Celebrity death thread 2026

[Channel98]

Lapotaire played French singer Édith Piaf with the Royal Shakespeare Company, on London's West End and on Broadway and won a Tony award in 1981. Lapotaire appeared in multiple episodes of Casualty, Love Hurts, Seal Morning and Devil's Crown and appeared in 29 movies and TV movies including Crescendo, Eureka, Rebecca, Macbeth (as Lady Macbeth), Antony & Cleopatra (as Cleopatra), The Captain's Doll, The Barretts Of Wimpole Street and One Of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing.

Jane Lapotaire, Tony and Olivier Winner for ‘Piaf,’ Dies at 81

The British stage veteran acted for Laurence Olivier at the National Theatre and with the Royal Shakespeare Company. She returned to acting after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage in 2000.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[Channel98]

Motörhead formed in 1975 in London. Campbell was a member from 1984 until 2015 when the band broke up following the death of lead singer Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister. Among Motörhead's best-known songs are Bomber, Overkill, Iron Fist, Ace Of Spades, Killed By Death and The One To Sing The Blues.

Phil Campbell, Motörhead guitarist, dies at 64

Phil Campbell, the longtime guitarist for the heavy metal group Motörhead, has died at 64.

ew.com

 

[HecticArt]

Second for Phil.

 

[Channel98]

Pace played Vickie Fletcher on Peyton Place (1968-69) and Pat Walters on The Young Lawyers (1970-71) and appeared in 14 movies and TV movies including Cotton Comes To Harlem, The Divorce, The Slams and The Thomas Crown Affair. On December 25, 2025, Pace told Music & Medicine Show host Dr. Moshe Lewis. "Blaxpoitation, black exploitation films, is a racist term. These were brilliant people. Who was exploiting who? Were the actors exploiting the directors? Were we exploiting the audience? Just what the hell was that? We got paid the same as Caucasians."

Judy Pace Dies: Groundbreaking Blaxploitation Star Was 83

Judy Pace, a model and actress known for her roles in Blaxploitation films of the 1970s, has died. She was 83.

deadline.com

 

[Madison]

Pace played Vickie Fletcher on Peyton Place (1968-69) and Pat Walters on The Young Lawyers (1970-71) and appeared in 14 movies and TV movies including Cotton Comes To Harlem, The Divorce, The Slams and The Thomas Crown Affair. On December 25, 2025, Pace told Music & Medicine Show host Dr. Moshe Lewis. "Blaxpoitation, black exploitation films, is a racist term. These were brilliant people. Who was exploiting who? Were the actors exploiting the directors? Were we exploiting the audience? Just what the hell was that? We got paid the same as Caucasians."

Judy Pace Dies: Groundbreaking Blaxploitation Star Was 83

Judy Pace, a model and actress known for her roles in Blaxploitation films of the 1970s, has died. She was 83.

deadline.com

I will second. I saw her in a 1970 ABC Fall Preview of The Young Lawyers. And "Brian's Song". I just re-watched it in early January

 

[Channel98]

Judy Pace was on the cover of Jet magazine five times between 1963 and 1978. This one is from April 20 1972.

 

[Madison]

James Caan played a great Brian Piccolo in that movie. Dick Butkus was on that 69 team too. He hit everything and everybody. Then starred in "My Two Dads" But even with Pic, Sayers and Butkus that team went 1-13. A bad year for those Bears

 

[Channel98]

Clark appeared in 78 movies and TV movies including Dreamer, Brubaker, Homegrown, Five Aces, White Lightning, Let's Get Harry, Love Letters, Jeremiah Johnson (with Robert Redford), Return To Oz, The Execution Of Private Slovik, The Outlaw Josey Wales and A Million Ways To Die In The West.

'Back to the Future' actor Matt Clark dies at 89 in Austin | The Express Tribune

'Back to the Future Part III' actor Matt Clark dies at 89 at his Austin home, family confirms

tribune.com.pk

 

[Madison]

Clark appeared in 78 movies and TV movies including Dreamer, Brubaker, Homegrown, Five Aces, White Lightning, Let's Get Harry, Love Letters, Jeremiah Johnson (with Robert Redford), Return To Oz, The Execution Of Private Slovik, The Outlaw Josey Wales and A Million Ways To Die In The West.

'Back to the Future' actor Matt Clark dies at 89 in Austin | The Express Tribune

'Back to the Future Part III' actor Matt Clark dies at 89 at his Austin home, family confirms

tribune.com.pk

I will second. Liked Rucces and Barbarins At The Gate (excuse spelling)

 

[Channel98]

Ruckus – also known as Ruckus In Madoc County (not Country as this video says) – starred Dirk Benedict as an unstable Việt Nam war veteran. Matt Clark played a farmer named Cece.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

That show sounds suspiciously like a cheap take of of "The Dukes of Hazzard".

 

[Madison]

Ruckus – also known as Ruckus In Madoc County (not Country as this video says) – starred Dirk Benedict as an unstable Việt Nam war veteran. Matt Clark played a farmer named Cece.

I watched it on the old HBO module. Matt Clark was funny in it.

 

[HecticArt]

Clark appeared in 78 movies and TV movies including Dreamer, Brubaker, Homegrown, Five Aces, White Lightning, Let's Get Harry, Love Letters, Jeremiah Johnson (with Robert Redford), Return To Oz, The Execution Of Private Slovik, The Outlaw Josey Wales and A Million Ways To Die In The West.

'Back to the Future' actor Matt Clark dies at 89 in Austin | The Express Tribune

'Back to the Future Part III' actor Matt Clark dies at 89 at his Austin home, family confirms

tribune.com.pk

Third

 

[Madison]

I don't remember seeing Matt Clark in Dreamer. I have the DVD. It is one of my favorite horse racing movies along with Secretariat

 

[MonoStereo]

One of those "guys who's in everything" guys, but I remember him mostly from Buckaroo Banzai ( one of my all-time faves ).

 

[Channel98]

Shepard appeared in multiple episodes of NYPD Blue, Mind Your Business and Thunder In Paradise and in six movies and TV movies including A Rage In Harlem, Miss Evers' Boys and The Cotton Club. She co-hosted the syndicated variety series Showtime At The Apollo from 1987 to 2002.

KiKi Shepard, 'Showtime at the Apollo' co-host, dies at 74

A Texas native and Howard University graduate, Shepard spent 15 years as part of the rotating cast of hosts of "Showtime at the Apollo."

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Channel98]

Georgeson appeared in multiple episodes of Headmaster, Coronation Street, Crown Court, Doctor Who, Liverpool 1 and Between The Lines and in 23 movies and TV movies including Swing, Irish Jam, Fierce Creatures, Notes On A Scandal, The Treasure Seekers and A Fish Called Wanda.

Tom Georgeson dies aged 88

His family said his death came as a shock, though no further details have been disclosed about the circumstances of his passing.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[HecticArt]

He was 88......,
His family said that his death came as a shock?????

I recognize him.
Second.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I recognize him from "A FIsh Called Wanda". Third.

 

[scotchandcigar]

He was 88......,
His family said that his death came as a shock?????

They all expected him to die of an overdose in his 50s.