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... have no idea how to convey that in his page. But yeah, West is my childhood Batman.
Foreign Troper
Great guy....but I guess at age 88 a rest is well deserved.
RIP
He was the first Batman i ever watch when i was a kid. RIP Mr West.
edited 10th Jun '17 10:39:10 AM by MrTerrorist
I agree...to this day I consider him the best live action batman. And I am ready to win an argument on movie fight if I have to!!!!
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
Anita Pallenberg, actress, model, and former romantic partner of Keith Richards, has passed away at age 75.
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
Helmut Kohl, the German Chancellor who facilitated the Reunification dies at 87.
He's also the latest member of the Babylon 5 cast to die before reaching his seventies, which is a rather distressing trend.
Richard Bigg, Andreas Katsulas, Jeff Conaway, Jerry Doyle, Michael O'Hare...and now Stephen Furst. So damn sad. A talented actor and a super nice guy.
I'll always remember him as Vir from Babylon 5.
edited 17th Jun '17 9:23:26 PM by Lightysnake
The Wanderer
edited 18th Jun '17 9:28:53 PM by rmctagg09
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
Michael Nyqvist, a.k.a. Blomkvist from the Millenium trilogy, Viggo from John Wick, Hendricks from Ghost Protocol and much more, has passed away.
God damn it. Just when it seemed like he was breaking into Hollywood.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."
Damn, he was almost exactly as old as my mother to...
Fuck cancer (apparently).
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Oh, bother.
Paddington Bear author Michael Bond dies at age 91.
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
http://www.tmz.com/2017/06/28/steam-singer-gary-decarlo-dead/
Musician Gary De Carlo of one-hit wonder Steam (Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye) has passed away.
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
Simone Veil has died, aged 89. She was the one who pushed the law to legalize abortion in France in 1974. She also spent nine months in Auschwitz during WWII, and was the first elected president of the European Parliament in 1979.
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I feel a touch sorry for any guards she might bump into, me. Strong woman.
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
If I get a chance to reflect on my life when I die, I'll probably think about whether I left behind something that the world will continue to have and appreciate after I'm gone. (I mean, I'm not sure that thought will occur to me, but I'd imagine it would.) If I had the survival of a species that was going extinct on my CV, I'd feel quite content with my contribution. Nobody does something like that alone, obviously, but if you're the driving force in an effort like that you have every reason to feel very proud.
Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
edited 3rd Jul '17 5:02:19 PM by kkhohoho
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
On a similar note:
GNU Terry Pratchett
Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
The Wanderer
Joan Lee, wife of comics legend Stan Lee, dies at age 93
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
Stan himself is just a year older. I wouldn't be surprised if he followed her within the next few weeks/months/years.
Married for 69 years. Whoa. My Condolences to Stan Lee and his family for their lost.
She voiced the elusive, mysterious Madam Web in the 90's spidey cartoon.
One of the best performances in that show.
R.I.P.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."
Farewell to the best Batman.