DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[Touchofevil]

As a kid, I used to find David Brenner to be quite funny while watching the Tonight Show. I stopped watching the show after Carson retired.

 

[Tomasso]

As a kid, I used to find David Brenner to be quite funny while watching the Tonight Show. I stopped watching the show after Carson retired.

Same here. Brenner seemed to disappear after Johnny retired and the next time I saw him was around twenty years later and by then he had kinda lost the funny.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Good riddance, Fred Phelps.

 

[LizzieMaine]

I suspect that Mr. Phelps is facing a very uncomfortable interrogation right about now.

 

[Feraud]

May it be a long and uncomfortable one too..

 

[Tomasso]

Is it wrong to hate a hatemonger? Hmmmmmm

 

[Tomasso]

Ok, thought it through and have decided to jump on the hate-wagon; where we goin' next?

 

[LizzieMaine]

I'd think Matthew 18:6 would be a valid application here. Not hatred, just justice.

 

[Formeruser012523]

Also the verse about not rejoicing in the death of an evil person...Not one of those people who can quote chapter & verse, obviously.

 

[LizzieMaine]

"When the wicked perish, there is shouting."

In any case, it's not up to us to judge Mr. Phelps. He'll receive his judgement in full from one qualified to give it, one whose name he has degraded in the worst possible way.

 

[jamespowers]

Good riddance, Fred Phelps.

He reminds me of the Tall Man from the Phantasm movies for some reason.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

A truly strange person to put it mildly. Oddly enough Fred Phelps was a civil rights lawyer in the '60s. He even claimed to have been involved in Brown vs. Board of Education. Talk about a weird career trajectory! How one goes from that to America's number one homophobe, I have no idea.

The one vibe I got from Phelps was "he doth protest too much." I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if the old boy swung both ways. It's also interesting to note that Phelps was recently excommunicated from his own church.

 

[jamespowers]

A truly strange person to put it mildly. Oddly enough Fred Phelps was a civil rights lawyer in the '60s. He even claimed to have been involved in Brown vs. Board of Education. Talk about a weird career trajectory! How one goes from that to America's number one homophobe, I have no idea.

The one vibe I got from Phelps was "he doth protest too much." I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if the old boy swung both ways. It's also interesting to note that Phelps was recently excommunicated from his own church.

Hippies with money are scary

 

[dhermann1]

Anyhow, moving right along. . . Jazz great Marian McPartland passed away at age 95.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/22/a...ist-and-npr-radio-staple-dies-at-95.html?_r=0

 

[Kirk H.]

Patrice Wymore Flynn, a Hollywood actress who was the widow of swashbuckling screen legend Errol Flynn, has died at her seaside home in Jamaica on Saturday 3-22-2014. She was 87.

 

[Gregg Axley]

Patrice Wymore Flynn, a Hollywood actress who was the widow of swashbuckling screen legend Errol Flynn, has died at her seaside home in Jamaica on Saturday 3-22-2014. She was 87.

Flynn had left her a 2,000-acre (8.1 km2) coconut plantation in Jamaica, as well as a mansion and a cattle ranch. After her retirement she returned to Jamaica, where she opened a boutique and wicker furniture manufacturing business. She continued to be active in Flynn's estate, and often appeared at dedications in his honor up to the time of her passing.
Wow...

 

[Feraud]

Character actor James Rebhorn passed away after a long battle with skin cancer. James was most recently on Homeland.
He wrote his own obituary which is worth sharing.

'James Robert Rebhorn was born on Sept. 1, 1948, in Philadelphia, PA. His mother, Ardell Frances Rebhorn, nee Hoch, loved him very much and supported all his dreams. She taught him the value of good manners and courtesy, and that hospitality is no small thing. His father, James Harry Rebhorn, was no less devoted to him. From him, Jim learned that there is no excuse for poor craftsmanship. A job well done rarely takes more or less time than a job poorly done. They gave him his faith and wisely encouraged him to stay in touch with God. He is survived by his sister, Janice Barbara Galbraith, of Myrtle Beach, SC. She was his friend, his confidant, and, more often than either of them would like to admit, his bridge over troubled waters.


'He is also survived by his wife, Rebecca Fulton Linn, and his two daughters, Emma Rebecca Rebhorn and Hannah Linn Rebhorn. They anchored his life and gave him the freedom to live it. Without them, always at the center of his being, his life would have been little more than a vapor. Rebecca loved him with all his flaws, and in her the concept of ceaseless love could find no better example. His children made him immensely proud. Their dedication to improving our species and making the world a better place gave him hope for the future. They deal with grief differently, and they should each manage it as they see fit. He hopes, however, that they will grieve his passing only as long as necessary. They have much good work to do, and they should get busy doing it. Time is flying by. His son-in-law, Ben, also survives him. Jim loved Ben, who was as a son to Jim, especially through these last months.


'His aunts Jean, Dorothy and Florence, numerous cousins and their families, and many devoted friends also survive Jim. He loved them all, and he knows they loved him. Jim received his BA at Wittenberg University and his MFA at Columbia.


'He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha Nu Zeta 624, a life-long Lutheran, and a longtime member of both the AMC and ACLU.


'Jim was fortunate enough to earn his living doing what he loved. He was a professional actor.


'His unions were always there for him, and he will remain forever grateful for the benefits he gained as a result of the union struggle.


Without his exceptional teachers and the representation of the best agents in the business, he wouldn’t have had much of a career. He was a lucky man in every way.'

 

[HoosierDaddy]

What a great obit..!!
HD

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Mickey Rooney

Born
Joseph Yule, Jr.
September 23, 1920
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

Died
April 6, 2014 (aged 93)

 

[Touchofevil]