The ALL DEAD Club

Sophie Nyweide, the former child actor who made appearances in the films Mammoth, Noah Baumbach’s Margot at the Wedding and Darren Aronofsky’s Noah, died April 14. She was 24.

“Sophie was a kind and trusting girl,” her family writes. “Often this left her open to being taken advantage of by others. She wrote and drew voraciously, and much of this art depicts the depth she had, and it also represents the pain she suffered. Many of her writings and artwork are roadmaps of her struggles and traumas. Even with those roadmaps, diagnoses and her own revelations, those closest to her, plus therapists, law enforcement officers and others who tried to help her, are heartbroken their efforts couldn’t save her from her fate. She self-medicated to deal with all the trauma and shame she held inside, and it resulted in her death. She repeatedly said she would ‘handle it’ on her own and was compelled to reject the treatment that might possibly have saved her life.”

Hollyweird Pedos destroyed her soul, many such cases of child actors self destructing because of that.

Hall of Famer, Bears legend Steve 'Mongo' McMichael dies at 67 following battle with ALS

As a wild man on an otherworldly defense, Steve McMichael demanded attention with his personality and his play. A 6-foot-2, 270-pound barbarian of the autumn who terrorized opposing offenses, the man known as "Mongo" was a Texas native who became a beloved Chicago sports figure, playing a pivotal role in the iconic 1985 Bears' Super Bowl run.

Over his entire NFL tenure from 1980 through 1994, McMichael logged 213 games, 171 starts, 847 tackles and 95 sacks, earning two Pro Bowl nods along the way. Those 95 sacks are fourth all time among defensive tackles and his 92.5 with the Bears are second in franchise history behind teammate Richard Dent (124.5).

McMichael's 13 seasons with the Bears concluded after the 1993 campaign. He played one more year in the NFL, joining the archrival Green Bay Packers. He started 14 games and posted one more playoff win in a career that saw eight postseason appearances.

Not lost from the limelight for long after leaving the gridiron, McMichael made his way into the world of professional wrestling. He appeared as part of New York Giants legend Lawrence Taylor's crew in the then-World Wrestling Federation's Wrestlemania XI main event in April of 1995. Not long after, McMichael joined World Championship Wrestling as a color commentator. In 1996, he began his days performing in the ring, initially serving as a tag team partner with another NFL star, Kevin Greene, who abruptly became his rival. McMichael joined the famed Four Horsemen stable that included Ric Flair. He would go on to wrestle another pass-rushing great in Reggie White.

Roy Thomas Baker, the prolific producer who worked with the likes of Queen, The Cars, David Bowie, Devo, Journey and The Smashing Pumpkins, has died according to The New York Times. He was 78.

Baker is best known for his work on one of rock’s greatest and most enduring anthems: Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.” The sprawling operatic song proved a challenge to record, especially given the technology of the time. Baker and the band had to transfer the tune’s many overlapping tracks across eight generations of 24-track tape, which required close to 200 tracks for overdubs.

Lar Park-Lincoln Dies: ‘Knots Landing’ & ‘Friday the 13th Part VII’ Actress Was 63

Born in Dallas, Park-Lincoln made her acting debut in the 1985 made-for-television movie Children of the Night, before playing Linda on Season 9 of Knot’s Landing in 1987 before returning for a larger arc from 1989 to 1991.

Her other TV roles include appearances on Freddy’s Nightmare, Murder She Wrote and Beverly Hills 90210. In 1988, Park-Lincoln played final girl Tina Shepard in Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood. She also starred in such films as House II: The Second Story (1987), Fatal Charm (1990) and From the Dark (2009).

Bruce Logan, a respected director of photography and cinematographer who worked on classic films including Star Wars: A New Hope, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Tron, has died. He was 78.

Virginia Giuffre Dies By Suicide*: Jeffrey Epstein, Prince Andrew Accuser Was 41

Western Australia Police Force responded to a call on Friday at 9:50pm at a residence in Neergabby, where Giuffre was found unresponsive. First responders attempted to revive her, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Priscilla Pointer Dies: ‘Dallas’ Actress, San Francisco Actor’s Workshop Co-Founder & Mother To Frequent Co-Star Amy Irving Was 100.

Mike Peters, who as frontman for The Alarm sang on such tracks as “Strength,” “Sixty Eight Guns,” “Spirit of ’76” and “Rain in the Summertime,” died Tuesday of blood cancer in Manchester, England, a spokesman announced. He was 66 and had been battling chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Jill Sobule, the pop artist best known for “I Kissed a Girl” and other songs including “Supermodel,” has died in a house fire. She was 66.

According to local news reports, firefighters in responded to call at about 5:30 a.m. Thursday at a house in Woodbury, Minnesota, which was fully engulfed in flames upon arrival. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Born Jan. 16, 1959, in Denver, Sobule released her Todd Rundgren-produced debut album Things Here Are Different in 1990. Other albums include Happy Town (1997), Pink Pearl (2000), Underdog Victorious (2004), California Years (2009), Dottie’s Charm (2014) and Nostalgia Kills (2018).

Singer-songwriter and guitarist Sobule became popular for her self-titled second album in 1995, which featured the lesbian anthem “I Kissed a Girl,” the first gay-themed song to make the Top 20 on Billboard’s Modern Rock, and the bop “Supermodel,” which appeared that year in the seminal teen film Clueless.

Ruth Buzzi, who shot to nationwide fame as one of the stars of the 1960s TV comedy variety series Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in, died May 1 from complications from Alzheimer's disease at her home near Mingus, Texas. She was 88.

Born July 24, 1936, in Westerly, Rhode Island, Buzzi began performing in musical and comedy revues during her college years. She moved to New York City after graduating and quickly found work in Off Broadway musical revues and TV commercials.

After appearing on early ’60s TV shows such as The Garry Moore Show and CBS’ The Entertainers, Buzzi was cast in her one and only Broadway show in 1966 as part of the original cast, along with Gwen Verdon, of the now-classic musical Sweet Charity.

In 1967, Buzzi guest starred on the hit TV show The Monkees and was cast in a recurring role as “Pete” on another hit show, That Girl starring Marlo Thomas.

But her major breakthrough came with Laugh-in (Buzzi was the only original cast member to appear in every episode of the 1967-1973 series). In a show that launched the careers of Goldie Hawn, Lily Tomlin, Jo Anne Worley and Judy Carne, among many others, Buzzi was an immediate stand-out with her character Gladys Ormphby. A prudish “spinster” type with a hairnet that she knotted in front of her forehead and clad in drab sweaters and dresses, Buzzi’s Gladys would appear in sketches with Arte Johnson’s Tyrone F. Horneigh, a classic dirty old man who would mumble apparently obscene come-ons while sharing a park bench with Gladys. Her response was always to whack him with her purse.

Charley Scalies, a character actor who appeared in HBO’s The Wire and The Sopranos and was a former business executive, died May 1 at the age of 84 following a protracted battle with Alzheimer’s.

James Baker, the shaggy-haired drummer and bandman who co-formed the Victims, Hoodoo Gurus and Beasts of Bourbon, died Monday night at his home in Perth, after succumbing to cancer. He was 71.

By his late teens, he was a member of Black Sun and the Slink City Boys, two short-lived bands that took their cues from the Stooges, MC5, Alice Cooper and New York Dolls. As punk took flight in 1976, so too did Baker, as he moved abroad to get closer to the action.

On returning to Western Australia, he formed the trailblazing local punk band the Geeks. Then, in 1977, founded the Victims with Dave Faulkner. In 1983, Baker co-created Beasts of Bourbon. The following year he played on the Gurus’ first studio album, the 1984 classic Stoneage Romeos, one of the 200 greatest Australian albums selected by Rolling Stone Australia. Baker and his iconic hairstyle can be easily spotted in those early Gurus music videos.

Southern Gospel Music icon, West Virginia native, Squire Parsons died of a heart attack Monday. He was 77.

Parsons grew up in the Roane County community of Newton. He went to Spencer High School and then on to West Virginia Tech where he graduated with a degree in music in 1970.

Parsons taught school for a while at the same time beginning his ministry in Southern Gospel. He joined the West Virginia-based Calvarymen Quartet in 1969 and then became the baritone member of the Kingsmen Quartet in 1975.

Parsons left the Kingsmen in 1979 deciding to focus on a solo ministry and songwriting. He wrote and began performing his most famous song, “Sweet Beulah Land,” in the early 1980s.

He wrote more than 600 gospel songs in his decades long career.

Jackson "Butch" Guice, an acclaimed artist for Marvel and DC since the early 1980s (and the co-creator of the iconic X-Men villain, Apocalypse), has passed away at the age of 63.

Guice was a big fanzine artist in the early 1980s when he did some work on a Rom Annual, which got him his first regular Marvel gig, drawing Micronauts at the tail end of Bill Mantlo's run on the popular toy-inspired series. With Bob Layton, Guice launched X-Factor for Marvel in 1986, when Louise Simonson took over the book with its sixth issue, Guice left the book soon after, but not before co-creating the iconic X-Men villain, Apocalypse, with Simonson.

Read more here: https //www cbr com/jackson-butch-guice-dc-marvel-artist-obituary/, the guy was massively prolific.

Former Detroit Tiger Chet Lemon, the starting center fielder for 1984 World Series champions, has died. He was 70.

Lemon was born in 1955 in Jackson, Miss. He was selected in the first round of the 1972 MLB Draft by the Oakland Athletics. He was traded to the White Sox in 1975 and played in Chicago for seven season.

Lemon came to Detroit after the 1981 season as the Tigers shipped Steve Kemp to the White Sox. For his MLB career, covering 1,988 games, Lemon hit .273 with a .355 on-base percentage. He had 1,875 hits, including 396 doubles, and his career WAR was 55.7.

The Tigers' 1984 title team also featured shortstop Alan Trammell, second baseman Lou Whitaker, outfielder Kirk Gibson and catcher Lance Parrish, among other standout position players. The rotation was led by Jack Morris, Dan Petry and Milt Wilcox, and the closer was Cy Young winner Guillermo Hernandez.

James Foley, who directed the two Fifty Shades of Grey sequels and several others films including Glengarry Glen Ross and At Close Range, along with Netflix’s House of Cards and multiple Madonna movies and music videos, has died. He was 71.

Two dumbass rappers were shot to death in Chicago recently.

Soap opera veteran Denise Alexander, best known for her starring roles on long-running shows General Hospital and Days of Our Lives, has died at the age of 85.

Alexander began her career in the 1950s, making her Broadway debut in The Children’s Hour. She made her film debut four years later and appeared as a frequent guest star on primetime television, including The Twilight Zone.

From 1966 to 1973, Alexander logged over 800 episodes for Days. While there, she also met her longtime husband, Richard Colla, a director and actor who died in 2021. The two were married for over 40 years.

The move from Days to General Hospital, as Alexander recalled, generated a “big press uproar” and sent shockwaves throughout the entertainment industry, and was not a decision she took lightly as she did not initially want to leave the “lovely, cozy, loving nest” of the Days set.

At the time, General Hospital was struggling creatively and ratings-wise, but soon righted the ship with a new head writer and executive producer, as well as a simmering love triangle between Alexander’s Lesley, Chris Robinson’s Rick Webber and the late Leslie Charleson’s Monica Quartermaine. In 1976, Alexander earned a Daytime Emmy nod for the role.

In 1984, shockwaves once again diffused among soap fans, who protested Alexander’s departure from GH due to shifting personal priorities and failed contract negotiations (her character was killed off). During this time, Alexander appeared on the soap Another World.

Sabu the pro wrestling legend who made a name for himself as a hardcore wrestler has died, WWE announced on Sunday. He was 60.

Sabu was the nephew of Ed Farhat, known in WWE as The Sheik, and won multiple championships across multiple companies. He performed at several companies over the course of his career, including the United States Wrestling Association, Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, Big Japan Pro Wrestling, All Japan Pro Wrestling, Xtreme Pro Wrestling, Stampede Wrestling, Border City Wrestling, Total Nonstop Action, Lucha Libre AA Worldwide and All Elite Wrestling, among countless others.

He made a major impact with Extreme Championship Wrestling, participating in some of the most barbaric matches in sports entertainment and pioneering hardcore wrestling, helping the style become more mainstream.

At the height of his career, he was a triple crown champion in Extreme Championship Wrestling. He won the ECW World Heavyweight Championship twice and was a tag-team champion three times. He also held the ECW World Television Championship and was the FTW heavyweight champion.

Samuel French, an actor who has appeared in Killers of the Flower Moon and Fear the Walking Dead, has died. He was 45.