In Memoriam
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Stan Mikita was 78. He was the four-time Art Ross Trophy winner who played all of his 22 NHL seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks. He led the club to the 1961 Stanley Cup and is the Blackhawks' all-time leading scorer with 1,467 points.
Charlotte Rae was 92. She was the actress best known for playing Edna Garrett on both "Diff'rent Strokes" and "The Facts of Life." One of my first favourite non-kids shows was "Diff'rent Strokes" and I also watched "The Facts of Life". Edna Garrett kicked ass.
Nikolai Volkoff was 70. He was the WWF wrestler best known for teaming with The Iron Sheik and winning the WWF Tag Team Championship at the inaugural WrestleMania event.
Ray Emery was 35. He was the NHL goaltender who played for the Ottawa Senators, Philadelphia Flyers, Anaheim Ducks and Chicago Blackhawks. He led the Senators to the Stanley Cup finals in 2007 and won the Stanley Cup as a backup with the Blackhawks in 2013.
Anthony Bourdain was 61. He was the celebrity chef and television personality known for his shows A Cook's Tour, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, The Layover and Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. Here's his episode of The Layover about Toronto.
Tom Wolfe was 88. He was the white-suited pioneer of "new journalism" who exuberantly chronicled American culture from the Merry Pranksters through the space race before turning his satiric wit to such novels as The Bonfire of the Vanities and A Man in Full.
Margot Kidder was 69. She was the actress best known for playing Lois Lane in “Superman” and three sequels.
Verne Troyer was 49. He was the actor best known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers series of comedy films, and for his brief appearance as Griphook the goblin in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
Avicii was 28. He was the producer and DJ responsible for hits like "LE7ELS", "Hey Brother", "Wake Me Up!", "The Days" and "You Make Me."
Bruno Sammartino was 82. He was the professional wrestler who held the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship (later known as WWF, then WWE) for over 11 years across two reigns, the first of which is the longest single reign in the promotion's history at 2,803 days. I was enamoured by
Barbara Bush was 92. She was the wife of George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States, and served as the First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993.
Harry Anderson was 65. He was the actor best known for the role of Judge Harry Stone on the television series Night Court. Prior to that, he made many appearances on Saturday Night Live and appeared as Harry "The Hat" Gittes on Cheers.
R. Lee Ermey was 74. He was the Golden Globe-nominated actor best known for his role as Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in Full Metal Jacket. He was also Army Sarge in the Toy Story films and Colonel Leslie Hapablap on The Simpsons.
Art Bell was 72. He was the founder and the original host of the paranormal-themed radio program Coast to Coast AM syndicated on hundreds of radio stations in the U.S. and Canada.
Milos Forman was 86. He was the accomplished director who won Best Director Oscars for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Amadeus". He also directed "The People vs. Larry Flint" and "Man on the Moon".
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was 81. She was the the South African anti-apartheid campaigner and former wife of Nelson Mandela.
Steven Bochco was 74. He was the television producer and writer who developed a number of television series, including Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, Doogie Howser, M.D., and NYPD Blue.
Rusty Staub was 73. Known as "Le Grand Orange" from his years with the Montreal Expos, he was the prolific hitter who compiled a lifetime .279 average with 2,716 hits, 292 homers, 499 doubles and a major league record-tying 25 pinch hit RBI in 2,951 games. He played
Mike MacDonald was 63. He was the stand-up comic who starred in Mr. Nice Guy and appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman and The Arsenio Hall Show.
Stephen Hawking was 76. He was the visionary physicist who wrote several popular science books including A Brief History of Time.
Roger Bannister was 88. He became the first person to run a mile in under four minutes when he ran it in 59.4 seconds on May 6, 1954 in Oxford, England.
David Ogden Stiers was 75. He was the actor best known for his role as Major Charles Emerson Winchester III on M*A*S*H.
Arthur Black was 74. He was the humourist who hosted Basic Black on CBC Radio for 19 years and won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour three times.
Reg E. Cathey was 59. He was the actor best known for his roles as Norman Wilson in The Wire and Martin Querns in Oz, two fantastic series I highly recommend.
John Mahoney was 77. He was the actor who appeared in Eight Men Out, Say Anything..., In the Line of Fire, Reality Bites, and The American President before finding fame as Martin Crane in the sitcom Frasier.
