When i heard the news of Corey Haim's death i got to thinking of all the other stars from the 80's that have died recently...
Corey Haim Patrick Swayze John Hughes Michael Jackson Dom Deluise - Spaceballs-Haunted Honeymoon Henry Gibson - The Burbs-Innerspace Bea Arthur - The Golden Girls
These are the ones that came to mind but there seems to be alot of the people i have grown up watching or listening too gone...but never forgotten. Posted by Secret Admirer (Member # 3574) on :
A few more 80s tv and movie stars that come to mind:
John Candy River Phoenix Dana Plato Andy Kaufmann Christopher Reeve Divine Rodney Dangerfield
And a few 80s musicians who have passed away:
Michael Hutchence Robert Palmer Falco Laura Branigan Jim Carroll Joe Strummer
We've said goodbye to a lot of entertaining people from the 80s Posted by LoverswithCassie (Member # 7794) on :
Don Ameche Anne Bancroft Ray Barrett Alan Bates Charles Bronson Richard Burton James Coburn Maurie Fields James Garner Sir John Gielgud Sir Alec Guiness John Hargreaves Richard Harris Norman Kaye Graham Kennedy Burt Lancaster Jack Lemmon Lee Marvin James Mason Marcello Mastroianni Walter Matthau John Meillon Robert Mitchum Dudley Moore Paul Newman David Niven Laurence Olivier Jack Palance Gregory Peck Anthony Perkins Robert Preston Vincent Price Richard Pryor Sir Ralph Richardson Jason Robards Roy Scheider Rod Steiger Jessica Tandy Richard Widmark
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Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
When topics like this surface.. I always think of River Phoenix first. And now more recently Patrick Swayze and Corey Haim.
But another person that was comes to mind for me personally is Kim Walker who was incredible in both "Heathers" and "Say Anything".
Posted by There'll be no morning for us (Member # 5804) on :
Edward Woodward
Posted by Pittsburghgirl (Member # 7514) on :
Robert Ginty from The Paper Chase and The Exterminator (also was in Black Sheep Squadron in the 70's)
Posted by LoverswithCassie (Member # 7794) on :
Eddie Albert Edward Albert Eve Arden Martin Balsam Ralph Bellamy Peter Boyle Lloyd Bridges George Burns Raymond Burr Red Buttons Art Carney David Carradine John Carradine John Cassavetes Eddie Constantine Elisha Cook Jr Peter Cook Richard Crenna Sammy Davis Jr Yvonne DeCarlo Sandy Dennis Troy Donahue Jose Ferrer Mel Ferrer Ava Gardner Ruth Gordon Vic Gordon Sterling Hayden Wendy Hiller John Houseman Trevor Howard Rock Hudson Burl Ives Ben Johnson Van Johnson Howard Keel Lincoln Kilpatrick John Lee Roddy McDowall Burgess Meredith Ray Milland John Mills Cameron Mitchell Robert Morley Warren Oates George Peppard Tony Randall Aldo Ray Oliver Reed Jean Simmonds Carrie Snodgrass Robert Stack Ray Walston Jack Weston Orson Welles Shelley Winters
Posted by The Wizard (Member # 533) on :
Brion James - played Leon in Blade Runner and a string of other 80s movies, mostly baddies; Cherry 2000, Armed and Dangerous, Enemy Mine, Flesh+Blood, 48 Hrs., Red Heat, Red Scorpion, Tango & Cash
Posted by saturnchick (Member # 7524) on :
Now we can add Gary Coleman to the list. :/ His Diff'rent Strokes costar, Dixie Carter just passed away recently, too.
Posted by The Wizard (Member # 533) on :
Stuart Adamson (Big Country frontman) Peter Allen Mel Appleby (Mel & Kim) Matthew Ashman (Adam & the Ants, Bow Wow Wow guitarist) Hoyt Axton Baltimora (James "Jimmy" McShane, "Tarzan Boy.") Carlie Barrett (The Wailers drummer) Alan Barton (Black Lace frontman) Stiv Bators (Lords of the New Church frontman) Junior Braithwaite Lee Brilleaux (Dr Feelgood frontman, mouth-organist) Cliff Burton (Metallica bassist) Randy California (Spirit guitarist) Robert Calvert Eric Carr (Kiss drummer) Johnny Cash Ray Charles Charlie Charlies (Ian Dury & the Blockheads drummer) Steve Clark (Def Leppard guitarist) Albert Collins Allen Collins (Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist) Robbin Crosby (Ratt guitarist) Miles Davis Bobby DeBarge (DeBarge vocalist) Pete DeFreitas (Echo and the Bunnymen drummer) John Denver Ronnie James Dio Patti Donahue (The Waitresses frontwoman) Ian Dury Bernard Edwards (Chic bassist) Ivan Elias (Scandal bassist) John Entwistle (The Who bassist) Howie Epstein (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers bassist) Tommy Eyre (Keyboardist) Pete Farndon (The Pretenders bassist) Keith Ferguson (The Fabulous Thunderbirds bassist) Rob Fisher (Naked Eyes/Climie Fisher keyboardist) Mel Galley (Whitesnake guitarist) Jerry Garcia (The Grateful Dead guitarist) Marvin Gaye Andy Gibb Maurice Gibb (Bee Gees vocalist) Ray Gillen (Black Sabbath frontman) Steve Gilpin (Mi Sex frontman) George Harrison Dan Hartman Paul Hester (Crowded House drummer) James Honeyman-Scott (The Pretenders guitarist) John Lee Hooker Rowland Howard (The Birthday Party guitarist) Jam Master Jay (Run-DMC DJ) Rick James Kelly Johnson (Girlschool guitarist, vocalist) Carlo Karges (Nena guitarist) Pete King (After the Fire drummer) Sam Kinison Kerry Kirkland (Sting's keyboardist) Keith Knudsen (The Doobie Brothers drummer) Bobby LaKind (THe Doobie Brothers drummer) Nicolette Larson Ned "Ebn" Liben (Ebn-Ozn synthesistist) Liberace Philip Lynott (Thin Lizzy frontman, bassist) Kirsty MacColl Brian MacLeod (Chilliwack vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist) Kevin MacMurray (Cutting Crew guitarist) Bob Mayo (Pianist/guitairist) Allan McCarthy (Men Without Hats drummer) LInda McCartney (Wings keyboardist, backing vocalist) David McComb (The Triffids frontman) Mitch McDowell (General Kane frontman) John McGeoch (Visage, Siouxsie & the Banshees , Public Image Ltd guitarist) Freddie Mercury (Queen frontman) Keith Miller (Keyboardist/synthesisist) Marc Moreland (Wall of Voodoo guitarist) Brent Mydland (The Grateful Dead keyboardist) Joe Nanini (Wall of Voodoo drummer) Roy Orbison Benjamin Orr (The Cars bassist) John Panozzo (Styx drummer) Jaco Pastorious (Bassist) Edward Patten (Gladys Knight & the Pips frontman) Johnny Paycheck Lawrence Payton (The Four Tops vocalist) "Lonesome" Dave Peverett (Foghat frontman, guitarist) Tracey Pew (The Birthday Party guitarist) Rob Pilatus (Milli Vanilli vocalist) June Pointer (The Pointer Sisters vocalist) Jeff Porcaro (Toto drummer) Cozy Powell (Drummer) Nigel Preston (The Cult drummer) Rod Price (Foghat guitarist) Robert Quine (Guitarist) Eddie Rabbit Dee Dee Ramone (The Ramones bassist) Joey Ramone (The Ramones frontman) Johnny Ramone (The Ramones guitarist) Razzle (Hanoi Rocks drummer) Darren Robinson (The Fat Boys vocalist) Mick Ronson (Guitarist) Dallas "Digger" Royal (Rose Tattoo drummer) Gar Samuelson (Megadeath drummer) Del Shannon Frank Sinatra Hillel Slovak (Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist) Frank Esler-Smith (Air Supply keyboardist) Scott Smith (Loverboy bassist) Dusty Springfield Doug Stegmeyer (BIlly Joel's bassist) Ian Stewart (The Rolling Stones pianist, keyboardist) Darrell Sweet (Nazareth drummer) Sylvester Johnny Taylor Tony Thompson (Chic, Power Station drummer) Tiny Tim Peter Tosh Conway Twitty Luther Vandross Stevie Ray Vaughn Patrick Waite (Musical Youth bassist) David Wayne (Metal Church frontman) Barry White Kevin Wilkinson (Holly & the Italians, The Waterboys and China Crisis drummer) Rozz Williams (Christian Death frontman) Wendy O. Williams (The Plasmatics frontwoman) Carl Wilson (The Beach Boys guitarist) Dennis Wilson (The Beach Boys drummer) Rick Wilson (The B52's guitarist) Rick Wright (Pink Floyd keyboardist) Tammy Wynette Paul Young (Mike & the Mechanics) Frank Zappa Warren Zevon
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