From CNN.com: Endlessly versatile, [John Belushi] inhabited the samurai deli guy, Joe Cocker, Captain Kirk and more on "Saturday Night Live." He gave us Bluto ("Food fight!") and Jake Blues, on a mission from God to save music. Always, there was a hint of intelligent mischief, if only in a masterfully lifted eyebrow. In 1978,…
Category: Fade to Black
Some actors we forget about after retirement; others work until their last day. We remember them upon their passing in this obituary category.
Pebbles and Dino In Mourning
I recently confused someone when I used the word "clothesline" as a verb. I had to explain its wrestling etymology and how my knowledge of such came from a youth spent watching Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Junkyard Dog, and more. I was surprised today to come across another name I…
Movin' On Up
Mike Evans died from cancer on 14-Dec-06 at the age of 57. He played one of two Lionel Jeffersons on The Jeffersons. [Story continues]
Exit, Stage Right
Joseph Barbera, half of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon team, creators of Yogi Bear, Tom & Jerry, Huckleberry Hound, the Flintstones, and others, died today. He was 95. [Story continues] Not only a creator, Mr. Barbera was also producer of several shows, such as The Smurfs, Richie Rich, and Pac-Man. See his IMDb filmography for the complete…
The Ritz Closes
Peter Boyle, an Emmy award-winning actor who played the tap-dancing monster in the 1974 hit Young Frankenstein, has died at the age of 71. His publicists said that he died on Tuesday after battling with heart disease and multiple myeloma. [Story continues] I'm one of the few people I know who did not enjoy the…