The ALL DEAD Club

Kelly Monteith Dies: Comedian & TV Host Known For Self-Titled BBC Series Was 80

Stand-up comic and television personality Kelly Monteith, who was one of the first American comedians to have their own BBC show, has died. The news was announced by The Anglophile Channel, a Los Angeles production company with which he collaborated. No cause of death was cited; Monteith was 80.

The comedian made frequent guest appearances on U.S. talk shows in the 1970s, 80s and 90s, including The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Merv Griffin Show, The Mike Douglas Show and The Late Show with David Letterman. In 1976, he hosted The Kelly Monteith Show on CBS and later led the network’s hidden camera prank series, The Hit Squad. He also appeared on The Love Boat, Hollywood Squares and New Love, American Style.

He became popular in the UK after several spots on The Des O’Connor Show which led to him getting his own self-titled sitcom/sketch series on the BBC. Kelly Monteith ran from 1979-1984 and was co-written with Neil Shand. In 1983, he took part in the Royal Variety Performance, performing for Queen Elizabeth II.

For The Anglophile Channel, which is dedicated to British culture and entertainment, Monteith co-hosted Brit Flix with Kelly, Paul and Two-Buck Chuck from 2014-2020 and Kelly Monteith’s BBC Memories from 2019-2000. The latter was a look back his groundbreaking BBC series.

In 2015, he and Paul Boland received the National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Award for Best Television Anchor/Host from the Los Angeles Press Club.

According to BBC News, Jay Leno once described Monteith as a comedian who was “always extremely clever, extremely funny. One of the benchmarks. For those of us of a certain generation, Kelly was the guy.”

Atlanta gospel singer Kevin Lemons dies at 44

Lemons was born and raised in Atlanta and began his music ministry in 1996, according to his website. After getting several friends together in a small church, he organized his now well-known community ministry -- Higher Calling.

Known officially as Kevin Lemons & Higher Calling, the ministry reached immediate success after they left an impact on the Atlanta community due to their unique sound and likeness, the website said.

The group is known for its album "The Declaration" which reached as high as No. 10 on Billboard's gospel charts, according to his website.

Now 27 years later, the ministry today now boasts over 70 members who are known for their "skillful vocals, energetic performances, trendsetting style and overall excellence in ministry."

Lemons' also gained notoriety by playing the singing voice of Carlton Pearson in the Netflix film and soundtrack "Come Sunday."

According to the website, Lemons, along with his wife and ministry, were out on a mission to make choir music recognized and common once again.

Adam Rich Dies: Youngest Child On TV’s ‘Eight Is Enough’ Was 54

He died Saturday at his Los Angeles area home, a family member confirmed to TMZ. No cause of death has been revealed, but no foul play is suspected.

The Eight Is Enough series followed the Bradford family, which consisted of eight children. It detailed their life as they date, grow, marry and had children themselves. Rich portrayed Nicholas Bradford, the youngest son.

The ABC show, which also starred Dick Van Patten, Lani O’Grady, Connie Needham, and Grant Goodeve, ran from 1977 to 1981.

Rich’s other TV credits included Code Red, Dungeons & Dragons,S mall Wonder, St. Elsewhere and Baywatch.

He was arrested in 1991 for smashing a pharmacy window to obtain drugs – and was bailed out by his former TV dad, Van Patten.

There ensued years of rehab, but Rich was arrested again in 2002 on charges of driving under the influence after nearly striking a California Highway Patrol car.

His final credits include a cameo in the David Spade movie Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, in addition to one episode of Reel Comedy where he played Crocodile Dundee. Both were released in 2003.

Jeff Beck Dies: British Guitarist Was 78

Beck replaced Eric Clapton in the seminal British rock group The Yardbirds in 1965 and remained with the group into the following year, playing on some of the band’s biggest hits including “Heart Full of Soul,” and “Over, Under, Sideways, Down.” His bandmate and eventual replacement in 1966 was Jimmy Page, who later would form Led Zeppelin.

Urgent and in-your-face — and wildly influential — his guitar work flirted with and/or alternative between blues, jazz fusion and straight-ahead hard guitar rock. The tale often is told that members of the young English band Pink Floyd nearly invited Beck to join them in 1967 but were too nervous to approach him.

Beck’s first album after leaving the band was Truth, which reached the Top 15 and went gold in the U.S. It featured “Beck’s Bolero” — with backing by Page, John Paul Jones and the Who’s Keith Moon — and his cover of Willie Dixon’s “I Ain’t Superstitious,” which featured Stewart on lead vocals. The disc also included a cover of Dixon’s “You Shook Me,” a version of which turned up on Zeppelin’s debut album the following year.

Beck followed that set up in 1969 with Beck-Ola, the first album credited to The Jeff Beck Group. It also made the U.S. Top 15 and cracked the UK Top 40. Jeff Beck Group, released in 1972, was the group’s swan song and was highlighted by perhaps its most famous song, a stirring cover of Dox Nix’s “Going Down” that remains a staple of classic rock radio.

The Jeff Beck Group’s lineup at various times featured such British rock legends as Stewart, future Rolling Stone Ron Wood, Aynsley Dunbar and Cozy Powell.

Beck would continue to tour and release albums — including the one-off Jeff Beck, Tim Bogert, Carmine Appice — into the mid-1970s, when he had his commercial breakthrough. Released in 1975, Blow by Blow was his second official solo set. The mostly instrumental was highlighted by “Freeway Jam,” which would become among his most famous tracks, and reach No. 4 on the Billboard 200. It would be the first of back-to-back platinum discs.

The 1976 follow-up was the all-instrumental Wired, which also reached the U.S. Top 20 as Beck, continued to gain a wider audience.

His albums continued to sell well in the States but were less successful in his native UK. Beck never had a solo hit single, but his 1985 collaboration with Stewart on a cover of the Impressions’ “People Get Ready” was an FM smash and earned airplay on the still-young MTV. The pair had worked together many times before — Beck also played on Stewart’s Top 5 1984 hit “Infatation” and had a cameo in the video — and the juxtaposition of that guitar and that voice was rock magic.

Technically brilliant, always innovative, wildly versatile — and often temperamental — Beck was a rock ‘n’ roll iconoclast and a guitar player’s guitar player. “I don’t care about the rules,” he’s quoted as saying. “In fact, if I don’t break the rules at least 10 times in every song, then I’m not doing my job properly.”

Carole Cook Dies: Lucille Ball Protégé And ‘Sixteen Candles’ Actress Was 98

Carole Cook, a protege of Lucille Ball who would become a familiar face through appearances on Ball’s TV shows, movies like The Incredible Mr. Limpet and Sixteen Candles and stage musicals 42nd Street and Romantic Comedy, died today of heart failure in Beverly Hills, California, just three days before her 99th birthday.

Her death was announced by husband Tom Troupe.

Born Mildred Frances Cook in Abilene, Texas, Cook made her Broadway debut as a replacement in 1954’s Threepenny Opera. After moving to Los Angeles, she became a favorite of Ball’s, who suggested the name spelling of Carole in honor of movie star Carole Lombard. “Like her, you have the same healthy disrespect for all things in general,” Ball told Cook.

Cook would subsequently make guest appearances on Ball’s sitcoms The Lucy Show and Here’s Lucy. The two remained life-long friends, with Ball serving as matron-of-honor at Cook’s 1964 wedding to Troupe.

On stage, Cook created the role of “Maggie Jones” in the New York, Los Angeles and Tokyo companies of the Tony Award winning musical 42nd Street, and originated the role of “Blanche Daly” in the Broadway musical Romantic Comedy. She guest starred in the New York City Center production of 70 Girls 70, and co-starred in the national tour of Steel Magnolias.

On the big screen, Cook made memorable appearances in movies from The Incredible Mr. Limpet to American Gigilo. She played the sympathetic grandmother to Molly Ringwald’s character in Sixteen Candles, and provided the voice of “Pearl” in the animated Disney film Home on the Range.

Other feature film credits include Palm Springs Weekend, The Gauntlet, Grandview, U.S.A., Summer Lovers and, most recently, A Very Sordid Wedding.

In addition to her trio of Broadway credits, Cook made stage appearances in productions of Call Me Madam, Pal Joey, Follies, Annie Get Your Gun, A Little Night Music and The Lion in Winter, the latter among the shows co-starring husband Troupe. The couple received the 2002 Theatre Ovation Award for Career Achievement, the first husband and wife so honored.

Dorothy Tristan Dies: Star Of ‘Klute’ And ‘End Of The Road’ Was 88

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Dorothy Tristan, an actress best known for her roles in the films Klute and End of the Road, died Jan. 8 of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. She was 88 and died in her sleep at home, according to her husband, director John D. Hancock, to whom she was married for 48 years.

Tristan co-wrote and starred in the 2015 independent drama_The Looking Glass in her final role. She did the film after a decades-long absence from acting. She played a woman caring for her troubled 13-year-old granddaughter (Grace Tarnow) as symptoms of her dementia appear. Her husband directed the film, set in the couple’s longtime home in La Porte County, Indiana.

Tristan made her film debut in the X-rated cult classic_End of the Road_(1970), where her and Stacy Keach’s characters have an affair. She went on to play druggie prostitute Arlyn Page opposite Jane Fonda in 1971’s Klute. She also appeared in 1971’s Scarecrow.

Her resume includes performances in Frank Perry’s_Man on a Swing_(1974),_A Place Without Parents_(1974),_Swashbuckler_(1976),_Rollercoaster_(1977) and_Paul Mazursky‘s_Down and Out in Beverly Hills_(1986).

Tristan then shifted to a behind-the-cameras role, working with her director husband on the_Sam Elliott-film Prancer_(1989),_A Piece of Eden_(2000),_Suspended Animation_(2001) and_Girls of Summer_(2020).

Tatjana Patitz Dies: Supermodel Appeared In George Michael’s ‘Freedom ’90’ Video, Was 56

Supermodel Tatjana Patitz, best known for her appearance in George Michael’s video for his monster hit “Freedom ’90,” has died at age 56. She died on Jan. 11 of breast cancer, her agent confirmed.

The German-born Patitz was considered one of the original supermodels. She entered her first modeling contest at age 17 in Stockholm, taking third place. But a session with fashion photographer Peter Lindbergh that followed launched the main part of her career.

Singer George Michael saw her in British Vogue in 1990, and subsequently cast her for his “Freedom ’90” music video alongside Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista.

“I was in my own zone,” she said of filming the “Freedom ’90” video, which didn’t see her even meet Michael. “I had to kind of slide up and down the wall for part of the day. The feel of the set was so run-down, this big, loft kind of vibe. There was another setup with me laying on a chaise lounge with a black smoking jacket. I think I may have had a bustier on. And I was smoking, even. People still smoked in videos then and even in films.”

No information on survivors or a memorial was immediately available.

Lisa Marie Presley dies at 54 after hospitalization

Lisa Marie Presley — the only child of Elvis Presley — died Thursday after being hospitalized earlier that day, her mother said in a statement. The singer was 54.

“It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us,” Priscilla Presley said in a statement Thursday evening. “She was the most passionate, strong and loving woman I have ever known.”

The announcement came just hours after Priscilla Presley had confirmed that Lisa Marie Presley was rushed to the hospital earlier Thursday.

Los Angeles County paramedics were dispatched to a Calabasas home at 10:37 a.m. following a report of a woman in full cardiac arrest, according to Craig Little, a spokesperson for the county’s fire department. Property records indicate Presley was a resident at that address.

Paramedics arrived about six minutes later, Little said. A subsequent statement from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said paramedics performed CPR and “determined the patient had signs of life” before taking her to a hospital in nearby West Hills immediately.

The city of Calabasas is nestled between the foothills of the Santa Monica and the Santa Susanna Mountains, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) northwest of downtown Los Angeles.

Presley, 54, attended the Golden Globes on Tuesday, on hand to celebrate Austin Butler’s award for playing her father in “Elvis.” She called his performance “mind-blowing” during a red carpet interview with “Entertainment Tonight.”

“I really didn’t know what to do with myself after I saw it,” she told ET of Baz Luhrmann’s movie. “I had to take, like, five days to process it because it was so incredible and so spot on and just so authentic that, yeah, I can’t even describe what it meant.”

Just days before that, she was in Memphis, Tennessee, at Graceland — the mansion where Elvis lived — to celebrate her father’s birth anniversary on Jan. 8.

Presley had recently penned an essay published in People about “the horrific reality” of her grief following her son Benjamin Keough’s death by suicide in 2020. Presley is also the mother of actor Riley Keough and twin daughters.

“I’ve dealt with death, grief and loss since the age of 9 years old. I’ve had more than anyone’s fair share of it in my lifetime and somehow, I’ve made it this far,” she wrote in August.

Robbie Bachman Dies: Bachman-Turner Overdrive Drummer & Co-Founder Was 69

Playing the drums since childhood, Robin Peter Bachman was recruited at age 18 by his big brother Randy, who had already found international success in the band The Guess Who. After Randy left that group in 1970, he formed a short-lived group called Brave Belt, with 18-year-old Robbie on drums.

Brave Belt, with other members including bassist/singer Fred Turner and a third Bachman brother, Tim, would soon change its name, along with a musical style that grew from country-style rock to what would come to be defined as classic rock, to Bachman-Turner Overdrive.

BTO, a remained a top rock act throughout the 1970s, with Randy Bachman leaving the group in 1979 and returning, off and on, until his retirement in 2004.

Robbie Knievel Dies: Daredevil Motorcycle Showman & Son Of Evel Knievel Was 60

Robbie Knievel, son of superstar ’70s motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel and an accomplished showman in his own right, died in hospice care after a battle with pancreatic cancer, according to multiple reports. He was 60.

Like his father, Kneivel was adroit at leveraging his abilities on a motorcycle into a media spectacle. Over the course of his career, he had eight live television specials centered around his feats.

In mid-2005, Knievel starred in an A&E series called Knievel’s Wild Ride. He also co-starred with The Fall Guy actor Lee Majors in a pilot for a series to be called Hollywood Stunts.

Knievel began jumping his bicycle at age four and rode motorcycles at age seven. At age eight, he performed his first show with his father at Madison Square Garden. At age 12, he was on tour with his father, where he would perform in the pre-jump shows.

Gina Lollobrigida Dies: Italian Cinema Diva Was 95

Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida, who was one of the world’s most famous actresses enjoying success in Europe and Hollywood in her 1950s and 60s heyday, has died in Rome at the age of 95.

Born in the hilltop town of Subiaco outside Rome in 1927, Lollobrigida started out as a model and was first scouted when she took part in the Miss Italy competition in 1947.

Although she would go on to be dubbed “The Most Beautiful Woman in The World”, Lollobrigida came in third place in the competition, after Lucia Bosè and Gianna Maria Canale, who would both also go on to forge successful cinema careers.

After several smaller supporting roles in the late 1940s, she secured her first co-starring role in Luigi Zampa’s comedy-drama Campane e Martello, playing a prostitute who discovers the earnings she sent to a priest for safekeeping have been used to set up an orphanage.

Her first major breakthrough role was in the 1952 French swashbuckler Fearless Little Soldier (Fan la Tulipe), in which she co-starred opposite Gérard Philipe.

Her star also continued to rise at home with Luigi Comencini’s 1953 romantic comedy hit Bread, Love And Dreams, in which she played an earthy, young woman who catches the eye of a veteran marshall played by Vittorio De Sica.

Other Italian hits included the 1953 romantic-drama Beautiful But Dangerous, in which she played a music hall singer who falls in love with a Russian prince, for which she won the first of seven Italian Davide di Donatello awards.

She also clinched the acting prize for Venere Imperiale in 1962, a biopic about Napoleon Bonaparte’s sister, and Buona Sera, Mrs Campbell in 1968, about a woman who receives payments from three different men who believe themselves to be the father of her child.

At the same time, Lollobrigida was also forging a career in Hollywood, breaking out internationally with John Huston’s 1953 crime caper Beat The Devil, in which she co-starred opposite Humphrey Bogart and Jennifer Jones.

She also achieved international success with the 1956 version of The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, playing Esmeralda opposite Anthony Quinn as Quasimodo, and Robert Mulligan’s Italy-set 1961 romantic comedy Come September, in which she co-starred opposite Rock Hudson.

Her career slowed down in the 1970s but the actress enjoyed a revival in the late 1980s thanks to a series of appearances in TV shows including Falcon Crest, Deceptions and The Love Boat.

In more recent years, Lollobrigida devoted herself to photography, art and politics, running as a candidate in the Italian general elections in September for the anti-establishment left-wing Sovereign and Popular Italy party.

Al Brown Dies: Col. Stan Valchek On ‘The Wire’ Was 83

Al Brown, who played Col. Stan Valchek on the hit TV series The Wire, died Friday at 83. His talent manager announced the death on the official Facebook page for the late actor.

Brown’s daughter Jenny also_told TMZ_that her father died in Las Vegas from Alheimer’s disease complications.

“I am sad to let you know that angels came for Al yesterday morning, Friday, January 13, 2023,” the Facebook statement said. “May his memory be a blessing to his family, his friends, and each of_you. This_page will remain as a testimony to Al’s work and love for his fans.”

Brown also guest starred on TV shows such as Rescue Me, Forensic Files, Law & Order: SVU, Commander in Chief, and The Hustler.” He also had roles in the films The Replacements, 12 Monkeys, Lay the Favorite, Red Dragon and Liberty Heights.

Before acting, he was a veteran who served two tours in Vietnam.

Survivors include his children. No memorial plans have been announced.

C.J. Harris Dies: ‘American Idol’ Contestant Was 31

C.J. Harris, a Top 6 contestant on American Idol in 2014, died Sunday of a reported heart attack in his hometown of Jasper, Alabama. He was 31.

His death was confirmed by first reported on the Jasper radio station WJLX.FM. Family sources tell TMZ he died of a heart attack, and local news reports say he died at the Walker Baptist Medical Center in Jasper.

His death has been confirmed by the Walker County Coroner’s Office.

Born Curtis Harris, the singer first attended an American Idol audition in 2010, and subsequently (and unsuccessfully) tried out for both The X-Factor and The Voice. He tried again for American Idol‘s 2014 Season 13 at auditions in Salt Lake City while he was working as both an indie musician and a restaurant worker.

Harris advanced to the season’s semi-finals, most memorably performing covers of the Allman Brothers Band song “Soulshine” and “Can’t You See” by The Marshall Tucker Band. He reached sixth place before being eliminated on April 24, 2014. (The year’s winner was Caleb Johnson.)

After his Idol season, Harris continued his music career, releasing his debut single in 2019 with the song “In Love.”

Jay Briscoe dies in car accident, ROH star and champion was just 38.

Ring of Honor wrestler Jay Briscoe and one other person died Tuesday evening after a fatal car crash in Laurel, Delaware.

While details are still limited at this time, Delaware State Police did report that the crash occurred in the area of Laurel Road and Little Hill Road around 5:30 PM Eastern.

It's unknown how many vehicles were involved, but the driver of another car involved also died.

According to an initial report on the Shore News Beacon, "four patients were trapped." There were two fatalities and "two critical patients" with one referenced as pediatric.

Briscoe (born Jamin Pugh) was set to turn 39 later this month.

Due to the tragic accident, the Laurel School District is closing their schools Wednesday.

A fixture in ROH for 20 years, Briscoe and his brother, Mark, started making a name for themselves in the early 2000s in the Northeast U.S. indie scene working for CZW, NWA Wildside, NWA and other promotions.

But it was in ROH that the Sandy Fork, Delaware, natives became tag team stars synonymous with the promotion. The two first won their ROH Tag Team titles in 2003 and had just begun their 13th reign at December's Final Battle by defeating FTR in a double dog collar match.

In addition to holding the company's Six-Man titles with Bully Ray in 2017, Jay Briscoe also was a two-time ROH World Champion. first holding the gold in 2013 and then for a longer run in 2014 through 2015.

He and Mark wrestled around the world and held the IWGP Tag Team titles, the GCW Tag Team titles three times, the Impact Tag Team titles, and the NEVER Openweight Tag Team titles to name just a few.

Van Conner Dies: Screaming Trees Founding Bassist Was 55

Van Conner, the Screaming Trees co-founding bassist who played on the rock band’s hits including “All I Know” and “Nearly Lost You,” died Tuesday of pneumonia. He was 55. His brother and bandmate, Gary Lee Conner, posted the news on social media.

Screaming Trees formed in Washington State in the mid-1980s and recorded a half-dozen indie albums before signing with Epic Records in 1990 as the grunge scene was coalescing around such groups as Mudhoney, the Melvins, Soundgarden and Nirvana. The band’s major-label debut disc failed to catch fire, but the follow-up — 1992’s Sweet Oblivion — was its breakthrough. The album featured “Nearly Lost You,” which became a Top 5 hit on U.S. Modern Rock radio and sent the disc into the Billboard 200 chart.

Sweet Oblivion also included two other singles that hit the Modern Rock Top 30: “Bed of Roses” and “Dollar Bill.”

Screaming Trees — which also featured singer Mark Lanegan, who died last year, and drummer Barrett Martin along with the Conner brothers — next released Dust, which spawned the band’s lone Mainstream Rock hit, “All I Know,” which hit the Top 10 on that Billboard chart and reached No. 62 on the Hot 100 singles tally (watch the video below). Co-written by the Conners and Lanegan, it also reached the Modern Rock Top 10. The album was the group’s biggest commercial success, reaching No. 134 on the Billboard 200.

Josh Homme, the former Kyuss guitarist and future Queens of the Stone Age frontman, joined the group for its 1996 tour.

But Screaming Trees would break up by 2000, and Van Conner went on to play in various other bands and do session bass work.

David Crosby Dies: Legendary Singer Was 81

[i]The famously cantankerous Crosby rose to fame as a singer and guitarist for The Byrds, the influential Los Angeles-based folk-rock band that melded a groundbreaking guitar sound with eloquent melodies. He spent three years with the group from 1964-67, singing on its many hits including the chart-topping covers “Mr. Tambourine Man” and “Turn! Turn! Turn!” Those also were the titles of The Byrds’ first two LPs, with Mr. Tambourine Man reaching the U.S. Top 10.

Also featuring Gene Clark, Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman, The Byrds were a major influence on the burgeoning L.A. folk-rock scene that would help feed the country-rock genre epitomized by the Laurel Canyon acts of the late ’60s and early 1970s and such groups as Eagles and The Flying Burrito Brothers, the latter also featuring Hillman.

But Crosby’s admittedly grating personality led to his dismissal from the band. Tensions had boiled over at the legendary Monterey Pop Festival, when he offered long between-song monologues during The Byrds’ set and later filled in for Young during rival L.A. band Buffalo Springfield’s set.

But Crosby, with his signature long hair, bushy moustache and iconoclastic views, would find far greater commercial success with his next group.

He teamed with fellow Laurel Canyon denizens Stills and Nash to form Crosby, Stills & Nash, whose eponymous 1969 debut album went Top 10. Featuring sparkling, often magical harmonies, the quadruple-platinum disc included such classic tracks as “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” and “Marrakesh Express” — both of which were Top 30 pop hits — and was up for Album of the Year at the Grammys. The group won for Best New Artist. It would mark Crosby lone win among 10 career nominations that started with Best New Artists for The Byrds in 1965.

Joined in 1970 by Canada expat and Buffalo Springfield alum Young, the now-quartet would score three consecutive No. 1 albums: studio set Déjà Vu (1970), the live 4-Way Street (1971) and compilation disc So Far (1974). The debut disc also was Grammy-nominated for album of the Year and remains one of rock’s most treasured LPs, spawning such stone classics as “Teach Your Children,” “Ohio,” “Carry On,” “Our House” and the Joni Mitchell cover “Woodstock.” Mitchell would open on the group’s first concert tour.

But intra-band relationships usually were fraught, and the group soon would disintegrate — though the bandmates would reconvene in various configurations for decades to come.

Crosby put out his first solo album in 1971, with If Only I Could Remember My Name reaching No. 12 on the Billboard 200, and the various members of CSN&Y carried on with separate careers. Crosby and Nash teamed as Graham Nash/David Crosby for a pair of Top 10 albums in 1972 and 1975, with 1976’s Whistling Down the Wire making the Top 30.

Crosby, Stills & Nash re-formed for 1977’s CSN, which spent four weeks at No. 2 and generated the trio’s first Top 10 single in “Just a Song Before I Go.” It also went quadruple-platinum. Their next set, 1981’s Replay, failed to click, but the next year’s follow-up, Daylight Again, brought them back into public favor, peaking at No. 8 and including their second Top 10 single in “Wasted on the Way.” A second single, “Southern Cross,” featured a gorgeous vocal and melody from Stills and made the Top 20.

The group would follow with Allies (1983), but the mid-’80s were a setback for Crosby. Convicted of multiple weapons and drug charges, he spent nine months in Texas state prison in 1985. That same year he was arrested again on DUI, hit and run and other charges. They were among his many run-ins with the law over the years.

But CSN&Y would re-emerge in 1988 with American Dream, which brought them back to rock radio in a big way. The title track made the Top 5 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart, and the follow-up single, “Got It Made,” spent two weeks atop that tally.

The key members continued to reunite in ensuing decades, with CSN releasing three albums from 1990-98 and Young rejoining them for 1999’s Looking Forward. In 2006, the four embarked on the Freedom of Speech concert tour in support of Young’s solo album Living with War. The politically charged album and shows came ahead of the U.S. midterm elections, and the famously left-leaning bandmates played up the politics. A stop in California’s Orange County drew yells of disapproval from many in the crowd.

Born on August 14, 1941, in Los Angeles, Crosby played up his contrarian image and often rankled bandmates, friends, record executives and others. In the 2018 documentary Echo in the Canyon, Crosby said on-camera that the real reason he was fired from The Byrds was because he is “a jerk.”

But despite all the bitterness, Crosby in 1991 became the first recipient of the MusiCares Person of the Year award. The honor, which celebrates philanthropic work along with creative accomplishments, since has been presented to the likes of Young, Mitchell, Quincy Jones, Paulk McCartney, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Carole King and Fleetwood Mac, among others.

Crosby was the subject of his own documentary in 2019. Cameron Crowe produced David Crosby: Remember My Name, which premiered at Sundance and was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics after heated bidding. It was a warts-and-all portrait of a man with everything but an easy retirement on his mind — a self-examination of the life and career of a musical icon who was seeking a creative renaissance at age 77. Remember My Name expressed his regrets, fears, exuberance, faith in family and the transformative nature of music.

Yoshio Yoda Dies: ‘McHale’s Navy’ Actor Was 88

Yoshio Yoda, who portrayed Fuji, the sweet-natured Japanese prisoner of war befriended by the irreverent gang of American sailors at the center of the 1962-66 ABC World War II-set sitcom McHale’s Navy, died Jan. 13 in Fullerton, CA. He was 88.

Yoda, who also went be the name James Yoshio Yoda during his post-acting career as an executive of Toyota Hawaii, was born in Tokyo and studied law at Keio University in Japan before deciding on an acting career. After moving to the United States, Yoda enrolled at the University of Southern California’s film school.

In 1961, when producers for the MGM film The Horizontal Lieutenant contacted the school looking for a young actor who was bilingual in Japanese and English, the school recommended Yoda. He landed the role, and his performance led directly to his involvement in the McHale’s Navy series and two feature film adaptations.

As Seaman 3rd Class Fujiwara Takeo Kobiashi, affectionately known as Fuji by his newfound American friends, Yoda portrayed a deserter from the Imperial Japanese Navy who is more or less adopted by the rules-busting PT-73 crew led by Lieut. Quinton McHale (played by star Ernest Borgnine). Stationed at the Pacific island base of Taratupa, the crew kept Fuji hidden from the sour-faced by-the-book Capt. Wally Binghamton (Joe Flynn).

After the cancellation of McHale’s Navy in 1966, Yoda appeared in a 1969 episode of Love, American Style before pivoting to a corporate career. Prior to his retirement to Fullerton, he was an assistant vice president with Toyota Hawaii in Honolulu.

Lloyd N. Morrisett Dies: ‘Sesame Street’ Co-Creator Was 93

After co-founding Children’s Television Workshop (now Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization behind Sesame Street and other programs) in 1968, Morrisett remained a Lifetime Honorary Trustee until his death.

“Lloyd leaves an outsized and indelible legacy among generations of children the world over, with Sesame Street only the most visible tribute to a lifetime of good work and lasting impact,” Sesame Workshop said in a statement. “A wise, thoughtful, and above all kind leader of the Workshop for decades, Lloyd was fascinated by the power of technology and constantly thinking about new ways it could be used to educate.”

After graduating from Oberlin College, Morrisett did graduate work in psychology at UCLA and earned his Ph.D. in experimental psychology at Yale University. From 1969 to 1998, he served as President of the John and Mary R. Markle Foundation, where he initiated the Foundation’s program in communications and information technology. Before going to Markle, Morrisett was Vice President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Annie Wersching Dies: Actress In ‘24’, ‘Bosch’ And ‘Timeless’ Was 45

Actress Annie Wersching, best known for her roles in the television shows 24, Bosch and Timeless, died of cancer early this morning, her publicist confirmed to Deadline. She was 45.

Wersching continued to shoot even after her 2020 diagnosis, with prominent roles in Star Trek: Picard as the Borg queen in Season 2, and The Rookie. She also voiced Tess in the popular The Last Of Us video game, which was adapted into a TV series by HBO.

Wersching’s husband, actor Stephen Full, issued a statement. “There is a cavernous hole in the soul of this family today. But she left us the tools to fill it. She found wonder in the simplest moment. She didn’t require music to dance. She taught us not to wait for adventure to find you. ‘Go find it. It’s everywhere.’ And find it we shall.

Jon Cassar, director and executive producer of 24, also paid tribute. “My heart is broken in more pieces than I can count. Annie came into my world with an open heart and a contagious smile. Brandishing such talent, she took my breath away. Annie became more than a workmate, she became a real friend to me, my family and every cast and crew member that worked with her. She’ll be truly missed by them and the fans she always found time to interact with. Annie you’ll be missed, you left your mark, and we’re all the better for it.”

Wersching was born and raised in St. Louis by parents Sandy and Frank. Her first major role was as Amelia Joffe on General Hospital. She went on to star as Renee Walker in Seasons 7 and 8 of 24. Wersching also did major stints in The Vampire Diaries, Runaways, Extant, Timeless, Bosch and The Rookie.

One of her final roles was in Season 2 of Star Trek: Picard exactly two decades after she made her screen acting debut in an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise.

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