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Health update from Cardiacs' Tim Smith. http://thequietus.com/articles/23830-tim-smith-cardiacs

Jerry Van Dyke, brother of Dick Van Dyke and actor on the The Dick Van Dyke Show, is dead at 86. http://www.tmz.com/2018/01/06/jerry-van-dyke-dead-at-86/

JJ of Texas Punk band Offenders.

Dee Snider's mother. https://fullinbloom.com/dee-snider-my-mother-marguerite-snider-died-in-her-sleep/

Dead http://www.sltrib.com/religion/local/2018/01/03/mormon-church-president-thomas-s-monson-dies-at-90/

Rumors on Twitter say that James Earl Jones has passed away.

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Good addition.

Bobby George in hospital with 'severe chest infection' http://dartsnews.com/bobby-george-in-hospital-severe-chest-infection-having-tests/

Don't give him a chance to become an "idol".

Keep pushing... keep pushing... http://time.com/5081075/erica-garner-brain-damage/

Another Fox News victim (could be wishful thiking from their part?) http://www.whio.com/news/national/fox-news-incorrectly-reports-president-jimmy-carter-died/m38M8x6AYpNM17wTJ3yEuO/ EDIT: Just looked at the date, I have no idea why they republished this article today, as it confused my RSS program. Sorry.

Alfie Curtis (The Elephant Man) passed aged 87. https://io9.gizmodo.com/rip-to-alfie-curtis-who-played-mos-eisley-cantinas-mos-1821582672

South African musician, Robbie Malinga, has died aged 47. https://www.timeslive.co.za/tshisa-live/tshisa-live/2017-12-25-breaking-robbie-malinga-has-died/

Easy early year hit, so it seems.

Dominic Frontiere, who composed the theme and much of the music for the first season of the television series The Outer Limits, dies aged 86. https://www.soundtrack.net/news/article/?id=2513

I can totally see Jerry Stiller kicking the bucket in 2018.

New interview. Looks fine judging by the picture. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/dec/22/vera-lynn-singer-childhood-parents-husband-interview

Oh shucks, at least I can say that I searched his name...

Also Matt Damon's father. http://www.eonline.com/news/901925/matt-damon-s-father-kent-damon-dead-at-age-74

This, uhm, Turkish source isn't really optimistic about his condition, but I would take it with a grain of salt, also considering how it was so poorly written... http://www.turkeytelegraph.com/life-style/salvador-sobral-s-state-of-health-worsens-h14571.html

Jerry Greenberg, Oscar-Winning Editor Of 'The French Connection,' Dies at 81 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jerry-greenberg-oscar-winning-editor-french-connection-dies-at-81-1070242

Here is a list I made of surviving cast members of A New Hope, I will expand it further whenever I will have time for that (unlike George Lucas, I will not do it only for some quick grab...) 20/10/1923 Patrick Jordan 28/05/1929 Shane Rimmer RIP March 29, 2019 28/07/1930 Alfie Curtis RIP 27.12.2017 17/01/1931 James Earl Jones 25/05/1935 George Roubicek 01/07/1935 David Prowse RIP 28.11.2020 30/07/1938 Michael Bell 12/12/1938 Leslie Schofield 27/09/1939 Garrick Hagon 26/04/1940 Harry Fielder 11/05/1942 Terence McGovern 13/07/1942 Harrison Ford 26/12/1942 Maria De Aragon 14/05/1944 George Lucas 19/05/1944 Peter Mayhew RIP 02/05/2019 07/09/1944 Andy Bradford 11/11/1944 Martyn Read 21/02/1946 Anthony Daniels 02/05/1947 David Ankrum 25/05/1947 Colin Michael Kitchens 27/09/1947 Denis Lawson 27/10/1947 Angus MacInnes 30/10/1948 Rusty Goffe 06/08/1951 Jack Klaff 25/09/1951 Mark Hamill 06/05/1952 Stephen Calcutt 12/05/1955 John Chapman 25/09/1958 Derek Lyons Empire Strikes Back 18/04/1930 Clive Revill 17/01/1931 James Earl Jones 27/03/1935 Julian Glover 01/07/1935 David Prowse RIP 28.11.2020 06/04/1937 Billy Dee Williams 07/12/1937 Kenneth Colley 13/05/1938 Milton Johns 16/06/1938 Michael Culver 10/02/1940 Kathryn Mullen 13/07/1942 Harrison Ford 13/01/1944 Mike Edmonds 19/05/1944 Peter Mayhew RIP 02/05/2019 25/05/1944 Frank Oz 11/08/1944 Ian McDiarmid 03/10/1944 Michael Santiago 16/02/1945 Jeremy Bulloch 21/02/1946 Anthony Daniels 26/03/1947 John Morton 06/04/1947 John Ratzenberger 23/07/1947 John Dicks 27/09/1947 Denis Lawson 18/11/1948 Paul Jerricho 18/06/1949 Mac McDonald 22/03/1950 Steve Meek 13/05/1950 Joe Johnston 19/07/1951 Mark Capri 25/09/1951 Mark Hamill 01/12/1951 Treat Williams 06/05/1952 Stephen Calcutt 01/06/1955 Ralph Morse 01/12/1957 Deep Roy 26/12/1960 Temuera Morrison

The Fall have canceled their upcoming shows at Brooklyn, as Mark E. Smith is still in terrible shape. http://www.brooklynvegan.com/mark-e-smith-still-in-poor-health-the-falls-brooklyn-shows-canceled-again/

Rev. Jim Forrester, current bassist for Foghound and Serpents of Secrecy and a co-founder of Maryland-based heavy rockers Sixty Watt Shaman was shot outside Baltimore Tattoo Museum, where he worked. http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2017/12/19/jim-forrester-rip/