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
Foreign Troper
Also, his reputation was irreparably damaged ever since that trial.
Certified: 48.0% West Asian, 6.5% South Asian, 15.8% North/West European, 15.7% English, 7.4% Balkan, 6.6% Scandinavian
Oh, bother.
No gravedancing regardless of who it is. That is not what this thread is about.
Disgusted, but not surprised
I actually wanted to be Resileaf
It's funny. It's not the kind of person you think "Oh yeah, they were old."
Joseph E. Brennan, former Maine governor, died five days ago at age 89.
RIP to Nordberg. A shame he had to go south in life.
Edited by speedyboris on Apr 11th 2024 at 10:06:34 AM
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salute
Good job breaking through that barrier, Akebono-sensei.
I despise hypocrisy, unless of course it is my own.
May Akebono-sensei's soul rest in peace.
Dramatist Trevor Griffiths — who won an Oscar for co-writing Reds (1981) — passed away on March 29. He was 88.
^ x11 RIP Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman
(Also, RIP Norm Macdonald. You would've been having an absolute field day with today's news.)
Edited by MovieNut14 on Apr 12th 2024 at 1:02:57 PM
"We are all so afraid, we are all so alone, we all so need from the outside the assurance of our own worthiness to exist."
I'll second all those certainly.
Not gonna comment on O.J. Simpson himself for obvious reasons.
I don't have a count on all those others I missed. God rest their souls. Wanted to make sure I said that though of course.
Ralph Puckett Jr., Medal of Honor recipient of the Korean War, 97:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/08/us/col-ralph-puckett-jr-dead.html
Robert MacNeil, longtime anchorman for PBS, 93:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/robert-macneil-dead-pbs-anchorman-1235873118/
Mysterious Fan
Roberto Cavalli: Italian fashion designer dies aged 83
Park Boram, K-pop singer, died suddenly at age 30. 
Eleanor Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola’s wife and documentarian (including Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse), has died at 87.
Lori and George Schappell, world's oldest conjoined twins, 62:
https://www.today.com/health/health/worlds-oldest-conjoined-twins-die-rcna147643
Michael Boder, German opera conductor, died last week at age 65.
Phil Nimmons, dean of Canadian jazz, died over a week ago at age 100.
Eric Sievers, NFL tight end, succumbed to cancer at age 66.
Antonette Mendes, Indian singer and actress, died last week at age 79.
Calvin "Mister Cee" LeBrun, pioneering Brooklyn DJ, died five days ago at age 57.
Baroness Chryssie Lytton Cobbold, the real Lady of Rock, died over a week ago at age 83.
John Allen Fraser, Canadian House Speaker, died over a week ago at age 92.
Melitha Sidabutar, Indonesian singer, died of a heart failure at age 23.
Alasdair Macintosh Geddes, British doctor at the University of Birmingham School, died almost a week ago at age 89.
Jose Antonio Ardanza, Spanish politician, died last week at age 82.
Fritz Peterson, major league pitcher who traded wives with Yankee teammate Mike Kekich in 1973, died Thursday at 82: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39932497/former-yankees-20-game-winner-fritz-peterson-dies-82
wak
Ouch, rough week for baseball.
Come sail your ships around me, and burn your bridges down.
Dieter Rexroth, German musicologist, died last week at age 83.
Trina Robbins, cartoonist, died almost a week ago at age 85.
Anna-Greta Leijon, Swedish politician, died five days ago at age 84.
Beverly LaHaye, Christian conservative activist and author, 94:
https://www.liberty.edu/news/2024/04/15/liberty-university-mourns-the-loss-of-beverly-lahaye/
Marisa Roth, TikTok star, died suddenly at age 36.
Carl Erskine, Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher, 97:
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39956198/dodgers-great-carl-erskine-dies-age-97
Derek Underwood, British International cricketer, 78:
If it's any consolidation - he did go to prison for committing robbery. Also, it turns out he was suffering from prostate cancer.
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