R.I.P. Celebrities(Non Wrestlers) 2022

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CANADIAN R. DEAN TAYLOR, WHO GAVE MOTOWN ONE OF ITS TOP HITS BY A WHITE ARTIST, DIES AT 82

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Clark Gillies, a former NHL left-winger, passed away at the age of 67. Gillies was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for the New York Islanders and Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League between 1974 and 1988. With the Islanders, he won the Stanley Cup four years in a row from 1980 to 1983. In 958 career games, Gillies recorded 319 goals, 378 assists, and 1023 penalty minutes. He was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2002. His ride to the Hockey Hall of Fame started as a member of the Houston Astros as a minor league first baseman/catcher. After a three-year stint in the minors, he kept playing hockey which eventually moved him on to play in the Western Hockey League with the Regina Pats. During his tenure with the Pats, Gillies accrued 570 penalty minutes in 201 games. In 1974, his final season for Regina, Gillies had 46 goals and 66 assists, was named to the league's first (highest rated) All-Star team, and the team won the 1974 Memorial Cup as league champion. Later in 1974, the Islanders made Gillies their first-round selection in the 1974 NHL draft, taking him fourth overall. Gillies was also selected by the World Hockey Association's Edmonton Oilers in the WHA draft, but signed with the Islanders, making the team out of training camp. In the latter half of the 1976-77 NHL season, Gillies was named team captain; however, in spite of Gillies' articulate speaking manner and amiable nature, he never felt completely comfortable as captain. Gillies captained the Islanders through two disappointing seasons, in part because the Islanders appeared to lack team toughness. During the pre-season of 1979–80 Gillies allowed Denis Potvin to take over as captain.[9]

During the 1980 playoffs, Gillies got the best of Terry O'Reilly, one of the Boston Bruins' toughest players, several times, helping to fuel the Islanders' drive to the Stanley Cup. Gillies was used during this series as the Islanders' chief protector and enforcer, and in taking on this role, Gillies allowed his team to battle through a violent series with the Bruins. Gillies, now totally comfortable with his role with the team, prospered individually and collectively as the Islanders won four consecutive Stanley Cups during Gillies' tenure.

Gillies scored over 30 goals for four straight seasons (starting in 1975-76) as part of the "Trio Grande", the Islanders' top forward line with Mike Bossy and Bryan Trottier, and again in 1980-81 and '81-82. In 1977 he finished tenth in the voting for the Hart Trophy for most valuable player in the NHL. In 1978 and 1979 he led all left-wingers in the most votes for the All-Star game. In 1981, he played for Team Canada in the 1981 Canada Cup, scoring seven points in seven games.

After scoring only four goals in 55 games in 1985–86, Gillies was left unprotected in the NHL waiver draft, and was claimed by the Buffalo Sabres. While wearing number 9 in Buffalo, Gillies retired after playing a season and a half with the Sabres. On December 7, 1996, Gillies' No. 9 was retired by the Islanders.

In 2002 Gillies was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hal

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Vic Roznovsky, a former MLB catcher, passed away at the age of 83

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Louie Anderson's passing made the front page of the LVRJ today. RIP.

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www.yahoo.com/news/don-wilson-guitarist-ventures-dies-174502118.html

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Singer Jessie Lee Daniels of the R&B group Force MDs has died. The group is best known for their 1985 hit song “Tender Love.” Daniels died. He was 57.

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Dick Halligan of Grammy-Winning Jazz-Rock Group Blood, Sweat & Tears Dead at 78

Dick Halligan was a member of the legendary group from 1967-71

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The actor who voiced the cartoon version of Charlie Brown in the 1960s has died, his family announced Tuesday. Peter Robbins was 65, and his family said the cause of death was suicide. Robbins began his work as Charlie Brown as a child in 1963, and he would go on to get a tattoo of the character as well one as of Snoopy as tributes to the comic strip characters created by Charles Schulz. Robbins, who had bipolar disorder

Also a child star on the TV Show Blondie

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Very sad. RIP Peter.

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Kathryn Kates, Actress From Seinfeld and Many Saints of Newark, Dies at 73