The Obituaries Thread

[Fantozzi 4,067]

@fantozzi Wow , a 96 year old chain smoker . Smoking cigarette seems to be the only thing my doctor worries about , yet ignores arthritis and degenerative disc disease as being problems of the now . I just don't understand . Says he wants to see me get better . Did they say what Mr. Schmidt passed away from ? Curious to know .

   I read an article in the NYTimes , He seemed to be a heck of a guy that said how he felt , no matter who or what it was about .

RIP Mr. Schmidt .

He had an infection and than, as a consequence, mutiple organ failure. 

(BTW.: he carried a cardiac pacemaker since 1982. Later it was reported that during the 'german autum' (1977) he passed off several times and once he was found by a secretary inconsciousness on the floor. It is told that by this time friends said to him: if you continue this way and don't take a rest, you'll kill yourself.)

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Maurice Strong - UN environmental activist.

Of issues related to old age.  Mr. Strong is considered to be a pioneer of environmental protection.

[Easy Bakes 253]

Stone Temple Pilots lead singer Scott Weiland dies at 48

48 is young even in rock years

 

 

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/12/04/rock-singer-scott-weiland-dead-at-48/

 

 

 

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

^ yes, tough.  Sources here did not indicate cause of death, but I suspect a regime of uppers and downers with perhaps other chemicals.  Seems to be rather endemic in these young artists.  R.I.P.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Kurt Masur Conductor Emeritus of the New York Philharmonic passes at 88.

A classical musician of the highest stature.  Conducted Beethoven's 9th Symphony when Germany reunited.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Dickie Moore - Montreal Canadiens No. 12.

Hockey Hall of Famer.  R.I.P.

[Easy Bakes 253]

Meadowlark Lemmon Dies at 83

Most would know him as a Member of the Harlem Globletrotters

if you can wade thru the Adds and loud vidios there is a story someplace

VVVV

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/28/entertainment/meadowlark-lemon-obit-globetrotters-feat/http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/28/entertainment/meadowlark-lemon-obit-globetrotters-feat/

 

 

 

 

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Wayne Rogers

R.I.P.

[tonyr 926]

Legendary Grammy Winner  Natalie Cole Dies At 65?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgWZWIN5oCE

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Natalie Cole: CBC obit.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Composer/Conductor Pierre Boulez.

Another great man retires.  R.I.P.

[BLANKBLANK 4,414]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35278872

Rest in piece David Bowie, incredible musician and incredible music.

 

Don't know why but this song feels like his own obituary...

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

CBC Obit Piece for David Bowie

69 is too young to go.  R.I.P.

[Easy Bakes 253]

53 minutes ago, A Nonny Moose said:

CBC Obit Piece for David Bowie

69 is too young to go.  R.I.P.

I was just about to post this.

he was a great musician.

 

 

[DavidDHetzel 1,816]

Bowie is lucky to have lived to 69, he could easily have been a member of the 27 club with how much drugs he did in the mid 70s

[Thin White Duke 4,072]

 

Look up here, I'm in heaven...

[Sabretooth78 808]

He was possibly the greatest personification of "cool" that we've had in some time?  I wonder who fills that role now.  Kind of reminds me of Steve McQueen for some reason, and I wasn't even around then.

There's a Simpsons reference to him that I can't quite find exactly.  Something where Lisa says "why don't we just call David Bowie?" to which Marge replies something like "we can't, he's saved this town so many times already."

[BLANKBLANK 4,414]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35313604

Rest in peace Alan Rickman. You played a great bad guy in Die Hard and you were suburb in Sense and Sensibility.

He died of cancer. Yet another famous person dying of cancer.

[DavidDHetzel 1,816]

Are there any other 69 year old British celebs with cancer? I'd be careful if I were them.

[JP Schriefer 5,590]

I'm from the generation that only knew Alan Rickman as prof. Snape since I was a little kid in 2001, when I became older I decided to watch his other works and he became one of my favourite actors, and I love his voice. RIP Alan Rickman.

[philforhockey51 4,211]

Alan Rickman was by far the best actor in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, still one of my favorite performances.

[SteveMSim 275]

Dan Haggerty, who played mountain man Grizzly Adams in the '70s TV series, has died at age 74.

'Grizzly Adams' actor Dan Haggerty dies at 74 from cancer

There is a saying that celebrities go in threes.  So that makes it three, all from cancer.

 

 

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

BBC Obit piece for Alan Rickman.

He was a character actor's character actor.  R.I.P.

In the Harry Potter series he played the part of the conflicted villain to a fare thee well.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

By Grapthar's Hammer, I mourn the passing of Alan Rickman.  (Everyone forgets he was in Galaxy Quest, the best movie of the 90s!)

[Easy Bakes 253]

On 1/14/2016 at 1:48 PM, DavidDHetzel said:

Are there any other 69 year old British celebs with cancer? I'd be careful if I were them.

Nope but  Brian Bedford Died at 80 from cancer

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/brian-bedford-robin-hood-voice-disney-classic-dies-article-1.2498914

 

i remember  him as the voice of Robin Hood in the disney animated version of the tale.

 

 

[SteveMSim 275]

More cancer deaths.  The brother of Canadian singer Céline Dion, Daniel, died of cancer only two days after her husband, René Angélil, succumbed to the disease.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2016/01/15/celine-dion-prepares-renes-funeral-her-brother-dying-cancer/78871958/

It's devastating to lose your spouse and your brother in two days, let alone from the same cause.

[Easy Bakes 253]

Another  Musician Passes away today

Glenn Frey  founding member of The Eagles dies after a long ilness he was 67

 

 

 

[SteveMSim 275]

12 hours ago, Easy Bakes said:

Another  Musician Passes away today

Glenn Frey  founding member of The Eagles dies after a long ilness he was 67

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That stinks.  I grew up listening to the Eagles.  And 67 is not all that old.

[Fantozzi 4,067]

"My cinema was never a cinema of fantasy, it was a cinema of observation:"

Great italian director Ettore Scola died yesterday at the age of 84.

[SteveMSim 275]

This time the report of his death is not exaggerated.  Actor Abe Vigoda, of the 1970s TV series Barney Miller, dies at 94.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/abe-vigoda-barney-miller-godfather-star-dead-article-1.2510170