Celebrity Death Thread 2009

[Just_Jackie]

Well, a new year means a new thread.

I guess I will start. She's not really a celeb but has done more good than a lot of celebs ever will.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Helen Suzman, one of South Africa's foremost anti-apartheid campaigners, died on Thursday at the age of 91.

Suzman was for 36 years South Africa's most famous white crusader against apartheid, waging an often lonely and fierce parliamentary battle to enfranchise the black majority.

Suzman became one of the few whites to earn respect from black South Africans when she started making regular visits to see jailed black nationalist leader Nelson Mandela, sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090101/peo ... xb0v5dDxkF

[Just_Jackie]

For those of you who are old enough to remember the original Starsky and Hutch, the actor who played the police captain died.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090101/ap_ ... t_hamilton

[Just_Jackie]

Holy sh*t. Another one. Donald Westlake. Author.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090102/ap_ ... t_westlake

[angeldeb82]

Holy sh*t. Another one. Donald Westlake. Author.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090102/ap_ ... t_westlake

Um, he died on December 31, 2008, so that doesn't count.

[Just_Jackie]

Jett Travolta, 16 year old son of John Travolta, has died this morning.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090102/ap_ ... olta_s_son

[BRMBug]

dude.

[BRMBug]

How about Jett Travolta? Now there's an unusual and untimely death.

[Just_Jackie]

I agree about Jett Travolta. I mean it's sad when anyone dies. Even if it's someone you don't personally like, someone out there loves them. But when it's someone who is so young and had their whole lives ahead of them, it's even worse.

[angeldeb82]

Actor Pat Hingle, the veteran of stage, TV, and film acting, passed away last night. Here's the link: http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20090104/ARTICLES/901042994/1120?Title=Actor_Pat_Hingle_dies_at_age_84

[angeldeb82]

India, the First Cat of the Bush family, passed away yesterday. Poor little furbaby. Here's the link: http://news.aol.com/article/first-cat-india-dies-at-white-house/294182

[angeldeb82]

I know it's a little too late for this, but Maddie Blaustein, transgendered voice actress of 4Kids Entertainment, passed away nearly a month ago, Dec. 11, 2008. Here's the link: http://www.4kids.tv/buzz/view/2005

[Just_Jackie]

I know it's a little too late for this, but Maddie Blaustein, transgendered voice actress of 4Kids Entertainment, passed away nearly a month ago, Dec. 11, 2008. Here's the link: http://www.4kids.tv/buzz/view/2005

Holy sh*t. Another one. Donald Westlake. Author.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090102/ap_ ... t_westlake

Um, he died on December 31, 2008, so that doesn't count.

Founding member of "The Stooges" was found dead today, and apparently had been that way for several days.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090107/peo ... LWRS9xFb8C

[BRMBug]

Err. (can you just imagine the state he must've been in?) ...Well that just shows my musical ignorance, I thought that MC5 was an English group.

[Just_Jackie]

Former Attorney General Griffin Bell...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090107/ap_ ... JfeTdvzwcF

edit: omg they are dropping like flies today.

Soccer legend Alfie Conn Sr.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090107/wl ... _newsmlmmd

[triplemultiplex]

India, the First Cat of the Bush family, passed away yesterday. Poor little furbaby. Here's the link: http://news.aol.com/article/first-cat-india-dies-at-white-house/294182

Wow, life imitates art. Everyone remember that episode of That's My Bush?