Dear Universe,

Please keep this one short.

Thanks,
Us

Quote from: NT2C on January 01, 2023, 05:43:21 PMDear Universe,

Please keep this one short.

Thanks,
Us

Alas; the universe has bot heard this plea... Especially if you are a musician...


Anita Pointer, Frequent Lead Singer of Famed Sister Act, Dies at 74
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/01/obituaries/anita-pointer-dead.html

Modest Mouse drummer Jeremiah Green dead at 45
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/01/entertainment/jeremiah-green-obit-trnd/index.html

Three 6 Mafia rapper Gangsta Boo died from possible overdose
https://www.tmz.com/2023/01/01/three-6-mafia-gangsta-boo-dead-dies/

Earth, Wind & Fire drummer Fred White dead at 67
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/01/02/fred-white-earth-wind-and-fire-drummer-dead-67/10980302002/

Anita Pointer actually died in 2022 (New Year's Eve to be precise), but the other three died in 2023, so they count for this years list.

Ken Block of Hoonigan and Gymkhana fame has died in a snowmobile accident.  He was 55 years old.  https://www.motortrend.com/news/ken-block-dies-snowmobile-accident/

Quote from: EBuff75 on January 02, 2023, 09:08:57 PMKen Block of Hoonigan and Gymkhana fame has died in a snowmobile accident.  He was 55 years old.  https://www.motortrend.com/news/ken-block-dies-snowmobile-accident/

Damn.

I don't follow motorsports as much as I used to (I think I stopped when Dale Earnhardt Sr. died), but even so I still knew who Ken Block was.

Ronnie Walter Cunningham, the last surviving crew member of Apollo 7, passed away January 3rd, 2023 at the age of 90.

Jeff Beck: British guitar legend dies aged 78

Lisa Marie Presley

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lisa-marie-presley-rushed-southern-california-hospital-rcna65587?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

Robbie Knievel, son of famed daredevil Evel Knievel, died January 13th, 2023 at the age of 60 from pancreatic cancer.

Robbie Bachman, drummer for the band Bachman-Turner Overdrive, passed away January 12th, 2023 at the age of 69. Cause of death hasn't been released yet.

Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress, dead at 95

David Crosby has passed

David Crosby, Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash Co-Founder, Dies at 81

In his final years he was sober and performing again.  A lot of influential rock stars from that era didn't get that kind of end.

Sesame Street co-creator Lloyd Morrisett dies at 93

Sadly, this is an old, old friend of mine from my youth.

Tom Verlaine, guitarist and singer of influential rock band Television, dies at 73

Lisa Loring, the original Wednesday Addams, is dead at 64

Quote from: NT2C on January 30, 2023, 11:16:43 AMLisa Loring, the original Wednesday Addams, is dead at 64

That's just sad.

Actress Annie Wersching passed away of cancer early Sunday morning, her publicist, Craig Schneider told CNN. Wersching was 45 years old. 

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/29/entertainment/annie-wersching-death

Quote from: NT2C on January 30, 2023, 11:16:43 AMLisa Loring, the original Wednesday Addams, is dead at 64

I think that now leaves John Astin as the last surviving main cast member of that show.

ETA: Yep. Just checked and he is now the last surviving main cast member of "The Addams Family".

Actor Cindy Williams dies at 75