Roll of Honour - 2002

Subject: Roll of Honour - 2002
From: Fiolar
Date: 01 Jan 03 - 05:16 AM

Now that we enter a new year, it seems appropriate to look back on 2002 and think for a few moments on those from all branches of the entertainment world who have departed. Many are internationally famous but some are less well know. All however have contributed to the great tapestry that is life. I salute them all and apologise for any one I may have missed out.

JANUARY:
Peter Adamson (Actor); Peter Bardens (Keyboard Player & Singer); John Buscema (Illustrator); Steve Caldwell (Singer & Saxophonist); Terri Carol (Entertainer); Hank Cosby (Songwriter & Saxophonist); Ed Daigle (Musician); Ted Demme (Film Director); Auric "Lord Pretender" Farrell (Calypso Singer); Zac Foley (Bass Guitarist); Ivan Foxwell (Film Producer); Jack C. Haldeman II (Science Fiction Author); Carrie Hamilton (Actress); Wade Hemsworth (Songwriter); John Jackson (Blues Musician); Stratford Johns (Actor); Harold Kasket (Actor); Igor Kipnis (Harpsichordist); Jon Lee (Drummer); Peggy Lee (Singer/Songwriter); Queenie Leonard (Pearl Walker) (Actress & Cabaret Artiste); Astrid Lindgren (Writer and creator of "Pippi Longstocking"); David "Red River Dave" McEnery (Singer); David McWilliams (Songwriter & Guitarist); Séan Ó hEochaidh (Folklorist); Julia Phillips (Film Director); Harold Russell (Actor); Avery Schreiber (Actor & Comedian); Frank Shuster (Comedian); Stanley Unwin (Comedian and Actor).

FEBRUARY:
Paul Baloff (Singer); James Blackwood (Gospel Singer); Walter Bolden (Jazz Drummer); Nick Brignola (Jazz Guitarist); Karl Chambers (Drummer); Percy Dickins (Co-Founder of the "New Musical Express" and originator of "The Top 20"); Willis Draffen, Jr. (Singer and Guitarist); Barry Foster (Actor); Diane Hart (Actress); Waylon Jennings (Musician, Singer & Songwriter); Chuck Jones (Animator); Hildegarde Knef (Actress); Stephen Longstreet (Writer, Artist and Screenwriter); Lucille Lund (Actress); Arthur Lyman (Percussion Player); Irish McCalla (Actress); Wendell Marshall (Musician); Spike Milligan (Everything); Paddy Mullin (Former member of the Kilfenora Ceili Band); George Nader (Actor); Leo Ornstein (Composer and Pinaist); Remo Palmier (Saxophonist); Tracy Roberts (Actress & Drama Teacher); Oskar Sala (Composer); Kevin Smith (Actor); Guy Stockwell (Actor); John Thaw (Actor); Lawrence Tierney (Actor); Mike Tucker (Drummer); Dave Van Ronk (Blues & Folk Singer); Ronnie Verrell (Drummer) Tony Young (Actor).

MARCH:
Milton Berle (Comedian); John Cameron (Baritone); Randy Costello (Drummer); Kevin Danaher (Folklorist & Historian); Dorothy DeLay (Violinist & Teacher); John Doonan (Musician); Frank Edwards (Folk Musician); Eileen Farrell (Soprano); Thomas Flanagan (Author); Eric Flynn (Actor); Leonard Gershe (Playwright & Lyricist); Harry Hayes (Bandleader & Saxophonist); Hamish Henderson (Folklorist); Roy Hollingsworth (Musician); Harlan Howard (Songwriter); Speedy Keen (Singer, Songwriter & Musician); W.F. "Billy" Krechmer (Jazz Clarinettist); R. A. Lafferty (Science Fiction Author); Rosetta le Noir (Actress); Jacquie Lyn (Jacqueline Taylor) (Actress); David Mann (Composer & Pianist); Elyne Mitchell (Author of "The Silver Brumby" Books); Dudley Moore (Actor, Comedian & Musician); Marc Moreland (Guitarist & Songwriter); John Patton (Jazz Organist); Malcolm Pinson (Jazz Drummer); Mack Pitt (Saxophonist); Shirley Russell (Costume Designer); Joe Schermie (Bass Player); Shirley Scott (Musician); Mary Stuart (Actress); Barry Took (Comedian & Writer); Mark Vann (Banjo Player); Billy Wilder (Film Director); David Wilson (Bass Player); Donald Wilson (Screenwriter & Television Producer); Harry Wingfield (Illustrator – "Ladybird Books"); William Witney (Film Director); Kenneth Wolstenholme (Sports Commentator); Irene Worth (Actress).

APRIL:
John Agar (Actor); Amelia Bachelor (Columbia "Torch Girl"); David "Bubba" Brooks (Jazz Saxophonist); Michael Bryant (Actor); Dorothy Coates (Singer); Alan Dale (Aldo Sigismondi) (Singer); George Alec Effinger (Science Fiction Writer); Maria Felix (Actress); Fad Gadget (Frank Tovey) (Singer & Musician); Ruth Handler (Creator of the "Barbie" doll); Thor Heyerdahl (Explorer & Author); Roy Huggins (Television Producer & Screenwriter); Peter Jacobsen (Musician); Dave King (Comedian, Singer & Actor); Damon Knight (Science Fiction Writer); Jack Kruschen (Actor); Cy Laurie (Clarinettist & Bandleader); Juno Lewis (Musician & Composer); Linda Lovelace (Actress); Nobu McCarthy (Actress); Denis McLoughlin (Comic Strip Artist & Illustrator); Howard Merrill (Actor, Scriptwriter & Producer); John Middleton Murry (Richard Cowper) (Science Fiction Writer); Reginald Rose (Television Playwright & Screenwriter); Henry Slesar (Novelist & Scriptwriter); Will Spencer (Cartoonist); Layne Staley (Singer & Guitarist); Robert Urich (Actor).

MAY:
Millie Benson (Author of the "Nancy Drew Mysteries"); Otis Blackwell (Songwriter); James "Buster" Brown (Tapdancer); Joe Cobb (Former Child Actor); Pat Coombs (Actress & Comedienne); Kenny Craddock (Muisician); Patrick Fyffe (Actor); John Hasted (Physicist & Folk Musician); William Heyes (Former Child Actor); Robert Kanigher (Writer & Editor); John B. Keane (Playwright); Walter Lord (Author); Bill Peet (Writer & Illustrator); Bryan Pringle (Actor); Gwen Sale (Musician); Nellie Shabalala (Singer); Sharon Sheeley (Songwriter); George Sidney (Film Director); Charles Simon (Actor); Ray Stricklin (Actor); Norman Vaughan (Entertainer); Gordon Wharmby (Actor).

JUNE:
Richard Allen (Drummer); Curtis Amy (Jazz Saxophonist); Boyd Bennett (Rock & Roll Singer); Rosemary Clooney (Singer & Actress); Herman Cohen (Film Producer); Robbin Crosby (Guitarist & Songwriter); Matt Dennis (Songwriter); Russ Freeman (Musician); Paul Furey (Musician); Dolores Gray (Singer & Actress); Signe Hasso (Actress); Margaret Johnston (Actress); Freeman King (Actor & Comedian); Ann Landers (Agony Aunt); Truck Parham (Jazz Bass Player); Tony Rose (Folk Singer); Vincent Shaw (Actor & Impressario); Dermot Walsh (Actor); Timothy White (Music Writer).

JULY:
Tony Anholt (Actor); Peter Bayliss (Actor); Monty Berman (Stage, Screen & TV Costumier); Carey Blyton (Composer); Ray Brown (Jazz Musician & Bandleader); Gerald Campion (Actor); Dave Carter (Folk Singer); Bill Craig (Television Writer); Harold Dejan (Saxophonist & Band Leader); Maurice Denham (Actor); Gus Dudgeon (Music Producer); Ray Foxley (Musician); John Frankenheimer (Director); Jerry Fuller (Drummer); Rosco Gordon (Musician & Composer); Fred Jordan (Folk Singer); Katy Jurado (Actress); Yousuf Karsh (Photographer); Ward Kimball (Animator); Alan Lomax (Folk Musicologist); Mark McGarity (Writer); Leo McKern (Actor); Jimmy Maxwell (Trumpet Player); Ivan Moffatt (Screenwriter); Marion Montgomery (Singer); Jack Olsen (Writer); Lucia Pamela (Musician); Chaim Potok (Writer); Jimmie Lee Robinson (Bluesman); Phil Roth (Actor); Alan Shulman (Composer & Cellist); Rod Steiger (Actor); Idrees Sulieman (Formerly Leonard Graham) (Trumpeter).

AUGUST:
Joe Allison (Song Writer); Pepsi Bethel (Jazz Dancer); Jeff Corey (Actor); Lionel Hampton (Musician); Ed Headrick (Developer of the "Frisbee"); Daphne Hellman (Jazz Harpist); Michael Houser (Guitarist); Dan Kelly (Folk-Pop Singer); Roy Kral (Singer & Pianist); Ronald McCroby (Whistler); George Mitchell (Musical Arranger & Conductor); Wilber Morris (Bass Player); Dean Riesner (Screenwriter); Larry Rivers (Jazz Saxophonist & Actor); Carmen Silvera (Actress); Ronnie Stephenson (Jazz Drummer); J. Lee Thompson (Film Director); Jerry Underwood (Saxophonist); Dave Williams (Singer & Songwriter).

SEPTEMBER:
Bill Callahan (Singer & Musician); Fanny Carby (Actress); Katrin Cartlidge (Actress); Bobby Clancy (Folk Singer); Michael Elphick (Actor); Robert L. Forward (Science Fiction Author); Erma Franklin (Soul Singer); Cliff Gorman (Actor); James Gregory (Actor); Kim Hunter (Actress); Joan Littlewood (Theatre Director); Tony Martinez (Actor & Bandleader); James Mitchell (Writer); Nicolae Neacsu (Violinist & Songwriter); Mickey Newbury (Songwriter); Tim Rose (Singer & Songwriter); Paul Tripp (TV Presenter, Actor & Creator of "Tubby the Tuba").

OCTOBER:
Stephen Ambrose (Historian & Author); Margaret Booth (Film Editor); Derek Bell (Member of "The Chieftains"); Philip Brett (Conductor & Musicologist); Phyllis Calvert (Actress); Ray Coniff (Bandleader & Trombonist);Keene Curtis (Actor); Jeff Dennison (Singer); Andre de Toth (Film Director); Tom Dowd (Record Producer); Bernard Fresson (Actor); Zeph Gladstone (Actress); Wilfred Greatorex (Writer & TV Story-Editor); Richard Harris (Actor); Morag Hood (Actress); Jam Master Jay (Jason Mizell) (DJ & Producer); Nathan Juran (Art Director & Film Director); Jack Lee (Director); Buddy Lester (Actor & Comedian); Charmian May (Actress); Peggy Moran (Actress); Robert Nixon (Illustrator & Cartoonist); Beautiful Brother Oswald (Beecher Ray Kirby) (Guitarist & Banjo Player); Dennis Patrick (Actor); Frank P. Rosenberg (Film Producer); Norbert Schultze (Composer of "Lilli Marlene"); Jay R. Smith (Former Child Actor – "Our Gang" Movies); Raf Vallone (Actor).

NOVEMBER:
Taswell Baird, Jr. (Musician); George Barrie (Songwriter & Producer); Brian Behan (Writer); Bill Berry (Cornettist & Bandleader); Stanley Black (Composer & Conductor); Eddie Bracken (Actor); Hadda Brooks (Singer & Pianist); Bill Brunskill (Musician); Stan Burns (Writer, Composer & TV Producer); James Coburn (Actor); Lonnie Donegan (Musician & Entertainer); Bert Granet (TV Writer & Producer); Billy Guy (Singer); Richard Hanna (Jazz Pianist); Jonathan Harris (Actor); Bob Hobkirk (Musician); Adele Jergens (Guitarist & Singer); Buddy Kaye (Songwriter); Marvin Mirisch (Film Producer); Billy Mitchell (Singer); Wolfgang Preiss (Actor); Karel Reisz (Film Director); Charles Sheffield (Science Fiction Writer & Physicist); Jerry Sohl (Science Fiction Writer).

DECEMBER:
Rich Angel (Guitarist); Bob Berg (Musician); Dolly Dawn (Vocalist); Brad Dexter (Actor); Dee Brown (Writer); Sidney Glazier (Film Producer); Mary Hansen (Guitarist & Singer); James Hazeldine (Actor); George Roy Hill (Film Director); Charles Isaacs (Writer & Producer); Frederick Knott (Playwright); Barbara Lott (Actress); Ian Macnaughton (Director, Producer & Actor); Glenn Quinn (Actor & Musician); Arvell Shaw (Bass Player); Joe Strummer (Guitarist, Singer & Songwriter); Jake Thackray (Folksinger & Musician); Al Tinney (Pianist); Paddy Tunney (Folk Singer); Lee Walker (Singer & Actor); Mary Wesley (Novelist); Davina Whitehouse (Actress); Zal Yanovski (Singer & Musician).

Subject: RE: Roll of Honour - 2002
From: Mrrzy
Date: 01 Jan 03 - 12:03 PM

Thank you for this. I was looking for just such a listing. May we all bear their memories well.

Subject: RE: Roll of Honour - 2002
From: ard mhacha
Date: 01 Jan 03 - 12:33 PM

Fiolar, Fascinating, there are some on the List I didn`t realise had passed on.
The work does you credit, well done. Ard Mhacha.

Subject: RE: Roll of Honour - 2002
From: Big Mick
Date: 01 Jan 03 - 12:55 PM

Doesn't it though? Well done, Fiolar.

Mick

Subject: RE: Roll of Honour - 2002
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 01 Jan 03 - 01:32 PM

I'm hoping someone on that list might leap up and do a Dave Swarbrick on us by not being dead after all.

Subject: RE: Roll of Honour - 2002
From: kendall
Date: 01 Jan 03 - 02:33 PM

Add Jim McReynolds, he died New Years eve. of cancer. Another great gone.

Subject: RE: Roll of Honour - 2002
From: Wesley S
Date: 02 Jan 03 - 11:49 AM

Someone else that's missing from all of the newspaper lists I've seen so far is Dave Ray blues musician who passed away around Thanksgiving. Formerly with Koerner, Ray and Glover.

Subject: RE: Roll of Honour - 2002
From: *daylia*
Date: 02 Jan 03 - 12:14 PM

Thanks, Fiolar! I didn't realize Ann Landers had passed on ... do we still have her twin sister "Dear Abby" with us?

Also, I couldn't find George Harrison on your lists, but I believe he deserves mention.

"Give me love, give me love
Give me ... peace on earth ..."

Blessings to all in the coming year

daylia

Subject: RE: Roll of Honour - 2002
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 02 Jan 03 - 12:28 PM

Fiolar:

Great work; any chance of an alphabetic list to make it easier to spot omissions such as those mentioned above. I hate to use the 'V' word, but if required I'll re type-set it.

Nigel

Subject: RE: Roll of Honour - 2002
From: Schantieman
Date: 02 Jan 03 - 12:44 PM

How about Ray Cope - Moose ? He brought folk music, dance and song to hundreds (thousands?) in the Birmingham & Liverpool areas.

Singer, fiddler,
Morris & Sword dancer (principally with Jockey Men's Morris (founder member, 1950) and Southport Swords),
Mummer, fool, social dance caller....

and my father-in law.

Dancing a few weeks before his death from cancer, 28 September aged 72. RIP

Subject: RE: Roll of Honour - 2002
From: Lanfranc
Date: 02 Jan 03 - 06:20 PM

Thank you, Fiolar - I think!

There are some great names on that list, as there were in 2001. Recordings and films will keep the memory of many of them alive, but we are all the poorer for their passing.

That list, plus Blair's Jeremiad, plus endless rain and grey skies!

SAD, here I come!

Alan

Subject: RE: Roll of Honour - 2002
From: Tinker
Date: 02 Jan 03 - 07:14 PM

Thank you for a moment to reflect...

Tinker

Subject: RE: Roll of Honour - 2002
From: alanabit
Date: 02 Jan 03 - 07:37 PM

Day-liah, I think the reason that George Harrison did not appear on the list was the fact that he died on November 29, 2001. It's sure an impressive - if very sad list. Who would have thought we would lose the great Spike Milligan and Jake Thackray in the same year?

Subject: RE: Roll of Honour - 2002
From: Fiolar
Date: 03 Jan 03 - 08:44 AM

Thanks to all. Your comments are most appreciated. As I stated, apologies
for those names I have missed, but some entertainers are never listed in the sources I use. I thought originally about an alphabetical list, but felt that listing those who have passed on on a monthly basis seemed to be the accepted way of doing obituaries. As far as I am aware Abigail Van Buren is still alive and kicking. Happy New Year.

Subject: RE: Roll of Honour - 2002
From: *daylia*
Date: 03 Jan 03 - 09:54 AM

I just searched 'george harrison' on the web, and you're right alanabit - he died Nov 29/01. The youngest Beatle, too. :-( Time goes faster as we get older I guess ... coulda sworn he died last summer. Sorry about that Fiolar...

daylia

Subject: RE: Roll of Honour - 2002
From: Brian Hoskin
Date: 03 Jan 03 - 10:12 AM

Thanks for this Fiolar.

One omission, John B Spencer (singer, guitarist, writer) died in May.

Subject: RE: Roll of Honour - 2002
From: Susanne (skw)
Date: 03 Jan 03 - 09:20 PM

Thanks, Fiolar. How on earth do you do this? Do you actually start compiling with the New Year?
Thank you for mentioning Wolfgang Preiss, who was a far more versatile actor than the roles of German military men for which he became known internationally would suggest.
As to 'Dear Abby' (real name Pauline Phillips): In a recent newspaper article I saw her described as 'middle-aged' in 1956, so at least she must be getting on a bit.