DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[Lean'n'mean]

The legendary Dutch footballer (soccer player) Johan Cruyff died yesterday aged 68 from lung cancer.

 

[a2jacketpatches]

Garry Shandling, just the look on his face got a chuckle out of me.

And to VLJ, all the best and thanks for many good memories.

 

[MisterCairo]

Probable heart attack apparently:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/garry-shandling-dead-1.3506633

 

[MisterCairo]

Legends of the Fall author Jim Harrison has died, aged 78:

http://www.cbc.ca/books/2016/03/jim-harrison-author-of-legends-of-the-fall-dead-at-78.html

 

[kaiser]

Legends of the Fall author Jim Harrison has died, aged 78:

http://www.cbc.ca/books/2016/03/jim-harrison-author-of-legends-of-the-fall-dead-at-78.html

R.I.P. Jim, I read and enjoyed many of your books.

 

[plain old dave]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/26/a...-who-created-the-waltons-dies-at-92.html?_r=0

Earl Hamner, writer of Spencer's Mountain and creator of The Waltons. This show introduced a lot of Gen Xers to what we're now calling the Golden Age. He was portrayed in the series by Richard Thomas.

Good night, John-Boy.

 

[belfastboy]

The legendary Dutch footballer (soccer player) Johan Cruyff died yesterday aged 68 from lung cancer.

I think he is of the generation of athletes that competed AND smoked. Damn, he was one fine footballer

 

[kaiser]

Just heard this on the radio, Roger Cicero dead at 45.

http://www.dw.com/en/german-jazz-singer-roger-cicero-dies-aged-45/a-19147899

 

[MisterCairo]

Breaking news at the CBC, Patty Duke has died at age 69, sepsis from a ruptured intestine. So young...

 

[MisterCairo]

More details on Patty Duke:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/actress-patty-duke-dead-1.3510758

 

[Frunobulax]

That's a big one. And yes, way too young.

 

[MisterCairo]

James Noble, the Governor on "Benson" has died aged 94. A good innings as they say...


http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/james-noble-benson-actor-dead-1.3510578

 

[Inkstainedwretch]

According to IMDB, Patty Duke's first acting credit was from 1954, and her last won't be released until 2017. any way you look at it, that's a hell of a long career, and she seems to have worked in almost every one of those years. That's what you call a trouper.

 

[Stearmen]

Breaking news at the CBC, Patty Duke has died at age 69, sepsis from a ruptured intestine. So young...

One by one, all my early crushes are passing away! RIP Patty.

 

[Frunobulax]

Somebody posted this photo on another forum I frequent - I had never seen it before.

Patty Duke and Helen Keller. Awesome shot.

 

[MisterCairo]

This is truly sad - Ronnie Corbett of the Two Ronnies has died, aged 85:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/03/31/ronnie-corbett-dies-aged-85/

We loved watching this on PBS back in the day, and I bought my father, a huge fan, two of their comedy albums.

Thanks gents...

 

[MisterCairo]

 

[Inkstainedwretch]

Douglas Wilmer, British character actor, 920-2016, dead at 94. He was a fixture in almost all of the Samuel Bronston big-budget spectaculars of the 60s, incuding "El Cid" and "Fall of the Roman Empire"and many others. A versatile presence on stage, screen and telly with a distinctive face and voice.

 

[MisterCairo]

Actor and radio personality Erik Bauersfeld, known to most as Admiral Ackbar from Star Wars, has died, aged 93.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/obit-erik-bauersfeld-1.3521249

 

[MisterCairo]

The original illustrator for the Paddington Bear books, Peggy Fortnum, has died, aged 96:

http://www.cbc.ca/books/2016/04/peggy-fortnum-illustrator-of-paddington-bear-has-died.html