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
2023 mod note:
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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:28:19 AM
Gunnar Hannsen ( not sure I spelled that right) AKA leatherface is gone. It's been a bad year for horror
He who fights bronies should see to itthat he himself does not become a brony. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, Pinkie Pie gazes AlsoFormer Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland was found dead on his tour bus.
The founder of North Face, Douglas Tompkins, 72, died from hypothermia in a kayaking accident.
...There's something darkly humorous about that.
Continuously reading, studying, and (hopefully) growing.Jimmy Hill, former footballer, former football presenter, former president of the Professional Footballer's Association and patron saint of chins, has died aged 87
Ian Murdock, founder of Debian GNU/Linux, died Monday.
Suspected to be a suicide, as there are several very suspect posts to his Twitter, though some believe it may have been hacked.
Actor Wayne Rogers, best known for playing Trapper John Mc Intyre on MASH, died last night. He was 82.
Damn, the end of 2015 wasn't good for entertainment.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.He was diagnosed with cancer and died a few days later. Must have gone undetected for a long time and by the time they found it, he was basically a dead man. Happened to my grandfather, died two weeks after they found that his lungs were covered in tumors.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.Famous film and music producer Robert Stigwood, most known for his work on Saturday Night Fever and Grease, has passed away at the age of 81
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in order to properly honour God, there is a campaign to rename the Jack and Coke to a "Lemmy" http://metalhammer.teamrock.com/news/2016-01-08/motorhead-lemmy-campaign-rename-jack-coke
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/david-bowie-dead-legendary-artist-854364
RIP David Bowie
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?

Legendary R&B musician Allen Toussaint has died at 77
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Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)