Dead Celebs - 2004

[TheAuldGrump]

I remember being in Cambridge Massachussetts, and hearing two people talking cooking at one of the cafes. It was Julia Child and Vincent Price.

They will always be linked in my memory. (Along with Vincent Price reciting dirty limericks at the Boston Museum of Science.)

The Auld Grump

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

This probably doesn't count, but it's important to me. Phish has broken up. The band played their last concert last night.

 

[Mark]

Updated. It might be more appropriate to start a new thread with the news about Phish.

 

[Mark]

Peter Woodthorpe 12 August

"Played Gollum in both Lord of the Rings, The (1978) as well as in the Lord of the Rings BBC radio production."

 

[Truth Seeker]

The Sound of Silence *CNN Title*

Singer Laura Branigan has passed away in her late forties...

Link Provided by Yahoo News:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=795&e=1&u=/eo/20040829/en_music_eo/14824

 

[Mark]

Thanks, TS.

Updated through August...

 

[Mark]

Lost a ST (among other things) writer...

Robert Lewin 28 August

 

[Truth Seeker]

Broadway suffers a silent voice...

Fred Ebb, great songwriter for many Broadway musicals, has passed away this weekend past.

Link provided:
http://kevxml2adsl.verizon.net/_1_TYTTO10552V8D_11774101_vzn.dsl/apnws/story.htm?kcfg=apart&sin=D852F2P03&qcat=entertain&ran=12033&passqi=&feed=ap&top=1

 

[Truth Seeker]

Disney cartoon legend dies

Legendary animator Frank Thomas, who worked on such Disney greats as Snow White, Bambi and Pinocchio, has died at the age of 92.

Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3643812.stm

 

[Truth Seeker]

Johnny Ramone, of 'The Ramones,' Dies at 55

LOS ANGELES - <?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = AT /><AT:CLASS></AT:CLASS>Johnny Ramone, guitarist and co-founder of the seminal punk band "The Ramones," has died. Read on: http://kevxml2adsl.verizon.net/_1_2H2PTO104UJ4BPD_11774101_vzn.dsl/apnws/story.htm?kcfg=apart&sin=D854GVAO1&qcat=entertain&ran=18604&passqi=&feed=ap&top=1