Another Media "Star" Passed

Hugh Malcolm Downs passed away at the tender age of 99.

"Who?" you ask?

Hugh Downs was one of the better-known hosts of Today (from 1962-2012) as well as being involved with several other rather "unknown" shows.

Here's his filmography: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0236180/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

I feel old.

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Charles Edward Daniels passed away on July 6th at the tender age of 83 from a hemorrhage.

"Who?" you ask?

Charlie Daniels was a country "star" best known for the "hit" The Devil Went Down to Georgia, although he wrote and/or performed on other songs since the 1960s. Here's his filmography with a short obituary: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0199863/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

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Just heard country music legend, Charlie Daniels passed away on July 6. He was 83.

https://www.charliedaniels.com

 

Haruma Miura passed away at the tender age of 30 after a successful suicide.

"Who?" you ask?

He was a rather popular/successful Japanese singer and actor who was taking time off from his band to focus on his acting career. Here is his filmography: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2067218/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

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Bob the :kitty: crossed the Rainbow Bridge on June 13th of this year (I know, it's been over a month, but the site was down when he passed.)

"Who?" you ask?

He was a stray that made it in books, busking and film while helping his human companion deal with substance abuse and other problems. Bob interacted with both commoners and "uppercrust"s with the same :kitty:tude.

Here's his filmography: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6872584/?ref_=vp_back

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You might be interested in this article (if it's still up): https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment...w-enforcement-honored-late-dad-195355280.html

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John Lewis passed away last weekend (I think) at the tender age of 80.

"Who?" you ask?

He was one of the original civil rights marchers (he knew MLK Jr. in his youth) plus Congressman Lewis had served almost to his death. Now he's chatting it up with Elijah Cummings as well as several of his former colleagues from both the Freedom Riders and from Congress that had passed before him.

Here's more about him (from the source where I found out about his passing, originally posted Tuesday):


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Regis Philbin and Peter Allen Greenbaum both passed away, Philbin at the tender age of 88 of natural causes and Green was 74.

"Who?" you ask?

Regis Philbin was somewhat unknown as an actor and a television host/personality, including the show that started as Regis and Kathy Lee (it's still kinda on albeit without the original hosts.) Here's his filmography: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005310/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Peter Green was a founding member of an unknown group: Fleetwood Mac, plus he was a prolific musician in his own right. Here's his information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Green_(musician)

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Olivia de Haviland passed away at the tender age of 104.

"Who?" you ask?

She was one of the last of the actors/actresses who remained from the Golden Age of Hollywood, having performed in the unknown film Gone With the Wind as well as others. Here are her filmography as well as her obituary: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000014/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 https://news.yahoo.com/reports-olivia-havilland-gone-wind-162843686.html

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Herman Cain passed away from COVID-19 at the tender age of 74.

"Who?" you ask?

He was an authentic entrepreneur (started up Godfathers Pizza franchise) and ex-candidate for US president on the Republican ticket back in 2012. He also got into remission after a diagnosis of Stage-4 cancer several years before contracting the coronavirus. It is suspected that he contracted the virus at Drumpf's Tulsa rally, which Cain attended.

Buddy also passed away at the tender age of seven from COVID-19.

"Who?" you ask?

He was the first confirmed case of canine vulnerability to the coronavirus in the United States, being symptomatic in April, soon before his seventh birthday. His human companions decided to end his suffering earlier this week.

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Wilford Brimley passed away at the tender age of 84.

"Who?" you ask?

He first appeared in a little-known movie titled Cocoon, but had a hand behind-the-scenes in several other movies prior to that. Here's his filmography: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000979/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

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Chadwick Boseman succumbed to colon cancer at the tender age of 43.

"Who?" you ask?

Some of his roles were Thurgood Marshall, Jackie Robinson, MCU's Black Panther, and James Brown. Here's his filmography: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1569276/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

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George Thomas Seaver passed away at the tender age of 75 due to complications of Lewy body dementia (which took Robin Williams, too., a few years back, I believe.)

"Who?" you ask?

Tom Seaver, one of the best pitchers in American Major League baseball, plus he was involved with other projects both during and after his baseball career. Here's his filmography: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0780856/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

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Louis Clark Brock passed away at the tender age of 81 from an undisclosed medical condition.

"Who?" you ask?

Lou Brock, who played for both the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals, succumbed to one of a myriad of chronic illnesses. Here's his filmography: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1642998/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3

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Keven Dobson passed away at the tender age of 77.

"Who?" you ask?

He was in several series as well as TV movies as well as behind the scenes, including Hawaii Five-0, Kojak, Days of Our Lives, Knots Landing, and several others. Here's his filmography and obituary: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004878/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/edies-knots-landing-days-lives-210025346.html

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Ronald Khalis Bell passed away at the tender age of 68 and Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg passed away at the tender age of 82.

"Who?" you ask?

Ronald Bell was one of the composers/songwriters for Kool and the Gang, writing many of the songs during their heyday (here's his filmography: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1434534/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0) and Dame Diana Rigg (who succumbed to cancer) was one of the Bond girls as well as being in The Avengers and several other productions since 1959. Here's her filmography: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001671/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_4

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Man, that brings me down. Emma Peel fueled many a fantasy of my youth.

 

'Tis a sad day for all (relatively) sane people in the United/"United" States. She had a level head on her shoulders, respected by (most) of her colleagues during her legal career.

Metistatic pancreatic cancer's a female canine imnsho.

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