Notable Celebrities That Died December 2023 - Episode #4 Dead-Celebs Podcast "The Final Curtain Call"
Celebrities we lost in December of 2023 www.Dead-Celebs.com @Dead-Celebs 0:00 Intro 0:17 Ellen Holly the pioneering One Life to Live actress who became the first Black performer in a starring role on U.S. daytime television, died on Dec. 6. Holly appeared on the series from 1968 to 1980, then again from 1983 to 1985. Her other screen credits included Spike Lee's School Daze, the soap opera Guiding Light. She was 92. #onelifetolive #spikelee #guidinglight 1:19 Denny Laine, a co-founder of The Moody Blues and Wings, died Dec. 5. He founded The Moody Blues in 1964 with Mike Pinder and Ray Thomas. In 1971, he joined Paul and Linda McCartney to form McCartney's post-Beatles group, Wings. He was 79. #dennylaine #wings #paulmccartney #moodyblues 2:06 Andrea Fay Friedman, who broke ground with her portrayal of Amanda Swanson in the ‘90s TV drama Life Goes On, died from complications of Alzheimer’s disease on Dec. 3. Her additional TV credits include episodes of Family Guy, Baywatch, Touched by an Angel, Chicago Hope, 7th Heaven, and ER. Friedman — who was also the subject of the 2009 documentary A Possible Dream: The Andrea Friedman Story. She was 53. #lifegoeson #familyguy #7thheaven 3:02 Shecky Greene, the legendary stand-up comic who headlined in Las Vegas and opened for the likes of Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley, died on Dec. 31. Greene was also a regular TV presence, making dozens of appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and even serving as an occasional guest host. Greene also racked up guest credits in TV series including The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Laverne & Shirley, The A-Team, Roseanne, and Mad About You. He was inducted into the National Comedy Hall of Fame in March of 2020. He was 97. #johnnycarson #loveboat #fantasyisland #ateam #roseanne #madaboutyou 4:10 Norman Lear, the legendary television producer and philanthropist behind All in the Family, The Jeffersons, One Day at a Time, and other sitcoms, died on Dec. 5. The official cause of death was cardiac arrest. Born in New Haven, Conn., the Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated pop culture icon is best known for revolutionizing sitcoms in the 1970s with series that made strides in onscreen representation and didn’t shy away from hot button topics. He was 101. #jeffersonsantostv #onedayatatime #allinthefamily 5:08 Andre Braugher, the Emmy award-winning actor best known for playing Captain Raymond Holt on Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Detective Frank Pembleton on Homicide: Life on the Street, died Dec. 11. His publicist later revealed that Braugher had been battling lung cancer. His other film and television credits include Primal Fear, Spike Lee’s Get on the Bus, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Mist, Bojack Horseman, and She Said. He was 61. #brooklyn99 #lungcancer #primalfear #fantasticfour #bojackhorseman 6:03 Laura Lynch, a founding member of the beloved country band the Chicks, died in a car accident in West Texas on Dec. 22. Lynch co-founded the Chicks in 1989 with Robin Lynn Macy, Martie Maguire, and Emily Strayer. She played the upright bass and provided lead vocals on the first three Chicks records — 1990’s Thank Heavens for Dale Evans, 1992’s Little Ol’ Cowgirl, and 1993’s Shouldn’t a Told You That. She was 65. #dixiechicks #georgebush #countrymusic 7:29 Tom Smothers, the comedian who rose to fame as half of the musical duo the Smothers Brothers, died Dec. 26 after a brief battle with cancer. Smothers and his younger brother Dick built their careers in the 1960s, winning over fans with catchy folk songs and biting political commentary on their CBS variety show The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. The brothers famously clashed with CBS over the content of their show, and Smothers was an outspoken advocate for civil rights and free speech. He was 86. #cbs_broadcasting #varietyshow 7:56 Ryan O'Neal, the Oscar-nominated actor whose tumultuous personal life always threatened to overshadow his work in films like the early-’70s hits Love Story and Paper Moon, died on Dec. 8. The late actor had been diagnosed with chronic leukemia in 2001 and with prostate cancer in 2012, the latter of which came three years after the death of his longtime love Farrah Fawcett from anal cancer at 62. O’Neal landed his first major acting role on NBC’s Western Empire, but his breakthrough came as Rodney Harrington on ABC’s Peyton Place. His other notable film credits include What's Up, Doc?, Barry Lyndon, A Bridge Too Far, The Main Event, and The Driver. He was 82. #ryanoneal #farrahfawcett #mainevent #papermoon #lovestory @TalkMurderToMe @actorfactorpodcast
Dead Celebs Podcast "The Final Curtain Call" | Tragic Celebrity Deaths
