The ALL DEAD Club

Actor And Film Director Sam Macaroni Dies at 50.

Growing up in Yosemite Valley, California, Macaroni began his filming career at the age of eleven after acquiring his first video camera through various odd jobs. He moved to Hollywood in 1994 and studied at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting.

Throughout his career, Macaroni made significant contributions to both film and television. He wrote, directed, and starred in National Lampoon's "TV: The Movie," portraying multiple characters, including Jeffrey Sutton, Dick Weston Fernandez, and Chad. He also appeared in "Gangsta Rap: The Glockumentary" alongside Clifton Powell and rapper Too Short, and played Billy in Les Claypool's directorial debut, "Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo."

In addition to acting, Macaroni was a writer for the 2006 Billboard Music Awards and directed music videos for MCA/Universal Records. At 24, he sold a show to MTV titled "Disco Masters," in which he starred as a disco-dancing, beer-drinking superhero. His recent directorial works include "Guest House" (2020) and "Blackout" (2022).

Donald "Slick" Watts, a fan favorite for the SuperSonics and later a beloved teacher and coach in Seattle, has died. He was 73.

Watts was signed by coach Bill Russell to play for the Sonics in 1973 as an undrafted rookie. He was with Seattle for less that five years, but became a fixture known for his broad smile, bald head and crooked headbands. He led the league in steals in the 1975-76 season.

He later played for the New Orleans Jazz and the Houston Rockets but made Seattle his home following his career and frequently attended Sonics events, as well as Washington and Seattle Storm games.

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Donald "Slick" Watts, a fan favorite for the SuperSonics and later a beloved teacher and coach in Seattle, has died. He was 73.

Watts was signed by coach Bill Russell to play for the Sonics in 1973 as an undrafted rookie. He was with Seattle for less that five years, but became a fixture known for his broad smile, bald head and crooked headbands. He led the league in steals in the 1975-76 season.

He later played for the New Orleans Jazz and the Houston Rockets but made Seattle his home following his career and frequently attended Sonics events, as well as Washington and Seattle Storm games.

Belgian actress Émilie Dequenne, who first achieved fame with her 1999 Cannes d’Or-winning, big screen debut in Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne’s drama Rosetta, has died at the age 43. The actress, who revealed she was battling a rare adrenal gland cancer in October 2023, died in hospital on the outskirts of Paris on Sunday evening.

She landed her first cinema role at age 17 in Rosetta. She clinched Best Actress at Cannes in 1999 for her performance as the titular teenager living in a caravan with an alcoholic mother in the film, which also won the Dardenne brothers their first Palme d’Or.

Dequenne enjoyed a high-profile career throughout the 2000s, appearing in Christophe Gans’ historic thriller The Brotherhood of the Wolf and Claude Berri’s The Housekeeper as well as making a foray into English-language movies with Mary McGuckian’s costume drama The Bridge of San Luis Rey, starring Gabriel Byrne, Robert de Niro and Cathy Bates.

David Steven Cohen, the head writer for ‘Courage the Cowardly Dog’ has died at 58.

Jesse Colin Young, The Youngbloods frontman and bassist who sang the counterculture classic “Get Together” and went on to a long solo career, died March 16 at his home in Aiken, SC. He was 83.

James Lee Williams, better known as drag star The Vivienne, died from a cardiac arrest caused by the effects of taking ketamine, He was 32.

The RuPaul's Drag Race UK winner was found dead at His home in Cheshire in January, with celebrities and fans around the world paying tribute.

An inquest is scheduled to take place in June. Cheshire Police said there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the performer's death.

Williams, who grew up in Colwyn Bay in north Wales before moving to Liverpool, won the first series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK in 2019 and went on to have a varied career in TV and theatre.

American actress Nadia Cassini, who found fame as a sex symbol in the Italian genre scene of the 1970s and ’80s, has died in Italy at the age of 76.

Marty Callner, director of dozens of classic MTV-era music videos as well as numerous comedy specials and creator of HBO’s Hard Knocks, has peacefully passed away at his home in Malibu he was 78.

Eddie Jordan, a much-loved BBC racing commentator and Formula 1 boss, has died from prostate cancer. He was 76.

Wings Hauser Dies: Longtime Character Actor In Everything From ‘Baretta’ To ‘CSI’ Was 77

Hauser began his TV career in the ’70s on episodes of staples such as Canon, Baretta and Emergency!

He had bit roles in movies of the period such as the Nick Nolte starrer Who’ll Stop the Rain? and A Soldier’s Story with Denzel Washington.

His career took off in the ’80s and ’90s, with dozens and dozens of appearances on big-name action shows like The Fall Guy, Airwolf and Walker, Texas Ranger. He had longer arcs on China Beach, Lightning Force, Roseanne and Beverly Hills, 90210. He also played Greg Foster on more than a dozen episodes of The Young and the Restless.

Jan Schwieterman, who played the burger-making nemesis to Kenan Thompson’s character in the 1997 Nickelodeon comedy Good Burger, died February 28 at Mercy Hospital in Washington, Missouri, after a brief battle with cancer. He was 52.

Jack Lilley, whose showbiz career spanned more than seven decades as an actor, stuntman, animal coordinator and other roles and included Little House on the Prairie, Blazing Saddles, John Ford films and TV Westerns, has died. He was 91.

George Foreman, Boxing Champion and Grilling Magnate, Dies at 76

Foreman’s career spanned generations: He fought Chuck Wepner in the 1960s, Dwight Muhammad Qawi in the ’80s and Evander Holyfield in the ’90s.

With Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali, Foreman embodied a golden era in the 1970s, when boxing was still a cultural force in America. The three great champions thrilled fans with one classic bout after another. Foreman was the last living member of the trio.

Foreman defended the title twice, before a match with Ali in Zaire in 1974 that would become known as the Rumble in the Jungle. This time, Foreman was the favorite, but Ali reclaimed the title, dealing Foreman his first career loss.

Ali used his rope-a-dope strategy, resting on the top rope and allowing Foreman to punch him, but also tire himself out. Ali finished the fight with a left-right combination knockout in the eighth round.

Foreman began endorsing the George Foreman Grill in 1994, with a big smile and predictable but still charming lines like “It’s a knockout.” The grills were electric and portable and could be used inside as an alternative to outdoor charcoal grilling. Foreman helped propel the grills to become an American kitchen mainstay.

In 1999, Salton Inc. paid $137.5 million for worldwide rights to use Foreman’s name on grills; Foreman got about 75 percent of the payout. He also endorsed mufflers, fried chicken and chips.

Foreman’s affability helped him transcend boxing and cross over into the media world. In 1993-94, in the midst of his comeback, he starred in “George,” a short-lived sitcom on ABC in which he played a retired boxer helping troubled youth, and he made guest appearances on several other shows over the years. He appeared in a Venus-flytrap costume on “The Masked Singer” show in 2022 (his performance of “Get Ready” by the Temptations was not enough to stave off elimination).

Larry Tamblyn, the founding frontman for The Standells, brother of actor Russ Tamblyn and uncle of Amber Tamblyn, has died. He was 82.

Olympic skier Berkin Usta was killed on Thursday after a fire erupted at a ski resort hotel in Turkey. He was 24.

‘Married… With Children’ and ‘ER’ actress Cindyana Santangelo dead at 58

She made her film debut in 1990 when she was cast in “The Adventures of Ford Fairlane,” playing a corpse named Lydia.

In 2003, Santangelo worked alongside Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett in the comedy “Hollywood Homicide.”

Atlanta Rapper Young Scooter Dies At 39 In Accident While Fleeing Police like a dumbass.

Kenneth Edward Rashaad Bailey was pronounced dead on Friday, which was his birthday, after he was brought into Grady Marcus Trauma Center from a location on the southeast side of the city.

Atlanta Police Department’s Lt. Andrew Smith said Bailey was fleeing on foot from police and severely injured his leg while jumping over fences, which resulted in his death.

Scooter is assumed to be one of two men officers discovered fleeing out the back of a house while they responded to a disturbance call. Smith stressed that no shots were fired during the incident.

Bailey began performing as Young Scooter after he was charged with drug trafficking in 2008. A childhood friend with Future, Scooter collaborated with the 3x Grammy winner before getting his big break with his 2013 mixtape Street Lottery.

One down many to go.

Character actor Denis Arndt, who appeared in Basic Instinct, a slate of David E. Kelley shows and earned a Tony nomination for his role in Broadway’s two-hander Heisenberg, has died at the age of 86.

Born Feb. 23, 1939 in Issaquah, Wash., Arndt served as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War and was awarded the Purple Heart twice. Afterward, the soon-to-be prolific actor moved to Seattle, where a friend convinced him to audition for a local theater, paving the way to more onstage roles later in his career.

Arndt began appearing on screen in the ’70s, both on television and film. For the former, his credits include: Murder, She Wrote, CSI, S.W.A.T., Supernatural, Grey’s Anatomy, The Good Fight, How to Get Away With Murder and Kelley’s legal series L.A. Law, Picket Fences, Ally McBeal, The Practice and Boston Legal. In 1992, he played the lieutenant who interrogated Sharon Stone’s character in one of Basic Instinct‘s iconic scenes. In 2002, he also acted opposite Wesley Snipes and Ving Rhames in Undisputed.

Richard Chamberlian, the actor known for such shows as Dr. Kildare, Shōgun and The Thorn Birds, has died. He was 90.

Born March 31, 1934 in Beverly Hills, Chamberlain was drafted by the U.S. Army after college, serving in Korea from 1956 to 1958, during which he achieved the rank of sergeant.

After founding the LA-based theater group Company of Angels in 1959, Chamberlain got his onscreen star in episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Gunsmoke and Riverboat.

Chamberlain’s breakout came in the title role of NBC’s medical drama Dr. Kildare, which ran for five seasons from 1961 to 1966. The series won the actor his first Golden Globe, before going on to win two more for his performances in Shōgun and The Thorn Birds.

Over the years, Chamberlain also starred in such films as The Three Musketeers (1973), The Towering Inferno (1974), The Count of Monte Cristo (1975), The Man in the Iron Mask (1977) and The Swarm (1978), as well as shows like The Bourne Identity, Touched by an Angel, Will & Grace, Nip/Tuck, Desperate Housewives and Twin Peaks: The Return.