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Post by teleadm on Dec 30, 2020 21:23:45 GMT
The 2020 orbit thread will retire as soon as the New Year's Bells are heard, depending on were in our world someone sadly leaves us, as local time might differ from were you are.
Please don't bump it.
For 2021, pls post all obituaries here!
It's free for anyone to post orbits.
Respect those who mourn!
The 2020 orbit will still be open for anyone to watch through and comment. though some pics and videos might have disappeared.
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Post by snsurone on Jan 1, 2021 17:09:37 GMT
For the new thread: British actor Mark Eden passed away today.
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Post by teleadm on Jan 1, 2021 17:47:19 GMT
English actor Mark Eden has left us at the age of 92, on January 1st. (Alzheimer's disease complications)  Perhaps best known for many was his portrayal of villainous Alan Bradley in Coronation Street from 1986 to 1989. His long acting career spanned between 1958 ( Quatermass and the Pit TV series) to 2013 in over 100 movies and television productions. He is remembered by BBCR.I.P. Mark Eden
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Post by jervistetch on Jan 3, 2021 18:44:02 GMT
Beloved British Invasion singer Gerry Marsden of Gerry and the Pacemakers has passed away. It is reported here at TMZ: Gerry Marsden
 
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Post by mikef6 on Jan 3, 2021 19:16:14 GMT
Beloved British Invasion singer Gerry Marsden of Gerry and the Pacemakers has passed away. It is reported here at TMZ: Gerry Marsden
Gerry Marsden and his band Gerry and the Pacemakers starred in the film “Ferry Cross the Mersey” released December 1964, 5 months after the Beatles’ “A Hard Day’s Night.” It is usually thought of as AHDN Lite - as well it should be because the Beatles’ genius manager Brian Epstein was the force behind the creation of the Pacemakers’ film as well as its more famous model. However, it is a pleasant enough entertainment if you can find it. According to Wikipedia, “Ferry Cross the Mersey” has never been shown on TV nor released on home video. I happened to catch it at my neighborhood movie theater when it played in the U.S. I still remember you, Gerry Marsden.
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Post by teleadm on Jan 4, 2021 6:39:29 GMT
Russian actor Vladimir Korenev has left us at the age of 80, on Januart 2nd.  In the 1960's he became famous when he played the lead role of Ichthyander in the film The Amphibian Man, and became known as a sex symbol in the Soviet Union. He is remembered by Teller ReportR.I.P. Vladimir Korenev
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Post by teleadm on Jan 4, 2021 6:48:52 GMT
American actress Tanya Roberts has left us at the age of 65, on January 4th.  Perhaps best known for playing Stacey Sutton in the James Bond film A View to a Kill 1985 and Midge Pinciotti on That '70s Show 1998–2004. R.I.P. Tanya Roberts
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Post by teleadm on Jan 4, 2021 18:39:07 GMT
English actress Barbara Shelley has left us at the age of 88, on January 4th.  She was at her busiest in the late 1950s ( Blood of the Vampire) and 1960s when she became Hammer Horror's number-one female star, with The Gorgon 1964, Dracula, Prince of Darkness 1966, Rasputin, the Mad Monk 1966, and Quatermass and the Pit 1967 among her credits. She also appeared in Village of the Damned 1960. She acted in over 100 movies and television productions between 1953 and 1992. She is remembered by Daily Express UKR.I.P. Barbara Shelley
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Post by jervistetch on Jan 4, 2021 23:37:42 GMT
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Post by teleadm on Jan 5, 2021 8:32:14 GMT
American singer-songwriter turned character actor George Gerdes has left us at the age of 72, on January 1st.  He is remembered by Hollywood ReporterR.I.P. George Gerdes |
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Post by jervistetch on Jan 5, 2021 17:52:05 GMT
TMZ is now reporting that Tanya Roberts has officially passed away. Tanya Roberts
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Post by teleadm on Jan 8, 2021 7:33:47 GMT
American journalist and Pulitzer Price receiver Neil Sheehan has left us at the age of 84, on January 7th.  Recipient of a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award for his 1988 book "A Bright Shining Lie". Sheehan's book inspired the TV film A Bright Shining Lie 1998 in which John Paul Vann was portrayed by Bill Paxton.  He is remembered by PBSR.I.P. Neil Sheehan |
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Post by teleadm on Jan 8, 2021 7:46:50 GMT
English actor John Richardson has left us at the age of 86, on January 5th. (complications from COVID-19)  He appeared in movies from the late 1950's until the early 1990's. He was a male lead in Italian genre films, most notably Mario Bava's Black Sunday 1960 with Barbara Steele, but he was best known for playing the love interest of Ursula Andress in She 1965 and then of Raquel Welch in One Million Years B.C. 1966. He also had the lead in the spaghetti Westerns, John the Bastard 1967 and Execution 1968. He is remembered by Hollywood ReporterR.I.P. John Richardson
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Post by teleadm on Jan 8, 2021 8:01:00 GMT
American actress and singer Marion Ramsey has left us at the age of 73, on January 7th.   Perhaps best known for her role as the soft-spoken Officer Laverne Hooks in the Police Academy films. She is remembered by Hollywood ReporterR.I.P. Marion Ramsey |
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Post by telegonus on Jan 8, 2021 8:09:52 GMT
Beloved British Invasion singer Gerry Marsden of Gerry and the Pacemakers has passed away. It is reported here at TMZ: Gerry Marsden
Sad news. Gerry and his pals weren't at the Beatles level but they were "sort of" up there when the rock & roll British Invasion was at its peak. Those of us who were around then and remember those days well, and remember Gerry. The luster of the Fab Four kind of clung to those other Brits, which gave them some upward bumps in the charts. For a few brief shining moments they were all superstars; and even today, for some us anyway, their names are still iconic. RIP, Gerry
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Post by Stammerhead on Jan 8, 2021 22:44:54 GMT
Michael Apted: Director and documentary pioneer  Although he had a long and fairly successful film career he’s also responsible for the much admired and long running 7 Up documentary series which is heavily featured in the BBC news report below. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55597263
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Post by petrolino on Jan 9, 2021 1:23:12 GMT
Beloved British Invasion singer Gerry Marsden of Gerry and the Pacemakers has passed away. It is reported here at TMZ: Gerry Marsden
Sad news. Gerry and his pals weren't at the Beatles level but they were "sort of" up there when the rock & roll British Invasion was at its peak. Those of us who were around then and remember those days well, and remember Gerry. The luster of the Fab Four kind of clung to those other Brits, which gave them some upward bumps in the charts. For a few brief shining moments they were all superstars; and even today, for some us anyway, their names are still iconic. RIP, Gerry
He was one of my first rock stars, retrospectively, in the Golden Oldies series. Once I got into the Beatles, the Hollies, Gerry and the Pacemakers, and Freddie and the Dreamers, everything followed on from there. Hell, I was bopping to the Swinging Blue Jeans and Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas before I could walk, and I was born in 1976. Life's what you make it (don't mistake, or fake it ...) ...
Peter And Gordon
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Post by teleadm on Jan 9, 2021 15:34:10 GMT
German actor Thomas Gumpert has left us at the age of 68, on January 7th. (short illness) :format(webp)/files/2021-01/thomas-gumpert-imago0052849900h.jpg) Born in what was once called East Germany. For many who speaks German he was well known for his role of Johannes von Lahnstein in the daily soap Verbotene Liebe (= Forbidden Love) 1995 to 2008 in over 800 episodes. He is remembered by Bunte DER.I.P. Thomas Gumpert
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Post by teleadm on Jan 9, 2021 15:50:43 GMT
American rapper and actor Dearon Thompson better known as Deezer D has left us at the early age of 55, on January 7th.  Between 1994 and 2009 he played Nurse Malik McGrath in TV-series ER, in 190 episodes. He is remembered by BillboardR.I.P. Dearon Thompson |
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Post by teleadm on Jan 11, 2021 6:47:38 GMT
American director and producer Steve Carver has left us at the 75, on January 8th.  Among the movies he directed are Big Bad Mama 1974, Capone 1975, Drum 1976, Fast Charlie...The Moonbeam Rider 1979, Steel 1979, An Eye for an Eye 1981, Lone Wolf McQuade 1983, Bulletproof 1988 and River of Death 1989. Eventually he left directing and went into photography. He opened a photography lab in Los Angeles in 1995. He is remembered by Hollywood ReporterR.I.P. Steve Carver
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