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Celebrity Obituaries and Passings

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First created by yaburu, but being made to incorporate past threads of this nature, please use this thread to share your condolences with celebrities who have recently passed on.
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Kevin McCarthy passes away at 96

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HYANNIS, Mass. - Actor Kevin McCarthy, who played the frantic doctor trying to save his friends and neighbors in the science-fiction movie classic "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," has died at age 96.

McCarthy died Saturday, said Cape Cod Hospital spokesman Dave Riley, who wouldn't reveal the cause of death or any other details.

McCarthy's acting career took off in 1938 with his Broadway debut in "Abe Lincoln in Illinois."

Soon after, he became an early member of the Actors Studio and was chosen by Elia Kazan to play Biff, the son of Willy Loman, in the London production of "Death of a Salesman." He repeated the role in the 1951 film starring Fredric March and earned an Oscar nomination as supporting actor.

But while he would consistently win praise for his acting during a long and busy career, his most lasting fame would come for "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." In the 1956 film, he vainly tried to warn residents in his small town of the evil pod people from outer space who were quietly taking over the personalities of everyone on Earth.

His frantic shouting of "You're next!" to those in approaching cars became so well known among science-fiction fans that he was often asked to spoof the role. He more or less did that in the opening minutes of the 1978 remake, which starred Donald Sutherland as the hero menaced by the pod people.

"Body Snatchers" flopped at the box office, considered too bleak for audiences of the time. It was elevated to classic status, and its star to iconic status, after such critics as Francois Truffault hailed it and late-night television programmers embraced it.

McCarthy's other films included "A Gathering of Eagles," "The Best Man," "Mirage," "Hotel," "The Howling," "Twilight Zone_ The Movie," "Inner Space," "Dark Tower," "Just Cause," "The Distinguished Gentleman" and "Steal Big, Steal Little."

He also appeared in one other classic film, although in a much smaller role. He was Marilyn Monroe's estranged husband in her last movie, 1961's "The Misfits."

He originally turned down the role when director John Huston approached him, complaining that it was too small.

"I finally said I would do it if they paid me $100 a word," he recalled in 2003. "Turns out I had 29 words. I should have asked for more."

McCarthy also worked frequently in television, appearing in TV movies, miniseries and such series as "The Survivors," "Flamingo Road" and "Amanda's."

Comic accordion player "Weird Al" Yankovic cast McCarthy in his movie "UHF" and several of his videos, and the actor appeared in more than two dozen episodes of the CBS Radio Mystery Theater.

In 1978, he began touring in the one-man show "Give 'em Hell, Harry," playing the Harry Truman role created by James Whitmore. Over the years he appeared as Truman in 350 venues.

McCarthy was born in Seattle on Feb. 15, 1914. He, his sister, author Mary McCarthy, and their two brothers were orphaned when their parents died in the 1918 influenza epidemic. They were raised by relatives.

His first marriage, to Augusta Dabney, produced three children. His second, to Kate Crane, produced two children.
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LOS ANGELES — It was a constant in American television for more than a decade: Viewers could turn on their TVs and find Howard Cunningham in his armchair, reading the newspaper and providing a fatherly voice of reason to young Richie Cunningham and his friends on "Happy Days."

Tom Bosley made the role famous during the long-running sitcom, earning a place as one of the most memorable fathers in TV history.

Bosley died Tuesday at the age of 83 after suffering heart failure at a hospital near his Palm Springs home. Bosley's agent, Sheryl Abrams, said he was also battling lung cancer.

His death brought fond remembrances of the nostalgic ABC show, which ran from 1974 to 1984. On Saturday, TV viewers lost another surrogate parent, Barbara Billingsley, who portrayed June Cleaver in "Leave It To Beaver."

Both shows showcased life in the 1950s – before Vietnam, Watergate and other tumultuous events of the '60s and '70s – when life was simpler.

"Kids were watching their parents grow up, and parents were watching themselves grow up. And that was the key to success of that show," Bosley said in a 2000 interview.

Bosley initially turned down the offer for a costarring role in "Happy Days."

"After rereading the pilot script," he recalled in a 1986 interview, "I changed my mind because of a scene between Howard Cunningham and Richie. The father/son situation was written so movingly, I fell in love with the project."

Viewers did too.

"Happy Days," which debuted in 1974, slowly built to hit status, becoming television's top-rated series by its third season.

TV Guide ranked Bosley's Howard Cunningham character at No. 9 on its list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" in 2004. The distinction puts "Mr. C," as his character was affectionately known on the show, right alongside Ward Cleaver, Andy Taylor, Dr. Huxtable and Mike Brady as some of the best-ever TV dads.

"Tom's insight, talent, strength of character and comic timing made him a vital central figure in the 'Happy Days' experience. A great father and husband, and a wonderful artist, Tom led by example, and made us all laugh while he was doing it," said a statement from Ron Howard, who played Richie Cunningham.

"My last conversations with Tom reflected the love of life and peace of mind that he always maintained throughout his full and rewarding life. I miss him already," Howard said.

"He was my husband for 11 years and the father of the company in many ways," said Marion Ross, who played Marion Cunningham on the show. "He was so smart he could fix the end of a joke or a scene on the spot. We made a perfect couple. I played piccolo to his tuba."

Angela Lansbury played Bosley's unfaithful wife in the 1964 Peter Sellers film "The World of Henry Orient." Then, from 1984 to 1988, Bosley played a recurring role in Lansbury's long-running TV series, "Murder, She Wrote," as folksy Sheriff Amos Tupper.

"He was a wonderfully interesting actor, and very much a part of the early success of 'Murder, She Wrote.' Working with him in the early days of the show gave me tremendous confidence," Lansbury said.

Bosley also played the crime-solving priest in television's "The Father Dowling Mysteries," which ran from 1989 to 1991.

"Happy Days" led to other television spinoffs such as "Laverne and Shirley" and "Joni Loves Chachi." The show also made a star of Henry Winkler, who played hip-talking, motorcycle-riding hoodlum Arthur "Fonzi" Fonzarelli.

"Tom was a family member, both on and off the sound stage. We acted together, traveled together and played charades together," Winkler said in a statement.

"He was a loving husband, a doting father and a fantastic grandfather. He will be so missed but never forgotten by the Winkler Family or the world."

Although "Happy Days" brought him his widest fame, Bosley had made his mark on Broadway 15 years before when he turned in a Tony Award-winning performance in the title role in "Fiorello!"

His Broadway triumph depicted the life of New York's colorful reformist mayor of the 1930s and '40s, Fiorello La Guardia. For two years, Bosley stopped the show every night when he sang in several languages, depicting La Guardia during the years the future mayor worked at New York's Ellis Island, aiding arriving immigrants.

The play won a Pulitzer Prize and Bosley received the Tony for best actor in a musical.

After failing to duplicate his success in "Fiorello!," Bosley moved to Hollywood in 1968. He would not return to Broadway until 1994 when he originated the role of Belle's father in Disney's production of "Beauty and the Beast."

In Hollywood, the rotund character actor found steady work appearing in the occasional movie and as a regular on weekly TV shows starring Debbie Reynolds, Dean Martin, Sandy Duncan and others.

During the 1990s, Bosley toured in "Beauty and the Beast" and "Show Boat," playing Captain Andy in the latter.

Bosley made only a handful of theatrical movies. Among them: "Love With the Proper Stranger," "Divorce American Style," "The Secret War of Henry Frigg," "Yours, Mine and Ours."

Bosley capitalized on his fame from "Happy Days" to serve as a pitchman for GLAD trash bags along with other products.

Born in Chicago in 1927, Bosley served in the Navy before returning to his hometown to study at DePaul University. Intrigued with acting, he enrolled at the Radio Institute of Chicago and began appearing in radio dramas.

Bosley married dancer Jean Eliot in 1962 and the couple had one child, Amy. Two years after his wife's death in 1978, Bosley married actress-producer Patricia Carr, who had three daughters from a previous marriage.
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Matt Hughes of Storm Chasers dies at 30

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"Storm Chasers" stars Matt Hughes has died at the age of 30 after committing suicide.

Following the sudden announcement that the forecaster had died on Wednesday night's episode of the Discovery series, TMZ.com has reported that the TV star hanged himself.

Local authorities reportedly responded to a suicide call on May 14 in Kansas. The police report revealed Hughes had been drinking before attempting to hang himself.

Hughes was found still breathing but passed away 13 days later.

According to the gossip website, the Medical Examiner's report listed the cause of death as "Hanging."

The TV star's demise was made public at the end of an episode entitled "Dedication," in which it was revealed he died on May 26, a week after suffering a fatal injury that the Discovery website claimed was "unrelated to his chasing activities."

But a meteorologist who used to work with Hughes, KAKE's Aaron Blaser, reported in June that the 30-year-old reality star had tried to kill himself on May 14.

"What a lot of us didn't know was that he suffered from depression," Blaser wrote in a blog titled "R.I.P. Matt."

"While the professional side of Matt was going fine, his personal life was nothing but. I won't go into specifics here, but there was never any illegal activity, but an accumulation of issues at home were mounting, and he kept it to himself until the end."

Blaser reported that Hughes' funeral, held this summer in Whichita, Kan., was attended by over 500 people.

"Dedication" featured the storm chaser's final chase through what Discovery described as the series' "best tornado intercepts ever."

According to the Wichita Eagle, Hughes first became interested in storms almost two decades ago when he saw a tornado rip through Haysville in south Wichita.

The paper estimated he had seen 100 tornadoes in the 15 years he had been chasing, experience that landed him the gig on Discovery.

Hughes was responsible for placing co-star Sean Case's Tornado Intercept Vehicle close to tornadoes to capture IMAX footage of the storms.

According to Blaser, principal shooting on the second season of "Storm Chasers" was wrapping when Hughes died.

Hughes leaves behind a wife, Kendra, and two sons.



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Shit......in the last 18 months or so, Discovery has lost stars to there biggest shows, Billy Mayes, Phil Harris and now this, I'm now worried about Mike Rowe, the Mythbusters and both Pauley's from American Choppers.
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Thats very sad to hear. Reminds me that my uncle commited suicide just a week ago. I feel for his family and friends.
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No, but Captain Phil and Billy Maes' deaths wheren't suicides.
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I'm now worried about Mike Rowe, the Mythbusters and both Pauley's from American Choppers.
You think they're going to kill themselves too?
Mikes going to die from lung cancer due to all shit hes in.
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Drewzilla wrote:Shit......in the last 18 months or so, Discovery has lost stars to there biggest shows, Billy Mayes, Phil Harris and now this, I'm now worried about Mike Rowe, the Mythbusters and both Pauley's from American Choppers.
NO! Leave Mike Rowe and the Mythbusters alone Death, you cold, bony, clock-wearing bastard!

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Ingrid Pitt passes away

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LONDON – Ingrid Pitt, who survived a Nazi concentration camp and dodged Communist police to become one of Britain's best-known horror stars, died Tuesday, her daughter said. She was 73.

Steffanie Pitt said her mother collapsed while on her way to a birthday dinner due to be held in her honor over the weekend. The cause of death wasn't known, although Steffanie Pitt said her mother had recently been in poor health.

Known in Britain principally as the buxom bloodsucker in "Vampire Lovers" and "Countess Dracula," Ingrid Pitt's acting career very nearly wasn't.

Born to a mother of Jewish descent, Pitt was interned in a Nazi concentration camp at the age of five. She survived the war, but was forced to flee Communist Berlin on the night of her planned stage debut, plunging into the River Spree in a bid to escape East German authorities. In a twist which easily surpassed the drama of the camp horror films in which she starred, she was rescued by American soldier who would go on to become her husband.

Her movie career was jump-started by her role in the 1968 action-adventure movie, "Where Eagles Dare." The World War II drama would eventually lead to her being taken on by Britain's Hammer Films — home to Christopher Lee's "Dracula." She would play alongside the horror legend in 1971's "The House That Dripped Blood" and 1973's "The Wicker Man."

Steffanie Pitt told The Associated Press that her mother was a determined woman and that "acting was in her blood from the word 'go.'" It seems her mother would have agreed, writing in her autobiography, "Life's a Scream," that she had a "strong sense of the dramatic even before I was born."

Indeed, Ingrid's birth interrupted her parents' attempts to flee Nazi Germany via Poland in 1937, delaying their attempt to escape to Britain.

Snared by the Germans, Pitt and her mother were interned at the Stutthof concentration camp. She survived the war and joined the Berliner Ensemble, where she worked under actress Helene Weigel, the widow of German playwright Bertolt Brecht.

But the political climate in East Germany didn't suit her, and her outspoken criticism of the Communist officials didn't suit the government there either.

She left Berlin on the night of her planned stage debut, diving into (and nearly drowning in) the Spree, which runs through the German capital. Pitt was rescued by a handsome U.S. lieutenant, who she would later marry.

Pitt moved to America, and — following the breakup of her marriage — to Spain, where she starred in her first movies despite a limited command of the language. Discovered while watching a bullfight, a career in Hollywood and British horror would follow.

Although Pitt had a series of other roles in film and on television, it was her 1970s vampire films which drew a cult following, with fans crowning her "England's first lady of horror." Pitt embraced it, writing occasional columns for websites such as "Den of Geek" and making frequent visits to conventions and festivals.

"It's great meeting the fans," Pitt was quoted as saying on her fansite, "Pitt of Horror." "They tell me that I am more beautiful now than when I was making films a quarter of a century ago. All lies, of course, but sweet."

Pitt is survived by her second husband, her daughter Steffanie, and a granddaughter. Funeral arrangements were still being worked out Tuesday.
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Leslie Nielsen has Passed away at age 84.

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http://www.tmz.com/2010/11/28/leslie-ni ... -airplane/

And so goes another comedic classic. :cry:

This really has me sadden as I'm a huge fan of the naked gun series as well as airplane and even his roles in those shitty parody films. You shall be missed.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! Why why why!?!?!?!
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Damn this hurts. Sure, not as bad as jumping on a Bicycle with out a seat on it, but it hurts.
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And the world becomes just that much more unbearable. May he rest in peace.

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Pneumonia has taken a few loved ones away from life. This news pissed me off. :mad:
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I just relies no one's said it, so I might as well do it.

Surely this isn't happening.....
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Well, shit. This sucks.
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This is very sad , he was so damn funny... r.i.p

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No. NO! NOOOOO!!!! Goddammit, I freaking loved Airplane!!!!!
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I just heard about this on the news, and I was really shocked.

RIP Leslie Nielsen. :(
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