2019 Notable Deaths: Remembrance thread

[Lester]

Daryl Dragon, Captain of The Captain and Tennille, dies at 76
PRESCOTT, Ariz. — Daryl Dragon, who was best known as the Captain from the group The Captain and Tennille, has died at the age of 76, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

https://myfox8.com/2019/01/02/daryl-dra ... ies-at-76/

[just saying]

Carol Channing, the Broadway star who earned a lifetime achievement Tony Award for her legendary career, which included roles in classics like "Gentleman Prefer Blondes" and "Hello, Dolly!" died on Tuesday. She was 97.
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/cel ... 97-n958721

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R&B singer James Ingram, the two-time Grammy Award-winner and legendary vocalist known for hit songs "Just Once" and "One Hundred Ways," has died at age 66.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/mus ... 712651002/

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Frank Robinson, a former Baltimore Oriole and Hall of Famer, has died at the age of 83.

He was the first player to win MVP awards in both leagues and the first African-American manager in MLB. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a Baltimore Oriole in 1982. Robinson was also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor given to civilians in the United States, by President George W. Bush in 2005.
https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2019/02/ ... ies-at-83/

[just saying]

Peter Tork, the bassist for 1960s rock favorites the Monkees, is dead at 77.

Tork's Monkees bandmate Micky Dolenz confirmed the news on Twitter, writing, "There are no words right now...heart broken over the loss of my Monkee brother, Peter Tork."

Tork's cause of death is not yet public, though he was diagnosed with a rare tongue cancer, adenoid cystic carcinoma, in 2009.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/mus ... 938399002/

[just saying]

Doris Day, whose wholesome screen presence stood for a time of innocence in ’60s films, has died. She was 97 years old.

The Doris Day Animal Foundation confirmed Day died early Monday at her Carmel Valley, Calif., home. The foundation said in an emailed statement she was surrounded by close friends and “had been in excellent physical health for her age, until recently contracting a serious case of pneumonia.”
https://www.fox19.com/2019/05/13/hollyw ... -dies-age/

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Tim Conway, the agile comedian who was a core member of the “The Carol Burnett Show” troupe and starred in string of Disney film comedies in the 1970s, died Tuesday morning in Los Angeles. He was 85.

A rep for Conway tells Variety he died from water on the brain.
https://variety.com/2019/film/news/tim- ... 203214644/

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Legendary Green Bay Packers quarterback Bart Starr died Sunday at the age of 85, according to the team.
The Packers announced Starr, a catalyst of Vince Lombardi's powerhouse teams of the 1960s, died in Birmingham, Ala., citing his family.
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/bart-sta ... dies-at-85

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Legendary Post columnist Steve Dunleavy dead at 81
https://nypost.com/2019/06/24/legendary ... ead-at-81/

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Ross Perot, self-made billionaire, renowned patriot and two-time independent candidate for U.S. president, has died after a five-month battle with leukemia.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/09/billion ... at-89.html

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Singer Eddie Money, best known for his songs "Two Tickets to Paradise," "Take Me Home Tonight” and “Baby Hold On,” died Friday at the age of 70.
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/e ... dead-at-70

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Legendary journalist and political commentator Cokie Roberts dies at 75
https://abcnews.go.com/US/legendary-jou ... d=65633507

[Scott Reppert]

Ventriloquist Jimmy Nelson passed away last night at the age of 90.
Many of you knew him as the man behind (or underneath, as it were) Danny O'Day and Farfel.
Many of you knew him as the "Nestle's makes the very best CHOCOLATE" commercial guy.
Many of you knew him as the father of Larry Nelson (WCLG/WMQC/A bunch of others).
https://themoderatevoice.com/r-i-p-cla ... nelson-90/

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Don Imus, the radio personality whose insult humor and savage comedy catapulted him to a long-lasting and controversial career, has died at 79. His three-hour radio program, Imus in the Morning, was widely popular, especially with the over 25-male demographic.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ ... 79-1265052

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Rush Limbaugh, the monumentally influential media icon who transformed talk radio and politics in his decades behind the microphone, helping shape the modern-day Republican Party, died Wednesday at the age of 70 after a battle with lung cancer, his family announced.

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Colin Powell, first Black secretary of state, dies at 84 from complications of COVID-19
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/colin-powe ... -covid-19/