James B. Sikking, Shannon Doherty, Benji Gregory... Anyone else missing from the celebrities who died over the weekend?

[lucas80]

Tough few days for celebrities. I saw a thread on Richard Simmons, but Doherty succumbed to cancer over the weekend. Sikking lived to the ripe old age of 90, and Gregory died of heat stroke. S*** way to go. He died with his service dog in the Phoenix area. Gregory was the child actor who starred in ALF.
I loved Sikking in Hill Street Blues, and had a long, highly successful career.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...spected-heatstroke-car-arizona-sis-rcna161353

 

[TJ8869]

Dr. Ruth

 

[lucas80]

Dr. Ruth

So many faps she inspired.

 

[TJ8869]

So many faps she inspired.

She also inspired one of my favorite Sam Kinison bits.

 

[An Iowa fan]

Tough few days for celebrities. I saw a thread on Richard Simmons, but Doherty succumbed to cancer over the weekend. Sikking lived to the ripe old age of 90, and Gregory died of heat stroke. S*** way to go. He died with his service dog in the Phoenix area. Gregory was the child actor who starred in ALF.
I loved Sikking in Hill Street Blues, and had a long, highly successful career.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...spected-heatstroke-car-arizona-sis-rcna161353

Yes, Lieutenant Howard Hunter. You had to like him. Great show.

 

[Uniformed_ReRe]

Tough few days for celebrities. I saw a thread on Richard Simmons, but Doherty succumbed to cancer over the weekend. Sikking lived to the ripe old age of 90, and Gregory died of heat stroke. S*** way to go. He died with his service dog in the Phoenix area. Gregory was the child actor who starred in ALF.
I loved Sikking in Hill Street Blues, and had a long, highly successful career.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...spected-heatstroke-car-arizona-sis-rcna161353

Benji Gregory was only 46.

Sad story. Apparently he had a sleeping disorder and fell asleep in his car, during the day, in Arizona, in June. His poor dog was trapped in the car with him and died as well.

 

[lucas80]

I was reading in one of the obituaries for Sikking that Hill Street Blues was set in an unnamed city. I always thought it was Chicago? Or, implied to be Chicago.

 

[JMNSHO]

Damn, Benji Gregory. When we were kids we used to shout the names in the ALF credits before they appeared. It’s weird how often I think about ALF. just this AM, I encountered a loudly discontent east-coast couple (I’m on vacation) and I thought to myself ‘they remind me of the Ochmoneks (Alf’s grumpy neighbors). RIP Benji.

 

[An Iowa fan]

I was reading in one of the obituaries for Sikking that Hill Street Blues was set in an unnamed city. I always thought it was Chicago? Or, implied to be Chicago.

I thought it was Chicago. If I remember correctly the show creator and writer , Steve Bocho, was from Pittsburgh and I think he based partly on Pittsburgh.