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
Gentlemen...BEHOLD...my tears!
That really sucks.
Never trust anyone who uses "degenerate" as an insult.
Mweheheh
Shawty Lo of rap group D4L was killed in a car crash at the age of 40.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
No longer a forum herald
Film director Curtis Hanson, who helmed L.A. Confidential and 8 Mile, has died of natural causes at age 71.
edited 21st Sep '16 10:29:52 AM by TotemicHero
Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
Mweheheh
Princess Gwen has informed me that troper Shane Bane Neumann has passed away.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
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Yeah, it was first reported here.
Never Trust
Buckwheat Zydeco is dead. 2016, why do you hate music?
Trump delenda est
Mweheheh
Arnold Palmer has died at the age of 87.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
José Fernandéz has died at 24 in a boating accident. Dammit, I'm not even much of a baseball fan, but this hits me pretty hard.
V
Former Israeli president Shimon Peres passes away at age 93
edited 27th Sep '16 10:11:44 PM by Greenmantle
Keep Rolling On
A known Polish director, Andrzej Wajda, died today. He was 90.
King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand has died at the age of 88.
Professional Forum Ninja
Longtime Houston-area sportscaster Bob Allen has past away at 70 after a battle with cancer.
Best Punisher artist ever.
edited 22nd Oct '16 5:19:45 PM by NapoleonDeCheese
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Junko Tabei, the first woman to ever climb Mt. Everest and later the full "Seven Summits", has died at age 77.
edited 23rd Oct '16 8:58:30 AM by TotemicHero
Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
V
Comedy writer Jimmy Perry has died, aged 93.
Collector Of Fine Oddities
Jack Chick of Chick Tracts infamy has passed away at the age of 92.
Well our souls are screwed now.
straight up just a bear
Pete Burns, frontman of Dead or Alive, passed away today at 57 years old.
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
... I read that as "Dead or Alive".
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
On October 23, 2016, Jack died at the age of 92. Publications, however, will continue as normal.
What?
Here's a link for this: http://www.thewrap.com/auto-draft-18/
Well, that guy was a crackpot religious wack-job cartoonist who misinterpreted the Bible to spread out slander against us. Though I have no hatred against him, I have to say that we forgive him. May his soul R.I.P.
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He was old. So it makes sense that someone else would have stepped up to the plate to handle his comics, with Chicks as an overseer.
...Behold!
For my actor has sadly passed away, and thus, I am gone for good.
(ATHF humor, for those who don't get it).
RIP, man. You did a great job.![[tup]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Thumbs_up_emoticon_3268.png "[thumb up]")