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
2023 mod note:
In line with the general forum rules, 'gravedancing' is prohibited here. If you're celebrating someone's death, your post will get thumped. This rule applies regardless of what the person you're discussing has said or done.
This doesn't mean that you can't discuss their life or legacy, or express an opinion as to whether they escaped justice for their actions. But if that starts to become a longer conversation, there are other OTC threads that may be more appropriate.
Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:28:19 AM
Looking back, perhaps the *biggest* example of Harsher in Hindsight would be "Given Up," what with that screamed out bridge saying "PUT ME OUT OF MY MISERY!"
...yeah.
I'm too shocked. Linkin Park was me and my sister's favorite band when we were young. To hear that he committed suicide felt like a massive kick since i thought that he got better thanks to the band to help with his past problems. And this was just after the death of his friend Chris Cornell. :(
RIP Chester. You always be my hero.
Deborah Watling, the actress who played the Second Doctor's companion Victoria on Doctor Who, has passed away.
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?John Heard has died. Most well known as Peter Mc Callister (Kevin's dad) in Home Alone.
June Foray has passed away at 99.
I made a thread in the Western Animation thread about her death. Man, and this was right before Duck Tales was getting their reboot. Her career goes back generations, I mean she was entertaining the industry since my grandma was a little girl.
Keith Baird, Linguist Who Fought the Use of ‘Negro,’ Dies at 94
He was one of the people who popularized the term "African-American".
Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.Denis Mack Smith, Chronicler of Modern Italy, Dies at 97
Daniel Licht, noted soundtrack-composer for Dexter, Dishonored 1 & 2, Silent Hill Downpour and much more, has sadly passed away from cancer
at 60.
Former Texas governor Mark White passes away at 77.
Haruo Nakajima, the first man to wear the famed Godzilla rubber suit (for 12 different films), has passed away at age 88
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Singer Glen Campbell has passed away at 81.
Yisrael Kristal, the world's oldest man and a survivor of the Holocaust, has died at the age of 113
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A1 has a child with B1 at 17; that child is A2. A1 also has a child, B2, when she's 40. By then, A2 is 23.
A2 has a child when she's 17. That child is A3.
A3 has a child when she's 17. That child is A4. At that time, A2 is 34 and A1 is 51. B2 is only 11 at this time.
A4 has a child, A5, when she's 17. Even A1 is stil probably alive - she's 68. B2 is 28.
A5 has a child, A6, when she's 17. A1 might still be alive, at 85. B2 is 45. Even if B2 is a woman, she might still have a child at that age (although it is not recommended, and not possible for some women at that age). That child would be B3.
It's possible that A6 and B3 grow up together and are in the same class at school even though A6 is 5 generations removed from A1, while B3 is only 2 generations away.
So as you see, because of the range of years when people have children, the number of generations that a family produces in a given number of years will vary. Even in my scenario above, you could still add another generation (A6 and B3 both having children - you can decide whether they have them at 17 again, or maybe one had their children much later than the other). If A6 gives birth to A7 when she's 17, A1 would still be "only" 102 years old. That's a lot of generations in a lifetime.
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This sucks.
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