobe (again), a few years ago. good riddance. https://www.advocate.com/people/2017/10/06/little-richard-once-gay-now-antigay-again
Philrad71 Posted May 11, 2020 Posted May 11, 2020 Wow - I never knew that about Little Richard. Sounds like he definitely had some real conflict going on in his life....or he had a really bad gay experience so decided to come out against us all as a result. Yikes. Jerry Stiller - dead at 92. I have been binge-watching Seinfeld during this pandemic and just watched the Festivus episode last week. Too funny! LINK
Nrthwnd Posted May 11, 2020 Posted May 11, 2020 ^ I remember Stiller from his comedy routines with his wife, Ann Meara. (She passed away in 2015.)
Garet Posted May 17, 2020 Posted May 17, 2020 R.I.P. Fred Wilard: https://news.avclub.com/r-i-p-fred-willard-1843493333
Nrthwnd Posted May 27, 2020 Posted May 27, 2020 Larry Kramer, Noted Playwright & Trailblazing AIDS Activist, Dies at 84. Kramer was best known for his play "The Normal Heart" which won a Best Play Revival TONY, and was subsequently filmed by Ryan Murphy, with the Revival cast, including Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, and Matt Bomer. And for starting up the Gay Men's Health Services in New York, followed by ACT UP.
bert425 Posted May 27, 2020 Posted May 27, 2020 ^ he was INCREDIBLY polarizing. but as I said on my FB "Love him, Hate him, or Despise him. . . he made a difference, and I'll forever be thankful that he was here." R.I.P. Larry Kramer. ACT UP! FIGHT BACK! FIGHT AIDS!
Nrthwnd Posted June 5, 2020 Posted June 5, 2020 ^ We met him, back in 1979, during a New York visit. He was at a table in Greenwich Village, offering info.about "what was happening medically" in the USA. "It" wasn't called AIDS, yet. We also met Cleve Jones (who eventually started the AIDS Quilt and was a good friend of Harvey Milk), during that trip, on the train down to DC, for a massive rally and march in general, for civil rights, etc. Nothing about AIDS, at that time, back then. And the "International" rep was about 30 or so of us, all there.
Garet Posted June 19, 2020 Posted June 19, 2020 Ian Holm, probably most known by most for playing Bilbo Baggins in Lord of the Rings has died: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53110391
Rollercoaster Rider Posted June 25, 2020 Posted June 25, 2020 Joel Schumacher. Say what you will about Batman and Robin but Phone Booth is awesome
tinaalsgirl Posted June 25, 2020 Posted June 25, 2020 Looking at his filmography, I've only ever seen his Batman movies.... oh, and Phantom of the Opera, which I personally LOVE.
bert425 Posted June 25, 2020 Posted June 25, 2020 Joel Schumacher. Say what you will about Batman and Robin but Phone Booth is awesome oh. .any film other than the Batman ones (which, sorry, were dreadful)? he was a brilliant director. he also did "St Elmo's Fire" and "the Lost Boys". . both of which were also awesome, tho "the Lost Boys" being a genre film, I liked best of his films
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