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:

 

 

Edited July 6, 20205 yr by Faulkner

 

Nakadai was incredible.

7 hours ago, DRW50 said:

 

This is the most amazing tribute.  I watched it all.  I cried, I laughed.  Even if you never heard of Cleto, watch this!  It's so moving.

Edited November 12Nov 12 by janea4old

Sly Stone passed away in June 2025,  as already discussed on this thread back then.

Sly was already inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame back in 1993.

On Nov. 8, 2025 the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame had its annual induction of honorees.  The 2025 show opened with this memoriam tribute to Sly by Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Hudson, Maxwell, Questlove, Beck, Flea, and Leon Thomas
 

The Kessler Twins
Iconic twin TV stars dead at 89, chose medical aid

Some articles are calling it euthanasia which is apparently a misnomer as they self-administered.

https://people.com/kessler-twins-end-lives-together-medical-aid-in-dying-11851001

Edited Tuesday at 02:15 AM2 days by applcin

May they rest in peace and be together always and forever. 

 

Mani, the bassist for the iconic late ‘80s UK band the Stone Roses, has died at 63:

NME

Tributes paid after death of Stone Roses icon Mani, age 6...

Loving tributes have been paid after it was announced that legendary bassist Mani – of Stone Roses and formerly Primal Scream – has died, age 63.

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