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
Ágnes Keleti
, 103, Holocaust survivor and longest-lived Olympic champion (gymnastics).
Edited by Iridener on Jan 3rd 2025 at 10:57:57 AM
Harry Chandler, Navy medic who survived Pearl Harbor, 103:
Among those killed in New Orleans in the New Year's Day attack
, was a 31 year old British national, Edward Pettifer
, who was the stepson of Prince William and Prince Harry’s former nanny, Alexandra Pettifer, aka Tiggy Legge-Bourke
.
Aubrey Plaza’s husband, the 47 year old filmmaker Jeff Baena was sadly found dead at his Los Angeles home on Friday morning
.
World's oldest person Tomiko Itooka dies aged 116
.
Edited by The10thGeek on Jan 4th 2025 at 6:14:11 PM
Wilhelm Bruckner, German luthier and violinmaker, has died at age 92
.
Ruth Butler, art historian and academic, died over a month ago (November 28, 2024) at age 93
.
Shigeko Sasamori, Hiroshima survivor and anti-nuclear war activist, died almost three weeks ago at age 92
.
Martin Karplus, Austrian-American chemist, died last week at age 94
.
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Jesus, that's horrible about Baena. My condolences to Aubrey Plaza.
If you ever find yourself in a dark place like that, please seek out help.
"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."Perry, the donkey who served as the model for Donkey in ‘SHREK’, has passed away at the age of 30.
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2025/01/03/perry-beloved-donkey-of-bol-park-dies-at-30/
Former CNN anchor Aaron Brown, 76:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/31/us/aaron-brown-death-cnn-anchor-hnk/index.html
Mary Daugherty Abrams, Connecticut senator and advocate, succumbed to cancer at age 59
.
Oleksandr Semeniuk
, Ukrainian karate world champion, KIA in defense of his country.
Martin "Tiger" Bech, TCU star Jack Beck's brother, was killed in the New Orleans New Year's Day attack at age 28
.
Angelo Amato, Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, died five days ago at age 86
.
Charlie Maxwell, left-handed baseball left-fielder, died over a week ago at age 97
.
Dada Masilo, South African dancer and choreographer, succumbed to an illness last week at age 39
.
Michael Newberry, British soccer player, died suddenly almost a week ago on his 27th birthday
.
Jorge Lanata, Argentinian journalist and author, died almost a week ago at age 64
.
Loretta Di Franco, opera singer, died almost a week ago at age 82
.
Gwen Van Dam, character actress, died over two weeks ago at age 96
.
Benoît Allemane, 82, French voice actor, most recurring dub voice of Morgan Freeman. Often did Santa Claus, plus Foghorn Leghorn, Goliath in Gargoyles, Baloo in TaleSpin, dubbed Worf in Star Trek, and many others.
Edited by Iridener on Jan 17th 2025 at 2:18:13 AM
Fraser Stoddart, British-American chemist, died last week at age 82
.
Tariana Turia, New Zealand Maori rights acitvist and politician, 80:
Ripken the Bat Dog died almost a week ago at age 8
.
Tom Johnson, music composer, died last week at age 85
.
Peter Yarrow
of Peter, Paul and Mary, dead at 86.

RIP Britt Allcroft.
Edited by callmeamuffin on Jan 4th 2025 at 2:00:15 AM
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