Dead Celebs - 2005

[RichCsigs]

Bowling Legend Dick Weber Dies

Bowling legend Dick Weber passed away Sunday night at 75. I don't following bowling but even I knew who he was. That says something.

In Passing

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Science fiction author F.M. Busby died on Thursday, Feb 17th.
http://sfwa.org/news/busbyill.htm

 

[Truth Seeker]

Famed music director Viotti dies

Conductor Marcello Viotti, director of Venice's famous La Fenice Theatre, has died in Germany at 50.

In Passing.

 

[Jamdin]

Actress Sandra Dee died today (Sunday, February 20th, 2005) according to CNN.com. She is best known for her role in Gidget (1959) and The Dunwich Horror (1970). Sandra Dee was also married to the singer, Bobby Darin.

 

[Truth Seeker]

'Carousel' Star John Raitt Dies at 88

John Raitt, the robust baritone who created the role of Billy Bigelow in the original New York production of "Carousel" and sang with Doris Day (news) in the movie "Pajama Game," died Sunday. He was 88.

In Passing.

 

[Krieg]

Hunter S. Thompson took his own life today.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=4&u=/ap/20050221/ap_on_re_us/obit_thompson

 

[Wombat]

I am at a loss of how to react to Hunter S. Thompson's death. Part of me wants to say, "He did what??" Part of me expected this, sooner or later.

He was a very strange, very troubled man, sometimes quite brilliant, sometimes far too cynical to be believeable, always creating an image that was larger than what he truly was like, but ultimately trying to be the ultimate independent American, for good and for ill similtaneously.

Go to bed now, Dr. Gonzo.

 

[Truth Seeker]

French actress Simone Simon dies

French actress Simone Simon, who starred in 1942 horror film The Cat People, has died in Paris aged 93.

In Passing.

 

[Truth Seeker]

Korean movie actress found dead

South Korean actress Lee Eun-ju, star of one of the country's highest grossing films, has been found dead after an apparent suicide in Seoul.

In Passing.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Polish fantasy artist Zdzislaw Beksinski was found murdered in his home in Warsaw on Tuesday, February 22, 2005. He was 75.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=peopleNews&storyID=7701979
http://www.beksinski.pl/