Katherine MacGregor, who played Harriet Oleson in the very popular American show Little House on the Prarie, died on the 13th of this month, last Tuesday. Perhaps not someone younger people will recognize today, but as a child of the 70's and 80's, her role as the crass and often self-centered Harriet Oleson was unforgettable. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/15/obituaries/katherine-macgregor-dead.html
Roy Clark from Hee-Haw has passed. Who? I remember my grandmother used to like Hee-Haw, it was a country and western comic variety show. Reading Mr. Clark's obituary in the Washington Post is like opening up a book on an alternate-universe America I never really knew existed: Anyway, sit back in the barcalounger and raise a glass of metamucil in the man's honor.
Ray Chavez, the oldest US military survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor had died at the age of 106. https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nation-and-world/oldest-us-military-survivor-of-pearl-harbor-dies-1533310/
The great sleight-of-hand artist and actor, Ricky Jay, has gone. https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/ricky-jay-magician-dead-759832/
Good president and a good man, but stand in line for hours in a DC winter to wander past his casket and 'pay my respects'? No. I voted for him twice; that seems like respect enough.
Actor/Director Penny Marshall, best known as Laverne from Laverne & Shirley, passed yesterday* at 75. May you have all the Milk & Pepsi you desire, Laverne. * Not sure if the 17th or the 18th. I'm getting conflicting information.
The Hollywood Reporter says Monday night the 17th. Their sourcing for that sort of thing is usually pretty accurate.
Carol Channing passed away at 97 years of age in the wee hours of January 15th. May her heavenly clouds be bright and resplendent with diamonds, a girl's best friend.
https://deathlist.net/ Funny people, eh... As for the celebs. Herman Wouk [sp], what a life? As for the great Duke of Edinburgh... ... ...
From a Yankee Doodle Dandy POV, it's interesting to note the Americans who show up on the UK radar. When I was binge-watching Mongrels - a show that dropped UK celeb, socialite, and politico names twice a minute, I have to admit to having to google the vast majority of names to get any context.
