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2024 Celebrity Deaths · The Infographics Show Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back, everybody to another deep dive. Yeah, today we're
• 0:13
  Speaker 1: going to be looking at you know, it's the end
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  Speaker 1: of the year, so we thought we would look back
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  Speaker 1: at twenty twenty four and all the celebrities that we
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  Speaker 1: lost throughout the year. And we're using the People magazine
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  Speaker 1: Celebrity Debts of twenty twenty four article as our guide.
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  Speaker 1: So I guess let's just dive right in, dive right in.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's going to be a long one, I think.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it is a lot to get through, it is,
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  Speaker 1: so we might as well start at the beginning. So January,
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  Speaker 1: you know, kind of kicks off with a little bit
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  Speaker 1: of a sad but also like, you know, she had
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  Speaker 1: a very long life, right Lennaz John's one hundred years old.
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  Speaker 1: One hundred years old.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's incredible.
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  Speaker 1: Spirited mom from Mary Poppins.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's what most people will know her from, but
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  Speaker 2: her career spans all the way back to the golden
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  Speaker 2: age of Hollywood.
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  Speaker 1: Wow.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, she was around for a very long
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  Speaker 2: time in the entertainment industry.
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  Speaker 1: And saw like you know, the changes from like you know.
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  Speaker 2: The entire entire industry, the entire landscape of film.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's incredible. Yeah. And then we have David Soul
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  Speaker 1: from Starsky and Hutch detective hut right, but he was
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  Speaker 1: also a singer, yeah, and a storyteller, which I did
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  Speaker 1: not realize.
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  Speaker 2: Interesting, I just knew.
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  Speaker 1: Him from Starsky and Hutch, so I guess he had
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  Speaker 1: like kind of a hidden you know.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he had other things going on, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Other talents. Yeah. And then in January also at Incanto, yes,
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  Speaker 1: who I mostly know him from Designated Survivor.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and the Cleaning Lady.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, the cleaning Lady. But yeah, he passed away
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  Speaker 1: at forty two, which is very sad. Yeah, that is
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  Speaker 1: young cancer. Yeah. And then also we have Alec Musser, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: who was in All My Children. He passed away at fifty.
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  Speaker 2: His was ruled a suicide.
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  Speaker 1: Oh wow.
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  Speaker 2: So that you know, puts a spotlight on mental health. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: in the entertainment industry.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it really does make you think about like all
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  Speaker 1: the pressures.
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  Speaker 2: The outward success doesn't always tell the story.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely not. And then February we get into Toby Keith.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, country music star, yeah he was.
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  Speaker 2: He was a big one for sure.
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  Speaker 1: He had stomach cancer, I believe, and yeah, should have
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  Speaker 1: been a cowboy, Red Solo, Cup, all the classics. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: those songs are just like ingrained in our memory.
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  Speaker 2: You can't go to a barbecue without hearing a Toby.
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  Speaker 1: Keith song, Yeah, for sure. And then Anne Whitfield from
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  Speaker 1: White Christmas. Oh yeah, it always makes me think about
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  Speaker 1: you know, those like classic movie how Yeah, they.
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  Speaker 2: Really are like those Those actors will live on forever
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  Speaker 2: in those films exactly.
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  Speaker 1: Richard Lewis also passed away in February. Oh yeah, Median
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  Speaker 1: Curb your enthusiasm. Always loved him.
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  Speaker 2: His his neurotic style of comedy, which is so relatable
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  Speaker 2: for a lot of people.
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  Speaker 1: And Carl Weather oh Man, Apollo Creed in Rocky Predator, Predator.
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  Speaker 2: And then even the Mandalorian.
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  Speaker 1: Grief Karga, Yeah, the Mandalorian that's tryout. Wow, that's a
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  Speaker 1: long career, so many different things, the genre, it's great.
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  Speaker 1: And then Quincy Jones. Ah, this one was big for music.
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  Speaker 2: Huge loss for music. Yeah, Quincy Jones like collaborated with
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  Speaker 2: Michael Jackson. Yeah, like the impact he had on music
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  Speaker 2: is immeasurable.
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  Speaker 1: And for so long too, oh yeah, like decade decades. Yeah, yeah, wow,
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  Speaker 1: it really makes you think about, like what music would
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  Speaker 1: have been like without him.
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  Speaker 2: You can't even imagine, yeah, like what modern music would
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  Speaker 2: sound like if Quincy Jones hadn't been around. Yeah, it's
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  Speaker 2: crazy to think about.
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  Speaker 1: And then Chance Perdomo, Yeah, who was in Chilling Adventures
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  Speaker 1: of Sabrina.
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  Speaker 2: And gen V ken V.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he passed away at twenty.
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  Speaker 2: Seven motorcycle accident.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: It just makes you think about all the things that
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  Speaker 2: he could have.
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  Speaker 1: Done, Yeah, at such a young age. Yeah, it's really sick,
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  Speaker 1: it is. And then Dabney Coleman, Oh yeah, oh I
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  Speaker 1: loved in ninety five.
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  Speaker 2: And uh tutsi tutsi. Yes, he had this great kind
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  Speaker 2: of grumpy old man charm.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, like he was so good at that. Yeah. And
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  Speaker 1: then Barbara Rush who was in it came from out
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  Speaker 1: her space and also Peyton Place. Wow, she died on
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  Speaker 1: Easter Sunday. Oh wow, at ninety seven.
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  Speaker 2: Another one that just makes you think about you know,
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  Speaker 2: old Hollywood, Yeah, that era.
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  Speaker 1: And that era. Yeah yeah. And then Robin Bernard oh yeah,
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  Speaker 1: who was in general hospital and her death is a
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  Speaker 1: bit of a mystery still.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. She was found in an open field, right, and
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  Speaker 2: you know they they didn't suspect foul play, but it's
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  Speaker 2: just like they don't really know what happened.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, kind of unsolved. Yeah. And then moving into April,
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  Speaker 1: this is a big one. Doctor Ruth Wesheimer. Oh, doctor Ruth,
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  Speaker 1: Doctor Ruth. Yeah, I mean such a pioneer for.
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  Speaker 2: For talking about sex, yeah, openly and.
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  Speaker 1: Honestly, honestly, yeah, and just making it approachable yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And just and she had a great sense of humor
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  Speaker 2: about it, yeah for sure, which made it, you know,
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  Speaker 2: less intimidating for people.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah for sure. And then Shelley Duvon from The Shining
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  Speaker 1: I mean iconic performance in a very scary movie.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, she just brought this like real vulnerability to
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  Speaker 2: the role. You could just feel the terror, yeah for
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  Speaker 2: sure that she was experiencing.
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  Speaker 1: And then Richard Simmons, okay, yeah at seventy six.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he was so flamboyant on TV and then
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  Speaker 2: he kind of became reclusive. So his death made everyone
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  Speaker 2: really interested in his life again.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, like what happened, Yeah, Richard Simmons. And then Autumn Crittenden,
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  Speaker 1: who was in sixteen and pregnant. She passed away at
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  Speaker 1: twenty seven and it was later revealed that it was
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  Speaker 1: an accidental overdose, yeah, which really, you know, highlights the
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  Speaker 1: opioid crisis, yeah, and.
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  Speaker 2: How serious it is it can affect anybody. And then
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  Speaker 2: Shannon Doherty, Oh yeah from nine o two one Charmed.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. She had been battling cancer for a long time. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: and was very open about her journey. So I think
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  Speaker 1: that was really inspiring to a lot of people. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: for sure were going through similar things.
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  Speaker 2: And then Gina Rowlands, Oh yeah, who is married to
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  Speaker 2: John cass of eighty's.
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  Speaker 1: And they worked together a lot, Yes, they did. She
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  Speaker 1: was ninety four when she passed, Yes, and I mostly
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  Speaker 1: know her from the Notebook. Yeah, she was great in that,
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  Speaker 1: but she was also on a lot of other things.
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  Speaker 1: And then we have Gavin Kreeleh who was a Tony
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  Speaker 1: Award winning actor. He died at forty eight of sarcoma.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: That's a tough one, it is. Yeah. And then Drake Haugustin,
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  Speaker 1: who was on Days of Our Lives for decades. Wow,
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  Speaker 1: he passed away from pancreatic cancer. Wow.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Yeah, that's another tough one. Pancreatic cancers, really it is.
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  Speaker 1: And then Morgan Spurlock, Oh, wow, you did supersize me. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that really got everyone thinking.
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  Speaker 2: About about fast food.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, fast food, it's effect on our health. Yeah for sure.
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  Speaker 2: He really wasn't afraid to take on these big corporations,
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  Speaker 2: which is pretty amazing.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Charlie Collin from the band Train, he passed away
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  Speaker 1: from a fall in the shower. Oh wow. Yeah, so
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  Speaker 1: just goes to show that you never know, you really
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  Speaker 1: don't what can happen.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. And then Donald Sutherland, oh yeah, who was in
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  Speaker 2: so many things. Yeah, he was in everything, MS, The
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  Speaker 2: Hunger Games.
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  Speaker 1: Ordinary People. Yeah, such an impressive filmography.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Johnny Whacter who was on General Hospital, he passed
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  Speaker 2: away at thirty seven.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. He was shot during a robbery. Yeah, which is
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  Speaker 1: just so sad. It is, you know, just senseless violence. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: taking a young life. And then Grayson Murray who was
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  Speaker 1: a professional ballfer. He passed away at thirty.
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  Speaker 2: His was ruled a suicide. Yeah, which again just brings
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  Speaker 2: to light that mental health is so important. Yeah, and
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  Speaker 2: we need to be talking about it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah for sure.
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  Speaker 2: More so.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that wraps up June.
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  Speaker 2: Wow, that was a lot, i know, just the first
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  Speaker 2: half of the year.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and there's still a lot to go, so we'll
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  Speaker 1: be back in part two. Okay, to go over the
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  Speaker 1: rest of the year.
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  Speaker 2: Sounds good. Okay. It's crazy how many musicians we've lost already,
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  Speaker 2: just in the first six months, I know. And we're
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  Speaker 2: only getting started. So July starts off with Paul Deano,
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  Speaker 2: who was the original vocalist for Iron Maiden.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I mean that early Iron Maiden sounds yeah,
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  Speaker 1: really raw and powerful. Yeah. And then Mimi Hines, who
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  Speaker 1: I believe was the one who like filled in for
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  Speaker 1: Barbara streisand yes and funny girl, she.
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  Speaker 2: Took over the role yeah when streisand left.
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  Speaker 1: Wow.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, talk about pressure, talk about some big shoes to
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  Speaker 2: fill I know.
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  Speaker 1: And then we have Michael Newman, who was one of
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  Speaker 1: the lifeguards from Baywatch.
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  Speaker 2: Oh wow, I remember that show that was a classic.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. He had Parkinson's.
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  Speaker 2: Disease, yeah, and battled with it for a while.
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  Speaker 1: And then Mark Withers, who I know I've seen in
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  Speaker 1: a lot of things. Yeah but I can't quite play.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. He was in a lot of like classic TV shows,
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  Speaker 2: Magnum p I, The Dukes of Hazzard, and then he
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  Speaker 2: was also in the original Dynasty.
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  Speaker 1: Oh ok yeah. And then Nikki Giovanni, Oh yeah, the poet,
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  Speaker 1: powerful voice. Yeah, activists.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, she was a big part of the black arts
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  Speaker 2: movement and her work was so impactful. Yeah, really talked
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  Speaker 2: about race and identity and social justice.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, she was amazing.
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  Speaker 1: And then we have Michael Cole who was in The Mond.
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  Speaker 2: Squad Okay, yeah, I've heard of that show.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Wasn't it kind of groundbreaking for its time.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I think it was like one of the first
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  Speaker 1: shows to.
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  Speaker 2: Really to address like social issues and things like that. Yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it was pretty cool.
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  Speaker 1: And then Jill Jacobson who was in Days of Our
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  Speaker 1: Lives and Falcon Crest.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, another soap opera star.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. And then Ramisterio Senior.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, the wrestler, Yeah, the luchador.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: He paved the way for his nephew, Ramysterio.
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  Speaker 1: Oh wow, yeah I didn't know that.
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  Speaker 2: Ye.
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  Speaker 1: Interesting. And then doctor Kelly Powers okay, who was on
• 10:03
  Speaker 1: Fox News. She died of brain cancer.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's another one that's just it is. It is
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  Speaker 1: really tough. Yeah. And then Sophie Hettiger, who was an
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  Speaker 1: Olympic snowboarder. Young.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, she's twenty six and died in an avalanche.
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  Speaker 1: Oh my gosh. Yeah, it's so sad. It is the
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  Speaker 1: risks that they take, yeah, with those with those.
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  Speaker 2: Sport yeah, extreme sports for sure. Yeah. Alpha Anderson who
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  Speaker 2: was a vocalist.
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  Speaker 1: With chic Oh wow.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, like all those disco hits.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, the Freak, Yeah, like all those songs amazing. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And then Hudson Jaseph Meek, who was a young actor
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  Speaker 2: who was in Baby Driver okay and uh the mcguiver reboot.
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  Speaker 2: He died at sixteen falling from a moving vehicle.
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  Speaker 1: Oh my gosh. Yeah, that's awful.
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  Speaker 2: It is so young, so young. Yeah, and so that
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  Speaker 2: kind of brings us to the end of July. Wow,
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  Speaker 2: I know, another very heavy month.
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  Speaker 1: It's hard to process all of this, it is, but
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  Speaker 1: it's also you know, yeah, it's important to remember these people, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: and the impact.
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  Speaker 2: They had, yeah for sure.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Wow, it's hard to believe we're already the last
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  Speaker 1: few months of the year.
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  Speaker 2: I know it's flown by, but so many people, you
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  Speaker 2: know that we've talked about.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's been a lot, it's been a lot. So
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  Speaker 1: November we lost Jose de Latre okay, who was a
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  Speaker 1: Spanish actor. He was in Toy Boy on Netflix.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I've heard of that.
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  Speaker 1: And he passed away from an undisclosed illness.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Sometimes you know, they keep things private, yah, which
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  Speaker 2: is totally understandable.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah. And then Richard Perry, oh wow, who's a
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  Speaker 1: music producer.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. He worked with Rod Stewart.
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  Speaker 1: Carly Simon.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he was huge in the music industry.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. He shaped a lot of like the seventies and eighties,
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  Speaker 2: sound like a lot of those big hits, yeah for sure.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. And then Christian Oliver okay, who was in speed
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  Speaker 1: Racer and The Babysitters Club. He died in a plane
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  Speaker 1: crash at fifty one. Oh no, and his two young
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  Speaker 1: daughters were also on the plane. Oh my gosh, so
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  Speaker 1: very sad.
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  Speaker 2: That is heartbreaking, it is.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. And then Harry Johnson, who I've seen in a
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  Speaker 1: lot of things.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he was a character actor. Yeah, he'd recognize his face,
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  Speaker 2: but you couldn't always place the name. But he was
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  Speaker 2: in a.
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  Speaker 1: Lot of stuff, Battlestar, Galactica, Law and Order.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, a lot of like big shows. And then Angus Mitchell,
• 12:31
  Speaker 2: who was the son of Paul Mitchell. Oh wow, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: the hairstylist.
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  Speaker 1: Wow.
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  Speaker 2: And he followed in his father's footsteps.
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  Speaker 1: Okay. Yeah, so they both were hairstylists.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and he was a co owner of John Paul
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  Speaker 2: Mitchell's systems.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so carrying on the legacy yeah. Wow.
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  Speaker 2: And then that brings us to Wayne Northrop, who was
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  Speaker 2: in Days of Our Lives and Dynasty. He passed away
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  Speaker 2: at seventy seven after a battle with Alzheimer's.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. That's another tough one. It is is just such.
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  Speaker 2: A Yeah, it's hard for everyone involved.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's it's really hard to watch someone you love
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  Speaker 1: go through.
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  Speaker 2: That, yeah for sure.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: So that brings us to the end of our list.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, it's heavy, it's a lot.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but I think, you know, it's important to remember
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  Speaker 2: these people, yeah, for the impact they had.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, they touched so many lives. Yeah, and I think
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  Speaker 1: it makes you think about, you know, how are you
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  Speaker 1: going to be remembered?
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  Speaker 2: What kind of impact do you want to have on
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  Speaker 2: the world?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah for sure. Yeah. Well, thank you all for joining
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  Speaker 1: us on this, you know, deep dive into twenty twenty four. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it's been a lot, it has, but yeah, let's all
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  Speaker 1: just remember these people and you know, celebrate their lives
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  Speaker 1: and everything they did. So till next time.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. See. Then