Singer Bonnie Tyler has passed away at 75. While Total Eclipse of the Heart is her most famous songs; my favorite is Here She Comes. The one that made me fall in love with her voice. It was on the 80’s soundtrack re-release of the movie Metropolis.
@sammydog01@therealjrn I recently watched an episode of The Love Boat starring Robert Mandan and Randolph Mantooth as father and son, cast not because they looked or sounded alike, or had complementary acting styles, but simply because (I firmly believe and will believe) somebody really got a kick out of saying “Robert Mandan and Randolph Mantooth.”
Starting the list off, someone almost everyone has listened to (many times, I’m sure!):
Victor Willis, Village People lead singer, dies at 74
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/victor-willis-dies-village-people-lead-singer-age-74-band-says/
Actually, he passed away yesterday June 30th but it just became known on the news today so I’ll leave it here.
@MrGoodGuy
I remember when the US Navy briefly promoted the “In The Navy” song.
Then someone up high in the Navy was told what the song was about.
The Navy never mentioned the song again.
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But that was then. Glad things changed.
/youtube in the navy
@MrGoodGuy
I heard somewhere that the lead singer was the only one in the group that was a true musical talent.
Everyone wise was selected for enthusiasm, looks, charisma, ability to dance.
@f00l @MrGoodGuy Pretty sure he was also the only one who was straight.
@MrGoodGuy
Thanks for pushing out this thread. I had thought about it a few days ago but it was too early.
@chienfou You’re welcome. Glad to help out when I can.
Kjell Nilsson (aka Lord Humungus in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior) dead of renal disease July 2.
https://deadline.com/2026/07/kjell-nilsson-dead-1236973847/
Louise Lasser, Star of TV’s ‘Mary Hartman,’ Is Dead at 87
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/arts/television/louise-lasser-dead.html
@heartny Goddamn, and I was just thinking about how nice it is that she’s still alive (I mean recently, while she was still alive).
Singer Bonnie Tyler has passed away at 75. While Total Eclipse of the Heart is her most famous songs; my favorite is Here She Comes. The one that made me fall in love with her voice. It was on the 80’s soundtrack re-release of the movie Metropolis.
https://abcnews.com/GMA/Culture/bonnie-tyler-singer-total-eclipse-heart-dies/story?id=134609025
@ironcheftoni
I loved her voice
@therealjrn NOOOO gotta go watch some Emergency!.
@sammydog01 @therealjrn I recently watched an episode of The Love Boat starring Robert Mandan and Randolph Mantooth as father and son, cast not because they looked or sounded alike, or had complementary acting styles, but simply because (I firmly believe and will believe) somebody really got a kick out of saying “Robert Mandan and Randolph Mantooth.”
@mossygreen @therealjrn Kevin Tighe was in One Battle After Another.
@sammydog01 @therealjrn Aw. How many Emergency alumni are left?
Sen. Lindsey Graham dies at 71 after ‘brief and sudden illness’
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/sen-lindsey-graham-dies-71-brief-sudden-illness-rcna552722
And here everyone thought it was going to be Mitch McConnell.
Jurassic Park and Peaky Blinders star Sam Neill has died aged 78
https://www.unilad.com/film-and-tv/sam-neill-jurassic-park-dead-147767-20260713
@heartny No one else identifes him as the star of Omen III: the Final Conflict and main antagonist of The Piano? Just me?
@heartny @mossygreen How about Event Horizon and In the Mouth of Madness? Those are my favorites.
@heartny NOOOOOOOOOO!!!
@heartny @mossygreen @sammydog01 yes!!! Those were two staples for me Sammy. I’m gutted. He was ace.
@heartny @sammydog01 @sillyheathen Man, he really dominated genre, didn’t he? And never got typecast.
https://deadline.com/2026/07/hal-williams-actor-dead-sanford-and-son-1236983727/