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Jul 16, 2024

Jacoby Jones (1984–2024), former Baltimore Ravens receiver 

Jacoby Jones was a former NFL wide receiver and Pro-Bowl player who scored a record-setting 108-yard kickoff return touchdown with the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XLVII.

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Jul 11, 2024

Shelley Duvall (1949–2024), star of The Shining, Faerie Tale Theatre

Shelly Duvall was an actress known for standing out in the horror classic, “The Shining,” as well as for playing Olive Oyl in “Popeye,” supporting work in Woody Allen’s “Annie Hall,” and her role in the Robert Altman favorite, “Nashville.” 

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Jul 17, 2023

C.R. Roberts (1936–2023), football star who defied segregation

C.R. Roberts was a college football star with the USC Trojans who went on to play for Canada's Toronto Argonauts and the NFL's San Francisco 49ers, following a historic college career that included beatingan all-white team in the segregated South.

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Jul 14, 2023

Mike Halac (1968–2023), pro wrestler known as Mantaur 

Mike Halac was a professional wrestler better known as Mantaur when he wrestled with WWE in the 1990s.

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Jul 13, 2023

“Dakota” Fred Hurt (1943–2023), Gold Rush reality TV star 

“Dakota” Fred Hurt was a gold prospector who starred on the Discovery Channel reality series “Gold Rush” and several of its spinoffs.

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Jul 12, 2023

Milan Kundera (1929–2023), The Unbearable Lightness of Being author

Milan Kundera was a Czech-French writer best known for writing the 1984 novel “The Unbearable Lightness of Being.”

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Jul 18, 2022

David Dalton (1942–2022), Rolling Stone writer  

David Dalton was a prominent writer for Rolling Stone magazine who wrote biographies of Janis Joplin, Andy Warhol, and Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols.

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Jul 12, 2022

Gary Moeller (1941–2022), former Michigan head football coach

Gary Moeller was a former head football coach at the University of Michigan who led the Wolverines to 3 Big Ten Conference championship titles.

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Jul 12, 2022

Monty Norman (1928–2022), James Bond theme song composer

Monty Norman was an English singer and composer who wrote the James Bond theme song.

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Jul 13, 2021

Charlie Robinson (1945–2021), starred as Mac on “Night Court”

Charlie Robinson was an actor best known for starring as Mac, the clerk of the court on the 1980s and ‘90s sitcom “Night Court.”

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Jul 13, 2020

Lil Marlo (2020), Atlanta rapper

Lil Marlo , born Rudolph Johnson, was an Atlanta rapper who recorded for the Quality Control label.

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Jul 12, 2019

Ernestine Romero (1987–2019), award-winning Tejano singer

Ernestine Romero was an award-winning Tejano singer based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In 2016, the New Mexico Hispano Music Association awarded her their CD of the Year, Cumbia Song of the Year, and Salsa Tropical Song of the Year awards, and she was also nominated for a Tejano Music Award for Female Vocalist of the Year that same year. Romero’s most recent album, 2019’s “Mi Tesoro,” marked her 20th year in the music industry. Her 2015 album “Gracias Señor” included a duet with Grammy-winning singer Ruben Ramos.

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Jul 12, 2018

Nathaniel Reed (1933–2018), prominent environmental advocate

Helped craft the U.S. Endangered Species Act…

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