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…
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)
Christopher Polk/Getty ImagesWhat 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
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for StagecoachMusician 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
Valerie Macon/Getty ImagesActor/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,
Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesMusician 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
Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for WWEWWE 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.
