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58 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Alan Hawkshaw decomposing: 

 

This saddens me. I make no apologies for posting this again.

 

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1 hour ago, time said:

This saddens me. I make no apologies for posting this again.

 

Ah, the memories.

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US TV, but for here anyway.

 

Being reported that Joanna Cameron (sometimes JoAnna Cameron), actress who played the title role in the children's series Isis, later The Secrets Of Isis (with hindsight unfortunately named, ha!): 

 

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0131622/

 

Was in the Columbo where the still living Dick Van Dyke did it, in which she plays the assistant to the foolish photographer.

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Didn't really know where to put this

 

Fred Dinenage, former presenter of kids show How?, has retired from Meridian News.  He seems to be healthy enough from the coverage on the national news

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1 hour ago, RIP Wee Jum said:

Didn't really know where to put this

 

Fred Dinenage, former presenter of kids show How?, has retired from Meridian News.  He seems to be healthy enough from the coverage on the national news

There's a 'Presenters' thread, where this news broke a couple of months ago;  the local news coverage included tributes from 85 year-old Lawrie McMeneny, who looked & sounded pretty good, and 66 year=old Paul O'Grady, who looks absolutelya wful, but is apparently still working and sounds just the same. Former weatherman Carl Tyler added his tribute too, looked alright for his age (must be over 80). Dinenage still has projects on the go, including the return of the latest regeneration of How? due for broadcast next year.

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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 dead

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 Loretta Lynn.

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Bob McGrath, aka Bob from Sesame Street, has died. This one hurts

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1 hour ago, ajlposh said:

Bob McGrath, aka Bob from Sesame Street, has died. This one hurts

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This one hurts, as it was a part of my childhood dating back to some of its earliest years. Bob McGrath, who went by "Bob" on the show, was an original Sesame Street cast member. The show debuted in late 1969. McGrath was a regular through 2016, when two other long-time cast members and he did not have their contracts renewed. Nonetheless, McGrath returned for the 50th anniversary show in November 2019, where he shared one segment with Loretta Long, aka Susan, who was also an original cast member and who remained on the show until 2017. He was frail, at that point.

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16 minutes ago, alt obits guy said:

This one hurts, as it was a part of my childhood dating back to some of its earliest years. Bob McGrath, who went by "Bob" on the show, was an original Sesame Street cast member. The show debuted in late 1969. McGrath was a regular through 2016, when two other long-time cast members and he did not have their contracts renewed. Nonetheless, McGrath returned for the 50th anniversary show in November 2019, where he shared one segment with Loretta Long, aka Susan, who was also an original cast member and who remained on the show until 2017. He was frail, at that point.

Think Delgado also died this year?, which leaves Roscoe Orman from the 2016 cast axed. Though he is much younger.

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1 minute ago, YoungWillz said:

Think Delgado also died this year?, which leaves Roscoe Orman from the 2016 cast axed. Though he is much younger.

Yes, it was only a few months ago Emilio Delgado passed. He looked even more frail than McGrath on the 50th anniversary show. He wore a hat, likely to hide he'd gone bald from cancer treatments. And, speaking of bald, yes Orman was younger than the other two. The show's third (excluding unaired pilot episode) and most enduring Gordon is 78. His last credit was 2020.

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Sesame Street co-creator Lloyd Morrisett dead at 93.

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Lance Kerwin of James at 15 dead at 62.

 

EDIT: also the kid in Salem's Lot! I've seen that.

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On 27/09/2018 at 23:18, alt obits guy said:

MUPPET GUESTS

  GUEST                                                                       STATUS

 

Raquel Welch                                                          alive

Fozzie caresser Raquel Welch gone, for completeness.

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8 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Fozzie caresser Raquel Welch gone, for completeness.

Muppet guests updated to acknowledge the passing of Raquel Welch.

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The Muppet Show is far more than "Children's TV".

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23 minutes ago, time said:

The Muppet Show is far more than "Children's TV".


it was literally created so adults could appreciate the Muppets too

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13 hours ago, ajlposh said:


it was literally created so adults could appreciate the Muppets too

so not "Children's TV"!

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