*Official* In Memoriam Thread

[revo]

Robert Blake, best known as “Barretta” until he was later known for (probably) killing his wife, died at age 89.

[madducks]

Robert Blake, best known as “Barretta” until he was later known for (probably) killing his wife, died at age 89.

Blake also, as a child actor, played Mickey in the "Little Rascals" movie shorts filmed between 1939 and 1944. He went by his birth name of Mickey Gubitosi as a child actor.

[rhd]

Blake also, as a child actor, played Mickey in the the "Little Rascals" movie shorts filmed between 1939 and 1944. He went by his birth name of Mickey Gubitosi as a child actor.

He also had a small part in the great movie "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" as a child actor (kid selling raffle tickets). I also remember him from the movie "This Property is Condemned" w Natalie Wood and Robert Redford. RIP.

[revo]

Blake also, as a child actor, played Mickey in the the "Little Rascals" movie shorts filmed between 1939 and 1944. He went by his birth name of Mickey Gubitosi as a child actor.

Was he the last surviving Little Rascal's actor?

[Teenwolf]

Robert Blake, best known as “Barretta” until he was later known for (probably) killing his wife, died at age 89.

I really appreciate the lack of "RIP" on this one.

Pretty impressive how long he lasted in prison.

[Gregg]

I really appreciate the lack of "RIP" on this one.

Pretty impressive how long he lasted in prison.

Suspected not convicted.

[Teenwolf]

Suspected not convicted.

Oh damn, that explains it!

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Legendary Olympic high jumper Dick Fosbury, who perfected a technique used by all high jumpers today called "the Fosbury Flop," to win the gold medal in 1968, died at age 76. RIP.

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Lance Reddick, best known for playing Officer Daniels on The Wire and Charon in the John Wick franchise, died at age 60. RIP.

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Willis Reed, legendary Knicks HOFer, died at age 80. RIP.

[madducks]

Michael Lerner, actor who received an Oscar nomination for his performance as an overbearing studio head in the 1991 film “Barton Fink,” has died. He was 81. RIP.

[madducks]

Al Jaffee, cartoonist best known for his work with Mad Magazine, has died at age 102. RIP.

[madducks]

Len Goodman, former judge on “Dancing with the Stars,’ has died of bone cancer at age 78. RIP.

[madducks]

Howard Kenton “Ken” Potts, one of the two remaining survivors of the USS Arizona battleship that sank during the attack on Pearl Harbor, died Friday at age 102. RIP.

[revo]

Actor and singer Harry Belafonte died at age 96. RIP.