Coretta Scott King 1927 – 2006 Coretta Scott King the widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has died in her sleep at the age of 78. She had suffered a major stroke in 2005. [LA Times image via Cooley]

Chris Penn 1962 – 2006 Sean Penn’s brother Chris Penn has passed away Santa Monica, Calif., at the age of 40. The police have say there are no evidence of foul play being the reason for the death, but an autopsy will be conducted to find out the cause of death. Penn’s publicist issue the […]

Lou Rawls 1935 – 2006 Grammy winning singer Lou Rawls has died of cancer early morning today at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles. Lou’s Grammy winning albums includes “Your Good Thing (Is About to End),” “Natural Man” and “Lady Love.” Besides singing he has also appeared on numerous films, including Leaving Las Vegas and […]

Patrick Cranshaw 1919 – 2005 Old School Patrick Cranshaw has died of natural causes at his home on December 28, 2005 at the age of 86. He was best know for playing the fraternity brother Blue in the movie Old School. [UPI]

Michael Vale 1922 – 2005 Michael Vale better known as the Dunkin’ Donuts baker has died of complication from diabetes in New York City at the age of 83. We will always remember the famous line he would always say in has thousands of commercial, “Time to make the doughnuts.” [AP]

Vincent Schiavelli 1948 – 2005 Vincent Schiavelli died of lung cancer at his home in Sicily at the age of 57. Vincent has appeared in over 100 TV shows and movies, with notable appearances in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Batman Returns, and Ghost. The droopy eye actor will […]

Argentina Brunetti 1907 – 2005 Argentina Brunetti died in her sleep on Dec, 20 in Rome, Italy, at the age of 98. The date of her passing also fell on the same date in 1946 when her movie It’s A Wonderful Life was released. [Cinematical]

John Spencer 1946 – 2005 The West Wing just lost a star in actor John Spencer who died of a heart attack at 58. John won an Emmy Award for his role on The West Wing in 2002. Oddly enough, in the show he plays Leo McGarry who also suffered from a heart attack. He […]

RIP Richard Pryor 1940 – 2005 Richard Pryor died of a heart attack at his home late Friday or early Saturday. He dies at the age of 65 and most recently celebrated his birthday on Dec. 1. List of films credited to him includes Stir Crazy, Silver Streak, and Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset […]

RIP Pat “Mr. Miyagi” Morita, 1932 – 2005 [AP]