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Vivian Leopold (Clive) JAMES, CBE (1939)

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Australian writer; poet; television presenter; humourist; broadcaster & critic. Probably best known for his shows looking at strange and weird TV shows from around the world and for his dry wit and cutting remarks. He once likened Arnold Schwarzenegger to "a brown condom full of walnuts" and said motor racing commentator Murray Walker sounded "like a man whose trousers are on fire". When describing Dame Barbara Cartland, he said her eyes "looked like the corpses of two small crows that had crashed into a chalk cliff".​

Gary RHODES, OBE (1960)​

British restaurateur and television chef, known for his love of British cuisine and ingredients and for his distinctive spiked hair style. He fronted shows such as MasterChef, MasterChef USA, Hell's Kitchen, and his own series, Rhodes Around Britain​

Clive James and Jonathan Miller, two of my all-time favourite people gone.

RIP Robert Walker Jr., I had such a crush on him in Star Trek episode "Charlie X"

I loved anything Ron Leebman was in. He was such a good actor.

haiducii said:

Marie FREDRIKSSON - the Swedish musician who co-created the pop duo Roxette (1958)

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Thanks a lot haiducii for this post about Marie Fredriksson, one half of the pop duo Roxette. I heard the sad news of her death just about 45 minutes ago on Swedish television; the Roxette - just like ABBA - truly became part of my personal soundtrack of my life. And what a voice she had - totally over the top.

Thank you for the music, Marie, thank you, thank you, thank you!!! :heart:

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And what a voice she had - totally over the top.

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One of the best voices in pop. :heart:

Marie and Per were pop darlings of the 90s.

haiducii said:

Marie FREDRIKSSON - the Swedish musician who co-created the pop duo Roxette (1958)

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Truly we have lost one of the most amazing, angelic, powerhouse voices of all time.Heartbreaking. :heart:

Roxette one of my favourites group. RIP Marie

Philip McKeon


1964 - 2019

Philip McKeon is an actor best known for his role as Tommy, Alice’s son, on the hit sitcom “Alice.” McKeon played Tommy opposite Linda Lavin as Alice from 1976 until 1985. He is the older brother of “Facts of Life” star Nancy McKeon. He appeared as a guest on the TV shows “The Love Boat” and “Fantasy Island” and starred in the slasher film, “Return to Horror High.” Later he moved to his home state of Texas and hosted a radio show. He is survived by his sister Nancy and his mother, Barbara.

Died: Tuesday, December 10, 2019.

Details of death: Died at the age of 55 after a long illness, confirmed to People magazine by family spokesman Jeff Ballard.

René Auberjonois


1940 - 2019

René Auberjonois, star of “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” the “M*A*S*H” movie, and “Benson,” died of lung cancer at age 79 on Sunday, according to the Associated Press. He was 79.

Born in New York City in 1940, Auberjonois began his acting career in theater in the 1960s, eventually finding his way to Broadway in 1968 with roles like the Fool in a production of “King Lear” and starring alongside Katherine Hepburn in the Coco Chanel play “Coco.” His performance in the latter as Sebastian Baye, the first-ever openly gay role on Broadway, won Auberjonois a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He would go on to earn three more Tony nominations over the course of his career.

In 1970, Auberjonois made his first appearance in a film from director Robert Altman, starring as military chaplain Fr. John Mulcahy in the iconic “M*A*S*H” The actor ended up providing one of the most famous lines from the films in an exchange between Mulcahy and Margaret Houlihan about Dr. Hawkeye Pierce.

“I wonder how such a degenerated person like that could reach such a position of responsibility in the Army Medical Corps,” said Houlihan, to which Mulcahy responds, “He was drafted.”

Later in his career, Auberjonois added his voice to the long history of Disney movie songs as Chef Louis in “The Little Mermaid,” singing the song “Les Poissons” as the chef chops up a fish while a horrified Sebastian looks on.

He joined the cast of “Benson” in 1980, playing the role of Governor Gatling’s snobby chief of staff Clayton Endicott III. He received the first of his three Emmy nominations for the role.

But Auberjonois’ most famous role came in 1993 when he joined the cast of “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.” In it, he played the gelatinous changeling Odo, who served as the head of Deep Space Nine’s security. For five years, Auberjonois played the ornery officer who was required to return to liquid form in a bucket to rest, becoming a key character in the show’s third season when Odo discovers that he is related to the leaders of the Dominion, the regime that the Federation wages war with over the course of the series.

Auberjonois is survived by his wife, Judith, and their two children, Tessa and Remy.