Dody Goodman was 93. She was the delightfully daffy comedian known for her television appearances on Jack Paar's late-night talk show and as the mother on the soap-opera parody "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman."
December 25, 2024
In Memoriam
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George Carlin was 71. He was a counter-culture hero famed for his routines about drugs, dirty words and the demise of humanity. I'll have more from one of my favourite comedians throughout the day.
Cyd Charisse was 86. She was the long-legged Texas beauty who danced with the Ballet Russe as a teenager and starred in MGM musicals with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly.
Tim Russert was 58. He was the host of NBC's "Meet the Press" and the network's Washington bureau chief.
Miroslav Dvorak was 56. He was a key defenceman for the Philadelphia Flyers for three seasons in the 1980s.
Brian Budd was 56. He was the Canadian soccer player best known for winning ABC's World Superstars championship three years in a row from 1978 to 1980.
Tyrone Jones was 46. He was the colourful and outspoken linebacker who helped the Winnipeg Blue Bombers capture two Grey Cup titles during his eight-year tenure with the CFL club.
Jim McKay was 86. He elegantly covered competitions from badminton to barrel jumping. Yet he may best be remembered for that grim day at the Munich Olympics when he broke the news with three simple words: "They're all gone."
Dwight White was 58. He was the Steel Curtain defensive end known as "Mad Dog" who helped lead the Pittsburgh Steelers to four Super Bowl titles in the 1970s.
Mel Ferrer was 90. He was the tall, darkly handsome star of such classic films as "Lili," "War and Peace" and "The Sun Also Rises," as well as producer and director of movies starring his wife, Audrey Hepburn.
Sheela Basrur was 51. Her calm demeanour in the face of a terrifying crisis made her a trusted public figure during the deadly SARS outbreak in Toronto five years ago.
Bo Diddley was 79. He was a founding father of rock 'n' roll whose distinctive "shave and a haircut, two bits" rhythm and innovative guitar effects inspired legions of other musicians.
Yves Saint-Laurent was 71. He was the iconic French designer who revolutionized fashion by putting women in pants without sacrificing their femininity.
Luc Bourdon was 21. He was a promising rookie defenseman with the Vancouver Canucks who played on the Canadian team that won the gold medal at the 2007 world junior hockey championship in Vancouver and made the tournament's all-star team.
Harvey Korman was 81. He was the tall, versatile comedian who won four Emmys for his outrageously funny contributions to "The Carol Burnett Show" and played a conniving politician to hilarious effect in "Blazing Saddles."
Sydney Pollack was 73. He was a Hollywood mainstay as director, producer and sometime actor whose star-laden movies like "The Way We Were," "Tootsie" and "Out of Africa" were among the most successful of the 1970s and 1980s.
Dick Martin was 86. He was the zany half of the comedy team whose "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and creating such national catch-phrases as "Sock it to me!"
Eddy Arnold was 89. His mellow baritone on songs like "Make the World Go Away" made him one of the most successful country singers in history.
Albert Hofmann was 102. He was a Swiss scientist best known for synthesizing Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).
Al Wilson was 68. He was the R&B singer best known for his 1973 hit single "Show and Tell."
Danny Federici was 58. He was the longtime keyboard player for Bruce Springsteen whose stylish work helped define the E Street Band's sound on hits from "Hungry Heart" through "The Rising."
Tommy Holmes was 91. He hit in 37 consecutive games for the Boston Braves in 1945 to set a modern National League record that stood until it was broken by Pete Rose.
Charlton Heston was 84. He won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing "Ben-Hur" and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other heroic figures in movie epics of the '50s and '60s.
Chris "Punch" Andrews was 43. He was a disc jockey heard locally on Newstalk 1010 CFRB, 97.3 EZRock, and 99.9 MIX FM where his show aired on Saturday nights.
Dith Pran was 65. He was the Cambodian-born journalist whose harrowing tale of enslavement and eventual escape from that country's murderous Khmer Rouge revolutionaries in 1979 became the subject of the award-winning film "The Killing Fields."
