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In Memoriam 2023 for actors/celebrities
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C C Offline Dec 31, 2023 01:04 AM (This post was last modified: Dec 31, 2023 01:15 AM by C C.)
A lot more names than what I was aware of. Given that she was in films dating back to 1950 (and fully grown then), I didn't realize that Piper Laurie was even still alive. But only a year older than David McCallum, who was 90.

William Shatner is still going at age 92. Due to being a member of the extremely long-lived Ashekenazi Jews like Carl Reiner (died at 98), Stan Lee (died at 95), Mel Brooks (still alive at 97), Kirk Douglas (died at 103), and so-forth.

Since Piper Laurie's Jewish paternal grandparents were from Poland and her Jewish maternal grandparents were from Russia, I assume she was of Ashekenazi descent, too. Which explains her making it to 91. Whereas David McCallum was a random anomaly, like Clint Eastward (the latter is 93) and Bob Hope (died at 100).
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C C Offline Jan 6, 2024 07:49 AM
Could be wrong, but I don't remember seeing Lara Parker in there. She died in October.

She played Angelique, the witch who was Barnabas Collins' nemesis, in Dark Shadows.

Not altogether surprising that she wouldn't be included, though OTOH Lisa Loring (Wednesday) was.
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Magical Realist Offline Jan 6, 2024 08:49 PM (This post was last modified: Jan 6, 2024 11:27 PM by Magical Realist.)
I noticed they also forgot Ryan O'Neal and Tom Wilkinson. May have died after the video was already posted..
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