Famous people with Covid-19

[Andy_Ross]

He's one of those that I thought "he was still alive?"

not any more

 

[Sherkeu]

Ellis Louis Marsalis Jr. (November 14, 1934 – April 1, 2020)

Main articles are behind paywall but there are tweets and videos up.

 

[William Parcher]

Michael Jackson totally ripped off Manu Dibango!

Some of the riffs for "Wanna Be Starting Something" are direct lifts from "Soul Makossa".

Mama-say mama-sah ma-ma-coo-sah.
Mama-say mama-sah ma-ma-coo-sah.

 

[angrysoba]

Eddie Large.

He's one of those that I thought "he was still alive?"

not any more

He's with his comedy career now.

 

[Armitage72]

Retired voice actress Julie Bennett has died of COVID-19 at the age of 88.

Bennett's most notable role was as voice of Cindy Bear, whom she played in The Yogi Bear Show, Hey There, It's Yogi Bear, Yogi's Gang, Yogi's Treasure Hunt, Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears and The New Yogi Bear Show.
Other credits include voicing Lois Lane for Filmation's The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure, as well as work on The Bullwinkle Show, The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo, The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour, The Real Ghostbusters, The Huckleberry Hound Show, The Bugs Bunny Show, Quick Draw McGraw, Cattanooga Cats, The Banana Splits Adventure Hour, Scooby's Laff-A-Lympics, Fred Flintsone and Friends, The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show, Garfield and Friends and much more.
Bennett's final roles were as the voice of Aunt May in Spider-Man: The Animated Series in 1997 and an uncredited role as an unnamed woman in the 2000 Spider-Man video game.

 

[angrysoba]

Marianne Faithful has been hospitalized with Covid-19:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture...lised-with-coronavirus?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

 

[novaphile]

We'll be here for the next twelve weeks folks. Don't forget to tip your waitress.

I tipped mine and she fell over!

(Probably should have asked her permission or something)

 

[Thermal]

Singer/performer Pink, got it and recovered. Her three year old son was positive, too.

She kicked out a cool $1Mil to C19 aid, half of which goes to Temple University Emergency fund in Philly (where her mom worked) and the other half to The City of Angels Emergency COVID fund.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/pink-donates-241-million-to-fight-coronavirus-pandemic-after-testing-positive-for-covid-19/ar-BB12a7bM

 

[Andy_Ross]

Lord Bath has died of it.

 

[Athyrio]

New Orleans Saints place kicker Tom Dempsey. Not confirmed as death by Coronavirus but he had tested positive.


https://www.wjhg.com/content/news/H...coronavirus-crisis-report-says-569390151.html

 

[P.J. Denyer]

He's one of those that I thought "he was still alive?"

They did an advert that was current on LBC so I knew he was alive. But unfortunately "was" is correct.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52136768

Sounds like Covid hurried the inevitable.

 

[Ranb]

New Orleans Saints place kicker Tom Dempsey. Not confirmed as death by Coronavirus but he had tested positive.

I was talking about Dempsey with my wife and telling her about the "Dempsey rule". I went to Wikipedia and saw that he died on 4 April 2020. WTF!?

Ranb

 

[SpitfireIX]

Christopher Cross

"I’m not in the habit of discussing medical issues on social media, but I do so in the hope this will help other people to understand how serious and how contagious this illness is,” he wrote. “Although I am fortunate enough to be cared for at home, this is possibly the worst illness I’ve ever had.”

 

[Darat]

Boris Johnson

 

[Chris_Halkides]

Tender is the Night

Singer/songwriter Jackson Browne (New York Post and Rolling Stone have articles). Let us hope that he is not running on empty.

 

[William Parcher]

John Prine has died.

 

[Steve]

John Prine has died.

Just heard that from a friend. I was concerned when he went into icu. Lost another great one.

 

[Resume]

****!

 

[Cheetah]

Saudi Royal Family

Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is in intensive care and (at least?) 150 members of the royal family are reported to have been infected.
King Salman and Muhammad bin Salman are hiding on an island in the Red Sea.


COVID-19: Devastated Saudi Royal Family Seeks to End Yemen War

 

[The Don]

Tim Brooke-Taylor died of Coronavirus.

The Goodies were a cornerstone of my childhood entertainment.