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Dave Ball from Soft Cell

https://www.avclub.com/dave-ball-obituary-soft-cell-tainted-love

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Prunella Scales has died.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/oct/28/fawlty-towers-actor-prunella-scales-dies-at-the-age-of-93

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Dick Cheney has died.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/04/dick-cheney-vice-president-republican-bush-dies

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Dave wrote:

Dick Cheney has died.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/04/dick-cheney-vice-president-republican-bush-dies

Is this an appropriate response?

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Dave wrote:

Dick Cheney has died.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/04/dick-cheney-vice-president-republican-bush-dies

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Cleto Escobedo III, the Cleto and the Cletones leader who’s performed on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” for 22 years, has died, childhood friend Kimmel said.

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Todd

Mani has died.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/nov/20/gary-mani-mounfield-the-stone-roses-and-primal-scream-bassist-dies-aged-63

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Udo Kier, German Actor Who Appeared in ‘My Own Private Idaho,’ ‘Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein,’ Dies at 81

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Todd

Jimmy Cliff, reggae legend and Jamaican icon, dies at 81

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njerry, Todd

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Jimmy Cliff, reggae legend and Jamaican icon, dies at 81

Sad; his contributions to the soundtrack of THE HARDER THEY COME were powerful, and led me to discover other great reggae stars. RIP

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Terrence Stamp:

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/terence-stamp-dead-superman-1236491435/

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Al-x wrote:

Terrence Stamp:

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/terence-stamp-dead-superman-1236491435/

That’s three months old.

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Todd

Glitch in the news feed

paul f wrote:

Al-x wrote:

Terrence Stamp:

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/terence-stamp-dead-superman-1236491435/

That’s three months old.

He’s still dead.

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Todd

When HBO Watchmen had this in the first episode, the massacre came to everyone’s attention.

The oldest living survivor passed away:

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/us/tulsa-massacre-viola-ford-fletcher-survivor

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Would love to ask Trump for a quote, but no.
You know it’s disrespect waiting to happen

Better options if you can get that close

The oldest living survivor passed away:

Amazingly, there is ANOTHER survivor, also 111 years old, but I guess she was a few months younger than the woman who just died.

Tom Stoppard has died.

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/nov/29/tom-stoppard-playwright-of-dazzling-wit-and-playful-erudition-dies-aged-88

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Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Dies: ‘Mortal Kombat, ‘Last Emperor’ & ‘Man In The High Castle’ Actor Was 75

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Rob Reiner and his wife have died, in an apparent homicide. Very sad news.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/15/rob-reiner-director-harry-met-sally-found-dead-with-wife-michele-singer-reiner

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Dave wrote:

Rob Reiner and his wife have died, in an apparent homicide. Very sad news.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/15/rob-reiner-director-harry-met-sally-found-dead-with-wife-michele-singer-reiner

Damn…

 

I remember him mostly because he was hilarious in one Curb your Enthusiasm episode.

 

RIP

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Todd

And of course our classy leader responds to this tragedy with his usual flair:

TRUMP HITS A NEW LOW IN ASS-HOLERY

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njerry wrote:

And of course our classy leader responds to this tragedy with his usual flair:

TRUMP HITS A NEW LOW IN ASS-HOLERY

Yes, that is very disturbing. Increasingly people take joy in sadistic pleasures. It’s not just Trump, there is a lot of this kind of cruelty.

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Soap star Anthony Geary, Luke from ‘General Hospital,’ dies at 78

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Carl Carlton, ‘She’s a Bad Mamma Jama’ and ‘Everlasting Love’ singer dead at 72

This really saddens me. In the last month or so, I’ve been listening to “Everlasting Love” a lot.

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njerry wrote:

And of course our classy leader responds to this tragedy with his usual flai

I follow Gail Simone on Facebook and she is furious and there is Jack White:

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JRCarter

Buck Rogers Star Gil Gerard Dead At 82

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Chris Rea has died.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8r3ne23e4go

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Todd

Also James Ransome.  Apparently he hung himself at the weekend

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74. That’s no age. But apparently he’s struggled with pancreatic cancer since his thirties.

I was never a particular fan of his music, but I always kind of enjoyed it when it was on the radio or something.

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Dave wrote:

Rob Reiner and his wife have died, in an apparent homicide. Very sad news.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/15/rob-reiner-director-harry-met-sally-found-dead-with-wife-michele-singer-reiner

Obviously, Reiner made many movies that were extremely important to our generation. But looking through his work, I’ve got a weird little favourite: I thought that The Story of Us told an unusual story (for movies) because it’s about failing in a marriage. And it had a great script, and weirdly it paired Michelle Pfeiffer and Bruce Willis, and it was a lot more fun than that topic has any right to be.

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This sucks. Vince Zampella has died in a car accident.

https://www.ign.com/articles/call-of-duty-co-creator-respawn-co-founder-and-ea-executive-vince-zampella-killed-in-car-accident?utm_source=bluesky,threads,twitter

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Todd

lorcan_nagle wrote:

Also James Ransome.  Apparently he hung himself at the weekend

Oh man, Ziggy Sobotka.

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Ben

Richard Smallwood, Grammy-nominated gospel singer, dies at 77:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2025/12/30/richard-smallwood-dies-gospel-singer/87960193007/

Isiah Whitlock Jr., star of ‘The Wire,’ ‘Veep’ dies at 71:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2025/12/30/isiah-whitlock-jr-death/87965781007/

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Sean Robinson

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Isiah Whitlock Jr., star of ‘The Wire,’ ‘Veep’ dies at 71:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2025/12/30/isiah-whitlock-jr-death/87965781007/%5B/quote%5D

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Still haven’t watched the Wire, but this was still fun.

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Veteran Actor T.K. Carter, Known for ‘The Thing’ and ‘Punky Brewster,’ Dies at 69

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Todd

He was the dad in The Corner as well

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Should’ve posted this Friday, but better late than never:

Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir passes

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Todd

Scott Adams, Disgraced Dilbert Creator, Dies at 68

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Todd

Not gonna lie, I suspected he was lying about the cancer.

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Todd

71 is too young.
I remember her from SCTV years ago.
RIP

Catherine O’Hara, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ and ‘Home Alone’ Star, Dies at 71 – Variety

Catherine O’Hara, the two-time Emmy-winning actor who starred in “Home Alone” and “Best in Show” and had an impressive late-career renaissance in “Schitt’s Creek,” has died, her manager confirmed to Variety. She was 71.

According to her agency CAA, O’Hara died Friday at her home in Los Angeles following a brief illness.
O’Hara’s Hollywood career spanned five decades, beginning with the Canadian sketch comedy series “Second City Television,” which she created with Eugene Levy, and for which she earned her first Emmy and earned four nominations. O’Hara went on to star in films such as “After Hours,” “Beetlejuice” and the first two “Home Alone” movies, in which she played the mother of Macaulay Culkin’s character, Kevin. O’Hara maintained a close friendship with Culkin and honored him at his Walk of Fame ceremony in 2023.

She was a frequent collaborator of Christopher Guest’s, appearing in his mockumentary films “Best in Show,” “For Your Consideration,” “Waiting for Guffman” and “A Mighty Wind.” And she had voice roles in beloved animated features including “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and “Chicken Little.” O’Hara’s recent roles also included the legacy sequel “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” in which she reprised her role as Delia Deetz, and the Apple action film “Argylle.”

O’Hara experienced a career renaissance in her 60s, starting with her role as riches-to-rags housewife Moira Rose in the CBC sitcom “Schitt’s Creek,” in which she starred opposite Eugene and Dan Levy and Annie Murphy. She won her second Emmy for “Schitt’s Creek,” which propelled her into other major TV roles in HBO’s “The Last of Us” and Apple TV’s “The Studio.” In the latter, O’Hara played a storied Hollywood executive who was shoved aside by her studio. The second season of the Seth Rogen showbiz satire recently began filming.

In an interview with Variety about “The Studio” in 2025, O’Hara reflected on how Hollywood has changed over the course of her career. “It must be a much more nervous business now, than in the past,” she said. “The internet and streaming must have opened up a world of good and horrific possibilities for people.” And despite “The Studio’s” scathing takedown of Hollywood executive culture, O’Hara said, “Most people are trying to do and want to do good work. And most people want to be entertained.”

O’Hara was born in Toronto, but she became a beloved figure in Los Angeles. She was named the honorary mayor of Brentwood in 2021.

She is survived by her husband, production designer Bo Welch, and sons Matthew and Luke, along with siblings Michael O’Hara, Mary Margaret O’Hara, Maureen Jolley, Marcus O‘Hara, Tom O’Hara and Patricia Wallice.