Died In 2014 - Part 2

Don Pardo: Born: 1918-02-22 - Died: 2014-08-18 He’s been gone from SNL We heard he wasn’t feeling all that well Don Pardo’s number came around The Lord was calling “Come on down” Lauren Bacall: Born: 1924-09-16 - Died: 2014-08-12 Finally the sound Bacall longed to hear I guess Bogie learned how to whistle this year Robin Williams: Born:1951-7-21-Died: 2014-8-11 Robin you kept us in stitches Of comic minds yours had the riches If your mind had a filter It was always off kilter Your death was the greatest of glitches Richard Kiel: Born: 1939-8-13-Died: 2014-8-10 Richard Kiel was the great villain Jaws A man with a few minor flaws He stood seven foot two And you knew, you just knew As a bad guy he’d win our applause James Garner: Born:1928/4/7 - Died: 2014/7/19 We watched him in The Rockford Files Victor Victoria brought us all smiles And the great Maverick, Bret Who could ever forget James Garner was nothing but style Johnny Winter: Born:944/2/23- Died: 2014/7/16 Johnny Winter, as thin as a splinter And white as the fallen snow He kept us amused As he played the blues Till it was his time to go Tommy Ramone:Born:1949/1/29 Died: 2014/7/11 Tommy Ramone didn’t play the trombone But he was a drummer of note He played with his brothers And never no others For Hall of Fame, he got my vote Casey Kasem: Born:1932/4/27 Died: 2014/6/15 Casey Kasem they treated you wrong Stole your body, we looked, it was gone Fighting for your estate Until you were “the late” Your passing would make a sad song Ruby Dee: Born: 1922-10-27 - Died: 2014-06-11 Ruby Dee how can it be An actress of your worth With awards galore You should have won more Before you were yanked from this earth Ann B. Davis: Born:1926/5/5-Died: 2014/6/1 Here's the story of a lovely lady Who always played a great supporting soul. Schultzy with the late great Robert Cummings In the Brady bunch, old Alice was her role. Till the one day when the lady met her maker And we knew it was much more than a cold, Ann B. Davis’s career has finally ended And that makes some of us feel too damn old Bob Hoskins: Born: 1942/10/26-Died:2014/4/29 Bob was an actor, a man with a face That only a mother’s love could embrace And in spite of that face, he became a great star Bob Hoskins we’ll miss you wherever you are