Insinkerator
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My favorite American actors/celebrities/musicians/famous people who died in 2019:
(First 10 and more to be added)
Danny Aiello:
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Danny Aiello, the actor known for his work in Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing, Norman Jewison’s Moonstruck, and more, died Dec. 12 after a sudden illness. He was 86. Aiello landed his first movie gig in the 1970s, when he featured in a small role opposite Robert De Niro in Bang the Drum Slowly. Soon after, he appeared as Tony Rosato in The Godfather: Part II. “Michael Corleone says hello” was his famous line from the acclaimed film saga. He continued acting in various films and television shows, notably in Fort Apache the Bronx, opposite Paul Newman; Once Upon a Time in America, opposite De Niro; The Purple Rose of Cairo, opposite Mia Farrow; Moonstruck, opposite Cher; Jacob’s Ladder, opposite Tim Robbins; and Léon: The Professional, opposite Jean Reno and Natalie Portman.
Bill Macy:
https://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/data/726/Maude54.jpg
The actor, best known for playing Bea Arthur’s on-screen husband in the All in the Family spin-off Maude, died Oct. 17. He was 97. Macy is best known for his role of Walter Findlay on Maude, which ran on CBS from 1972-1978. Arthur’s character, Maude Findlay, was introduced as a cousin of Edith Bunker, played by Jean Stapleton on All in the Family. Over the course of his career, Macy also frequented many shows as a guest star, including Seinfeld, St. Elsewhere, Jack & Jill, L.A. Law, and Nothing in Common. In 2010, he appeared on an episode of TNT’s Hawthorne.
Diahann Carroll:
https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/5880787lW.jpg?resize=900,600&w=450
The actress and singer, who broke many barriers on stage and screen in projects like Julia, Dynasty, and Grey’s Anatomy, died Oct. 4, at 84. Carroll was the first black woman to win the Tony Award for Best Actress for a musical, for No Strings in 1962. In 1968, she was given the starring role of the network drama Julia, and it marked the first time audiences saw a black actress as something other than a domestic worker. The series earned Carroll a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Television Series in 1968 and an Emmy nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy in 1969. Carroll cemented her status as a legend on Dynasty, portraying Dominique Deveraux. The jet-setting rival half-sister to Blake Carrington faced off with Joan Collins as Alexis Carrington Colby. It marked the first time a prime-time soap featured a black lead.
Ginger Baker:
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/files/img/zp/ginger-baker-drums.jpg?zc=1&s=0&a=t&q=89&w=480
The legendary drummer, who shot to fame in the 1960s as a member of the pioneering British rock trio Cream, died Oct. 6 at age 80. Baker was best known for his work with Cream, which he co-founded with Eric Clapton in London in 1966. The third member of the band, bassist Jack Bruce, died in 2014. Cream, widely cited as the original supergroup since all three members came from accomplished bands, sold 35 million albums in just over two years. The band was awarded the world’s first-ever platinum disc for their double album Wheels of Fire, and produced psychedelic hits like “I Feel Free” and “Sunshine of Your Love.”
Ric Ocasek:
https://ethnicelebs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/SDW-000865-Ric-Ocasek-400x541.jpg
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and lead singer of the Cars died Sept. 15, at age 75. Emerging from the New Wave scene, the Cars were one of the most recognizable bands in the 1970s and 1980s, known for their infusion of pop elements — like the synthesizer — into guitar-heavy rock. The band had 13 top-40 singles, including “Shake It Up,” “You Might Think,” “Tonight She Comes,” and its highest-charting track, “Drive.” The band released seven studio albums, the most recent being 2011’s Move Like This. Ocasek and his bandmates were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.
Eddie Money:
https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/eddie-money.jpg?resize=900,600&w=450
The singer behind hits like “Two Tickets to Paradise,” “Take Me Home Tonight,” and “Baby Hold On,” died on Sept. 13 at the age of 70. The singer’s eponymous first album dropped in 1977, with hits “Two Tickets to Paradise” and “Baby Hold On.” Songs “Think I’m in Love,” “Shakin,” his Ronnie Spector duet on “Take Me Home Tonight,” and “I Wanna Go Back” would follow.
Valerie Harper:
https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/68525e.jpg?resize=900,600&w=450
The actress, who won four Emmys and one Golden Globe Award for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off Rhoda, died Aug. 30 at 80, after a long battle with a rare form of brain cancer. Following her terminal diagnosis in 2013, Harper was cast in the 17th season of Dancing With the Stars, but was eliminated in week 4. Harper actually began her career as a dancer on Broadway. She later returned to the stage, and in 2010 received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play, for her performance as Tallulah Bankhead in Looped. In recent years, Harper's voice talents had been utilized for numerous parts on The Simpsons and American Dad.
Peter Fonda:
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51O2voL1Y-L.jpg
The legendary actor and member of a Hollywood dynasty died August 16 at the age of 79. Fonda was the son of classic actor Henry Fonda and brother of icon Jane Fonda. Fonda was perhaps best known for co-writing and starring in the counterculture classic Easy Rider, which helped launch a revolution in American cinema by showing independent films could attain massive success. He had a resurgence in 1997 with his role in Ulee’s Gold, which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. He continued to act until the end of his life, appearing in such films as The Limey, Ghost Rider, and 3:10 to Yuma. His final film, the Vietnam War drama The Last Full Measure, is scheduled to be released in October.
Rutger Hauer:
https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Rutger-Hauer-obit.jpg?resize=900,600&w=450
The Blade Runner star died on July 19 at the age of 75. Early in his career, Hauer collaborated with Paul Verhoeven on 1973’s Turkish Delight and 1977’s Soldier of Orange. He achieved almost instant iconic status among science fiction fans with his performance in Ridley Scott’s 1982 film Blade Runner as the replicant Roy Batty. Hauer’s many other credits included 1985’s Verhoeven-directed Flesh+Blood, 1986’s The Hitcher, 1992’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 1994’s Surviving the Game, 2005’s Sin City, the same year’s Batman Begins, the TV show True Blood, and 2011’s Hobo with a Shotgun.
Rip Torn:
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/07/10/05/15852622-0-image-m-140_1562732172377.jpg
The Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated actor known for his work on The Larry Sanders Show and in the Men in Black movies died July 9 at the age of 88. The actor played the loyal late-night producer Artie on Larry Sanders. Torn was nominated for six Emmys for his work on the beloved sitcom, winning in 1996. He also earned Emmy noms for The Atlanta Child Murders in 1985, Chicago Hope in 1996, and 30 Rock in 2008. His other TV credits included Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Lyon’s Den, Will & Grace, and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. In addition to his television nominations, Torn earned an Oscar nod for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in 1983’s Cross Creek. In Men in Black and its first sequel, Torn played Zed, one of the founding members of the eponymous alien monitoring organization. More recently, he was seen on the big screen in Dodgeball, Marie Antoinette, 3 Weeks to Daytona, and Bridge of Names.
(First 10 and more to be added)
Danny Aiello:
https://media.ksdk.com/assets/KSDK/images/cb13419e-c584-43c9-9a95-54b5829c02f2/cb13419e-c584-43c9-9a95-54b5829c02f2_360x203.jpg
Danny Aiello, the actor known for his work in Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing, Norman Jewison’s Moonstruck, and more, died Dec. 12 after a sudden illness. He was 86. Aiello landed his first movie gig in the 1970s, when he featured in a small role opposite Robert De Niro in Bang the Drum Slowly. Soon after, he appeared as Tony Rosato in The Godfather: Part II. “Michael Corleone says hello” was his famous line from the acclaimed film saga. He continued acting in various films and television shows, notably in Fort Apache the Bronx, opposite Paul Newman; Once Upon a Time in America, opposite De Niro; The Purple Rose of Cairo, opposite Mia Farrow; Moonstruck, opposite Cher; Jacob’s Ladder, opposite Tim Robbins; and Léon: The Professional, opposite Jean Reno and Natalie Portman.
Bill Macy:
https://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/data/726/Maude54.jpg
The actor, best known for playing Bea Arthur’s on-screen husband in the All in the Family spin-off Maude, died Oct. 17. He was 97. Macy is best known for his role of Walter Findlay on Maude, which ran on CBS from 1972-1978. Arthur’s character, Maude Findlay, was introduced as a cousin of Edith Bunker, played by Jean Stapleton on All in the Family. Over the course of his career, Macy also frequented many shows as a guest star, including Seinfeld, St. Elsewhere, Jack & Jill, L.A. Law, and Nothing in Common. In 2010, he appeared on an episode of TNT’s Hawthorne.
Diahann Carroll:
https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/5880787lW.jpg?resize=900,600&w=450
The actress and singer, who broke many barriers on stage and screen in projects like Julia, Dynasty, and Grey’s Anatomy, died Oct. 4, at 84. Carroll was the first black woman to win the Tony Award for Best Actress for a musical, for No Strings in 1962. In 1968, she was given the starring role of the network drama Julia, and it marked the first time audiences saw a black actress as something other than a domestic worker. The series earned Carroll a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Television Series in 1968 and an Emmy nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy in 1969. Carroll cemented her status as a legend on Dynasty, portraying Dominique Deveraux. The jet-setting rival half-sister to Blake Carrington faced off with Joan Collins as Alexis Carrington Colby. It marked the first time a prime-time soap featured a black lead.
Ginger Baker:
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/files/img/zp/ginger-baker-drums.jpg?zc=1&s=0&a=t&q=89&w=480
The legendary drummer, who shot to fame in the 1960s as a member of the pioneering British rock trio Cream, died Oct. 6 at age 80. Baker was best known for his work with Cream, which he co-founded with Eric Clapton in London in 1966. The third member of the band, bassist Jack Bruce, died in 2014. Cream, widely cited as the original supergroup since all three members came from accomplished bands, sold 35 million albums in just over two years. The band was awarded the world’s first-ever platinum disc for their double album Wheels of Fire, and produced psychedelic hits like “I Feel Free” and “Sunshine of Your Love.”
Ric Ocasek:
https://ethnicelebs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/SDW-000865-Ric-Ocasek-400x541.jpg
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and lead singer of the Cars died Sept. 15, at age 75. Emerging from the New Wave scene, the Cars were one of the most recognizable bands in the 1970s and 1980s, known for their infusion of pop elements — like the synthesizer — into guitar-heavy rock. The band had 13 top-40 singles, including “Shake It Up,” “You Might Think,” “Tonight She Comes,” and its highest-charting track, “Drive.” The band released seven studio albums, the most recent being 2011’s Move Like This. Ocasek and his bandmates were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.
Eddie Money:
https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/eddie-money.jpg?resize=900,600&w=450
The singer behind hits like “Two Tickets to Paradise,” “Take Me Home Tonight,” and “Baby Hold On,” died on Sept. 13 at the age of 70. The singer’s eponymous first album dropped in 1977, with hits “Two Tickets to Paradise” and “Baby Hold On.” Songs “Think I’m in Love,” “Shakin,” his Ronnie Spector duet on “Take Me Home Tonight,” and “I Wanna Go Back” would follow.
Valerie Harper:
https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/68525e.jpg?resize=900,600&w=450
The actress, who won four Emmys and one Golden Globe Award for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off Rhoda, died Aug. 30 at 80, after a long battle with a rare form of brain cancer. Following her terminal diagnosis in 2013, Harper was cast in the 17th season of Dancing With the Stars, but was eliminated in week 4. Harper actually began her career as a dancer on Broadway. She later returned to the stage, and in 2010 received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play, for her performance as Tallulah Bankhead in Looped. In recent years, Harper's voice talents had been utilized for numerous parts on The Simpsons and American Dad.
Peter Fonda:
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51O2voL1Y-L.jpg
The legendary actor and member of a Hollywood dynasty died August 16 at the age of 79. Fonda was the son of classic actor Henry Fonda and brother of icon Jane Fonda. Fonda was perhaps best known for co-writing and starring in the counterculture classic Easy Rider, which helped launch a revolution in American cinema by showing independent films could attain massive success. He had a resurgence in 1997 with his role in Ulee’s Gold, which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. He continued to act until the end of his life, appearing in such films as The Limey, Ghost Rider, and 3:10 to Yuma. His final film, the Vietnam War drama The Last Full Measure, is scheduled to be released in October.
Rutger Hauer:
https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Rutger-Hauer-obit.jpg?resize=900,600&w=450
The Blade Runner star died on July 19 at the age of 75. Early in his career, Hauer collaborated with Paul Verhoeven on 1973’s Turkish Delight and 1977’s Soldier of Orange. He achieved almost instant iconic status among science fiction fans with his performance in Ridley Scott’s 1982 film Blade Runner as the replicant Roy Batty. Hauer’s many other credits included 1985’s Verhoeven-directed Flesh+Blood, 1986’s The Hitcher, 1992’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 1994’s Surviving the Game, 2005’s Sin City, the same year’s Batman Begins, the TV show True Blood, and 2011’s Hobo with a Shotgun.
Rip Torn:
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/07/10/05/15852622-0-image-m-140_1562732172377.jpg
The Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated actor known for his work on The Larry Sanders Show and in the Men in Black movies died July 9 at the age of 88. The actor played the loyal late-night producer Artie on Larry Sanders. Torn was nominated for six Emmys for his work on the beloved sitcom, winning in 1996. He also earned Emmy noms for The Atlanta Child Murders in 1985, Chicago Hope in 1996, and 30 Rock in 2008. His other TV credits included Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Lyon’s Den, Will & Grace, and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. In addition to his television nominations, Torn earned an Oscar nod for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in 1983’s Cross Creek. In Men in Black and its first sequel, Torn played Zed, one of the founding members of the eponymous alien monitoring organization. More recently, he was seen on the big screen in Dodgeball, Marie Antoinette, 3 Weeks to Daytona, and Bridge of Names.
