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Henry played Alice Mitchell in 146 episodes of Dennis The Menace and appeared in multiple episodes of Dallas, My Little Margie, Mr. & Mrs. North and The Files Of Jeffrey Jones. Among her movie appearances: Air Hostess, The Strawberry Roan, Riders In The Sky, Miss Grant Takes Richmond and Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back.
Gloria Henry, mom on Dennis The Menace, dies at 98
https://extratv.com/2021/04/04/glori...ce-dies-at-98/
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Quindon released his debut album in 1996. The first single, It's You That's On My Mind, reached #35 on the R&B chart in July. That same year he played a choir boy in the movie Romeo + Juliet and two of his songs appeared on the sound track.
Singer Quindon Tarver passes away
https://hollywoodunlocked.com/singer...y-passes-away/
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Jacobs' lampoons and song parodies appeared in 165 issues of MAD. He also wrote or co-wrote 13 MAD-branded paperbacks.and a biography of MAD founder William Gaines.
Frank Jacobs, MAD magazine writer, dead at 92
http://www.multiversitycomics.com/ne...k-jacobs-obit/
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War's 1970s hits include Spill The Wine (with Eric Burdon), Low Rider, Summer, Slippin' Into Darkness, Me & Baby Brother, The Cisco Kid, The World Is A Ghetto and Why Can't We Be Friends.
B.B. Dickerson, bassist and co-founder of Southern California band War, dies at 71
https://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...dickerson-dies
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Charles was also a contributor to The Wendy Williams Show and a guest host of the Express Yourself program on WBLS-New York and SiriusXM.
Midwin Charles, CNN and MSNBC legal analyst, dies at 47
https://www.thewrap.com/midwin-charl...st-dies-at-47/
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Owens and Parton wrote several songs together including The Company You Keep, a 1966 top-ten country hit for Bill Phillips; Fuel To The Flame, a 1967 country hit for Skeeter Davis; and Put It Off Until Tomorrow, a top-ten country hit for Bill Phillips in 1966 (with Dolly singing harmony) and for the Kendalls in 1980.
Country songwriter Bill Owens, uncle and musical mentor to Dolly Parton, dies at 85
https://myfox8.com/news/entertainmen...on-dies-at-85/
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Schuckett recorded with Todd Rundgren, Carole King, James Taylor, Kate Taylor, Richie Havens, Bette Midler, Yvonne Elliman, Nona Hendryx, Cher, Patty Smyth, Rodney Crowell, Hall & Oates, the Monkees, the Manhattans, the Four Tops and many others.
Former Utopia keyboardist, Carole King collaborator Ralph Schuckett dead at 73
https://www.ktlo.com/2021/04/07/form...tt-dead-at-73/
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Beatts was a writer on 107 episodes of Saturday Night Live, producer of 20 episodes of A Different World and executive producer of 19 episodes of Square Pegs. With Michael Bloom, she created Animal House: The Animated Series (2021).
Anne Beatts, pioneering Saturday Night Live writer and Square Pegs creator, dies at 74
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/08/enter...ary/index.html
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Hampton played Hannibal Dobbs on 65 episodes of F Troop, Saul Taylor in 49 episodes of Days Of Our Lives and LeRoy Simpson in 24 episodes of The Doris Day Show. He also appeared in multiple episodes of Gunsmoke, Hawkins, Insight, Maggie, Matt Houston, Full House and Who's The Boss.
James Hampton, F Troop and Teen Wolf actor, dies at 84
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...ge-84-n1263433
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DMX, born Earl Simmons, died today after suffering a heart attack that left him in a coma for seven days. His hits include Party Up, We Right Here, Who We Be, Where The Hood At, Ruff Ryders Anthem, Stop Being Greedy and X Gon' Give It To Ya.
DMX, rapper and actor, dies at 50
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/09/enter...ies/index.html
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Siravo played Tony Soprano's father "Johnny Boy" in five flashback episodes of The Sopranos. He also appeared in multiple episodes of Hack, For Life, American Crime Story, Made In Jersey, Law & Order, The Blacklist and Dirty Sexy Money and voiced a great white shark in the 2004 animated film Shark Tale.
Joseph Siravo, Sopranos star, dies at 64
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...es-64-n1263812
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Poco's hits include C'mon, Crazy Love, Heart Of The Night, Indian Summer, Call It Love, Under The Gun, Shoot For The Moon and Nothin' To Hide.
Rusty Young, Poco co-founder and pedal steel player, dead at 75
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...-obit-1156578/
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McCrory appeared in multiple episodes of several British television series including Fearless, The Jury, North Square, Penny Dreadful and Peaky Blinders and in 24 movies including Skyfall, The Queen, Interview With The Vampire, Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows.
Harry Potter actress Helen McCrory dies at 52
https://www.insider.com/helen-mccror...-age-52-2021-4
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Silla appeared in Spaceballs, Batman Returns, Return Of The Jedi and Meatballs Part II and in multiple episodes of Lidsville, H.R. Pufnstuf, Battlestar Galactica and Buck Rogers In The 25th Century.
Felix Silla, Cousin Itt on The Addams Family, dies at 84
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...ily-dies-at-84
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In 2000, Black Rob's debut album, Life Story, went to #3 on the Billboard 200 and number one on the R&B/hip-hop albums chart and his debut single, Whoa!, reached #8 on the rap chart, #9 on the R&B chart and #43 on the Hot 100. Among his other well-known songs are Ready, Help Me Out, Espacio (featuring Lil' Kim) and Welcome Back.
Former Bad Boy rapper Black Rob dead at 51
https://blackamericaweb.com/2021/04/...lack-rob-dead/
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Mason co-wrote Petula Clark's Kiss Me Goodbye, Elvis Presley's Girl Of Mine, Margaret Whiting's Just Like A Man, Edison Lighthouse's Love Grows, the Fortunes' Here It Comes Again, the Dave Clark Five's Everybody Knows, Tom Jones' Delilah, Love Me Tonight and Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow and Engelbert Humperdinck's Winter World Of Love, The Last Waltz and Les Bicyclettes De Belsize. Mason also co wrote Leeds! Leeds! Leeds! (Marching On Together), the anthem of Leeds United Football Club.
Legendary songwriter Barry Mason dies at 85
https://texasnewstoday.com/legendary...age-85/229753/
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Oscher played harmonica in the Muddy Waters Blues Band from 1967 to 1972. He recorded three albums with Waters and released seven solo albums.
Paul Oscher, Austin blues musician who played in Muddy Waters' band, dies at 71
https://www.austin360.com/story/ente...es/7287585002/
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Among the many hits written by Steinman are Bat Out Of Hell, Read 'Em & Weep, Total Eclipse Of The Heart, Paradise By The Dashboard Light, Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad, Holding Out For A Hero, I'd Do Anything For Love, It's All Coming Back To Me Now, Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through and Making Love Out Of Nothing At All.
Jim Steinman, hitmaker for Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler, dead at 73
Songwriter and composer also worked with Céline Dion, Air Supply, Barry Manilow and more.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...tuary-1158472/
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Hellman directed several movies including Iguana, Cockfighter, Beast From Haunted Cave and three Jack Nicholson films: Flight To Fury, The Shooting and Ride In The Whirlwind. He also directed several scenes in RoboCop.
Monte Hellman, Two-Lane Blacktop director, dies at 91
https://variety.com/2021/film/obitua...op-1234956241/
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Tempest Storm, born Annie Blanche Banks, was known as "The Queen Of Exotic Dancers." She also starred in three movies, Paris Topless, Paris After Midnight and Mundo Depravados.
Burlesque legend Tempest Storm dies in Las Vegas at 93
https://news3lv.com/news/local/las-v...-storm-dies-93