October 05, 2018
We have an emergency! So that would make Kevin Tighe today's features celebrity. Get it?
Kevin Tighe starred as Roy DeSoto on the '70s NBC series Emergency!. I never did see that particular television program, but I did enjoy him on Lost, and who can forget Mr. Tighe as Frank Tilghman, the owner of the Double Deuce, in 1989's
with Patrick Swayze.
He's definitely one of those great "Oh, That Guy" character actors that you've seen in just about everything.
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See if you know if the following celebrities have had a visit from the "Grim Reaper":
Michael Cimino: Writer/director, films include "The Deer Hunter", "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" and "Heaven's Gate"
Tyrone Power: Swashbuckling star of many movies, including the 1940 version of "The Mark of Zorro", he also appeared in "Witness for the Prosecution", "Blood and Sand", "The Sun Also Rises" and other movies
--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Michael Cimino - DEAD
Born: 02/03/1939 Died: 07/02/2016
Tyrone Power - DEAD (Heart attack)
Born: 05/05/1914 Died: 11/15/1958
Karen Valentine - ALIVE
Born: 05/25/1947
WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
10/3
Leon M. Lederman, 96, American experimental physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (1988).
Antonina Maari, 93, Lithuanian writer.
10/2
Neeru Agarwal, 62, Indian actress.
Balabhaskar, 40, Indian violinist, composer and record producer, heart attack.
Vasyl Budyanskyi (ru), 76, Ukrainian stage actor and poet.
Ron Casey, 89, Australian broadcaster and sports journalist.
Geoff Emerick, 72, English recording engineer (Abbey Road Studios, The Beatles), multi-Grammy winner, heart attack.
Dorothy Hukill, 72, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (2004-2012) and Senate (since 2012), cancer.
Thampi Kannanthanam, 64, Indian film director (Thavalam, Bhoomiyile Rajakkanmar, Freedom).
Roman Kartsev, 79, Russian actor (Heart of a Dog, Promised Heaven, Old Hags).
Wilhelmus Luxemburg, 89, Dutch mathematician.
Hermenegildo Sábat, 85, Uruguayan comic book artist.
10/1
Shirin Aliabadi, 44-45, Iranian visual artist.
Charles Aznavour, 94, French-Armenian singer ("La Bohème", "She"), lyricist and actor (Shoot the Piano Player), complications from pulmonary edema.
Peter C. Bjarkman, 77, American baseball historian and author.
Mario Castellazzi, 82, Italian footballer (Spezia, Catania, Livorno).
Caroline Charrière, 57, Swiss composer, conductor and flautist.
Stelvio Cipriani, 81, Italian composer, complications from a stroke.
Enrique Colavizza (es), 80, Colombian humorist.
Carlos Ezquerra, 70, Spanish comics artist (Judge Dredd, Preacher, Strontium Dog), lung cancer.
Michael Freedland, 83, British journalist and biographer.
Peggy Sue Gerron, 78, American author.
Jerry González, 69, American bandleader and trumpeter, heart attack.
Antonis Kontogeorgiou (el), 73, Greek choir conductor (Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation).
Vasyl Kozak, 75, Ukrainian trumpeter.
Ronnie Leitch, 64, Sri Lankan singer and actor (Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor, Re Daniel Dawal Migel, Onna Babo), heart attack.
?? Mu?i, 101, Vietnamese politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party (1991-1997), Prime Minister (1988-1991), respiratory and kidney failure.
Iscander Rafikov, 88, Russian painter.
Graciano Rocchigiani, 54, German boxer, WBC (1988-1989) and IBF world champion (1998-2000), traffic collision.
Antoine Sfeir, 69, Lebanese journalist and professor.
María Teresa Sosa, 88, Guatemalan politician and activist, First Lady (1982-1983).
Chris Wilkins, 74, South African cricketer (Border, Derbyshire, Natal).
Élaine Zakaïb, 59, Canadian politician, brain cancer.
9/30
Julio Fausto Aguilera, 90, Guatemalan writer and poet.
Edredon Bleu, 26, British racehorse, winner of the King George VI Chase (2003).
Geoffrey Hayes, 76, English television presenter (Rainbow) and actor (Z-Cars), pneumonia.
Walter Laqueur, 97, German-born American historian and journalist.
Kim Larsen, 72, Danish rock singer, songwriter and guitarist (Gasolin'), prostate cancer.
Carlos Ángel López, 66, Argentine footballer.
Angela Maria, 89, Brazilian singer.
Robert M. O'Neil, 83, American educator, President of the University of Wisconsin System (1980-1985) and the University of Virginia (1985-1990).
René Pétillon, 72, French satirical and political cartoonist.
9/9
Luigi Agnolin, 75, Italian Hall of Fame football referee.
Macià Alavedra, 84, Spanish politician, Deputy (1977-1979, 1982-1986).
Alves Barbosa, 86, Portuguese racing cyclist.
Tulsidas Borkar, 83, Indian harmonium player, chest infection.
Thomas E. Brennan, 89, American jurist, Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court (1969-1970).
Pascale Casanova, 59, French literary critic.
Eugene John Gerber, 87, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Dodge City (1976-1982) and Wichita (1982-2001), heart attack.
Franchesca La Profeta, 25, Dominican rapper and social media personality, asthma attack.
Beatrice Cummings Mayer, 97, American philanthropist, art collector, and social activist.
Leyder Ortíz Palacios, 21, Colombian footballer (Orsomarso S.C.), stabbed.
Otis Rush, 84, American Hall of Fame blues guitarist and singer ("All Your Love", "I Can't Quit You Baby", "Double Trouble"), complications from a stroke.
Stepan Topal, 80, Moldovan politician, Governor of Gagauzia (1990-1995), MP (1990-1994).
Mille-Marie Treschow, 64, Norwegian estate owner.
Michael Weiley, 58-59, Australian rock guitarist (Spy vs Spy), cancer.
James Wright, 52, American musician and producer.
9/28
Peter Adams, 82, Canadian politician, MPP (1987-1990), MP (1993-2006), cancer and kidney failure.
Koos Alberts (nl), 71, Dutch levenslied singer.
Tamaz Chiladze, 87, Georgian writer and poet (The Pond, The Brueghel Moon).
Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini, 76, Swazi politician, Prime Minister (1996-2003, 2008-2018).
Predrag Ejdus, 71, Serbian actor.
Tara Fares, 22, Iraqi model, shot.
Ito Giani, 77, Italian Olympic sprinter (1964).
Wes Hopkins, 57, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).
Yarema Hoyan (ru), 78, Ukrainian writer and journalist.
Bob Jane, 88, Australian race car driver and entrepreneur (Bob Jane T-Marts), prostate cancer.
Mykola Makarevych (uk), 77, Ukrainian politician.
Joe Masteroff, 98, American playwright (Cabaret, She Loves Me), Tony winner (1967).
David Schippers, 88, American lawyer, Chief Investigative Counsel for the U.S. House Judiciary Committee (1998), pancreatic cancer.
Shi Shengjie, 65, Chinese xiangsheng actor.
Juris Silovs, 68, Latvian athlete, Olympic silver (1972) and bronze medalist (1976).
Wayde Sims, 20, American basketball player (LSU Tigers), shot.
Greg Terrion, 59, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Los Angeles Kings).
Zang Tianshuo, 54, Chinese rock musician, liver cancer.
9/27
Marty Balin, 76, American Hall of Fame rock singer and musician (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship).
Carles Canut, 74, Spanish actor (The Knight of the Dragon) and theater manager.
Ruslan Deriglazov, 73, Russian poet and journalist.
Ray Fogarty, 61, American politician, member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives (1983-1992).
Frank Ford, 83, Australian theatre promoter (Adelaide Fringe Festival).
Frank Herbert, 87, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate (1977-1981).
Blagoje Istatov, 71, Macedonian football player (Partizan Belgrade, Utrecht) and manager (Skopje).
Brian A. Joyce, 56, American politician, member of the Massachusetts Senate (1998-2017).
James Lawton, 75, British sports journalist and biographer.
Anita Madden, 85, American racehorse owner, political activist and socialite.
Kavita Mahajan, 51, Indian writer, pneumonia.
James G. March, 90, American sociologist.
Ernest Maxin, 95, British television producer and choreographer (Morecambe and Wise).
Myud Mechev (ru), 89, Russian artist.
Namkhai Norbu, 79, Tibetan-born Italian Buddhist monk and Dzogchen teacher.
Michael Payton, 48, American Hall of Fame football player (Marshall Thundering Herd), cancer.
Manoharsinhji Pradyumansinhji, 82, Indian cricketer (Saurashtra) and politician, MLA (1967-1971, 1980-1985, 1990-1995).
Joaquim Roriz, 82, Brazilian politician, Governor of the Federal District (1988-1990, 1991-1994, 1999-2006).
Yvonne Suhor, 52, American actress (The Young Riders), pancreatic cancer.
Philip Trenary, 64, American airline executive (Pinnacle Airlines), shot.
Aleksey Tzybin, 96, Russian writer.
Art Williams, 78, American basketball player (Boston Celtics), stroke.
9/26
Ana María Alfaro, 91, Argentinian actress and television host.
Helena Almeida, 84, Portuguese photographer and painter.
Joe Carolan, 81, Irish footballer (Manchester United, Brighton & Hove Albion, national team).
Ivan Deyanov, 80, Bulgarian footballer (Dimitrovgrad, Lokomotiv Sofia, national team).
Alfredo Jiménez Vélez, 85, Panamanian journalist and caricaturist.
Ignaz Kirchner, 72, Austrian actor (Burgtheater).
Mykola Kompanets (ru), 79, Ukrainian illustrator.
Oleksandr Koval (ru), 73, Ukrainian documentary director and cameraman.
Tito Madi, 89, Brazilian singer and composer.
Sergei Mosin, 59, Russian jazz musician.
Vladimir Ovchinnikov, 58, Russian journalist.
Giorgos Papazisis (el), 80, Greek actor.
Roger Robinson, 78, American actor (Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Kojak, Rubicon), Tony winner (2009).
Manuel Rodríguez, 79, Chilean footballer (Unión Española, national team), complications from Parkinson's disease.
Antonio Santucci, 89, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Trivento (1985-2005).
Ronnie Shelton, 57, American convicted serial rapist.
José Antonio Tébez, 69, Argentinian footballer (San Martín de Mendoza, Independiente Santa Fe, Independiente Medellín).
Pavel Toufar (cs), 70, Czech journalist and writer.
Aamer Wasim, 58, Pakistani cricket player and coach.
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