Bob Newhart, 94
posted by BR1986FBBob Newhart, 94
Wow I'm surprised he was still even alive.
Man he was great. He was pin point, even into his 80’s on BBT late late in his career.
RIP
Man, I've been dreading Newhart going for years. RIP to one of the GOATs.
Some of these haven’t been updated but this list is pretty interesting
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls023573954/
No clue many of these were still alive and how is William Shatner 93???
Lou Dobbs, conservative TV host, 78
Sheila Jackson Lee, Rep from Florida.
74 years old.
The Boomers are going fast.
posted by CenterBHSFanSheila Jackson Lee, Rep from Florida.
74 years old.
The Boomers are going fast.
Texas, actually.
Give it a few weeks and you can add the Cleveland Guardians to this list. Their offense is already DOA.
Ben Gay 44
Car accident on July 29
Chi Chi Rodriguez 88
Kevin Sullivan, 74. One of the best villains in pro wrestling history. Urban legends about him being satanic and responsible for the death of Chris Benoit, his wife and child.
posted by BR1986FBKevin Sullivan, 74. One of the best villains in pro wrestling history. Urban legends about him being satanic and responsible for the death of Chris Benoit, his wife and child.
If memory serves from when I was younger, I think the satanic part came from his Florida territory character where he played sort of a Manson-like cult leader.
Jack Russell, lead singer of 80's hair metal band Great White, 63
posted by BR1986FBJack Russell, lead singer of 80's hair metal band Great White, 63
1 hit wonder
Didn’t they have a concert in a bar where it caught fire and a lot of people died ?
posted by Ironman921 hit wonder
Didn’t they have a concert in a bar where it caught fire and a lot of people died ?
To answer your question, yes they did have the fire at the nightclub. My understanding is that it haunted him for the rest of his life. Also had numerous hits.
posted by BR1986FBTo answer your question, yes they did have the fire at the nightclub. My understanding is that it haunted him for the rest of his life. Also had numerous hits.
That would be beyond life changing.
They had one song ever make it inside the top 25.
posted by Ironman92That would be beyond life changing.
They had one song ever make it inside the top 25.
LOL...ok Kasey Kasem, since we're doing this, they had 6 top 100 songs on the Billboard charts 9 top 200 Billboard albums, and 2 platinum albums.
For those who were/are fans of the genre, "hits" don't have to mean top 25 or 40. Could just mean very popular songs.
Another 80's musician, Greg Kihn, 75
posted by Ironman92That would be beyond life changing.
They had one song ever make it inside the top 25.
Does that mean that Pearl Jam and their 4 top 25 singles (zero number 1s) are just barely better than Great White and on par with Warrant and their 4 top 25s? Billboard singles charts do not equate to greatness.
posted by BR1986FBLOL...ok Kasey Kasem, since we're doing this, they had 6 top 100 songs on the Billboard charts 9 top 200 Billboard albums, and 2 platinum albums.
For those who were/are fans of the genre, "hits" don't have to mean top 25 or 40. Could just mean very popular songs.
Yeah, semantics I guess but when the term “hit” is used I don’t consider a song that went to #59 a hit. To the casual music person of the late 80’s/early 90’s Great White is associated to one song. Of course they had other songs but they never had a 2nd hit song….doesn’t mean they weren’t great or many didn’t like them.
Scott Bloomquist 60. Dirt Track Legend. Plane Crash.
posted by BR1986FBAnother 80's musician, Greg Kihn, 75
Dang .......have several of his albums.
Second member of the Wild Samoans, Afa Anoa'i, 81. His brother Sika passed in June. When I was a kid, these two legit freaked the Hell out of you. Scary dudes back in the day.
"dont be cute, don't be funny now
It's later than you think"