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
RIP to the Token Good Teammate of Televangelism.
edited 21st Feb '18 1:05:11 PM by Smasher
I read about his early life, and funny he was almost expelled by Bob Jones until Bob Jones Sr. gave him a good talking and told him to get serious about his studies or he would end up a poor country Baptist preacher somewhere out in the sticks. Well, 80 something years later, and he did take that advice.
He had some questionable views on Jewish people but it sounds like he sincerely regretted it and apologised in later life. Plus Westboro Baptist Church didn't like him, which only speaks in his favour as far as I'm concerned.
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I may not like televangelists, but Graham's an exception; actually spreading the Gospel through love and not greed and hate.
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Funny thing about Billy Graham; as an evangelical Christian, he of course opposed communism... but he had a weird soft spot for Kim Il-Sung.
edited 23rd Feb '18 4:35:50 PM by AHI-3000
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I wonder if it has to do with the belief of wanting to redeem him as a person.
I wonder if Kim Il-Sung's parents being evangelical Christians themselves had anything to do with it....
Maybe he probably tried to appeal to his former religious upbringing.
That sucks.
Billy Herrington passed away at the age of 49 in a car accident
edited 3rd Mar '18 5:20:34 PM by Mhazard
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Actor David Ogden Stiers has passed away at age 75.
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Damn it I was just watching MASH and now I'm getting this news. Fuck.
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I've never watched MASH, but I knew him as Jumba. I might have to watch that movie tomorrow as remembrance.
The possum is a potential perpetrator; he did place possum poo in the plum pot.
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A Disney legend has left us. We are losing the voice of Cogsworth, General Radcliff, and Jumba.
Damn it.
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Davide Astori, centre-back for Italy and Fiorentina, was found dead in his hotel room this morning in Udine. The cause of death is unknown. He was 31, and the captain of his club side. RIP.
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Sir Roger Bannister: First person to run a mile in under four minutes dies at 88
His time of three minutes 59.4 seconds, set at Iffley Road sports ground in Oxford on 6 May 1954, stood as a record for just 46 days but his place in athletics history was assured.
Bannister also won gold over the same distance at the 1954 Commonwealth Games and later became a leading neurologist.
He was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2011.
A statement from his family said: "Sir Roger Bannister, died peacefully in Oxford on 3 March, aged 88, surrounded by his family who were as loved by him, as he was loved by them.
"He banked his treasure in the hearts of his friends."
IAAF president Lord Coe, who ran a mile world record of 3:47.33 in 1981, said: "This is a day of intense sadness both for our nation and for all of us in athletics.
"There is not a single athlete of my generation who was not inspired by Roger and his achievements both on and off the track."
In his honour:
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Album cover artist Gary Burden has passed away at the age of 84. Burden was famous for designing the album covers for several of Neil Young's albums, including After the Gold Rush, On the Beach, Tonight's the Night, and Freedom, as well as the covers for Morrison Hotel by The Doors, Blue by Joni Mitchell, and Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
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Famed fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy, perhaps best known for helping to design many of the outfits Audrey Hepburn wore in her various film roles, has passed away at the age of 91.
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Ken Dodd was essentially the last jester. He went out of his way to create a modern interpretation of the historical entertainers, silly clothes, tools such as tickling sticks and unpretentious rapid-fire jokes.
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Such an influencial man who brought glamour to the classiest woman ever.
He almost reached 100.