Gone but not never forgotten.......2024
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1. Glynis Johns
Actress | Mary Poppins
Glynis Johns was the daughter of actor Mervyn Johns. Best known for her light comedy roles and often playful flirtation, Glynis was born in South Africa while her parents were on tour there (her mother was a concert pianist) but was always proud of her Welsh roots and took delight in playing the ...
2. David Soul
Actor | Starsky & Hutch
David Soul achieved pop icon status as handsome, blond-haired, blue-eyed Detective Kenneth Hutchinson on the cult "buddy cop" TV series Starsky and Hutch (1975), Soul also had a very successful singing career recording several albums, with worldwide number one hit singles including "Silver Lady" & ...
3. Bill Hayes
Actor | Days of Our Lives
Throughout the 1970s and a good part of the 1980s, Bill Hayes and his second wife, Emmy-winning Susan Seaforth Hayes, reigned as the Lunt and Fontanne of daytime soaps. Prior to this he had become a noted singer/actor on the Broadway stage and in night clubs. Born William Foster Hayes III in Harvey...
4. Joyce Randolph
Actress | The Honeymooners
Lovely, sweet-natured Joyce Randolph will forever be etched in the minds of "Golden Age" television viewers as the Bowery-like fourth party of the classic husband/wife quartet on the enduring TV family comedy The Honeymooners (1955) starring Jackie Gleason as the irrepressible hothead bus driver ...
5. Dexter King
Producer | Untitled Martin Luther King Jr. Project
Dexter King was born on January 30, 1961 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Untitled Martin Luther King Jr. Project, The Rosa Parks Story (2002) and Emma Mae (1976). He was married to Leah Weber. He died on January 22, 2024 in Malibu, California, USA.
6. Charles Osgood
Actor | Horton Hears a Who!
Charles Osgood was born on January 8, 1933 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Horton Hears a Who! (2008), CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (1979) and A Science Odyssey (1998). He was married to Jean Crafton and Theresa Audette. He died on January 23, 2024...
7. Frank Farian
Soundtrack | The Railway Man
His father, a fine furrier, died as a soldier in the Second World War in Smolensk, Russia, the year he was born. Frank and his two older siblings, Hertha and Heinz, grew up with their mother in simple but sheltered circumstances. His mother Cilli, who worked as a teacher, noticed Frank's voice and ...
8. Chita Rivera
Actress | Chicago
An accomplished and versatile actress/singer/dancer, Chita Rivera has won two Tony Awards as Best Leading Actress in a Musical and received eight additional Tony nominations for an exceptional 10 Tony nominations. She recently starred in The Visit, the final John Kander/Fred Ebb/Terrence McNally ...
9. Carl Weathers
Actor | Predator
Carl Weathers was born on January 14, 1948, in New Orleans, Louisiana. A famous and successful football star at San Diego State, he played with the Oakland Raiders and retired from the sport in 1974, in order to give full attention to his goal: to be a real actor.
Weathers first played small parts ...
10. Toby Keith
Actor | Beer for My Horses
Born July 8, 1961, Toby Keith Covel was the second child of Joan and Hubert Keith ("H. K.") Covel. He was born in Clinton, Oklahoma, and grew up with his brother Tracy and sister Tonnie in Moore, Oklahoma. After graduating from Moore High School, he didn't go on to college, but went to work in the ...
11. James Dixon
Actor | It's Alive
James Dixon was born on March 6, 1937 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for It's Alive (1974), Is There Sex After Death? (1971) and It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987). He was married to Margaret Mary Gibney. He died on February 5, 2024 in Santa Monica...
12. Hydeia Broadbent
Actress | Stop Playing Church
Hydeia Broadbent was born on June 14, 1984 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Stop Playing Church (2019), Mommy Lounge After Hours (2020) and The Announcement (2012). She died on February 20, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
13. Etterlene 'Mama' DeBarge
Soundtrack | About Time
Etterlene 'Mama' DeBarge was born on October 13, 1935 in Royal Oak, Michigan, USA. She was a producer, known for About Time (2013), Time Will Reveal (2016) and Unsung (2008). She was married to George Rodriguez and Robert DeBarge. She died on February 16, 2024 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.
14. Richard Lewis
Actor | Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Richard Philip Lewis was born on June 29, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Englewood, New Jersey. He went to Dwight Morrow High School and Ohio State University, graduating in 1969 with a degree in marketing and communications. Lewis wrote ad copy in New Jersey while also writing jokes for ...
15. Louis Gossett Jr.
Actor | An Officer and a Gentleman
Louis Gossett Jr. was one of the most respected and beloved actors on stage, screen and television and is also an accomplished writer, producer and director. Off-screen, he was a social activist, educator, and author dedicated to enriching the lives of others. He was the first African-American to ...
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