Rose Marie and others we lost

[Basil]

I just heard that Rose Marie (best know for playing Sally Rogers on Dick Van Dyke Show) has died. I still enjoy watching DVD reruns on Netflix. This got me to thinking - we lost a lot of greats this year (I'm sure this is far from complete list):

Gregg Allman
Richard Anderson (actor)
Chuck Barris (of Gong Show fame)
Walter Becker (Co founder/guitarist of Steely Dan)
Chester Bennington (lead singer of Linkin Park - suicide)
Shelley Berman
Chuck Berry
William Peter Blatty (Author of The Exorcist)
Joseph Bologna (Actor)
Powers Booth
Charles Bradly (R&B, Soul singer)
Jim Bunning (Pro Baseball pitcher-turned Congressman)
Glen Campbell
David Cassidy
Eugene (Gene) Cernan (Last man to walk on the moon - so far)
Mike Conners (of Mannix TV series, born "Krekor Ohanian")
Chris Cornell (Soundgarden lead singer - suicide)
Jonathan Demme (Director)
Fats Domino (born Antoine Dominique Domino Jr.)
Gord Downie (Canadian singer/song writer)
Nelson Ellis (Actor)
Dick Enberg (Sportscaster)
Miguel Ferrer (Actor)
Carrie Fisher
June Foray (actress)
John Geils (Musician - J. Geils Band)
Troy Gentry (Country Singer) Died in Helicopter crash.
Dick Gregory
Robert Guillaume
Barbara Hale (Perry Mason fame)
Monty Hall
Johnny Hallyday (The French Elvis)
Robert Hardy (British actor)
Richard Hatch (actor)
Glenne Headey (actress)
John Heard (actor)
Hugh Hefner
John Hillerman (Higgens on Magnum PI)
Steven Holcomb (US Olympic Bobsledder died at 37 in room at Olympic training center, Lake Placid, w sleeping pills & alcohol in system)
Clare Hollingworth, OBE - English journalist and first war correspondent to report outbreak of WWII.
Rance Howard (actor) - Ron Howard's father
John Hurt (actor)
Earle Hyman (actor)
Al Jarreau
Mychael Knight (Fashion designer)
Jake LaMotta (the real Raging Bull)
Martin Landau
Jerry Lewis
Charles Manson (good riddance)
Rose Marie (born Rose Marie Mazzetta)
Heather Menzies (actress who played Louisa von Trapp in 1965 film The Sound of Music. Wife of Actor Robert Urich until his death 2002)
Dorothy Mengering (Mother and frequent guest of David Letterman)
Dina Merrill (Actress)
Mary Tyler Moore (Who I had a crush on as an adolescent)
Roger Moor (007)
Erin Moran (Happy Days)
Jeanne Moreau (actress)
Jim Nabors
Heather North (actress)
Anita Pallenberg (actress)
Bill Paxton (Titanic, Twister, etc)
Tom Petty
Della Reese
Don Rickles (who once said to Frank Sinatra when frank approached him in a restaurant, "Frank - can't you see we’re eating here?"
Emmanuelle Riva (actress)
George A. Romero (film maker)
Sam Shepard (actor)
Joni Sledge (singer)
Liz Smith (writer)
Jimmy Snuka (athlete)
Harry Dean Stanton
John Surtees - only man to have won the Grand Prix on both two and four wheels.
Jay Thomas
Mel Tillis, who despite a stuttering problem, sang wonderfully)
Joseph Wapner (Judge Wapner)
Adam West (Batman)
Don Williams (Country singer)
Malcolm Young (AC/DC founding member)

 

[dklawson]

I am suddenly very sad and humbled. Thanks for posting the list.

 

[Gliderman8]

Unfortunately you need to add Bruce McCandless to the list :sorrow:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile...ries/bruce-mccandless-dead-astronaut.amp.html