Celebrity Deaths for 2012

[Miku-chan]

70's Disco diva Queen, Donna Summer died of cancer today at the ave of 63

Mary Kennedy died of asphyxiation may 16

[Kris_Roth]

Ed Ray, 91, Cirrosis of the Liver. He was a California school bus driver who saved the kids on his bus from a kidnapping plot hatched by three men back in 1976. All the kids on the bus were rescued, thanks to Ed Ray's calmness and resourcefulness. The three men attempted to get 5 million dollars from the families of the children to cover their failed investment scheme.

Knowing that back in 1976 California was in the middle of the Charles Manson murders, the Zodiac killer, and the Patty Hearst/Symbionese Liberation Army kidnapping, a lot of people were on edge.

[Kris_Roth]

Robin Gibb, founder of the Bee-Gees and brother of the late Maurice Gibb has passed away.

[Kris_Roth]

1950's inventor Eugene Polley, inventor of the modern television remote control, has passed away. His television remote was to be "safe" for use by the public amid fears of radiation from the earliest remotes. Now, every new television set comes with a battery operated remote control.

[Kris_Roth]

Janet Carrol, who played the clueless mother in "Risky Business" has died. Best scene in that movie was the Bob Seger "Old Time Rock and Roll" dance in socked feet, wearing a white dress shirt by a young Tom Cruise.

[Kris_Roth]

Former NBA Star Orlando Woolridge, who played with the Chicago Bulls, and was the head coach of the Los Angeles Sparks, has passed away at the age of 52 from an apparent heart condition.

[Kris_Roth]

Richard "Dick" Beals (March 16, 1927 - May 29, 2012) was an American voice actor. He performed many voices in his career, which spanned the period from the early 1950s into the 21st century. He specialized primarily in doing the voices of young boys.

Perhaps his most recognizable characterization was the voice of the stop-motion animation figure called "Speedy Alka-Seltzer", featured in television commercials for more than 50 years.

Dick Beals voiced Davey from the Davey and Goliath TV series, as well as Gumby, and Richie Rich's mischevious cousin, Reggie Van Dough on the Richie Rich animated series.

[Kris_Roth]

Hans Schmidt, former professional wrestler who portrayed a heelish German character after WWII in the independent wrestling organizations, has passed away. His main opponents were "The Natural" Buddy Rodgers and Lou Theiz. Hans Schmidt was the prototype for International heel Professional Wrestler gimmicks like the Iron Shiek and Nicolai Volkoff in the 1980's.

In Miami, Florida, a man was shot to death by police after the police responded to concened citizens claiming some naked guy was attacking a homeless man, and eating his face off. The police discovered the man naked and feasting on another man's face, as the reports mentioned. When ordered to stop, the suspect lifted his head and roared at the police, prompting the police to shoot the suspect 4 times. The deceased had a lot of mental health issues and a history of violence and drug use. He was high on Bath Salts, which causes euphoric highs and possibly irrational behaviors. He was the first Miami-Dade county suspect to be tasered by police after a violent encounter. The media has dubbed him the Miami Cannibal. The victim, a homeless man, is in critical condition and will need extensive facial reconstruction and therapy. About 70 to 80 percent of the victim's face was gnawed off.


In other strange news, Nancy Grace reported a young woman was murdered by a couple and the couple bragged about it on Facebook. There were Google searches for things like Chloroform, how to dispose of a body, etc. What is wrong with these people?

[Kris_Roth]

Richard Dawson, 79, former host of the popular game show Family Feud, has passed away. Currently, the Family Fued is hosted by Steve Harvey.

[Kris_Roth]

Eduard Khil, a Russian singer better known as "Mr. Trololo," died on Monday from complications of a stroke. He was 77.

[Kris_Roth]

Ray Bradbury, author of the science-fiction novel, Feihrenheit 451, has passed away.

Feihrenheit 451 is set in the near future, and deals with censorship and conformity. The main protagonist, Guy Montag, is a fireman. Instead of putting out fires, the "fire department" that Montag works at is charged with setting fires to literary works (books) with special fire hoses that spray fire. They have special "fire dogs" that burn people up based off their scent. Paper burns at 451 degrees Feihrenheit, hence the name of the novel and the movie adaptation. I also remember an audio book version, and a film strip version for schools.

[Kris_Roth]

Bob Welch, former member of the band, Fleetwood Mac, has been found dead of a gunshot to the chest. Official cause of death is suicide.

[Kris_Roth]

Rodney King, LAPD beating victim, was found dead at age 47 in his pool. His televised beating in 1992 by 4 white police officers touched off a race riot in Los Angeles after those white officers were found acquited of assaulting King.

[Josie]

Actor Andy Griffith , famous for his shows "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Matlock" passed away in his sleep in his home at North Carolina today. He was 86.

[Kris_Roth]

Ernest Borgnine, 95, has been found dead. He was in McHale's Navy, Airwolf, and most recently, voiced Mermaid Man in the Spongebob Squarepants cartoon series with Tim Conway as Barnacle Boy.