Celebrity Death Thread

[Malto Marko]

ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP)
Ex-Notre Dame star running back and NFL player John Panelli has died. He was 85.


AJ Desmond & Sons Funeral Directors says the Beverly Hills, Mich., resident died Friday in Royal Oak after a sudden illness.


Panelli was born in Morristown, NJ, and played fullback and linebacker for Notre Dame's 1946 and 1947 national championship teams, averaging 7.5 yards a carry his senior year.
He was a 1949 first-round draft pick for Detroit, playing two seasons with the Lions and three with the Chicago Cardinals.


Leaving pro football, Panelli started J.R. Panelli Equipment Co., in Southfield.
Survivors include wife Margaret; sisters Angelina Lombardo and Anna Brockman; children John, Andrew, Peter and Velma; and four grandchildren.




A funeral Mass is scheduled for Saturday at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church in Beverly Hills.

[Drew]

RIP JP

[DanO]

RIP JP.

[Tony G]

Canadian ski cross racer dies in crash

By the CNN Wire Staff
updated 11:36 AM EST, Sat March 10, 2012


Canada's Nick Zoricic competing in a World Cup event earlier this year. He has died after a crash in a race in Switzerland.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Nik Zoricic died of head injuries from a crash while racing Saturday
• The 29-year-old Toronto skier died as a result of "severe neurotrauma"
• Zoricic fell just before the finish of the eighth round of the World Cup Ski Cross
• Zonicic finished fifth in the 2011 World Cup standings

(CNN) -- Canadian skier Nik Zoricic died of head injuries from a crash while racing Saturday at a World Cup Ski Cross event in Grindelwald, Switzerland.
The 29-year-old Toronto resident died as a result of "severe neurotrauma," despite being hospitalized shortly after the crash, according to statement from the International Ski Federation.
Zoricic fell just before the finish in the competition's eighth round, slamming into the course's safety netting, the statement said.
"Nik was a very talented young ski racer and a great athlete who was much loved by his teammates and fellow competitors," Alpine Canada president Max Gartner said. "He will be greatly missed by all of us and the ski community as a whole."
Zoricic began as an alpine racer but later switched to ski cross, a type of timed racing that includes a variety of terrain and tests skiers' freestyle and alpine skills.
The incident prompted race organizers to cancel the entire event, including the World Cup Final scheduled for Sunday.

[DanO]

RIP Nik.

[Tony G]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJWQVB35dS4"]RIP Nick Zoricic - Tragic ski-cross fall - YouTube[/ame]

[Marko69]

That is tragic. One second he's skiing, next he's clinically dead. Unreal.

RIP Nik.

[Rob F]

I'm surprised this death escaped notice here:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=ronnie%20montrose&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CEYQqQIwAg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfgate.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Farticle.cgi%3Ff%3D%2Fc%2Fa%2F2012%2F03%2F04%2FBA3E1NG03M.DTL&ei=TrxbT8SMPIu_gAeu3pGOCA&usg=AFQjCNHj-w47m2O44JPi-gRkxIzyji0HZA&cad=rja

Maybe some will recognize this one :

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUeuAnMNDhA&feature=related"]Montrose- Rock Candy - YouTube[/ame]

Sammy Hagar did lead vocals back when Ronnie formed the band Montrose

[CGVT]

I owned all of the Montrose albums and saw them in Cobo Hall back in about 74 or so.

I didn't know that he died until you posted this.

RIP

[LionsFanInJapan]

Doobie Brothers drummer Michael Hossack died at his home in Dubois, Wyoming yesterday at the age of 65. He had been battling cancer for some time and succumbed to complications of the disease with his family at his side.

RIP Mr. Hossack.

[Islair]

RIP Mr. Hossack.

+1

RIP

[Tony G]

another doobie burned away.

RIP

[DanO]

RIP Michael.

[Panoptes]

2012 has been reaperish thus far.

yikes

[Tony G]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdXfkkyI1nQ"]Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult - YouTube[/ame]