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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Animator Minako Shiba, better known as the character designer for the Black Butler anime, died yesterday.
Oh, and James Levine, best known as the music director of the Metropolitan Opera and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, died on March 9 at 77 years old due to natural causes. Rest in peace.
Edited by gjjones on Mar 18th 2021 at 5:15:07 AM
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Ronald "Butch" DeFeo — whose slaughter of his entire family in 1974 was said to have provoked "the Amityville Horror" — passed away on March 12. He was 69.
Edited by MovieNut14 on Mar 19th 2021 at 7:23:19 AM
"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."
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A crew member of "The Connors" has passed away:
The crew member suffered a "medical event" on the set of the popular sitcom, according to a rep for Werner Entertainment, which produces the ABC sitcom.
"With heavy hearts we regret to confirm that a member of our technical crew suffered a fatal medical event today," the rep told People magazine.
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The donation from Taylor's base salary amounted to just under $525,000 and his bonus was $525,000 as well, a spokesperson for the company told The Hill at the time.
Sigh...why can't we have more CEOs like this? Rest in peace.
Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
Dude, he was 65 years old! Awful! R.I.P. 
22-year-old pro surfer Katherine Diaz killed by lightning. RIP.
Edited by Albert3105 on Mar 22nd 2021 at 1:45:16 PM
Oscar-nominated actor George Segal passed away Tuesday from complications of bypass surgery. He was 87.
Edited by MovieNut14 on Mar 23rd 2021 at 8:58:57 AM
"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."
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Dammit, he was fantastic on Just Shoot Me.
Emmy-winning actress Jessica Walter passed away Wednesday night. She was 80.
One of the comedic greats. RIP 🪦
Houston Tumlin, former child actor of Talladega Nights, took his own life at age 28. So sad! R.I.P.
RE: George Segal: Damn it, I loved him in The Goldbergs. He was the best 80s grandpa.
RE: Jessica Walter: GAH! She was the best worst mom in Arrested Development and especially Archer...
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Yeah. I didn't watch Arrested Development (I should though) but I definitely watched Archer. It's gonna be weird without her as Mallory on the show (and for Archer given their complicated relationship).
Burning love!
The Jessica Walter news seriously bites. Probably the first big death of 2021 to personally upset me.
I'm slowly making my way through Dinosaurs, which she was also on.
Author Larry McMurtry — best known for Lonesome Dove, The Last Picture Show, Terms of Endearment, among many others — passed away Thursday. He was 84.
Edited by MovieNut14 on Mar 26th 2021 at 11:37:35 AM
"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."
Richard Gilliland, character actor of Designing Women, has died at 71.
https://www.thewrap.com/richard-gilliland-designing-women-character-actor-dies-at-71/
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Beverly Cleary, author of the famous Ramona Quimby children’s books, is dead at 104.
Wow, that is an impressive lifespan.
Oh no, I loved her books as a kid. Rest in peace.
Rest in peace, her books were a big influence on me when I was young.
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Damn, I remember that name. Sad to see her off but 104 is a hell of an age to go out on. Rest easy.
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Rest in peace. She had a good long life.
Sabine Schmitz passed away at 51.
She'd been battling cancer for a long time.
Edited by TheWildWestPyro on Mar 17th 2021 at 9:10:37 AM