Celebrity R.I.P.s

ROB & BIG' STAR
BIG BLACK
DEAD AT 45



5/9/17 7:47 PM PST

Christopher 'Big Black' Boykin, who was the other half of Rob Dyrdek's hit MTV show "Rob & Big" -- has died ... TMZ has learned.

His rep tells us Chris died Tuesday morning. No official cause of death yet, but multiple people connected to Chris tell us they believe it was a heart attack.

He was Rob's best friend and bodyguard on their reality show, which ran from 2006 to 2008 -- and also later appeared on 'Fantasy Factory.'

Before he was a TV star, Boykin served in the U.S. Navy. He's survived by his 9-year-old daughter.

'Big Black' was 45.

#RIP


http://m.tmz.com/#article/2017/05/09/rob-big-christopher-big-black-boykin-dead/

 

He made that show. Seemed like a great guy. So young! R.I.P.

 

Actor Powers Boothe Dead at 68




http://variety.com/2017/film/news/powers-boothe-dead-at-68-sin-city-agents-of-shield-1202426655/

 

I liked him in the role of Jim Jones in that TV miniseries back in 79 in which he won a Emmy.

 

Musician Chris Cornell dead at 52
by committing suicide


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/p...uicide-hanging-dead-latest-news-a7743691.html

 

Rip Prodigy of Mobb Deep.

 

Man, this one hurt when I found out about it earlier today.

Gonna listen to a lot of Mobb Deep over the next few weeks. Maybe Drink Away the Pain while I'm at it.

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/06/20/533681560/mobb-deeps-prodigy-dies-at-42

RIP

 

If you do pour some libations in the ground for him.

 

I read the Vegas extreme heat that day exasperated his condition. I read something else bizarre also may have contributed, but will wait for 'confirmation". R. I. P to Prodigy.

*What l was alluding to..Well, TMZ's source told them...it was an egg he choked on.
The rapper, 42, had been hospitalized due to complications from a sickle cell anemia crisis when he choked on the egg on Tuesday morning, TMZ wrote.

 

2 LIVE CREW Member Fresh Kid Ice Dead at 53


http://www.tmz.com/2017/07/13/2-live-crew-fresh-kid-ice-dead/

 

White rocker dude who sang like who grew up in a Black Baptist gospel choir.
Damn shame it looks like his suicide was related to antidepressants that put him in a suicial state of mind.

 

Yall know my uncle who had schizo-effective disorder died 3 years ago. The ONE show he loved to watch were those old 1960s black and white Perry Mason episodes. It was the only show we could watch together and it had his total attention for a full hour.
Ramond Burr was his dude.

Barbara Hale was such a key performer on those Perry Mason shows, but at least she lived a long life and brought a little bit of joy and light to those who enjoyed her acting work.
RIP.

 

George A. Romero, Pioneering Horror Director, Dead at 77







George A Romero, director of horror classic Night of the Living Dead, has died. He was 77.

In a statement to the Los Angeles Times, Romero’s producing partner Peter Grunwald said the director died in his sleep after a “brief but aggressive battle with lung cancer”.

Night of the Living Dead, a micro-budget zombie film combining horror and social satire, which Romero co-wrote with John Russo, was released in 1968 and became a cult classic. It spawned a series: Dawn of the Dead (1978), Day of the Dead (1985), Land of the Dead (2005), Diary of the Dead (2007) and Survival of the Dead. The last was released in 2009.

Romero was born in the Bronx, in New York City, on 4 February 1940, to a Cuban father and a Lithuanian-American mother. He began his filmmaking career as a commercial director before finding his niche in horror. Indelibly associated with the zombie movie, he came to be seen as a master of the entire genre.


The label did not weigh heavy. In an interview with the AV Club in 2008, Romero said: “Everybody asks Stephen King how he feels about Hollywood ruining his books, and the first thing he says is, ‘The books aren’t ruined. Here they are, on the shelf behind me.’ And I sorta feel the same way. My stuff is my stuff. Sometimes it’s not as successful as some of the other stuff. But it’s my stuff.”

In a 2014 interview with NPR, Romero said he “never expected” his career to be defined by zombies. “All I did was I took them out of ‘exotica’ and I made them the neighbors,” he said, pointing to the success of his uncanny and chilling films that used terrifying effects, makeup and cuts to satirise consumerism, racism and other social horrors. “I thought there’s nothing scarier than the neighbors!”

The year before, Romero told the Daily Telegraph his films “may have started the ramp” in terms of zombie films being seen as money-making propositions.

“I used to be the only guy in the playground,” he said. “Now, my God. I do think the popularity of the creature has come from video games, not film.

“Zombieland, which was relatively recent, was the first zombie film to break $100m at the box office, and therefore got Hollywood interested. The [2004] remake of Dawn of the Dead did about $75m, so I think that may have started the ramp. And then Zombieland and now, of course, World War Z. But dozens of hugely popular video games have had a bigger impact.”

Romero operated on budgets that shrank in comparison to such profits: Dawn of the Dead cost $114,000 and Dawn of the Dead, its widely loved sequel, was made for just $500,000. He was a co-writer on the Zack Snyder-directed 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead, which cost $28m and ended up taking several times more worldwide.

He also discussed with the Telegraph why he didn’t like The Walking Dead, the zombie TV hit that continues at the same time as a spin-off, Fear the Walking Dead, and which he described as “a soap opera with a zombie occasionally”.

King was among many tributes to Romero on social media on Sunday.

"Sad to hear my favorite collaborator--and good old friend--George Romero has died. George, there will never be another like you."

Guillermo del Toro, director of Chronos, Pan’s Labyrinth, The Devil’s Backbone and other horror classics, wrote: “Romero has passed away. Hard to find words right now. The loss is so enormous.”

Bruce Campbell, star of Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead, wrote: "Night of the Living Dead was a cornerstone of the genre. Massively influential. He was bright and very sweet to me. Safe journey, George."


Eli Roth, director of Cabin Fever and Hostel, wrote: “Hard to quantify how much he inspired me and what he did for cinema …

“Romero used genre to confront racism 50 years ago. He always had diverse casts, with Duane Jones as the heroic star of NOTLD. Very few others in cinema were taking such risks. He was both ahead of his time and exactly what cinema needed at that time.”

From Britain, the horror author and critic Kim Newman wrote: “It is impossible to overestimate the impact George A Romero had on the horror film.”

Reece Shearsmith, of the horror-influenced comedy group The League of Gentleman, said: “Nothing has frightened me more than when I first watched Night of the Living Dead. RIP. An amazing man.”

Shearsmith and Mark Gatiss, another member of the League, also paid tribute to a film outside the Living Dead series. Gatiss wrote: “A fond farewell to charming, legendary zombie king George Romero. Martin is one of my favourite horrors. An honour to have met him. RIP.”

Martin, another hugely influential film from 1978, concerns a misunderstood teenager who thinks he is a vampire.

Romero married three times. His family told the LA Times he died with his wife, Suzanne Desrocher Romero, and daughter Tina Romero at his side while listening to the score of the John Ford’s 1952 film, The Quiet Man, one of his favourites.

 

Updates:


Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington died last week, ( by suicide hanging) just two months after the release of his band’s latest album, One More Light, and only a week before their now-canceled tour was set to begin.

The tragic timing means that some of Linkin Park’s album promo is already in the can, including an upcoming episode of the new Apple Music series Carpool Karaoke, Variety reports. The Apple Music version of Carpool Karaoke, a spinoff of The Late Late Show with James Corden’s popular music segment, premieres Aug. 8. Linkin Park’s episode is set to debut in October.

 

Home Alone actor John Heard found dead in hotel, 6 months after his estranged son Max died in his bed at age 22 after suffering 'deep grief of not having a father participating in his life'



The 72-year-old was found dead by a maid in a hotel in California on Friday, according to family sources.

The star played the father of Macaulay Culkin’s character Kevin in the hit 1990s films.

• Heard also starred in Big with Tom Hanks, Gladiator and The Pelican Brief

 

The Clark County Coroner's Office confirmed on Thursday that the cause of his death was indeed choking but they made no mention of the egg when speaking to The New York Daily News.

Johnson had suffered sickle cell anemia his whole life.

The condition causes blood cells to take on a curved shape that can then cause blockages in blood vessels and it can be exacerbated by dehydration.

There were fears at the time of his death that the scorching 110-degree heat he was performing in may have exasperated his condition.

 

Didn't post these last month because I thought someone else would have.

Actor Martin Landau

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...landau-known-for-mission-impossible-dies-at-8


Cartoon Voice Actress June Foray

http://deadline.com/2017/07/june-foray-rocky-the-bullwinkle-show-annie-awards-1202137085/