20 TV Stars Who Tragically Died During Production

is that what you think well if that is what you think I have something to tell you something that may shock and discredit you welcome to Miz Mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the 20 TV stars who tragically died during production I'm sitting here talking to a dumb frog thanks a lot I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm awfully sorry about that you just alienated all the frogs out there for this list we'll be looking at various television stars who passed away while their show was still in production do you remember your reaction to these shocking bits of news let us know in the comments Lynn figpin the district this actress is probably best remembered as the chief from the PBS game show where in the World is Carmen San Diego Carmen San Diego and her slew of slippery SIDS have struck again this time they did the Dreadful deed in Edmonton Alberta Canada from the year 2000 she starred as LMA Farmer in the CBS drama the district which follows the small team of the Washington's Police Department thigpin had filmed nearly all of the third season of The District before suddenly dying of a cerebral hemorrhage in March of 2003 she was 54 years old L May was killed off on the show in response with her character suffering a sudden stroke hello hello [Music] Nancy Chief hell is De the district aired one more season without thigpin before concluding in May 2004 Christopher Evan Welch Silicon Valley throughout the first season of Silicon Valley Christopher Evan Welch portrayed billionaire investor Peter Gregory here is what we will do Monica have one of the assistants go to the nearest Burger King location and purchase one of everything Peter often clashes with rival billionaire Gavin bson and the two are both after an algorithm created by a man named Richard unfortunately Welch was informed shortly after shooting the pilot that the stage three lung cancer he had previously defeated was back and had metastasized to his brain shortly after shooting the fifth episode of the season the cancer claimed Welch's life and he died at age 48 his character in turn passed away on a trip to the serengetti he was the smartest shest strangest man I've ever known I I can't believe that he's gone Miguel Ferrer NCIS Los Angeles Not only was Miguel ferrer's death incorporated into NCIS Los Angeles but so was his illness Ferrer started playing Owen Granger in 2012 and appeared in over 100 episodes of the show around here we call him Granger grumpy pants or hair gesem assistant director will suffice moving forward oh where were you on that one thanks for the heads up unfortunately he was eventually diagnosed with throat cancer to explain forer's increasing horseness his character also developed terminal cancer the actor's final appearance is in the eighth season episode payback and after his past he was permanently written out of the show in The Following episode Owen flees the hospital in which he's staying and leaves behind a good buy note for H later on in season 9 it's confirmed that Owen died of his cancer he died leaning up against the tree looking out of the valley Nancy marshand The Sopranos a brilliant actress Nancy marshand portrayed one of the worst mothers in television history Livia supran know stop telling me how to live my life you just shut up I just worry about you don't start with a nursing home business Livia was one of the primary antagonists of the first two seasons of The Sopranos and marshand earned a claim for her performance including a Golden Globe for best supporting actress Livia's role was greatly diminished in the second season as marshand was growing increasingly ill on June 18th 2000 she passed away from both lung cancer and empyema her death was written into the third season episode crosi lushka in which Livia is said to have died from a sudden stroke she didn't want a funeral she didn't want a remembrance of any kind why she didn't think anybody would come her character was physically gone but she continued to haunt her son Tony throughout the remainder of the series literally Adam West Family Guy while everyone knows Adam West as the campiest Batman he also earned enormous popularity for playing comical versions of himself in various animated shows perhaps his greatest work was in Family Guy in which he played the town's aloof mayor I love this job more than I love Taffy and I'm a man who enjoys his Taffy West clearly had a ton of fun with the role and he stuck with it to the very end West passed away from leukemia in June of 2017 at the age of 88 he had recorded five future episodes of Family Guy prior to his death and his character was written off for good in the 17th season episode Adam West [Music] [Music] High Nicholas colasanto cheers following Raging Bull in 1980 Nicholas colasanto Was preparing to hang up his acting hat he had recently been diagnosed with heart disease and was having difficulty finding steady work due to his failing Health however the role of Coach Ernie pantuso fell into his lap and kis Santo remained irregular on the show for three seasons the whole league talked about the blind man who played sh stop for Topeka but you're all confused they called me the blind man because I sold Venetian blinds door to door during the offseason his health declined even further as the series progressed and his co-stars noticed both his weight loss and the difficulty he was having remembering his lines still no one knew just how bad it was Cola Santo died at the age of 61 on February 12th of 1985 coach was written out of the show and replaced with Woody Harrelson's character Woody Boyd I'm a friend of coaches is he around I'm sorry Woody I guess you hadn't heard no uh coach passed away a couple months ago but yeah I'd like to think he's still around Larry Hegman Dallas Jr Ying is one of the best villains in television history and he was played to Perfection by Larry Hegman who's there Hagman appeared in every episode of Dallas and he later starred in the 2012 TNT Revival tragically he was diagnosed with Stage 2 throat cancer a year or or so before the series premiered he went into remission but was later diagnosed with a type of blood cancer that developed into acute myoid leukemia he died from the disease on November 23rd 2012 at the age of 81 and Jr Ying was subsequently killed off in the second season episode the Furious and the fast just remember I'm proud of you you're my son from tip to tail thank you Daddy that means a whole lot for me to hear you say that Bill Paxton training day back in 2017 CBS aired a followup to antoan fuka acclaimed crime drama with Bill Paxton playing a morally corrupt cop comparative to Denzel Washington's character in the movie This franchise officially closed due to numerous fire code violations you think it's easy maintaining a professional standard down here yeah well as a great philosopher once said more money more PR problems the series debuted on February 2nd 2017 and made it just four episodes in before Paxton tragically passed away he had undergone open heart surgery to repair a faulty valve the surgery was not a success and Paxton suffered from Fatal complications including severe Artery damage almost 2 weeks later he died from a stroke the remaining Nine episodes of training day were aired before it was ultimately cancelled I don't give a rat's ass what these people do to each other other they just killed six of our own so I'm going to make damn sure they never see the inside of a courtroom red fox the royal family red fox was a provocative comedian who gained Fame throughout the 1960s owing to his runchy style of humor he later found success on television by starring in the likes of Sanford and Son and the royal family what's the matter with you them coffins a't they of course they're coffins but they can't hurt you pop listen come over here don't bother me would you come over here tou me the latter sitcom was created by Eddie Murphy and aired on CBS from 1991 to '92 on October 11th of 1991 Fox suffered a heart attack during rehearsals and dropped to the ground his character on Sanford and's son was known for faking heart attacks so everyone on set thought that he was doing a bit however it quickly became obvious that something was seriously wrong Fox was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at the hospital without him the show rapidly dropped in ratings and was cancelled you tell me you going to sit there and defy the man that made love to you last night rolling over on me Accidentally In Your Sleep ain't my idea making Steve Irwin ocean's deadliest few nature presenters have attained the enormous popularity of Steve Irwin she's a little bit grumpy this girl you have you know what you have shockingly little control over that animal yeah really this animal has the capacity to um you're an idiot thank you thank I can't help it this man impressed a generation with the crocodile hunter which aired to great a claim from the late '90s to the 2000s unfortunately Irwin's dangerous line of work eventually got the best of him he was filming a documentary called ocean's deadliest when he was pierced in the chest by a stingray and died of exanguination and that's left Australia a country in morning at Irwin Zoo flowers and wh wishes even the Prime Minister left in shock it's a huge loss to Australia he was a wonderful character the documentary was finished without Irwin and aired on both Animal Planet and the Discovery Channel in January of 2007 over 300 million people tuned in to watch his memorial service online Freddy Prince Chico and the Man today Freddy prince's name is remembered through his famous son Freddy Prince Jr before then however he was a popular actor from the NBC sitcom Chico and the Man he played the titular character Chico Rodriguez who works with Jack Albertson's Ed Brown in an East Los Angeles garage when you get out of here go back to your own neighborhood this is my neighborhood I grew up watching this garage run down in late 1976 Prince's wife filed for divorce and left the actor despondent 2 months later Prince took his own life the third season of Chico and the Man concluded without Prince and would air one more season with a replacement character named Raul however the ratings was plummeted without Chico and the show was cancelled after its fourth season it came to pass that the world got onto a bad trip I mean every dude was crude lud and rude people used to go into the art museums and throw mud on the paintings just so they could sit around looking at dirty pictures Luke Perry Riverdale Luke Perry is best remembered as Dylan McKay on Beverly Hills 90210 but he enjoyed a career Resurgence in 2017 when he started playing Fred Andrews Archie's dad in Riverdale I got a call from your coach today he's under the impression that you can't play varsity football because I'm making you work for me which is odd because you made it seem like you couldn't work for me because you were playing football in February 2019 the show was in the midst of its third season when Perry suffered a massive debilitating stroke that put him on life support about a month later he had a second stroke and his family decided to let him go peacefully he was 52 years old at the time of his death Riverdale mirrored his passing in the season 4 premiere where Fred dies in a hit and run the episode was dedicated to Perry's memory and his Beverly Hills 90210 co-star Shannon dhy even made an appearance to pay her respects are you Archie how do you know my name your father told me Cory Monte Glee Finn Hudson was one of the breakout characters on Glee but unfortunately Corey Montee only stayed with the show for Four [Music] Seasons iin going to Forever the young actor struggled with a substance use disorder throughout most of his life in fact Monte's role was briefly diminished in the fourth season so that he could receive treatment just 2 months after the season 4 finale however Monte died of a fatal drug overdose ction on Glee was briefly delayed and Finn was given a touching goodbye in the [Music] quarterback this episode was reportedly very difficult to film and many supporting actors requested that they be included in the episode to honor Monte's Legacy John Spencer the West wi in 2002 John Spencer won the Emmy for Outstanding supporting in a drama series for playing white house chief of staff Leo McGary in the westwing I'm Leo mcgar yes sir I wanted to meet you and I wanted you to meet me yes sir the actor's six-year tenure on the show came to an end in 2005 when he passed away from a heart attack Just 4 days shy of his 59th birthday in response the character of Leo McGary was written out of the show and died off screen also from a heart attack Leo Leo somebody help me he's down he's down the West Wing carried on for just a few more episodes before officially coming to an end with the 7th season finale on May 14th 2006 Mary K burkman South Park for the first three seasons of South Park Mary K Bergman served as the show's primary female voice actress she voiced the likes of Sharon and Shelly Marsh Wendy tesser Berger and Leanne Cartman among many others I want to know where I came from oh H well you see Eric sometimes when a man and a woman are attracted to each other they want to be close to each other however you won't find Mary K Bergman in the credits instead she was going by the stage name Shannon Cassidy in an effort to remain anonymous due to her work as the official voice of Disney Snow White at the time Bergman suffered from both bipolar disorder and anxiety and she hid this from everyone sadly her mental health only worsened after her mom was diagnosed with cancer and on November 11th 1999 Bergman took her own life at the age of 38 Wendy hi Stan you said we were going to be ragged an and Andy remember yeah we were going to enter the costume contest as a pair I know but then I guess I just realized how St stupid we would look you what John Eric Hexum cover up in 1984 model/actor John Eric Hexum began playing Ma Harper on the CBS action series cover up well the Pay Here would be better that is if you get the job well I don't know if I want the job what is it I thought you said you were up to a challenge well the guy on the phone said it wouldn't be the usual kind of stuff you people do here for one scene Hexum was given what he believed to be a prop gun filled with blanks to amuse himself during a laps in filming he played Russian roulette with it the gun was actually a functional 44 magnum and when he put the gun to his Temple and fired the shot the wding from the blank went right off into his head the damage was extensive and Hexum experienced brain death the nursing supervisor here at the hospital tonight told me that Hexum is on a ventilator that he needs that to stay alive at the same time the hospital is saying that tomorrow a major announcement a decision will be made on Mr hexom the speculation tonight is that he would be taken off that Machinery he was eventually taken off life support and his organs were donated to those in need including a 5-year-old child who required a kidney cover up continued without him and was cancelled after just one season Andy Whitfield Spartacus throughout the first half of 2010 Andy Whitfield starred as the historical Gladiator Spartacus in the first season of Spartacus titled Spartacus blood and Sand there can be but one man Spartacus the season concluded in April of 2010 just one month after Whitfield was diagnosed with stage four non-hodgkin lymphoma the second season Spartacus vengeance was already in production but was subsequently delayed following the tragic news Whitfield defeated the cancer in June of 2010 but it returned the following September it was then that Whitfield stepped down from the role and Liam McIntyre was recast as Spartacus Whitfield passed at age 39 on September 11th 2011 John Ritter eight simple rules one of TV's most beloved actors John Ritter famously starred as Jack Tripper on Three's Company the last show he worked on was titled eight simple rules where Ritter played an over protective father named Paul Hennessy sack lunches only losers bring their lunches to school I brought a sack lunch every day all throughout College Loser on September 11th 2003 Ritter was rehearsing a scene when he started to experience severe chest pain and vomiting he was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was treated for a heart attack then found to have aortic dissection despite attempts at surgery rder died that night in the hospital as for eight simple rules the character of Paul Hennessy was said to have collapsed in a grocery store it's just so unfair honey nobody said life was fair God I know that I know that life isn't fair but nobody told me it was going to be this cruel Jim Henson Sesame Street this legendary Puppeteer is known for creating the Muppets and turning Sesame Street into a national phenomenon how how's your love life what how's my love life how's your love life listen I I work on Sesame Street you don't ask you don't ask a frog questions like that while his work greatly expanded throughout the 70s and ' 80s Hensen remained tied to Sesame Street for the rest of his life while Hensen voiced a plethora of Muppets his two biggest characters were Kermit and Ernie Hensen passed away in May of 1990 under very Swift and surprising circumstances he had complained of a sore throat and fatigue and in less than 2 weeks he was coughing up blood when he arrived at the hospital it was only a few hours until he died from toxic shock syndrome which resulted from a bacterial infection voice actor Steve whitmyer subsequently took over the roles of Kermit and Ernie and voiced them for decades this is Kermit the Frog and I'm here to find out why Oscar the Grouch likes public television I don't like public television before we continue be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications Phil Hartman news radio and The Simpsons Phil Hartman's voice can be recognized anywhere this legendary comedian played both Troy McClure and liony huts on The Simpsons and he appeared in over 50 episodes of the history making program uh-oh we've drawn judge Snider is that bad well he's had it in for me ever since I kind of ran over his dog you did well replace the word Kinder with the word repeatedly and the word dog with son during the mid99s Hartman also starred as the Arrogant bill mcneel on the NBC sitcom news radio tragically both roles were cut short as Hartman was killed by his wife in the early morning hours of May 28th 1998 he was 49 years old Hartman's character on news radio was killed off and his characters on The Simpsons were honorably retired was it just me or did Dave UL really sucked totally suck I think maybe Dave wanted the eulogy to be so good he just tried a little too hard and lost perspective is that why it was 2 hours and 17 minutes long

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Length: 22min 25sec (1345 seconds)

Published: Mon Jun 24 2024