RIP Those We Lost in 2021
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Funimation voice actor Christopher Ayres, best known as the voice of Frieza in Dragon Ball Z Kai, passed away 2 days ago due to complications from his nearly 4 year battle with end-stage COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).
The news was confirmed by Krystal LaPorte on Twitter:
I am so fucking heartbroken right now.
This one hurts a lot
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Actor Peter Scolari has passed at 66, cancer.
Dude was in a lot of sitcoms. But I remember him most from the Honey I Shrunk the Kids TV series. I actually preferred him over Rick Moranis, he did that good a job with the role. Was utterly sad to hear he passed. RIP buddy.
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Actor [Dean Stockwell, best known for the role of Al on Quantum Leap, has passed. He was 85.
](https://deadline.com/2021/11/dean-stockwell-dead-quantum-leap-star-1234870413/)
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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/26/theater/stephen-sondheim-dead.html
Stephen Sondheim died he was a legend of broadway music
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Gutted by Stephen’s passing. My BFA Degree in musical theatre is weeping on my wall.
“No one is alone.”
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Nooooo, not more composers . . .
Sing him home, Ethel:
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Kaiko Nobumoto, author of Cowboy Bebop dies of esophagua cancer.
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[Michael Nesmith, singer for The Monkees, has passed at 78
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[Charles Cappleman, an Operations Executive at CBS, has passed at 95
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https://www.engadget.com/nes-snes-creator-masayuki-uemura-dies-142518818.html
Masayuki Umehara creator of SNES & NES passed away at 78
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Man, it's been a rough week.
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Bassist and record producer Robbie Shakespeare passed away a few days ago at age sixty-eight.
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Vicente Fernández has passed away at 81.
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Keiko Nobumoto passed on Dec. 1. She wrote on Cowboy Bebop, including coming up with the title, as well as Tokyo Godfathers: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/cowboy-bebop-writer-keiko-nobumoto-dies-at-57-211417.html
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Kage Kage already posted it but misspelled her name.
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[Japanese voice actor Joji Yanami, known for as the voice of King Kai and the Narrator in Dragon Ball among other works (he was also Ganfall in One Piece), has passed at 90
](https://kotaku.com/dragon-ball-voice-actor-and-narrator-joji-yanami-dies-a-1848211342)
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While the forum was down for the last few weeks Bob Saget passed away at 65 apparently from head trauma.
Fucking scary to die of something so simple.
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No kidding. Of course we lost Betty White as well right at the end of the year. Just a few weeks out before her 100th Birthday. -Le sigh-.
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Director Ivan Reitman died on Saturday.
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I only heard of him after watching the last season of Ricky and Morty, but The Amazing Johnnathan died at age 63.