YoungWillz 20,942 Posted March 4, 2023 On 27/08/2021 at 18:02, YoungWillz said: Grange Calveley, creator of Roobarb and Custard, Obit: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/aug/27/grange-calveley-obituary IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1923066/ The first series was simply known as Roobarb. Report of the death of film editor who worked on all 30 of those episodes, Tony Fish: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,069 Posted March 4, 2023 1 hour ago, YoungWillz said: The first series was simply known as Roobarb. Report of the death of film editor who worked on all 30 of those episodes, Tony Fish: I have to admit, after seeing some of the films Tony Fish edited, I’m hooked! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mollyafox 455 Posted April 3, 2023 Phillip Balsam, who co-wrote and composed around 200 songs for Fraggle Rock, including the show’s theme song, has died according to the Jim Henson Company’s Facebook page. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markb4 887 Posted April 27, 2023 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 Harry Belafonte alive Gotta update for Harry Belafonte's passing 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,365 Posted April 27, 2023 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 dead James Coco dead Helen Reddy alive dead Harry Belafonte alive dead 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 Harry Belafonte 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 20,942 Posted June 15, 2023 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 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 dead James Coco dead Helen Reddy alive dead Harry Belafonte alive dead 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 The late Glenda Jackson's seminal appearance: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,947 Posted June 15, 2023 2 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: The late Glenda Jackson's seminal appearance: It's interestingly fitting that Belafonte and Glenda Jackson died this year. One of the most hands on and hands off Muppet Show guest stars. Belafonte had a big hand in shaping his script as he really wanted his episode to be something meaningful. Later on, they had a storyline prepared where the guest star turned out to be a secret pirate who took over the show, and it was a matter of waiting for a guest star willing to take the script. Jackson prove the willing buccaneer 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,365 Posted June 15, 2023 8 hours ago, YoungWillz said: The late Glenda Jackson's seminal appearance: Muppets guest star list updated to acknowledge the death of Glenda Jackson. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grimgrass 510 Posted June 23, 2023 Finnish actor Kunto Ojansivu (Wiki), best known for his role as the title character in the Christmas-themed children's show Elf Toljander from 1998 to 2013, dead at 63. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,365 Posted June 30, 2023 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 Alan Arkin / Carol Channing alive (both) (dead (both)) Updated to acknowledge the death of Alan Arkin. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 20,942 Posted October 31, 2023 From Ideas/Possibilities thread 2023 On 06/12/2022 at 16:39, Ulitzer95 said: Two names never before mentioned on DL. I'm mentioning them because if people are looking for unique DDP hits, these two have had significant coverage from the BBC in recent years so their passings won't go unnoticed: Trevor Hill (wiki), 98 next year, worked as a producer and director on the BBC. "Sooty" and "Children's Hour" were among his credits. Perhaps most notably, this is the man who broadcasted General Eisenhower's D-Day announcement of the landing of troops at Normandy! He started working for the BBC in 1941, aged 16. Here's a clip of him returning to the Beeb in 2017. Trevor Hill Telegraph Obit: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/10/31/trevor-hill-bbc-producer-pinky-and-perky-sooty-radio-tv/ 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,402 Posted October 31, 2023 12 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: From Ideas/Possibilities thread 2023 Trevor Hill Telegraph Obit: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/10/31/trevor-hill-bbc-producer-pinky-and-perky-sooty-radio-tv/ Another lock stricken off my 2024 Oldies team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tracy 2,389 Posted November 26, 2023 Marty Krofft dead at 86. 4 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve 584 Posted November 26, 2023 8 minutes ago, tracy said: Marty Krofft dead at 86. DDP Pick Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lewd_Squirrel 331 Posted November 26, 2023 A hit for me. And the funny part is, I remember suggesting both, about 10ish years ago, and someone said that they could see Sid dying before Marty, cause he was older, and that Marty would last years longer than Sid. lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,365 Posted January 19 Nerene Virgin, the co-host of the 1980s Canadian kids show "Today's Special" who also spent time as a journalist, anti-racism advocate and educator, has died. She was 77. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/nerene-virgin-today-s-special-dies-1.7087572 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Comped 521 Posted January 19 57 minutes ago, alt obits guy said: Nerene Virgin, the co-host of the 1980s Canadian kids show "Today's Special" who also spent time as a journalist, anti-racism advocate and educator, has died. She was 77. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/nerene-virgin-today-s-special-dies-1.7087572 Played a big part in one of my favourite books I own - a history of Canadian children's TV I bought in Winnipeg years ago at a library booksale. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wannamaker 1,398 Posted March 5 Janice Burgess, creator of Nick Jr. show The Backyardigans being reported dead on Instagram. 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,365 Posted March 8 (Crossposting and revising from Old Folkies thread.) Ron Coden, a folk singer and comedian with a handful of movie credits, has died. He was 80. Coden also voiced characters on the Detroit-based children's television show 'Hot Fudge,' (as noted by Sir Creep). https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/2024/03/07/folk-singer-ron-coden-has-died-after-a-lifetime-of-entertaining/72885041007/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 20,942 Posted March 8 Colin Bennett, Mr Bennett in Take Hart and Hartbeat kids' programmes, dead: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/26498013/colin-bennett-bbc-star-actor-death-children/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,578 Posted March 26 Former CBeebies Controller (2010-2017) Kay Benbow has died aged 63. 1 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,483 Posted April 7 Rare public appearance from Matthew Corbett at a Sooty live show yesterday, looks a lot better than you'd have imagined considering recent news about him: 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Comped 521 Posted April 7 40 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: Rare public appearance from Matthew Corbett at a Sooty live show yesterday, looks a lot better than you'd have imagined considering recent news about him: Dude is surprisingly highly regarded in magic circles... The guy who owns the brand now is an even better magician though! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 20,942 Posted May 19 Peter Bennett, an art director who worked on nearly every episode of Spongebob Squarepants and the movie version, reportedly dead: https://x.com/AmyLewis_Art/status/1791949084531589256 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Comped 521 Posted May 19 3 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Peter Bennett, an art director who worked on nearly every episode of Spongebob Squarepants and the movie version, reportedly dead: https://x.com/AmyLewis_Art/status/1791949084531589256 She's a coworker of the deceased (and a long time background artist on SpongeBob), so I think it's credible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
