The Obituary Column
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Robert Clary, Corporal LeBeau on ‘Hogan’s Heroes,’ Dies at 96
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Fuck, that’s rough. I’ve got fond memories of watching Power Rangers when I was younger. Him becoming the White Ranger was a real moment😕.
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First Trini, now Tommy; my two favorite Power Rangers are gone. RIP Jason David Frank.
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Irene Cara, ‘Fame’ singer, dead at 63, publicist says
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Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter, dies at 79
I was surprised to hear about this; even more surprised to hear that she was 79! Then again, she joined Fleetwood Mac 52 years ago, after spending years with another band, so I guess the math makes sense. Tempus fugit. RIP, Christine Perfect.
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https://boingboing.net/2022/11/30/aline-kominsky-crumb-1948-2022-rip.html
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Bob McGrath, Sesame Street Veteran of Nearly Five Decades, Dead at 90
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Actress Kirstie Alley has died after battling cancer, her family announced. She was 71 years old. https://t.co/dmQ4j1YkEv pic.twitter.com/NHJR5mRyUh
— ABC News (@ABC) December 6, 2022
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We're sorry to learn of the death of Mills Lane. One of boxing's greatest ever referees. Our thoughts are with his loved ones. Rest easy, Mr Lane. pic.twitter.com/P8muhXYl5i
— Boxing News (@BoxingNewsED) December 6, 2022
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First Alley, now Lane.
Andy Street must be shitting himself.
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George R. Newall – the creator of “Schoolhouse Rock,” has passed away at the age of 88. Rest in Peace. pic.twitter.com/Bi4mHqq818
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) December 8, 2022
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Victor Lewis Smith has died.
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https://www.avclub.com/r-i-p-angelo-badalamenti-twin-peaks-blue-velvet-1849885250
Damn.
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Terry Hall has passed away.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/20/terry-hall-specials-fun-boy-three
I don’t think 2 Tone travelled widely in the US but it was the primary soundtrack to kids in early 80s Britain. Young guys of varied backgrounds and ethnicity that fused Caribbean music with punk and whatever else they fancied. There’s a lot more to The Specials than Ghost Town but it is an amazing song.
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Pittsburgh Steelers legend Franco Harris, known for ‘Immaculate Reception,’ dead at age 72
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Thom Bell, Philadelphia Soul Icon, Dies at 79
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/thom-bell-dead-1235191212/
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Maxi jazz, the lead singer of Faithless died last night
https://www.thejournal.ie/maxi-jazz-dies-5955923-Dec2022/
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John Bird has died.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/28/john-bird-actor-and-comedian-dies-aged-86
I always enjoyed his understated style.
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Also, Vivienne Westwood
https://www.thejournal.ie/fashion-designer-vivienne-westwood-dies-aged-81-5957766-Dec2022/
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Interesting they were nearly the same age. Pele came to fame as a teenager in the 1958 World Cup but Westwood was older than I thought, nearing her forties when punk hit in the late 70s.
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Pope Benedict XVI has died.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/31/former-pope-benedict-xvi-dies-aged-95
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IT’S A BUSY TIME OF THE YEAR.
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Anita Pointer, one of the founding members of the R&B group The Pointer Sisters, has died at age 74, according to her publicist. https://t.co/wNId3Slgdz
— CNN (@CNN) January 1, 2023
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Modest Mouse drummer Jeremiah Greene/a> has died of cancer at age 45.
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Earl Boen, Actor in ‘The Terminator’ Movies, Dies at 81
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Adam Rich, Star of ‘Eight Is Enough’, Dead at 54
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https://www.thejournal.ie/cardinal-george-pell-dies-5966067-Jan2023/
Rest in piss you fucking monster
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Singer Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley, dead at 54
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Famed Daredevil & Stuntman Evel Knievel’s Son Robbie Dead At 60
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Gina Lollobrigida, legend of Italian cinema, dead at 95
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Annie Wersching Dies: Actress In ‘24’, ‘Bosch’ And ‘Timeless’ Was 45
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Lisa Loring Dies: Actor & Original Wednesday Addams Was 64
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Annie Wersching Dies: Actress In ‘24’, ‘Bosch’ And ‘Timeless’ Was 45
Man, I’ve seen her in loads of stuff. 45 is so damn young.
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Actor Cindy Williams, the optimistic Shirley of ‘Laverne & Shirley,’ dies at 75
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Barrett Strong, Motown singer and songwriter, dead at 81
Just a handful of the songs he wrote/cowrote for other Motown artists:
“I Heard It Through the Grapevine”
“War”
“Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)”
“Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”
“Ball of Confusion”RIP to a true talent.
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Charles Kimbrough Dies: Tony And Emmy Nominated Actor And Anchorman On ‘Murphy Brown’ Was 86
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Charlie Thomas Dies: Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer With The Drifters For 60 Years Was 85
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Burt Bacharach has died.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/feb/09/burt-bacharach-
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This sucks. RIP Dave Jolicoeur aka Plug 2 aka Trugoy the Dove from De La Soul. 54 is far too young. Was blessed to see them open for A Tribe Called Quest back in the day, a hugely important band for me. pic.twitter.com/PYiDOl7vT4
— Jesse Hawken (@jessehawken) February 12, 2023
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Stella Stevens Dies: ‘Poseidon Adventure’ Actress & Elvis Presley, Jerry Lewis Co-Star Was 84
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Actor and comedian Richard Belzer, best known for his roles on Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order: SVU, has sadly passed away.
Rest in peace. pic.twitter.com/zMSUdxPMjz
— Rotten Tomatoes (@RottenTomatoes) February 19, 2023
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Richard Belzer’s popular character Detective John Munch holds a record for appearance in the greatest number of different television shows:
Munch has become the only fictional character, played by a single actor, to physically appear on 10 different television series. These shows were on five different networks: NBC (Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Trial by Jury, and 30 Rock), Fox (The X-Files and Arrested Development), UPN (The Beat), HBO (The Wire) and ABC (Jimmy Kimmel Live!). Munch has been one of the few television characters to cross genres, appearing not only in crime drama series, but sitcom (Arrested Development), adult animated sitcom (American Dad), late night comedy (Jimmy Kimmel Live!) and horror and science fiction (The X-Files).
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I think Alan Partridge could probably top that, given how many different series and in-character chatshow appearances Coogan has done with the character.
Off the top of my head:
The Day Today
Knowing Me, Knowing You
Knowing Me, Knowing Yule
I’m Alan Partridge
I’m Still Alan Partridge
This Time With Alan Partridge
Mid-Morning Matters
Open Books
Places Of My Life
Scissored Isle
Comic Relief
Election Night Armistice
Various talk shows (TFI Friday, Jonathan Ross, Clive Anderson)
….and probably lots more TV that I’m forgetting.
And then on top of that there’s all the radio stuff (On The Hour, Knowing Me Knowing You), the Alpha Papa film, the Oasthouse podcast, the audio books, live shows and more.
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Leiji Matsumoto, a legend of Japanese comics and animation has died
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I think Alan Partridge could probably top that, given how many different series and in-character chatshow appearances Coogan has done with the character.
Here’s an expanded list of other John Munch appearances; my favorite is the Luther episode where, while not appearing, Detective munch is mentioned by Idris Elba as an NYPD contact:
Homicide: Life on the Street—119 out of 122 episodes in the series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit—242 out of 325 episodes in the series
Homicide: The Movie—television movie
Law & Order—four episodes: “Charm City”, “Baby, It’s You” (part 1), “Sideshow (Part 1)”, and “Entitled (Part 2)”
Arrested Development—one episode: “Exit Strategy”
The X-Files—one episode: “Unusual Suspects”
The Beat—one episode: “They Say It’s Your Birthday”
Law & Order: Trial by Jury—one episode: “Skeleton (Part 2)”
The Wire—one episode: “Took”
American Dad—one episode: “Next of Pin”, Detective Munch shows up at the end of the episode to recruit Steve to join him as a detective after being impressed by Steve’s detective work at the bowling alley.
30 Rock—two episodes: “¡Qué Sorpresa!”, the characters are watching an SVU episode, with dialogue written and action shot specifically for 30 Rock. Richard Belzer also appears as the actor playing Munch in “Last Lunch”, part one of 30 Rock’s series finale, when Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski) lands a guest role on SVU as a corpse.
Jimmy Kimmel Live!—one episode: October 7, 2009. Richard Belzer was interviewed as himself, then does an impromptu scene as Munch with Kimmel and Joel McHale.[46]
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt—one episode: “Kimmy Goes to the Doctor!”, the characters are watching a fictional Law & Order spinoff episode on their television.[47]
A Muppet version of Munch appeared in the Sesame Street sketch “Law & Order: Special Letters Unit” where he was portrayed by David Rudman.
Munch makes a cameo appearance on the 1993 Paul Shaffer album The World’s Most Dangerous Party.
An artwork version of Munch appears in the 2016 comic book Spider-Man/Deadpool #6.[48]
An unseen Munch is mentioned, by Detective Chief Inspector John Luther, as an NYPD SVU contact on episode 5 of the UK crime drama Luther. Notably, DCI Luther is played by Idris Elba, who played Stringer Bell in the HBO drama The Wire, where Munch previously cameoed.
On a 2021 episode of the podcast Quality Time, Munch is portrayed in an improvised scene from Homicide by the episode’s guest, Tom Myers.4 users thanked author for this post.
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I did always used to love that kind of crossover stuff between shows. The X-Files did it quite a few times.
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Jansen Panettiere Dies: Actor, Brother Of Hayden Panettiere Was 28
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Legendary R&B musician Chuck Jackson, who counted Apollo Theater as second home, dies at 85
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Dukes Of Hazzard star John Schneider announces death of wife Alicia Allain aged 53
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Tom Sizemore has died after being taken off life support, his manager Charles Lago confirmed to Variety. The 61-year-old actor suffered a brain aneurysm on Feb. 18. https://t.co/UoJrmpIT11 pic.twitter.com/CrrIHbWKUJ
— Variety (@Variety) March 4, 2023
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Amazing musician David Lindley has died suddenly:
Sad news; his work with Jackson Browne defined the Malibu/SoCal rock scene in the ’70s and ’80s
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She could have given us some warning.
Lots of jokes inevitably doing the rounds about this today, but I’m old enough to remember that she was a real looker in her younger days.
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Robert Blake, ‘Baretta,’ ‘In Cold Blood’ star acquitted in wife’s murder, dies at 89
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Lance Reddick passes away at 60
Lance Reddick, the actor known for roles in The Wire, John Wick, and Horizon Zero Dawn, has died at age 60. According to a report from TMZ, authorities said Reddick was found in his home Friday morning. The cause of death is currently unknown, but the TMZ’s sources say it appears to be natural causes.
Reddick was best known for his role as Cedric Daniels in The Wire, which he starred in from 2002 to 2008. Recently, Reddick starred in the John Wick franchise as Charon. Reddick was in the middle of a press tour for John Wick: Chapter 4, where he will appear as the Continental Hotel’s concierge once more. The actor also appeared as Chef Irvin in Amazon Prime’s Bosch, along with recurring roles in Lost, Oz, and more.
The actor also had prominent roles in a number of high-profile video games. He played Sylens in Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West, Commander Zavala in the Destiny franchise, and Martin Hatch in Quantum Break.
Reddick studied music at the University of Rochester before earning a Master of Fine Arts defree from the Yale School of Drama in 1994.
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What the fuck?
That’s terrible news. The Wire, Fringe, John Wick, the Horizon games, Destiny 2.
“This is bullshit.”
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Lance Reddick.
Omar is coming to the gate, and will be there for him.
I hope
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Michael Reaves, TV, Prose and Comics Writer, Dead at 72
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Aw hell
https://www.avclub.com/r-i-p-ryuichi-sakamoto-oscar-winning-composer-1850292328
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Actor Michael Lerner has sadly passed away at the age of 81 pic.twitter.com/fSs65A3eAK
— Geek Vibes Nation (@GeekVibesNation) April 10, 2023
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I'm very sad to report that the great Al Jaffee has died. He had celebrated his 102nd birthday just last month. An incredible legend. RIP to a giant of cartooning. pic.twitter.com/FzZk7wGebd
— Tom Heintjes (@Hoganmag) April 10, 2023
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I'm very sad to report that the great Al Jaffee has died. He had celebrated his 102nd birthday just last month. An incredible legend. RIP to a giant of cartooning. pic.twitter.com/FzZk7wGebd
— Tom Heintjes (@Hoganmag) April 10, 2023
Jaffee was one of the greatest cartoonists who ever lived.
RIP
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Barry Humphries has died.
Always liked him, a very smart and funny guy.
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