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Dead celebrities of 2024


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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
Joined: Jan 27 2008
Location: Southern Ontario
PostPosted: May 06 2024 02:12 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Tony-winning producer Edgar Lansbury, brother to also-late actress Angela Lansbury and also-also-late TV producer Bruce Lansbury, dead Thursday at 94.

Legendary stuntwoman Jeannie Epper, best known for her work on Wonder Woman and in Romancing The Stone, dead of natural causes at 83.
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jprime
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PostPosted: May 06 2024 10:02 pm Reply with quote Back to top

TV producer and The Huggabug Club co-creator Ruth Landers, mother to actresses and fellow co-creators Audrey Landers and Judy Landers, dead on the 18th of natural causes at 85 a month less a day shy of her birthday.
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jprime
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PostPosted: May 07 2024 02:42 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Actress Susan Buckner, best known for her role as Patty Simcox in Grease, dead Thursday at 72.

British retired jockey Michael Byrne, Jr., not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, dead of undisclosed causes at 36 (birth date unknown).
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jprime
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PostPosted: May 07 2024 07:51 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Veteran stage & screen actress and acting teacher Rochelle Oliver, dead on the 13th at 86 two days shy of her birthday.
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jprime
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PostPosted: May 08 2024 04:09 am Reply with quote Back to top

Manilan-born Jimmy And The Boys frontman Ignatius Jones, born Juan Ignacio Rafaelo Lorenzo Trapaga y Esteban, dead after a short illness at 67.
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jprime
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Location: Southern Ontario
PostPosted: May 08 2024 02:00 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Legendary record producer, musician, audio engineer, music journalist and Electrical Audio founder, owner & principal engineer Steve Albini, dead suddenly of a heart attack at 61 two and a half months shy of his birthday.

Former Workers' Party Of Korea Secretary & Vice Chairman and Propaganda And Agitation Department Director Kim Ki-Nam, who was responsible for the cult of personality surrounding the Kim dynasty, dead of old age and multiple organ dysfunction at 94 three and three-quarter months shy of his birthday.
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jprime
Title: Ex-GameWinners
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Location: Southern Ontario
PostPosted: May 09 2024 03:47 am Reply with quote Back to top

Former Denver Broncos & Buffalo Bills coach Joel Collier, dead Monday at 91 a month and a day shy of his birthday.
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jprime
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Location: Southern Ontario
PostPosted: May 09 2024 02:48 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Panamanian novelist, lawyer and Mossack Fonseca co-founder Ramon Fonseca Mora, whose now-defunct firm was at the center of the Panama Papers scandal, dead of undisclosed causes at 71 one and four-fifth months shy of his birthday.
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jprime
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PostPosted: May 09 2024 07:25 pm Reply with quote Back to top

1983 National Golden Gloves middleweight champion and UFC 1 competitor Art "One Glove" Jimmerson, dead of undisclosed causes at 60 a little under three months shy of his birthday.

National Post columnist, radio host and podcaster Rex Murphy, dead after a battle with cancer at 77.
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jprime
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PostPosted: May 10 2024 01:04 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Veteran New Zealand stage & screen actor James Laurenson, who made TV history alongside Ian Mckellen with the medium's first gay kiss, dead on the 18th at 84.

British author and journalist Dame Shirley Conran (nee Pearce), mother to designers Sebastian Conran and Jasper Conran, dead a week after receiving said title at 91 four and two-fifth months shy of her birthday.
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jprime
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PostPosted: May 10 2024 02:29 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Pro Football Hall Of Fame cornerback Jimmy Johnson, brother to Olympic decathlon champion Rafer Johnson and not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, dead at 86.
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jprime
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PostPosted: May 11 2024 04:41 am Reply with quote Back to top

Two-time Little League World Series champion and Olympic gold medalist-turned-Major League Baseballer Sean Burroughs, son of three-time All-Star and 1974 American League MVP Jeff Burroughs, dead Thursday of deferred causes at 43 a little over four months shy of his birthday.

Former Toronto MP and Liberal cabinet minister Jim Peterson, not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, dead at 82 two and two-third months shy of his birthday.

Mathematician, philanthropist and hedge fund founder James Simons, not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, dead of undisclosed causes at 86.

KTLA entertainment anchor and interviewer Sam Rubin, dead suddenly of undisclosed causes at 64.
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PostPosted: May 11 2024 01:18 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Former AFL docker Cam McCarthy, dead Thursday of causes yet unknown at 29.
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PostPosted: May 11 2024 02:51 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Veteran former Toronto Maple Leafs forward Ron Ellis, who played over 1,000 games with the team and is not to be confused with any of his notable eponymites, dead of undisclosed causes at 79.
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PostPosted: May 12 2024 04:29 am Reply with quote Back to top

Filmmaker, producer and actor Roger Corman, known as the King Of The B's, dead Thursday at 98.
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PostPosted: May 13 2024 04:54 am Reply with quote Back to top

Actress, stuntwoman, nationally-ranked swimmer & diver, animal trainer and mermaid performer Susan Backlinie, best known for her brief role as Chrissie Watkins in Jaws, dead Saturday of a sudden heart attack at 77 three and two-third months shy of her birthday.

Longtime NFL executive A.J. Smith, the winningest general manager in San Diego Chargers history, father to Atlanta Falcons assistant manager Kyle Smith and not to be confused with the eponymous British fantasy writer or songwriter-musician, dead at 75.
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PostPosted: May 13 2024 02:51 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Pathologist, attorney and author Dr. Cyril Wecht, best known for positing the theory that more than one gunman killed John F. Kennedy and father to Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania Associate Justice David Wecht and Cause Of Death co-author Benjamin Wecht, dead at 93.

Irving Oil chairman emeritus Arthur Irving, son of founder K.C. Irving, dead at 93 two months and a day shy of his birthday.
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PostPosted: May 14 2024 01:29 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Grammy-winning saxophonist David Sanborn, who played on hundreds of albums, dead of complications from prostate cancer at 78 two and three-fifth months shy of his birthday.

Canadian Nobel Prize-winning short story author Alice Munro (nee Laidlaw), dead at 92 a little under two months shy of her birthday.
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PostPosted: May 14 2024 08:00 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Canadian former NHL left wing Dave Forbes, dead March 25 at 75 seven and two-third months shy of his birthday.

Longtime Ottawa city councilwoman Diane Deans, dead possibly of ovarian cancer at 65 an unknown amount of time shy of her birthday.

Former Barack Obama campaign workers Peggy Moore and Hope Wood, dead in a car crash with two others at 60 & 48 (birth dates unknown).
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PostPosted: May 15 2024 04:14 am Reply with quote Back to top

Legendary prolific drummer John Barbata, dead a week ago at 79.
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PostPosted: May 15 2024 01:57 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Convicted serial killer Terry Blair, not to be confused with the eponymous politician, dead of causes yet unknown at 62 a little over four months shy of his (also my, incidentally) birthday.
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PostPosted: May 15 2024 07:17 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Legendary Notre Dame triathlete-turned-New Orleans Saints defensive tackle Kevin Hardy, not to be confused with the eponymous former NFL linebacker, dead on the 6th at 78 two and three-quarter months shy of his birthday.
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PostPosted: May 16 2024 01:47 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Longtime SportsCentre host Darren "Dutchy" Dutchyshen, dead of prostate cancer at 57 a little over seven months shy of his birthday.

Majorcan two-time champion bodybuider Xisco Serra, dead of natural causes attributed to a stomach problem at 50 (birth date unknown).
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PostPosted: May 16 2024 07:37 pm Reply with quote Back to top

1983 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race winner Richard "Rick" Mackey, Jr., son of 1978 winner Richard "Dick" Mackey, Sr. and brother to also-late 2007-to-2010 winner Lance Mackey, dead of lung cancer at 71.

Stuntman Tony McFarr, best known for doubling for Chris Pratt in Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 and the first two Jurassic World movies, dead of undisclosed causes at 47 (birth date unknown).

British broadcasting legend Neville Hay, dead of cancer at 85 (birth date unknown).
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PostPosted: May 16 2024 10:09 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Vagabonds frontman Michael "Jimmy" James, dead Tuesday possibly of Parkinson's disease and/or a heart condition at 83 four months less a day shy of his birthday.
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