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
Actor Aron Eisenberg passed away today. He was best known for his role as Nog on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
RIP, to the most promoted character in all of Trek.
Famed opera singer Jessye Norman has passed away at 74. Norman was a multiple-times Grammy nominee and winner, and is notably for being one of the few African Americans to achieve international stardom in the classical opera world.
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John J. Kirby, civil rights lawyer who went on to defend Nintendo's legal right to use the name "Donkey Kong" (and in turn get a certain pink balloon named after him), has passed away of cancer at the age of 79.
Edited by TotemicHero on Oct 4th 2019 at 10:29:56 AM
Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
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Comedian Rip Taylor passes away at 84
https://edition-m.cnn.com/2019/10/06/entertainment/rip-taylor-death/index.html
Edited by alnair20aug93 on Oct 7th 2019 at 5:05:04 PM
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The Video Guy
Somewhere, there's a bag of confetti just going to waste. King of the gag comics, no one else could touch him.
Who are the ones that we kept in charge? Killers, thieves, and lawyers. God's away, god's away, god's away on business... business.
Not stupid or expendable.
He also starred in a couple episodes of The Monkees. One of which was the final episode entitled The Frodis Caper where he played Wizard Glick. Rest in peace...
In other news, Cream drummer Ginger Baker has also died yesterday. He was 80 years old.
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Rest in peace to the the rightful face of Thailand. (salutes)
Lost in Space
Cross-posting from the Space Thread.
Breaking news: TASS is reporting that Russian Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, the first human to take a spacewalk, has died at 86. (Twitter.) Also, NASA statement.
Leonov is an important figure in the history of human spaceflight, but I'm young enough to admit without shame that I first learned about him because the Soviet spaceship in 2010: The Year We Make Contact is named for him.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Not stupid or expendable.
Stephen Moore, the actor who voiced Marvin the Paranoid Android in the radio and television versions of The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy has died at the age of 81. His death was announced on Twitter by Dirk Maggs.
How ironic that he outlived Marvin's more recent voice.
There is no beginning. There is no end. There is only... Hooty.
Such a huge loss for the American political scene. From what I saw, he was one of the most composed, respectful and wise representatives in the House. Just watch any hearing where he was present. May he rest in piece.
Musician/Composer
Boxer Patrick Kay has died of brain injuries four days after he was knocked out in a welterweight match at the age of 27. This is a sad day for the boxing community.
🍊orange fursona🧡
And another one joins The 27 Club.
It has been a rough year for boxing. Day marks the fourth boxing casualty this year, after Russian prospect "Mad Max" Maxim Dadashev, Argentinian Journeyman Alfredo "Dinamita" Sintillan, Bulgarian boxer Boris Stanachov and now Patrick Day. It's always sad to see and just raises more voices to join the choir calling for more safety standards for the sport.
Even outside of the more tragic ring fatalities, legendary boxer "Sweet Pea" Pernell Whitaker also tragically passed away this year after being struck by a car.
Just a grim year all around.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."
🍊orange fursona🧡
Edited by Ramidel on Oct 20th 2019 at 5:24:35 AM
I despise hypocrisy, unless of course it is my own.
Thomas D'Alesandro III, the former mayor of Baltimore and Nancy Pelosi's brother, is dead at 90.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/20/politics/nancy-pelosi-brother-thomas-dalesandro-iii-dies/index.html
Lizard Metabolism
This is a few days old already, but no one reported it here so far, so: J. Michael Mendel, the producer of The Simpsons and Rick & Morty, dead at 54.
Edited by FergardStratoavis on Oct 27th 2019 at 12:33:42 PM
How do lizards fly?
Professional Forum Ninja
John Witherspoon has passed at 77.
Edited by tclittle on Oct 30th 2019 at 3:47:49 AM
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
Musician/Composer
Robert Evans, a former executive at Paramount Pictures and longtime film producer, died on October 26 at the age of 89.
Walter Mercado, Puerto Rican astrologer and celebrity, died the 2 of November at 87 years old.
Ric Ocasek, new wave rock visionary and Cars co-founder, is Dead.