celebrity deaths – Positive Celebrity News, Good Celebrity Gossip, Positive Entertainment News | Good Celebrity https://goodcelebrity.com Good Celebrity is your best source for positive celebrity news and interviews Wed, 09 Aug 2017 20:06:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.4 https://goodcelebrity.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cropped-gc_logo_button_bkgd512px-32x32.png celebrity deaths – Positive Celebrity News, Good Celebrity Gossip, Positive Entertainment News | Good Celebrity https://goodcelebrity.com 32 32 Celebrities React to the Passing of Country Legend Glen Campbell https://goodcelebrity.com/2017/08/09/celebrities-react-passing-country-legend-glen-campbell/ Wed, 09 Aug 2017 13:36:30 +0000 https://goodcelebrity.com/?p=3263 On Tuesday, August 8 country music (and the entertainment industry as a whole) lost an icon with the passing of singer Glen Campbell. “It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and legendary singer and guitarist, Glen Travis Campbell, at the age of 81, following […]

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]]> On Tuesday, August 8 country music (and the entertainment industry as a whole) lost an icon with the passing of singer Glen Campbell.

“It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and legendary singer and guitarist, Glen Travis Campbell, at the age of 81, following his long and courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease,” read a statement from Campbell’s family on his website.

Campbell’s daughter Ashley (a country singer in her own right) shared her grief on Instagram.

“Heartbroken. I owe him everything I am, and everything I ever will be. He will be remembered so well and with so much love,” she wrote.

During his career, the “Rhinestone Cowboy” singer racked up 10 Grammy Awards and 10 Academy of Country Music Awards while releasing over 70 albums and selling 45 million records. He also appeared in films such as 1969’s True Grit and 1970’s Norwood.

Campbell’s music stood the test of time, reaching fans of all generations and remaining part of the pop culture scene right up until his death.

His 1977 tune “Southern Nights” was recently featured in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and he was nominated for an Oscar in 2015 for co-writing “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” for the documentary, Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me, which chronicled his farewell tour throughout the world while he battled Alzheimer’s.

Naturally, the loss of a performer of this magnitude made a huge impact on the country music scene with Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton, Brad Paisley, and Keith Urban among those sending love.

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Dolly Parton shared a video message in which she praised Campbell’s talents calling him “one of the greatest voices of all time.”




Campbell often crossed genres as evidenced by his work on the Beach Boys album Pet Sounds, where he lent his guitar playing abilities and even joined the band on tour.

“I’m at a loss,” tweeted Beach Boys frontman Brian Wilson while today’s current crop of pop stars also expressed their love.

A native of Arkansas, Campbell’s loss was felt amongst fellow Arkansan, former President Bill Clinton, and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee.

Campbell, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in June 2011, is survived by Kim, his wife of 35 years, daughters Ashley, Debbie and Kelli and sons Cal, Dylan, Kane, Shannon, and Travis.

For more information on Alzheimer’s and what you can do to help fight this terrible disease, visit the Alzheimer’s Association at ALZ.org.

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]]> Hollywood Remembers Legendary Comedian Don Rickles https://goodcelebrity.com/2017/04/07/hollywood-remembers-legendary-comedian-don-rickles/ Fri, 07 Apr 2017 13:23:14 +0000 https://goodcelebrity.com/?p=2779 The man who turned insulting people into an art form, has died. Legendary comedian Don Rickles passed away on Thursday, April 6 at his home in Los Angeles of kidney failure, according to his publicist Paul Shefrin. He was 90. For seven decades Rickles pushed the boundaries of comedy and no one was spared. In […]

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]]> The man who turned insulting people into an art form, has died. Legendary comedian Don Rickles passed away on Thursday, April 6 at his home in Los Angeles of kidney failure, according to his publicist Paul Shefrin. He was 90.

For seven decades Rickles pushed the boundaries of comedy and no one was spared. In fact, getting insulted by the man sarcastically nicknamed “Mr. Warmth,” was a badge of honor in Hollywood.

Shortly after news of his passing broke, celebrities such as Billy Crystal, Jim Carrey, and Bob Newhart took to Twitter to share their condolences and honor Rickles and his one-of-a-kind sense of humor.

Insulting Frank Sinatra

Rickles’ humor took shape in 1957 when a jab at Frank Sinatra during a stand-up routine in Hollywood, caused the famed singer to roar with laughter.

“Make yourself at home Frank. Hit somebody,” Rickles said from the stage, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

From that moment forward, Rickles career skyrocketed and shows in Las Vegas soon followed. Sinatra would continue to be the butt of Rickles jokes throughout the rest of his life and in the 1970’s and 1980’s celebrities such as Bob Hope, Lucille Ball and President of the United States Ronald Reagan also felt the Rickles wrath during appearances on The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts.

Late Night Laughs

For 30 years there was no bigger destination on television for comics than The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson.

Rickles made frequent visits to the late night stage and he often had Johnny, Ed McMahon and other guests in stitches with his rapid-fire wit.

In recent years, his hilarious guest spots became a staple of Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Much like with Carson, Kimmel and his guests were always fair game for Rickles’ humor.

Kimmel remembered his good friend in a heartfelt tweet and broke down while speaking about him on his show Thursday night.




Mr. Potato Head

While his humor was often dirty and filled with innuendos, Rickles reached younger audiences with his voice work as Mr. Potato Head in the Toy Story movies.

“It’s a lot of fun to be in this cast,” Rickles said on the red carpet at the 2010 premiere of Toy Story 3. “Everybody talks about it constantly — they say [it’s] ‘the third Potato Head.’ For me, all my grandchildren are here, and it’s a big kick for them.”

Tom Hanks (who voiced Woody in the Pixar trilogy) expressed his admiration for Rickles on Twitter.

Rickles signed on to reprise his role for Toy Story 4, which is scheduled for release in 2019. It’s unclear as of this writing if he had recorded any dialogue before his passing.

Rickles Legacy

Rickles insulted people of all creeds, races, ethnicities and social statuses and he got away with it because everyone was in on the joke.

There has never been, and will never be, another comedian like him but his influence is present in some of today’s hottest comics.

Jimmy Kimmel thrives on his sarcastic humor and dry delivery, while Conan O’Brien is a master in self-deprecating humor. Remnants of Rickles humor also appear in Zach Galifianakis’ web series Between Two Ferns and in Billy Eichner’s fast-paced ventures through New York City on Billy on the Street.

Eichner used Twitter to show his appreciation for Rickles in a tweet the late comic would have surely enjoyed.

Family Life

As crude as he could be with his humor, Don was the complete opposite in his personal life.

A devoted family man, Rickles wed Barbara Sklar in 1965 and they had two children together, daughter Mindy and son Larry. The couple celebrated their 52nd wedding anniversary in March and Don tweeted his adoration for his wife in what turned out to be his final tweet ever.

Rickles is survived by Barbara, daughter Mindy, son-in-law Ed, and grandchildren Ethan and Harrsion. He was preceded in death by son Larry, who passed away in December 2011.

For those looking to pay tribute to Don, the family encourages donations to the Larry Rickles Endowment Fund at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

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]]> Goodbye to a Hollywood Princess: Carrie Fisher Dead at 60 https://goodcelebrity.com/2016/12/28/goodbye-to-a-hollywood-princess-carrie-fisher-dead-at-60/ https://goodcelebrity.com/2016/12/28/goodbye-to-a-hollywood-princess-carrie-fisher-dead-at-60/#respond Wed, 28 Dec 2016 02:05:09 +0000 https://goodcelebrity.com/?p=2326 Unfortunately, the celebrity news headlines seem to be filled with sad stories this year and now there’s another one as word came on Tuesday, December 27 that actress Carrie Fisher passed away at the age of 60. Fisher was in intensive care at the UCLA Medical Center after suffering what is believed to be a […]

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]]> Unfortunately, the celebrity news headlines seem to be filled with sad stories this year and now there’s another one as word came on Tuesday, December 27 that actress Carrie Fisher passed away at the age of 60.

Fisher was in intensive care at the UCLA Medical Center after suffering what is believed to be a cardiac arrest on December 23 while aboard a United Airlines flight from London to Los Angeles.

According to TMZ, she was on life support after the cardiac arrest, which means her heart stopped beating.

Her 24-year-old daughter Billie Lourd announced her death via a statement from the family’s spokesperson, Simon Halls.

“It is with a very deep sadness that Billie Lourd confirms that her beloved mother Carrie Fisher passed away at 8:55 this morning,” read the statement.

“She was loved by the world and she will be missed profoundly. Our entire family thanks you for your thoughts and prayers.”

Carrie Fisher’s Notable Career

Fisher is, of course, best known for her role as Princess Leia Organa in Star Wars, which she landed when she was only 19. She would reprise the role in The Empire Strikes Back in 1980, Return of the Jedi in 1983.

“I knew that something enormous was likely going to impact my life from this film and that there was absolutely no way of understanding what that was or was likely to be,” she told People of the 1977 sci-fi classic in 2015.

The role would become the most notable of her career and one of the most iconic film roles of all time.

In 2015, she returned to the franchise (this time as General Leia Organa) in Star War: The Force Awakens.

She recently wrapped shooting on the currently untitled Episode VIII. As of this writing, there is no word from Disney or Lucasfilm on whether or not she was expected to return for Episode XIX.

Celebrity Friends Remember Carrie Fisher

Fisher will forever be linked to the Star Wars series and to co-stars Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford. Hamill, who starred opposite Fisher as Luke Skywalker, tweeted his heartbreak at the news of her passing on Tuesday.

Ford, who played Leia’s love interest, Han Solo, in the films, released a statement, which read:




“Carrie was one-of-a-kind…brilliant, original. Funny and emotionally fearless. She lived her life, bravely…My thoughts are with her daughter Billie, her mother Debbie, her brother Todd, and her many friends. We will all miss her.”

Fellow Star Wars co-stars Peter Mayhew, Anthony Daniels and Billy Dee Williams also took to the social media to offer their condolences.

Finally, Star Wars creator George Lucas issued a statement following her passing.

“Carrie and I have been friends most of our adult lives. She was extremely smart; a talented actress, writer, and comedienne with a very colorful personality that everyone loved.

In Star Wars, she was our great and powerful princess—feisty, wise and full of hope in a role that was more difficult than most people might think. My heart and prayers are with Billie, Debbie and all Carrie’s family, friends, and fans.”

Fisher played royalty on screen and was born into Hollywood royalty in real-life. The daughter of actress Debbie Reynolds and singer Eddie Fisher, Carrie’s first on-screen role came as a teenager in her mom’s TV movie, Debbie Reynolds and the Sound of Children.

Reynolds shared her appreciation for the outpouring of love through her Facebook page.

Fisher’s post-Star Wars film career included roles in The Blues Brothers, Hannah and Her Sisters, The ‘Burbs, and When Harry Met Sally.

She would continue to act through the 1990’s and 2000’s often in guest spots on TV shows and smaller roles in film while also developing a second career as a writer.

In addition to working as a script doctor on movies such as Hook and Sister Act, Fisher was an author penning numerous semi-autobiographical novels. One of which was Postcards from the Edge. Fisher earned a BAFTA nomination for her screenplay 1990 movie adaptation which starred Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine. At the time of her death, she was on a promotional tour for her latest book, The Princess Diarist.

Carrie Fisher’s Charity Work

Outside of her career, Fisher was a staunch advocate for mental illness awareness. She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1985 and was hospitalized following a psychotic episode in 1997.

“I have a chemical imbalance that, in its most extreme state, will lead me to a mental hospital,” she said in an interview with Diane Sawyer.

“I am mentally ill. I can say that. I am not ashamed of that. I survived that, I’m still surviving it, but bring it on.”

Fisher’s openness about her struggle with bipolar disorder helped to dispel misconceptions about the disease and mental health as a whole.

“One of the things that baffles me (and there are quite a few) is how there can be so much lingering stigma with regards to mental illness, specifically bipolar disorder. In my opinion, living with manic depression takes a tremendous amount of balls,” she wrote in her 2008 memoir, Wishful Drinking.

“At times, being bipolar can be an all-consuming challenge, requiring a lot of stamina and even more courage, so if you’re living with this illness and functioning at all, it’s something to be proud of, not ashamed of.”

In her personal life, Fisher was briefly married to singer Paul Simon in 1983 and conceived her only child, Billie Lourd, with her then partner, talent agent Bryan Lourd.

Fisher is survived by her daughter, mother, brother, two half sisters, and her French bulldog Gary, a therapy dog who frequently accompanied her on the red carpet and in interviews such as the one below in which the actress displays her witty charm with Good Morning America host Amy Robach in 2015.

May the force be with you, Carrie. You will be missed.




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