Celebrity death thread 2024

[JHDK]

Richard Simmons, legendary fitness guru, dead at 76 just one day after celebrating birthday

The health guru, who stepped away from the public eye a decade ago, rose to fame in the 1970s and ’80s after opening several gyms across the country and releasing his iconic high energy fitne…

nypost.com

Richard Simmons, RIP

Third.

It's a real shame he was never able to find a good woman and settle down.

 

[Wolf]

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, who encouraged America to talk about sex, dies at 96​

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/13/nx-s1-5038571/dr-ruth-westheimer-who-encouraged-america-to-talk-about-sex-dies-at-96

Third

Richard Simmons, legendary fitness guru, dead at 76 just one day after celebrating birthday

The health guru, who stepped away from the public eye a decade ago, rose to fame in the 1970s and ’80s after opening several gyms across the country and releasing his iconic high energy fitne…

nypost.com

Richard Simmons, RIP

Foruth

 

[Wolf]

Third.

It's a real shame he was never able to find a good woman and settle down.

My partner and I believe he was gay, and he has better gaydar then me. Unfortunately, he never felt comfortable with himself growing up. Plus, back then gays didn't have rights and that is probably why he has always stayed in the closet.

 

[Wolf]

July isn't over and I'm already typing up the names. I might get a head start and start the madness thread early. To filter out the names for 2023 and 2024. Maybe we have an average of 4 - 6 names for each month for the brackets.

 

[scotchandcigar]

Dropping like flies

Shannen Doherty, Star of 'Beverly Hills, 90210' and 'Charmed,' Dies at 53: 'Devoted Daughter, Sister, Aunt and Friend'

'Beverly Hills, 90210' and 'Charmed' star Shannen Doherty was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015. Doherty's rep confirmed the death of the actress in an exclusive statement to PEOPLE on Sunday, July 14.

people.com

 

[Wolf]

Dropping like flies

Shannen Doherty, Star of 'Beverly Hills, 90210' and 'Charmed,' Dies at 53: 'Devoted Daughter, Sister, Aunt and Friend'

'Beverly Hills, 90210' and 'Charmed' star Shannen Doherty was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015. Doherty's rep confirmed the death of the actress in an exclusive statement to PEOPLE on Sunday, July 14.

people.com

I just post July and you name another.

I don't watch 90210, I would second it.

 

[scotchandcigar]

I just post July and you name another.

I'm no Nostradamus, but I believe July might only be half over.

 

[Wolf]

I'm no Nostradamus, but I believe July might only be half over.

You know what I mean. I usually update the list one or twice a month.

 

[semipenguin]

Here’s a good video of Shannen on Letterman’s

 

[semipenguin]

I'm no Nostradamus, but I believe July might only be half over.

With the world getting worse each day, I like to think that they are getting out, while the getting is good.

 

[Channel98]

There's a song for that. This reached #5 on the country chart in March 1967.

 

[HecticArt]

Third.

It's a real shame he was never able to find a good woman and settle down.

People say that about someone else we know......

 

[HecticArt]

Third for Doherty.

 

[Channel98]

Doherty played Jenny Wilder in 18 episodes of Little House On The Prairie, 1982-83. She appeared in 46 episodes of Our House, 111 episodes of Beverly Hills 90210 and 67 episodes of Charmed and in 50 movies and TV movies including Heathers, Mallrats, Bukowski and Girls Just Want To Have Fun.

About Shannen Doherty | Little House on the Prairie

Learn more about Shannen Doherty, her time on Little House on the Prairie as Jenny Wilder, and how her career took off into adulthood.

littlehouseontheprairie.com

 

[scotchandcigar]

James B. Sikking, ‘Hill Street Blues’ and ‘Doogie Howser, M.D.’ star, dead at 90​

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/15/entertainment/james-sikking-death-scli-intl/index.html

The article link said "Doogie Howser M.D. star", and I immediately thought of Neil Patrick Harris, who was just at the same restaurant in Kittery that we went to for Father's Day

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

James B. Sikking, ‘Hill Street Blues’ and ‘Doogie Howser, M.D.’ star, dead at 90​

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/15/entertainment/james-sikking-death-scli-intl/index.html

The article link said "Doogie Howser M.D. star", and I immediately thought of Neil Patrick Harris, who was just at the same restaurant in Kittery that we went to for Father's Day
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Second.

 

[HecticArt]

Third.
I still say "Let's be careful out there, people." after meetings and whatnot.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Let us not forget him here:

 

[scotchandcigar]

Bob Newhart, Comedy Icon, Dies at 94

Bob Newhart, the genteel comic whose TV series “The Bob Newhart Show” and “Newhart” were huge hits throughout the 1970s and '80s, died Thursday.

variety.com

 

[scotchandcigar]

Lou Dobbs, political commentator and former 'Lou Dobbs Tonight' anchor, dies at 78

Former Pres. Donald Trump on Thursday announced the news of journalist Lou Dobbs' death on Truth Social.

www.usatoday.com