Celebrity Cancer Deaths
PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAMER MERLIN OLSEN DIES
by CJ on Mar.11, 2010, under Celebrity Cancer Deaths, Celebrity Death, Celebrity Obituaries
Merlin Jay Olsen (September 15, 1940 - March 11, 2010) was a former American football player in the National Football League and an actor. He played his entire 15-year career with the Los Angeles Rams and was elected to the Pro Bowl in 14 of those seasons, a current record shared with Bruce Matthews. He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame.
NOTABLE DEATHS JANUARY 2010
by CJ on Feb.17, 2010, under Celebrity Cancer Deaths, Celebrity Death, Celebrity Obituaries, Celebrity Suicides
January 2010
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* Kage Baker, 57, American science fiction and fantasy author, uterine cancer. [1]
* Erna Baumbauer, 91, German casting agent. [2]
* David V. Becker, 86, American physician, heart disease. [3]
* Robert DeBlieux, 77, American Mayor of Natchitoches, Louisiana (1976–1980), cerebral hemorrhage. [4]
* Pauly Fuemana, 40, New Zealand musician (OMC), after short illness. [5]
* Henry Fukuhara, 96, American watercolor painter, natural causes. [6]
* Kemal Gordon, 29, American filmmaker, complications of lupus. [7]
* Edith Josie, 88, Canadian columnist, natural causes. [8]
* Victor Kaisiepo, 61, Netherlands New Guinean-born Dutch activist for West Papuan independence. [9]
* Thorleif Karlsen, 100, Norwegian police inspector, politician and radio host, natural causes. [10] (Norwegian)
* Howard Lotsof, 66, American researcher, discovered anti-addictive effects of ibogaine, liver cancer. [11]
* Tomás Eloy Martínez, 75, Argentine writer and journalist, cancer. [12] (Spanish)
* John Norris, 76, British-born Canadian publisher (Coda), heart condition. [13]
* Keith Norton, 69, Canadian politician, former MPP for Kingston and the Islands (1975–1985), cancer. [14]
‘THE KNACK’ LEAD SINGER DOUG FIEGER DIES
by CJ on Feb.14, 2010, under Celebrity Cancer Deaths, Celebrity Death, Celebrity Obituaries
CAUSE OF DEATH: CANCER
Doug Fieger (August 20, 1952 - February 14, 2010) was an American singer-songwriter. He is the lead singer for The Knack, and co-wrote the 1979 hit "My Sharona", with lead guitarist, Berton Averre.
“BONANZA” ACTOR PERNELL ROBERTS DIES AT 81
by CJ on Jan.25, 2010, under Celebrity Cancer Deaths, Celebrity Death, Celebrity Obituaries
CAUSE OF DEATH: CANCER
Pernell Elvin Roberts (May 18, 1928 – January 24, 2010) was an American television actor and singer. He was best known for his roles as Ben Cartwright's eldest son, Adam Cartwright, on the western series Bonanza (a role he played from 1959 to 1965), and as chief surgeon, Dr. John MacIntyre, the title character on Trapper John, M.D. (1979-1986).
ACTRESS JEAN SIMMONS DIES AT 80
by CJ on Jan.23, 2010, under Celebrity Cancer Deaths, Celebrity Death, Celebrity Obituaries
CAUSE OF DEATH: LUNG CANCER
Jean Merilyn Simmons, OBE (January 31, 1929 – January 22, 2010) was an English American actress who appeared predominantly in motion pictures, beginning with British-made films during and after World War II, followed mainly by Hollywood films from 1950.
SOUL SINGER TEDDY PENDERGRASS DIES AT 59
by CJ on Jan.14, 2010, under Celebrity Cancer Deaths, Celebrity Death, Celebrity Obituaries
Theodore DeReese "Teddy" Pendergrass, Sr. (March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010) was an American R&B/soul singer and songwriter. Also known by the nicknames Teddy P, TP, or Teddy Bear, Pendergrass first rose to fame as lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes in the 1970s before embarking on a successful solo career at the end of the decade.
AMERICAN BORN SINGER SONGWRITER LHASA DE SELA DIES
by CJ on Jan.05, 2010, under Celebrity Cancer Deaths, Celebrity Death, Celebrity Obituaries
CAUSE OF DEATH: BREAST CANCER
Lhasa de Sela (September 27, 1972 – January 1, 2010), also known as simply Lhasa, was an American-born singer-songwriter who was raised in Mexico and the United States and divided her adult life between Canada and France.
