Dead Celebrities Thread

[Pip in a Poke]

Grotbags

Grotbags actress Carol Lee Scott dies aged 74 - BBC News

I used to love Rentaghost when it first started, then it all got a bit silly.

There was Mr Mumford, Timothy Claypole and the Victorian chap in the stovepipe hat whose name I can't remember.

[The_Equalizer]

I used to love Rentaghost when it first started, then it all got a bit silly.

There was Mr Mumford, Timothy Claypole and the Victorian chap in the stovepipe hat whose name I can't remember.

Early Rent-a-ghost was top drawer.

[Pip in a Poke]

Early Rent-a-ghost was top drawer.

Yes, - the character whose name I couldn't remember was Mr Davenport. The actor who played him died in 1979 & the guy who played Mumford refused to take part in any further series.
Then it all went downhill but not as bad as this if it ever happened:

Warner Bros had acquired the rights to RentaGhost and was going to develop it into a Beetlejuice-style afterlife feature comedy vehicle for Russell Brand as Fred Mumford.

Is nothing sacred?

But...

it was reported that Ben Stiller had now been signed for the project

That's more like it...

[stek]

RIP Bradley Lowery, RIP wee man.

Bit late but been off-grid a bit lately...

[vetran]

Nelsan Ellis, familiar to those of us who watched "True Blood" and "Elementary" (S5).

39.

Nelsan Ellis Dies: ‘True Blood’ Star Was 39 | Deadline

what a waste, he was pretty good.

[NickFitz]

George A. Romero, 'Night of the Living Dead' creator, dies at 77 - LA Times

[greenlake]

RIP Martin Landau



Oscar-winner Martin Landau, who starred in 'Ed Wood', 'North By Northwest' and 'Entourage' dies at 89 - LA Times

[tarbera]

RIP Martin Landau



Oscar-winner Martin Landau, who starred in 'Ed Wood', 'North By Northwest' and 'Entourage' dies at 89 - LA Times

Space 1999 that was a good one

[BrilloPad]

Space 1999 that was a good one

I was a bit miffed the bbc obituary did not include that.

[Dark Black]

I was a bit miffed the bbc obituary did not include that.

Must have been updated - it does now (briefly)

Mission: Impossible star Martin Landau dies - BBC News