The LuLac Edition #5,048, December 27th, 2023

 

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JANUARY

Gangsta Boo, 43, American rapper (Three 6 Mafia), accidental drug overdose.

Martin Davis, 94, American mathematician (Davis–Putnam algorithm).

Fred White, 67, American Hall of Fame drummer (Earth, Wind & Fire)

Lincoln Almond, 86, American politician and lawyer, governor of Rhode Island (1995–2003), U.S. attorney for the district of Rhode Island (1969–1978, 1981–1993).

Michel Ferté, 64, French racing driver (Formula 3000).

Nate Colbert, 76, American baseball player (San Diego Padres, Houston Astros, Detroit Tigers).

Mike Hill, 73, American film editor (Apollo 13, Rush, Frost/Nixon), Oscar winner (1996), cryptogenic organizing pneumonia.

Bill Campbell, 74, American baseball player (Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs), Joseph A. Hardy III, 100, American lumber industry executive, founder of 84 Lumber. cancer.

Melinda Dillon, 83, American actress (Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Absence of Malice, A Christmas Story).

Jeff Beck, 78, British Hall of Fame guitarist (The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group), six-time Grammy winner, bacterial meningitis.

Blake Hounshell, 44, American journalist (The New York Times, Politico, Foreign Policy), suicide.

Charles White, 64, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Los Angeles Rams), Heisman Trophy winner (1979), liver cancer.

Harold Brown, 98, American Air Force officer (Tuskegee Airmen).

Lisa Marie Presley, 54, American singer-songwriter ("Lights Out", "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet"), small bowel obstruction.

Lee Tinsley, 53, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Seattle Mariners, Philadelphia Phillies).

Ted Savage, 85, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers).

Jay Briscoe, 38, American professional wrestler (ROH, CZW, NJPW), traffic collision.

David Crosby, 81, American Hall of Fame singer (The Byrds, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) and songwriter ("Guinnevere"), complications from COVID-19.

Jerry Blavat, 82, American DJ and radio presenter, complications from myasthenia gravis. Blavat died in hospice at Methodist Hospital in Lower Moyamensing following complications from myasthenia gravis on January 20, 2023, at the age of 82. The City of Philadelphia ordered flags flown at half mast and his funeral service at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul (Philadelphia) was open to the public and attended by thousands. Dionne Warwick delivered the eulogy, citing Jerry as a major influence in launching her career.

Peter McCann, 74, American songwriter ("Do You Wanna Make Love", "Right Time of the Night") and musician.

Billy Packer, 82, American sports broadcaster and analyst (ACC, NCAA Final Four), kidney failure.

Gary Peters, 85, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox).

Daniel Boone, 80, English pop musician ("Beautiful Sunday").p musician who became a one-hit wonder in the United States with the single "Beautiful Sunday" in 1972. The song was written by Boone and Rod McQueen and sold over 2,000,000 copies worldwide.[2] It peaked at number 15 on The Billboard Hot 100 singles chart at the end of the summer of 1972, having already reached number 21 on the UK Singles Chart earlier during that same year. In 1972, Boone was the recipient of the "Most Likeable Singer" award from Rolling Stone magazine.

Bobby Beathard, 86, American Hall of Fame football executive (Miami Dolphins, Washington Redskins, San Diego Chargers), complications from Alzheimer's disease.

Charlie Thomas, 85, American Hall of Fame singer (The Drifters), liver cancer.

 Cindy Williams, actress and producer, known for her role as Shirley Feeney on the television sitcoms Happy Days (1975–1979), and Laverne & Shirley.                         

 

FEBRUARY

George P. Wilbur, 81, American actor (Halloween, Remote Control, The Running Man) and stuntman.

Arnold Schulman, 97, American screenwriter (Love with the Proper Stranger, Goodbye, Columbus, Tucker: The Man and His Dream).

Ron Campbell, 82, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).

Burt Bacharach, 94, American Hall of Fame composer ("Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head", "Walk On By", "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"), six-time Grammy winner

AKA, 35, South African rapper, shot. Real name Kiernan Jarryd Forbes.

Huey "Piano" Smith, 89, American R&B pianist and songwriter ("Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu").

Raquel Welch, 82, American actress (One Million Years B.C., The Three Musketeers, Fantastic Voyage), complications from Alzheimer's disease.

Tim McCarver, 81, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies) and broadcaster (Fox Sports), heart failure.

Stella Stevens, 84, American actress (Girls! Girls! Girls!, The Nutty Professor, The Poseidon Adventure), complications from Alzheimer's disease.

Barbara Bosson, 83, American actress (Hill Street Blues, The Last Starfighter, Murder One)  for both of which she received six Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

James Thomas Broyhill was an American businessman and politician who served as a Republican U.S. Representative and Senator from the state of North Carolina. He represented much of the Foothills region of the state in the House from 1963 to 1986, and served in the United States Senate for four months in 1986.

Richard Belzer, 78, American actor (Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Flash), comedian, and author.

MARCH

Ted Donaldson, 89, American actor (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Adventures of Rusty, Father Knows Best), complications from a fall.

Sara Lane, 73, American actress (The Virginian, I Saw What You Did), breast cancer.

Bob Goody, 71, British actor (Flash Gordon, Fire, Ice and Dynamite, Lighthouse) and writer, cancer.

Robert Blake, 89, American actor (Baretta, In Cold Blood, Lost Highway), Emmy winner (1975), heart disease.

Otis Taylor, 80, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs), Super Bowl champion (1970), complications from Parkinson's disease.

Jesús Alou, 80, Dominican baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Houston Astros, Oakland Athletics), World Series champion (1973, 1974).

Napoleon XIV, 84, American singer ("They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!"). Born Jerrold Laurence Samuel, he occasionally revisited the Napoleon XIV character to record other songs, usually comedy records with an insanity theme. Under the name Scott David (his son's name), he cowrote "As If I Didn't Know" with Larry Kusik, a top-10 hit for Adam Wade in 1961. Samuels also wrote "The Shelter of Your Arms", a top-20 hit for Sammy Davis Jr. in 1964.

Bud Grant, 95, American basketball player (Minneapolis Lakers), Hall of Fame football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) and coach (Minnesota Vikings).

 Bill Saluga, 85, remembered for his “You can call me Ray” routine.

Ondrej Šima, 86, Slovak Olympic sport shooter (1968).

Jim Gordon, 77, American drummer (Derek and the Dominos, Traffic), songwriter ("Layla") and convicted murderer. In 1983, in a psychotic episode associated with undiagnosed schizophrenia, Gordon murdered his mother and was sentenced to 16 years to life in prison, remaining incarcerated until his death in 2023.

Willis Reed, 80, American Hall of Fame basketball player (New York Knicks) and coach (New Jersey Nets), NBA champion (1970, 1973), heart failure.

Frank LeMaster, 71, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).

David Schoumacher, 88, American news anchor and journalist. March 24, 2023) was a former newspaper and television journalist. He was also a television anchor in Washington D.C. from the 1970s until he retired. He started out as a newspaper journalist, until moving into broadcasting: radio and television. He covered presidential campaigns, including the 1968 Eugene McCarthy campaign, the Vietnam War, the Watergate trials, and interviewing astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, and the civil rights movement.

Max Hardcore, 66, American pornographic actor, pneumonia. Hardcore. He rose to prominence in 1992 with the film series The Anal Adventures of Max Hardcore,which in 1994 was awarded the X-Rated Critics Organization's award for Best Amateur or Pro-Am series. Former AVN writer, Gerrie Lim, has classified Hardcore's works as gonzo pornography and "testing the limits of acceptability". He was a member of the X-Rated Critics Organization's Hall of Fame. He spent two and a half years in prison (2009–2011), convicted in a trial for obscenity. His real name was Paul Little.

 Dave Nicholson, 83, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Houston Astros).

Bob Richards, 97, American pole vaulter and politician, Olympic champion (1952, 1956). e made three U.S. Olympic Teams in two events: the 1948, 1952, and 1956 Summer Olympics as a pole vaulter and as a decathlete in 1956.He won gold medals in pole vault in both 1952 and 1956, becoming the only male two-time champion in the event in Olympic history. While still an active athlete, Richards became an ordained minister. He ran for President of the United States in 1984 on the Populist Party ticket. Richards was also known for his extraordinary athleticism, that led to his appearing for many years on “Wheaties” cereal boxes and as a result, he became the “face” of that cereal for many years, particularly during the 1960s. Such recognition is rarely seen during this millennium.

 Patricia Schroeder, 82, Colorado’s first female member of Congress, ran unsuccessfully for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination. 

Israeli actor Topol, 87, starred in Broadway and film versions of “Fiddler on the Roof”.

APRIL

Alicia Shepard, 69, American journalist and writer, complications from lung cancer.

Toni Elling, 94, American burlesque dancer.

Judy Farrell, 84, American actress (M*A*S*H, Fame) and television writer (Port Charles), complications from a stroke.

Seymour Stein, Stein signed bands that became central to the new wave era of the 1970s and 1980s, including Talking Heads, the Ramones, and The Pretenders; he signed Madonna as well. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.

Garn Stephens, 78, American actress (Phyllis, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, The Sunshine Boys).

Roy McGrath, 53, American public official and fugitive, chief of staff to the governor of Maryland (2020), shot. He was wanted for wire fraud.

Cedric Henderson, 57, American basketball player (Atlanta Hawks, Albany Patroons, Olympique Antibes).

Leon Levine, 85, American businessman, founder of Family Dollar.

Bob Heatlie, 76, Scottish songwriter ("Japanese Boy", "Cry Just a Little Bit", "Merry Christmas Everyone") and record producer.

Elizabeth Hubbard, 89, American actress (The Doctors, As the World Turns, Ordinary People), cancer.

Michael Lerner, 81, American actor (Barton Fink, Eight Men Out, Elf), complications from brain seizures.

James Timlin, 95, American Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop (1976–1984) and bishop (1984–2003) of Scranton.

Larry LeGrande, 83, American baseball player (Memphis Red Sox, Detroit Stars, Kansas City Monarchs).

Don Leppert, 91, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators).

Dave Frost, 70, American baseball player (California Angels).

April Stevens, 93, American singer ("Deep Purple", "Whispering"), Grammy winner (1964).

Bud Shuster, 91, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1973–2001), complications from a fractured hip.

John Miller, 79, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chunichi Dragons).

Harry Belafonte, 96, American Hall of Fame musician ("The Banana Boat Song", "Jump in the Line"), actor (Odds Against Tomorrow), and civil rights activist, heart failure.

Dick Groat, 92, American baseball (Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals) and basketball player (Fort Wayne Pistons), World Series champion (1960, 1964), complications from a stroke.[

Jerry Springer, 79, British-born American television host (Jerry Springer, America's Got Talent) and politician, mayor of Cincinnati (1977–1978), pancreatic cancer.

Tim Bachman, 71, Canadian guitarist (Bachman–Turner Overdrive, Brave Belt).

Harold Kushner, 88, American rabbi and author (When Bad Things Happen to Good People, Overcoming Life's Disappointments, When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough).

Mike Shannon, 83, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals) and broadcaster, World Series champion (1964, 1967), stroke.

MAY

Dick Burwell, 83, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).

Gordon Lightfoot, 84, Canadian Hall of Fame singer-songwriter ("Sundown", "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", "If You Could Read My Mind").

Vida Blue, 73, American baseball player (Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants, Kansas City Royals), three-time World Series champion (1972, 1973, 1974).

Don January, 93, American golfer (PGA Tour, Senior PGA Tour), PGA Championship winner (1967).

Deacon Jones, 89, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox) and coach (Houston Astros, San Diego Padres).

John Roland, 81, American news presenter (WNEW-TV, NBC News), complications from a stroke.

Vern Holtgrave, 80, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).

Joe Kapp, 85, American Hall of Fame football player (BC Lions, Minnesota Vikings), coach (California Golden Bears) and executive.

Bob Garibaldi, was a relief pitcher who played from 1962 to 1963, and in 1966 and 1969. he won the 1962 College World Series Most Outstanding Player award. He is the only player from Santa Clara University to ever win that award. He also set two records in that Series: a strikeout record (38 strikeout) and an innings-pitched record (272⁄3 innings pitched). Although Casey Stengel of the New York Mets tried to convince Garibaldi to sign with them (he even left a game early to travel to Stockton, California, to try to persuade Garibaldi), Garibaldi chose not to sign with the Mets. Instead, he signed with the Giants. After signing with the San Francisco Giants for a record bonus of $150,000, Garibaldi jumped straight from college to the major leagues, making his big league debut on July 15, 1962. Facing the New York Mets, he pitched a perfect inning in his debut, striking out one batter. He would pitch nine games in 1962, going 0–0 with a 5.11 ERA. He was the ninth youngest player in 1962. In 1963, Garibaldi went 0–1 with a 1.13 ERA in four games. He would not pitch in the majors again until 1966. In 1966, he appeared in one game, pitching a near-perfect inning of work, allowing a single hit. He'd have to wait until 1969 to play in the big leagues again. Once again, he appeared in only one game, making the only start of his career. Despite pitching five solid innings and posting an ERA of 1.80, he still lost the game because his defense allowed three unearned runs (he allowed four runs total). He played his final major league game on October 1.  Although his big league career was over, his professional career was not. He continued to pitch in the Giants organization until the end of the 1970 season. He was traded to the Kansas City Royals on October 19, 1970 for Fran Healy. In early 1971, he was traded to the San Diego Padres for Mike Jackson. He played for the Padres top farm team, the Hawaii Islanders, in 1971 and 1972 before retiring.  Overall, Garibaldi went 0–2 with a 3.08 ERA in the majors. In 15 games, he had 11 walks and 14 strikeouts. Garibaldi was the last $100,000 Bonus Baby pitcher to never win a game.

Ed Ames, 95, American singer ("My Cup Runneth Over", "Time, Time") and actor (Daniel Boone).

George Maharris 94, American actor Route 66, Exodus,  and singer ("Teach Me Tonight"), hepatitis. 

Tina Turner, 83, American-born Swiss Hall of Fame singer ("River Deep – Mountain High", "What's Love Got to Do with It") and actress (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome), eight-time Grammy winner.

Mike Young, 63 played all or part of eight seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1982 to 1989, mostly as an outfielder and designated hitter. He played for the Baltimore Orioles for most of his major league career, but also played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers, and Cleveland Indians.

JUNE

John Sullivan, 82, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, New York Mets) and coach (Toronto Blue Jays).

Cynthia Weil, 82, American Hall of Fame songwriter ("You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'", "Here You Come Again", "Somewhere Out There"), Grammy winner (1988).

Bob Bolin, 84, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers).

Roger Craig, 93, American baseball player (Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets) and manager (San Francisco Giants), four-time World Series champion.

Norma Hunt, 85, American businesswoman, owner of the Kansas City Chiefs (since 2006).

Pat Cooper, 93, American actor (Fighting Back, Analyze This, Analyze That) and comedian.

Pat Robertson, 93, American televangelist (The 700 Club), founder of CBN and Regent University.

Don Hood, 73, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals).

Ted Kaczynski, 81, American mathematician and domestic terrorist (Unabomber Manifesto), suicide.

Jim Turner, 82, American football player (New York Jets, Denver Broncos), heart failure.

Daniel Young 51 appeared in four games in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs in 2000.

Treat Williams, 71, American actor (Hair, Prince of the City, Everwood), traffic collision.

Glenda Jackson, 87, English actress (Women in Love, Sunday Bloody Sunday, A Touch of Class) and politician, MP (1992–2015), Oscar winner (1970, 1973).

Daniel Ellsberg, 92, American whistleblower (Pentagon Papers), pancreatic cancer.

Dick Hall, 92, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Phillies), multiple myeloma and heart failure.

Notable victims of the Titan submersible implosion:

Shahzada Dawood, 48, Pakistani-British businessman

Hamish Harding, 58, British businessman

Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77, French navy commander and explorer

Stockton Rush, 61, American businessman, CEO and founder of OceanGate.

George Frazier, 68, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins).

Bob Shannon, 74, American radio disc jockey (WCBS-FM).

Lowell Weicker, 92, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1969–1971) and Senate (1971–1989), governor of Connecticut (1991–1995).

Alan Arkin, 89, American actor (Little Miss Sunshine, Argo, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter), Oscar winner (2006), heart failure.

Bea Ballintijn, 100, Norwegian Olympic swimmer (1948).

Don Kennedy, 93, American radio broadcaster (WPIC, NBC Radio), television personality, and voice actor (Space Ghost Coast to Coast).

Christine King Farris, 95, American civil rights activist. King was the sister of Martin Luther King Jr. She taught at Spelman College and was the author of several books and was a public speaker on various topics, including the King family, multicultural education, and teaching.

Lord Creator, 87, Trinidadian-born Jamaican singer-songwriter ("Kingston Town").

JULY

Frank Field, 100, American meteorologist (WNBC, WCBS, WWOR).

Peter Nero, 89, American pianist and conductor (Philly Pops), Grammy winner (1962, 1963).

Jimmy Weldon, 99, American voice actor (The Yogi Bear Show, Challenge of the Superfriends, Shirt Tales), ventriloquist and television host.

Charlie Daniels, 83, American politician, Arkansas commissioner of state lands (1985–2003), secretary of state (2003–2011), and state auditor (2011–2015).

Nick Benedict, 77, American actor (All My Children, The Young and the Restless, Days of Our Lives), complications from spinal surgery.

Stu Silver, 76, American screenwriter (Throw Momma from the Train) and television writer (Soap, Webster), complications from prostate cancer.

Lawrence Yellen. 80 Yellen pitched in 14 games in Major League Baseball for the Houston Colt .45s in 1963 and 1964.

James Reston Jr., 82, American journalist, pancreatic cancer. He wrote about the Vietnam War, the Jonestown Massacre, civil rights, the impeachment of Richard Nixon, and the September 11 attacks.

Tony Bennett, 96, American singer ("I Left My Heart in San Francisco", "Rags to Riches", "Because of You"), 20-time Grammy winner.

Mike Ivie, 70, American baseball player (San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, Detroit Tigers).

Larry Ray, 65, American baseball player (Houston Astros).

Willie Nepomuceno, 75, Filipino impressionist and comedian, complications from a fall.

Sinéad O'Connor, 56, Irish singer ("Nothing Compares 2 U") and songwriter ("Mandinka", "The Emperor's New Clothes"), Grammy winner (1991).

Jim Parker, 88, British television composer (Midsomer Murders, House of Cards, Foyle's War).

Mel Roach, 90, American baseball player (Milwaukee Braves, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies).

Roberto Cintli Rodríguez, 69, Mexican-American columnist, author, and academic (Mexican American studies), heart failure.

AUGUST

Sheila Oliver, 71, American politician, lieutenant governor of New Jersey (since 2018), member (2004–2018) and speaker (2010–2014) of the New Jersey General Assembly.

Beth Porter, 81, American-British actress (The Great Gatsby, Yentl, Rock Follies).

Walter Charles, 78, American actor (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Fletch Lives, Prancer), complications from frontotemporal dementia.

Jango Edwards, 73, American clown and comedian.

Lee Richard, 74, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals).

Jim Price, 81, American baseball player and sportscaster (Detroit Tigers), World Series champion (1968).

Margit Saad, 94, German actress (Three Birch Trees on the Heath, The Criminal, The Magnificent Two).

Roy Harris, 90, American boxer and lawyer.

Shelley Smith, 70, American model and actress (The Associates), cardiac arrest.

Alex Cole, 52: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the second round of the 1985 MLB amateur draft, Cole made his major league debut with the Cleveland Indians on July 27, 1990, and appeared in his final game on May 22, 1996. Cole stole five bases in one game on August 1, 1990[1] and, known as a stolen base threat (Cole ranked fourth in the American League in 1990 with 40 stolen bases despite playing in only 63 games), the Indians in 1991 cited his speed as a prime reason for moving back the outfield walls of Cleveland Municipal Stadium. This effort, however, resulted in the Indians hitting only 22 home runs at home for the year. Cole again stole five bases in a game against the California Angels on May 3, 1992.

Dick Tomanek, 92, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Athletics).

Gary Barnes, 83, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys, Chicago Bears), complications from Parkinson's disease.

Jerry Moss, 88, American Hall of Fame recording executive, co-founder of A&M Records.

Carl Richardson, 102, American college football coach (Eastern New Mexico University).

Bobby Eli, 77, American guitarist (MFSB), songwriter ("Love Won't Let Me Wait"), and record producer.

Angie Ferro, 86, Filipino actress (Patayin Mo Sa Sindak Si Barbara, Evolution of a Filipino Family, Lola Igna).

James L. Buckley, 100, American jurist and politician, U.S. senator (1971–1977), counselor of the Department of State (1982) and judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (since 1985), complications from a fall.

Pat Corrales, 82, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds) and manager (Texas Rangers), World Series champion (1995). He was the first major league manager of Mexican American descent. Corrales made his major league playing debut at age 23 on August 2, 1964, with the Phillies. He pinch-hit for pitcher John Boozer in the fifth inning, grounding out against the Los Angeles Dodgers' Larry Miller in a 6–1 Phillies loss at Connie Mack Stadium.His first career hit came the next year on June 15, 1965, in a 12–7 Phillies loss to the Milwaukee Braves at County Stadium when he singled in the eighth inning off Tony Cloninger and later scored. He had one of his best career games the next day when, in a 6–2 Phillies win over the Braves, he started at catcher and went 3–4 with his first major league home run (a two-run shot in the third inning against Denny Lemaster). After the 1965 season, the Phillies traded Corrales, Alex Johnson, and Art Mahaffey to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bill White, Dick Groat, and Bob Uecker.[6] He was a backup to Tim McCarver during the 1966 season and spent the 1967 season in the minor leagues. In a nine-year playing career as a backup catcher, Corrales played in 300 games with 166 hits, four home runs, 54 runs batted in, and a .216 batting average. He appeared in one game of the 1970 World Series for the Reds and batted once, grounding out for the final out of the series as the Reds fell in five games to the Baltimore Orioles. Corrales became a coach for the Texas Rangers in 1976. On the last day of the 1978 season, the Rangers fired manager Billy Hunter and named Corrales their new manager. The Rangers fired Corrales after the 1980 season. The Phillies hired Corrales as their manager after the 1981 season.On July 18, 1983, the Phillies fired Corrales, despite the Phillies having a 43–42 (.506) record and tied for first place with the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League East. Corrales had benched Mike Schmidt and Pete Rose while confusing veteran players with his changes to the lineups. Two weeks after being fired by the Phillies, the Indians hired Corrales as their manager. They retained him for after the 1983 season with a two-year contract extension. After the 1985 season, the Indians signed Corrales to a perpetual contract. The Indians fired him in July 1987.[16] Corrales spent nine years as a major league manager and finished with an overall record of 572–634 (.474) with the Rangers, Phillies, and Indians The New York Yankees hired Corrales as their first base coach for the 1989 season. The Yankees fired their manager and most of their coaching staff, including Corrales, in August 1989, and he joined the Atlanta Braves as a scout in September. He served as the Braves' bench coach for nine years, and was with Washington Nationals for the 2007 and 2008 seasons before being fired at the end of 2008 along with the majority of the Nationals' coaching staff. Shortly after being fired, he accepted a job as a special consultant to the Nationals. He resumed as bench coach in July 2009 after Jim Riggleman was appointed acting manager after Manny Acta was fired. Corrales was once again appointed Nats bench coach in June 2011 by new manager Davey Johnson. Corrales replaced John McLaren, who had been reassigned to scouting duty. On November 5, 2012, Corrales was hired by the Los Angeles Dodgers as a special assistant to the general manager.

 Game show legend Bob Barker, 99, hosted “The Price Is Right” for 35 years, saying audiences “liked me well enough to invite me into their homes”.

 Mark Margolis, 83, who played the paralyzed drug lord who communicated by ringing a bell on “Breaking Bad”.

SEPTEMBER

Dennis Austin, 76, American computer programmer, co-creator of Microsoft PowerPoint, lung cancer.

Jimmy Buffett, 76, American singer-songwriter ("Margaritaville", "Cheeseburger in Paradise"), founder of Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville, Merkel-cell carcinoma.

Bill Richardson, 75, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1983–1997), UN ambassador (1997–1998), governor of New Mexico (2003–2011).

Tempt One, 54, American graffiti artist, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Steve Harwell, 56, American singer (Smash Mouth), liver failure.

Gary Wright, 80, American singer-songwriter ("Dream Weaver", "Love Is Alive") and musician (Spooky Tooth), Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia.

Larry Chance, 82, American doo-wop singer (The Earls).

Éva Fahidi, 97, Hungarian Holocaust survivor and author.

Mike Williams, 36, American football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Buffalo Bills), complications from a construction accident.

Brooks Robinson, 86, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Baltimore Orioles), World Series champion (1966, 1970), heart disease.

Stanisław Szymecki, 99, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Kielce (1981–1993) and archbishop of Białystok (1993–2000).

Bob Priddy, 83, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves, San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox).

Dianne Feinstein, 90, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate (since 1992), mayor of San Francisco (1978–1988).

 Paul Reubens, 70, was unforgettable as the children’s character Pee-wee Herman.

OCTOBER

Jim Caple, 61, American sports journalist (ESPN.com) and writer.

Russ Francis, 70, American football player (New England Patriots, San Francisco 49ers), plane crash.

Ron Haffkine, 84, American record producer and music manager (Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show), leukemia and kidney failure.

Tim Wakefield, 57, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates) and commentator (NESN), brain cancer.

Casey Cox, 82, American baseball player (Washington Senators/Texas Rangers, New York Yankees).

Joe Christopher, 87, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets, Boston Red Sox).

Wayne Comer, 79, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, Washington Senators).

Dick Butkus, 80, American Hall of Fame football player (Chicago Bears) and actor (Hang Time, Johnny Dangerously).

Jordan Levy, 79, American radio host (WTAG) and politician, mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts (1980–1981, 1988–1993).

Vincent Patrick, 88, American author and screenwriter (The Pope of Greenwich Village, Family Business, The Devil's Own), complications from Lewy body dementia.

Jim Poole, 57, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Israeli people killed in 2023 Hamas attack on Israel:

Lior Asulin, 43, footballer (Maccabi Herzliya, Beitar Jerusalem, Hapoel Petah Tikva)[

Jayar Davidov, chief superintendent, commander of the Israel Police in Rahat (since 2022)

Roy Edan, 45, photojournalist

Eli Ginsberg, 42, lieutenant colonel, commander of LOTAR (2020–2023)

Asaf Hamami, 40, colonel, commander of the Southern Brigade

Hayim Katsman, 32, peace activist and academic

Roi Levy, 44, colonel, commander of the Multidimensional Unit (since 2023)

Ofir Libstein, 49–50, politician, head of the Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council (since 2018)

Shani Louk, 23, tattoo artist and social media influencer

Izhar Peled, 61–62, assistant commissioner, commander of Israel Border Police in Judea and Samaria (2016–2020)

Vivian Silver, 74, peace activist and women's rights activist

Yonatan Steinberg, 43, colonel, commander of the Nahal Brigade (since 2023)

Yahav Winner, 37, filmmaker[

Yaniv Zohar, 54, videojournalist and photographer.

David Dollar 68 was an American economist and China scholar who served as a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution's John L. Thornton China Center between July 2017 and October 2023.

Herschel Savage, 70, American pornographic actor (Debbie Does Dallas, Memphis Cathouse Blues, The Texas Vibrator Massacre) and director.

Burt Young, 83, American actor (Rocky, Chinatown, Back to School), cardiac arrest.

Kevin Phillips, 82, American political commentator (NOW on PBS) and writer (American Theocracy), complications from Alzheimer's disease.

Buck Trent, 85, American country musician and television personality (Hee Haw).

Leo Burke, 89, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles, California Angels).

People killed in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war:

Issam Abdallah, 37, Lebanese journalist (Reuters)

Murad Abu Murad, Palestinian militant, head of air operation of Hamas

Ali Qadhi, Palestinian militant

Heba Zaqout, 38–39, Palestinian artist and schoolteacher

Wael Al Zard, 50, Palestinian Islamic preacher and university professor

Suzanne Somers, 76, American actress (Three's Company, Step by Step, She's the Sheriff), breast cancer.

Mark Howard James professionally known as The 45 King and also known as DJ Mark the 45 King, was an American hip hop producer and DJ from The Bronx, New York. He began DJing in the mid-1980s. His pseudonym, the 45 King, came from his ability to make beats using obscure 45 RPM records.

Palestinians killed in a 2023 Israel–Hamas war airstrike:

Jamila Abdallah Taha al-Shanti, 68, politician, PLC (since 2006)[482

Rafat Abu Hilal, militant, head of military for the Popular Resistance Committees

Jihad Muheisen, militant, head of the Palestinian National Security Forces in the Gaza Strip

Pete Ladd, 67, American baseball player (Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners), cancer.

Rob Gardner, 78, American baseball player (New York Mets, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics).

Richard Roundtree, 81, American actor (Shaft, Se7en, Speed Racer), pancreatic cancer.

Frank Howard, 87, American baseball player (Washington Senators/Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers), complications from a stroke.

Ken Mattingly, 87, American astronaut (Apollo 16, STS-4, STS-51-C). Mattingly was scheduled to fly on the Apollo 13 mission, but three days prior to launch, he was replaced by Jack Swigert because he was exposed to German measles (which Mattingly did not contract). Mattingly flew as Command Module Pilot for Apollo 16 and made 64 lunar orbits,[1] making him one of 24 people to fly to the Moon.[2] Mattingly and his Apollo 16 commander, John Young, are the only people to have flown to the Moon and also a Space Shuttle mission. (Fred Haise, his former training crewmate from Apollo 13, performed atmospheric flight testing of the Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests.) During Apollo 16's return flight to Earth, Mattingly performed an extravehicular activity (EVA) to retrieve film cassettes from the exterior of the spacecraft, the command and service module. It was the second "deep space" EVA in history, at great distance from any planetary body. As of 2023, it remains one of only three such EVAs which have taken place, all during the Apollo program's J-missions.

NOVEMBER

Bob Knight, 83, American Hall of Fame basketball coach (Indiana Hoosiers, Texas Tech Red Raiders, 1984 Olympic team).

Peter White, 86, American actor (The Boys in the Band, All My Children, Mr. Wrong), melanoma.

Dick Drago, 78, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals, California Angels).

Norma A. Berger Taylor played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the 1950 season. Berger was nicknamed "Bergie״. Listed at 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m), 140 lb (64 kg), she batted and threw right-handed.

Frank Borman, 95, American astronaut (Gemini 7, Apollo 8) and airline executive (Eastern Air Lines), stroke.

Betty Rollin was an American journalist and author who was an NBC News correspondent. As a reporter, she won both the DuPont and Emmy awards, and she contributed reports for PBS. She also wrote two memoirs: First, You Cry, about her experiences with breast cancer, and Last Wish, about her mother having terminal cancer and helping her die through assisted suicide.

Suzanne Shepherd, 89, American actress (The Sopranos, Goodfellas, Requiem for a Dream), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and kidney failure.

Lou Skizas, 92, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox)

Rosalynn Carter, 96, American mental health activist, first lady of the United States (1977–1981), and of Georgia (1971–1975), complications from dementia.

Jean Knight, 80, American singer ("Mr. Big Stuff").

Marty Krofft, 86, Canadian puppeteer (H.R. Pufnstuf, Land of the Lost, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters), kidney failure.

Henry Kissinger, 100, German-born American diplomat and politician, national security advisor (1969–1975), secretary of state (1973–1977) and Nobel Prize laureate (1973).

DECEMBER

Jim Ladd, 75, American disc jockey (KMET, KLOS, Sirius XM), radio producer and writer, heart attack.

Bob Allen, 86, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians).

Larry Miggins, 98, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals).

Denny Laine, 79, English Hall of Fame musician (Wings, The Moody Blues) and songwriter ("Mull of Kintyre"), interstitial lung disease.

Norman Lear, 101, American Hall of Fame television writer and producer (All in the Family, Maude, The Jeffersons), cardiac arrest.

Sandra Day O'Connor, 93, American jurist, associate justice of the Supreme Court (1981–2006), member of the Arizona Senate (1969–1975) and chancellor of the College of William & Mary (2005–2012), complications from dementia and respiratory illness.

Ryan O'Neal, 82, American actor (Love Story, Barry Lyndon, Paper Moon) and boxer.

Jack Hogan, 94, American actor (Combat!, The Bonnie Parker Story, Jake and the Fatman).

 

 

 Ryan Minor, who played in four MLB seasons and replaced Cal Ripken Jr. when he decided to end his consecutive-games streak, died Friday at the age of 49.

Bandit, 38, Thai drag queen, costume designer, and stylist.

Henry Sandon, 95, English antique expert (Antiques Roadshow).

Mike Nussbaum, 99, American actor (Fatal Attraction, Field of Dreams, Men in Black).

Tom Smothers, the countercultural comedy icon admired for the 1960s variety program he created and hosted with his younger brother, Dick, and for the tenacity he displayed in frequent clashes with CBS censors, has died. He was 86. Smothers died peacefully Tuesday at his home in Santa Rosa, California, after a battle with cancer, his brother said in a statement.

 The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour ran from February 1967 until April 1969, when the pair were fired after 72 episodes (and with their show in the top 10 and already renewed for a fourth season). Up against NBC powerhouse Bonanza at 9 p.m. on Sunday nights, their program succeeded by attracting younger, hipper, more rebellious viewers - while also launching the careers of Steve Martin, Rob Reiner, Mason Williams and many others.

 Clean-cut and sporting closely cropped hair in an era of Easy Rider and acid trips, the former folk singers and makers of hit music-comedy records did not look like the kind of guys who would be lightning rods for controversy. The brothers previously had a half hour situation  comedy on CBS.

 James Ray, 66, American basketball player (Denver Nuggets, Berloni Torino, Fenerbahçe), complications from surgery.

Bobby Rivers, 70, American television personality (WISN-TV, WPIX, VH1).

 Herb Kohl, 88, American politician, businessman (Kohl's), and sports team owner (Milwaukee Bucks), member of the U.S. Senate (1989–2013).

Tom Wilkinson, 75, British actor (The Full Monty, In the Bedroom, Michael Clayton), BAFTA winner (1998).

Tripoli Giannini, 111, Italian supercentenarian, Italy's oldest man.

Shecky Greene, 97, American comedian and actor (History of the World, Part I, Splash, Tony Rome).

Cale Yarborough, 84, American Hall of Fame racing driver and founder of Cale Yarborough Motorsports, NASCAR Cup Series champion (1976, 1977, 1978).

 

LOCAL DEATHS

IN MEMORIAL FROM CITIZENS’ VOICE AND LULAC

Dr. Inayat Kathio, Jan. 6, Yatesville: Veterinarian who treated countless animals for free and was a dedicated diplomat and advocate for his native country of Pakistan.

Paula Triano, Jan, 21, Hazleton: Executive director of the Domestic Violence Center was remembered as a woman who stood up to district attorneys and put the needs of victims in the spotlight while avoiding it for herself.

 Donna Bettelli Postupak, Feb. 16, White Haven: Third-generation owner and operator of Bettelli’s Villa in Wilkes-Barre, where she cultivated lifelong friendships as the beloved bartender and joke teller.

Alvin “Peanuts” Long, April 30, Benton, formerly of Shickshinny: Pitched horseshoes all over the country winning one world championship and winning multiple state titles; he was inducted into the Pennsylvania Horseshoe Pitchers Hall of Fame in 1991.

John C. Metz, May 8, Harveys Lake: His passion for food service management led him to launch Metz Culinary Management, specializing in providing dining management solutions for health care, educational and corporate organizations.

Judge Hugh F. Mundy, May 26, Drums, formerly of Dallas: Mundy was the executive director of the first federally funded Legal Services Program in Luzerne County and was elected to his first full term as a county judge in 1991 and was retained for a second term in 2001. In 2010, he began serving as a senior judge.

Brother James Miller, June 20: Longtime head of the King’s College theater department was “larger than life” and inspired hundreds of students.

Robert A. Stella, Aug. 15, Plains Twp.: Founded Stell Enterprises Inc. in 1982. The paving and excavating business is “now one of the most highly respected construction companies in Northeast Pennsylvania.”

Doreen Dougherty, Aug. 20, Shavertown: The former WBRE programming director became principal at Holy Redeemer in 2019.

Joseph Panzitta, Aug. 29, Pittston: Founder of Panzitta Enterprises Inc., a general contracting firm where served until his retirement in 1994.

 

TWO GREAT FRIENDS

Ronald Felton, Aug. 2: Wilkes-Barre: Former longtime president of the Wilkes-Barre chapter of the NAACP “was one of the most consequential leaders the community of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County and all Northeastern Pennsylvania ever had.”

Ron Felton and I knew of each other but were never formally introduced until 2017. I became his First President as Ron was serving his last term.

Ron and I would have these great grand discussions about the Civil rights movement, about the state of the world and Wilkes Barre as a city that was changing.

Ron was doing well up until June of 2023 when he fell ill and was hospitalized for some time before his untimely death in in August. He was a candid friend, he was an honest friend, he was a great man who I was proud to know. Here’s a link to his Memorial Service held at King’s College.

Frank L. Steffen, Jr.,  68  passed away at the Olean General Hospital after a brief illness.

He married Frances Egnaczak, who survives.

Frank was a 1973 graduate of Portville Central School and attended King's College in Wilkes Barre, PA. He went on to receive his Bachelor of Arts Degree from SUNY Fredonia and his Master of Science Degree from Buffalo State College.

Frank enjoyed teaching special needs children and was a special education teacher for The Rehabilitation Center (now Intandem) for several years later becoming the mental health coordinator for the Directions in Independent Living in Olean. He was currently working as a substitute teacher for the Olean City School District. From 2014-2021 he was on the Olean City School Board of Education and served as President from 2019-2020. He also served on the City of Olean Common Council as President and Alderman.

I had met Frank when he was a student at King’s College. He joined the radio station for two years until he went back to school in New York. I had not heard from him again until 2008 when Frank contacted me After he heard I had cancer. I was stunned that he remembered me and was flattered he thought so much of me to reconnect.

But upon meeting, it was like old times. We kept in touch with his bi annual visits to Wilkes-Barre where we discussed politics, music, WRKC, and our weight.

Frank died on July 6^th, 2023, just ONE YEAR TO THE DAY WHEN IN 2022 Frank made the trek to see me at Geisinger Danville where I underwent Open Heart surgery.

That’s the kind of guy Frank was.  If he thought he could help, he would. The town of Olean is much poorer without him.

I know I am.