Obits

5-23-2013 'S.W.A.T.' Star Steve Forrest Dies at 87

5-20-2013 Ray Manzarek The Doors Founding Member Dies at 74

5-13 Dr Joyce Brothers dead at 85

5-8-2013 Jeanne Cooper AKA Katherine Chancellor dies at 84

5-4-2013 Sharpshooter Tom Knapp dies at 62

4-26-2013 George Jones, country superstar, has died at 81

4-12-2013 Jonathan Winters dies at 87

4-8-2013 Annette Funicello Passes Away at 70

4-8-2013 PM Margaret Thatcher Dies at 87

4-4-2013 Roger Ebert Dies at 70

3-1-2013 Bonnie Franklin dies at 69

1-1-2013 Tennessee Waltz singer Patti Page dies at 85

12-25 Jack Klugman dies at 90

12-25 Charles Durning dies at 89

11-24 Larry Hagman dies at 81

9-3 Green Mile' actor Michael Clarke Duncan has died

9-2 "Raindrops Keep Fallin'" songwriter Hal David dies at 91

8-25 Neil Armstrong dies at 82

8-20 Phyliss Diller dies at 95

8-20 Tony Scott dies at 68

8-7 Marvin Hamlisch dies at 68

7-24 Sherman Hemsley - played George Jefferson dies at 74

7-23 Sally Ride dies at 61

7-8 Ernest Borgnine dies at 95

7-3 Andy Griffith dies at 86

6-7 Bob Welch dead at 66

6-6 Ray Bradbury dies at 91

6-3 Richard Dawson dies at 79

6-2 Kathryn Joosten Dies at 72

5-20 Robin Gibb dies at 62

5-17 Donna Summer dead at 63

5-11 Shelby dies at 89

5-4 Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys dies at 47

5-2 Football great Junior Seau dead at 43

4-18 Dick Clark dies at 82

4-13 Gil Noble of ABC news NY dies at 80

4-8 Mike Wallace of CBS 60 minutes dies at 93

4-7 Artist Thomas Kinkade dies at 54

4-5 Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, designer of the Porsche 911, dies at 76

4-5-2012 Jim marshall - King of Loud Guitar Amps

4-2-2012 Earl Scruggs - King of Banjos

3-20-2012 Josie and the Pussycats Inspiration Josie DeCarlo Dies

3-10-2012 Disco Inferno" Singer Jimmy Ellis Dies at 74

3-10-2012 Peter Bergman - Founder of Firesign Theatre dies at 72

3-10-2012 MLB umpire Harry Wendelstedt dead at 73

2-29-2012 Lead singer of Monkees David Jones dies at 66

2-16-12 NY Mets Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter dies at 57

2-11-12 Whitney Houston dead at 48

2-10-12 TV and film actor Philip Bruns dead at 80

2-10-12 Writer Jeff Zaslow killed in car accident

2-4-12 Ben Gazzara dead at 81

2-3-12 Micron CEO Steve Appleton dead at 51

2-2-12 Soul Train founder Don Cornelius dead at 75

1-26-12 Robert Hegyes, Epstein on Kotter dies at 60

1-20-12 Etta James dies at 73

1-7-2012 Bowling legend Don Carter (Mr Bowling) dies at 85

12-7-2011 Harry Morgan dies at 96

11-8-11 Joe Frazier dies at 67

11-5-11 Andy Rooney dies at 92

10-05-11 Steve Jobs: 1955-2011 - Died at Age 56

10-1-11 Claire (Clara) Schneider - My Grandmother

9-11-2001 2,969 Americans killed by Terrorists

9-10-11 Cliff Robertson dies at 88

8-23-11 Motown Legend Nick Ashford Dies

8-4-11 Former NFL star, actor Bubba "Hightower" Smith dies

7-26-11 Dan Peek co-founder of rock band America

7-23-11 Amy Winehouse joins 27 Club

7-8-11 Betty Ford dies at 93

6-24-11 Peter Falk (Columbo)

6-20-11 Our dear Chloe

6-18-11 Clarence Clemons

6-14-11 Laura Ziskin dies at 61 'Spider-Man' producer

6-6-11 Lonely Boy song writer Andrew Gold dies at 59

6-3-11 James Arness (Matt Dillon in Gunsmoke)

6-3-11 Dr Death Jack Kevorkian

5-20-2011 Randy "Macho Man" Savage dies

5-19-2011 Zsa Zsa Gabor

5-14-2011 Baseball great Harmon Killebrew

4-19-2011 9-time NYC Marathon winner Grete Waitz

4-1-11 Country singer-songwriter Mel McDaniel dies at 68

3-28-11 Paul Baran inventor of packet switching

3-26-11 Geraldine Ferraro first female VP candidate dies at 75

3-23 Elizabeth Taylor

3-18 Batman's 'butler' Michael Gough dies at 94

3-1-11 Jane Russell, star of '40s and '50s films, dies

2-11-11 Bob Cook Super Bowl club member dies at 79

1-31-11 James Bond Composer John Barry dies at 77

1-24 Fitness guru Jack LaLanne dies at 96

1-19-2011 Rock promoter Don Kirshner dies at 76

1-14-11 Touched by an Angel, Angel of Death John Dye dies at 47

1-12-11 David Nelson dies at 74

1-4-11 Gerry Rafferty dies at 63

12-7-2010 Elizabeth Edwards dies at 61

11-29-10 Leslie Nielsen dies at age 84

11-20-10 David Nolan - Founder of Libertarian Party dies at 66

11-6-10 Oscar-nominated actress Jill Clayburgh dead at 66

11-3-10 Fiddler On the Roof composer Jerry Bock dies

10-31-10 Wheel of Fortune voice Charlie O'Donnell dies at 78

10-28-10 Bookem Danno dies

10-19-10 Happy Days dad Tom Bosley dead at 83

10-2-10 Stephen J. Cannell - TV Producer dies at 69

9-30-2010 Tony Curtis dies at 85

9-14-2010 Veteran character actor Harold Gould dies at 86

9-7-2010 Mike Edwards - Co founder of ELO

8-21 Star Gazer host Jack Horkheimer dies at 72

8-8 Patricia Neal dies at 84 - says she had a lovely time

8-2 Mitch Miller dies at 99

7-13 Yankees owner George Steinbrenner dies at 80

6-28 Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia dead at 92

6-13 Jimmy Dean dead at 81

6-3 Golden Girl Rue McClanahan Dies at 76

5-29 Easy Rider Dennis Hopper dead at 74

5-28 Gary Coleman dies

5-26 Art Linkletter dies

5-10 Legendary singer Lena Horne dies at 92

5-3 Lynn Redgrave

4-14 Sandy Clark - Our beloved sister

4-11 Designing Woman Dixie Carter dies at 70

4-2 John Forsythe - voice of Charlies Angels 92

3-24 Robert Culp dies at 79

3-15 Mission Impossible and Airplane star Peter Graves dies

3-11-10 Pro Football Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen dies at 69

2-14 The Knack lead singer Doug Fieger dies

2-12-10 Georgian Luger Nodar Kumaritashvili dies in crash

2-10-10 Deadliest Catch captain Phil Harris dies from stroke

2-8-10 Rep John Murtha (D) Pennyslvania

2-01-10 ChrisRay, nvidia Focus Group

1-28-10 Zelda Rubinstein from Poltergeist

1-26-10 Pernell Roberts, last star of TV's `Bonanza,' dies

1-21-10 Jennifer Lyon

1-13-10 Teddy Pendergrass

12-30-09 Gary Lee VanPielt

12-20-09 Erik Gates

12-20-09Actress Brittany Murphy dies at age 32

12-16-09 Evangelist Oral Roberts dies in Calif. at age 91

12-11-09 Gene Barry (Bat Masterson) dies at 90

11-16-09 Edward Woodward, 79, dies - from Equalizer TV show

10-23-09 Comedian Soupy Sales dies at 83

10-14-09 Godfather' singer Al Martino dies in Pa. at 82

9-14-09 Patrick Swayze dies at 57

8-26-09 Senator Edward Kennedy dies at 77

8-13-09 Les Paul - Guitar and studio Wizard dies at 94

8-13-09 NY Firefighter John McNamara dies of cancer from working at Ground Zero

8-11-09JFK's sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver dies at 88

8-6-09 1980's Filmaker John Hughes dies of heart attack at 59

7-26-09 Christopher Hagel - my friend

7-27-2009 Former American Idol contestant Alexis Cohen killed by car hit and run

7-17-09 Walter Cronkite dies at age 92

7-4-09 Steve McNair & girlfriend gunned down in Nashville apartment

6-28-09 Billy Mays dies at 50

6-25-09 Farrah Fawcett Dies At 62 / Michael Jackson dead from heart attack

6-23-09 There goes-s-s-s Ed!!! Tonight show sidekick to Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon dies at 86

6-4-09 Kung Fu Actor David Carradine dies

5-4-09 Actor Dom DeLuise dies

5-3-09 Jack Kemp - Quarterback turned Politician (Father of Supply-side cut taxes for the rich) dies.

4-25-09 'Golden Girls' star Bea Arthur dies

4-13-09 Harry Kalas, Phillies and NFL Films announcer

4-13-09 Marilyn Chambers - X-rated Porn Star

4-7-09 Rick Petnel - Creator of AdBlock Plus

3-18-2009 Actress Natasha Richardson dies from ski fall

3-16-08 Ron Silver dies at 62 AKA Ron Ron the Neocon

2-28-2009 American Icon Broadcaster Paul Harvey dies at 90

2-26-2009 Chicago Bulls lose 2 Icons Norman Van Lier and Coach Red Kerr

2-7-09 James Whitmore

1-28-2009 Billy Powell - Keyboardist for Lynyrd Skynyrd

1-14-2009 Ricardo Montalban dies at 88

4-1-2001 Carolyn McOwen 60 - My Mom

His most FAMOUS work was as a pitchman

think .. Corinthian Leather

. . . Chrysler Cordorba

i guess he took pretty good care of himself

1-18-2009 'Lost in Space' actor Bob May dies at 69

LOS ANGELES – Bob May, who donned The Robot's suit in the hit 1960s television show "Lost in Space," has died. He was 69.

The grandson of famed vaudeville comedian Chic Johnson, May was introduced to show business at age 2 when he began appearing in the "Hellzapoppin" comedy revue with Johnson and his partner, Ole Olsen.

He went on to appear in numerous films with Jerry Lewis and in such TV shows as "The Time Tunnel," "McHale's Navy and "The Red Skelton Show." He was also a stuntman in such 1950s and '60s TV shows as "Cheyenne," "Surfside 6," "Hawaiian Eye," "The Roaring 20s" and "Stagecoach."

He was particularly fond of his Robot role, once saying he came to consider the suit a "home away from home."

Lockhart said May wore the suit for hours at a time and learned the lines of every actor in the show so he would know when to respond to their cues. Because it wasn't easy to get in and out of the suit, he kept it on during breaks.

"He was a smoker," Lockhart remembered. "From time to time (when he was on a break), we'd see smoke coming out of the robot. That always amused us."

May and his wife lost their house in November when a wildfire destroyed their upscale mobile home park in the San Fernando Valley.

Survivors include his wife Judith; his daughter; his son, Martin; and four grandchildren

"He always said he got the job because he fit in the robot suit," said June Lockhart, who played family matriarch Maureen Robinson. "It was one of those wonderful Hollywood stories. He just happened to be on the studio lot when someone saw him and sent him to see Irwin Allen about the part. Allen said, 'If you can fit in the suit, you've got the job.'"

Although May didn't provide the robot's distinctive voice (that was done by announcer Dick Tufeld), he developed a following of fans who sought him out at memorabilia shows.

Danger ... Danger

. . . Danger .. Will Robinson
- the LiS movie was pretty good - except for the last 10 minutes that completely ruined it

was this the same robot [basically] that appeared in that classic "Forbidden Planet"
- one of the very best Sci-fi moves - ever!!

"hellzapoppin"


must be a relative

Robbie the Robot from Forbidden planet and the Robot from Lost in Space were very similar.

I met Angela Cartwright of Lost in Space when I was going around the Convention circuit after my case.

I can tell you she is hot still.

Angela is a few days older than i am
- she is still pretty young



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Cartwright

she is writing a book with Billy Mumy
{Will .. she was Penny Robinson}

She had quite an English accent .. in an American family

- i guess she was also lost in time .. and space

I met Bill Mummy at a couple of those conventions too as well as William Shatner, Nichel Nichols, George Takei, Lou Ferigno etc.

I literally bumped into the guy that plays Tilk (spelling) on Stargate. I was coming around an opposite corner and we crashed. The guy is huge. If I was a lttle fellow I would've been hurt. We both laughed.

Also met the woman that played Delin in Babylon 5.

You aren't a Trekkie are you?


i did get to meet Tricia Helfer at Nvision08 .. she signed my t-shirt


.. and Gerry Lopez {Arnold S' friend in Conan} was my next door neighbor; Jack Johnson, also a neighbor, fellow surfer and friend on the North Shore - he actually asked me for advice on his career .. he is doing pretty well as a music artist and surf videographer, i'd say



EDIT: what is this crap about "one embedded quote" ?
. . . KARAN !!!!

1-28-2009 Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboardist dies at Florida home

ORANGE PARK, Fla. – Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboard player Billy Powell, who played on such hits as "Sweet Home Alabama" and survived the 1977 plane crash that killed three band members, died Wednesday. He was 56.

Powell called 911 in this Jacksonville suburb saying he was having trouble breathing. Rescue crews performed CPR, but he was pronounced dead about an hour later, Orange Park Police Lt. Mark Cornett said.

Powell, who had a history of heart problems, missed a Tuesday appointment with his doctor for a cardiac evaluation, and a heart attack is suspected as the cause of death.

The Jacksonville-based band was formed in 1966 by a group of high school students — famously, it took its name from a physical education teacher they disliked, Leonard Skinner. Powell joined the group in 1970 and became its keyboardist in 1972, the year before they released their first album, "Pronounced leh-nerd skin-nerd."

The band was decimated on Oct. 20, 1977, when their chartered plane crashed in a swamp near McComb, Miss.

Six people were killed — lead singer Ronnie Van Zant; guitarist Steve Gaines; Gaines' sister, vocalist Cassie Gaines; as well as an assistant road manager, the pilot and co-pilot.

Powell received facial injuries in the crash, but eventually recovered. He was the only band member well enough to attend the funerals of those killed in the crash.

Johnny Van Zant was devastated by Powell's death. Hearkening back to the deaths of other members of the band, he said: "Maybe it is just the destiny of Lynyrd Skynyrd. We've played before millions and millions of people and it's been a wonderful ride and a bumpy one too."

Van Zant said Powell had been a roadie for the band when his brother heard him playing the keyboard.

"Nobody knew he could play the keyboard," Van Zant said.

Earlier this year, Powell and the band took a four-day cruise on a ship out of Miami with "4,000 crazy Skynyrd fans," said Van Zant.

Howard Kramer, curatorial director at the Rock and Roll Hall, said Powell "was a phenomenal piano player. The band may be able to get another piano player, but they will never replace Billy Powell."

"He was one of the best piano keyboardists, rock 'n' roll keyboardists, of our lifetime," said Ross Schilling, the band's manager.

Hank Williams Jr. said: "I will truly miss Billy. We have all lost one of our best rowdy friends."

2-7-2009 Film, TV actor James Whitmore dies of lung cancer

LOS ANGELES – James Whitmore, the many-faceted character actor who delivered strong performances in movies, television and especially the theater with his popular one-man shows about Harry Truman, Will Rogers and Theodore Roosevelt, died Friday, his son said. He was 87.

The Emmy- and Tony-winning actor was diagnosed with lung cancer the week before Thanksgiving and died Friday afternoon at his Malibu home, Steve Whitmore said.

Besides war movies, he appeared in Westerns ("The Last Frontier," "Chato's Land"), musicals ("Kiss Me Kate," "Oklahoma!"), science fiction ("Planet of the Apes," "Them"), dramas ("The Asphalt Jungle," "The Shawshank Redemption") and comedies ("Mr. O'Malley and Mrs. Malone," "The Great Diamond Robbery.")

He later became the TV pitchman for Miracle-Gro plant food, and used the product in his large vegetable garden at his Malibu home.

While not known for his politics, Whitmore was an early supporter of President Barack Obama. He stumped for Obama during a 2007 rally at the Gibson Theatre at Universal Studios, telling the crowd that Obama had the wisdom "to deal with a very, very confused and complex country, and the world." Whitmore also appeared in TV commercials in 2008 for the "First Freedom First" campaign, which advocates religious liberty and preserving the separation of church and state.