Obit watch: January 13, 2021.

Adolfo Quiñones, street dancer. He was in “Breakin'” and “Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo”, among other credits.

I got a whole bunch of stuff from Lawrence and other folks, so let’s start:

Sheldon Adelson, casino and resort hotel owner, and major donor to the Republican Party and conservative politicians in Israel.

John Riley. He was on “General Hospital” and also did a lot of appearances on non-“Mannix” 1970s detective series.

Jessica Campbell. She was “Tammy Metzler” in “Election”, and was only 38.

Lawrence sent over a report of the death of Julie Strain, “scream queen”, B-movie actress, and Penthouse Pet of the Year (1993). The site admits that she was mistakenly reported dead last year, so I would take this with a lick of salt (though they claim confirmation from multiple sources).

She was in a lot of Andy Sidaris films. (If you’re not familiar with those, and you like MST3K, you are missing a treat.)

Strain was also very much associated with fantasy comic book magazine Heavy Metal, where she was a frequent cover model, and eventually the wife of publisher (and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator) Kevin Eastman. Her image was that of the confident, assertive glamazon—at 6’1’’ plus heels she towered over many of her male co-stars. In fact, she essentially became the de facto face of Heavy Metal in 2000 when she contributed both the voice and likeness of protagonist Julie in the film Heavy Metal 2000 and its videogame spinoff Heavy Metal F.A.K.K.2.

Among her other movie credits was “Exterminator City”, which Lawrence will tell you (at the drop of a hat) is the worst movie he’s ever seen. Here’s a clip from the movie which does not feature Ms. Strain, just for illumination:

As Lawrence will tell you (again) that’s the best scene in the movie.

Finally, Diana Millay, actress most famous for “Dark Shadows”.

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