Deaths So Far (and it's just July)

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Rick Davies performing with Supertramp in Cologne, Germany

Rick Davies, the influential co-founder and vocalist of the English
rock band Supertramp, died on Sept. 5 at the age of 81. Davies
wrote, composed, and sang many of the band's most iconic hits,
like "Bloody Well Right" and "Goodbye Stranger."
Born in Swindon, England, in 1944, Davies formed Supertramp
(originally called Daddy) in 1969 with Roger Hodgson, his primary
creative partner until a bitter falling out prompted Hodgson's exit
in 1983. Davies carried Supertramp to multiple Grammy wins and
several bestselling albums, and his music remains resonant,
appearing in films and series like The Office, I, Tonya, and
The Simpsons. Davies is survived by Sue, his wife since 1977
and the band's manager since 1984.






Paula Shaw
appears on 'Cedar Cove' in 2013

Paula Shaw, an actress who appeared in the Hallmark Channel series
Cedar Cove and multiple TV movies for the network, died Sept. 10 at 84.
In a career that dated back to 1969, she also appeared on classic TV shows
such as Little House on the Prairie and Starsky and Hutch. Shaw also
portrayed the mother of horror icon Jason Vorhees in the 2003 movie
Freddy vs. Jason. In addition, Shaw was part of the Actors Studio,
and she worked internationally teaching acting and self-expression.






Charlie Kirk at a Trump rally in 2024


Charlie Kirk, the right-wing commentator and founder of Turning Point USA,
was fatally shot during an event at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10.
He was 31. Known for his viral "Prove Me Wrong" series, Kirk emerged in
recent years as an influential media and internet personality after founding
Turning Point at 18. He became a frequent Fox News guest and a staple
on college campuses, where he would man a booth and invite students
to challenge his stances. Similarly, at events he would bring audience
members on stage to debate him. Kirk was a staunch supporter of
President Donald Trump, who announced his death.






Bobby Hart in 1968

Bobby Hart, the songwriter who worked on some of the Monkees'
greatest hits, died Sept. 12 at 86. Born in Phoenix in 1939, Hart
began playing music as a kid and met his best friend, Tommy Boyce,
in the '50s. Together they would go on to write a series of popular
Monkees tunes, including the theme song for the TV series that
spawned the fictional group. In addition to their work on The Monkees,
Hart and Boyce released three albums and had one big hit, the
gold-selling single "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight,"
which reached No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967.






Pat Crowley starring in television series
'Please Don't Eat the Daisies'.

Pat Crowley, the prolific actress who appeared on the ABC soap Dynasty
and the '60s sitcom Please Don’t Eat the Daisies, died of natural causes
on Sunday, Sept. 14. She was 91. The young star made her Broadway
debut as a high school senior, playing the lead in Southern Exposure
in 1950. She then broke into film three years later, with roles in
Paramount’s Forever Female and Money From Home, winning the
1953 Golden Globe for New Star of the Year for her dual performances.
Crowley later led Please Don’t Eat the Daisies, the 1965-67 NBC series
based on the 1960 movie starring Doris Day. She went on to accrue
over 100 screen credits, with guest-starring roles on TV shows including
The Untouchables, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Twilight Zone, Columbo,
Friends, Hawaii Five-O, Frasier, Charmed, and Murder, She Wrote.
Crowley also appeared on several daytime soaps, including the
General Hospital spinoff, Port Charles, Dynasty, Generations,
The Bold and the Beautiful, and Falcon Crest.








Stuart Craig in 2016

Stuart Craig, the Oscar-winning production designer known for creating
the visual worlds of all eight Harry Potter films and the three Fantastic Beasts
spinoffs, died Sept. 14 at 83. After studying film design at the
Royal College of Art, Craig worked on such movies as Casino Royale;
Three Sisters; Scrooge; The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes;
The Secret Garden; and Notting Hill. He won three Oscars, for Gandhi (1982),
Dangerous Liaisons (1988) and The English Patient (1996).
His work on the Harry Potter films also carried over into the
Wizarding World attractions at Universal's theme parks in
Los Angeles, Florida, Beijing, and Japan.






Robert Redford

Robert Redford, the movie star and founder of the Sundance Film Festival,
died Sept. 16 at his home in Utah. He was 89. Born Aug. 18, 1936,
in Santa Monica, Calif., Redford starred in more than two dozen films over
a career spanning over half a century, including Butch Cassidy and the
Sundance Kid (1969), Three Days of the Condor (1975), and All the
President's Men (1976). In 1973, he starred in two big hits,
The Way We Were and Best Picture Oscar winner The Sting,
the latter producing his only Oscar nomination for acting.
Behind the camera, he became the first actor to win a
Best Director Oscar for his debut film, 1980's Ordinary People.
He also created the Sundance Film Festival and Institute in
Park City, Utah. Redford’s last feature directorial project was
2012’s The Company You Keep, but he continued acting through
the final decade of his life and appeared in films like
2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
Redford is survived by his wife, Sibylle Szaggars,
daughters Shauna and Amy, and seven grandchildren.