Massive icons like Aretha Franklin or Donna Summer will certainly continue to get their own threads when they pass, but I figured it might be worth having a place to honor lesser-known celebrities who have left us, especially because we can’t see status updates (which is where a lot of those announcements were made on here previously).
 

But the great actor Ian Holm has died at 88:

 

 

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Norm!😢

In honor of the legendary George Wendt, here is every time Norm Peterson walks into Cheers pic.twitter.com/5qkPUNgFRU

— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) May 20, 2025

1 hour ago, dragonflies said:

Frederick's 'Norm' will always be the best 😂

RIP George Wendt

Several legends here. Like @DRW50 I grew up knowing Joe Don Baker first and best from Mitchell (and his other infamous MST3K appearance, the equally hilarious Season 10 episode Final Justice - there were funny rumors he wanted to beat up the MST gang after Mitchell, while others claimed he actually took it all in good fun). I only learned later what a great actor and personality he truly was in things like Cape Fear, The Living Daylights and the original, strange and mystical BBC miniseries Edge of Darkness, where he played a CIA operative laughing in the face of nuclear annihilation. There's nobody like him.

Same goes for George Wendt. Norm speaks for himself, as does Cheers. He'll never be forgotten as long as there's still television.

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Michael B. Tretow, among other things sound engineer for ABBA, and responsible for the distinct ABBA sound, has died aged 80.

https://swedenherald.com/article/abba-sound-engineer-michael-b-tretow-dies-at-80

Not a celebrity 

We got another sad news from the Bahamian Community 

https://www.tribune242.com/news/2025/may/20/bahamas-trainer-of-kentucky-derby-horse-dies-aged-75/

Bahamian Trainer for Kentucky Derby Larry Demeritte whp participated in last year's horse race passed away 2 days ago at 75 years old. 

 

first norm, now hot lips. free link. 

loretta swit’s. obit

Damn, another icon from my childhood. R.I.P. Loretta.   

Yeah, Loretta Swit's passing stings. My late dad LOVED the show (he died last November) and watched it religiously. In first run and repeats. 

And I was literally born the day after the show's premiere, so I grew up with it!

I know many loved later, softer Margaret, but I loved Early Hot Lips. In real life, I'm all for less misogyny, but to me, the early years of M*A*S*H were just funnier.

May Loretta Swit rest in peace. Thanks for all the memories connected to my dad!

Valerie Mahaffey Dead: ‘Northern Exposure,’ ‘Dead to Me’ Actress Was 71

I just loved Valerie on my early '90s TV shows. This one gets me. 

1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

Valerie Mahaffey Dead: ‘Northern Exposure,’ ‘Dead to Me’ Actress Was 71

I just loved Valerie on my early '90s TV shows. This one gets me. 

That's sad. I remember her mostly from ER and the shortlived, yet very funny, sitcom The Powers That Be.

12 minutes ago, I Am A Swede said:

That's sad. I remember her mostly from ER and the shortlived, yet very funny, sitcom The Powers That Be.

She was great on there. And Wings. And so many shows. I don't feel like we get those character actors as much now.

Loved Valerie Mahaffey as crazy as a box of frogs Sandy Cooper on Wings. 2025 needs to chill out already.

May Ms. Mahaffey rest in peace.

6 hours ago, I Am A Swede said:

That's sad. I remember her mostly from ER and the shortlived, yet very funny, sitcom The Powers That Be.

Very sad to hear.

Because of The Powers That Be, I always pictured Valerie Mahaffey as Maris on Frasier.

I still occasionally think of her in a Little Orphan Annie costume at the Annual Raisin Festival Masquerade Ball in the soap spoof miniseries Fresno.

https://x.com/alanalda/status/1928568971219095943
May 30, 2025
Alan Alda @alanalda
Loretta was a supremely talented actor. She deserved all her 10 EMMY nominations and her 2 wins. But more than acting her part, she created it. She worked hard In showing the writing staff how they could turn the character from a one joke sexist stereotype into a real person -- with real feelings and ambitions. We celebrated the day the script came out listing her character not as Hot Lips, but as Margaret. Loretta made the most of her time here.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DKSijk2MeIj/

May 30, 2025

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Loretta… 1937-2025
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