Tetsu Yamauchi obit

Tetsu Yamauchi Has Died

 

He was not on the list.

Multiple sources are reporting that Japanese bass player Tetsu Yamauchi has died.

Th groundbreaking Japanese musician became one of the first from his homeland to make serious incursions into Western rock culture, with Tetsu Yamauchi replacing Andy Fraser in British blues rock group Free.

Becoming a fan favourite, Tetsu was then coaxed into the ranks of The Faces, replacing Ronnie Lane in the process.

Much-loved by his peers, Tetsu Yamauchi actually had a jazz background, and his undoubted technical skills was matched by a taste for hard-drinking rock debauchery that more than equalled his British and American peers.

Playing on a number of classic albums, Tetsu withdrew from the limelight in the 90s, becoming a somewhat enigmatic figure in the process. Declining the chance to join the Faces’ re-union shows, his friend Alan Merrill told media that the bass player was living a quiet religious life in the Japanese countryside.

Simon Kirke played in Free and knew Tetsu for 60 years – the English musician confirmed the news on social media: “Just heard that Tetsu passed away. He was a good friend and a great bass player. my

condolences to his family and close friends. May he rest in peace.”

In the 1970s, he was a member of several popular rock bands, including Free, where he replaced original bassist Andy Fraser before the band's final album Heartbreaker, and Faces, where he replaced Ronnie Lane and appears on the band's final single, "You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything", as well as touring with them and playing on the live album Coast to Coast: Overture and Beginners. He also recorded various solo albums and did extensive work as a session musician before retiring from the music sometime in the late 1990s.

Yamauchi was born Yamauchi Tetsuo in 1946 in Fukuoka, Japan.

In the late 1960s, Yamauchi played with Mickey Curtis and his band Samurai. The Samurai had the legendary free-jazz drummer Sabu Toyozumi who performed and recorded with such free-jazz heavy-weight like Peter Brötzmann, John Zorn, Anthony Braxton, Toshinori Kondo, Leo Smith, the musicians of the Art Ensemble of Chicago and also Charlie Mingus. The Samurai toured Europe in Casinos, Rock venues and one 1970 Rock Festival in Rome, Italy. Samurai spent some time recording tracks for an album at Tangerine studios in Dalston, London. Also singing on this album was their manager, Mike Walker, who later wrote for the National Enquirer newspaper in the USA. Two other members were named Hiro and Yujen, and harmonica was contributed by Graham Smith. The engineer was Tony Rockliff. This involvement led to him working as a session musician in both Tokyo and London. In London, he became close friends with Ginger Baker and Alan Merrill.

In 1972, he contributed to the album Kossoff, Kirke, Tetsu and Rabbit with Free guitarist Paul Kossoff and drummer Simon Kirke, together with keyboard player John "Rabbit" Bundrick. He subsequently joined Free to participate in their final 1973 studio album Heartbreaker, replacing Andy Fraser.

In August 1973, Yamauchi replaced Ronnie Lane in the Faces as their bass guitarist, but according to Faces keyboardist Ian McLagan, Yamauchi's recruitment turned out to be a mistake because he was not really the right type of bassist for them, and he had been hired to replace Lane in haste without the band properly auditioning him beforehand. Furthermore, McLagan stated that Yamauchi embraced a drinking and partying lifestyle when he, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood and Kenney Jones were now attempting to minimize their own significant drinking behaviour and become more creative. “We made a mistake really with Tetsu,” said McLagan. “It wasn’t his fault, but he was a party boy and thought he was in for lots of drinks and a little bit of playing, while we were looking for more creation and a lot less boozing.

Ted Egan obit

Australian music legend Ted Egan dies in Alice Springs aged 93

Australian music legend Ted Egan has died in his hometown of Alice Springs, aged 93. 

He was not on the list.

Australian treasure and music legend Ted Egan has died at his Alice Springs home, aged 93.

His family released a statement on Thursday saying they would miss him enormously.

“It is with sadness, but also great pride that Nerys Evans and the Egan family marks the passing of our beloved partner, Dad, grandfather, great grandfather and best mate Ted Egan,” the statement said.

“Ted passed peacefully at home this morning as was his wish. We shared Ted with Territorians, Australians and the wider world.

“He lived a big and very generous life, spanning 93 years.”

Mr Egan was born in Melbourne in 1932 and moved to the Northern Territory when he was 16-years-old.

He founded the St Mary’s Football Club with Reverend Father Aubrey Collins in the Northern Territory in 1942.

The club was created to provide Tiwi Islanders working in the armed services an opportunity to play regularly in Darwin.

There was only one club that allowed full blood Aboriginals to play in the Northern Territory Football League at the time.

The club won its first premiership and backed it up with another premiership within two years of joining the league.

Mr Egan released 30 folk albums since 1969, published 15 books, created a six-part television series on Australia, worked as the NT’s administrator and was a co-host on The Great Outdoors.

He was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 1993, the National Trust named Mr Egan a living treasure and he was also promoted to an Officer of the Order (AO) in 2004.

Mr Egan was inducted into the Australian Roll of Renown in 1995, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Country Music Awards of Australia in 2014 and the National Folk Festival in 2015.

He was also won several country music awards.

People across Australia have paid tribute to Mr Egan on social media saying he was an iconic musician and storyteller.

Tara Venn shared on X that Mr Egan was a champion of the people.

“He gave us all so much. Still remember the history PD he gave! Thinking of his family,” she said.

Country music star Beccy Cole said, “Vale Ted. I’m heartbroken. Such a good human.”

Victoria MLA Bernie Finn said he was deeply saddened to learn of Mr Egan’s passing.

“(Ted Egan was a) legendary Australian singer, entertainer and servant of the people of the NT,” he said.

“We will not see his like again.

“My sincere condolences to his family and fans mourning his loss. He was a national icon. May God bless and keep Ted for all eternity.”

Musician Matt Scullion said he was “absolutely heartbroken.”

“My hero and good mate Ted Egan passed away this morning in Alice Springs,” he said on Facebook.

“I feel so fortunate to have known him and to have spent time with him last year when we recorded and shot the video for my song ‘Beer Box Man’.

“For three special days we swapped stories and songs around the dinner table and he even took my wife Sharon and I four wheel driving in his old cruiser.

“Yes we will miss you Ted, long live the legacy of The Outback Song Man.”

Egan was appointed Administrator of the Northern Territory by Governor-General Michael Jeffery effective 31 October 2003. He was sworn in on 18 November.

On 14 September 2005, he was awarded a one-year extension to his term of office by Jim Lloyd, the Federal Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads. This was further extended for another year to serve until 30 October 2007.

Egan presented and narrated 6 episodes of the 1989 series This Land Australia, a series devoted to iconic Australian people and places. He also wrote and performed the show's theme song of the same name. He was a co-host of the lifestyle show The Great Outdoors.

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa obit

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Dies: ‘Mortal Kombat, ‘Last Emperor’ & ‘Man In The High Castle’ Actor Was 75

 He was not on the list.

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, the prolific and instantly recognizable actor best known for his roles in the Mortal Kombat films, The Last Emperor, Memoirs of a Geisha and The Man in the High Castle, died Thursday in Santa Barbara. He was 75.

Tagawa died due to complications from a stroke early this morning surrounded by his children. His family confirmed the news to Deadline.

Tagawa is best known to a broad audience as the evil sorcerer Shang Tsung in the film, TV and video game iterations of the Mortal Kombat franchise. He began playing the character in New Line’s 1995 film adaptation and was also featured in the 1997 follow-up Mortal Kombat Annihilation. He reprised the role with guest appearances in the 2013 TV series Mortal Kombat: Legacy and one episode of Mortal Kombat X: Generations in 2015. In 2019, he voiced the character in the video game Mortal Kombat 11 and lent his physical likeness to the 2023 role-playing video game Mortal Kombat: Onslaught.

The first film grossed more than $100 million on a budget of around $20M.

“It was the perfect timing in that Mortal Kombat as a video game, at the time we did the film, was on number four or five and that the impact of the film certainly had to do with the build of the video games,” Tagawa said later.

He also credited director Paul W.S. Anderson.

“He was the first one in martial arts history to apply such music — really upbeat, driving metal music. You couldn’t sit still when you heard the music. And it matched the action so well.”

Tagawa had a key role in another film adaptation of a hit video game franchise, playing Heihachi Mishima, the evil corporate titan, in Tekken. That 1991 film did not fare was well as Mortal Combat at the box office.

Additionally, he lent his voice to the video games Soldier Boyz, Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu and World of Warcraft: Legion.

Tagawa’s breakout film was Bernardo Bertolucci’s Oscar Best Picture-winning The Last Emperor in 1987. He was cast as Chang, the emperor’s driver, who plays a small but pivotal part in the story.

A string of notable roles followed in big-budget studio pictures, many of which involve the intersection of Asian and Western cultures. They include License to Kill, Rising Sun, Snow Falling on Cedars, Pearl Harbor, Planet of the Apes, Elektra, Memoirs of a Geisha and 47 Ronin. Many of these parts utilized the actor’s facility with martial arts.

“I was born in Tokyo and began training in Kendo when I was in junior high school,” recalled Tagawa in a 2010 interview. “Then when I was five we moved to Fort Bragg, NC; and that’s when I got my first real lesson in how to use the martial arts. Being Japanese and living in the south during the ’50s was pretty tough.”

At age 21, Tagawa focused on traditional Japanese karate at the University of Southern California. He soon moved back to Japan to study under Master Nakayama with the Japan Karate Association. He later created and taught his own system of Chun-Shin, which he called “a study of energy … completely without a physical fighting concept.”

Among the big-name directors he worked with were Philip Kaufman, Tim Burton, Michael Bay, Rob Marshall, Ivan Reitman and John Carpenter.

While many will recognize Tagawa from those A-list credits, others will doubtless have seen him in the more than 150 film, TV and video game projects in which he appeared. He got his start with an uncredited role in an 1986 box office flop that has become a cult classic: Carpenter’s Big Trouble in Little China. The next year his career really got going with, of course, The Last Emperor, but also guest spots on network shows MacGyver, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Miami Vice.

In 2015, Tagawa had his last major role as one of the lead characters in Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle. He played Nobusuke Tagomi, the Trade Minister of the Pacific States of America in a nation divided between Japanese and Nazi occupation after World War II. His character’s motivations and goals do not always seem to align with those of the leadership back in Tokyo.

The actor observed that there were parallels between his own life story and that of Tagomi.

“I identified so much with this character and so much of my life experience — having been born in Tokyo and then coming to America just after the war, 10 years after the war. I understood and grew up with the legacy of the war. So to be good, bad and ugly — being different — [is the same] as with my character Tagomi, who seems to be the only one running around talking about peace.”

Other notable TV appearances over his four-decade career include playing Lt. A.J. Shimamura on Nash Bridges, a major role as Captain Terry Harada on NBC’s Hawaii, six episodes as Satoshi Takeda on ABC’s Revenge, a six-episode arc on Netflix’s Lost in Space and, most recently, voicing The Swordmaker in Season 1 of Netflix’s animated Blue Eye Samurai.

Tagawa lived on the island of Kauai where he and his wife Sally raised their two children.

He is survived by three children, Calen, Brynne and Cana; and his two grandchildren, River and Thea Clayton.

 

Actor

Blue Eye Samurai (2023)

Blue Eye Samurai

8.7

TV Series

The Swordmaker (voice)

2023

6 episodes

 

Junction (2023)

Junction

5.7

Author

2023

 

NCIS: Los Angeles (2009)

NCIS: Los Angeles

6.8

TV Series

Craig Tanaka

2021

1 episode

 

Star Wars: Visions (2021)

Star Wars: Visions

7.0

TV Series

Valco (voice: English version)

2021

1 episode

 

Mortal Kombat 11: Ultimate (2020)

Mortal Kombat 11: Ultimate

8.3

Video Game

Shang Tsung (voice)

2020

 

Sky Sharks (2020)

Sky Sharks

3.6

Michael Morel

2020

 

Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath (2020)

Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath

7.5

Video Game

Shang Tsung (voice)

2020

 

Tony Anselmo, David Tennant, Bobby Moynihan, Kate Micucci, Danny Pudi, and Ben Schwartz in DuckTales (2017)

DuckTales

8.3

TV Series

Akita (voice)

2020

1 episode

 

My Love Is Aisulu (2020)

My Love Is Aisulu

6.4

2020

 

Girl Games (2019)

Girl Games

8.0

Iwata

2019

 

A Lover Scorned (2019)

A Lover Scorned

4.6

TV Movie

Wong

2019

 

Steve Blum, Ed Boon, Matthew Yang King, Sunil Malhotra, Ron Yuan, and Dimitri 'Vegas' Thivaios in Mortal Kombat 11 (2019)

Mortal Kombat 11

7.9

Video Game

Shang Tsung (voice, as Cary Tagawa)

2019

 

Dorien Wilson, Colby Christina, Tray Chaney, Albert Daniels, and Danielle-Shani in Looking in the Mirror (2019)

Looking in the Mirror

4.8

Henry

2019

 

Rufus Sewell in The Man in the High Castle (2015)

The Man in the High Castle

7.9

TV Series

Nobusuke Tagomi

2015–2018

30 episodes

 

Brian Steele and Maxwell Jenkins in Lost in Space (2018)

Lost in Space

7.3

TV Series

Hiroki Watanabe

2018

5 episodes

 

Sean Astin, Seth Green, Rob Paulsen, Kevin Michael Richardson, and Greg Cipes in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

7.9

TV Series

Sumo Kuma (voice)

2017

2 episodes

 

Freddie Prinze Jr., Steve Blum, Vanessa Marshall, Dave Filoni, Tiya Sircar, and Taylor Gray in Star Wars: Rebels (2014)

Star Wars: Rebels

8.1

TV Series

Alrich Wren (voice)

2017

2 episodes

 

World of Warcraft: Legion (2016)

World of Warcraft: Legion

8.2

Video Game

(voice)

2016

 

Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Art Parkinson in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)

Kubo and the Two Strings

7.7

Hashi (voice)

2016

 

Overwatch: Dragons (2016)

Overwatch: Dragons

8.3

Short

Narrator (voice)

2016

 

David Giuntoli in Grimm (2011)

Grimm

7.9

TV Series

Takeshi Imura

2016

1 episode

 

Eric Roberts, Billy Zane, and Olivier Gruner in Beyond the Game (2016)

Beyond the Game

5.5

Detective Yoshida

2016

 

Casper Van Dien, Mark Dacascos, Olivier Gruner, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, and Alexander Nevsky in Showdown in Manila (2016)

Showdown in Manila

2.7

Aldric Cole

2016

 

Mortal Kombat X: Generations (2015)

Mortal Kombat X: Generations

7.5

TV Series

Shang Tsung

2015

1 episode

 

Ivan Okhlobystin and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa in Ierey-san. Ispoved samuraya (2015)

Ierey-san. Ispoved samuraya

5.9

Otets Nikolay (as Keri-Khiroyuki Tagava)

2015

 

Genghis Khan Conquers the Moon (2015)

Genghis Khan Conquers the Moon

6.1

Short

Genghis Khan

2015

 

Jakob Salvati in Little Boy (2015)

Little Boy

7.3

Hashimoto

2015

 

The Man with the Iron Fists 2 (2015)

The Man with the Iron Fists 2

4.4

Video

Lord PiMayor Zhang

2015

 

Peter O'Toole and Armand Assante in Diamond Cartel (2015)

Diamond Cartel

2.9

Khazar

2015

 

Rebecca Romijn, Lindy Booth, Christian Kane, John Larroquette, and John Kim in The Librarians (2014)

The Librarians

7.3

TV Series

Mr. Drake

2014

1 episode

 

Dolph Lundgren, Ron Perlman, Peter Weller, Michael Jai White, Tony Jaa, and Celina Jade in Skin Trade (2014)

Skin Trade

5.6

Senator Khat

2014

 

Gary Daniels, Kane Kosugi, and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa in Tekken: Kazuya's Revenge (2014)

Tekken: Kazuya's Revenge

2.8

Heihachi

2014

 

Les Brandt in Ninja Apocalypse (2014)

Ninja Apocalypse

3.2

Fumitaka

2014

 

Tyler Posey, Daniel Sharman, Rene Mousseux, Brian Bascle, Cody Christian, Shelley Hennig, Colton Haynes, Brad James, Dylan Sprayberry, Madison McLaughlin, Keahu Kahuanui, Walter Hendrix III, Michael Johnston, and Micaela Wittman in Teen Wolf (2011)

Teen Wolf

7.7

TV Series

Katashi (Silverfinger) (as Cary Hiroyuki-Tagawa)

2014

1 episode

 

Hype Nation (2014)

Hype Nation

3.5

Sammy Kata

2014

 

Duel of Legends (2013)

Duel of Legends

6.2

Shing

2013

 

Keanu Reeves, Rinko Kikuchi, Neil Fingleton, and Rick Genest in 47 Ronin (2013)

47 Ronin

6.2

Shogun Tsunayoshi

2013

 

Jeri Ryan, Kevan Ohtsji, Michael Jai White, and Ian Anthony Dale in Mortal Kombat: Legacy (2011)

Mortal Kombat: Legacy

7.3

TV Series

Shang Tsung

2013

3 episodes

 

Madeleine Stowe and Emily VanCamp in Revenge (2011)

Revenge

7.8

TV Series

Satoshi Takeda

2012–2013

6 episodes

 

Black Cobra (2012)

Black Cobra

3.6

Video

Goro Tanaka

2012

 

Scott Caan, Chi McBride, Meaghan Rath, Ian Anthony Dale, Alex O'Loughlin, and Beulah Koale in Hawaii Five-0 (2010)

Hawaii Five-0

7.4

TV Series

Hiro Noshimuri

2011

2 episodes

 

Robin Hood of the Bayous (2010)

Robin Hood of the Bayous

9.0

Short

NarratorPirate 1

2010

 

Overture (2010)

Overture

6.7

Short

Judge

2010

 

Absolute.ness (2010)

Absolute.ness

Short

Chief Dax

2010

 

Candice Hillebrand, Kelly Overton, Marian Zapico, and Jon Foo in Tekken (2010)

Tekken

4.8

Heihachi Mishima

2010

 

Wes Bentley, Kaitlin Doubleday, and Sofya Skya in The Tomb (2009)

The Tomb

3.8

Len Burris

2009

 

Beyond the Break (2006)

Beyond the Break

6.6

TV Series

Xander (as Cary Tagawa)

2009

2 episodes

 

Richard Gere in Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

8.1

Ken

2009

 

The Legend of Chang Apana (2009)

The Legend of Chang Apana

8.7

Short

Chang Apana

2009

 

By the Will of Chingis Khan (2009)

By the Will of Chingis Khan

4.6

Bodyguard

2009

 

Bodyguard: A New Beginning (2008)

Bodyguard: A New Beginning

4.5

Kai

2008

 

Ghost Voyage (2008)

Ghost Voyage

3.5

TV Movie

The Steward

2008

 

Eric Roberts, Gary Busey, David Carradine, Bolo Yeung, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Oleg Taktarov, and Cung Le in Blizhniy Boy: The Ultimate Fighter (2007)

Blizhniy Boy: The Ultimate Fighter

5.4

Alibek

2007

 

Ali Larter, Hayden Panettiere, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Milo Ventimiglia, Masi Oka, Noah Gray-Cabey, and James Kyson in Heroes (2006)

Heroes

7.5

TV Series

The Swordsmith

2007

2 episodes

 

Balls of Fury (2007)

Balls of Fury

5.4

Mysterious Asian Man

2007

 

Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board (2007)

Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board

5.5

TV Movie

Grandpa Johnny Tsunami

2007

 

Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo (2006)

Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo

7.0

TV Movie

Brushogun (voice, as Cary Tagawa)

2006

 

Ziyi Zhang in Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)

Memoirs of a Geisha

7.3

The Baron

2005

 

BullDog, Stephanie Sanchez, Mark Malalis, and Augie Tulba in The Sand Island Drive-in Anthem (2005)

The Sand Island Drive-in Anthem

6.3

Short

Uncle C

2005

 

True Love & Mimosa Tea

Short

Andreas Kanaka

2005

 

Faith of My Fathers (2005)

Faith of My Fathers

6.2

TV Movie

Cat

2005

 

Jennifer Garner in Elektra (2005)

Elektra

4.7

Roshi

2005

 

Bushido

8.8

Video

Tetsuji

2004

 

Michael Biehn, Ivan Sergei, Sharif Atkins, Eric Balfour, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, and Aya Sumika in Hawaii (2004)

Hawaii

6.4

TV Series

Captain Terry Harada (as Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa)

2004

8 episodes

 

Fallacy (2004)

Fallacy

5.4

2004

 

Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu (2003)

Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu

7.0

Video Game

Sin Tzu (voice, as Cary Tagawa)

2003

 

Pamela Anderson, Carmen Electra, and David Hasselhoff in Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (2003)

Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding

4.1

TV Movie

Sato (as Cary Hiroyuki-Tagawa)

2003

 

Planet of the Apes (2001)

Planet of the Apes

5.7

Krull

2001

 

Publicity Poster

Pearl Harbor

6.3

Genda

2001

 

The Ghost (2001)

The Ghost

4.0

Chang (as Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa)

2001

 

The Art of War (2000)

The Art of War

5.7

David Chan

2000

 

Chuck Norris in Walker, Texas Ranger (1993)

Walker, Texas Ranger

5.7

TV Series

Master Ko

2000

1 episode

 

Fixations

Alex

1999

 

Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)

Snow Falling on Cedars

6.7

Zenhichi Miyamoto

1999

 

Johnny Tsunami (1999)

Johnny Tsunami

6.3

TV Movie

Johnny Tsunami

1999

 

Dolph Lundgren in Bridge of Dragons (1999)

Bridge of Dragons

4.7

General Ruechang

1999

 

Seven Days (1998)

Seven Days

7.2

TV Series

Peter

1999

1 episode

 

NetForce (1999)

NetForce

5.0

TV Movie

Leong Cheng

1999

 

Vengeance Unlimited (1998)

Vengeance Unlimited

8.6

TV Series

Aung Myint

1998

1 episode

 

Michael Biehn, Park Joong-hoon, and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa in American Dragons (1998)

American Dragons

4.9

Matsuyama

1998

 

Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996)

Poltergeist: The Legacy

6.9

TV Series

Sam Tanaka

1998

1 episode

 

Vampires (1998)

Vampires

6.1

David Deyo

1998

 

Jane March in Provocateur (1998)

Provocateur

4.9

Captain Jong

1998

 

Tia Carrere, Dennis Hopper, and Peter Weller in Top of the World (1997)

Top of the World

4.6

Captain Hefter

1997

 

Richard Dean Anderson, Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks, and Amanda Tapping in Stargate SG-1 (1997)

Stargate SG-1

8.4

TV Series

Turghan

1997

1 episode

 

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

6.9

TV Series

King Young-Jin (voice)

1997

1 episode

 

Soldier Boyz (1997)

Soldier Boyz

5.9

Video Game

Vinh Moc

1997

 

Melissa Joan Hart in Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996)

Sabrina the Teenage Witch

6.7

TV Series

Tai Wai Tse

1996

1 episode

 

Don Johnson and Cheech Marin in Nash Bridges (1996)

Nash Bridges

6.8

TV Series

Lt. A.J. Shimamura

1996

15 episodes

 

Cybill Shepherd in Cybill (1995)

Cybill

6.9

TV Series

Kenji

1996

1 episode

 

Robert Downey Jr., Billy Zane, and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa in Danger Zone (1996)

Danger Zone

4.4

Monsieur Chang

1996

 

Billy Zane in The Phantom (1996)

The Phantom

5.1

The Great Kabai Sengh

1996

 

White Tiger (1996)

White Tiger

5.1

Victor Chow

1996

 

Melissa Clayton, Victor DiMattia, Michael Manasseri, Lindsay Wagner, and Tom Wopat in A Peaceable Kingdom (1989)

A Peaceable Kingdom

7.9

TV Series

Coach

1995

1 episode

 

Bruce Boxleitner, Mira Furlan, Richard Biggs, Jerry Doyle, and Andreas Katsulas in Babylon 5 (1993)

Babylon 5

8.4

TV Series

Morishi

1995

1 episode

 

Michael Dudikoff, Marco Black, Jacqueline Obradors, Karlo Marko Altomonte, Bill Campbell, Mon Confiado, David Barry Gray, and Joseph Pe in Soldier Boyz (1995)

Soldier Boyz

4.4

Vinh Moc

1995

 

Mortal Kombat (1995)

Mortal Kombat

5.8

Shang Tsung

1995

 

Carol Alt, Hulk Hogan, and Chris Lemmon in Thunder in Paradise 3 (1995)

Thunder in Paradise 3

4.3

Video

Mason Lee (as Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa)

1995

 

Hulk Hogan, Felicity Waterman, and Robin Weisman in Thunder in Paradise (1994)

Thunder in Paradise

5.4

TV Series

Mason Lee (as Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa)

1994

2 episodes

 

Robert Davi and Michael Paré in The Dangerous (1995)

The Dangerous

4.0

Kon

1995

 

Picture Bride (1994)

Picture Bride

6.6

Kanzaki

1994

 

Day of Reckoning (1994)

Day of Reckoning

5.8

TV Movie

Prakit

1994

 

Natural Causes (1994)

Natural Causes

5.0

Major Somchai

1994

 

Linda Hunt, Jeff Kaake, and Marjorie Monaghan in Space Rangers (1993)

Space Rangers

6.5

TV Series

Zylyn

1993–1994

6 episodes

 

Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes in Rising Sun (1993)

Rising Sun

6.3

Eddie Sakamura

1993

 

Lorenzo Lamas, Kathleen Kinmont, and Branscombe Richmond in Renegade (1992)

Renegade

6.0

TV Series

Hirotaka

1993

1 episode

 

Olivier Gruner in Nemesis (1992)

Nemesis

5.4

Angie-Liv

1992

 

Raven (1992)

Raven

7.4

TV Series

OsatoOsatso

1992

2 episodes

 

Jeffrey Meek in Raven: Return of the Black Dragons (1992)

Raven: Return of the Black Dragons

6.8

TV Movie

Osato (as Cary Hiroyuki-Tagawa)

1992

 

William Forsythe, Edward James Olmos, and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa in American Me (1992)

American Me

7.1

El Japo

1992

 

Pamela Anderson, Yasmine Bleeth, Alexandra Paul, David Hasselhoff, David Chokachi, Gena Lee Nolin, and Jaason Simmons in Baywatch (1989)

Baywatch

5.5

TV Series

Mason Sato (as Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa)

1992

1 episode

 

David Caruso, Richard Thomas, Stacy Keach, and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa in Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (1991)

Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis

6.3

TV Movie

Hashimoto

1991

 

Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee in Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)

Showdown in Little Tokyo

6.1

Funekei Yoshida

1991

 

Jeff Speakman in The Perfect Weapon (1991)

The Perfect Weapon

6.0

Kai

1991

 

Not of This World (1991)

Not of This World

4.9

TV Movie

Shikido

1991

 

Sasha Mitchell and Michel Qissi in Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1991)

Kickboxer 2: The Road Back

4.6

Sanga

1991

 

Vestige of Honor (1990)

Vestige of Honor

5.4

TV Movie

Thai Major

1990

 

The Bakery

9.0

TV Movie

Kim Lee

1990

 

Hardball (1989)

Hardball

7.2

TV Series

Yakuza Man

1990

1 episode

 

William Conrad and Joe Penny in Jake and the Fatman (1987)

Jake and the Fatman

6.4

TV Series

Raymond Char

1990

1 episode

 

Nasty Boys (1990)

Nasty Boys

7.2

TV Series

Max

1990

1 episode

 

Murder in Paradise (1990)

Murder in Paradise

4.9

TV Movie

Detective

1990

 

Jane Badler, Peter Graves, Antony Hamilton, Terry Markwell, Phil Morris, and Thaao Penghlis in Mission: Impossible (1988)

Mission: Impossible

7.5

TV Series

Xang Kai

1989

1 episode

 

Alien Nation (1989)

Alien Nation

6.9

TV Series

Yamato

1989

1 episode

 

The Last Warrior (1989)

The Last Warrior

5.2

Imperial Marine

1989

 

Alex McArthur and Scott Plank in L.A. Takedown (1989)

L.A. Takedown

6.0

TV Movie

Hugh Benny

1989

 

Wild Jack

8.2

TV Mini Series

Asian hitman

1989

1 episode

 

Carey Lowell, Talisa Soto, Timothy Dalton, and Robert Davi in Licence to Kill (1989)

Licence to Kill

6.7

Kwang

1989

 

Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd in Moonlighting (1985)

Moonlighting

7.6

TV Series

Artist

1989

1 episode

 

Donna Mills, Joan Van Ark, Michele Lee, Constance McCashin, John Pleshette, and Ted Shackelford in Knots Landing (1979)

Knots Landing

7.0

TV Series

Mr. Toyo

1989

1 episode

 

Gerard Christopher in Superboy (1988)

Superboy

6.0

TV Series

Detective Jed Slade

1989

1 episode

 

Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas in Miami Vice (1984)

Miami Vice

7.6

TV Series

TegoroKenji Fujitsu

1987–1989

2 episodes

 

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito in Twins (1988)

Twins

6.2

Oriental Man

1988

 

Spellbinder (1988)

Spellbinder

5.8

Lt. Lee

1988

 

Anne Baxter, James Brolin, and Connie Sellecca in Hotel (1983)

Hotel

6.4

TV Series

Inspector Chin

1988

1 episode

 

Richard Vuu in The Last Emperor (1987)

The Last Emperor

7.7

Chang (as Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa)

1987

 

Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

8.7

TV Series

Mandarin Bailiff (as Cary-Hiroyuki)

1987

1 episode

 

Bulletproof (1987)

Bulletproof

4.9

Thug in Flashback (uncredited)

1987

 

Charlton Heston, Stephanie Beacham, Maxwell Caulfield, Katharine Ross, Tracy Scoggins, Barbara Stanwyck, John James, Emma Samms, and Claire Yarlett in The Colbys (1985)

The Colbys

6.1

TV Series

Mr. Sung (as Cary-Hiroyuki)

1987

1 episode

 

Richard Dean Anderson in MacGyver (1985)

MacGyver

7.6

TV Series

Asian Buyer (as Cary-Hiroyuki)

1987

1 episode

 

David Rappaport in The Wizard (1986)

The Wizard

7.8

TV Series

Cheng

1986

2 episodes

 

David Carradine, Lee Van Cleef, and Michael Berryman in Armed Response (1986)

Armed Response

5.1

Toshi (as Cary Tagana)

1986

 

Kim Cattrall, Kurt Russell, and James Hong in Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

Big Trouble in Little China

7.2

Wing Kong Man - Extra (uncredited)

1986

 

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Graig F. Weich, and Brandon Wilson in Shinryu vs. Ravedactyl, Code Name: Justice & Gekido

Shinryu vs. Ravedactyl, Code Name: Justice & Gekido

Short

Lord ShinryuSensei JaaRaw

 

Producer

Duel of Legends (2013)

Duel of Legends

6.2

producer

2013

 

The Legend of Chang Apana (2009)

The Legend of Chang Apana

8.7

Short

producer

2009

 

Additional Crew

Robin Hood of the Bayous (2010)

Robin Hood of the Bayous

9.0

Short

acting coach: pre-production

2010

 

Mortal Kombat: The Live Tour (1996)

Mortal Kombat: The Live Tour

6.5

Video

coach: Shang Tsung

1996

 

Thanks

Dennis Quaid in Reagan (2024)

Reagan

6.1

special thanks

2024

 

Balls Out: The Making of 'Balls of Fury' (2007)

Balls Out: The Making of 'Balls of Fury'

7.4

Video

special thanks (as Cary Hiroyuki Tagwa)

2007

 

Under the Balls: The Life of a Ball Wrangler (2007)

Under the Balls: The Life of a Ball Wrangler

5.6

Video

special thanks

2007

 

Blood of the Samurai (2001)

Blood of the Samurai

5.0

very special thanks (as Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa)

2001

 

Self

Bj Korros in The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition (2020)

The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition

1.6

TV Series

Self

2021

1 episode

 

Insert Coin (2020)

Insert Coin

6.8

Self - Shang Tsung

2020

 

Dawna Lee Heising in Eye on Entertainment (2005)

Eye on Entertainment

7.9

TV Series

Self

2017

1 episode

 

KNEKT on the Carpet: Live from the 27th Annual 100 Stars Oscars Red Carpet (2017)

KNEKT on the Carpet: Live from the 27th Annual 100 Stars Oscars Red Carpet

TV Special

Self

2017

 

PlanetE! Entertainment Network (2013)

PlanetE! Entertainment Network

TV Series

Self

2017

1 episode

 

Red Carpet Report (2009)

Red Carpet Report

6.4

TV Series

Self

2016

1 episode

 

Kubo's Journey (2016)

Kubo's Journey

7.4

Video

Self

2016

 

IMDb at San Diego Comic-Con 2019 (2019)

IMDb at San Diego Comic-Con

6.9

TV Series

Self

2016

1 episode

 

Brad Pitt and Nikita Mikhalkov in 35-y Moskovskiy mezhdunarodnyy kinofestival (2013)

35-y Moskovskiy mezhdunarodnyy kinofestival

3.9

TV Special

Self

2013

 

Prozhektorperiskhilton (2008)

Prozhektorperiskhilton

7.3

TV Series

Self - Guest

2010

1 episode

 

Lost Warrior: Left Behind (2008)

Lost Warrior: Left Behind

7.8

Video

Self - Detective Yoshida

2008

 

Davay pozhenimsya! (2008)

Davay pozhenimsya!

4.3

TV Series

Self

2008

 

Balls Out: The Making of 'Balls of Fury' (2007)

Balls Out: The Making of 'Balls of Fury'

7.4

Video

Self - 'Mysterious Asian Man' (as Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa)

2007

 

Under the Balls: The Life of a Ball Wrangler (2007)

Under the Balls: The Life of a Ball Wrangler

5.6

Video

Self - 'Mysterious Asian Man'

2007

 

The Slanted Screen (2006)

The Slanted Screen

7.3

Self

2006

 

Planet of the Apes: Face Like a Monkey (2001)

Planet of the Apes: Face Like a Monkey

Video

Self

2001

 

The Test (2001)

The Test

4.8

TV Series

Self - Panelist (as Cary Tagawa)

2001

1 episode

 

Hollywood Salutes Easter Seals (1998)

Hollywood Salutes Easter Seals

TV Special

Self

1998

 

Voice Your Vote (1996)

Voice Your Vote

Video

Self

1996

 

Mortal Kombat: Behind the Dragon (1995)

Mortal Kombat: Behind the Dragon

6.6

TV Movie

Self

1995

 

Mortal Kombat: Behind the Scenes (1995)

Mortal Kombat: Behind the Scenes

5.3

Video

Self

1995

 

Lives in Hazard (1994)

Lives in Hazard

7.8

TV Movie

Self

1994

 

Archive Footage

FRO Thizzle Reviews (2022)

FRO Thizzle Reviews

7.5

TV Series

Self (archive footage)

2023

1 episode

 

Minty Comedic Arts (2015)

Minty Comedic Arts

8.8

TV Series

Self (archive footage, uncredited)

2021

1 episode

 

World of Warcraft (2004)

World of Warcraft

8.1

Video Game

(archive sound, voice)

2004

 

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

3.6

Shang Tsung (archive footage)

1997

Theodor Pištěk obit

Oscar-winning Czech artist Theodor Pištěk dies at 93

 

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The great Czech painter, costume designer, and set designer Theodor Pištěk has died at the age of 93, his family announced on Thursday. Pištěk was best known internationally for designing the costumes for Miloš Forman’s film Amadeus, which earned him an Oscar in 1985. He later won a César Award for Valmont and was nominated for another Oscar.

In his home country, Pištěk received the Czech Lion Award for Unique Contribution to Czech Film in 2003 and the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2013.

He also served as chairman of Václav Havel's Prague Castle arts council, designed new uniforms for the Prague Castle Guard, and helped found the Jindřich Chalupecký Award for young artists.

His costume designs and film sets are internationally acclaimed. He won an Oscar for his costumes for Amadeus, directed by Miloš Forman. For Forman's next film, Valmont, Pištěk won a César Award and was nominated for a second Oscar. In 2003, he received the Czech Lion Award for Unique Contribution to Czech Film, in 2013 he was awarded the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema, and in 2017 he received the Golden Slipper for Outstanding Contribution to Films for Children and Young People.

Theodor Pištěk is the son of two actors, Theodor Pištěk and Marie Ženíšková. He inherited his family's artistic talent and love of automobiles: his great-grandfather František Ženíšek was a painter, and his grandfather Julius Ženíšek worked for the Wright Company and was the founder and owner of the Ford Motor Company's branch in Austria-Hungary; in 1895 Julius Ženíšek became one of the first to own a racing car. The actions of his business partner bankrupted the company, and the family was forced to sell Ženíšek's valuable collection of paintings.

After four years at a grammar school, Theodor Pištěk switched to the School of Applied Arts in Prague (1948–1952), where his fellow students included Aleš Veselý and Milan Ressel. Pištěk learned to drive when he was just 16 years old, and at the age of 18, after passing his driving test, he joined the Automotoklub and started competing in car races. In 1952 he was accepted by the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, where he was studying under Vratislav Nechleba, a prominent portrait painter. At the time of his studies, a number of respected pre-war artists and historians (Miloslav Holý, Vlastimil Rada, Vladimír Sychra, Otakar Španiel, Jan Lauda, Václav Vilém Štech) held professorships at the Academy, and among the students were Jan Koblasa, Karel Nepraš, Bedřich Dlouhý, František Mertl, Jiří Valenta, Milan Ressel, Hugo Demartini, Aleš Veselý and Jaroslav Vožniak. His graduation painting, Boxer, earned him an extension to his studies in the form of an honours year in Antonín Pelc's studio. A mastery of painting was important, but Pištěk and his fellow students and friends were more interested in modern art. They countered the oppressiveness of communist rule with all manner of absurdist extracurricular activities. In 1962 Pištěk and a group called The Šmidras founded an amateur ice hockey club called Palette of the Motherland, whose president he was in 1977–1979.

In 1958 Theodor Pištěk married Věra Filipová, an assistant film director, with whom he had two sons (Jan, born 1961 and Martin, born 1967). In the following year he designed costumes and sets for František Vláčil's film The White Dove. He had a studio in Břevnov in Prague, next door to Zbyněk Sekal's studio, thanks to whom Pištěk met the art critic Jindřich Chalupecký and exhibited as a guest with the May 57 group in 1964–1968. The two artists remained close friends until Sekal emigration in 1968; Pištěk subsequently visited him in Vienna, where he met the sculptor Karl Prantl.

Pištěk's first solo exhibition was in 1960 at the Film Club in Prague. In 1964–1968 he was included in exhibitions by the Concretist Club. In 1964 he acquired a new studio from Hugo Demartini in Vinohrady. In the 1960s he was a racing driver, and he competed on circuits and in the European Cup (1967–1969). In 1967 he worked as a costume designer on František Vláčil's films Markéta Lazarová and The Valley of the Bees, and was one of the artists who designed the Czechoslovak pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal. In 1972–1973 he was nominated for the Czechoslovak national circuit racing team. Pištěk stopped racing in 1974, but he drew on his experience as a racing driver to co-write with Vláčil the screenplay for a film called Rally. Since 1975 Pištěk has concentrated on painting. He is usually considered a photorealist, but in the Eastern Bloc such paintings almost always had a clandestine symbolism that could be read between the lines.

Steve Cropper obit

Steve Cropper, Legendary Guitarist for Booker T. & the MG’s, Otis Redding and the Blues Brothers, Dies at 84

 

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Guitarist Steve Cropper, who left an indelible impression on Memphis soul music as an instrumentalist, producer and songwriter at Stax Records, has died, his son Cameron confirmed to Variety on Wednesday. He was 84.

Cropper was best known to the public for his distinctive, economical lead/rhythm work in the hit-making interracial instrumental combo Booker T. & the MG’s, but his playing also fired dozens of tracks – some of which he produced or engineered — cut at Stax Records’ studio by such soul greats as Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave, Rufus and Carla Thomas and Eddie Floyd.

In 1996, British music monthly Mojo named him the second-greatest guitarist of all time, behind Jimi Hendrix. The publication said, “Cropper puts everything he’s got, which is considerable, at the disposal of the artist and the song: metronome-crisp timing; deadly-accurate chops; earth-moving bottom-line riffs; sharp, nasty little licks and grace notes. His solos never outstay their welcome or leave you wanting less.”

As a cleffer, he co-authored the MG’s smashes “Green Onions,” “Soul-Limbo” and “Time is Tight” and such mammoth R&B hits as Redding’s “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” and “Mr. Pitiful,” Pickett’s “In the Midnight Hour” and “634-5789,” Floyd’s “Knock On Wood” and “Raise Your Hand” and Don Covay’s “Seesaw” and “Sookie Sookie.”

Though Cropper’s association with Stax ended amid front-office conflicts in 1970, the MG’s regrouped for further recording and touring from the ‘70s through the ‘90s, and backed such performers as Bob Dylan, John Fogerty, Neil Young and the Band’s Levon Helm.

Cropper’s highest-profile latter-day gig was as lead guitarist for John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd’s musical act the Blues Brothers. The musician played on the duo’s double-platinum 1978 album “Briefcase Full of Blues” and four other albums, and appeared in both John Landis’ 1980 feature “The Blues Brothers” and its 1998 sequel “Blues Brothers 2000.”

He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the MG’s in 1992.

Cropper was born Oct. 21, 1941, in Dora, MO. His family moved to Memphis when he was nine. He began playing guitar at 14; among his influences as a player, he cited Lowman Pauling of the R&B group the “5” Royales, Billy Butler of organist Bill Doggett’s combo and Bobby “Blue” Bland’s longtime accompanist Wayne Bennett.

 

In 1960, Cropper formed the white R&B unit the Royal Spades with several fellow students at Messick High School, including bassist Donald “Duck” Dunn. The group was soon joined by saxophonist Charles “Packy” Axton, whose mother and uncle, Estelle Axton and Jim Stewart, operated a fledgling record label, Satellite Records – soon renamed Stax – out of a storefront record shop adjoining an old movie house, converted into a recording studio, on McLemore Avenue.

An instrumental hammered out by Cropper, Axton and other Royal Spades members was recorded by the label’s producer Chips Moman, who deemed a guitarist unnecessary for the date. However, after “Last Night,” billed to the Mar-Keys, reached No. 2 and No. 3 on the R&B and pop charts, respectively, in 1961, Cropper joined the touring edition of the band. He soon abandoned the road to work at Stax’s record store and studio.

A failed session backing local rockabilly artist Billy Lee Riley led to an epoch-making recording. With time on their hands, Cropper and the other players on the date – bassist Lewie Steinberg, drummer Al Jackson, Jr. and teenage multi-instrumentalist Booker T. Jones – worked up a swinging instrumental dominated by Jones’ Hammond organ.

Dubbed “Green Onions,” the number became a breakout national hit for Stax, climbing to No. 1 on the R&B charts and No. 3 on the pop side. It served as a template for a succession of similarly styled singles by the unit, dubbed Booker T. & the MG’s (in which Cropper’s high school chum Dunn supplanted Steinberg in 1964).

The act’s most significant singles in their own right included “Hip Hug-Her” (No. 6 R&B, 1967), “Soul-Limbo” (No. 6 R&B, 1968), “Hang ‘Em High” (No. 9 pop, 1968) and “Time is Tight” (No. 7 R&B, No. 6 pop, 1969); the latter number was cut for the soundtrack of “Up Tight,” a Blaxploitation remake of “The Informer.”

While the MG’s issued a steady stream of 45s and albums through the ‘60s, they did their most significant work as Stax’s house band; after Moman exited the company after a falling out with Stewart in 1962, Cropper was installed as the label’s A&R director. The band backed every Stax act until Jones’ departure for California in 1969, and supported Redding, Sam & Dave, Floyd and Arthur Conley on the label’s celebrated 1967 package tour of Europe.

In 1969, near the end of his tenure at Stax, Cropper cut a pair of albums under his own name that focused on his guitar work: “With a Little Help From My Friends” and a collaboration with Pops Staples of the Staple Singers and bluesman Albert King, “Jammed Together.”

Like Moman before him, Cropper exited Stax after conflict with the front office: At loggerheads with new chief executive Al Bell, he was out the door by the time the last MG’s LP for the label, “Melting Pot,” was issued in 1971. He increasingly devoted himself to production, working with such acts as John Prine, Jeff Beck and Ringo Starr.

Neither Cropper nor Jones was present on the 1973 album “The MG’s,” and a proposed 1975 reunion of the classic quartet lineup ran aground when Jackson was murdered in his Memphis home. However, latter-day editions of the group featuring Cropper, Jones and Dunn with drummers Willie Hall and Steve Jordan cut three albums in 1976-77 and 1994. Drummer Steve Potts worked in late touring editions of the group.

Cropper’s greatest success in later years came as guitarist for the various spinoffs of Belushi and Aykroyd’s hyperactive and tongue-in-cheek yet musically reverential Blues Brothers routines on “Saturday Night Live.” Dunn served as bassist in the backup band.

The No. 1 album “Briefcase Full of Blues” spawned a No. 14 single: a remake of the 1967 Sam & Dave hit “Soul Man,” on which Cropper and Dunn had played. The 1980 soundtrack album for the hit feature peaked at No. 13 and shifted a million copies; the gold album accompanying the ’98 sequel rose to No. 12.

Later high-profile dates by the MG’s included work as the backup band for Bob Dylan’s 1992 “30th Anniversary Concert” at Madison Square Garden; a stint supporting Neil Young on his 1993 U.S. tour; and a house band stand at the opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s museum opening in 1995.

Cropper’s four solo albums of the new millennium included “Dedicated” (2011), a warmly received tribute to “5” Royales guitarist-songwriter Pauling.

He is survived by his second wife Angel and their two children, and by two children from his first marriage.

Criscilla Anderson obit

Criscilla Anderson Dies: ‘Country Ever After’ Star Was 45

 

She was not on the list.

Criscilla Anderson, dancer and star of Netflix reality series Country Ever After, has died of colon cancer. She was 45.

Her photographer Lindsey announced her death Tuesday on Instagram, sharing her final statement. Anderson had openly shared that she had the disease since 2018. You can read it in full below.

“If you’re reading this, I’ve finally slipped into the arms of Jesus — peacefully and surrounded by love,” Criscilla said in the statement posted to her social media accounts. “Please don’t stay in the darkness of this moment. I fought hard and I loved deeply. I am not gone… I’m Home.”

“My babies… I am watching over you. When a moment feels warm, familiar, or too beautiful to be coincidence — that’s me. I’m still mothering you,” the statement continued. “I’m still yours. #everybutterfly“

Anderson’s family was featured in Country Ever After, a Netflix reality show which aired for one season in 2020. In the show, Criscilla was undergoing treatment for stage three colon cancer as she raised her children and continued to work as a dancer.

Her ex-husband Coffey Anderson remembered Criscilla on Instagram, saying she “defined strength and fighter like no other person on the planet.”

“Heaven gained a star today,” he wrote. “We miss you already. Our hearts are shattered. Our minds are jumbled. Our lives will never be the same. The house is quieter because you’re missing. The babies are resilient and strong as ever. We did good with them. So, dance your heart out on the beach in heaven.”

Viola Davis is among many who paid tribute to Anderson in a reply to the Coffey Anderson’s post.

“Beautiful, fitting tribute,” she wrote. “My heart and prayers are with you.