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There are Already Too Many Entertainment Deaths in 2019

What gives, 2019?!  We’re three days into this madness, and look what you’ve done! A number of people in the entertainment world have tragically passed away in the first few…

Bob Einstein

HOLLYWOOD, CA – JUNE 27: Bob Einstein arrives to the Premiere Of HBO’s “Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind” at TCL Chinese 6 Theatres on June 27, 2018 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)

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What gives, 2019?!  We’re three days into this madness, and look what you’ve done!

A number of people in the entertainment world have tragically passed away in the first few days of the new year, and it’s difficult not to be sad and also a little angry at the news.  One death is upsetting enough, but ALL of these people are no longer with us?

Click through the gallery below for a brief look at those in the entertainment world who have passed on.  Here’s hoping we’ll get a break from terrible news like this.

Erica Banas is rock/classic rock news blogger that loves the smell of old vinyl in the morning.

Musician and co-founder of the Bridge School Pegi Young

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Musician and co-founder of the Bridge School Pegi Young passed away on January 1 at age 66 after a battle with cancer. Young founded the Bridge School with ex-husband Neil Young in 1986, which served special needs children.


Bob Einstein

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Actor/comedian Bob Einstein, best known for the character Super Dave Osborne and as Marty Funkhouse on 'Curb Your Entusiasm,' died on Wednesday (January 2) at age 76 due to cancer.


Musician Daryl Dragon, best known as the Captain from Captain and Tennille,

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Musician Daryl Dragon, best known as the Captain from Captain and Tennille, died on January 2 at the age of 76 due to renal failure. Captain and Tennille had a number of hits in the 1970s including "Love Will Keep Us Together," "Do That To Me One More Time" and "Muskrat Love."


"Mean" Gene Okerlund

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WWE Hall of Fame broadcaster "Mean" Gene Okerlund died on January 2 at the age of 76. An exact cause of death has not been announced.

Erica Banas is a news blogger who's been covering the rock/classic rock world since 2014. The coolest event she's ever covered in person was the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Sir Paul McCartney inducting Foo Fighters? C'mon now!) She's also well-versed in etiquette and extraordinarily nice. #TransRightsAreHumanRights