RIP thread of 2023

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**chromedog**

ZergSmasher wrote:
Bob Barker, longtime host of The Price Is Right, has passed at age 99:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2023/08/26/bob-barker-price-is-right-host-dies-at-99/70690467007/

He may be best known for The Price Is Right, but my favorite Bob Barker moment was when he fought with Happy Gilmore. RIP to a game show legend.

Although I can also appreciate that he got as close as possible to 100 without going over ...

**Nevelon**

chromedog wrote:
ZergSmasher wrote:
Bob Barker, longtime host of The Price Is Right, has passed at age 99:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2023/08/26/bob-barker-price-is-right-host-dies-at-99/70690467007/

He may be best known for The Price Is Right, but my favorite Bob Barker moment was when he fought with Happy Gilmore. RIP to a game show legend.

Although I can also appreciate that he got as close as possible to 100 without going over ...

I think that’s my favorite joke about his passing.

**nels1031**

Jimmy Buffet dead at 76.

**Just Tony**

One wonders if they'll have cheeseburgers there...

**Ensis Ferrae**

surprised this hasn't been posted yet today:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/steve-harwell-smash-mouth-singer-dead-obituary-1234817636/

Steve Harwell, of Smash Mouth has passed away.

**ZergSmasher**

David McCallum, known for the 1960s TV series The Man From U.N.C.L.E., and far more recently NCIS, passed yesterday at the age of 90.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/25/arts/television/david-mccallum-dead.html

First thing I remember seeing him in was the classic movie The Great Escape (I watched a lot of classic movies as a kid). I also loved him as Dr. Donald Mallard ("Ducky") on NCIS. RIP to a fine actor.

**MarkNorfolk**

I first saw him in the American tv show ‘The Invisible Man’ before discovering ‘60’s fun ‘The Man from UNCLE’. Then there was ‘Sapphire and Steel’ and the the one part in ‘Babylon 5’. A associated with some great tv. Plus my wife had a huge crush on him. Sad day.

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Michael Gambon now :(

I’m sticking on his first Harry Potter film.

**Voss**

I'm starting to feel bad for actors who made the mistake of being in the Harry Potter films.

Every time one dies, the obituary articles are 'Harry Potter actor..." rather than mentioning the decades long careers that preceded those films.

**Ensis Ferrae**

Voss wrote:
I'm starting to feel bad for actors who made the mistake of being in the Harry Potter films.

Every time one dies, the obituary articles are 'Harry Potter actor..." rather than mentioning the decades long careers that preceded those films.

To a certain population, he was no doubt more famous for having a corner named after him.

**ZergSmasher**

Ensis Ferrae wrote:
To a certain population, he was no doubt more famous for having a corner named after him.

This is the reference I came here for. RIP to the namesake of a famous final corner of a test track.

**ZergSmasher**

Probably not significant to those outside the USA, but hall of fame football player Dick Butkus has passed away at age 80.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/05/sport/dick-butkus-death-illinois-bears/index.html

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Well, poo.

Piper Laurie is no longer with us.

**BobtheInquisitor**

I’m pretty sure I only know about Dick Butkus due to Saturday Night Live.

**chromedog**

BobtheInquisitor wrote:
I’m pretty sure I only know about Dick Butkus due to Saturday Night Live.

I knew him from the Blue Thunder TV series (where he was also with Bubba Smith). James Farentino played the "Frank Mcneill" role, Dana Carvey played the JAFO role.

**ZergSmasher**

Suzanne Somers, of "Three's Company" fame, has passed earlier today at the age of 76, just one day before her 77th birthday.

https://people.com/suzanne-somers-dead-at-76-8358227

She died of breast cancer, but she managed to fight it off for over 23 years, so that's a pretty strong showing really. RIP to a beautiful and talented lady.

**BobtheInquisitor**

Damn. That’s most of Three’s Company gone too soon.

**Olthannon**

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/64628874

A life well lived but it's still a great shame at his passing. What a phenomenal player and someone who gave an enormous amount to charity throughout his life.

**Ensis Ferrae**

Weird that the reports were fairly late but, Burt Young, most famous for playing Paulie in the Rocky franchise passed away at the age of 83.

**Ghaz**

Richard Moll, ‘Night Court’ actor, dead at 80 - CNN

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Some reports that Matthew “Chandler out off Friends” Perry is no longer with us.

No major news outlet is reporting at the time of writing though.

**Ensis Ferrae**

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Some reports that Matthew “Chandler out off Friends” Perry is no longer with us.

No major news outlet is reporting at the time of writing though.

It's gone through CNN and LA Times now:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/28/entertainment/matthew-perry-dead/index.html

**ZergSmasher**

Looks like I'm late in reporting it here, but here's the LA Times article about him:

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-10-28/freinds-star-matthew-perry-dead-at-56

Sad day indeed, especially since he wasn't even as old as my dad.

**BrookM**

That's a shame, he was fun as Benny.

Ring-a-ding-ding, baby. 🍸

**Not Online!!!**

BrookM wrote:
That's a shame, he was fun as Benny.

Ring-a-ding-ding, baby. 🍸

The truth is, the game (of human existence) is and was rigged from the start.

**sing your life**

Voss wrote:
I'm starting to feel bad for actors who made the mistake of being in the Harry Potter films.

Every time one dies, the obituary articles are 'Harry Potter actor..." rather than mentioning the decades long careers that preceded those films.

At least they aren’t Alec Guinness.

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

He made his peace with it in the end. Not only did his deal bring him comfortable wealth, but in his later days, he had fans who first saw him in Star Wars discovering his other fare.

It’s kind of akin to Patrick Stewart. Through his role as Picard, young Trekkies discovered his other work, and from their theatre.

Just one of those things where the fringe benefits take time to manifest and be appreciated.

**Jaxmeister**

Adam Johnston after horrific accident during an ice hockey match in UK.

**Just Tony**

Bryce Rutledge, known as brr-icy on here and classichammer.com as well as a major contributor to the 6th Ed. WFB Facebook page has passed away.

**Old-Four-Arms**

As reported on B&C, Colin Dixon (the first full-time employed GW painter) has passed away :

https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/381735-colin-dixon-has-passed/