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77 responses so far ↓
boundandgags // July 19, 2009 at 11:49 am |
Here’s who we have so far this year:
Pat Hingle – Actor
Ron Asheton – Guitarist, The Stooges
Patrick McGoohan – Actor
Ricardo Montalban – Actor
Andrew Wyeth – Painter
Bob May – Actor, Lost In Space Robot
John Updike – Writer
James Whitmore – Actor
Paul Harvey – Newscaster
Ron Silver – Actor
Natasha Richardson – Actress
Marilyn Chambers – Actress?
Bea Arthur – Actress
Dom DeLuise – Actor
Mickey Carroll – Munchkin
David Carradine – Actor
Ed McMahon – Huckster
Farrah Fawcett – Actress
Michael Jackson – Singer
Allen Klein – Crook
Steve McNair – Athlete
Oscar Mayer – Trademark
Gale Storm – Actress
Billy Mays – Huckster
Fred Travalena – Comic
Karl Malden – Actor
Walter Cronkite – Newcaster
Wendy // July 19, 2009 at 6:43 pm |
Dallas R. McKennon – Voice of Gumby
Patrick Farrow – Famous for being Mia’s brother
Wendy // July 20, 2009 at 6:44 pm |
Frank McCourt – Author of “Angela’s Ashes” (which I’ve always been afraid to read.)
Wendy // July 23, 2009 at 5:44 pm |
Gidget – Taco Bell Dog
Brenda Joyce – Jane in FIVE Tarzan movies
Wendy // July 23, 2009 at 5:50 pm |
Heinz Edelmann – graphic designer and illustrator of Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine”
Wendy // July 24, 2009 at 10:47 am |
John Dawson – New Riders Of The Purple Sage. Wrote “Panama Red” and co-wrote “Friend of the Devil” with Gerry Garcia.
morethananelectrician // July 24, 2009 at 1:43 pm |
Taco Bell Dog makes the list but no Jack Kemp or Marlyn Chambers?
Yo Quiero justice!
boundandgags // July 24, 2009 at 1:54 pm |
Okay, I missed Jack Kemp but Chambers is in the first comment. The omission is totally my fault, technically, because Wendy hadn’t begun listing yet.
soup // July 25, 2009 at 5:19 am |
Walter Cronkite
becky // July 25, 2009 at 5:20 am |
already listed, dumb-ass
boundandgags // July 25, 2009 at 9:26 am |
Hey, hey, hey. It’s never bad to mention them again. That said, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.
Wendy // July 26, 2009 at 9:38 pm |
Vernon Forrest – Former middleweight boxing champ.
Arturo “The Thunder” Gatti – Two time world champion boxer but may become more famous for being strangled by his wife while on their honeymoon.
Harry Patch – Last living veteran of WWI
Alexis Cohen – Famous for two embarrassing auditions for American Idol then ranting about them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyimcFym6_I
Wendy // July 26, 2009 at 9:57 pm |
Reggie Flemming – Brawling NHL star, Stanley Cup winner. Played 101 games as a Bruin.
Doughboy // July 27, 2009 at 6:42 pm |
“Last living veteran of WWI ”
Of course not anymore and a couple of seconds of checking show other opinions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_last_surviving_World_War_I_veterans_by_country
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_surviving_veterans_of_World_War_I
boundandgags // August 1, 2009 at 11:13 am |
Harve Presnell, Actor
Gordon Trueman Riviere Waller, Singer (I Go To Pieces)
Corazon Aquino, Philippine president
Steven Miessner, “Keeper of the Oscars”
Wendy // August 2, 2009 at 6:05 pm |
Reverend Ike
Wendy // August 6, 2009 at 7:56 pm |
John Hughes – writer, director, producer
boundandgags // August 9, 2009 at 12:33 pm |
Willy DeVille – Singer/Songwriter
Wendy // August 11, 2009 at 9:56 pm |
Eunice Kennedy Shriver – Arnold Schwarzenegger’s mother-in-law
Wendy // August 13, 2009 at 1:11 pm |
Les Paul – Guitar hero
Wendy // August 14, 2009 at 12:08 pm |
John Quade – Actor. You’d know him if you saw him.
Wendy // August 14, 2009 at 8:33 pm |
Reno 911! – Great show.
boundandgags // August 15, 2009 at 8:37 am |
Shit! ‘BCN and Reno 911 in the same week? How’s a boy supposed to carry on?
boundandgags // August 20, 2009 at 9:34 am |
Don Hewitt – 60 Minutes producer
boundandgags // August 26, 2009 at 5:21 pm |
Let’s dig around and see who’s missing:
Ted Kennedy – Senator
Robert Novak – TV Talker
Budd Schulberg – Writer
Wendy // August 26, 2009 at 11:36 pm |
When Ted died I became frantic because I couldn’t get to a working computer to add him…I nearly went to the library to use theirs.
Wendy // August 26, 2009 at 11:26 pm |
Dominick Dunne – Author, and my favorite writer in Vanity Fair
Wendy // August 27, 2009 at 11:00 pm |
Ellie Greenwich – songwriter, co-wrote 17 hit singles including “River Deep, Mountain High” and “Leader of the Pack”
Wendy // August 29, 2009 at 7:45 pm |
DJ AM – DJ, sometime actor, former member of the band Crazy Town
Alex Grass – Founder of Rite Aid drugstore chain
Wendy // September 1, 2009 at 9:52 pm |
Sheila Lukins – Author of the Silver Palate cookbooks
Elmer Kelton – Novelist, wrote westerns
Chris Connor – Jazz singer
Robert Schindler – Father of Terry Schiavo
Edward Rondthaler – Father of Foenetic Speling and advicut of speling reform. He was 104!
Scott // September 2, 2009 at 7:26 am |
“Robert Schindler” Obviously he’s on the wrong list.
Wendy // September 4, 2009 at 4:49 pm |
This made me laugh out loud, confirming that I am indeed a bad person.
Ken // September 2, 2009 at 3:51 pm |
Molly Bee & Jimmy Boyd
Both 13 year olds who had a hit with:
“I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus”
Wendy // September 4, 2009 at 4:42 pm |
Oh my God, 13? Now I really feel like a loser.
Ken // September 2, 2009 at 3:58 pm |
Mark “The Bird” Fidrych
boundandgags // September 2, 2009 at 4:04 pm |
We missed Bird? I’m ashamed of myself.
Ken // September 3, 2009 at 12:35 am |
Former Red Sox great Dom Dimaggio
boundandgags // September 3, 2009 at 11:42 am |
Are you going out of your way to show us up, Toe? I know where you live, pal, and I have a list just waiting to be filled!
Nice catch. Again, I feel shame.
Wendy // September 4, 2009 at 4:46 pm |
Dom Dimaggio! I am humiliated.
Ken // September 4, 2009 at 4:39 am |
Richard W. Blake – May 2009
Dicky was a good guy. He wasn’t famous and in fact a lot of times he could be a super pain in the ass. But he was my brother and like I said before, he was a good guy! I miss him!
Wendy // September 4, 2009 at 4:46 pm |
Nancy Talbot – Started the dress store where moms and grammas shop. They’ve updated, though. Or maybe I’ve just got old lady taste now…I bought an outfit for Max’s graduation there in May.
Wendy // September 8, 2009 at 11:52 am |
Francis Rogallo – Invented hang gliding.
Wycliff “Steely” Johnson – Reggae producer and musician. Worked with Bob Marley and No Doubt, among many others.
Wendy // September 9, 2009 at 8:45 pm |
Syliva Schur – Invented Clamato and Cran-Apple, and came up with the idea of wrapping a roast in aluminum foil and sprinkling it with dried onion soup before baking.
Army Archerd – Columnist for “Variety” for, like, ever. Attributed with yanking Rock Hudson out of the closet on the front page of Variety in 1985.
boundandgags // September 13, 2009 at 12:11 pm |
Buddy Blattner – Sportscaster, baseball and table tennis player
Jesse Mahelona – Tennessee Titans
Gertrude’s Noone – 110 and Baines – 115
Frank Batten – Founder of The Weather Channel
George Eckstein – Writer/producer (TV The Fugitive
Larry Gelbart – Writer
I saved Gelbart for last because he’s the reason I started writing scripts. It really had little to do with him and all to do with my favorite writing professor. The guy told me I should try my hand at it. I told him I had no idea how to do it. He went out and got me a M*A*S*H script and I said,
“Fuck! I can do that. All the talking with none of the describing stuff? Where do I sign up?”
Wendy // September 14, 2009 at 9:21 pm |
Patrick Swayze – Actor, dancer, sweetheart of a guy. sniff, sniff
Scott // September 15, 2009 at 7:21 pm |
This blog is right up your cemetary pathway Wendy.
http://jezebel.com/5360037/is-there-really-a-celebrity-death-trend
Wendy // September 16, 2009 at 11:37 pm
Thanks Scott! I wrote newspaper obits for many years. They’re kind of my thing unfortunately. Although at one point I did have to go on Prozac and then quit my job for a year, but you know obits…once you think you’re out, they pull you back in.
Hockey Gods // September 16, 2009 at 11:20 am |
Fred Cusick, longtime voice of the Bruins.
boundandgags // September 16, 2009 at 11:51 am |
Damn.
Jim Carroll – Writer
Wendy // September 16, 2009 at 11:35 pm |
Jim Carroll has died, died? Ugh, that is so sad.
Wendy // September 16, 2009 at 11:52 pm |
Mary Travers – Folk singer: Peter, Paul and Mary. Lovely, funny lady. I interviewed her once. She loved the beach roses on the Cape. Wanted me to help her dig one up before her show at the Melody Tent.
Henry Gibson – Comic actor and so much more. Was also Jon Voight’s college roommate.
Care // September 17, 2009 at 7:44 pm |
wow – this really IS the go to list…
May they RIP.
boundandgags // September 18, 2009 at 11:43 am |
Well, when you love what you do. . .
Wendy // September 18, 2009 at 2:25 pm |
Crystal Lee Sutton – The real Norma Rae. Looked nothing like Sally Field.
Jody Powell – Press secretary and aide to President Jimmy Carter. I saw him speak at Wheaton College. Can’t remember anything he said. Afterwards I think we touched but it’s cloudy and I can’t remember; I could be thinking of Peter Wolf (J. Geils) who was also there for some reason. Looking back on it now is like remembering a nightmare.
boundandgags // September 24, 2009 at 11:02 am |
Frank Santos – R-rated hypnotist, Boston comedy fixture
morethananelectrician // September 24, 2009 at 11:52 am |
I was thinking about getting into the R-rated hypnotist field…
boundandgags // September 24, 2009 at 11:58 am |
There’s an opening!
boundandgags // September 25, 2009 at 10:13 am |
Susan Atkins – Manson Follower
Wendy // September 28, 2009 at 6:31 pm |
Lucy Vodden – Inspiration for the song “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds”
boundandgags // September 30, 2009 at 9:38 am |
William Safire – Nixon speechwriter and vocabulary czar
boundandgags // October 14, 2009 at 3:21 pm |
Captain Lou Albano – Wrestling manager
Al Martino – Singer/Actor (The Godfather)
boundandgags // October 28, 2009 at 11:30 am |
Soupy Sales – Comedian
boundandgags // October 28, 2009 at 4:08 pm |
Vic Mizzy – Songwriter (The Addams Family and Green Acres themes)
boundandgags // October 31, 2009 at 10:48 am |
Michelle Triola Marvin – Received palimony from Lee Marvin/Dick Van Dyke’s pal for 30 years.
boundandgags // November 5, 2009 at 3:52 pm |
Lou Filippo – World Boxing Hall of Fame judge
This one’s for late night Boston people only. I heard a rumor that the original owner of Buzzy’s Roast Beef (directly in front of the Charles Street Jail which is now a luxury hotel), Alan Kaufman, has also gone swimming.
boundandgags // November 20, 2009 at 2:35 pm |
Kevin Knox – Boston comedian
boundandgags // December 4, 2009 at 10:30 am |
I guess it’s now.
Aaron Schroeder – songwriter behind Elvis Presley’s hit “It’s Now or Never”
boundandgags // December 11, 2009 at 1:40 pm |
Gene Barry – actor remembered for the TV series Bat Masterson
boundandgags // December 17, 2009 at 12:11 pm |
Roy E. Disney – nephew of Walt Disney
Oral Roberts – Evangelist
Chris Henry – Bengals wide receiver fell out of a truck during a dispute with his wife.
Jennifer Jones – Actress in, among others, The Song of Bernadette
boundandgags // December 20, 2009 at 4:39 pm |
Brittany Murphy – actress at 32
Wendy // December 20, 2009 at 6:04 pm |
SHOOT! I jumped over here as fast as I could but I’m too late. I loved Brittany Murphy and I wanted to tell you she was dead!
Scott // December 22, 2009 at 7:43 pm |
Arnold Stang – Actor whose voice Top Cat used (91, or 19 in cat years)
boundandgags // December 24, 2009 at 11:53 am |
Mick Cocks – guitarist for Rose Tattoo
JudyH // December 25, 2009 at 2:49 pm |
Connie Hines (“Mr. Ed”)
http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/80102552.html
boundandgags // December 26, 2009 at 1:53 pm |
Vic Chesnutt – Singer/songwriter at 45
boundandgags // December 27, 2009 at 10:36 am |
James Gurley – guitarist Big Brother and the Holding Company
boundandgags // December 31, 2009 at 1:46 pm |
Steve ‘Dr. Death’ Williams – Wrestler, 49