Celebrity death thread 2025

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Garry "Jellybean" Johnson. Second. Among The Time's hits are Cool, Get It Up, Jungle Love, Gigolos Get Lonely Too, The Bird, The Walk, 777-9311, Ice Cream Castles – and Jerk Out, which went to number one on the R&B chart and #9 on the Hot 100 in August 1990.

 

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Jimmy Cliff, born James Chambers in St. James, Jamaica, released 36 studio albums and one live album. Among his hits are Hurricane Hattie, Miss Jamaica, Reggae Night, Come Into My Life, We All Are One, Hot Shot, Treat The Youths Right, The Harder They Come, Wonderful World Beautiful People, a remake of Cat Stevens' Wild World and a remake of Johnny Nash's I Can See Clearly Now.

 
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Feb 2, 2019
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Kier, born Udo Kierspe in Cologne, Germany, appeared in more than 200 movies and TV movies including Halloween, Dogville, Iron Sky, Flesh For Frankenstein, Armageddon, All The Queen's Men, Invincible, Swan Song, Surviving Christmas, Prince Valiant, Night Of The Templar, Dracula 3000 and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.

Udo Kier, German actor who appeared in My Own Private Idaho, Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein, dies at 81

 

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Feb 2, 2019
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Stoppard, born Tomáš Sträussler in Zlín, Czechoslovakia, wrote 47 plays and screenplays including Brazil, Billy Bathgate, Arcadia, Anna Karenina, Empire Of The Sun, Night & Day, The Russia House, The Coast Of Utopia and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead.

 

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Cheeks, the daughter of gospel singer the Reverend Julius Cheeks, released 18 albums and 17 singles and sang background vocals on albums by Donna Summer, Jerry Butler, Thelma Houston, David Knopfler, Boney M., Limahl, Alphaville and others. Among Cheeks' best-known songs are Respect, Reach, This Time, So In Love (The Real Deal), Mellow Lovin' and You're The Story Of My Life.

 

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Feb 2, 2019
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The six Tavares brothers – Ralph, Victor, Antone ("Chubby"), Feliciano ("Butch"), Arthur ("Pooch") and Perry ("Tiny") – formed Chubby & The Turnpikes in 1959 and became simply Tavares in 1973. Victor left the group in 1974. Among their hits are Bad Times, Check It Out, Whodunit, A Penny For Your Thoughts, Love Uprising, Don't Take Away The Music, Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel, a remake of Hall & Oates' She's Gone (which went to number one on the R&B chart in December 1974) and a remake of the Bee Gees' More Than A Woman.

 

scotchandcigar

All I wanted was some steak
Feb 13, 2009
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Vacationland

Wolf

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Oct 11, 2008
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Not gonna start November CDT yet. Everyone below has been nominated two or more votes.


Chubby Tavares
Dave Burgess
Diane Ladd
Dick Cheney
Fuzzy Zoeller
Garry "Jellybean" Johnson
Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield
Gilson Lavis
Jimmy Cliff
Paul Tagliabue
Udo Kier
 
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Channel98

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Feb 2, 2019
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Booker Taliaferro Jones Jr. formed Booker T. & The MG's in 1962 in Memphis. Cropper was the band's guitarist from 1962 to 1971, 1975 to 1977 and 1992 to 2012. Among their hits are Green Onions, Hip Hug-Her, Boot-Leg, Hang 'Em High, Soul Limbo, Time Is Tight, Melting Pot, My Sweet Potato, Groovin' and Mrs. Robinson.

Steve Cropper, legendary guitarist for Booker T. & the MG’s, Otis Redding and the Blues Brothers, dies at 84

 
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Oct 11, 2008
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Booker Taliaferro Jones Jr. formed Booker T. & The MG's in 1962 in Memphis. Cropper was the band's guitarist from 1962 to 1971, 1975 to 1977 and 1992 to 2012. Among their hits are Green Onions, Hip Hug-Her, Boot-Leg, Hang 'Em High, Soul Limbo, Time Is Tight, Melting Pot, My Sweet Potato, Groovin' and Mrs. Robinson.

Steve Cropper, legendary guitarist for Booker T. & the MG’s, Otis Redding and the Blues Brothers, dies at 84

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Channel98

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Feb 2, 2019
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Glendale CA
Tagawa played Lieutenant A.J. Shimamura in 15 episodes of Nash Bridges (1996), Captain Terry Harada in eight episodes of Hawaii (2004) and Nobusuke Tagomi in 30 episodes of Amazon Prime Video's The Man In The High Castle (2015-18). He appeared in 74 movies and TV movies including Pearl Harbor, Little Boy, Sky Sharks, Showdown In Manila, Top Of The World, American Me, Vampires, Licence To Kill, Memoirs Of A Geisha, Johnny Tsunami, The Last Emperor and Planet Of The Apes.

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, actor in Mortal Kombat and The Man In The High Castle, dies at 75