2021 Dead Celebs/Athletes

Billie Hayes in her reprised role as Mammy Yokum (1959 film Lil' Abner);
she first played the part in the 1956 Broadway musical.


as Wilhelmina W. Witchiepoo ...

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PS: Being an old fart, I didn't watch the program that much but my
kids did. As we get older we lose those that impact our youth.

RIP Billie Hayes

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Lloyd Price (March 9, 1933 – May 3, 2021 age 88)
R&B singer
Cause: diabetes complications




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Damon Weaver, the kid who famously interviewed Baravk Obama in 2009. Somehow dead of natural causes at age 23.
 
Rennie Stennett. Age 72
The only player in MLB to go 7-7 in a 9 inning game.

I remember coming home from school to catch this game in the middle. Pirates beat the Cubs 22-0
 
B. J. Thomas - Billy Joe Thomas: (August 7, 1942 – May 29, 2021 age 78)
Singer

Cause: lung cancer

Known for his rendition "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" from the film
(1969) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and "(Hey Won't You Play)
Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" (1975).


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Francis Lee Bailey Jr. AKA F. Lee Bailey (June 10, 1933 – June 3, 2021 age 87)

Criminal defense attorney, instrumental in the acquittals of physician Sam Sheppard and O.J. Simpson

Cause: not listed but was under hospice care


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B. J. Thomas - Billy Joe Thomas: (August 7, 1942 – May 29, 2021 age 78)
Singer

Cause: lung cancer

Known for his rendition "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" from the film
(1969) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and "(Hey Won't You Play)
Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" (1975).


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An up and down and up again life.


RIP
 
The Mod Squad
Michael Cole ( Pete Cochran ) 2021 still alive age=80
Clarence Williams III ( Lincoln "Linc" Hayes ) died 2021 age=81
Peggy Lipton ( Julie Barnes ) died 2019 age=72 ~ was married to Quincy Jones at one time (15 years)
Tige Andrews ( Captain Adam Greer ) died 2007 age=86

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Jim "Mudcat" Grant, former MLB pitcher and one time Indians color commentary guy. Passed away at 85.


I'll never forget the story about the day he received cookies from the Kuntz sisters from Massillon.
 
Jim "Mudcat" Grant, former MLB pitcher and one time Indians color commentary guy. Passed away at 85.


I'll never forget the story about the day he received cookies from the Kuntz sisters from Massillon.
It's quite possible that those Kuntz sisters are distant relatives of mine.
 
Ned Beatty, dead at 83.

I'm neither old enough or enough of a movie watcher to remember most of his films, but I remember his role as Ed Conner on Roseanne.
 
Jim "Mudcat" Grant, former MLB pitcher and one time Indians color commentary guy. Passed away at 85.


I'll never forget the story about the day he received cookies from the Kuntz sisters from Massillon.
"A Little Cheeen Music" is a great catch phrase.
 
Ned Beatty, dead at 83.

Liked him in Homicide: Life on the Street, even though Andre Braugher had my favorite character on there.
 
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