In Remembrance---2009

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British comedic actress Diane Holland, who was best known for playing Yvonne Stewart Hargreaves on the sitcom Hi-De-Hi!, died January 24 of bronchial pneumonia. She was 78.

 

[RigaMortus2]

There were quite a few semi-famous people that died in that plane crash over the weekend.

 

[Mark]

There were quite a few semi-famous people that died in that plane crash over the weekend.

List here

 

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Big band and jazz drummer Louie Bellson died last Saturday of complications from Parkinson's disease. He was 84.

Bellson performed on over 200 albums with such notables as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Ella Fitzgerald, and Pearl Bailey, who he married. He wrote over 1,000 compositions and arrangements in several genres including jazz, swing, and ballet.

 

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Kelly Groucutt, the bass player for the Electric Light Orchestra, died today of a heart attack. He was 63.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Kelly Groucutt, the bass player for the Electric Light Orchestra, died today of a heart attack. He was 63.

Dang.

Snooks Eaglin, the idiosyncratic New Orleans rhythm & blues guitarist with fleet-fingered dexterity and a boundless repertoire, died Wednesday afternoon. He was 72.
New Orleans guitarist Snooks Eaglin dies at 72 - Keith Spera - Times-Picayune - NOLA.com

 

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Socks the Cat, the former pet of President Clinton, was euthanized yesterday. He(?) was 19.

 

[Villano]

It's being reported that actor Robert Quarry, best known for his horror films like "Count Yorga", passed away today. He was 83.

 

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Oreste Lionello, an Italian comedian who dubbed voices in English language movies for release in Italy, died last Thursady after a long illness. He was 81.

Lionello dubbed the voices for Woody Allen, Charlie Chaplin, Jerry Lewis, Gene Wilder and other comic actors.

 

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Christopher Nolan, an Irish poet and novelist with cerebral palsey (he used a stick to type his works), died last Friday. He was 43.

Nolan's autobiography won the prestigious Whitbread Award in 1988.