A Year In Review
Last Updated: November 28
Our 2017 Scoring Roster
Headliners
Big deaths rendered meaningless because nobody scored.
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The B-List
Folks who, while not quite rising to the level of Headliner, were still of note.
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Miguel Ferrrer
(1/19, 61) longtime character actor Alan Colmes (2/23, 66) Fox News token liberal Robert Osborne (3/6, 84) Host of Turner Classic Movies Chuck Barris (3/21, 87) Gong Show host. Spy? |
| Charlie Murphy
(4/12, 57) comic, Eddie's brother Erin Moran (4/22, 56) Joanie Cunningham Michael Parks (5/9, 77) character actor, Kill Bill, many more Powers Boothe (5/14, 68) Red Dawn, Sin City, dozens of others |
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Glenne Headly
(6/8, 62) Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, many others Bill Dana (6/15, 92) my name ... Jose Jimenez ... Stephen Furst (6/16, 63) Babylon 5, Animal House Nelsan Ellis (7/8, 39) Lafayette from True Blood |
| John Heard
(7/21, 71) Home Alone, Sopranos Joe Bologna (8/13, 82) longtime character actor Jay Thomas (8/24, 69) actor, radio host Frank Vincent (9/13, 80) actor in every gangster movie ever |
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Bernie Casey
(9/19, 78) BGSU Falcon, NFL player, Revenge
of the Nerds actor Robert Guillaume (10/24, 89) Soap, Benson, Lion King John Hillerman (11/9, 84) Magnum PI and Blazing Saddles Earle Hyman (11/17, 91) Cliff Huxtable's dad |
| Dick Enberg
(12/21, 82) one of the greatest sports announcers ever |
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The C-List
Minor celebrities, various other entertainment names.
Tom Lovullo (1/5, 88) Co-creator of Hee Haw Tilikum the Orca (1/6, 36) the literal Killer Whale of SeaWorld William Peter Blatty (1/12, 89) author, The Exorcist Tony Rosato (1/10, 62) former SCTV and SNL cast member Mike Connors (1/26, 91) Mannix Barbara Hale (1/26, 94) Perry Mason's secretary Frank Pellegrino, Sr. (1/31, 72) Sopranos actor, owner of Rao's restaurant in NYC Richard Hatch (2/7, 71) Captain Apollo in the original Battlestar Galactica Jay Lynch (3/5, 72) artist of the Garbage Pail Kids Gary Austin (4/1, 75) founder, the Groundlings comedy troupe Darlene Cates (3/26, 69) obese mom in What's Eating Gilbert Grape Joe Harris (3/26, 89) graphic designer of Underdog and Trix Rabbit Jonathan Demme (4/26, 73) director, Philadelphia and Silence of the Lambs Brad Grey (5/14, 59) producer and former chair of Paramount Pictures Lisa Spoonauer (5/21, 44) actress in Kevin Smith's original Clerks movie Peter Salis (6/2, 96) voice of Wallace (but not Gromit) Miss Mary Ann King (6/22, 82) host of Romper Room Michael Bond (6/27, 91) creator of Paddington Bear George Romero (7/16, 77) director, Night of the Living Dead June Foray (7/26, 99) voice of Rocky Squirrel, Natasha, hundreds of others Sam Shepard (7/27, 83) playwright, author, actor Haruo Nakajima (8/7, 88) actor inside the Godzilla suit Robert Hardy (8/3, 91) played Cornelius Fudge in the Harry Potter movies Tobe Hooper (8/26, 74) director, Texas Chainsaw Massacre Don Ohlmeyer (9/10, 72) TV exec, MNF, NBC's Must-See TV X. Atencio (9/10, 98) Disney legend. Animator, director, and wrote both Yo Ho and Grim Grinning Ghosts for Disneyland John Dunsworth (10/16, 71) Trailer Park Boys actor Liz Smith (11/12, 94) syndicated gossip columnist Heather Menzies-Urich (12/24, 68) Louisa Von Trapp, widow of Robert
Sports
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Yordano Ventura
(1/22, 25) Royals pitcher Ara Parseghian (8/2, 94) Rudy's coach at Notre Dame Don Baylor (8/7, 68) AL MVP, former manager Roy Halladay (11/7, 40) Phillies Cy Young winner |
Dallas Green (3/22, 82) Won 1980 World Series as Phillies manager Clay Matthews, Sr. (3/23, 88) scion of famous football family Spike Dykes (4/10, 79) former Texas Tech football coach Dan Rooney (4/13, 84) longtime Steelers chairman, championed minority hiring Aaron Hernandez (4/19, 27) murderer Steve Palermo (5/14, 67) former MLB umpire paralyzed stopping a 1991 robbery Cortez Kennedy (5/23, 48) NFL Hall of Fame lineman Frank DeFord (5/28, 78) award-winning sportscaster Lee May (7/25, 74) All-Star baseball player for three teams Rollie Massamino (8/30, 82) longtime Villanova basketeball coach Gene Michael (9/7, 79) former Yankees GM Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (9/17, 72) pro wrestling manager Jake LaMotta (9/18, 95) boxer whose story was told in Raging Bull Joe Tiller (9/30, 74) longtime Purdue football coach Robert Yates (10/2, 74) NASCAR team owner Dave Strader (10/1, 62) Hockey broadcaster known as "The Voice" Y.A. Tittle (10/13, 90) 1963 NFL MVP Bobby Doerr (11/13, 99) Hall of Fame Red Sox 2B Dr. Ferdie Pacheco (11/16, 89) Ali's doc, boxing commentator, known as The Fight Doctor Jana Novotna (11/19, 49) 90's tennis star, Wimbledon champ Terry Glenn (11/20, 43) former Buckeye and NFL WR
Music
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Al Jarreau
(2/12, 76) jazz singer Chris Cornell (5/17, 52) singer, Temple of the Dog, Soundgarden, Audioslave. Amazing four-octave range. Gregg Allman (5/27, 69) singer, Allman Brothers Band. Former husband of Cher. Chester Bennington (7/20, 41) lead singer, Linkin Park |
| Troy Gentry
(9/8, 50) Half of popular country duo Montgomery Gentry Mel Tillis (11/19, 85) actor and country music legend David Cassidy (11/21, 67) Partridge Family singer |
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Bobby Freeman (1/23, 76) singer, Do You Wanna Dance Geoff Nichols (1/28, 68) keyboardist, Black Sabbath John Wetton (1/31, 67) singer / bassist, Asia and King Crimson Clyde Stubblefield (2/18, 73) James Brown's Funky Drummer Mike Barhorst (3/1, 77) founder of Jamboree In The Hills Joni Sledge (3/10, 60) part of Sister Sledge Sib Hashian (3/22, 67) original drummer, Boston. Died on a "Legends of Rock" cruise where he was a featured perfomer Paul O'Neill (4/5, 61) cofounder, Trans-Siberian Orchestra John Geils (4/11, 71) founder, J. Geils Band Albert "Prodigy" Johnson (6/20, 42) founding member of Mobb Deep John Blackwell, Jr. (7/4, 43) longtime drummer for Prince Christopher Wong Won aka Fresh Kid Ice (7/13, 53) founding member of 2 Live Crew Walter Becker (9/3, 67) bassist, Steely Dan Rick Stevens (9/5, 77) singer, Tower of Power. Did 36 years for triple murder Don Williams (9/8, 78) wrote or sang 17 No. 1 country songs Grant Hart (9/13, 56) drummer and vocalist, Husker Du Keely Smith (12/16, 89) jazz legend, widow of Louis Prima
Business / Politics / History
| Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
(1/8, 82) former Iranian president Lorenzo Servitje (2/3, 98) Mexican bakery magnate of Pan Bimbo empire Miles Cahn (2/10, 95) co-founder of Coach Norma McCorvey (2/18, 69) Roe of Roe v. Wade Donald Harvey (3/30, 64) serial killer known as "Angel of Death" Thomas Forkner (4/24, 98) cofounder, Waffle House Adnan Khiashoggi (6/6, 81) Iran-Contra arms dealer Jeff Brotman (8/1, 74) cofounder of Costco Edith Windsor (9/12, 88) plaintiff in landmark marriage equality case Arthur Cinader (10/11, 90) founder of J.Crew |
Michael Chamberlain
(1/9, 72) the dingo actually ate his baby Edward Tipper (2/1, 95) member of Band of Brothers' Easy Company Mike Illitch (2/10, 87) founder of Little Caesar's, owner of Detroit Tigers and Red Wings Robert Waller (3/10, 77) author, Bridges of Madison County Roger Ailes (5/18, 77) Dirtbag founder of Fox News Roberg Pirsig (4/24, 88) author, Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Helmut Kohl (6/26, 87) former German chancellor Jack Keil (8/25, 94) creator, McGruff the Crime Dog Don Malarkey (9/30, 96) member of Band of Brothers' Easy Company John Anderson (12/3, 95) 1980 Presidential candidate |
Gene Cernan (1/16, 82)
last man on the moon Albert Boscov (2/10, 87) chairman of the department store Sir Peter Mansfield (2/8, 83) inventor of MRI machine Gilbert Baker (3/31, 65) designer of the rainbow Pride Flag Alma Soller McLay (4/5, 97) last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor Jim Bunning (5/26, 85) Hall of Fame pitcher, US Senator (R-KY) Ralph Regula (7/19, 92) longtime Ohio Congressman Pete Domenici (9/13, 85) former US Senator (R-NM) Jalal Talabani (10/3, 83) former Iraqi president Bernard Cardinal Law (12/20, 86) disgraced former archbishop of Boston |
It's All Relative
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Modell (1/13, 55) former Ravens president, son of Art Cuba Gooding, Sr. (4/20, 72) You figure it out Alexander Burdonsky (5/23, 75) grandson of Stalin Barbara Sinatra (7/25, 90) widow of Frank Rance Howard (11/25, 89) dad of Ron and Clint |
Mary Lee South (2/13, 80)
Tom Cruise's mom Ray Perry (4/27, 92) father of politician Rick Gloria Fajardo (6/13, 88) mother of Gloria Estefan Robert Yancy (8/14, 39) son of Natalie Cole Kent Damon (12/14, 74) dad of Matt |
Dorothy Mengering
(4/11, 95) David Letterman's mom Robert Carter (5/16, 65) father of singers Aaron and Nick Joan Lee (7/6, 93) wife of Stan Patty Daly Caruso (9/17, 73) mom of Carson Daly |