Actress Gena Rowlands has passed at age 94.

Rocker, Greg Kihn, passed away on August 13 from complications of Alzheimer's. He was 75. He had a couple of big hits in the 80's ("The Breakup Song," "Jeopardy") and he was known for a couple of other songs in the San Francisco Bay Area during the time (1996-2012) he was a DJ on KUFX (KFOX) 98.5 FM. I used to listen to him a lot. He had great stories and he would occasionally open up his "personal stash" of bootlegs he picked up across his career - live recordings of groups, like the Stones and Journey, he opened for or appeared with. Unlike some artists who refused to let Weird Al Yankovic spoof their hit songs, Kihn was all for it ("I Lost on Jeopardy," my favorite of Yankovic's parodies).

He seemed like a regular guy who appreciated his fame but was also happy to move on to other things (DJ, novelist).

Alain Delon has died age 88.

Talk show host Phil Donahue who was big in the 1970s to 90s, has died at 88.

He tried to make a comeback on MSNBC in the early 2000s but his show was cancelled after 1 year.

Yeah, we remember that Donahue was huge in his day, but to someone in their 30's, he's like Jack Paar to me. Donahue started the daytime talk show trend that continues today. Back in the 60's and 70's, daytime was dominated by game shows and soap operas, but talk shows slowly began replacing them (just a few soaps and no afternoon game shows on the major networks now).

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James Earl Jones, the voice of Darth Vader, has passed away aged 93

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce81rkg87w8o

Chad McQueen, the only son of movie legend Steve McQueen, has died at 63.

He was in the first 2 Karate Kid films, and after 2001, he quit acting and devoted himself to racing full time.

His son Steven is known for The Vampire Diaries and Chicago Fire.

Tito Jackson, brother of Michael, of the Jackson 5 has died at 70.

Maggie Smith has died aged 89

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Maggie Smith has died aged 89

I was sorry to hear about that earlier today. Yet another of the few remaining classic film stars has passed away

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crggzy42v30o

John Ashton of the "Beverly Hills Cops" films has died at 76. He was in the first two and the new one, but not Beverly Hills Cop 3.

He did the fourth one this summer.

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John Amos, of "Good Times" fame, has passed at 84.

Ron Ely, who played Tarzan for 2 years (1966-1968) and was later the star of Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975), passed away at age 86.

Actress Teri Garr who did many famous movies from the 1970s through the 1990s, has passed at age 79.

I have just discovered that Greg Hildebrandt died on 31st October aged 85

Colin Petersen, the Bee Gees original drummer, passed away on Nov 18. He was there when they had their first big hit, "To Love Somebody," in 1967.

Today, I read that another Bee Gees drummer, Dennis Byron died on Nov 14. He was hired after Petersen left and was there during the 70's.

Vic Flick, who played the guitar on the James Bond theme in "Dr. No" in 1962, has died at 87.

Today, I heard that Chuck Woolery passed away on Nov 23 at the age of 83. He was the first host of "Wheel of Fortune" and later hosted "Love Connection" from the early 80's to mid 90's. When I was a kid, I watched "New Zoo Revue." I think it was sometime in the 90's that I learned Woolery played the mailman on that show.

Scott L. Schwartz, who appeared in all three Ocean's Eleven films with George Clooney, has died at age 65.
He was also a pro wrestler and had appeared in many TV shows, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He was a regular guest for many years at Paul Maiellaro's Chicago card shows and was a pleasure to talk to. He was very much involved with charity and spent much time visiting children's hospitals, a true gentle giant. R.I.P. Scott.

I have a few autographed Chicagoland cards of his however they are not to hand due to a recent house move. I know what binder they are in but not what the binder is in and sorting out my card collection after the move is low down on the list of outstanding items.

R.I.P. Scott