Gene Mauch was 79. He was a Major League Baseball player and manager who holds the record for most seasons managed without winning a pennant.
December 25, 2024
In Memoriam
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Barbara Bel Geddes was 82. She was the winsome actress who rose to stage and movie stardom but reached her greatest fame as Miss Ellie Ewing in the long-running TV series "Dallas."
Matthew McGrory was 32. He was the deep-voiced 7-foot-plus actor who moved from appearances on Howard Stern's radio show to a high-profile role as a gentle giant in the movie "Big Fish." As a fan of Stern's morning show, I was well aware of Big Foot, but "Big Fish" earned
Peter Jennings was 67. He was the Canadian-born broadcaster who delivered the news to Americans each night in five separate decades.
Ibrahim Ferrer was 78. He was a leading voice with the hugely popular Buena Vista Social Club of vintage Cuban performers.
King Fahd was 84. He was the long time ruler of Saudi Arabia.
George Wallace was 88. He was an actor whose career spanned 50 years and was best known as Commando Cody in the film serial "Radar Men from the Moon."
Edward Bunker was 71. He was the crime novelist who learned to write in prison and appeared in the movie "Reservoir Dogs" as Mr. Blue.
Long John Baldry was 64. He was the Vancouver-based blues legend credited as one of the main forces in British blues, rock and pop music in the 1960s and first hit the top of the U.K. singles charts in 1967 with "Let the Heartaches Begin."
James Doohan was 85. He was the Canadian-born burly chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise in the original "Star Trek" TV series and movies who responded to the command "Beam me up, Scotty."
Geraldine Fitzgerald was 91. She appeared in such classic 1930s films as Dark Victory and Wuthering Heights and later had a career on the New York stage.
Chuck Cadman was 57. He was a member of Parliament from 1997 to 2005, representing the riding of Surrey North in Surrey, British Columbia. I went away for a few days and somehow missed the news of his passing. Chuck Cadman played a key role in the recent Thrilla on
Ernest Lehman was 89. He wrote the scripts for the legendary musical "West Side Story" and the Alfred Hitchcock classic "North by Northwest".
Renaldo "Obie" Benson was 69. He was one of four members of the Motown singing group Four Tops.
Hank Stram was 82. He took the Kansas City Chiefs to two Super Bowls and was known for his inventive game plans and exuberance on the sideline.
Gus Bodnar was 82. He was the NHL rookie of the year in 1943-44, totalling 142 goals and 396 points in 667 games in a career that included two Stanley Cups with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Luther Vandross was 54. He was the Grammy award winning crooner best known for his hits "Here and Now" and "Any Love".
Paul Winchell was 82. He was a ventriloquist, inventor and children's TV show host best known for creating the lispy voice of Winnie the Pooh's animated friend Tigger.
Karl Mueller was 41. He was the bassist and cofounder of the rock band Soul Asylum.
Ben Kerr was 75. He was the ageless crooner who spiced up the corner of Yonge and Bloor Sts. with his smooth country singing. I lived at Yonge and Bloor for a couple of years and Ben was always there. On the one hand, he seemed pleasant and charming, happily
Bill LaForge was 53. He was a former coach of the NHL's Vancouver Canucks and several teams in the Canadian Hockey League.
Lane Smith was 69. He was a longtime character actor who played a small-town district attorney who clashed with Joe Pesci in "My Cousin Vinny".
Scott Young was 87. He was a prolific Canadian journalist and author as well as a father to the Godfather of Grunge.
Dana Elcar was 77. He was the round-faced, balding actor whose real-life struggle with blindness was written into his role on the TV adventure series "MacGyver".
Ann Bancroft was 73. She won the 1962 best actress Oscar as the teacher of a young Helen Keller in "The Miracle Worker" but achieved greater fame as the seductive Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate".
