Notable Deaths of 2023

[flybynight]

In honor of Paul Reubens, I present this video.

https://youtu.be/BodXwAYeTfM

https://youtu.be/w0h_cvVGMcQ

[majorhavoc]

Paul Reubens, better known as Pee Wee Herman, has passed away. Reubens died July 30th, 2023 at the age of 70.

Cause of death is listed as cancer.

There goes another piece of my childhood.

ETA: Barr beat me to it by a few seconds.

I was in my 20's when Pee Wee's Playhouse aired, so technically I was outside the target audience.

It didn't matter: it was a wonderfully demented and boundlessly clever take on children's programming - I had never seen anything like it.  My girlfriend and I loved it and faithfully watched every Saturday morning.  And it gave future Hollywood greats like Laurence Fishbourne a start in show business.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Paul Reubens, better known as Pee Wee Herman, has passed away. Reubens died July 30th, 2023 at the age of 70.

Cause of death is listed as cancer.

There goes another piece of my childhood.

ETA: Barr beat me to it by a few seconds.

I was in my 20's when Pee Wee's Playhouse aired, so technically I was outside the target audience.

It didn't matter: it was a wonderfully demented and boundlessly clever take on children's programming - I had never seen anything like it.  My girlfriend and I loved it and faithfully watched every Saturday morning.  And it gave future Hollywood greats like Laurence Fishbourne a start in show business.

From what I remember, Rob Zombie worked as a production assistant on the show as well.

As for the target audience, I was born in '85 and would've been considered the target audience by most.

I loved the show when I was a kid, but I was really too young to fully appreciate or understand the humor. I just saw bright colors and an adult acting like a giant doofus and that was enough for me back then.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Vincent J. Speranza, author of "NUTS: A 101st Airborne Division Machine Gunner at Bastogne" and WW2 veteran, passed away August 2nd, 2023 at the age of 98.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Speranza

[NT2C]

Vincent J. Speranza, author of "NUTS: A 101st Airborne Division Machine Gunner at Bastogne" and WW2 veteran, passed away August 2nd, 2023 at the age of 98.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Speranza

I have a signed copy of his book at home in my WWII research library

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Vincent J. Speranza, author of "NUTS: A 101st Airborne Division Machine Gunner at Bastogne" and WW2 veteran, passed away August 2nd, 2023 at the age of 98.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Speranza

I have a signed copy of his book at home in my WWII research library

That's cool.

[Uomo Senza Nome]

Mark Margolis, 83 following a short illness.

Most of us know him as the psychotic Mexican drug lord Hector Salamenca in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. He appeared as a henchman, assassin and mob bosses in numerous works including Scarface, Requiem for a Dream, Oz and hundreds of other works.


https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/mark-margolis-dead-breaking-bad-better-call-saul-1235551107/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0546797/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

[Uomo Senza Nome]

John Gosling, 75 Kinks Keyboardist for eight years.

Former Kinks' drummer Mick Avory wrote, "Today we lost a dear friend and colleague, he was a great musician and had a fantastic sense of humour ... which made him [a] popular member of the band."

"He leaves us with some happy memories," Avory added. "God Bless him."

https://people.com/the-kinks-john-gosling-dead-at-75-7570336

[Barr]

William Friedkin, 'The Exorcist' Director, Dies at 87

[flybynight]

William Friedkin, 'The Exorcist' Director, Dies at 87

1973, My clock radio alarm would go off at 6:00 am for me to get up for high school. Nearly every day for months this is what came on when the radio alarm  came on. Talk about a wake up call

https://youtu.be/TPoq-pcAi_E

[aikorob]

Robbie Robertson
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/09/entertainment/robbie-robertson-death/index.html

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Johnny Hardwick, best known as the voice of Dale Gribble from "King of the Hill", passed away August 8th, 2023 at the age of 64. No cause of death has been released.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Hardwick

[Uomo Senza Nome]

Robertson was amazing and part of some of the best music and greatest moments in all of rock and roll history.

[EBuff75]

Veteran broadcaster Sir Michael Parkinson has died at the age of 88.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-12225132
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66411604

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Pro wrestler Terry Funk passed away today at the age of 79. He wrestled with numerous organizations from 1965 to 2017.

No cause of death has been released.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Funk

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

WWE wrestler Windham Lawrence Rotunda, better known to fans as Bray Wyatt, passed away today at the age of 36.

Cause of death hasn't been released yet, but Rotunda had been battling an undisclosed illness since February.

ETA: Cause of death for Windham Lawrence Rotunda is now listed as a heart attack.

[Barr]

Bob Barker has passed away at age 99.

[NT2C]

Bob Barker has passed away at age 99.

The funeral may be held behind door number one, door number two, door number three, or he may already have been cremated and is in the box that Jay is carrying down the steps, or the one Carol is holding on the stage.

[Barr]

The Original Harley Quinn has passed.

[aikorob]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/legendary-musician-jimmy-buffett-dead-at-76/ar-AA1g8fLJ?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=cf5a1e3898e9406fb5e3e444795a4d8f&ei=5


https://www.instagram.com/p/CwrcNoxOSmW/?hl=en

I guess he'll never find his shaker of salt now