Dead Celebs - 2005

[Truth Seeker]

Reggae Singer Junior Delgado Dies At 46

Jamaican reggae singer Junior Delgado has died in London at the age of 46.

In a career that spanned more than 30 years, Delgado recorded with the likes of Lee “Scratch” Perry, Sly and Robbie and Dennis Brown. Prior to his solo career, he recorded with the group Time Unlimited in the early 1970s. He set up the Britain-based record label Incredible Jux after beginning his solo career.

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[Truth Seeker]

Paraguayan author Roa Bastos dies

Leading Latin Amerian author Augusto Roa Bastos, whose 1974 masterpiece I, the Supreme was translated into 25 languages, has died at the age of 87.

The author, who left his native Paraguay in 1947 after speaking out against military dictatorships, died of a heart attack on Tuesday.

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[Truth Seeker]

"King of Czech sci-fi", Josef Nesvadba, dies aged 78

The Czech science-fiction community was hit by sad news on Monday. The greatest Czech sci-fi author, Josef Nesvadba, died unexpectedly. Although he was 78, he was still full of plans, and many had looked forward to reading his memoirs. Sadly that was not to be.

In an interview for Radio Prague ten years ago, Josef Nesvadba talked about writing a polical fantasy about the Czechoslovak president Edvard Benes. The novel, "Peklo Benes", was finally published in 2002 and remains the last work Josef Nesvadba published.

Josef Nesvadba was born in 1926 in Prague. Right after the end of the Second World War he enrolled to study medicine and five years later he received his degree, specialising in psychiatry. For all his working life Nesvadba was a practicing psychiatrist, who very much contributed to the promotion of psychotherapy in Czechoslovakia, and a deep knowledge of the human psyche transpires in his writing.

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[Truth Seeker]

Austrian Actress Maria Schell Dies

Maria Schell, an icon of the German-speaking film world who achieved international fame before withdrawing into retirement only to return in dozens of memorable character roles, has died. She was 79.

Schell, sister of the actor Maximilian Schell, died Tuesday in her sleep in the town of Preitenegg, Mayor Franz Kogler said Wednesday.

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[Truth Seeker]

Composer Robert Farnon has died

Composer, trumpeter and arranger Robert Farnon has died at the age of 87.

The Canadian-born star, regarded as one of the greatest composers of light orchestral music, died at a hospice near to his home in Guernsey, England, on Friday April 23rd.

Former manager Derek Boulton, said the world has lost "a musical genius".

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[Truth Seeker]

'Lou Grant' Actor Dies at 86

Mason Adams, whose distinct voice became familiar to millions before he gained fame for the "Mary Tyler Moore" spin-off "Lou Grant," died Tuesday, April 26 at the age of 86.

The Emmy-nominated actor, who also voiced numerous radio roles and commercials, died of natural causes in his Manhattan home, report news sources.

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[Fast Learner]

With a name like Smuckers, it has to be good.

(Edited to fix the line, and to note that's where I first remember hearing his voice.)

 

[Mark]

Noted Stuntman dies -

John Dodds (II) April 24

 

[Truth Seeker]

Kay Walsh

Described by fellow actor James Mason as "witty, bright and petite", Kay Walsh, who has died aged 90, made 17 films between her 1934 debut How's Chances? and a breakthrough into quality work with Noël Coward's In Which We Serve (1942), co-directed by her then husband, David Lean.

Born in London, Walsh and her sister lived with their grandmother, who first encouraged her love of films. Early on, she took any parts offered in a frantic bid to escape the poverty of the early 1930s. She never forgot those years of struggle, retaining leftwing sympathies that were often at odds with her fellow workers, not least the ultra-snobbish Coward.

Kathleen 'Kay' Walsh, actor, born August 27 1914; died April 16 2005.

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[Hopping Vampire]

Professional Wrestler Chris Candido dies at 33 from a sugery related blood clot. Too many wrestlers dir young these days.