Goodbye to Neil Sedaka at the age of 86.
Battlin' Bob's longtime favorite crooner, Sedaka, first hit it big in 1958, but truly became a star in 1961 and 62 with several top ten hits ( Oh Carol, Next Door to an Angel, Calendar Girl, and Stairway to Heaven) and his only number one of the decade, "Breaking Up is Hard to Do".
Sedaka was one of the first performers to embrace music videos, as shown above with Calendar Girl, but his career slid sharply after the British Invasion.
Sedaka wrote several hits for other performers, notably the Captain and Tennille, penning their 1975 hit "Love Will Keep Us Together", which finished as the top song of the year.
Sedaka returned to the top of the charts in the seventies with number one hits "Laughter in the Rain" and "Bad Blood" in 1975.
Goodbye to Jennifer Runyon at the age of 65.
Runyon was best known for a series of smaller roles in the eighties that included mega-hit Ghostbusters, replacing Susan Olsen as "Cindy Brady" in a Brady Bunch reunion film, and the love interest of Scott Baio in the initial season of "Charles in Charge".
Runyon was also featured in the pilot episode of "Quantum Leap."
Goodbye to Corey Parker at the age of 60.
Parker was a staple of 1980s teen movies, such as "How I Got into College", but also starred in a television series in the infant stages of Fox, "Flying Blind", which was the breakout role for a young Tea Leoni.
Parker also had a supporting role in the Neil Simon film that starred Matthew Broderick, "Biloxi Blues," and a recurring role on "Will and Grace".
Goodbye to Nicholas Brendon at the age of 54.
Brendon portrayed "Zander Harris" during the seven-season run of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," in his biggest role, but had another run as a supporting player on "Criminal Minds" as an FBI analyst and boyfriend to one of the female characters.
Brendon had been in ill health in recent years, as well as fighting several legal issues.
Goodbye to Darrell Sheets at the age of 67.
One of the stars of the "reality" show "Storage Wars", Sheets was an original member of the cast for years until a 2019 heart attack caused him to appear on a less frequent basis.
Known as "The Gambler," Sheets was likely the most "real" person of the cast and didn't seem to need as much coaching from the showrunners on how to speak.
Credit to Denise Nicarry for the assist.
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