Celebrity death thread 2026

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That's 4 deaths posted in one day. You're back to form.

 

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Dave Marsh, Bruce Springsteen Biographer and Rock Critic, Dies at 76

Dave Marsh, the music critic and biographer who documented the early days of Bruce Springsteen in his 1979 book 'Born to Run,' has died. He was 76.

variety.com

 

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The surgery did not save him.

Tommy John, whose surgery blazed a trail for countless players, dies at 83

Tommy John, a reliable stalwart of big league rotations who won 288 games over three decades while seeing his name become synonymous with a medical procedure that has saved the careers of countless other pitchers, has died. He was 83. A four-time All-Star left-hander with the second-most wins of any

www.mlb.com

 

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The surgery did not save him.

It did for a long time. Second.

 

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Hayden Panettiere dead at age 36: Hollywood star remembered for bringing 'joy to all who knew her' Actress Hayden Panettiere dead at age 36 via US Home | Daily Mail Online

Yikes! This is a weird one because she was super young and I dug her in Heroes a while back.

 

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Damn! So young! Second.

Panettiere played Maddie Harrington in 12 episodes of Ally McBeal (2002), Claire Bennet in 73 episodes of Heroes (2006-10) and Juliette Barnes in 124 episodes of Nashville (2012-18). She voiced Dot in Disney's 1998 animated film A Bug's Life and appeared in 27 movies and TV movies including Custody, Tiger Cruise, Amanda Knox, A Breed Apart, Joe Somebody, Remember The Titans, Scream 4, Scream VI, The Forger (with Lauren Bacall) and Message In A Bottle (with Paul Newman and Kevin Costner).

 

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Webber began performing at age two and a half, singing and dancing during intermissions at movie theaters. At age 11, she and several other children performed regularly on the Little Texans Theater Of The Air program on WOAI in San Antonio. Webber appeared in hundreds of radio programs and television episodes and in nine movies including Macbeth, Little Miss Big, The Wrong Man and The Space Children.

Peggy Webber, prolific radio and film actress who worked with Orson Welles and Alfred Hitchcock, dies at 100

Peggy Webber, Prolific Radio and Film Actress Who Worked With Welles and Hitchcock, Dies at 100 - That Eric Alper

Peggy Webber, an American actress and writer whose career spanned nearly seven decades across film, radio, television, and stage, died on August 15, 2026, in Napa, California, at the age of 100. Born in Laredo, Texas, the daughter of a wildcat oil driller, Webber began performing almost as soon...

www.thatericalper.com

 

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Billy Gibbons, Joe "Dusty" Hill and Frank Beard formed ZZ Top in 1969 in Houston. Among their hits are Legs, La Grange, Tush, Sleeping Bag, Cheap Sunglasses, Doubleback, Give It Up, Stages, Rough Boy, It's Only Love and Tube Snake Boogie. Hill died in 2021.

ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard dies at 77

ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard has died at 77. Beard played with uber-popular band for more than 50 years and was the driving force behind the beat.

www.yahoo.com

 

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Billy Gibbons has a beard. Dusty Hill had a beard. Frank Beard did not have a beard. Go figure! In 2004, ZZ Top performed La Grange and Tush at their Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony. Ah-haw-haw-haw!