The Fringes Of Fame/family Of The Famous

[Sir Creep 7,070]

5 minutes ago, msc said:

 

I believe his name was Mr White.

 

 

 

[MortalCaso 1,627]

44 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

Vanna White (Wheel of Fortune) announced her father has passed away at the age of 96.  Nowhere in the brief announcement she posted on Twitter does she say his name.  Guess it’s not important.

SC

It is listed on her Wikipedia page. Reading through the bio, it was likely her step-father Herbert White Jr.

A slight chance it was her biological father Miguel Angel Rosich (doubtful IMO)

 

Someone can update it if they feel it is worth the time.

[arghton 6,734]

On 29/03/2022 at 20:09, arghton said:

Apparently Larry Holley has been hospitalised again, his son wasn't very optimistic this time. But that was a week ago, and seems like he was improving two days ago.

Larry Holley, Buddy Holly's older brother has died at the age of 96 as mentioned in the Dead of 2022 thread.

[msc 18,444]

Sylvia Lancaster OBE, mother of the murdered Sophie Lancaster who started up the charity foundation in her daughter's name, has died suddenly in hospital.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Sonja Lujan, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s mother and an advocate for children with disabilities, has died of natural causes. Sonja Lujan was 82.

SC

[time 8,599]

Elizabeth Harris, wife of Jonathan "sword of truth" Aitken, has died after a long illness (on good friday). She was also once married to actor RIchard Harris.

[Cerberus 302]

On 16/04/2022 at 12:55, time said:

Elizabeth Harris, wife of Jonathan "sword of truth" Aitken, has died after a long illness (on good friday). She was also once married to actor RIchard Harris.

 

She was also married to Rex Harrison, and Aitken's cousin Peter - so didn't have a great deal of diversity in her four married names. She and Jonathan Aitken had a two year affair in the 1970s before he dated Carol Thatcher. 

[Captain Hemlock 742]

Dede Robertson, wife of 700 Club host and sometime politician Pat Robertson, dead at 94.

https://nypost.com/2022/04/20/dede-robertson-wife-of-religious-broadcaster-and-pat-robertson-dead-at-94/?utm_source=NYPFacebook&utm_medium=SocialFlow&sr_share=facebook&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&fbclid=IwAR31PRi6_jpXVZZBKtIpAq0pPIIaZufiDZB5qVN71fBzYXb0rT2wMZtdYdk

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Daniel Auster — novelist Paul Auster’s 44-year-old troubled son — died of a drug overdose on Tuesday, it was reported.

Auster was out on bail — he was arrested on Easter Sunday — and was facing charges of manslaughterover the death of his 10-month-old baby, Ruby.

SC

[time 8,599]

Jane Stevens, former lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret, and grandmother of Cara Delevingne, has died aged 85.

 

She was also so the muse of Norman Hartnell, according to that report.

[MortalCaso 1,627]

Samuel E. Nichols Jr. dead at age 93. A brother of Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols.

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,342]

Posted in wrong thread 

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Richard Collins, the stepdad of Amy Winehouse, has died. He was 71.

 

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/18430618/richard-collins-dead-amy-winehouses-stepdad/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=sunmaintwitter&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1651416514-1

 

[ObakeFilter 901]

Nick Cave’s son, Jethro Lazenby, has died at the age of 31.

 

He previously lost his other son, Arthur, in 2015.

 

https://consequence.net/2022/05/nick-cave-jethro-lazenby-dead

[Spade_Cooley 9,525]

Probably should spend less time moaning about "woke snowflakes" and more time making sure your children aren't standing near any high ledges, Nick.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

10 hours ago, ObakeFilter said:

Nick Cave’s son, Jethro Lazenby, has died at the age of 31.

 

He previously lost his other son, Arthur, in 2015.

 

https://consequence.net/2022/05/nick-cave-jethro-lazenby-dead

And his mum in 2020.

[chel 376]

Today, May 10, at the age of 91, Valentina Timofeevna Yashina, the widow of the legendary Soviet goalkeeper Lev Yashin, died.

In 1963, Yashin received the Golden Ball from the French magazine France Football.

 

https://www.championat.com/football/news-4691201-vdova-lva-yashina-umerla-v-vozraste-91-goda.html

[time 8,599]

A fringes candidate, and a story previously unknown to me. Paul Willer has died aged 94. 

 

He was taken in as a child refugee by Labour leader and future Prime Minister Clement Attlee after fleeing Germany with his mother (Jewish) Franziska and brother following Kristallnacht. His father, a Christian, had left the family home and declared himself a Nazi sympathiser; his mother was told that being half-Aryan it was unlikely that they children could be evacuated via the Kindertransport scheme, so Attlee sponsored the boy. More detail in this 2018 report, as Willer prepared to meet Attlee's granddaughter on the 80th anniversary of Kindertransport.

[alt obits guy 3,371]

The mother of pro wrestler Lex Luger has died. 

 

 

[Youth in Asia 1,087]

The son of the governor of West Java (and possible presidential candidate) Ridwan Kamil has died while swimming in a river in Bern (Switzerland) on 26 May.

https://coconuts.co/jakarta/news/ridwan-kamils-eldest-son-reported-missing-after-swimming-in-swiss-river/

[Captain Hemlock 742]

Actor Richard Gere’s father Homer (d’oh) just turned 100.

 

https://www.syracuse.com/news/2022/05/actor-richard-gere-helps-his-dad-celebrate-100th-birthday-at-syracuse-restaurant.html?fbclid=IwAR1M4TQklyWLjSJhTUdFI8fs6fqVPw7qOw0dwc3itK1DC2IupQwFeAB7Sos

[mollyafox 455]

Master P's daughter, Tytyana Miller, dead at 29 years old. The message from Master P hints that her death was related to mental illness and/or substance abuse. 

[Drewsky1211 4,742]

Cyndi Lauper's mother Catrine has died.

 

 

[msc 18,444]

Melanie Pillman, widow of the late great pro-wrestler Brian Pillman, and mother of the imaginatively named Brian Pillman Jr, has died. Not a surprise to anyone who saw her on Dark Side of the Ring recently, her own battle with vices and demons was meant to have dwarfed her husbands.

 

Also famous for being interviewed on live TV the night after Brian Pillman (sr) died, in one of the top 1000 tasteless publicity acts Vince McMahon has done.

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Martha Alice Teague Owen, the mother of Randy Owen, lead singer of the legendary country band Alabama, has died. She was 90.

 

https://tasteofcountry.com/randy-owen-mother-martha-dead-dies/