here are the most recent deaths in the
national news plus people's reactions to
those deaths as seen at legacy.com in
the first week of march 2022
actor conrad janus died march 1st 2022
in los angeles at the age of 94.
he was well known for his role on mork
and mindy playing mindy's dad fred
mcconnell
janice is being remembered for roles in
many other movies and tv shows including
the cable guy and frasier as well as for
his long career as a jazz trombonist
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actor tim considine died march 3rd 2022
at his home in mar vista california at
the age of 81.
he starred in my three sons as eldest
son mike for the show's first five
seasons
considine is also being remembered for
roles in disney classics including the
shaggy dog and spin and marty
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children's author shirley hughes died
february 25th 2022 at her home in london
she died after a brief illness at the
age of 94.
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she wrote and illustrated hundreds of
books including the beloved dogger and
elfie gets in first
hughes is being remembered for her
ability to capture the many moods and
small dramas of early childhood
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actor johnny brown died march 2nd 2022
in los angeles at the age of 84.
he starred in good times as building
superintendent nathan bookman
brown is also being remembered for roles
on tv shows including laughin family
matters and martin
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world war ii pilot john billings died
march 4th 2022 at his home in woodstock
virginia he died of congestive heart
failure and renal failure at the age of
98.
he was a u.s army veteran who flew
nearly 40 missions for the oss precursor
to the cia
his secret flights transporting allied
spies behind enemy lines were a crucial
part of the war effort
billings is also being remembered for
his post-war years when he was a pilot
for eastern airlines and volunteered as
a pilot for angel flights flying people
in need to receive life-saving medical
treatment
actor mitchell ryan died march 4th 2022
at his home in los angeles he died of
heart failure at the age of 88.
his long career included roles in movies
such as lethal weapon high plains
drifter and gross point blank
he is also being remembered for roles in
tv shows including dark shadows santa
barbara
and dharma and greg
ryan was a veteran of the u.s navy
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actress laurel goodwin died february
25th 2022 in cathedral city california
at the age of 79.
she is well known to star trek fans for
co-starring as yeoman colt in the show's
original pilot episode and in a two-part
flashback during the show's first season
goodwin is also being remembered for
co-starring with elvis presley in the
movie girls girls girls
singer and songwriter warner mack died
march 1st 2022 in nashville at the age
of 86.
he was known for country music hits in
the 1950s and 60s including the bridge
washed out and talking to the wall
mack is being remembered for writing his
first hit is it wrong for loving you
when he was just 13.
musician grandpa elliot small died march
8 2022 at a hospital in jefferson
louisiana he died of complications from
a skin infection at the age of 77.
he was an iconic new orleans street
musician a fixture of the french quarter
known for his singing and harmonica
playing
small is being remembered for a viral
video in which he performed stand by me
with other street performers from around
the world
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broadway and hollywood designer tony
walton died march 2nd 2022 in new york
city he died of complications from a
stroke at the age of 87.
he won an oscar for his set direction on
all that jazz as well as tony awards for
pippen guys and dolls and house of blue
leaves
walton is also being remembered for his
costume design for mary poppins on which
he worked with his then wife julie
andrews
on march 5th 2022 seven people were
killed when tornadoes struck central
iowa their names are
melissa baisley
kinley bulger
michael bulger
owen bulger
rodney clark
jesse theron fisher
cecilia lloyd
every week in the united states flags
are lowered to half-staff to honor the
lives of americans whose communities are
mourning their loss
here are the most recent half-staff
memorial flag honors
flags in michigan have been lowered to
honor the memory of former state senator
john moet
flags in new mexico have been lowered to
honor the memory of santa fe police
officer robert duran who was killed in
the line of duty
flags in massachusetts have been lowered
to honor the memory of state police
trooper tamar bucci
flags in kentucky have been lowered to
honor the memory of state police
telecommunicator 2 charles chuck stewart
jr
flags in california have been lowered to
honor the memory of san diego
firefighter paramedic nicholas ramirez
flags in iowa have been lowered to honor
the memory of west memphis firefighter
jason lang a native of north liberty
iowa
flags in north carolina have been
lowered to honor the memory of former
state senator hugh b webster
flags in alabama have been lowered to
honor the memory of state representative
david wheeler
flags in kansas have been lowered to
honor the memory of the more than 8 000
lives lost in kansas due to covet 19.
flags in indiana have been lowered to
honor the memory of captain mark w rap
senior of the indianapolis fire
department who died in the line of duty
this week also marks several notable
anniversaries 15 years ago this week
actress betty hutton died of
complications from colon cancer at the
age of 86.
40 years ago this week actor and
comedian john belushi died of a drug
overdose at the age of 33.
forty years ago this week writer and
philosopher ein rand died of heart
failure at the age of 77.
author douglas adams was born 70 years
ago this week he died in 2001 of a heart
attack at the age of 49.
televangelist tammy fay messner was born
80 years ago this week she died in 2007
of colon cancer at the age of 65.
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people featured in this video on
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