She Dead.

In the interest of consolidating Cooler threads...

Female Deaths:

Brittany Murphy

Marie Antionette

Eve

Marilyn Monroe

Bonnie Parker

Cold Ethyl

Bea Arthur

Janis Joplin

Harper Lee at 89

Nancy Reagan - Classy First Lady RIP

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/03/...ml?intcmp=hpbt3

RIP. She was definitely a class act.

Lana Rae Meisner, wife of Randy Meisner, former bassist for the Eagles. According to the media, she accidently shot herself trying to remove a rifle from a gun rack in a closet. This occurred about 90 minutes after police responded to a domestic disturbance call.

One of those things that makes you say, "Hmmmm...."

Patty Duke, 69.

I wonder is Cathy knows yet?

I saw that. I don't think the article mentioned how she died, though.

Could it have something to do with her identical cousin?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-patty-duke-dead-20160329-story.html

Duke's agent, Mitchell Stubbs, says the actress died early Tuesday morning of sepsis from a ruptured intestine

The Miracle Worker was a great film about two amazing women in a time when women were largely kept in the background. True pioneers in what later became the womens movement, imho. I'll have to get my grangirls to watch it.
RIP, Patty. And thank you for your work in the mental health field too.

"...in a time when women were largely kept in the background."

Those were the days....


::Runs out of the thread, off the internet and into hiding::

AWWWwwwww.... I always loved her shows. Poor Samwise - his mom is dead...

Ruptured intestine? Don't they have time to go in and clean up and do a work around. Goodnight, this could happen to anyone. Ugh, she was only 69.

She could have been your daughter, Pale! !

fixed

Pale, she went septic after the ruptured intestine. That's not something you can 'clean up' through surgery.

And it sounds exceptionally painful. Poor woman.

Very sad, she was a joy to watch on the Patty Duke show! Too young...

PSA: I had no idea so many people don't know what sepsis is or how deadly it can be.
This article explains a lot we all should know. http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/...ocid=spartandhp

WWE wrestler Chyna died last night at age 45

Margaret Vinci Heldt
the inventor of the beehive hairdo

! I am SO glad I missed that era!!!

out of the country at the time?

Me too, a beehive hairdo would not look good in the swamp with your cammo hat on top

No...it would be horrid...and a potential attractant to hornets! !!!

You could always ask DeeQ to describe what that era was like. Didn't she try and bring that style back a few years ago?

:kiss smack:!!!

beehive wasn't tall enough for you?

Pat Summit

Amazing woman.....gone too soon. :-(

Janet Waldo (the voice of Judy Jetson)

Lois Lane

Very sad!

Lady Liberty.

And her cousin Lady Justice.

Ladies in general...(ducks)...

unfortunately more and more true. (still smacked you, because you shouldn't say not nice things)

LOL! I deserved it!

Famed(?) Psychic, Miss Cleo, 53.

Did she predict her own death?

I wonder if she saw it coming.

I wonder if she saw that coming.

Inappropriate and an attempt to introduce a political perspective. Please do NOT do this again.

Jia Jia, world's oldest living Giant Panda. RIP Jia Jia

How can she be the oldest living panda if she is dead?

Because she still holds the World record.

Rigor mortis makes it hard to get her to let go...;-)

Gwen Ifill

Holly Dunn, writer and singer of Daddy's Hands, dead of ovarian cancer at 59

The amazing Sharon Jones, pancreatic cancer, age 60.

Florence Henderson, 82, from heart failure. Farewell Carol Brady.

Alice Drummond, 88, best known for her roles in Awakenings and as the librarian in the original Ghostbusters.

Carrie Fisher

That's awful. She was way too young.

Only 60. George Michael was only 53.

2016 has been a serious pain. RIP Princess Leia.

My husband said the same thing last night, although Leon Russell was the hardest one for him this year.

Debbie Reynolds - just a day after her daughter, Carrie Fisher.

2016 was a bad year for celebs.

Clare Hollingworth, the journalist who first broke the news that WWII had started, died at age 105 in Hong Kong.

Mary Tyler Moore, 80

Not even the Chuckles the Clown sketch could make me laugh right now...sad day with the loss of the lovely lady...

Very sad - and she was too young.

Such a huge part of my childhood gone.....:-(

Chuckles the Clown to Ordinary People The lady had range...

So much more than just a fantastic actress who used her production company to advance women's rights.
She had type 1 diabetes and was a HUGE advocate for finding a cure.
A true example about how to use your star power for good.
RIP

Barbara Hale (Della Street - Perry Mason)

David Letterman's mother Dorothy died the day before his 70th birthday (she was 95). I used to love when she would 'report' on various things on the show.

Erin Moran from Happy Days

I just read that it may have been cancer.

Dina Merrill, Actress

Barbara Sinatra, Frankie's wife

Barbara Cook

Penny Chenery, owner of Triple Crown winner Secretariat, and Kentucky Derby and Belmont winner Riva Ridge. She was 95.

Any chance of Hillary running for office again, after the publication of her book

Karin Dor

Jana Novotna

Della Reese

Oh - that's so sad. I really liked her work.

Rose Marie, 94

She used to be a regular on the old Hollywood Squares. Displayed a dry, acerbic wit:

Peter Marshall (host): Rose Marie, what's a perfect score in bowling?

Rose Marie: Ralph, the pin boy.

Peter Marshall: Rose Marie, if a tornado comes, are you safer in the bedroom or the bathroom?

Rose Marie: Unfortunately, Peter, I'm always safe in the bedroom.

Sue Grafton

Bookworkgirl (you beat me to it) - I'm devastated. I was so anxious to read the final Kinsey Millhone book 'Z' is for Zero in 2019.

Her daughter posted a beautiful tribute on Sue Grafton's Facebook page: (paraphrasing) Sue Grafton was never one to want ghostwriting to occur in her name, so for the family, the alphabet will always end in "Y" in tribute to her.

It sounds like Sue did not finish Z, and it will not be finished by someone else. She was one of my favorite authors, even if I wasn't thrilled with X.

I agree with you, OldTyme. That certainly wasn't my favorite. I even gave some to my parents to read - and they enjoyed them also.

Olivia Nova

Dolores O'Riordan

http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/15/entertainm...intl/index.html

Yeah, Joker, that's really sad. Loved her voice.

Winnie Mandela, anti-apartheid activist and former wife of Nelson Mandela, age 81

Barbara Bush

Mrs. Bush just seemed like a good person and a classy woman, may she rest in peace.

Margot Kidder at 69. RIP Lois Lane.

ahhhh.... sorry to hear that. May she finally have peace.

Fashion designer Kate Spade, age 55

Love her handbags.

Whoa.

I didn't know she was David Spade's SIL.

Death was by her own hand.

How sad for her and her family.

apparently she hung herself with a red scarf - but it is unknown whether it was Hermes or Ferragamo...

From a doorknob. Me thinks there is much more to this story.

https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=334003

another case

1. The door is 15ft high...

2. She tied the scarf on the knob, and threw it over the top of the door.

3. She was laying down...

4. The door was near a stairwll or balcony...

Eunice Gayson

Koko the Gorilla, 46.

Along those lines:

Puan, the oldest Sumatran orangutan in the world, has died at the Perth Zoo in Australia, officials said. She was 62. [June 19]

Vibeke Skofterud - Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist.

Charlotte Rae - age 92

I loved watching the Facts of Life. May Mrs. Garrett rest in peace!

Oh NO!

Aretha Franklin, The Queen of Soul, 76

I loved her music! So sorry to hear that she has passed.

My Dad will be enjoying her singing up high!

Get artist, she'll be missed.

76 is pretty young too. I watched her Kennedy Center performance of Carole King's song again yesterday. She really could move an audience.

i'll never watch the Blues Brothers movie the same way...how sad

Vanessa Marquez, actress - age 49

I didn't recognize the name until I read the story, but she had a recurring role as a nurse on ER for a few seasons. Apparently the police were performing a welfare check and it went tragically wrong.

Wow, so sad!!

Dorcas Reilly, Campbell's Test Kitchen - age 92

Dorcas was the lead on the team that created the green bean casserole recipe that appeared on the cream of mushroom soup can. Her recipe card for the dish was presented to the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2002.

That is one vile legacy, poor thing.

Hey, I actually like that casserole!

Sorry.

Anything with cream of mushroom soup in it is gross.

there should be a Mt. Rushmore of food pioneers;

1) the person who invented bacon (but not turkey bacon)
2) the person who first decided to wrap something in bacon (unless it was vegetables because that's just a waste of bacon)
3) the person who first decided to use bacon as an ingredient (such as adding it to deviled eggs, stuffed chicken breasts, etc.)
4) Kevin Bacon

Peepers, I like your thinking on this bacon monument..

We need a "but not turkey sausage" addendum too please....really ticks me off when someone offers sausage and come to find out, it's turkey sausage. Blech.

I haven't had the turkey bacon experience and hopefully never will.

I asked the wife what she was watching on TV last week and she said "Footloose", Sadly it was also missing Bacon

Turkey and chicken sausages can be really good. Turkey bacon is just garbage.

What ever happened to the name Dorcas? That should make a comeback.

I can think of one reason. As that young lady made her way through the American education system, there would be bullies who shortened her name (and no doubt would substitute that name often). In my own experience, my first name wasn't shortened, it just rhymed too easily with a mucous-like substance.

my brothers and I often refer to each other as "dorkus"...does that count?

Never heard that name before. My last name was turned into all sorts of things...most of them non-offensive

I've had turkey bacon...it wasn't that bad.

The only turkey sausage i've ever had (breakfast sausage) was totally nasty.

Never had turkey sausage to my knowledge...I would think the texture would be horrid.

Turkey bacon and sausage isn't that bad. No, it's not full flavor like anything made with pork. However, it's an acceptable substitute for those who can't have pork. Back in the day, pork was the first thing on the restricted list for heart patients like my Dad. He was thrilled when Mom found turkey bacon. I prefer turkey hot dogs to regular. Don't need to be eating all those pig pieces parts including snouts.

No souse meat for you!

Souse meat a/k/a hogs head cheese....is made of cow's face or heel, chicken feet or pig's face, shoulder, feet or knuckle.

A friend of mine grew up with hogs...they were dirt poor...Mom wasted nothing and to this day said friend likes souse meat...my son and I used to laugh at it/make fun of it in the grocery store because it had 'hog noses' in it. When we were farming Indian Corn on their SE GA farm, she offered us some...of course we were like NO...she was highly and unmistakenly insulted that we snubbed it. Oops!

Dorcas (Greek: Δορκάς, Dorkás; Aramaic: טביתא‎ Ṭabītā) was a disciple who lived in Joppa, referenced in the Acts of the Apostles (9:36–42) in the New Testament. ... The name Dorcas is a Greek translation of the Aramaic name Tabitha, meaning "gazelle". One species of gazelle is now known as the dorcas gazelle.

Interesting.

I have known 2 Dorcas' in my life - one in Louisville, KY and one in Middle GA.

In my coaching days, one of my softball girls had an aunt named Dorcas.

I've only known one woman named Dorcas, and believe it or not her last name was Reilly! I don't recall anyone making fun of her name....at least she was never confused with anyone else (except, of course now, the soup Dorcas)!

glad I live up north where there are few scary spiders but the hobos her are more of a problem some are huge and the smell is something else..

Kitty O'Neil

http://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/kit...nqI3?ocid=ientp

Katherine MacGregor, the Meddlesome Harriet Oleson on 'Little House on the Prairie,' Dies at 93.

!

Nancy Wilson (singer)

The other one, not the one from Heart.

Sondra Locke, although i understand she actually passed in early november...

Penny Marshall.

Oh no!!!!

i just saw "Get Shorty" last week and she had a cameo at the end...how very sad

Aw. One of my husband's favorite shows is Laverne and Shirley. She'll be missed.

Carol Channing - Age 97

Goodbye Dolly

I had no idea she was still alive til I saw that on the news a second ago!

You had no idea that she was alive until you found out she was dead???

STILL alive, Ed....context...CONTEXT...

Nita Bieber

A onetime dancer and actress who appeared with the Three Stooges in "Rhythm and Weep

Beverley Owen, the original Marilyn in ‘The Munsters

Katherine Helmond, star on 'Who’s the Boss?' and 'Soap,' dies at 89

Oh - I loved her. She was an absolute riot!

Georgia Engel [Georgette on The Mary Tyler Moore Show]

Doris Day, Hollywood legend - age 97

Peggy Lipton - Star of The Mod Squad - age 72

Grumpy Cat, 7

should have chose to be happy cat, would probably still be alive...

actually, Tartar Sauce died at age 7 which is awfully young for a cat. Grumpy Cat was his social media name.

Leah Chase, famed NOLA chef and restauranteur, owner of Dooky Chase restaurant, at 96.

Gloria Vanderbilt, 95

!

Beth Chapman (Dog the Bounty Hunters wife)

Denise Nickerson. While many remember her primarily from Willy Wonka movie, I remember her more from Dark Shadows, as I watched it every day when I got home from school back in the day.

I watched that too!

::raises hand::

Mine too Joker - although the memories are vague.

Me too!

Russi Taylor
voice of Minnie Mouse

Toni Morrison

Jessi Combs

Very sad loss of Ms. Combs. She was a bad-azz racer and an inspiration for all women in motorsports. May she RIP.

That she was and a heck of a builder!!

Valerie Harper

Loved her in the Mary Tyler Moore show.

RIP Cokie Roberts

Diahann Carroll

I always liked her

Diahann Carroll -- I am old enough to remember when Julia came on the air to so much hoopla. The first time a black woman was on TV not playing a domestic but a middle class woman with a good job. She played a widow with a child who worked as a nurse Her husband died in Vietnam. She dated black men who also had middle class jobs, something not seen very often on TV then. In a way, it set the stage for the Cosby show. But at the time, it was ground breaking.

Linda Tripp, 70, from pancreatic cancer. She was only diagnosed within the week.

^^^

Phyllis George - 70 - former Miss America and First Lady of Kentucky

Bonnie Pointer 69 - founding member of the Pointer Sisters

Mary Kay Letourneau, 58, cancer.

Kelly Preston - 57 - cancer

Whoa, wow, didn't know she was sick. That's very sad. May she rest in peace.

The article stated that she privately fought breast cancer for the past 2 years.

Naya Rivera at the age of 33. Third member of original cast of Glee to die in their 30s.

Olivia de Havilland

Diana Rigg - 82

RBG.

I've been sad about it all weekend. Regardless of political beliefs, she was a champion for equal rights for all and will be fondly remembered.

Except unborn babies.

I did not want to go there but how about here? (not a negative or slam)
https://www.rd.com/article/ruth-bader-ginsburg/
During the 1970s, she brought six cases before the Supreme Court, winning all but one. Ironically, “RBG’s signature approach to combatting sexism was bringing lawsuits on behalf of men who were being treated unequally because of their sex,” Franke says. “Her thinking was that male judges would appreciate the injustice in a case where men were the victims, and in winning those cases she was building the scaffolding for addressing the sexism women suffered. As an initial approach to combating sexism, Ginsburg’s strategy was extremely effective.” For example, in Duren v. Missouri, she argued and won on behalf of a male convict who felt his right to a jury chosen from a fair cross-section of his community was violated because it didn’t include women, whose jury duty was voluntary.

https://www.rd.com/article/ruth-bader-ginsburg/

Not necessarily: https://www.military.com/history/ho...militarys-policy-of-forced-abortion.html

Couple of problems with that cite. First, the military didn't have a policy nor was engaged in "forced abortions". That is a complete misrepresentation designed to shock and offend. They simply said you could no longer serve in the military. The choice of leaving the military or getting an abortion was entirely with the mother. Second, Ginsburg didn't fight to end abortion in that instance. She fought to change the military policy on discharge. She was not taking a position defending the rights of unborn babies.

I really don't want to turn this political because I respect this forum too much. I respect everyone's opinion and do not want my comment to further any divisiveness here.

This type of argument (not a slam Fly, but agreeing with you) has cause issues with the entire SCOTUS appointment process and it it has been from both sides (add a third or forth if you wish) of the political process. Wouldn't it be great it the powers to be look at the overall merits of a candidate (or their legacy)and make a decision on the overall appropriateness of a candidate or their legacy. From what I have read Ginsberg played well with others even though had strong opinions of her own.

While the politicians will "Bork" a nominee or their legacy let us not do it here.

I can support that. We can have differences of opinion on issues such as this and still be friends (and I have many friends with whom I've had very lively political debates because we don't necessarily agree). I can certainly agree that RBG did much to advance the civil rights of women in our society.

Helen Reddy, singer 78 years old

Margaret Nolan

Bond girl and beetles movie

Conchata Ferrelll - 77 - played Berta on Two and Half Men, was on LA Law, and many other characters

She was 77??? I thought she was younger.

weird, I never missed an episode of L.A. Law and have no recollection of her being on the show. And how on earth did you fail to mention her greatest role, in the Adam Sandler hit Mr. Deeds? She was awesome in that.

but 77? would have never guessed. thought she was in her 50s.

Sorry Happy - but I didn't see that movie. I do remember her from LA Law, though.

Elsa Raven, who played the "save the clock tower" lady in Back to the Future. My mom went to school with her in Charleston in the 1940's. I met her when she was touring in summer stock theater in the mid-1970's. https://www.usatoday.com/story/ente...y-actress-elsa-raven-dies-91/6172357002/

KT Oslin.

Dawn Wells - age 82

That is sad. Watched her everyday after school for years.

That leaves Tina Louise (Ginger) as the last surviving member of Gilligan's Island.

When it came to the debate - Ginger or Mary Ann - I was definitely in the Mary Ann camp. She was one of my early crushes.

I was strongly in the Ginger camp.....but Mary Ann was cute too. R.I.P.

Team Mary Ann here. Was a really good show.

I always thought that Ginger was a bit fake. MaryAnn was a naturally pretty woman.

https://www.esquire.com/entertainme...-ginger-gilligans-island-interview-0114/

I'll just leave this here and let the world decide.

Still Mary Ann - the red hair had nothing to do with it. lol

For the record, i won't dispute that Mary Ann was almost definitely the nicer woman...i posted that for the picture evidence only.

Tanya Roberts

Apparently not. Tanya Roberts Is Still Alive

But, sadly, she passed away this morning. Bizarre how the announcement was premature, however.

I think there was a perception that was once life support was removed she would pass. It doesn't always work the way it does in the movies though. It's just sad for all concerned.

Cloris Leachman, 94.

Cicely Tyson - 96

She was an awesome actor.

I was shocked to see how old she was - I thought maybe 70's-80's

Mary Wilson, 76, founding member of the Supremes.

Mira Furlan - 65 (Babylon 5 for you sci fi fans)

Mary Wilson, founding member of the Supremes She was 76.

Jessica Walter. I hope someone is playing Misty for her.

Anne Douglas at 102.

Widow of Kirk Douglas who died last year at 103.

Olympia Dukakis

I liked her.

So did I. I was really worried when they put her in Steel Magnolias as a southern lady, But she was wonderful.

Tawny Kitaen - 59

Markie Post

Andy Griffith Show’ actress Betty Lynn (Thelma-lou)

Betty White,99, the last of the Golden Girls.

go on youtube and search TCM Remembers, they list out a large number of prominent TV and movie folks that passed away over the past year, a very nice tribute. I was surprised how many i had not heard of passing.

Madeleine Albright, first female Secretary of State at 84.

Ivana Trump 73

Nichelle Nichols - 89 yr old (Lt Uhura - Star Trek -Original)

olivia newton john...73 years young...

Grease was the word...

Just saw that.....i feel really old hearing of her passing. RIP.

Anne Heche, cokehead

Queen Elizabeth II, 96

RIP QE II

Loretta Lynn - 90

It's funny, I hadn't pegged her for quite that old.

I thought the same thing JJ. I was thinking early 80s.

Same.

Especially since she and Crystal Gayle are sisters, it was only today I learned there was an almost 20 year gap in their ages.

Wow, i always thought more like 8-10 years between them.

comedienne Just Tenuta, 72

Angela Lansbury - Actress 96

I heard that yesterday and had no idea she was even still alive...she had quite a long career

Christine McVie - Fleetwood Mac fame

Kristie alley

Barbara Walters, 93.

Lisa Marie Presley, 54 - singer and daughter of Elvis & Pricilla Presley.

Lisa Loring - 64 - the original Wednesday Addams

Cindy Williams 75 - "Shirley Feeney" from Laverne and Shirley

raquel welch, 82 - was turned down for the role of MaryAnn on Gilligan's Island as she was "too sexy for primetime TV broadcast".

Tina Turner 83 - passed away in Switzerland after an unspecified illness

Astrid Gilberto -best known as singing The Girl From Ipanema

For all my friends in the NYC metro area that have the WCBS channel
Elise Finch 51, died Sunday in the hospital from an undisclosed illness. She left a husband and young daughter behind. I saw her on TV as recently as Wednesday, and she looked fine to me. Too young and very sad.

Sinead O'Connor, 56

Wow.

Katherine Anderson - 80 - original member of The Marvelettes.

Dianne Feinstein - US Senator California @ 90

(Wrong RIP thread.)

Suzanne Sommers - 76

First Lady Rosalynn Carter, 96

having just been to the American History Musueam at the Smithsonian, and viewing the First Lady exhibits, this was sad news to hear. She was a classy lady, for sure.

Sandra Day O'Connor - 93 first woman on the Supreme Court

Melanie (Safka) aged 77. Singer (Brand New Key).

Mandisa - age 47 - Grammy award winning contemporary Christian musician who got her big break on American Idol way back in season 5.