In Memoriam

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Charles Manson finally kicked the bucket, he was 83:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/20/us/cha...ead/index.html

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Also, country singer Mel Tillis passed away at 85:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/19/entert...ies/index.html

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Got an alert on my phone saying Della Reese from TV's Touched By An Angel passed away at 86.

[Phoenixx9]

Got an alert on my phone saying Della Reese from TV's Touched By An Angel passed away at 86.

Oh no!

I really liked Della for a long time.

Della was an Angel that is now with the other Angels!

[Darkspellmaster]

Got an alert on my phone saying Della Reese from TV's Touched By An Angel passed away at 86.

Not della!

[SquirrelMan]

Got an alert on my phone saying Della Reese from TV's Touched By An Angel passed away at 86.

She was also an incredibly singer, one of the last great Divas of the Big Band Era.

Who's left now? Nancy Wilson is the only one I can think of right now.

[The Darknight Detective]

Not della!

I remember her going back to Chico and the Man. Really fine talent there.

RIP

[Phoenixx9]

I remember her going back to Chico and the Man. Really fine talent there.

RIP

And Sanford and Son.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Just got an alert on my phone: David Cassidy is gone.

[Iron Maiden]

It sure makes you feel old when a former teen idol you remember passes away. RIP Keith Partridge. Probably the most remembered song from the show was "I think I Love You". I remember we had that 45 as kids.

He kind of eclipsed the fame of his parents. Step mother Shirley Jones was an Oscar winner and his father Jack Cassidy, while quite handsome and talented, never quite made as big a splash. He was in a lot of TV dramas and comedies.

[Darkspellmaster]

I just hope it's not going to be another year of good people who pass on.

On the one hand, I'm sorry to see young people like Mr. Cassidy (saw him in reruns of the Partridge family), Mr. Young, and Ms. Tsuru (she's the youngest of the group I think in regard to passing this month at 57) leave this world so soon. ON the other hand we have both Ms.(Mrs.?) Della Reese and Mr. Earle Hyman who both lived long and, one can say, interesting lives in regard to their careers as actors. 86 and 91 are quite long in terms of life, and I"m glad we got to share in their talent and see them act. Also both will live on with their works. And in the case of Mr. Hyman, to paraphrase from the late Tony Jay in regard to his role as Frollo for Hunchback, He gets to be in a way immortal because he was in an animated show. people that grew up with him will remember him and share that work with their kids, so he may be gone but will not ever be forgotten. Neither will the others.

[numberthirty]

It sure makes you feel old when a former teen idol you remember passes away. RIP Keith Partridge. Probably the most remembered song from the show was "I think I Love You". I remember we had that 45 as kids.

He kind of eclipsed the fame of his parents. Step mother Shirley Jones was an Oscar winner and his father Jack Cassidy, while quite handsome and talented, never quite made as big a splash. He was in a lot of TV dramas and comedies.

Man, this was actually sort of a tough one.

While I don't want to see anyone go while it feels like they still had some living left in them, I'd recently seen that he believed he was in the beginning stages of dementia. He mentioned that his mother(Evelyn Ward) lived with serious dementia at the end of her life. It was actually sad to hear him discuss it.

He did also make live to be quite a bit older than his father while contending with the sort of thing that contributed to Jack dying relatively young.

[The Darknight Detective]

It sure makes you feel old when a former teen idol you remember passes away. RIP Keith Partridge. Probably the most remembered song from the show was "I think I Love You". I remember we had that 45 as kids.

He kind of eclipsed the fame of his parents. Step mother Shirley Jones was an Oscar winner and his father Jack Cassidy, while quite handsome and talented, never quite made as big a splash. He was in a lot of TV dramas and comedies.

I watched The Partridge Family as a kid and even got the trading cards of the show from my grandmother. I can't say I was a big fan of the music from the show and he wasn't my favorite (no, not Laurie then, but Tracy ), but I always thought David Cassidy was talented.

RIP

[The Darknight Detective]

HOF country singer and songwriter died on Nov. 19 at the age of 85. The father of Pam Tillis, the famous stutterer also did some acting along the way (most famously in The Cannonball Run movies). First time I heard him was in '73 with his hit single Sawmill, but my favorite song of his is Coca Cola Cowboy.

RIP

[Scott Taylor]

Man, this was actually sort of a tough one.

While I don't want to see anyone go while it feels like they still had some living left in them, I'd recently seen that he believed he was in the beginning stages of dementia. He mentioned that his mother(Evelyn Ward) lived with serious dementia at the end of her life. It was actually sad to hear him discuss it.

He did also make live to be quite a bit older than his father while contending with the sort of thing that contributed to Jack dying relatively young.

If he was really going to get full-on dementia, then fate did him a favor. I mean, I loved the guy and would never have wished him harm. But dementia sucks so much for those around a person and for that person.

[Ken Ashcroft]

Been a keen Tennis fan, sad to hear that former Wimbledon Champion, Jana Novotna, died a couple of days ago aged only 49.