R.I.P CELEBRITY DEATHS(NON WRESTLING) 2018

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Voice Actor Unshō Ishizuka Passes Away at 67

The official website of talent management agency Aoni Production revealed on Friday that voice actor Unshō Ishizuka passed away on Monday due to esophageal cancer. He was 67 by modern age reckoning, and 68 by traditional Japanese age reckoning.

Aoni Production noted that Ishizuka had been receiving medical care for some time before his death, but it had not proved effective. His close relatives held a private wake and a funeral, and a public farewell ceremony is being planned, with details to come at a later date.

Since his 1984 debut in voice acting as the narrator in Giant Gorg, Ishizuka played a large number of starring roles in anime. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Jet Black in Cowboy Bebop; Professor Oak, Narrator, and various Pokémon in the Pokémon franchise; Mr. Satan in Dragon Ball Super; and Joseph Joestar in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable. Most recently he has voiced the characters Willibard Joachim von Merkatz in The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These, Dino Golzine in Banana Fish, Cain Ibrahim Hassan in Last Hope, and the narrator in Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online. Ishizuka was also active in Japanese dubs of Western films, most notably dubbing roles played by Liam Neeson and Laurence Fishburne.

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Quite the impressive list of shows. RIP.

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Peter Donat, the Canadian actor who played Agent Fox Mulder's father in "The X-Files" and had roles in TV shows, films and onstage, has died. He was 90.

His son, Caleb, told The Associated Press that his father died Monday from complications of diabetes at his home in Point Reyes Station, California.

Donat also had guest roles on TV shows such as "Murder, She Wrote," ''Hawaii Five-O," ''Hill Street Blues" and "The F.B.I." He also appeared in the Francis Ford Coppola films "The Godfather Part II" and "Tucker: The Man and His Dream."

Pierre Collingwood Donat was born on Jan. 20, 1928, in Kentville, Nova Scotia. He changed his first name to Peter while working in the United States.

David Duchovny, who played Agent Mulder, told the New York Times that Donat "had an easy gravitas as a performer and seemed to come from that generation that took the art seriously but not too seriously."

"The X-Files" originally ran from 1993 to 2002. Fox revived the show in 2016.

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Football or soccer Kevin Beattie former 1972-81 Ipswich Town player aged 64 R.I.P

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Bob Morales, Ritchie Valens’ Older Brother, Dies at 81

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Greg Hodnett, a veteran Pennsylvania sprint-car racer, died Thursday night following a crash in a race at BAPS Motor Speedway in York Haven, Pennsylvania.

The 49-year-old Hodnett was a five-time champion at Williams Grove Speedway in Pennsylvania. He was the 1993 World of Outlaws top rookie and won 20 World of Outlaws races in his career.

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Chas Hodges dead: Singer from cockney duo Chas & Dave dies aged 74

Singer reportedly suffered from organ failure after successful surgery for oesophageal cancer

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R.I.P Chas (from Chas and Dave)

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Al Matthews, Cigar-Chomping Sgt. Apone in 'Aliens,' Dies at 75

A decorated U.S. Marine, the actor also appeared in 'Superman III,' 'The Fifth Element' and 'Tomorrow Never Dies.'
Al Matthews, the real-life military man who portrayed the no-nonsense, cigar-chomping Sgt. Apone in the sci-fi horror classic Aliens, has died. He was 75.

Matthews was found dead in his home in Alicante on Spain's Mediterranean coast Saturday at 10 p.m. by a neighbor, the Spanish international news agency EFE and the El Pais newspaper confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.

Matthews also had bit parts in Rough Cut (1980), Ragtime (1981), Superman III (1983), The Fifth Element (1997) and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997).

But it's his performance in James Cameron's 1986 sci-fi horror film that endeared him to audiences. Near the movie's beginning, the crew of the USS Sulaco awake from their deep sleep and Apone instantly reaches for his cigar and shouts instructions to the drowsy crew.

"All right, sweethearts, what are you waiting for? Breakfast in bed? Another glorious day in the Corps. A day in the Marine Corps is like a day on the farm. Every meal's a banquet. Every paycheck a fortune. Every formation a parade. I LOVE the Corps!"

Matthews himself served almost six years in the Marine Corps in Vietnam, receiving 13 combat awards and two Purple Hearts.

"Yes, I was the only person in the movie not pretending to be a Marine; in fact, I taught the other actors how to look and act. Mr. Cameron was pleased with my input. He said he had no idea I was that good; had he known, my part would have been bigger," he said in 2006.

His character is later ambushed in the film and ends up as a host in the alien queen's cocoon.

Born Nov. 21, 1942, in Brooklyn, Matthews claimed in the 2006 interview his great uncle was bandleader Cab Calloway. He began singing with New York street-corner groups as a teenager before finding his voice in the Greenwich Village folk scene.

After his war service, Matthews moved to the U.K. and then France where, as a folk singer, he scored a hit with the Pierre Tubbs-written "Fool." In 1978, he became the first black disc jockey to join Radio 1 in Britain.

Decades later, Matthews reprised his military Aliens character for the 2013 video game Aliens: Colonel Marines and inspired the character of Avery Johnson in the worldwide game franchise hit Halo.

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Days of Our Lives star Frank Parker who played Shawn Brady for 25 years has died at age 79

He had been suffering from Parkinson's disease and dementia, People reported Tuesday.


Parker was best known for playing Grandpa Shawn Brady on the daytime soap.

His acting career began in the early 1960s in minor roles in television and film and continued that way into the 70s,

He got his big break when he was cast in Days Of Our Lives in 1983.

He continued on the show until 2008 when ill health forced him to retire.

His character Brady was killed off in a scenario in which he gave up his oxygen mask to save his son during an airplane hijacking.