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
Kitty Dukakis, humanitarian and activist for mental health, 88:
Liu Hongru, Chinese government official, died over a week ago at age 95
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Fred Eversley, New York sculptor, died over a week ago at age 83
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Malcolm F. Marsh, attorney and jurist, died last week at age 96
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Dirk Jacob "Dik" Wolfson, Dutch economist, civil servant and politician, died last week at age 91
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Larisa Golubkina, leading lady and last surviving non-extra cast member of Hussar Ballad, died on March 22, aged 85. https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0326730/bio/
Miller Gardner, ex-Yankee OF Brett Gardner's son, succumbed to illness at age 14
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Former US Representative from Utah Mia Love, the first black woman Republican, has passed at 49, likely due to brain cancer complications.
https://apnews.com/article/mia-love-congress-black-republican-died-440edac7923942e9329e0224a3d053c1
Edited by tclittle on Mar 23rd 2025 at 11:15:05 AM
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."Munir Shakir, Islamic cleric and preacher, was killed in a bomb attack over a week ago at age 55-56
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https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/wccw-announcer-bill-mercer-passes-away
Sportcaster for the local Dallas area, legendary WCCW announcer and the guy that covered the JFK assassination, Bill Mercer, died at 99.
Edited by terumokou on Mar 24th 2025 at 3:06:34 AM
Burning love!Han Jong-Hee, co-CEO of Samsung Elecronics, died of a heart attack at age 63
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Pro Super Smash Bros. Melee player hax$ has passed at 30.
https://xcancel.com/ssbmhax/status/1904620112218382603#m
Edited by tclittle on Mar 25th 2025 at 3:19:05 AM
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."Former Senator J. Bennett Johnston from my home state of Louisiana: https://www.nola.com/news/politics/j-bennett-johnston-who-spent-4-terms-in-senate-dies-at-92/article_adfd23ec-043f-11f0-9dd4-eb872a26e8fc.html
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Clive Revill, actor of the Star Wars movies, died over two weeks ago at age 94
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Torquil Norman, British businessman, aircraft enthusiast and arts philanthopist, died over a week ago at age 91
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Norm Clarke, sportswriter and reporter, died last week at age 82
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We do have a trope page for him if anyone wants to review his works.
He'll probably be most known on this site as Kickback or Alfred Pennyworth.
Edited by tclittle on Mar 27th 2025 at 1:23:12 PM
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."For those that would had fallen today in Myanmar and Thailand after an earthquake with 7.7 magnitude hit on Myanmar.
https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/myanmar-thailand-earthquake-03-28-25-intl-hnk/index.html
Rest in peace.
Jessica Aber, U.S. attorney, succumbed to epilepsy almost a week ago at age 43
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Nona Faustine, photographer and visual artist, died suddenly over a week ago at age 48
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Fuad Norman, Brazilian writer, economist and politician, 77 (link is in Portuguese, though):
Stef Wertheimer, Israeli billionaire industrialist and politician, 98:
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-847637
Kenneth Edward "Young Scooter" Bailey, rapper signed to Future and Waka Flocka Flame, died from his terrible injuries after jumping a fence on his 39th birthday
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Bruce Glover, actor of Chinatown and Diamonds Are Forever, died two-and-a-half weeks ago at age 92
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Dennis Arndt, actor of S.W.A.T., 86:
Edited by Angeldeb82 on Mar 29th 2025 at 6:42:23 AM

RIP Foreman. I have one of his grills and I love it.
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