Dead Celebs - 2005

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Piglet too...

John Fiedler, 1925-2005
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/27/obit.fiedler.ap/index.html

 

[Rl'Halsinor]

For me he's the hand and voice of Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead, which I remember very fondly from my childhood. Loved his voice.

Me, too, Fast Learner. I loved watching him with Knucklehead. And now John Fiedler has passed on. Fiedler was one of the most non-imposing individuals ever to cross the movie/TV screen and yet he was in so many productions it is mind boggling.

 

[Mark]

Those two were the only ones left of the original voices for Pooh characters (a couple of them even died in the Nineteen-Seventies). Truly the end of an era.

 

[reveal]

Shelby Foote (1916-2005)

One of the greatest Civil War historians and storytellers in modern America.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/06/28/obit.foote.ap/index.html

 

[Rl'Halsinor]

He was excellent in Ken Burn's series on the Civil War.

 

[kingpaul]

Jazz Trumpeter Chris Griffin Dies at 89

http://kevxml2a.verizon.net/_1_2GC5...cat=entertain&ran=24620&passqi=&feed=ap&top=1

 

[Truth Seeker]

Disney Recording Artist Robie Lester Dies at 75

Grammy-nominated Hollywood singer/actress Robie Lester, who was the singing voice behind Eva Gabor in THE ARISTOCATS and THE RESCUERS, died June 14, 2005, of cancer at St. Joseph Hospital in Burbank at age 75.

In Passing

 

[WayneLigon]

http://kevxml2a.verizon.net/_1_VNOTO103LIODON__vzn.isp/apnws/story.htm?kcfg=apart&feed=ap&sin=D8AVA1TO0&qcat=entertain&passqi=&top=1&ran=1315

http://www.newsfromme.com/index.html has a number of good Winchell recollections, along with spots on the other Pooh voice actors that have recently died. I had no idea that Winchell also created a prototype artificial heart.

 

[Truth Seeker]

Model-Turned-Bounty Hunter Found Dead

Domino Harvey, the model-turned-bounty hunter who inspired the upcoming action-thriller starring Keira Knightley, died Monday, June 27 at the age of 35.

The daughter of late English actor Laurence Harvey was pronounced dead at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center just after 11 p.m., according to the AP.

In Passing

 

[kingpaul]

Bruce Malmuth, Director of 'Nighthawk' Dies at 71

http://kevxml2a.verizon.net/_1_274M...cat=entertain&ran=30324&passqi=&feed=ap&top=1