People die every day. Some of them are famous, some important, many newsworthy. This thread is for announcements of deaths in the news, discussions of the legacy of those recently deceased people, and memorials of same.
Please observe the usual rules about posting ettiquette and note that this is in On-Topic Conversations.
To start with, the last of the original Von Trapp Singers has died, Maria Von Trapp, 99, in Vermont. (This is the daughter of Captain Von Trapp, not her stepmother who was also named Maria. In the musical, they called her Louisa.)
http://news.yahoo.com/maria-von-trapp-99-dies-vermont-005546425.html
2023 mod note:
In line with the general forum rules, 'gravedancing' is prohibited here. If you're celebrating someone's death, your post will get thumped. This rule applies regardless of what the person you're discussing has said or done.
This doesn't mean that you can't discuss their life or legacy, or express an opinion as to whether they escaped justice for their actions. But if that starts to become a longer conversation, there are other OTC threads that may be more appropriate.
Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:28:19 AM
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My heart is dead within me: RIP Sancte Christophere.
On the one hand, I'm sad that I'll never be able to afford a Rickenbacker as long as I live; on the other hand, how could I comfortably presume to touch one after that man's career? Might as well retire the model.
"She was the kind of dame they write similes about." —Pterodactyl Jones
HGW XX/7
Sir Nicholas Winton, who rescued 669 Jewish children from the Nazis, has died aged 106.
Winton was later re-united with some of the children he saved on television in 1988.
One of the greatest Britons to have ever lived. Rest in peace.
edited 1st Jul '15 4:25:18 PM by Achaemenid
Schild und Schwert der Partei
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Retired actress Amanda Peterson of Can't Buy Me Love fame has passed away at the age of 43.
Omar Sharif: Lawrence of Arabia star dies aged 83
Great, great actor. I need to see Doctor Zhivago again sometime. May he rest in peace.
Beware the Crazy Man.
Rest in peace....
Man, all the old greats are goin....
Final Fantasy, Foreign Policy, and Bollywood. Helluva combo, that...
Party Crasher
First Peter O'Toole, now...
The Wanderer
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has passed
edited 12th Jul '15 5:06:21 PM by rmctagg09
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Doin' stuff
What?!
WHAT?!
WHAT?!
I do lots of stuff. The real question is am I any good at that stuff.
wak
Jesus. I guess it goes to show that anyone can just... cease to live, no matter how prominent they are or how healthy they appear to be.
Any word on the cause of death?
Come sail your ships around me, and burn your bridges down.
The Wanderer
Turns out that bile duct issue was worse than we thought.
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Beware the Crazy Man.
Jeeez, that was sudden...
Final Fantasy, Foreign Policy, and Bollywood. Helluva combo, that...
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper found dead in his home after suffering from cardiac arrest at 61
edited 31st Jul '15 4:43:58 PM by EarlOfSandvich
I now go by Graf von Tirol.
Doctor Frances Oldham, who prevented thalidomide from being approved in the US, has died aged 101. She probably saved thousands from death and disability.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-33831451
So that's what this does
Susan Sheridan, the original voice of Trillian dead at 68
So long, and...
The Mod with the Migraine
Julian Bond, long time civil rights activist, former chairman of the NAACP and founding president of the Southern Poverty Law Center, died Saturday night.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember reading about how this guy, when he was a kid, met Albert Einstein.
Amazing how the generations are linked, isn't it?
Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
A nice butterfly
Yvonne Craig, the 60's Batgirl, has passed away due to cancer.
A nice butterfly
Spanish only Daniel Rabinovich, member of Argentinian comedy group Les Luthiers, has passed away.
It is a gigantic death to comedy in the spanish language.
edited 21st Aug '15 7:24:56 AM by Aszur
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
Collector Of Fine Oddities
Up and coming Broadway actor Kyle Jean-Baptiste dies in freak fire escape fall.
More like giant cherries
edited 30th Aug '15 1:32:15 PM by storyyeller
Blind Final Fantasy 6 Let's Play
Chris Squire, founding member of the British rock band Yes, has passed away at the age of 67
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edited 28th Jun '15 5:27:26 PM by TotemicHero
Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)