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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Loved him in The Slipper and the Rose. RIP.
Voice actress Yoko Kawanami passed away on March 18
. She was 67.
Edited by gjjones on Mar 30th 2025 at 1:15:40 PM
He/His/Him. No matter who you are, always Be Yourself.Terry Manning, recording engineer, record producer, musician, and photographer, died five days ago at age 77
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Masahiro Shinoda, Japanese film director, died five days ago at age 94
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Alan Cuckston, British harpsichordist, pianist, conductor and lecturer, died almost a week ago at age 84
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Alvaro Mangino, Uruguayan rugby union player and survivor of the Andes tragedy that inspired films like Alive and The Society of the Snow, died at 72. (In Spanish)
Now has an English link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14554379/Plane-crash-cannibal-ATE-human-survive-aircraft-Andes-1972-dies.html
Max Frankel, executive editor of The New York Times, died over a week ago at age 94
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Ray Barra, ballet dancer, master and director, 95 [link is in German, though]:
Richard Norton
, 75, martial artist, actor and stunt coordinator who worked with Chuck Norris and Jackie Chan. And the Prime Imperator of Immortan Joe in Mad Max: Fury Road.
Christina McKelvie, Scottish politician and social worker, succumbed to cancer five days ago at age 57
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I knew about him thanks to At First Sight, whose page I made one year ago.
My condolences to his family and friends.
135 -> 180 -> 273 -> 191 -> 188 -> 230 -> 300 -> 311It was thanks to the movie Willow that I started liking him. Rest in peace to a great actor.
Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!Yeah, this was gonna happen sooner or later. Guy's very publicly been in bad health for a while. What a legend, though. Not just your Tombstone or Batman Forever, but even voicework like The Prince of Egypt. God, he was great in that.
Self-serious autistic trans gal who loves rock/metal and animation with all her heart. (she/her)Peter Lever, British cricketer, died almost a week ago at age 84
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Dick Carlson, journalist and director of Voice of America, died over a week ago at age 84
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Heloisa Teixeira, Brazilian writer, essayist, editor and literary critic, died five days ago at age 85 (link is in Spanish, though
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Wes Watkins, Oklahoma poiltician, died last week at age 86
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Singer Johnny Tillotson, best known for the song Poetry in Motion, is dead at 86: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/grammy-nominated-singer-johnny-tillotson-dead-at-86/
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Mexican actor Arsenio Campos, known for his villanous characters in telenovelas like Bodas de Odio, El Maleficio and El Camino Secreto, died at 79.
https://diariodelyaqui.mx/farandula/fallece-arsenio-campos-iconico-actor-de-telenovelas-a-los-79-anos/105595
(In Spanish)
RIP (and not where your characters would had fallen)
Hans-Josef Klauck, German theologian, Franciscan priest, and historian, died last week at age 78
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Khamtai Siphandone, Laotian politician and former president, 101:
https://laotiantimes.com/2025/04/02/former-president-khamtai-siphandone-passes-away-at-101/
Dick Damron, Canadian country music singer-songwriter, died five days ago at age 91
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