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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That was news to me, too. Best mysterious-yet-warmly-amused-by-people oracle role and vocal performance.
edited 7th Jul '17 12:10:39 PM by Euodiachloris
There was even a Casting Gag in the final episode when Stan Lee cameos as himself and Madam Web shows up, Stan comments "who's that exotic woman?" in a interested tone.
Marvel entertainment posted a video in which Stan talks about her (from April this year):
Pierre Henry, musique conrete pioneer who inspired Futurama's theme, died two days ago.
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
Huh. First heard about him from reading he'd done a collaborative album with Spooky Tooth at one point. Sad that he's gone.
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
Nelsan Ellis, know for playing Lafayette on HBO's True Blood, is dead at the age of 39 from heart failure.
Christ, that's so young too.
Sometimes, you're carrying around a time bomb instead of a ticker. :/
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Promotional voice actor Randy Schell was killed in an indoor skydiving accident.
You may not recognize his face, but you may recognize his voice. Here is his website with demos.
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Regarding Joan Lee (Stan Lee's wife) death story from the last page: her age was apparently incorrectly reported. She was actually 95 years old (making her older than her husband).
Just thought I'd let you all know.
Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
The Wanderer
Jack Shaheen, writer of the documentary Reel Bad Arabs, died yesterday at 82.
edited 10th Jul '17 2:32:26 PM by rmctagg09
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
RIP Batman and Madame Web.
George A Romero has passed away.
May he come back to life and kill us all.
Never trust anyone who uses "degenerate" as an insult.
Double-tap, just in case.
RIP
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/martin-landau-dead-ed-wood-811318
Martin Landau has also passed away. I'll say this: he rightfully earned that Oscar for Ed Wood.
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
May their memories be eternal.
Dread Pirate Captain
Damn that really sucks. I remember reading about her accomplishments not too long ago.
Chester Bennington, mister Linkin Park himself, has committed suicide.
Jesus christ. I knew he had issues, but... goddamn.
RIP, I used to be huge into Linkin Park in the day.
edited 20th Jul '17 12:52:14 PM by AlleyOop
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RIP. Linkin Park was one of the first English speaking bands I started following.
1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
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The outro to The Catalyst just got a lot more Harsher in Hindsight 
RIP.
Not to mention the video for Breaking the Habit.
Wait she did Madame Web? Oh man