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.
Please observe the usual rules about posting ettiquette and note that this is in On-Topic Conversations.
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
Nathan Agostinelli, Manchester mayor, died last week at age 93.
Krystal Anderson, former Chiefs cheerleader, died suddenly at age 40 after a stillbirth.
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Well, I hate to double-post, but looking back on how Liebermann was doing during the Senate hearings on video games over 30 years ago, he admitted to not playing Night Trap when he made a baseless claim about it. Taco-Man made a response to the hearings with this video.
Edited by Angeldeb82 on Mar 27th 2024 at 6:49:45 AM
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Gogglebox star, George Gilbey, dies after fall from height
Count at least a dozen since my last post. God rest their souls.
I only recently just found out that Ashleigh Aston Moore from Now and Then passed away in 2007 at age 26. That was sad to hear. God rest her soul as well.
I found out yesterday that a friend's father passed away a few days ago unexpectedly age 57. God rest his soul too. Wake's Saturday morning.
Daniel Kahneman, psychologist, Nobel Prize for Economics in 2002, known especially for his studies on biases and decision-making, died at age 90
Maurizio Pollini, Italian pianist and conductor, died five days ago at age 82.
Eli Noyes, stop-motion animation pioneer, died almost a week ago at age 81.
x2 Damn. I just watched An Officer and a Gentleman, he was excellent in it.
Folk rock musician Gerry Conway has died aged 76
(not to be confused with the Marvel comics writer)
Shahryar Khan, Pakistani career diplomat, died last week at age 89.
Peter Eotvos, Hungarian composer and conductor, died almost a week ago at age 80.
Chance Perdomo, actor whom you may have known from Gen V as Andre Anderson, died from a motorcycle accident at age 27.
Edited by CrimsonShark on Mar 30th 2024 at 9:40:28 AM
"O, Death... become my Blade, Once More"
George Abbey, NASA administrator and USAF pilot, died last week at age 91.
Actress Barbara Rush has passed away. She was 97.
Judith Hemmendinger, Israeli researcher and author, died over a week ago at age 100.
Marjorie Perloff, leading scholar of avant-garde poetry, died over a week ago at age 92.
Elisabeth Guttenberger, German Holocaust survivor and human rights activist, died last week at age 98 (link is in German, though).
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Vontae Davis, former NFL comeback, died suddenly at age 35. 
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Marvel Comics illustrator, M. D. Bright, died last week, aged 68.
Louis Conter: Last survivor of attack on Pearl Harbor ship dies aged 102.
Edited by The10thGeek on Apr 2nd 2024 at 3:27:20 PM
Musician and Ultravox member Chris Cross passed away on March 25th
Diana Wall, environmental scientist and soil ecologist, died over a week ago at age 80.
Not a cat
Actor Joe Flaherty has died at age 82.
Rest in piece, Jackass!
If I had a nickel for every film where Emma Stone falls off a balcony... I'd only have two nickels, but weird that there's two of them.
Casey Benjamin, saxophonist of the Robert Glasper Experiement, died suddenly at age 45.
Martin Greenfield, Holocaust survivor and tailor for U.S. presidents, died last week at age 95
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Billy Kellock, Scottish soccer player, died last week at age 70
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Imogen Stuart, German-Irish sculptor, 96:
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/03/25/prolific-irish-german-sculptor-imogen-stuart-dies-aged-96/