“The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the Black woman. The most neglected person in America is the Black woman.”
—Malcolm X 🖤🙏🏿
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😢#RIP “Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries “Roots,” has died. He was 87.
Gossett’s nephew told The Associated Press that the actor died Thursday night in Santa Monica, California. No cause of death was revealed.”
Noooo! 😭 #RIP Joe Flaherty, star of 'SCTV' and 'Freaks and Geeks,' dies at 82
#RIP Dickey Betts, co-founder of the Allman Brothers Band, dead at 80
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/18/entertainment/dickey-betts-death?cid=ios_app
#RIP Pete McCloskey, a California congressman who raised a flag of rebellion against President Richard M. Nixon’s war policies in Vietnam with a spirited but futile race for the Republican presidential nomination in 1972, died on Wednesday at his home in Winters, Calif., west of Sacramento. He was 96.
RIP, Steve Albini. He did an "Invisible Jukebox" for The Wire in 1994, and they've made it publicly available as a memorial:
https://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/the-portal/invisible-jukebox-steve-albini
I think it's wonderful. And I hope he and Neil Kulkarni are swapping stories about music someplace in the great beyond.
#RIP Bill Walton, the dominant NBA big man who won three college titles and two NBA championships who later enjoyed a successful broadcasting career, has died, the NBA announced on Monday. He was 71.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bill-walton-dies-nba-hall-of-famer-won-2-championships-age-71/
Los Angeles Lakers player and executive Jerry West died today at age 86. He was an Olympic gold winner and became a key figure in the NBA in many ways, not least as the inspiration for its logo. Designer Alan Siegel said he based the logo on a photo of West's perfect dribbling form. "It's the easiest job I ever had," Siegel told CNN Sports, which has the full story plus a tribute to West.
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#RIP Jerry West, Lakers legend and architect of ‘Showtime’ era, dies at 86 https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2024-06-12/jerry-west-lakers-showtime-dead
Omg.
#RIP Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state. He was 90
https://apnews.com/article/6d3800130ef4e67d761f96b328f7c263
Nooo. 😭
#RIP Donald Sutherland, whose acting career spanned six decades including highly acclaimed films such as Don’t Look Now, M*A*S*H and The Hunger Games, has died aged 88.
He died in Miami after a long illness, confirmed by his representatives.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jun/20/actor-donald-sutherland-dies-hunger-games-dont-look-now?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Aww. #RIP Actor James B. Sikking, best known for roles in the TV shows “Hill Street Blues” and “Doogie Howser, M.D.” has died at the age of 90.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/15/entertainment/james-sikking-death-scli-intl/index.html?cid=ios_app
#RIP “Peter Marshall, who coaxed cheeky rejoinders from celebrities like Burt Reynolds, Mel Brooks, Joan Rivers and Paul Lynde as the longtime host of “The Hollywood Squares,” for years one of the most popular game shows on television, died on Thursday at his home in Encino, Calif. He was 98.
His wife of 35 years, Laurie Marshall, said the cause was kidney failure.”
#RIP “Rachael Lillis, an actress who voiced the original English versions of Misty and Jessie, popular characters in the 1990s “Pokémon” anime television series, and later in the franchise’s movies and games as well, died on Saturday in Los Angeles. She was 55.
The cause was breast cancer, according to Laurie Orr, one of her sisters. Ms. Lillis had been diagnosed earlier this year.”
Awww. She was great on Seinfeld too. 😢 #RIP “Mitzi McCall, who had a successful comedy career with her husband, Charlie Brill, died this month at 93.
In the decades after they made their first appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” on Feb. 9, 1964, the comedy team of Mitzi McCall and her husband, Charlie Brill, had a successful career. They performed in nightclubs and on television; both individually and together, they acted on television, in films and onstage” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/25/arts/television/mitzi-mccall-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
Aww. #RIP James Darren, an actor, director and singer who had his breakout role of Moondoggie in the 1959 movie “Gidget,” died Monday at age 88, Variety reported.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/03/entertainment/james-darren-actor-death?cid=ios_app
Awww... #RIP Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian band leader who helped popularize bossa nova, dies at 83 https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2024-09-06/sergio-mendes-dead
#RIP Kris Kristofferson, singer-songwriter and actor, dies at 88 https://apnews.com/article/47becf20fecd41aba66840af2e1275db
😢#RIP “Lilly Ledbetter, whose lawsuit against her employer paved the way for the Fair Pay Act of 2009 and who dedicated decades of her life to fighting for equal pay, has died, according to the makers of a film about her life that came out this month. She was 86.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/14/obituaries/lilly-ledbetter-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&tgrp=bth&pvid=F34B146A-98C8-4851-8DA2-EEBD5DA2C8F6
Aww. #RIP “Fernando Valenzuela, the legendary pitcher whose incredible rise to stardom with the Los Angeles Dodgers captivated baseball fans and created the cultural phenomenon known as “Fernandomania,” died on Tuesday, according to the Dodgers. Valenzuela was 63.”
😥Damn. #RIP Jules Feiffer, the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter and children’s book author who was one of the most humorously neurotic literary voices of his generation, died Jan. 17 at his home in Upstate New York. He was 95.
The cause was congestive heart failure
Michelle Trachtenberg, the former child actress who went on to appear in shows like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Gossip Girl," has died at age 39. Here's @THR's tribute to her.
#Celebrity #Television #Movies #Entertainment #RIP #InMemoriam #MichelleTrachtenberg
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Remembering Carlton Carl: a patriot, feminist, Democrat, journalist, bibliophile, philanthropist, entrepreneur, art enthusiast, history buff, and more. He was a staunch supporter of his family and community, of organizations including the Observer, and of the town of Martindale. https://www.texasobserver.org/carlton-carl-1945-2025/
"Decorated #pilot Harry Stewart Jr., one of the last surviving #TuskegeeAirmen, dies at 100"
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/09/us/harry-stewart-jr-tuskegee-airmen-obit/index.html
Non #Americans: Tuskegee Airmen were #Black fighter and bomber pilots in #WWII. The Tuskegee Airmen lost significantly fewer escorted bombers than other fighter groups
Lt. Col Stewart earned the Distinguished Flying Cross, downing 3 German aircraft in a dogfight on April 1, 1945
He was born on the 4th of July, 1924: can't get more #American than that!
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Actor Clive Revill has died at 94. Read more on Hotchka+
https://www.hotchkaplus.com/2025/03/clive-revill-obituary.html
#CliveRevill #StarWars #Entertainment #Movies #Film #Cinema #Television #TV #Animation #Stage #PerformingArts #Broadway #RIP
