YoungWillz 21,057 Posted December 6, 2019 Occasional performer in Vision On, Play Away and Rainbow, Ben Benison has reportedly died: Probably best known however for his series of clownish shorts The Up And Down, In And Out, Round About Man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZBZiXbZXew Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted December 7, 2019 2 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Occasional performer in Vision On, Play Away and Rainbow, Ben Benison has reportedly died: A miss for team Gris Gris. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,057 Posted March 21, 2020 On 27/09/2018 at 23:18, alt obits guy said: Looking at this thread reminds me many years ago I compiled a list of all Muppet Show guests (original series only) and whether they were still among the living or had passed. Every now and then I update it when a guest dies. I believe this is now an accurate listing The list is in order of appearance: MUPPET GUESTS GUEST STATUS Kenny Rogers alive Time to update for Kenny Rogers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted March 21, 2020 1 hour ago, YoungWillz said: Time to update for Kenny Rogers. Yes it is. Thank you for the reminder. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted March 21, 2020 On 27/09/2018 at 18:18, alt obits guy said: Looking at this thread reminds me many years ago I compiled a list of all Muppet Show guests (original series only) and whether they were still among the living or had passed. Every now and then I update it when a guest dies. I believe this is now an accurate listing The list is in order of appearance: MUPPET GUESTS GUEST STATUS Juliet Prowse dead Connie Stevens alive Joel Grey alive Ruth Buzzi alive Rita Moreno alive Jim Nabors dead Florence Henderson dead Paul Williams alive Charles Aznavour alive dead Harvey Korman dead Peter Ustinov dead Bruce Forsyth dead Sandy Duncan alive Candice Bergen alive Avery Schreiber dead Ben Vereen alive Phyllis Diller dead Vincent Price dead Valerie Harper alive dead Twiggy alive Ethel Merman dead Kaye Ballard alive dead Mummenschanz alive (all except Andres Bossard) Don Knotts dead Zero Mostel dead Milton Berle dead Rich Little alive Judy Collins alive Nancy Walker dead Edger Bergen / Teresa Brewer dead (both) Steve Martin alive Madeline Kahn dead George Burns dead Dom DeLuise dead Bernadette Peters alive Rudolf Nureyev dead Elton John alive Lou Rawls dead Cleo Laine alive Julie Andrews alive Jaye P. Morgan alive Peter Sellers dead Petula Clark alive Bob Hope dead John Cleese alive Cloris Leachman alive Rita Coolidge / Kris Kristofferson alive (both) Leo Sayer alive Roy Clark alive dead Gilda Radner dead Pearl Bailey dead Jean Stapleton dead Alice Cooper alive Loretta Lynn alive Liberace dead Marisa Berenson alive Raquel Welch alive James Coco dead Helen Reddy alive Harry Belafonte alive Lesley Ann Warren alive Danny Kaye dead Spike Milligan dead Leslie Uggams alive Elke Sommer alive Sylvester Stallone alive Roger Miller dead Dale Evans / Roy Rogers dead (both) Lynn Redgrave dead Cheryl Ladd alive John Denver dead Crystal Gayle alive Shields & Yarnell alive / dead Dyan Cannon alive Victor Borge dead Linda Lavin alive Dudley Moore dead Arlo Guthrie alive Beverly Sills dead Kenny Rogers alive dead Lola Falana alive Phyllis George alive Dizzy Gillespie dead Liza Minnelli alive Anne Murray alive Jonathan Winters / Star Wars actors dead /alive (all except Peter Mayhew) Christopher Reeve dead Lynda Carter alive Alan Arkin / Carol Channing alive (both) alive / dead Doug Henning dead Andy Williams dead Diana Ross alive Gene Kelly dead Loretta Swit alive Joan Baez alive Shirley Bassey alive James Coburn dead Brooke Shields alive Glenda Jackson alive Senor Wences dead Deborah Harry alive Paul Simon alive Melissa Manchester alive Tony Randall dead Mac Davis alive Carol Burnett alive Gladys Knight alive Hal Linden alive Marty Feldman dead Chris Langham alive Wally Boag dead Johnny Cash dead Buddy Rich dead Linda Ronstadt alive Roger Moore dead Jean-Pierre Rampal dead Updated to reflect the death of Kenny Rogers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted May 17, 2020 On 27/09/2018 at 18:18, alt obits guy said: Looking at this thread reminds me many years ago I compiled a list of all Muppet Show guests (original series only) and whether they were still among the living or had passed. Every now and then I update it when a guest dies. I believe this is now an accurate listing The list is in order of appearance: MUPPET GUESTS GUEST STATUS Juliet Prowse dead Connie Stevens alive Joel Grey alive Ruth Buzzi alive Rita Moreno alive Jim Nabors dead Florence Henderson dead Paul Williams alive Charles Aznavour alive dead Harvey Korman dead Peter Ustinov dead Bruce Forsyth dead Sandy Duncan alive Candice Bergen alive Avery Schreiber dead Ben Vereen alive Phyllis Diller dead Vincent Price dead Valerie Harper alive dead Twiggy alive Ethel Merman dead Kaye Ballard alive dead Mummenschanz alive (all except Andres Bossard) Don Knotts dead Zero Mostel dead Milton Berle dead Rich Little alive Judy Collins alive Nancy Walker dead Edger Bergen / Teresa Brewer dead (both) Steve Martin alive Madeline Kahn dead George Burns dead Dom DeLuise dead Bernadette Peters alive Rudolf Nureyev dead Elton John alive Lou Rawls dead Cleo Laine alive Julie Andrews alive Jaye P. Morgan alive Peter Sellers dead Petula Clark alive Bob Hope dead John Cleese alive Cloris Leachman alive Rita Coolidge / Kris Kristofferson alive (both) Leo Sayer alive Roy Clark alive dead Gilda Radner dead Pearl Bailey dead Jean Stapleton dead Alice Cooper alive Loretta Lynn alive Liberace dead Marisa Berenson alive Raquel Welch alive James Coco dead Helen Reddy alive Harry Belafonte alive Lesley Ann Warren alive Danny Kaye dead Spike Milligan dead Leslie Uggams alive Elke Sommer alive Sylvester Stallone alive Roger Miller dead Dale Evans / Roy Rogers dead (both) Lynn Redgrave dead Cheryl Ladd alive John Denver dead Crystal Gayle alive Shields & Yarnell alive / dead Dyan Cannon alive Victor Borge dead Linda Lavin alive Dudley Moore dead Arlo Guthrie alive Beverly Sills dead Kenny Rogers alive Lola Falana alive Phyllis George alive dead Dizzy Gillespie dead Liza Minnelli alive Anne Murray alive Jonathan Winters / Star Wars actors dead /alive (all except Peter Mayhew) Christopher Reeve dead Lynda Carter alive Alan Arkin / Carol Channing alive (both) alive / dead Doug Henning dead Andy Williams dead Diana Ross alive Gene Kelly dead Loretta Swit alive Joan Baez alive Shirley Bassey alive James Coburn dead Brooke Shields alive Glenda Jackson alive Senor Wences dead Deborah Harry alive Paul Simon alive Melissa Manchester alive Tony Randall dead Mac Davis alive Carol Burnett alive Gladys Knight alive Hal Linden alive Marty Feldman dead Chris Langham alive Wally Boag dead Johnny Cash dead Buddy Rich dead Linda Ronstadt alive Roger Moore dead Jean-Pierre Rampal dead Updated to acknowledge the death of Phyllis George Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,057 Posted August 2, 2020 Debbie Russ who played Tiger in the Double Deckers is bloody well 60 today! Gawd, I'm getting on....board, on board with the Double Deckers….. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted August 2, 2020 On 27/09/2018 at 18:18, alt obits guy said: Looking at this thread reminds me many years ago I compiled a list of all Muppet Show guests (original series only) and whether they were still among the living or had passed. Every now and then I update it when a guest dies. I believe this is now an accurate listing The list is in order of appearance: MUPPET GUESTS GUEST STATUS Kenny Rogers alive dead Phyllis George alive dead These deaths really now have been changed in the original list. I'd altered them in postings to the thread, but not saved them in the original list, which is now accurate to August 2nd, 2020. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,979 Posted September 30, 2020 On 27/09/2018 at 18:18, alt obits guy said: Looking at this thread reminds me many years ago I compiled a list of all Muppet Show guests (original series only) and whether they were still among the living or had passed. Every now and then I update it when a guest dies. I believe this is now an accurate listing The list is in order of appearance: MUPPET GUESTS GUEST STATUS *snip* Helen Reddy alive Mac Davis alive The deaths of Helen Reddy and Mac Davis yesterday marks the fourth time two Muppet Show guest stars died on the same day: Andres Bossard/Nancy Walker - March 25 1992 Dizzy Gillespie/Rudolf Nureyev - January 6 1993 Milton Berle/Dudley Moore - March 27 2002 Mac Davis/Helen Reddy - September 29 2020 6 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted October 1, 2020 On 27/09/2018 at 18:18, alt obits guy said: Looking at this thread reminds me many years ago I compiled a list of all Muppet Show guests (original series only) and whether they were still among the living or had passed. Every now and then I update it when a guest dies. I believe this is now an accurate listing The list is in order of appearance: MUPPET GUESTS GUEST STATUS Juliet Prowse dead Connie Stevens alive Joel Grey alive Ruth Buzzi alive Rita Moreno alive Jim Nabors dead Florence Henderson dead Paul Williams alive Charles Aznavour alive dead Harvey Korman dead Peter Ustinov dead Bruce Forsyth dead Sandy Duncan alive Candice Bergen alive Avery Schreiber dead Ben Vereen alive Phyllis Diller dead Vincent Price dead Valerie Harper alive dead Twiggy alive Ethel Merman dead Kaye Ballard alive dead Mummenschanz alive (all except Andres Bossard) Don Knotts dead Zero Mostel dead Milton Berle dead Rich Little alive Judy Collins alive Nancy Walker dead Edger Bergen / Teresa Brewer dead (both) Steve Martin alive Madeline Kahn dead George Burns dead Dom DeLuise dead Bernadette Peters alive Rudolf Nureyev dead Elton John alive Lou Rawls dead Cleo Laine alive Julie Andrews alive Jaye P. Morgan alive Peter Sellers dead Petula Clark alive Bob Hope dead John Cleese alive Cloris Leachman alive Rita Coolidge / Kris Kristofferson alive (both) Leo Sayer alive Roy Clark alive dead Gilda Radner dead Pearl Bailey dead Jean Stapleton dead Alice Cooper alive Loretta Lynn alive Liberace dead Marisa Berenson alive Raquel Welch alive James Coco dead Helen Reddy alive dead Harry Belafonte alive Lesley Ann Warren alive Danny Kaye dead Spike Milligan dead Leslie Uggams alive Elke Sommer alive Sylvester Stallone alive Roger Miller dead Dale Evans / Roy Rogers dead (both) Lynn Redgrave dead Cheryl Ladd alive John Denver dead Crystal Gayle alive Shields & Yarnell alive / dead Dyan Cannon alive Victor Borge dead Linda Lavin alive Dudley Moore dead Arlo Guthrie alive Beverly Sills dead Kenny Rogers alive dead Lola Falana alive Phyllis George alive dead Dizzy Gillespie dead Liza Minnelli alive Anne Murray alive Jonathan Winters / Star Wars actors dead /alive (all except Peter Mayhew) Christopher Reeve dead Lynda Carter alive Alan Arkin / Carol Channing alive (both) alive / dead Doug Henning dead Andy Williams dead Diana Ross alive Gene Kelly dead Loretta Swit alive Joan Baez alive Shirley Bassey alive James Coburn dead Brooke Shields alive Glenda Jackson alive Senor Wences dead Deborah Harry alive Paul Simon alive Melissa Manchester alive Tony Randall dead Mac Davis alive dead Carol Burnett alive Gladys Knight alive Hal Linden alive Marty Feldman dead Chris Langham alive Wally Boag dead Johnny Cash dead Buddy Rich dead Linda Ronstadt alive Roger Moore dead Jean-Pierre Rampal dead Updated to include the deaths of Helen Reddy and Mac Davis. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,617 Posted October 1, 2020 Archie Lyndhurst, son of Only Fools... Nicholas but himself an actor, appearing in CBBC's So Awkward, has died aged 19 'after a short illness'. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,400 Posted October 1, 2020 Just now, time said: Archie Lyndhurst, son of Only Fools... Nicholas but himself an actor, appearing in CBBC's So Awkward, has died aged 19 'after a short illness'. Yeah, in fairness I probably should’ve put his death here rather than in the Actors thread. My bad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,617 Posted October 1, 2020 1 minute ago, The Quim Reaper said: Yeah, in fairness I probably should’ve put his death here rather than in the Actors thread. My bad. I wouldn't worry about it, at least you didn't go to the 'Family of' thread, which I imagine some might have. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,689 Posted October 1, 2020 24 minutes ago, time said: Archie Lyndhurst, son of Only Fools... Nicholas but himself an actor, appearing in CBBC's So Awkward, has died aged 19 'after a short illness'. Short being about 3-4ft with a loop at one end, probably. Like most, I've only heard of his dad, but it's these deaths that sadden more than the older great and good and not-so-good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,617 Posted January 16, 2021 On 01/10/2020 at 10:34, time said: Archie Lyndhurst, son of Only Fools... Nicholas but himself an actor, appearing in CBBC's So Awkward, has died aged 19 'after a short illness'. On 01/10/2020 at 11:02, harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy said: Short being about 3-4ft with a loop at one end, probably. Like most, I've only heard of his dad, but it's these deaths that sadden more than the older great and good and not-so-good. Per the Daily M**l https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9153547/Son-Fools-Horses-actor-Nicholas-Lyndhurst-dies-rare-brain-condition.html Quote His devastated mother Lucy Lyndhurst has now revealed that Archie had died in his sleep after an intracerebral haemorrhage caused by acute lymphoblastic lymphoma/leukaemia - an incredibly rare condition which kills just 800 people a year. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,689 Posted January 16, 2021 3 hours ago, time said: Per the Daily M**l https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9153547/Son-Fools-Horses-actor-Nicholas-Lyndhurst-dies-rare-brain-condition.html Just 800 a year? That's quite a lot. Probably quicker and less painful than hanging though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,617 Posted January 16, 2021 3 hours ago, harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy said: Just 800 a year? That's quite a lot. Probably quicker and less painful than hanging though. 800 out of 57,000,000 is relatively few. Less than the daily suicide rate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted January 28, 2021 On 27/09/2018 at 18:18, alt obits guy said: Looking at this thread reminds me many years ago I compiled a list of all Muppet Show guests (original series only) and whether they were still among the living or had passed. Every now and then I update it when a guest dies. I believe this is now an accurate listing The list is in order of appearance: MUPPET GUESTS GUEST STATUS Juliet Prowse dead Connie Stevens alive Joel Grey alive Ruth Buzzi alive Rita Moreno alive Jim Nabors dead Florence Henderson dead Paul Williams alive Charles Aznavour alive dead Harvey Korman dead Peter Ustinov dead Bruce Forsyth dead Sandy Duncan alive Candice Bergen alive Avery Schreiber dead Ben Vereen alive Phyllis Diller dead Vincent Price dead Valerie Harper alive dead Twiggy alive Ethel Merman dead Kaye Ballard alive dead Mummenschanz alive (all except Andres Bossard) Don Knotts dead Zero Mostel dead Milton Berle dead Rich Little alive Judy Collins alive Nancy Walker dead Edger Bergen / Teresa Brewer dead (both) Steve Martin alive Madeline Kahn dead George Burns dead Dom DeLuise dead Bernadette Peters alive Rudolf Nureyev dead Elton John alive Lou Rawls dead Cleo Laine alive Julie Andrews alive Jaye P. Morgan alive Peter Sellers dead Petula Clark alive Bob Hope dead John Cleese alive Cloris Leachman alive dead Rita Coolidge / Kris Kristofferson alive (both) Leo Sayer alive Roy Clark alive dead Gilda Radner dead Pearl Bailey dead Jean Stapleton dead Alice Cooper alive Loretta Lynn alive Liberace dead Marisa Berenson alive Raquel Welch alive James Coco dead Helen Reddy alive dead Harry Belafonte alive Lesley Ann Warren alive Danny Kaye dead Spike Milligan dead Leslie Uggams alive Elke Sommer alive Sylvester Stallone alive Roger Miller dead Dale Evans / Roy Rogers dead (both) Lynn Redgrave dead Cheryl Ladd alive John Denver dead Crystal Gayle alive Shields & Yarnell alive / dead Dyan Cannon alive Victor Borge dead Linda Lavin alive Dudley Moore dead Arlo Guthrie alive Beverly Sills dead Kenny Rogers alive dead Lola Falana alive Phyllis George alive dead Dizzy Gillespie dead Liza Minnelli alive Anne Murray alive Jonathan Winters / Star Wars actors dead /alive (all except Peter Mayhew) Christopher Reeve dead Lynda Carter alive Alan Arkin / Carol Channing alive (both) alive / dead Doug Henning dead Andy Williams dead Diana Ross alive Gene Kelly dead Loretta Swit alive Joan Baez alive Shirley Bassey alive James Coburn dead Brooke Shields alive Glenda Jackson alive Senor Wences dead Deborah Harry alive Paul Simon alive Melissa Manchester alive Tony Randall dead Mac Davis alive dead Carol Burnett alive Gladys Knight alive Hal Linden alive Marty Feldman dead Chris Langham alive Wally Boag dead Johnny Cash dead Buddy Rich dead Linda Ronstadt alive Roger Moore dead Jean-Pierre Rampal dead Updated to acknowledge the death of Cloris Leachman. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slackhurst Broadcasting 374 Posted January 28, 2021 It's time to count the corpses, it's time to list them right, it's time to check the obits on the Muppet Show tonight... 1 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 19, 2021 My childhood, gone. Several folks filled Bozo's clown shoes on Detroit TV from 1959-80. But Art Cervi filled them the longest -- from 1967-75 on Channel 9 (CKLW-TV) (that means us Detroitwes were watching Canadian TV), and then on Channel 2 (WJBK-TV) until 1980 when Bozo left the air. On Monday, Cervi died at his Novi home. He was 86. RIP, Bozo SirC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cerberus 302 Posted February 20, 2021 Children's TV special on Pointless Celebs tonight, usually watch this anyway but worth tuning in to see the state of the kids' entertainers of yesteryear. Especially anyone who 'needs a seat.' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted February 20, 2021 3 minutes ago, Cerberus said: Children's TV special on Pointless Celebs tonight, usually watch this anyway but worth tuning in to see the state of the kids' entertainers of yesteryear. Especially anyone who 'needs a seat.' contestants Peter Purves, Lesley Judd, Jane Tucker, Freddy Marks, Dave Benson Phillips, Mike Read, Kirsten O'Brien and Terrence Hardiman. Purves and Hardiman in 80s but looked good for it last I saw them.Jane and Freddy ones to watch for imo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted February 20, 2021 The years haven't been very kind to Lesley Judd. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted February 20, 2021 6 minutes ago, Paul Bearer said: The years haven't been very kind to Lesley Judd. Looks like a heavy smoker. Rest of them seem in good nick. In fact going off how he looked in the late 90s I'm not entirely convinced Peter Purves has aged at all in the last 20 years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,689 Posted February 20, 2021 2 hours ago, msc said: contestants Peter Purves, Lesley Judd, Jane Tucker, Freddy Marks, Dave Benson Phillips, Mike Read, Kirsten O'Brien and Terrence Hardiman. Purves and Hardiman in 80s but looked good for it last I saw them.Jane and Freddy ones to watch for imo. How come they didn't invite Rod along for a threesome? Or is that against the pre-watershed rules? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
