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NASA astronaut John Young, who flew Gemini (twice), Apollo (twice) and Space Shuttle (twice) missions, and got into trouble for smuggling a corned beef sandwich into orbit, has died at age 87.

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Ray Thomas, flautist and founding member of the rock band "The Moody Blues", died on Jan 4.

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Donnelly Rhodes, a Canadian actor who played Doc Cottle on Battlestar Galactica and had many other genre roles, died yesterday of cancer.

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Cinamon Hadley, who was the model/inspiration for Mike Dringenberg's original drawings of Neil Gaiman's character "Death" of the Endless, has died.

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Keith Jackson was a longtime announcer for ABC sports, known primarily for calling NCAA football games. He died Friday.

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British actor John Mahoney, best known for having played Frasier Crane's father on the sitcom Frasier, has died.

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Leah Labelle, a singer who competed on American Idol, and her husband, former NBA player Rasual Butler, were recently killed in a car crash.

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Reg. E. Cathey, a native of my hometown (Huntsville AL) and known for his appearances on "House of Cards" and other shows, has passed.

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Country music singer Lari White, whom you may recognized from her role as the woman Tom Hanks meets at the end of "Castaway", has died in Nashville of cancer:

European actor Peter Wyngarde died on Jan 15, age 90.

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Singer Vic Damone, of whom Frank Sinatra said he "had the best pipes in the business", died Sunday at age 89.

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Evangelist Billy Graham has passed away at age 99.

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Nannette Fabray (also spelled Fabares) passed away, age 97 on Feb 22. She started in vaudeville in the 1920s, was in radio and films in the 1930s, and played with Sid Caesar on "Your Show of Shows" in the 1950s. She was Mary Richards' mom Dottie on the "Mary Tyler Moore Show".

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And in the early 1980s, Ms. Fabray was on the sit-com "One Day at a Time" for a few years, playing the grandmother.

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David Ogden Stiers has died at age 75, of cancer. He is best known for his portrayal of Charles Emerson Winchester in M*A*S*H, but had many other roles. He did voices in several Disney animated movies, and went to high school with Roger Ebert.

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Korean actor Soon-Tek Oh has died, age 85.

He had a number of genre-ish credits, including Babylon 5, Airwolf, Stargate SG-1, the voice of Mulan's father (Fa Zhou), and The Man with The Golden Gun.

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George A. Romero, director of Night of the Living Dead, died today, age 77. I expect to see him return soon, shambling around and seeking brains.

GAR's zombies didn't eat brains!

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GAR's zombies didn't eat brains!

I know that came from one of his interviews, but if he were still around I would have to disagree with him. Night of the Living Dead was tame compared to the carnage of Dawn of the Dead and they certainly ate brains, along with just about everything else.

Did his zombies fixate on brains? Not as much as some.

Night and Dawn were masterpieces, then I think he tried too hard to top them. RIP Mr. Romero.

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R. Lee Ermey, best known perhaps as Gunnery Sargent Hartman in "Full Metal Jacket", has died at age 74. He played mostly a specific character type in dozens and dozens of roles, after a career in the military. He also voiced "Sarge" in the "Toy Story" franchise.

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GAR's zombies didn't eat brains!

I know that came from one of his interviews, but if he were still around I would have to disagree with him. Night of the Living Dead was tame compared to the carnage of Dawn of the Dead and they certainly ate brains, along with just about everything else.

Did his zombies fixate on brains? Not as much as some.

Night and Dawn were masterpieces, then I think he tried too hard to top them. RIP Mr. Romero.

The whole zombies eating brains thing came from Return of the Living Dead which Romero had nothing to do with. In Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, etc, the ghouls (they weren't called zombies until Dawn) didn't fixate on any particular body part!

Well anyway, if anyone has any Romero cards they want to unload, contact me!

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Harry Anderson, star of Night Court and Dave's World, has died at age 65. My own interest in him stemmed from his original career as a magician, and I was fortunate to see him perform at a club in Birmingham several years ago, and got him to sign his book. He was a funny and skilled actor.

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