Celebrity Death Watch – New Year, New Pool

While this isn’t the first death watch list I have written this year, this is the first list of celebs that have actually died this year. We have also already had a correct guess, maybe 2 but I can’t remember for sure. I am kinda phoning this in tonight so here is the list for January.

Fred Milano – 72 – Doo-wop singer, Dion and the Belmonts – Jan 1

Larry Reinhardt – 63 – Guitarist; Iron Butterfly – Jan 2

Natalee Holloway – 18 – Declared legally dead – Jan 12

Andrea Schenck – 55 – Actress;  All My Children – Jan 13

Ben Hana – 54 – New Zealand vagrant (any vagrant that can make this list is a celeb in my book) – Jan 15

Etta James – 73 – Blues Singer – Jan 20

Jonathan Idema – 55 – Con artist – Jan 21

Dick Tufeld – 85 – Voice of the robot on Lost In Space  – Jan 22

Joe Paterno – 85 – Penn State football coach – Jan 22

James Farentino – 73 – Actor Dynasty – Jan 24

Nick Santino – 47 – Actor All My Children – Jan 25

Robert Hegyes – 60 – Actor  Welcome Back Kotter – Jan 26

John Rich – 86 – Director  The Dick Van Dyke Show – Jan 29

Bruce Howard – 86 – Writer Gilligan’s Island – Jan 30

Leslie Carter – 25 – Sister of Nick and Aaron Carter – Jan 31

 

There you have the first summary of death for the year.