"They Died?!?" Which Celebs Have Been Dead & You Had NO Idea For the Longest Time?

[magjournal]

I never realized Anthony Minghella was dead until maybe a month ago, lol.

[Glinda]

Originally Posted by corran horn

Didn't Roy Scheider die within a year of Peter Benchley? I vaguely remember their deaths being fairly close together.

I believe they did. A shocker to me was that Robert Shaw died just three years after Jaws came out. 1978. Heart attack at age 51. (he played Quint)

I didn't know this til a couple of years ago when it dawned on me I had not seen him in anything in years so I looked him up.

[morix]

I only learned a couple of weeks ago that Andreas Katsulas died back in 2006.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0441537/

[smacaskill]

I just found out that Ron Silver died in 2009.

[Exophrine]

I just found out that film composer Jerry Goldsmith died in 2004

[anthroxlove]

Originally Posted by ilovemovies

When I listened to a commentary track of Dawson's Creek I was surprised to find out that the guy who played Pacey's father is dead.

John Finn (aka John Whitter, Pacey's father) is alive and well.
However, David Dukes is dead. He played Jack and Andie's father.

[Scotch]

I had no idea Heavy D died. Apparently he's been dead for over a year. Tower Heist has been on HBO a bunch and I was watching just a few minutes and Heavy D popped up on screen. So I googled him and boom, big surprise.

[Matchbox225]

Just found out Herbot Lom died back in September. He was 95.

He was best known for playing Chief Inspector Dreyfus in the Pink Panther films.

I was actually surprised he was still alive.