Poppedy Popped Culture

Losing one’s mom is probably one of the biggest hurts in the world. Condolences to Kanye West:
Donda West, mother of Kanye West and former chairwoman of Chicago State University’s English department, has died, a spokesman for the rapper said.
Donda West died Saturday night in Los Angeles, said the spokesman, who asked for anonymity because not […]

Deborah Kerr, who shared one of Hollywood’s most famous kisses and made her mark with such roles as the correct widow in “The King and I” and the unhappy officer’s wife in “From Here to Eternity,” has died. She was 86.Kerr, who suffered from Parkinson’s disease, died Tuesday in Suffolk in eastern England.
For many she […]

Marcel Marceau, whose lithe gestures and pliant facial expressions revived the art of mime and brought poetry to silence, died Saturday. He was 84.
When I was a kid in the 70’s, he was quite popular. Everyone was trying to break out of that dang box.

Jane Wyman, an Academy Award winner for her performance as the deaf rape victim in “Johnny Belinda,” star of the long-running TV series “Falcon Crest” and Ronald Reagan’s first wife, died Monday morning at 93.
Wyman died at her Palm Springs home, said Richard Adney of Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Mortuary in Cathedral City. […]

Legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who brought opera to the masses with his powerful voice and jovial personality, died on Thursday of pancreatic cancer, aged 71.
Quotes by Luciano Pavarotti, taken from his 1995 autobiography: “Pavarotti: My World,” by Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright.
“I am a very simple person. In spite of all that has happened […]

Merv Griffin, host of the 20-years running talk show “The Merv Griffin Show” who later catapulted his “Jeopardy” and “Wheel of Fortune” game shows into a multimillion-dollar empire, died Sunday, August 12th. He was 82. Griffin died of prostate cancer.

Official Site: The Griffin Group
IMDb: Merv Griffin overview
Wikipedia: Merv Griffin
Museum of Broadcast Communications: Merv Griffin profile

Condolences […]

Tammy Faye Messner, who as Tammy Faye Bakker helped her husband, Jim, build a multimillion-dollar evangelism empire and then watched it collapse in disgrace, has died. She was 65.Messner had battled colon cancer since 1996 that more recently spread to her lungs. She died peacefully Friday at her home near Kansas City, Mo., said Joe […]

Charles Lane, one of the most prolific character actors whose name was little known but whose crotchety persona and roles in hundreds of films (It’s a Wonderful Life) and tv shows (I Love Lucy) made him instantly recognizable to many, has died. He was 102.
Rest in peace.

Bill Pinkney, the last survivor of the original members of the musical group The Drifters, died Wednesday. He was 81.

It’s a funeral fit for a superhero. In the drizzling rain at Arlington National Cemetery, thousands of grieving patriots solemnly watch as the pallbearers — Iron Man, the Black Panther, Ben Grimm and Ms. Marvel — carry a casket draped with an American flag.Yes, folks, Captain America is dead and buried in the latest […]