In Memoriam
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B. J. Thomas was the singer widely known for his hit songs of the 1960s and 1970s, which appeared on the pop, country, and Christian music charts, and included recordings of the Mark James song "Hooked on a Feeling" and the Burt Bacharach and Hal David song "Raindrops Keep Fallin'
Gavin MacLeod was the actor best known for playing Joseph "Happy" Haines on McHale's Navy, Murray Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Captain Merrill Stubing on The Love Boat.
Paul Soles was a prolific actor who voiced the title character in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon, and portrayed Hermey in the 1964 television special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. In that Spider-Man cartoon, Paul worked with his cousin Bernard Cowan. Bernard's son Elliott appeared on Toronto Mike'd to celebrate his career.
Paul Mooney is the comedian who wrote for Richard Pryor, played Sam Cooke in The Buddy Holly Story and Junebug in Bamboozled, and appeared on Chappelle's Show.
Charles Grodin was the actor who appeared in the films The Heartbreak Kid, Midnight Run, Dave, The Woman in Red, Rosemary's Baby and Heaven Can Wait.
Lloyd Price was an early rock 'n roll star and enduring maverick whose hits included such up-tempo favourites as "Lawdy Miss Clawdy," "Personality" and the "Stagger Lee, which reached #1 in 1959.
Tawny Kitaen appeared in several music videos for the rock group Whitesnake in the 1980s. She also portrayed Tom Hanks’ girlfriend in “Bachelor Party” and appeared in “Witchboard,” “White Hot” and “Dead Tides.”
Olympia Dukakis was the actress who won the Academy Award for best supporting actress for her performance in Moonstruck as Cher's mother. That was also the year her cousin Michael ran for POTUS.
Miroslav Frycer was the NHL right winger who joined the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1981-82 season. He's play for the Leafs through the 1987-88 season peaking in 1985-86 when he scored 32 goals and added 43 points in 73 games. He was also a part of the Tears Are
Shock G a.k.a Humpty Hump was the rapper and lead vocalist for Digital Underground, best known for the singles "Doowutchyalike", "The Humpty Dance", "Same Song" and "Kiss You Back."
Jim Steinman was the musician who wrote all of the songs for Meat Loaf’s classic album, Bat Out Of Hell, as well as Bonnie Tyler's “Total Eclipse of the Heart”, Air Supply's “Making Love Out Of Nothing At All” and Celine Dion's “It’s All Coming Back To Me
DMX was the rapper known for hits like "Party Up (Up in Here)" and actor best known for films such as Belly, Romeo Must Die, Exit Wounds, Cradle 2 the Grave and Last Hour.
Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and husband of Queen Elizabeth, died today at 99. He was the longest-serving royal consort in British history.
Paul Humphrey, the founder and lead singer of Blue Peter, has passed away. He was also the leader of The Paul Humphrey Band, The Monkey Tree, and Broken Arrow. Blue Peter were the new wave synthpop band best known for the song "Don't Walk Past", a jam I kicked out
Tom Gibney was an evening news anchor at CFTO-TV from 1973 until his retirement in 2007.
Beverly Cleary was the beloved children's author who wrote more than 30 books featuring such characters as Ramona Quimby and Beezus Quimby, Henry Huggins and his dog Ribsy, and Ralph S. Mouse
Jessica Walter was the actress I knew best as Lucille Bluth in Arrested Development. She also voiced Malory Archer on the animated series Archer.
George Segal was the banjo player turned actor who was nominated for an Oscar for 1966's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and starred in the sitcom The Goldbergs.
Elgin Baylor played 14 seasons in the NBA for the Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers, appearing in eight NBA Finals. He was the number one draft pick in 1958, NBA Rookie of the Year in 1959, an 11-time NBA All-Star, and a 10-time member of the All-NBA first team, and is
I learned some awful news this evening. Sheila Knesewitsch passed away suddenly last Thursday night. She was only 54. I first got to know Sheila when she attended the very first TMLX at Great Lakes Brewery. She's been to five of our six TMLX events, including TMLX6, which was held
Yaphet Kotto was the actor best known for starring in Alien, Live and Let Die, and the long-running TV series Homicide: Life on the Street.
Marvelous Marvin Hagler (62-3, 52 KOs) reigned as the undisputed middleweight champion from 1980-1987 with 12 successful title defenses.
Rhéal Cormier was the Moncton-born left-handed pitcher who spent 16 seasons in Major League Baseball, going 71-64 with the St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox, Montreal Expos, Phillies and Cincinnati Reds.
Dick Smyth's commentaries could be heard on CKLW-AM in Windsor, Ont., when it was known as “the Big 8,” 1050 CHUM, City-TV, CFTR, 680 News and CFMT.
Chris Shultz played for the Dallas Cowboys and Toronto Argonauts, winning the Grey Cup in 1991. Following his retirement from professional football, he was a member of the TSN crew covering the CFL.
