In Memoriam 1998: Famous Faces We Lost in 1998

[@billmalone5050]

Mr. Francis Albert Sinatra / Frank Sinatra; in my opinion, the definitive singing voice of the 20th century.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

I really enjoyed watching Flip Wilson play Geraldine!! He was such a gifted actor and comedian!!

[@joememphis1571]

The deaths of JT Walsh, Phil Hartman, Sonny Bono, Michelle Thomas and Tammy Wynette were completely unexpected.

[@judygmcfin]

Lloyd Bridges had a television show called Sea Hunt, which I remember as being very entertaining.

[@bruce8808]

I had turned 24 years old in 1982 when Newhart made its debut. Years later when collecting DVDs on this series the main reason I watched it was because of Mary Frann. I had a humongous crush on her. When I heard in Sept. Of 98 that she had passed away my heart sank. I have seen her on other T.V. shows as a guest star besides Newhart.

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

Mary Frann died from taking too many diet pills. She was in a strict diet for her upcoming wedding when she had a massive heart attack due to taking too many diet pills.

[@lianneavant5852]

I knew who Sherry Lewis was. I really loved her playing lamb chop, Charlie horse, and so many other puppets she is definitely missed. She was really great.

[@Paul-lm5gv]

Wow! King of the Cowboys Roy Rogers and 'singing cowboy' Gene Autry in the same year?

[@billmalone5050]

1998 was the year that the two greatest singing cowboys of the 20th century passed away. Roy Rogers and Gene Autry.

[@jefferyballard894]

.... what is also odd is that Autry and Roddy McDowall were nextdoor neighbors and died a day apart.....

[@kerriethompson2073]

If you go to Angels Stadium in Anaheim there’s a nice tribute to Gene Autry. I remember when the Angels won in 2002 they dedicated their win to him. RIP, Gene!

[@virginiatolles1664]

Thank you for including Jack Lord. So many do not.

[@cindymeans2171]

Jack Lord was one of my favorites.

[@kazamshah4543]

Book em Danno!!!

[@garyc39]

I grew up with the show all through school.One of my favorites

[@marianneturner7267]

Agree. He's overlooked too often. He was a gorgeous man, and dedicated actor.

[@ellnats]

why are you putting James Earl Ray here? i mean he killed Dr King Jr, shouldn't it be more a piss on his grave kind of situation?

[@TechGently]

What bothered me was the flattering picture of James Earl Ray, and his description of Pol Pot as a “Revolutionary * rather than what he really was, a dictator. He did to his credit identified Democrat George Wallace as a segregationist as Biden was for many years. And now we have that clown in office.

[@bobcarlino7280]

The quote by Leonardo Da Vinci at the end of this video is awesome! I'd never heard it before...

[@alisalverson7321]

Honorable mentions ~~~ Cozy Powell (April 5, 1998) Falco (February 6, 1998) Fat Pat (February 3, 1998) Florence Griffith-Joyner (September 21, 1998) Hide (May 2, 1998) Jerry Clower (August 24, 1998) Rob Pilatus (April 2, 1998) Tim Kelly (February 5, 1998)

[@davidmitchell6873]

Who is fat Pat?

[@alisalverson7321]

@@davidmitchell6873 Rapper

[@gaffneyrailroading1982]

Tim Kelly (guitarist of Slaughter) February 5, 1998.

[@michaellopez6568]

Hide's death led to a huge outburst of mourning among his fans in Japan. It was almost mass hysteria.

[@Lupton2000]

And Jerry Clower (August 24, 1998)

[@WestPicoBlvd]

That was not a picture of Leo Penn, that was John Kerr

[@brunomadero7054]

You are talented. Your videos are calm and emotive. PD: 1998 is the year of my birth.

[@bobg6638]

25 years ago-hard to believe

[@bruce8808]

Lloyd Bridges also starred in a series called The Loner as Will Colton, which only lasted one season.

[@Ford_Raptor_R_720hp_V8]

*Jack Lord suffered from Alzheimer's disease for at least seven years before his death,* *although some accounts have suggested that he may have had the illness as early as the final season of Hawaii Five-O, in 1979.*

[@Ford_Raptor_R_720hp_V8]

@@bruce8808 - Well then, if you know better, then you should start Editing Wikipedia.

[@larryburton9369]

To each rest in peace thanks for the memories God Bless 🙏 to all

[@judynichols2904]

Ewebanks led the NY Jets to victory not the Baltimore Colts they had it backwards !

[@jaybee7414]

Right-and he lead the Baltimore Colts to two consecutive NFL titles in 1958 & 1959.

[@frogger1952]

Thank you!!! That really jumped out. It was the Colts that were heavily favored, definitely not the Jets.

[@terencehill2320]

Calm down d*ckw*d

[@ronaldstubbs9450]

True

[@ronbrix3433]

@@frogger1952, he did get the part about the Colts being heavily favored right, so Ewbank famously led the underdog Jets to the upset win. I think maybe there was confusion because Ewbank was in fact the haed coach of the Baltimore Colts from 1954 to 1962, leading them to two NFL championships along the way long before there was a Super Bowl.

[@billmalone5050]

Week Eubank also was the head coach of the Baltimore Colts when they won consecutive NFL championships in 1958 and 1959 in addition to leading the 1968 New York Jets to the AFL championship over the Oakland Raiders and then beating the heavily favored NFL champion Baltimore Colts in Superr Bowl 3. Roddy McDowell also portrayed the villain, the Bookworm on the 1960s Batman TV series. He was also in the horror movie, Fright Night.

[@royskuderin2386]

I also believe he was in the movie "My friend Flicka".

[@captaincarl8230]

You are right about Eubank. This has him the other way around, as he was the coach of the Jets that defeated the Colts in Super Bowl III. BTW, the head coach for the Colts that season was future Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula.

[@vicschauberger2737]

@@captaincarl8230 Good correction . He also coached the great Colts teams of the late 50's and early 60's , Shula played under him with the Colts as a db ..

[@terereynolds698]

OMG, I remember watching Bobo Brazil wrestle when I was a little girl, when I was 8 my grandparents started taking me to the matches, I still watch wrestling. Sea Hunt was my grandpa's show, years ago I had read an article that said the family of Martin Luther King Jr didn't believe it was James Earl Ray that killed him. I loved watching Junk Yard Dog wrestle; he was very entertaining. My grandparents used to take my 3 younger brothers and I to Roy Rogers's Museum in Apple valley Calif, we go there either on our way to Calico Ghost Town or on way back. Archie Moore had a beautiful home in San Diego, California, his pool was in the shape of a boxing glove.

[@danielcorreard3746]

i was a very big fan of bobo brazil growing up he was one of my favorite wrestlers may he rip

[@kennyhuskisson2684]

J.D. Sumner, worlds lowest bass singer, back up singer for Elvis in the 70s, gosple singer, known by many country artists, died in 1998

[@wendyhaase4401]

I so miss roddy McDowell he was a wonderful actor I first saw him in Lord of a duck and he had great looking eyes

[@AnnNottingham]

The New York Jets won the 1969 Super Bowl, but still I'm totally binge watching your series :).

[@jamesfields2916]

How could you miss Florence Griffin Joyner? Still has the 100 meter dash record 36 years after setting it.

[@ernestcruz6316]

Bob Kane was also involved in the creation of 1960s Saturday morning cartoon shows Cool McCool and Courageous Cat & Minute Mouse.

[@patriciatodd1278]

The person you identified as Leo Penn is actually John Kerr. He did have a part in a Columbo episode, "Dead Weight".

[@michaelcouper6733]

Sea Hunt was a very popular TV show in the fifties! It made Lloyd Bridges famous.

[@Richard-b5r9v]

Harry Caray announced the St Louis Cardinals baseball games and when a homerun was hit he would say: " It Might Be Outa Here It Could Be And It Is A Homerun ". Fond memories for me as I used to go to the Cardinals games with my dad at Busch Stadium. Stan the Man Musial was my favourite along with Bob Gibson

[@bigreed43]

Florence Griffith Joyner track and field star died Sep 21 1998 of cavernous angioma age 38.

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

She died so young.

[@sallymiller1359]

So many died of cancer when we are told they had cures all along. The fight continues...

[@michaelseavello4612]

Lloyd Bridges made SCUBA diving popular through his TV series “Sea Hint.”

[@richardrice8076]

Yeah but he picked the wrong week to quit sniffin' glue😉😜.

[@ms.annthrope415]

I remember that show. I wanted to he a scuba diver from his fictional adventures.

[@arthuridis]

C Hunt

[@johnforet216]

Sea Hunt

[@anthonymensingh1989]

Lloyd Bridges is Jeff and Beau Bridges father and Lloyd Bridges starred in a cop show called Joe Forester love Anthony Fed ex lol

[@nannettepolcastro4799]

I loved seeing Shari Lewis as a child and later with my own children on Lamb Chop's playalong. Such a shock when she passed.

[@rogersmith4834]

I'm your fan, with a helpful hint--give us a few more seconds to read the copy with each photo.

[@bigreed43]

Johnny Funches original first tenor of the Dells died Jan 23 1998 of pneumonia at the age of 62.

[@arleneliberti2949]

REST IN HEAVENLY PARADISE EVERYONE. EXCLUDING JAMES EARL RAY .

[@julienelson6025]

You didnt mention lloyd bridges was beau and jeffs father

[@jonstefanik9400]

R.I.P. The Quiz & JYD

[@Grandizer8989]

I like to think that Celebrities who die in the same year are all hanging out together somewhere high above

[@greglehmann7234]

And you left out Jean Byron (2006) Earl Anthony (2001) Don Carter (2012) and William Conrad (1994) also voiced Biggy Rat on The King And Odie Show and you left out from 1990 Wacky Races narrator Dave Willock.

[@willswalkingwest7267]

I would have left Pol Pot off the list, kind of like putting hitler on a list.

[@jasonpalacios2705]

It's so crazy how they mention Pol Pot but not Enoch Powell in which he died in 1998.

[@captaincarl8230]

Frank Sinatra also had a #1 hit named "Something Stupid" with his daughter, Nancy. It was the first time that a father-daughter duet topped the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S.

[@greglehmann7234]

And two more deaths I think you should have mentioned but did not: Allen Swift (2010) voice of Tooter Turtle on The King And Odie show and Dick Weber (2005) the first "TV pro bowler."

[@julienelson6025]

Roddy macdowell was im a night gallery episode called the cemetery

[@PPPDCO]

Wow, can’t believe it’s been 25 years!

[@greglehmann7234]

Two other Cubs White Sox announcers went to baseball heaven in 1998 Vince Lloyd and Jack Brickhouse.

[@greglehmann7234]

Eddie Elias PBA founder died too in 1998. And you left out on 1997 Dennis James legendary game show host Rawhide cook Wishbone Paul Brinegar (1995) and first PBA commissioner Joe Antennorra (1996.)

[@scottknode898]

Rip Jack Lord being a big James Bond fan and seen every Bond film and own each one seeing Jack Lord in the first Bond Film Dr No as the original Felix Leiter. Rip Phil Hartman I remember when he died in 1998 and just months before in December of 1997 when Chris Farley died at 33. JT Walsh’s death was sad to as he was height of his career having been in several big hits including Good Morning Vietnam with the late Robin Williams, A Few Good Men with Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise and as the main villain in one of his last films Breakdown with Kurt Russell.

[@davidloconto6282]

Carl Wilson did not sing the lead on Wouldn't it be Nice. He did sing the lead on God Only Knows.

[@CWhernidsy]

Interesting bit of history…I believe I read somewhere that Paul McCartney said this song was the best love song he’d ever heard.

[@davidloconto6282]

@@CWhernidsy Yeah, I think Brian Wilson has said numerous times it was Paul's favorite song.

[@jamesmonteverde5538]

The Colts did not beat the Jets in 1969, as Weeb Eubank was the Jets Coach that defeated the heavily favorite Colts in 1969.

[@christinewyatt4265]

This is also the year I lost my sweet mom

[@aileenwagner2576]

Me too. September 20, 1998. Sorry for ur loss. Nothing hits u harder than when ur mom dies.

[@greglehmann7234]

You also left out "Perry Mason" "swing hurler" Wesley Lau (1984) Ralph Bunche (1971) 1950 Nobel Peace Prize winner Pete Tomarcken (2006) "Press Your Luck" host game show host Tom Kennedy (2020) Sydney Schanberg (2016) author of The Killing Fields and two managers on the 1966 Detroit Tigers: Charlie Dressen (70 kidney failure) and successor Bob Swift (52. Dressen succumbed to kidney failure and suffering a paralyzing stroke AFTER missing much of 1965 due to a heart attack and 6 open heart surgeries and Swift died of throat cancer right after Mayo Smith became Tigers manager.Mayo died in 1977.)

[@Decgyrrl]

I did not know Michael Zaslow, passed away. Or maybe I did & had forgotten as it was over 20yrs ago. We lost some great entertainers in '98, not to mention: Esther Roll, Flip Wilson & Roddy McDowell. Thank u. (I have no feelings one way or another for James Earl Ray & George Wallace. They were hateful men. Hateful ppl have no place, in my heart.

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

James Earl Ray and George Wallace were both racists.

[@aileenwagner2576]

I feel same. So much talent died that year!!! Wow! RIP

[@erichall4548]

I know that everyone deserves respect and I love the channel but I think most would agree that James Earl Ray doesn't deserve any recognition...

[@179cpv]

Agreed, and the same goes for Pol Pot.

[@erichall4548]

Absolutely right 👍

[@jonedgar]

My confidence in your talent and skill has really been shaken by the fact you still haven’t corrected the picture error of Leo Penn/John Kerr after several comments about it.

[@alvaropelayo8084]

Frank Sinatra is and will always be a legend. I have loved him all my life. Rip.

Where would The Beach Boys be without him?

[@maxwedge5683]

Weeb Ewbank won NFL Championships as the coach of the Baltimore Colts in 1958 and 1959. He later led the New York Jets to victory in SB III, over the heavily favored Baltimore Colts.

[@anthonymensingh1989]

Eddie Rabbit sang the song ever which way but loose in the movie for Clint Eastwood and Clyde the orangutan love Anthony Fed ex lol

[@JoesGoldenGarage]

Falco of “rock me amedeus” fame died in February 1998 car accident

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

So many people have died in car accidents.

[@imajeepster]

I remember Michael Zaslow from Guiding Light, he had ALS, and died within a year of leaving the show. He was way too young. RIP

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

He played the villainous Roger Thorpe on The Guiding Light.

[@lja6214]

Michael Zazlow passed away from ALS.😢

[@aileenwagner2576]

I remember him as my mom watched Guiding Light.

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

Michael Zaslow was the first crewman killed on the first episode of Star Trek, the original series.

[@robinswenson9045]

Thank you Bob Kane for 🦇🃏

[@jamesmoss3424]

R.I.P. Phil Hartman.

[@IntrepidJose]

Web Ewbanks won Super Bowl III as head coach of the New York Jets over the heavily favored Baltimore Colts.

[@spanky9676]

He was also the head coach of the Baltimore Colts in the 1950s and won 2 championships there

[@academyofshem]

9:28 WRONG. The Colts were heavily favored, and Joe Namath and the Jets cleaned their clock.

[@adamodeo9320]

that's John Kerr not Leo Penn

[@bigreed43]

As a kid no older than 7, I used to watch the Flip Wilson show and I remember him actually having Henny Youngman on as a guest. When Youngman said "take my wife please" I laughed until my stomach hurt. Now at 57 I discover they both died in 1998. (sigh).... Such is life.

[@dennismorgan2303]

i love that line use it all the time

[@jimsquirrel8944]

The greatest comedian ever, Jerry clower, isn’t mentioned? 1926-aug 24, 1998. He needs to be added

[@kennyhuskisson2684]

Agreed!👍✌️

[@user-rc7gz4ok4e]

Fix the Weeb Ewbank bio. He led the Jets over the Colts in Superbowl 3, not the other way around.

[@jamesmoss3424]

R.I.P. Sonny Bono.

[@donautry1444]

Weeb Eubank coached the Jets not the Colts.

[@inmemoriam2000]

He led the Baltimore Colts to consecutive NFL championships in 1958 and 1959 and the New York Jets to victory in Super Bowl III in January 1969.

[@richstrobel]

I noticed that too. Don Shula was the Colts head coach in Superbowl 3.

[@anthonychobotdoespopcultur7762]

I was getting out of middle school in 1998

What's for supper Grand Pa? Remember this part of the show?

[@breadoflife2075]

Kings for a day then they fade away.

[@LatashaHarvin]

Michelle Thomas passed away at the cancer hospital my oldest sister that passed away in 1994 went to.

[@RR-iv3bd]

Pol Pot, James Earl Ray?? Wow!! What are we really doing??

[@rieslingsemillon7497]

Mentioning them is a slap in the face to the victims.

[@Paul-lm5gv]

Error at 9:28 - The NY Jets under legendary coach Web Ewbank with quarterback Broadway Joe Namath actually defeated the Baltimore Colts! Did you confuse the fact that Ewbank led the Baltimore Colts to consecutive NFL championships in 1958 and 1959?

[@julieb.5860]

I believe that is a picture of Brian not Carl Wilson.

[@ernestcruz6316]

No, that was indeed a photo of Carl Wilson.

[@jamesmoss3424]

R.I.P. Harry Caray.

[@Scottwilkie18]

My grandma died that year

[@robertwynn5844]

Sad to see this but it is full of errors.

[@inmemoriam2000]

Please let me know what errors you are referring to.

[@jameschalker9264]

I feel sad when I'm reminded of Wendy O Williams suicide.

[@leejenn07]

A bit more research needed by the originator of this page...too many errors and/or omissions of significant facts about these individuals,

[@JasonDean-z9e]

This was the year i was born

[@codirenzileonardo1]

Sempre con noi Riconosco sonny bono

[@TheTurk56523]

Dan Quisenbury had the weirdest pitching throw I’ve ever seen.

[@albertoacedoperez6469]

Yo esperaba oir la voz de "LA VOZ" el señor Francis Albert SINATRA... Lástima. Saludos desde El Centro, Ca. USA 🇲🇽🤷‍♀️👨‍🦱👏🙌👌🏙🫂⛩️⛪️🚘💯🎶💈❤️ .🎉

[@slimonion1975]

Lloyd bridges in the hot shots movies and mafia comedy movies always makes me laugh

[@LittleJoeTheMoonlightCat]

Actress Brynn Hartman, Age 40 (Suicide) May 28, 1998, Phil Hartman was the victim of a Murder Suicide, She Killed him then Turned the Gun on herself. From a Stan Lee Quote Bob Kane: Hey Stan have you seen the New Batman film, Where's your Spider-Man? Stan Lee: Spider-Man comes out, But where's Bob? in reference to Batman (1989) and Spider-Man (2002) Theodor Huxtable: JUSTINE, JUSTINE! Shame, Michelle Thomas was in my age range.

[@susandelacruz866]

That's not Leo Penn. It's John Kerr. I know his picture because he's a favorite of mine.

[@hannejeppesen1809]

I spotted that as well. I loved him in South Pacific. He wasn't gorgeous like Paul Newman, however he had a certain something, and of course when he walks up to Bloody Mary in the crips khaki uniform all tall and lanky, swoon. He died some in 2011 or 12, if I remember correctly.

[@billmalone5050]

"Book 'em Danno". Jack Lord, the one and only, real and true Steve McGarrett. The original HAWAII 5 0 was, is and will always be so much better than the newer version ever was. By the way, "What's for supper. Grandpa" ?

[@davidstokes9080]

Web Ewbanks led the Jets to a victory over the Heavily favoured Baltimore Colts. ( not the other way around as shown in this vidoe. Ewbanks did, however led the Colts to back-to-back NFL champiionships in the 1950w

[@judygmcfin]

I wish you wouldn't include murderers and serial killers, as if we want to remember them as upstanding citizens! However , something similar ( but NOT a "memorial"! ) for ONLY those people would probably be interesting.

[@inmemoriam2000]

They are no longer included in any new videos or any revisions. I do plan to do one just on these infamous characters in the future.

His wrestling partner was "Billy Red Lyons" Bobo was know for his "Coco Butts" He would bring them down with a butt with his forehead. I enjoyed theses 2 wresters.

[@amyjojinkerson-b6o]

Stoneman Douglas had a school named after her

[@ellnats]

the manga artest Shotaro Ishinomori died this year

[@anthonymensingh1989]

Phil Leeds played a dead ghost in the movie ghost opposite Patrick Swayze love Anthony Fed ex lol