DEDICATION: Ernest Borgnine

 

Ernest Borgnine, the screen legend who won the best-actor Oscar for playing the lovesick butcher in “Marty” in 1955, died today. He was 95.

DEDICATION: Adam Yauch

Adam Yauch, member and co-founder of the pioneering hip hop group The Beastie Boys died Friday from Cancer. He was 47. To mark his untimely death, TRR dims her lights and pays tribute by showing off his group’s biggest hits.

DEDICATION: Dick Clark

 

His musical variety show helped launched the careers of America’s timeless musicians. He helped climbed pyramids ranging from $10,000 to $100,000. We wondered what was his secret to slowly age for many years. Finally, he was there in Times Square to help us ring in the New Year since 1972. Today, we mourn the loss of the one and only Dick Clark, gone at the tender age of 82.

DEDICATION: Teena Marie

 

 

If you were a child of the 1980′s (like me), you grew listening to the funkadelic sounds of the late Rick James. One of his timeless classic slow jams was Fire and Desire on his 1981 Street Songs album. This powerful soulful ballad introduced us the mighty vocals of R&B singer Teena Marie. It’s this song that defined an era of early 80′s soulful ballads. Today, a great souful voice is silenced. Grammy nominated singer–songwriter–producer Teena Marie has passed away Sunday Night. The cause of her death is unknown at this time. She was 54 years old.

DEDICATION: Leslie Nielsen

 

We will NEVER call you, Shirley. We'll miss you Leslie!

For some fans he will be the serious Dr. Rumack who doesn’t want you to call him Shirley. For others, he was the bumbling police Lieutenant Frank Drebin saving the world from crime. Then, there are the fans who first seen this legendary actor as the Commander Adams who explore Altair IV in the early 23rd Century. No matter what character he played, the late and great Leslie Nielsen has kept audiences entertained for over fifty years. Dramatic & Comedic Actor Leslie Nielsen has passed Sunday night in a hospital in Fort Lauderdale from pneumonia. He was 84.

DEDICATION: Charlie O’Donnell

The Legendary Charlie O!

As with all great announcers, you may not recognize the face or the name, but once you heard their voice, you know it in an instant. A legendary television voice is silenced but not forgotten. Longtime game show announcer Charlie O’Donnell has passed away Sunday night in his home in Los Angeles. He was 78.

DEDICATION: Rue McClanahan (1934-2010)

Our Golden Southern Belle

Rue McClanahan, best known for her roles in Mama’s Family, Maude, and The Golden Girls has died in the New York Presbyterian Hospital this morning at 1:oo A.M EST, following a stroke she had suffered two days earlier. She was 76 years old.

DEDICATION: Dennis Hopper (1936-2010)

Dennis Hopper who had such memorable roles in Easy Rider, Apocalypse Now, Speed, and Blue Velvet has passed away in his Venice home from a long bout of prostate cancer. He was only 74 years old. It was just two months ago that the actor was honored with the 2,403rd star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His star is located in front of the famous Grauman’s Chinese Theater. Aside from acting, Hopper directed the critically acclaimed film Colors and was a brilliant photographer, painter, and sculptor.

DEDICATION: Gary Coleman (1968-2010)

 

Gary Coleman who will be forever known as the lovable character Arnold Jackson in the sitcom Diff’rent Strokes has passed on after hitting his head causing an epidural hematoma in his Utah home. He was 42 years old.

DEDICATION: Lena Horne (1917-2010)

Lena Horne

I can remember the first time I heard Lena’s legendary song Stormy Weather for the very first time. I was watching a Disney VHS Golden Oldies at home at the tender age of ten. I was watching this particular music video with Stormy Weather playing in the background. My mother then told me all about Lena Horne and how she became one of the most popular African American performers of all time. She was a voice that could never be imitated nor duplicated.  The great Lena Horne has passed on from heart failure at the tender age of 92.