And as we come close to winding down 2010, another celeb hits the slab.Slabbers will most probably remember her ubiquitous "Lovergirl" video.
Former Barney Miller actor Steve Landesberg has passed away at the age of 74 due to colon cancer.
Abe Vigoda... remains alive. So take that, you Slabbers!
A bad month for people with the last name Edwards. Director Blake Edwards, best known for his "Pink Panther" films and "Breakfast at Tiffany's," has died at the age of 88, due to complications from pneumonia.
Elizabeth Edwards (the woman who was alllllllmmmmoooooosssst First Lady) has lost her battle with breast cancer. She passed away a day after doctors said that there was no further benefit of treatment. She was 61.
Slabber Jenn B. scored her first hit late in the season.
Former Cowboys quarterback and television pioneer of Monday Night Football Don Meredith has passed away at the age of 72 due to a brain hemorrhage.
Legendary Chicago Cubs player and broadcaster, Ron Santo, died Thursday in Arizona from complications from bladder cancer. He was 70.
Director Irvin Kershner, probably best known for making the Star Wars film "The Empire Strikes Back", has died in Los Angeles aged 87 after a long illness.
Kershner also directed Sean Connery as James Bond in Never Say Never Again (which isn't technically an official James Bond movie, FYI!) and Peter Weller in Robocop II.
The world is a little sadder today. Actor Shirley Leslie Nielsen has passed away due to complications from pneumonia.
There probably isn't any Slabber out there who hasn't seen at least one of his movies.
Hammer horror actress Ingrid Pitt, best known for starring in cult classics such as Countess Dracula, has died at the age of 73 due to heart failure. She was regarded by many fans as the queen of Hammer horror films.
Dino De Laurentiis, producer of such films as Barbarella, The Dead Zone, Hannibal, Red Dragon and hundreds more has sadly passed away at the age of 91.
Actress Jill Clayburgh has passed away after losing her battle with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. She was 66.
Sparky Anderson who managed three teams to World Series championships died today from complications from dementia. He was 76.
Anderson managed the Cincinnati Reds to World Championships in 1975 and 1976, and the Detroit Tigers in 1984.
Actor James MacArthur, who became a household name in the 1970s as Danny "Danno" Williams on TV's Hawaii Five-0, died Thursday, from natural causes. He was 72.
Denise Borino-Quinn, who played the wife of a mob boss in the award-winning HBO series "The Sopranos," has died of cancer at 46. She played played Ginny Sacramoni, married to mobster Johnny Sacramoni.
Penthouse magazine founder Bob Guccione has died at the age of 79 after losing a battle with lung cancer.
YO, CUNNINGHAM! YO DADDY JUST DIED. BUMMER!Actor Tom Bosley, best known for his portrayal of Howard Cunningham on the TV series "Happy Days" has died at the age of 83 after battling a staph infection.
Jive talking actress, Barbara Billingsley, who wore a classy pearl necklace and dispensed pearls of (non-jive) wisdom as America's quintessential mom on "Leave it to Beaver," has died at age 94, after a long illness.
Slabber Mike Z. pulls into the lead with 2 hits on his pool.
Legendary TV producer Stephen J. Cannell has died from complications associated with melanoma. He was 69.21 Jump Street
The A-Team
The Rockford Files
Greatest American Hero
Hunter
Riptide
Hardcastle & McCormick
Wiseguy
The Commish
Profit
Renegade
Silk Stalkings
Hollywood screen legend Tony Curtis passed away in his Las Vegas home this evening of cardiac arrest. He was 85.
Another famous father passes as Tony is the father of Jamie Lee (Halloween) Curtis.
Surprisingly... no Slabbers had him on their list.
Comedian, and judge on Last Comic Standing, Greg Giraldo has died of an accidental drug overdose. He was 44.
He was hospitalized in New Brunswick, NJ after he overdosed on prescription pills, the overdose was not a suicide attempt.
Gloria Stuart, the veteran actress who played the older version of survivor Rose in James Cameron's 1997 film Titanic, has died in her Los Angeles home at age 100.
No Slabber had her on their list.
Singer and entertainer, Eddie Fisher, has died at the age of 82, following complications from hip surgery. He was 82.
He was married to Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor, and Connie Stevens. He's also the father of Carrie "Princess Leia" Fisher.
NBC newscaster Edwin Newman, has died at the age of 91.
At NBC from 1952 until his retirement in 1984, Newman did political reporting, foreign reporting, anchoring of news specials, "Meet the Press," "Today," "The Nightly News," midday news and a variety of radio spots. He announced the death of President Kennedy on radio and analyzed the Vietnam War.
(TECHNICALLY... he died on August 13th... but his family didn't report it to the world till today. Rather than go back and readjust August's tally, and as no one had him, he's getting thrown onto the slab here in September.)
Harold Gould, the actor who played Rhoda’s father Martin Morgenstern on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda, has died of prostate cancer. He was 86.
Oscar-nominated actor Kevin McCarthy, known for his roles in Death of a Salesman, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, UHF, and Innerspace has died at the age of 96.
Small 'c' celebrity, Glenn Shadix, famous for playing Otho the interior decorator in "Beetlejuice", died this morning after falling at his home in Alabama. He was 58.
