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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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
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Stanislaw Baranczak, Polish poet and translator most well known for his translations of the works of William Shakespeare, died in Newtonville, MA, today. He was 68.
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Christine Cavanaugh passed away on December 22nd at the age of 51.
edited 30th Dec '14 3:38:24 PM by tclittle
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And to close out 2014...Edward Herrmann, an actor known for his role on Gilmore Girls as well as winning Emmys for portraying Franklin Delano Roosevelt, has passed away at the age of 71.
edited 31st Dec '14 2:31:49 PM by TotemicHero
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Aww, poor Richard Rich! 
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Grand Ole Opry star Jimmy Dickens has passed away at the age of 94.
Anita Ekberg, star of La Dolce Vita, dies aged 83.
Such is the passage of time. Last year it was Lauren Bacall, now it's Anita. RIP.
edited 11th Jan '15 7:09:12 AM by Quag15
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Belgium and Vf L Wolfsburg midfielder Junior Malanda passed away in a car accident in Germany. He would have been 21 in August.
RIP, Malanda.
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Avengers and Professionals writer Brian Clemens dies — RIP.
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Darrel winfield, The Marlboro man
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Origa, the singer best known for the theme songs from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, died last Saturday. She was 44.
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Millions of sweet tooth owners mourn.
Longtime Tootsie Roll chief dies at 95, after 50 years as CEO.
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The legendary Chicago Cubs player Ernie Banks, aka "Mr. Cub", MLB Hall of Famer and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, has passed away at the age of 83.
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German WWII ace tanker Otto Carius had passed away yesterday
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Cartoonist RK Laxman, creator of the iconic 'Common Man', and commentator on Indian sociopolitical life for almost seventy years, has passed away today. He was 94.
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Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
Richard von Weizsäcker is dead.
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Nobel laureate Charles Townes, laser co-creator, dies at 99: "Charles H. Townes, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist who helped create the laser that would revolutionize everything from medicine to manufacturing, has died. He was 99.
Townes had been in poor health before his death on the way to an Oakland hospital Tuesday, officials at the University of California, Berkeley, said.
'Charlie Townes had an enormous impact on physics and society in general,' Steven Boggs, the chairman of the physics department at Berkeley, said Wednesday.
The invention he's known for paved the way for other scientific discoveries, but also has a huge array of applications today: DVD players, gun sights, printers, computer networks, metal cutters, tattoo removal and vision correction are just some of the tools and technologies that rely on lasers."
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Yup, it happened. I can't believe it either.
And I pray to God that it had nothing to do with him working too hard. That would be just too tragic.
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Allergic reaction? I swear the people least expected to kick it do so in the least expected ways. Dona eis requiem. . .
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While I will admit I wasn't super impressed by RWBY from what I saw...this is still saddening. Way way way too soon.
Well, there's only one song to send someone like him off with.
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Charlie Sifford, the first African-American PGA golfer (and another Presidential Medal of Freedom winner), has died at the age of 92.
A nice butterfly
Lesley Gore, of "I's my party and I'll cry if I want to" fame, died aged 68 on February 16, due to Lung Cancer
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Widow of Congo's independence-era hero dies
RIP Pauline Opango Lumumba.
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