The Midnight Cowboy – Bill Mack died of Covid yesterday.
Many who’ve spent long nights staring at the highway ahead know him well. WBAP (Fort Worth) AM radio DJ whose show went on the air in 1969. He was also a songwriter, and penned songs made famous by George Strait and Lee Ann Rimes.
Farewell Bill.
Trini Lopez, certainly not popular today as he was, and probably unknown to the younger ones among us.
" Trini López, the singer and guitarist who in the 1960s had hits with the songs “If I Had a Hammer” and “Lemon Tree” and appeared in the classic war movie The Dirty Dozen , has died. He was 83.
López died Tuesday of complications from COVID-19 in a hospital in Palm Springs, songwriting and business partner Joe Chavira told The Hollywood Reporter ."
Tom Seaver has died from COVID.
He also had Lewy Body Dementia, which is really what killed Robin Williams. 
I thought this was about the most famous people to HAVE covid, not to die of it, when I went looking for it. Still, it seems like this is a good time to bump it. An awful lot of famous old guys just tested positive.
Kenzo Takada, founder of the fashion house Kenzo died two days ago
My local newspaper had a section today about COVID and people in our state who died from it. One page listed people who died, along with their age, town, and a little anecdote about them.
Most of them were beyond life expectancy age (78 in the U.S.), and among the younger ones, there were often anecdotes like “Beat cancer twice,” “Inmate of XYZ prison”, “Enjoyed participating in Special Olympics,” etc. indicating that they had other high-risk issues.
David Prowse tops the list.
On the same day that COVID claimed David Prowse, prolific science fiction author Ben Bova also died from COVID complications.
He was perhaps even more legendary as an editor. RIP.
For those of us who suck at recognizing names, he played Darth Vader in the Star Wars movies. (I have to rank both Ben Bova and John Conway above David Prowse, but I guess I’m a math geek.)
To Brits David Prowse was a relatively well known actor in the smallish UK pantheon of actors.
To most people elsewhere, the hidden actor behind Darth Vader, like the ones inside C3PO and R2D2 were answers to Star Wars trivia geek questions. That may not have been fair, since they did turn in very memorable performances. But being faceless makes them highly anonymous.
Former French President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing died of COVID on December 2 at age 94.
Ambient musician Harold Budd has died from Covid.
Thomas “Tiny” Lister
Country singer Charley Pride, who was the genre’s first big African-American star, died today from complications of COVID-19, at age 86.
Pride had 29 #1 country singles between 1969 and 1983, and was a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Grand Ole Opry.
I’ve watched only 2-3 of his movies (my favorite being The Bow) but have a bunch more on my “plan to watch someday when I get around to it, really!” pile.
Rep. Dick Hinch, 71, GOP congressman in New Hampshire dies of Covid one week after being elected House Speaker.
Maybe he should have pulled that mask up over his nose.
Happened across this thread and Kim Ki Duk’s passing has really saddened me.
One of the most controversial directors, not only in South Korea, but absolutely brilliant and thought provoking directors worldwide.
I’ve seen all his films up through *Moebius (*2013) and like you, have all his other films on my watch someday list. I can’t call any of his films a favorite, because they’re all so dark and thought provoking, often leaving me with a desire to take a mental shower as I ponder what I just watched.
And yet, once I’m done watching one of his movies, I’m anxiously planning to watch another and wondering what he’ll do next. I’m starting a thread an appreciation thread at Cafe Society and hope to see you there.
Cares and prayers to his family and friends.
You didn’t, so I did.