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
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Mexican voice actress Andrea Arruti, best known as the Latin American Spanish voice of Diamond Tiara in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Izzy in Jake and the Never Land Pirates, Lisa in The Sacred Blacksmith, Henrietta de Tristain in The Magic of Zero as well as the titular character in Violet Evergarden, passed away on January 8. She was 21 years old.
Edited by gjjones on Jan 11th 2020 at 12:42:37 PM
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Oh no. It'a always sad when a parent has to bury their child. Gone too soon.
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Bit late for this but science fiction author and editor Mike Resnick died on the 9th
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Christopher Tolkien passed away at the age of 95.
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May he rest in peace
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I do hope Christopher's son would keep the legacy going. I could understand on why wouldn't be any adaptations to the Silmarillion.
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Oh, bother.
Huh, nobody mentioned that WWE Hall of Famer Rocky Johnson, father of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, died a couple days ago?
The Root: Rocky Johnson, WWE Hall of Famer and Father of Dwayne Johnson, Has Died at 75
Edited by M84 on Jan 17th 2020 at 5:15:28 PM
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That's very sad news. Rest in peace, Rocky.
By the way, Barry Tuckwell, a hornist and conductor from Australia, has died at the age of 88.
Edited by gjjones on Jan 17th 2020 at 4:41:11 AM
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Liang Jun, China's first female tractor driver, has died at the age of 90.
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Dragon Ball Narrator and Voice Actor Brice Armstrong Has Passed Away:
ComicBook.com can confirm Armstrong passed away on January 10 from natural causes. At this time, there is no word on memorial services for the actor, but fans are paying tribute to Armstrong the best way they know how. If you were to search the actor online, you will see memorials pop up by the second, and they come from fans wanting to thank the actor for bringing Dragon Ball into their lives.
Edited by rmctagg09 on Jan 20th 2020 at 5:53:10 AM
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Terry Jones: Monty Python star dies aged 77
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Nobody expected that....
I should re-watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail today in Jones' honor.
"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."
x2 Apparently he had been in failing health for a few years now, and lost the ability to speak a couple years ago. In that sense, it shouldn't come as a big surprise. Still sad, though.
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He is at peace
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I would make some joke about witchery here, but that'd be too off-color. I imagine this will upset my dad, who loves Monty Python.
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The Pythons have never considered death to be something one can’t joke about.
There’s a reason John Cleese’s tweet included a joke, he said “two down, four to go”, they even named their last tour several years back “one down five to go”.
Python work aside, his history documentaries are also quite good. Medieval Lives, which was, imo, one of the best counters to both the idealistic views (e.g. 'knights were so honourable and adhered to a code of chivalry and stuff') and against the typical 'Dark Ages' stereotypes, for example.
May his memory be eternal.
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PBS NewsHour anchor and co-founder Jim Lehrer has passed away at the age of 85.
Rest in peace. I watched quite a lot of him growing up.
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Retired basketball superstar Kobe Bryant has died in a helicopter crash at the age of 41.
Is it weird that I only know him from an episode of Celebrity Deathmatch? That really makes it a "Funny Aneurysm" Moment.
The Sultan of Oman is dead at 79.
https://news.yahoo.com/sultan-oman-dies-oman-state-001340129.html
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