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Sly & The Family Stone was formed in 1966 by the merger of Sylvester Stewart's band Sly & The Stoners and his brother Freddie's band, The Stone Souls. Among their hits are Dance To The Music, Everybody Is A Star, Stand!, Loose Booty, Hot Fun In The Summertime, If You Want Me To Stay, Time For Livin' and three number ones: Everyday People, Thank You and Family Affair.
Sly Stone, pioneering leader of funk band Sly & the Family Stone, dies at 82
https://abcnews.go.com/US/sly-stone-...y?id=122666345
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Foster released six studio albums and two live albums. He played on 12 Miles Davis albums and six McCoy Tyner albums and recorded with Kenny Barron, Cedar Walton, Donald Byrd, Blue Mitchell, Joe Henderson, Art Pepper, Shirley Horn, Dexter Gordon, Hugh Masekela and many others.
Al Foster, drummer for Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins, dies at 82
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/29/nx-s1...-sonny-rollins
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The Beach Boys formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California. They've had 36 top-40 hits, 13 top tens and four number ones: I Get Around, Help Me Rhonda, Good Vibrations and Kokomo. Among their other hits are Darlin', 409, Sloop John B, California Girls, Fun Fun Fun, Barbara Ann, Be True To Your School, Heroes & Villians, God Only Knows, Little Saint Nick, When I Grow Up, Wouldn't It Be Nice, Surfer Girl, Surfin' Safari and Surfin' U.S.A.
The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson dies at 82
https://pitchfork.com/news/the-beach...on-dies-at-82/
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Ananda Lewis – her first name means "bliss" in Sanskrit – was an MTV VJ from 1997 to 2001 and hosted 255 episodes of a syndicated, self-titled talk show in 2001-02. She appeared in multiple episodes of The Mole, While You Were Out and Unexpected and in the movies On The Line and Nora's Hair Salon 2.
Ananda Lewis, former MTV VJ and talk show host, dies at 52
https://people.com/ananda-lewis-dead-52-mtv-vj-8729850
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Yulin played Buddy Dieker in 12 episodes of Ozark (2017-18) and appeared in 81 movies and TV movies including Norman, Cradle Will Rock, Wanderland, All Square, American Outlaws, Candy Mountain, Clear & Present Danger, Training Day, Traitor In My House, Loving Leah, Game 6, The Sounding, The Family Fang, The Baby Sitters Club and Victory At Entebbe.
Harris Yulin, Scarface and Ghostbusters II actor, dies at 87
https://www.usatoday.com/story/enter...i/84157846007/
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Robinson played Jason Frame in 20 episodes of Another World (1988-89), Jack Hamilton in 245 episodes of The Bold & The Beautiful (1992-2005) and Dr. Rick Webber in more than 1,000 episodes of General Hospital (1978-2013) and appeared in 25 movies and TV movies including Stanley, Viper, Revenge Is My Destiny, Catch The Black Sunshine, The Intruder (with Mickey Rooney) and The Great Balloon Race.
General Hospital star Chris Robinson dies at 86
Robinson, whose career spanned more than 60 years, famously told viewers in a cough syrup commercial, "I'm not a doctor but I play one on TV."
https://www.today.com/popculture/chr...ies-rcna212640
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Two hundred twenty Our Gang comedy shorts were produced between 1922 and 1944. They were syndicated to television as The Littlle Rascals. With the death of Elizabeth "Betsy" Gay, 96-year-old Sidney Kibrick is the last surviving cast member. He appeared in several Our Gang shorts from 1935 to 1939. In many of them, he was known as Woim (Brooklynese for Worm).
Betsy Gay, Little Rascals actress, dies at 96
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/b...es-1236431544/
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Burrell hosted 115 episodes of Secrets Of A Restaurant Chef (2008-12) and 208 episodes of Worst Cooks In America (2010-24) and was a contestant in 49 episodes of Beat Bobby Flay (2014-23).
Anne Burrell, Food Network star and Worst Cooks In America host, dies at 55
https://people.com/anne-burrell-food...at-55-11756639
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Lou Christie, born Lugee Sacco in Glenwillard, Pennsylvania, had five top-40 hits in the 1960s: Lightnin' Strikes (which went to number one in February 1966), The Gypsy Cried, Two Faces Have I, Rhapsody In The Rain and I'm Gonna Make You Mine.
Lou Christie, Lightnin' Strikes singer, dead at 82
https://bestclassicbands.com/lou-chr...tuary-6-18-25/
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Yarbrough & Peoples' Don't Stop The Music was number one on Billboard's R&B chart for five weeks in February-March 1981 and reached #19 on the Hot 100. They had a second number-one R&B hit in May 1984 with Don't Waste Your Time. Among their other hits are Heartbeats, Guilty, I Wouldn't Lie, Feels So Good and Be A Winner.
Cavin Yarbrough of '80s hitmakers Yarbrough & Peoples dies at 72
https://soultracks.com/cavin-yarbrough-dies-at-72/
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Patti Drew had four top-40 R&B hits, 1967-69: Tell Him, Workin' On A Groovy Thing, The Love That A Woman Should Give To A Man and a remake of Otis Redding's Hard To Handle.
R&B singer Patti Drew dies at 80
https://www.soulpublications.co/blog...-2025-rnb-soul
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Sartain was a regular on Hee Haw, 1972-74, and appeared in 55 movies and TV movies including Roadie, Speechless, Elizabethtown, Clean Slate, Mississippi Burning, Fried Green Tomatoes, Ernest Goes To Camp, Ernest Saves Christmas, The Big Easy, The Buddy Holly Story – he played J.P. Richardson, The Big Bopper – and Getting Even With Dad.
Gailard Sartain, star of Hee Haw and Ernest movies, dies at 81
https://people.com/gailard-sartain-d...tuary-11758770
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Betts played Dr. Ivan Kipling in 20 episodes of General Hospital, 1979-85, and appeared in 38 movies and TV movies including Batman Forever, Office Space, Falling Down, Gods & Monsters, Silver Skies, The Chair, The Red Maple Leaf, Power 98 and Dead Men Don't Die.
Jack Betts, actor in spaghetti Westerns and Spider-Man, dies at 96
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...rs-1236296256/
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Hamilton played Donna Harris on 22 episodes of Sanford & Son (1972-77) and Verdie Foster on 17 episodes of The Waltons (1973-81) and appeared in 16 movies and TV movies including Leadbelly, Legal Eagles, Buck & The Preacher, The Vanishing and Lady Sings The Blues.
Sanford & Son actress Lynn Hamilton dies at 95
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/sa...milton-dies-95
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Ralphs played on all seven of Mott The Hoople's studio albums and all 12 of Bad Company's studio albums. Ralphs wrote Bad Company's first three hits, Can't Get Enough, Movin' On and Good Lovin' Gone Bad, and co-wrote the band's fourth hit, Feel Like Makin' Love.
Mick Ralphs, guitarist and co-founder of Bad Company and Mott The Hoople, dies at 81
https://variety.com/2025/music/news/...ad-1236438527/
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Sherman co-starred on ABC-TV's Here Come The Brides, 1968-70, and had seven consecutive top-40 hits, 1969-71. Four made the top ten: Little Woman, Easy Come Easy Go, Julie Do Ya Love Me and La La La (If I Had You).
'60s teen idol Bobby Sherman dead at 81
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainmen...herman-dead-81
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Marinelli played cross-dressing mobster Bernardo "Bunny" Tagliatti in 171 episodes of Santa Barbara (1988-90) and director Donny Spagnoli in 22 episodes of The Morning Show (2019-23) and appeared in six movies and TV movies including Sideways, Cutting Room and One Last Ride. In 1990, Marinelli won a Soap Opera Digest award for outstanding comic actor, daytime.
Joe Marinelli, the cross-dressing Bunny Tagliatti on Santa Barbara, dies at 68
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv...ra-1236298496/
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Argentinian pianist Boris "Lalo" Schifrin released more than 50 albums and recorded with Stan Getz, Jimmy Smith, Eddie Harris, Sarah Vaughan, Cal Tjader, Dizzy Gillespie and others. Schifrin wrote music for more than a hundred movies and television series including Mannix, Bullitt, Cool Hand Luke, Rush Hour, Magnum Force, Voyage Of The Damned, The Amityville Horror, The Cincinnati Kid, The Eagle Has Landed and The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Lalo Schifrin, prolific film composer who wrote Mission: Impossible theme, dies at 93
https://variety.com/2025/music/news/...er-1236442000/
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Hurst played Deputy Cletus Hogg in 55 episodes of The Dukes Of Hazzard (1979-82) and appeared in 29 movies and TV movies including Jackals, Steel Magnolias, Worth Winning, Madam Sheriff, Pistol Pete, Runaway Car, In The Line Of Fire, Earth Girls Are Easy, The Cat From Outer Space, The Karate Kid, The Karate Kid Part II, The Karate Kid Part III and W.W. & The Dixie Dancekings.
Dukes Of Hazzard actor Richard Hurst dead at 79
https://www.tmz.com/2025/06/26/dukes...rd-hurst-dead/
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The Whispers formed in 1963 in Los Angeles. They had 33 top-40 R&B hits, 1969-91. Two of those, And The Beat Goes On and Rock Steady, went to number one and peaked at #19 and #7, respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100. Among the Whispers' other hits are Lady, Innocent, In The Raw, It's A Love Thing, Keep On Lovin' Me, Let's Go All The Way, Is It Good To You and Seems Like I Gotta Do Wrong.
Walter Scott, co-founding vocalist of The Whispers, dies at 81
https://soultracks.com/walter-scott-...whispers-dies/
