The Celebrity Obituary Thread

[higashimori]

 " Jazz pianist, composer Hank Jones dies at 91 in NY "

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100517/ap_on_en_mu/us_obit_jones_12
           
   By ULA ILNYTZKY

   

NEW YORK – Jazz pianist and composer Hank Jones, whose 70-year career included a stint as Ella Fitzgerald's pianist and Marilyn Monroe's accompanist when she sang "Happy Birthday" to President John F. Kennedy, has died, his manager said Monday. He was 91.

Jones, who won a Grammy lifetime achievement award last year and received the National Medal of Arts from President George W. Bush in 2008, died Sunday night at a New York hospital after a brief illness, Jean-Pierre Leduc said.

A tireless musician who performed his blend of swing and bebop until the end, Jones came from a family of jazz musicians who included brothers Thad, a trumpeter, composer and arranger, and Elvin, a drummer known for the polyrhythmic beat that propelled John Coltrane's classic quartet.

 R.I.P.

[Richard Earl]

 

   R.I.P.

Thank you for the pic Higgy! I will get a six pack on Fraiday night and listen to some Dio vinyl and give him my proper farewell. I grew up listening to Dio.

[Brendan]

'Diff'rent Strokes' actor Gary Coleman dies at 42

[Lin Sunderland]

That is sad news.  I loved 'Diff'rent Strokes' .    It was so funny and his "Whatchoo talkin bout?"  always made me laugh.   He was far too young.

RIP Gary

[Sylvie]

"Arnold et Willy" was so great, and fun too !

RIP Gary, so young to die ...

[Jed Cooper]

RIP Mr. Coleman.   

[higashimori]

 42 is too early to die!　We loved " Diff'rent Strokes " a lot !　Rest in peace, Gary !   
 
 

[higashimori]

 
 " 'Quincy' actor Eddie Garrett dies "   Appeared on 'Ironside,' 'The Odd Couple'

   http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3if3584cb6d538b8e1844e411ac2fdbdb5

   By Mike Barnes

   

Garrett also played a bartender in the 1977 Diane Keaton film "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" and a cop on Clint Eastwood's "Dirty Harry" (1971).

   R.I.P

   

[Christopher]

I just found out that Dennis Hopper has died at the age of 74.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20337801,00.html

[KC]

Not unexpected about Hopper, but sad, all the same. The Times noted it in a blog post, but they don't have the obituary up yet.

R.I.P.

[LCat]

RIP, Dennis Hopper.

[TWOMULES]

R.I.P.

Dennis Hopper.

[The Schofield Kid]

I was only thinking last week, I wonder how he was getting on after hearing he was close to passing several weeks ago.

Sad News. Geat actor in so many weird and wonderful performances through the years.

RIP Dennis.

[higashimori]

What a sad news !   Rest in peace, Dennis Hopper !   

 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/movies/30hopper.html?hp


         

     
         

           Salue artiste !

[KC]

Here's a link to Dennis Hopper's obituary in the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/movies/30hopper.html

It mentions that Hopper had a small part in one Clint Eastwood film, Hang 'Em High.

[Lin Sunderland]

I really liked Dennis Hopper.  It is sad to hear of his death.

RIP Dennis.

[Sylvie]

So sad to learn that news today ...

I remember him as the photographer in "Apocalypse Now", and young man in "Giant" with James Dean,  and of course in the "cultissime" "Easy Rider".

RIP Mr Hopper.

[Jed Cooper]

Wow, RIP Mr. Garrett and Mr. Hopper.  Dennis Hopper had a small role in Gunfight At The O.K. Corral but he was very good in it. 

[higashimori]

 " Louise Bourgeois, Influential Sculptor, Dies at 98 "

    By HOLLAND COTTER

    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/arts/design/01bourgeois.html?src=mv&ref=arts

   

Louise Bourgeois, the French-born American artist who gained fame only late in a long career, when her psychologically charged abstract sculptures, drawings and prints had a galvanizing effect on the work of younger artists, particularly women, died on Monday in Manhattan, where she lived. She was 98.

      

      R.I.P

   
   

[The Schofield Kid]

Rue McClanahan, 'Golden Girl' Blanche, dies in NY

Associated Press