The Obituaries Thread

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RIP to the Prince.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36106778

I can't believe it. The man looked so young for someone in his 50s.

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Fare thee well, Prince.

IGT

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Wow Prince only 57.

 

 

 

 

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"Life is just a party and parties aren't meant to last."

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The media in Canada (Prince was once married to a Canadian and lived in Toronto) are calling him the musical icon of our time.  He was most certainly a polymath of music.  His prodigious output, capability and generosity puts me in mind of people like Alexander Borodin, W. A. Mozart, and L. von Beethoven. 

Remember that Borodin was a working physician and music was a side line for him.  He refused, more than once, to give it up and become a full time musician.

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CBC's tribute to Prince.

Jessica Wong sums up rather thoroughly.

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14 hours ago, A Nonny Moose said:

The media in Canada (Prince was once married to a Canadian and lived in Toronto) are calling him the musical icon of our time.  He was most certainly a polymath of music.  His prodigious output, capability and generosity puts me in mind of people like Alexander Borodin, W. A. Mozart, and L. von Beethoven. 

Remember that Borodin was a working physician and music was a side line for him.  He refused, more than once, to give it up and become a full time musician.

Prince was a great musician and I grew up listening to most of his hits. However, I wouldn't compare him to greats like Mozart or Beethoven. I think Bowie is leagues more appropriate. =)

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Joan Marie "Chyna Doll" Laurer also passed away this week.

 

I first found out about her on VH1 and later found out ... more

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4 hours ago, igotthis said:

Prince was a great musician and I grew up listening to most of his hits. However, I wouldn't compare him to greats like Mozart or Beethoven. I think Bowie is leagues more appropriate. =)

If you know music history, you'll find that given each ones times, their histories are similar.  Music genres change and develop.  All these people had a profound effect on the development of music.

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1 hour ago, A Nonny Moose said:

If you know music history, you'll find that given each ones times, their histories are similar.  Music genres change and develop.  All these people had a profound effect on the development of music.

Totally! I don't in any way mean to dismiss/degrade Prince. I just miss Bowie. I grew up on both and When Doves Cry was one of my favorite songs in elementary. =)

IGT

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^ Alas for David Bowie.  He was, perhaps, a showier performer, but as a general musician Prince takes him in cards and spades.

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The Dallas Stars Season Died last night in game 7, 6-1

 

 

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Morley Safer 84

Probably the most trusted news voice in the world passes.

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Wow i remember him from 60 minutes.

No one may have heard of Jane Little, Bassist for the Atlanta Symphony. She was 87 and a Guinness World Record holder for longest tenure with a single orchestra at 71 years with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra ,Self taught and started there at 16.

Collapsed at a performance May 16th.

 

 

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/aso-bassist-jane-little-dies-after-performance/nrNSG/

 

 

 

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San Antonio native and Tejano music legend Emilio Navaira, often known simply as Emilio, also passed away on May 16.  Tejano is a popular, Spanish-language musical genre of South Texas that blends Mexican folk and cowboy country styles with Central European accordion and polka music.  Other popular Mexican styles here are norteño, conjunto, banda, ranchera, duranguense, and mariachi.  I will admit, I am not a Tejano listener or Spanish speaker and these both now make me a local cultural outsider, as Emilio's passing was considered major news in the San Antonio region with locals expressing shock and exchanging personal stories of about how they remembered growing up with Emilio's singing and his band alongside that other Tejano music legend, Selena.  It may be possible to directly map the social demographics and cultural differences of this city based solely on surveyed responses to Tejano music or familiarity with Emilio.

"Tejano Music Legend Emilio Navaira Dies At 53," NPR

 

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Stanley Burke, CBC News Anchor, passes at 93.

Anchor of "The National" 1966-59.

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Muhammad Ali passes at age 74.

Sports Icon. "The Greatest"

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Ali the original Rope a dope.

so vindicated in his opposition to Vietnam.

 

 RIP

 

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I once thought of Muhammad Ali as an egotist, but it is unfortunate that years of boxing may had ultimately shortened his life.  Ali had Parkinson's Disease for over 30 years and it is believed that it was the result of all the pounding Ali took on his head during his boxing career.

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Mr Hockey ( Gordie Howe) passes away after long illness at 88

 

http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/16096859/hockey-legend-gordie-howe-dies-88

 

greatest player ever?
 

 

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Christina Grimmie, a rising young singer wantonly murdered by some nutcase with a gun.  And in Orlando just a day before the gay club massacre.  Also just days after actress Theresa Saldana, who survived a similar attack years ago, passed away.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-christina-grimmie-dead-orlando-20160611-story.html

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Star Trek actor Anton Yelchin, killed at age 27 in a freak car accident at his home.  Now there is a report that Yelchin's SUV, a Jeep Grand Cherokee, is a subject of a recall because drivers may think the transmissions are in park but in fact are not.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/06/20/anton-yelchins-car-may-have-had-gear-defect/86136310/

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Italian olympic swimmer, stuntman, composer and actor

Bud Spencer

died on monday, 27 of june. at the age of 86.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgoolZ-Mo48

 

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"He didn't have a sharpened pen, he had a sting."

 

The dreaded austrian carricaturist, painter, sculptor and social critic

Manfred Deix

died saturday, 25. of june, at the age of 67.

(Bono once said some of the lyrics of U2 were inspired by the paintings of Deix)

 

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2 Legendary Sports coaches Died today

Pat Summit of The  University of Tennessee's Lady Volunteers  the winningest coach in the history of major college basketball .

Summitt won eight national titles and 1,098 games -- the most by any Division 1 basketball coach, male or female

 http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/28/us/pat-summitt-obit/

 

And Buddy Ryan NFL Coach if 35   years. Coached the 85 bears defense

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/16579465/former-nfl-coach-defensive-guru-buddy-ryan-dies-age-82

 

 

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A voice for the victims of the Holocaust is now silent.  Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel has passed away at 87.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/07/03/elie-wiesel-nobel-peace-prize-winner-and-holocaust-survivor-dies-at-87.html?intcmp=hplnws

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RIP the 5 officers Killed in Dallas Last Thursday by a nut with a gun.

http://www.wfaa.com/news/crime/names-of-officers-hit-by-gunfire/267653894

 

Officer Brent Thompson, a former Marine, newlywed, father and grandfather, had worked for DART police since 2009. 

 Patrick Zamarripa 32 Dallas Police Dept

Michael Krol 40 had worked for the Dallas Police Department for nine years

Michael Smith 55 Dallas Police Dept

 Senior Corporal Lorne Ahrens 48 Dallas Police Dept

 

 

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Cartoonist Jack Davis dies at 91

Last of the surviving EC Comics horror artists, also famous for his contributions to Mad Magazine and countless TV Guide covers.

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The 'Big Lebowski' is dead.

Actor David Huddleston passed away on 4th of august at the age of 85.

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RIP the man inside R2D2

Kenny Baker

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-37072736