The All Purpose 'Celebrity Death' Thread

Another blow for fans of Memphis Rasslin': long-time promoter/announcer Corey Maclin died in a one-car accident near Sardis, MS. He was 42.

Michael Ansara, who played Kang in Star Trek and voiced Mr. Freezer in Batman: TAS, has passed away: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Art Donovan, NFL Hall of Famer and staple of NFL Films episodes, dies at 88.

Michael Ansara, the voice actor for Mr. Freeze on Batman TAS died. I read a nice article about his work on BTAS here: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Legendary jazz/R&B keyboardist George Duke dead at 67. He was being treated for chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Lisa Robin Kelly, who played Laurie Forman in That 70s Show, dies at 43: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

At least Mila Kunis is still alive.

Now, if you'll excuse me...

Lee Thompson Young, who was in the Famous Jett Jackson, dead at 29, possible suicide: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

It's always a shame when people die Young.

Aggie wrote:

It's always a shame when people die Young.

I feel like you've been saving that one.

Novelist Elmore Leonard has died. He was 87.

Fuck.

Gilbert Taylor, who was the cinematographer for A Hard Day's Night, The Omen, Flash Gordon, Star Wars, and Dr. Strangelove, dead at 99: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Tommy Morrison, boxer who was best known for his role as Tommy Gunn in Rocky V and for being HIV-Positive since 1996, died at 44.

Sort of a celebrity? Like, an infamous celebrity.

TA-DA! Ariel Castro committed suicide.

He's probably gonna end up haunting that prison cell.

And nothing of value was lost.

Shirt and I were joking about potential nursery rhymes surrounding heinous crimes of the 20th/21st century.

if westboro baptist church should picket a funeral, it should be this one

Fuck him...he's not worthy of a funeral. Just throw his corpse in the city dump like the garbage he is.

Double shot:

• Ken Norton, Sr. - heavyweight boxing champion during boxing's golden age of the 1970s, dead at 70.
  
• Hiroshi Yamauchi - president of Nintendo, who oversaw the company's growth from a playing card manufacturer to video game juggernaut - dead at 85.
  

L.C. Greenwood, member of the Pittsburgh Steelers' "Steel Curtain" defense, dies at 67.

Stunned Mikey didn't post this one, first.

The New York Post is reporting Tom Clancy has died at 66.

Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter dead at 88, according to CBS News.

John Stephenson, veteran voice actor from the Hanna-Barbera era of cartoons; best known as the voice of Mr. Slate on the Flintstones, passes away. Well, technically, he died last year, news wasn't made of it until recently: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Oail Andrew Phillips Jr., BKA Bum Phillips, former head coach of the Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints and father of current NFL coach Wade Phillips, dead at 90.

Favorite quote from the frequently quotable Phillips: "There's two kinds of coaches, them that's fired and them that's gonna be fired."