# \#celebrity-death **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/celebrity-death/21.md [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) --- ## [Dolly Parton has died at age 80](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-has-died-at-age-80/1032545)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 219\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-has-died-at-age-80/1032545 "2026-09-25T16:14:56Z")
Sad news. Great American. --- ## [Hayden Panettiere passes away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hayden-panettiere-passes-away/1032372)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hayden-panettiere-passes-away/1032372 "2026-09-22T18:05:00Z")
Hayden Panettiere passed away this evening at age 36. No details as of yet. --- ## [Two people found dead at Rob Reiner's home. (Sadly confirmed it was Rob and his wife.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-people-found-dead-at-rob-reiners-home-sadly-confirmed-it-was-rob-and-his-wife/1025704)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 270\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-people-found-dead-at-rob-reiners-home-sadly-confirmed-it-was-rob-and-his-wife/1025704 "2026-09-16T17:46:45Z")
Developing story as of 6:45pm California time, but right now it doesn’t sound good. The Wikipedia editors are fighting back and forth between listing him as dead or alive. --- ## [RIP Gloria Steinem at 92](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-gloria-steinem-at-92/1032798)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-gloria-steinem-at-92/1032798 "2026-09-10T02:47:21Z")
Gloria Steinem, a trailblazing journalist and activist who devoted her life to fighting for women’s rights, died on Wednesday. She was 92… Starting in the 1960s, at a time when women were largely limited to domestic ro… --- ## [Tim Curry has died at 80](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-curry-has-died-at-80/1032573)
**Author:** [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2026, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-curry-has-died-at-80/1032573 "2026-08-28T03:20:04Z")
Whether it was the butler in clue, the clown in It, or Frank-n-Furter in Rocky Horror, Tim Curry was always entertaining. --- ## [Randolph Mantooth (Johnny Gage on "Emergency!") has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randolph-mantooth-johnny-gage-on-emergency-has-died/1031579)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2026, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randolph-mantooth-johnny-gage-on-emergency-has-died/1031579 "2026-07-30T19:27:07Z")
Actor Randolph Mantooth, whose signature role was as Los Angeles County paramedic Johnny Gage in the 1970s television series Emergency!, passed away yesterday, at age 80; his brother announced that Mantooth died in a hos… --- ## [Shit, Anthony Stewart Head has died {Giles on Buffy and much else}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-anthony-stewart-head-has-died-giles-on-buffy-and-much-else/1030639)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-anthony-stewart-head-has-died-giles-on-buffy-and-much-else/1030639 "2026-06-10T15:33:49Z")
https://collider.com/anthony-head-dead-at-72-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-ted-lasso/ --- ## [RIP, Nichelle Nichols; Lt. Uhura](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-nichelle-nichols-lt-uhura/968884)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2026, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-nichelle-nichols-lt-uhura/968884 "2026-06-08T02:43:20Z")
She died last night at the age of 89, according to a post by her son on her official Facebook page. --- ## [R&B & jazz singer Peabo Bryson passes away at age 75](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-b-jazz-singer-peabo-bryson-passes-away-at-age-75/1030576)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2026, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-b-jazz-singer-peabo-bryson-passes-away-at-age-75/1030576 "2026-06-04T12:11:06Z")
Bryson passed away today from complications of a stroke he suffered this past Sunday, May 31st. Bryson is probably best remembered today for his many duets, including two huge ones from Disney Renaissance films – “Bea… --- ## [Matthew Perry from Friends dies, RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-perry-from-friends-dies-rip/992250)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2026, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matthew-perry-from-friends-dies-rip/992250 "2026-05-28T03:50:24Z")
Drowned. --- ## [Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas has died at 81](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conductor-michael-tilson-thomas-has-died-at-81/1029522)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conductor-michael-tilson-thomas-has-died-at-81/1029522 "2026-04-24T20:18:40Z")
Okay, maybe this won’t be a big deal to all that many people on this board or elsewhere… but I followed Thomas’s whole career because he was only four years older than me. I was like watching that kid in the class ahea… --- ## [Chuck Norris (hospitalized 19 March 2026), died 20 March 2026](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris-hospitalized-19-march-2026-died-20-march-2026/1028578)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris-hospitalized-19-march-2026-died-20-march-2026/1028578 "2026-03-24T18:24:59Z")
So reports TMZ. Hardly anything known at this point, just that he’s been training in Hawaii and he’s in good spirits. --- ## [Robert Carradine dies at 71](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-carradine-dies-at-71/1027934)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2026, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-carradine-dies-at-71/1027934 "2026-02-28T02:58:55Z")
Robert started as a child actor. He was in John Wayne’s film The Cowboys 1972. Robert was one of the young boys helping with the cattle drive. Born in 1954, Robert was 30 when he played a Frat boy in Revenge of the Nerd… --- ## [Lauren Chapin aka "Kitten" of Father Knows Best, dead at 80](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lauren-chapin-aka-kitten-of-father-knows-best-dead-at-80/1027982)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2026, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lauren-chapin-aka-kitten-of-father-knows-best-dead-at-80/1027982 "2026-02-26T02:14:01Z")
Lauren Chapin, Youngest Child on ‘Father Knows Best,’ Dies at 80 For six seasons, she was Kathy, a giggly tomboy whose father, played by Robert Young, called her Kitten. Her offscreen life, however, was harrowing https… --- ## [RIP Robert Duvall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-duvall/1027721)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2026, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-duvall/1027721 "2026-02-18T15:45:44Z")
Robert Duvall, the Oscar-winning actor best known for “The Godfather,“ “Apocalypse Now” and many other tough-guy roles over an acclaimed screen career that spanned six decades, has died. He was 95. Duvall died “peace… --- ## [Catherine O'Hara Is Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catherine-ohara-is-dead/1027208)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2026, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catherine-ohara-is-dead/1027208 "2026-02-09T21:17:22Z")
Reliable sources state Catherine O’Hara has died, age 71. --- ## [3 Doors Down frontman Brad Arnold dead at 47](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-doors-down-frontman-brad-arnold-dead-at-47/1027476)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-doors-down-frontman-brad-arnold-dead-at-47/1027476 "2026-02-08T20:53:26Z")
He was so young! He wrote “Kryptonite” when he was 15! That song is my jam! Rest in peace. --- ## [Demond Wilson of Sanford and Son has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demond-wilson-of-sanford-and-son-has-died/1027231)
**Author:** [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2026, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demond-wilson-of-sanford-and-son-has-died/1027231 "2026-02-01T00:18:50Z")
He was the son of course, Lamont Sanford. The foil to Redd Foxx’s crusty old garbageman character. RIP --- ## [Erich von Däniken has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erich-von-daniken-has-died/1026576)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2026, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erich-von-daniken-has-died/1026576 "2026-01-13T23:32:08Z")
Aliens! :alien: :alien: :flying\_saucer: I never knew about this (not that I would) : After leaving school in 1954, von Däniken worked as a waiter and barkeeper for several years, during which he was repeatedly accu… --- ## [Shang Tsung has returned to Outworld (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa has died)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shang-tsung-has-returned-to-outworld-cary-hiroyuki-tagawa-has-died/1025426)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shang-tsung-has-returned-to-outworld-cary-hiroyuki-tagawa-has-died/1025426 "2025-12-06T23:52:55Z")
--- ## [June Lockhart has died at 100](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-lockhart-has-died-at-100/1024283)
**Author:** [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-lockhart-has-died-at-100/1024283 "2025-11-07T01:32:34Z")
I was suprised she was still going. She was my first TV mom in Lost in Space, then on Lassie reruns. RiP June. --- ## [Diane Keaton RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diane-keaton-rip/1023887)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diane-keaton-rip/1023887 "2025-10-17T21:43:53Z")
--- ## [RIP Robert Redford](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-redford/1023085)
**Author:** [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2025, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-redford/1023085 "2025-10-10T04:00:51Z")
Turns out, the fall did kill him. Eventually. --- ## [Claudia Cardinale has died at 87](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claudia-cardinale-has-died-at-87/1023365)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claudia-cardinale-has-died-at-87/1023365 "2025-09-24T23:08:38Z")
I only ever knew her from The Pink Panther, but she was a contender for the sexiest Italian actress of the time long with Sofia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida. --- ## [RIP Graham Greene](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-graham-greene/1022668)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-graham-greene/1022668 "2025-09-14T16:17:30Z")
Damn. I’ve liked him in everything I’ve seen him in. --- ## [RIP Jim Lovell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jim-lovell/1021876)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jim-lovell/1021876 "2025-08-10T20:08:22Z")
(I can’t figure a more appropriate place on the board besides CS) --- ## [Loni Anderson dies at 79](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-anderson-dies-at-79/1021672)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-anderson-dies-at-79/1021672 "2025-08-05T12:06:49Z")
Best known for WKRP in Cincinnati and married Burt Reynolds. I didn’t realize she was that old. Almost 40 when she appeared on the show. RIP --- ## [RIP Chuck Mangione](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-chuck-mangione/1021297)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-chuck-mangione/1021297 "2025-07-25T00:31:57Z")
Gift link Another one leaves us. His song “Feels So Good” was the soundtrack of an ill-fated romance in 1978-ish that felt so good at the time. It’s been long enough that I can look back with nostalgia. Thanks for t… --- ## [RIP Malcolm-Jamal Warner (July 21, 2025)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-malcolm-jamal-warner-july-21-2025/1021156)
**Author:** [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-malcolm-jamal-warner-july-21-2025/1021156 "2025-07-23T15:41:24Z")
Malcom-Jamal Warner has died in an accidental drowing: I’ve always liked him, and had really enjoyed him on The Resident. --- ## [Michael Madsen, September 25, 1957 – July 3, 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-madsen-september-25-1957-july-3-2025/1020458)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-madsen-september-25-1957-july-3-2025/1020458 "2025-07-10T16:56:54Z")
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