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
Bill Viola, pioneering video artist, died five days ago at age 73
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Naomi Pomeroy, star of Top Chef Masters, was killed in a tubing accident five days ago at age 49
.
Peter Courtney, former Oregon senator, 81:
https://apnews.com/article/peter-courtney-oregon-politics-obit-633b3ce4798faee0eea87c9db88eed42
Ruth Hesse, German mezzo-soprano, died five days ago at age 87
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Peter Buxtun, epidemiologist, died two months ago at age 86
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Comedian Bob Newhart has passed at 94.
https://apnews.com/article/bob-newhart-dead-799460b72b3c47e7aaf4eeb246f00b8c
Is it wrong that, upon hearing the news of Bob Newhart's passing, the first thing I thought was this?
Apologies for the poor quality. This is the only video I could find with the ending part intact.
Edited by Brandon on Jul 18th 2024 at 1:33:15 AM
Like creepy stories? Check out my book!Cheng Pei-pei, martial-arts actress best known for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," and "Come Drink With Me", has passed away Wednesday at the age of 78.
https://apnews.com/article/cheng-pei-pei-film-star-dies-50ce2bd4b4cc013b49e9a930897cfca2#
Aparna Vastarey, Indian actress, TV personality, and radio jockey, died over a week ago at age 57
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Thomas Hoepker, German photographer, died over a week ago at age 88
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Brett Jones, Rare Studios artist, died at age unknown
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Charles Gill, Connecticut judge and advocate for children's rights, died over a week ago at age 85
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US Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has died at 74
, presumably of complications from pancreatic cancer.
Edited by rmctagg09 on Jul 19th 2024 at 11:14:52 AM
Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.Crossposting from the Southeast Asia thread:
CNA: Vietnamese Communist Party general secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has died at 80
.
I wonder how powerful is the position for the General Secretary there? The man is quite dedicated to his work behind the scenes.
Edited by alnair20aug93 on Jul 19th 2024 at 11:34:24 PM
ᜇᜎᜈ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔|I DO COMMISSIONS|ᜇᜎᜈ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔Ayres Sasaki, Brazilian musician, electrocuted and died at 35 hugging a soaking wet concertgoer and triggered a nearby cable, fatally electrocuting him.
Holy crap, what are the odds of that happening?! And what an awful way to go!
I’m assuming the fan also died. In which case, RIP to both of them. I wonder why the fan was wet, though.
My AO3 profile. Let sleeping cats lie and be cute and calming.Ray Reardon, six time world snooker champion
, has died aged 91. He'd had cancer for some time.
Greenwich Folk regular and Bob Dylan collaborator Happy Traum has died
aged 86
David Morrow, Australian rugby league commentator, 71:
Fresia Saavedra, Ecuadorian teacher and singer-songwriter, 90:
https://euro.eseuro.com/mix/2846935.html
M.S. Valiathan, Indian cardiac surgeon, 90:
https://indianexpress.com/article/health-wellness/dr-ms-valiathan-creator-heart-valve-9462044/
Iryna Farion, Ukranian linguist and politician, was shot dead at age 60
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Evan Wright, author of Generation Kill, died over a week ago at age 59
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Sarah Gibson, pianist and composer, succumbed to cancer over a week ago at age 38
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Esta TerBlanche, actress of All My Children, died suddenly at age 51
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Noriko Ohara has passed away
. She is the legendary voice of Nobita and the "evil beauty" of the Terrible Trio gang of various Time Bokan series, most famously Doronjo
April Cantello, British soprano, died last week at age 96
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Toumani Diabate, Malian kora player, 58:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/jul/21/toumani-diabate-obituary

Former NBA player Joe "Jellybean" Bryant (and, yes, Kobe's father) has passed away. He was 69
.
"We are all so afraid, we are all so alone, we all so need from the outside the assurance of our own worthiness to exist."