The ALL DEAD Club

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Glenn Padnick, who co-founded Castle Rock Entertainment, served as its TV president and was a key player in bringing its crown-jewel sitcom Seinfeld into existence, has died. He was 77.

Carl Thomas Dean, Dolly Parton's ultra-private husband, has died at the age of 82.

Dean married the country legend in 1966 but eschewed the spotlight. He never attended public events with his wife, and the singer shared only a handful of photos of him over the years.

Parton shared the news of her longtime spouse's death via Instagram on Monday, March 3. His cause of death was not immediately announced.

Veteran voice actor and comedian George Lowe, best known as the voice of Space Ghost on Space Ghost Coast to Coast, and many others, died Sunday, March 2nd. He was 67.

Peter Engel, who executive produced Saved by the Bell, its spinoffs and 2020 reboot, Last Comic Standing and many other series, died Tuesday at his Santa Monica home. He was 88.

Felicia Minei Behr, an Emmy-winning producer of ABC’s All My Children and Ryan’s Hope and a major force in that network’s powerhouse position in the soap opera universe of the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s, died Sunday, March 2, following a five-year battle with brain cancer. She was 82.

Pamela Bach-Hasselhoff Dead by Suicide, she was 62.

Law enforcement sources say family members had not heard from her and wanted to check on her out of concern, so they went to her house, which was locked -- where they discovered her.

Paramedics were called to Pamela's house on a report of an unconscious female shortly after 10 PM Wednesday. Pamela was pronounced dead at the scene with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. There was no note.

David Hasselhoff and Pamela were married from 1989 to 2006. The divorce was contentious ... with disputes about monthly spousal support extending into 2017.

Pamela first appeared on the big screen in Francis Ford Coppola's "Rumble Fish" in 1983, starring Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke and Diane Lane. Film led to TV roles, including "Baywatch" in 1989 ... she played café owner Kaye Morgan for 10 years on the series.

Other TV roles included "Sirens," "The Young and the Restless," "The Fall Guy," "T.J. Hooker," and "Knight Rider," where she met David.

D’Wayne Wiggins, a founding member of the hitmaking R&B trio Tony! Toni! Toné!, died Friday of cancer at his home in Oakland, CA. He was 64.

Herb Greene, whose iconic photographs of the 1960 San Francisco rock scene captured the era’s superstars — Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead, among others — in their prime, died March 3, at his home in Maynard, Massachusetts, following a long illness. He was 82.

Brian James, founding guitarist and songwriter of seminal British punk group The Damned who later played with Stiv Bators in The Lords of the New Church, died Thursday. He was 70.

Athol Fugard, the Blood Knot, Master Harold… and the Boys and Tsotsi writer who is widely regarded as South Africa’s greatest ever playwright, has died. He was 92.

Simon Fisher-Becker, a British actor who had a recurring role in Doctor Who, died Sunday. He was 63.

Jamie White, a writer and reporter for the controversial show InfoWars, was killed overnight following an incident outside his apartment in Texas.

Officers responded at 11:57 p.m. on Sunday to reports of a “shoot/stab hotshot” emergency in the 2300 block of Douglas Street in Austin, according to Austin Police Detective Leah Ratliff. Upon arrival, officers found a male in the parking lot with “obvious signs of trauma.” He was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced deceased shortly after.

Wheesung, the hit-making South Korean K-pop star and R&B singer, was found dead in his home in Seoul on Monday evening, local law enforcement said. He was 43.

Born Choi Whee-sung, Wheesung launched he career with the hit 2002 album Like a Movie. Renowned for his strong vocals, songwriting and skills as a producer, Wheesung recorded more than 10 albums and scored numerous hits over the years since his debut, often crossing or blending genres of pop, hip-hop and R&B. Among his most popular songs were “Can’t You” and “Insomnia.”

Gene Winfield, a pioneering legend in the hot-rod world who created custom cars for numerous films and TV shows including Blade Runner, the original Star Trek series, RoboCop, Get Smart! and many others, has died. He was 97.

NBA former center Oliver Miller -- famously known as "The Big O" -- has passed away at the age of 54.

Miller was a standout athlete at Southwest High School in Fort Worth, Texas before committing to the University of Arkansas to play for the Razorbacks. He was the SWC Player of the Year and named First-team All-SWC in 1991.

The Phoenix Suns selected the center with the 22nd overall pick in the 1992 NBA Draft ... and he played there for two seasons.

He also had short stints with the Detroit Pistons, Toronto Raptors, Dallas Mavericks, Sacramento Kings and Minnesota Timberwolves in his nine-year NBA career.

Miller -- who became the heaviest player in league history -- averaged 7.4 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game.

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Simon Fisher-Becker, a British actor who had a recurring role in Doctor Who, died Sunday. He was 63.
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John Feinstein, a sportswriter and bestselling author of dozens of sports-themed books including A Season on the Brink and A Good Walk Spoiled, died Thursday. He was 69.

Douglas Kiker, a contestant on Season 18 of American Idol died Monday, March 10. He was 32. The cause of death is under investigation.

Jesse L. Kearney Jr., a playwright, a recipient of the Dramatists Guild’s Jonathan Larson Musical Theater Fellowship and the vice president of the advocacy group Black Broadway Men United, died Thursday, March 6, at a hospital in Newark, New Jersey, of complications from a cerebral arteriovenous, he was 49.