Celebrity Death Thread

[Chuck Cunningham]

William Christopher died as well (from MASH)

[dpatnod]

Just saw that too. He was great.

Oh, jockularity!

https://twitter.com/alanalda/status/...rc=twsrc%5Etfw

[DeanUK]

Hold on, how come I missed this death in 2016???!!! Colonel Abrams RIP

Colonel Abrams: US House singer dies aged 67
US singer Colonel Abrams, a pioneer of house and dance music in the 1980s, has died at the age of 67.
The musician scored his biggest hit in 1985 with the club single Trapped, which reached number three in the UK.
Last year, it emerged he was living homeless in New York. Friends then launched a fundraising campaign to help him obtain vital diabetes medication.
His death was announced on Facebook by DJ Tony "Tune" Herbert, who said: "Now he is at peace."
He added: "Our condolences go out to his family and fans world wide. He is no longer suffering or Trapped."
Colonel Abrams - his real name - was born in Detroit, the home of Motown, in 1949.
He said his music was a blend of those melodies and the hard street rhythms of New York, where he moved as a child.
"I studied all the people on Motown, and I studied the music and listened to the lyrics Smokey Robinson used to write, and just craved the opportunity to be on Motown," he told the Associated Press news agency in the 1980s.
"But after my family moved to New York, I studied street music, and I sort of combined them both: The Detroit sound and the street sounds of New York."

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/homeless-us-house-music-pioneer-colonel-abrams-dead-67-1593925

[Marko69]

That's quite a sad story.

RIP Colonel Abrams.

[ghandi]

House and dance music? Never heard that before

[Dan V]

House and dance music? Never heard that before

Way back in my senior year in dental school in '89 or so, this was THEE house song. You basically swayed back and forth to the beat.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAR8cq5Bl94"]MARSHALL JEFFERSON - MOVE YOUR BODY [The House Music Anthem] - YouTube[/ame]


House is a little boring and repetitive, but if your drunk or stoned (from what I've been told, not personally) it can be hypnotic.

[Passepartout]

So far no deaths yet. The deaths in 2016 were just way too overwhelming!

[FVD]

Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, former professional wrestler, has passed away at the age of 73. RIP Superfly

[Fraquar]

Snuka
cage match
Don Muraco

.....drops mic

[Passepartout]

May Jimmy Snuaka RIP! :(

[FVD]

Kansas City Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura died in a car crash in the Dominican Republic. He was 25. Reportedly under the influence at time.

[Nick Pappageorgio]

That's three great young players in the span of just few years. Two in auto accidents in the Dominican Republic.

Very sad

[Malto Marko]

Mary Tyler Moore just passed.

She was 80.


ROOOOOBB!

[DanO]

Loved her. RIP Mary.

ROOOOOBB! What is taht? I saw someone else post it.

[WingsFan]

That was Dick Van Dyke (Rob) her husband in the show RIP