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.
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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
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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:28:19 AM
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I just found out about this as well.
I imagine the latest Star Trek reboot movie will be dedicated to him.
Rest in Peace Anton.
One Strip! One Strip!
I wonder if they'll recast him, of if The Character Died with Him will come into play? Guess it depends on how far along the film is.
edited 19th Jun '16 12:36:18 PM by Rationalinsanity
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Beyond is pretty much in the can now.
"Yup. That tasted purple."
Huh, I forgot it came out next month.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Janet Waldo, the voice actress who gave life to the original Judy Jetson, Penelope Pitstop, and Josie in Josie and the Pussycats, has died. She was 96 years old.
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Goodbye, Josie. We'll miss your long tail and ears for a hat.
Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
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Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley passed away (cancer) at the age of 89.
Bud Spencer dies at the age of 86.
May his memory be eternal. Time to watch one of his many movies with Terence Hill.
Couple of announcements from the halls of sports coaches:
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Caroline Aherne, actor and comedian, dies aged 52
Aherne, who co-wrote, directed and starred in The Royle Family, revealed two years ago she had been undergoing treatment for lung cancer in her home city of Manchester. She was born with a rare form of retina cancer and later received treatment for bladder cancer.
“Caroline Aherne has sadly passed away after a brave battle with cancer,” her publicist Neil Redding said.
“The Bafta award-winning writer and comedy actor died earlier today at her home in Timperley, Greater Manchester. She was 52. The family ask for privacy at this very sad time.”
Aherne created some of British comedy’s best-loved characters: the terminally lazy daughter Denise in The Royle Family, acerbic chat show host Mrs Merton, and memorable Fast Show characters such as Poula Fisch, TV weather girl in an unnamed country where the sun is always ‘scorchio!’
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Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, author, human rights activist and Nobel Prize winner is dead. He was 87.
Trump delenda est
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Night was a chilling read. Time to go find my copy and look through it again.
Rest in the peace that you so richly deserve, after what you lived through.
Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
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Noel Neill, the actress who first brought Lois Lane to the big screen back in the late 1940s before taking on the role for Season 2 onward on the 1950s television series, has passed away at age 95.
Beware the Crazy Man.
Abdul Sattar Edhi, renknowned Pakistani philanthropist (basically built the ambulance system of Karachi, among many other things, think a male Muslim Mother Teresa) has passed away at the age of 88.
Final Fantasy, Foreign Policy, and Bollywood. Helluva combo, that...
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Forging compassion from chaos... that's fighting the real jihad. 
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Sydney Schanberg, who documented the rape of Cambodia at the hands of the Khmer Rouge , passed away the the age of 82.
So that's what this does
Have a celebration for a change.
The UK's oldest woman has Died aged 113
Let's all get to be that old.
I'm not sure the government would appreciate that unless it came with living healthier for longer.
Alan Vega, Suicide frontman and electronic music pioneer, dies aged 78.
Well, time to listen to their first two albums again. May his memory be eternal.
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Garry Marshall has passed away at 81.
Longtime NFL head coach Dennis "They were who we thought they were!" Green has died at 67.
Garibaldi has passed beyond the rim.
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Jack Davis has passed away at 91.
One of the greatest artists for MAD Magazine, character designer for Mad Monster Party... what a talented guy. Undoubtedly he'll be missed...
"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."
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The Weather Channel's Dave Schwartz has passed away at 63.
Oh, fuck. RIP.
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