Kirstie Louise Alley
Comic actress Kristie Alley is best known as Rebecca Howe from the
NBC television show Cheers (1983-1993). She originally came to Los
Angeles to work as an interior designer, before appearing as a game
contestant on Match Game.
1993
Ed Byrnes (July 30, 1932 – January 8, 2020)
Byrnes was a popular actor, best known for his starring role in the ABC
television series 77 Sunset Strip (1958 – 1964). He also was featured in
the 1978 film Grease as television teen-dance show host Vince Fontaine,
and was a charting recording artist with "Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me your
Comb)" (with Connie Stevens). Byrnes died at his Santa Monica home
of natural causes.
Buck Henry (Henry Zuckerman) (December 9, 1930 – January 8, 2020)
(FoxNews) – Buck Henry, the Hollywood screenwriter known for “The Graduate”
(1967), “What’s Up, Doc?” (1972) and co-creator of the NBC/CBS – TV comedy
series “Get Smart”(1965-1970) died Wednesday night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after suffering a heart attack.
Buck Henry hosting Saturday Night Live on January 17, 1976.
Caroll Edwin Spinney (December 26, 1933 – December 8, 2019)
(FoxNews) – Caroll Spinney, the man behind the popular "Sesame Street" characters Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, died Sunday at his home in
Connecticut after living with dystonia for some time. Spinney was also
a cartoonist, author and speaker. The news came in a press release
from Sesame Workshop.
Caroll Spinney (L) pictured on set with Jim Henson during the
early days of “Sesame Street”.
Ronald Leibman (October 11, 1937 – December 6, 2019)
NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Ron Leibman, who appeared in movies, theater
and television in a career that spanned six decades and won a Tony award
for Tony Kushner’s iconic play ”Ängels in America," died Friday after an
illness. A friend, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the cause was
complications of pneumonia.
Ron Leibman as Dr. Leonard Green in the NBC sitcom Friends.
