R.I.P. Celebrities(Non Wrestlers or Sports related) 2023

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he acclaimed actor Frederic Forrest has died at age 86

Forrest also had major lead and supporting roles in several New Hollywood classics of the 1970s and '80s. Among those are multiple classic films directed by Francis Ford Coppola, including The Conversation (1974), Apocalypse Now (1979) and One From The Heart (1981).

Forrest received his only Academy Award nomination in the best supporting actor category for the acclaimed film.

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Jesse McReynolds, a bluegrass pioneer and — for more than five decades — mandolin player for Jim & Jesse, died AT 93

McReynolds had been a member of the Opry for nearly 60 years, making him one of the most senior members. He performed regularly until 2020, but he was spotted most often with his brother and duo partner, Jim McReynolds.

The two men released more than a dozen bluegrass albums between 1962 and 1982, and several before Jim's 2002 death after a cancer battle. They became members of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame in 1993 and enjoyed accolades with several other groups, including the IBMA.

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Bill Lee, Beloved Jazz Musician And Spike Lee's Father, Has Died At Age 94

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Dean Smith, Olympic Athlete and Western Stuntman, Dies at 91

Finis Dean Smith, a stuntman regular in John Wayne Westerns who turned to Hollywood after becoming an Olympic gold medalist, died Saturday. He was 91.

Smith was born in Breckenridge, Texas and began his athletic career competing in track and field competitions, earning All-American status in the 100-meter dash in 1952.

He went on to win varying athletic championships, culminating in his inclusion on Team U.S.A. as a member of the 4×100-meter relay team at the Helsinki Olympics, where he would win the gold medal. Following his graduation from University of Texas at Austin, Smith would play for the Los Angeles Rams and Pittsburgh Steelers for a few years ahead of his career in the entertainment industry.

Working as a stuntman, Smith was a part of several Oscar-winning Western films, including “True Grit” and “How the West Was Won,” in addition to “The Quick and the Dead,” “El Dorado” and “Rio Lobo.” He would serve as a stuntman in several television series including “Tales of Wells Fargo,” “Maverick,” “Gunsmoke,” “Law Man, “Have Gun Will Travel,” “Walker, Texas Ranger” and ”The Outer Limits.”

Some of his most impressive stunts include falling out of the two-story building into a hay wagon for Maureen O’Hara in “McLintock!” Smith was noticed by John Ford when working on the Rosalind Russell film “Auntie Mame,” and went on to be featured in many of Ford’s films.

Smith also worked as a professional rodeo cowboy and he would go on to join the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. He was inducted into the Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame in 2006, the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum and Hall of Fame in 2009 and later the Hollywood Stuntman’s Hall of Fame.

He was honored with the “All American Cowboy” award in 1997, the Golden Boot Award in 1998 and the Silver Spur award in 2007.

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Titanic star dead at 94: Lew Palter, who played real-life department store magnate who cradled his wife on death bed as ship sank in haunting scene, passes away from lung cancer

The New York City-born thespian is perhaps best remembered for his role as real-life department store magnate Isidor Straus, who embraced his wife in bed, in James Cameron's critically-acclaimed $2.2B-grossing 1997 drama Titanic, which streams July 1 on Netflix.

Audiences might also remember Lew as Associate Justice Benjamin Halperin opposite Walter Matthau and Jill Clayburgh in Ronald Neame's 1981 Supreme Court dramedy First Monday in October, which earned $12.4M at the global box office.

Palter was also an esteemed professor at the CalArts School of Theater and his students included four-time Oscar nominee Ed Harris, Oscar nominee Don Cheadle, and two-time Emmy nominee Cecily Strong.

On May 22, Schmigadoon! producer-star Cecily Strong - who graduated from CalArts in 2006 - shared a touching post about how instrumental Palter was in pushing her away from serious acting and into more comedic roles.

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Santa Barbara star Nicolas Coster who enjoyed a varied soap opera career dead at 89... as daughter hails him as 'real actor's actor'

He was best known for playing the wealthy adventurer and womanizer Lionel Lockridge on Santa Barbara, the NBC daytime soap of the 1980s and 1990s.

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Former Megadeth Drummer Lee Rauch Has Died
The musician passed away aged 58.

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Julian Sands confirmed dead at 65: Body found in California mountains identified as missing British actor

Sands, who is known for his roles in Oscar-nominated films including 1985's A Room With A View, was reported missing by his family on January 13

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Guitarist Ryan Siew dead at 26: Aussie metalcore band Polaris confirms death of 'brave and talented' musician on eve of European tour - a week after cryptic post about a 'personal crisis'

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Jun 26, 2023 22:31:05 GMT -5 jimsteel said:

Titanic star dead at 94: Lew Palter, who played real-life department store magnate who cradled his wife on death bed as ship sank in haunting scene, passes away from lung cancer

The New York City-born thespian is perhaps best remembered for his role as real-life department store magnate Isidor Straus, who embraced his wife in bed, in James Cameron's critically-acclaimed $2.2B-grossing 1997 drama Titanic, which streams July 1 on Netflix.

Audiences might also remember Lew as Associate Justice Benjamin Halperin opposite Walter Matthau and Jill Clayburgh in Ronald Neame's 1981 Supreme Court dramedy First Monday in October, which earned $12.4M at the global box office.

Palter was also an esteemed professor at the CalArts School of Theater and his students included four-time Oscar nominee Ed Harris, Oscar nominee Don Cheadle, and two-time Emmy nominee Cecily Strong.

On May 22, Schmigadoon! producer-star Cecily Strong - who graduated from CalArts in 2006 - shared a touching post about how instrumental Palter was in pushing her away from serious acting and into more comedic roles.

There is some irony in this passing. One of the men who was on the sub that imploded while going down to see the Titanic was a descendant of the real-life Isidor Straus.