This job ain’t getting any easier. What do you say about 2017? A few great things happened, and a whole lot more hellish things happened too. There were some of us, at the previous year’s end, who hoped out loud that 2017 would somehow be easier. That’s not exactly how it shook out. Not sure many people were saying that about 2018. Me, I’m not a superstitious guy, but I don’t go jumping on cracks in the sidewalk or dancing under ladders either, know what I’m saying?

We lost a tremendous amount in 2017. This post is an inevitably inadequate attempt for Daily Grindhouse to commemorate some of the wonderful (and occasionally infamous) talent who most recently departed. As lead editor on the site, again I draw the short straw. Nobody wants to do this kind of a post. It’s a ton of work, if you’re the least bit sensitive it only bums you out, and no one ever raves about what a great job you did. Which is fine. Did it anyway.

 

To all the names in bold spotlighted herein, happy trails.

 

If you notice any names missing, please shoot me a comment below so I can add them in right away.

 

 

Brian Aldiss

 

 

August Ames

 

 

 

John G. Avildsen

 

Michael Ballhaus

 

Dennis Banks

 

 

 

Chuck Barris

 

 

 

Nicole Bass

 

Yurizan Beltran

 

 

Chester Bennington

 

 

Shelley Berman

 

 

 

Chuck Berry

 

 

 

William Peter Blatty

 

 

Joseph Bologna

 

 

Powers Boothe

 

 

 

Brent Briscoe

 

 

 

Conrad Brooks

 

 

Rich Buckler

 

 

Bill Butler

 

 

 

Glenn Campbell

 

 

Antonio Casale

 

 

 

Bernie Casey

 

 

David Cassidy

 

 

 

 

Don Pedro Colley

 

 

Mike Connors

 

Barbara Cook

 

 

Irwin Corey

 

 

 

 

 

Chris Cornell

 

 

Jay Cronley

 

Bill Dana

 

 

 

Danielle Darrieux

 

 

 

Jonathan Demme

 

 

Fats Domino

 

 

Roy Dotrice

 

 

Nelsan Ellis

 

 

Miguel Ferrer

 

 

 

 

June Foray

 

Stephen Furst

 

Robert Getchell

 

Basil Gogos

 

Arlene Gottfried

 

 

José Greci

 

 

 

Jerry Greenberg

 

 

Dick Gregory

 

 

Brad Grey

 

 

 

Robert Guillaume

 

Brad Harris

 

Grant Hart

 

 

Richard Hatch 

 

 

 

Glenne Headly

 

 

John Heard

 

John Hillerman

 

 

Tobe Hooper

 

 

 

John Hurt

 

 

 

Earle Hyman

 

 

 

Al Jarreau

 

 

 

Denis Johnson

 

Kim Joo-hyuk

 

 

Shigeru Koyama

 

 

Martin Landau

 

 

Sonny Landham

 

 

Walter Lassally

 

 

Joan Boocock Lee

 

Umberto Lenzi

 

 

 

Jerry Lewis

 

 

 

Ulli Lommel

 

 

Keith Loneker

 

 

Federico Luppi

 

 

Jay Lynch

 

 

Rose Marie

 

 

 

 

Elsa Martinelli

 

Hiroki Matsukata

 

Ralphie May

 

Jack Mendelsohn

 

 

Radley Metzger

 

 

 

Tomás Milián

 

John Mollo

 

 

 

 

 

Mary Tyler Moore

 

 

 

 

Sir Roger Moore

 

Jeanne Moreau

 

 

Gastone Moschin

 

Charlie Murphy

 

 

 

Jim Nabors

 

Haruo Nakajima

 

 

Shu Nakajima

 

 

Yoko Nogiwa

 

 

 

Michael Nyqvist

 

Robert Osborne

 

 

Reggie Ossé (Combat Jack)

 

 

Anita Pallenberg

 

 

 

 

Michael Parks

 

 

Bill Paxton

 

Dave Pell

 

 

 

Frank Pellegrino

 

Tom Petty

 

 

Prodigy (Albert Johnson)

 

Om Puri

 

 

 

Della Reese

 

Don Rickles

 

Rita Riggs

 

 

Joe Robinson

 

 

 

Jean Rochefort

 

 

George Romero

 

 

Peter Sallis

 

 

 

 

Richard Schickel

 

 

Sam Shepard

 

 

Roger Smith 

 

 

 

Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka

 

 

 

Harry Dean Stanton

 

 

Harry Stradling Jr.

 

 

Clyde Stubblefield

 

 

Solvi Stubing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shyla Stylez

 

 

 

Alan Surgal

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seijun Suzuki

 

 

Jay Thomas

 

 

James Vance

 

 

Frank Vincent

 

 

Joseph Wapner

 

 

Pam Warren aka Pam the Funkstress

 

 

Ann Wedgeworth

 

 

Len Wein

 

 

 

 

Adam West

 

 

Skip Williamson

 

Malcolm Young

 

 

 

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