DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[Frunobulax]

Joseph Shabalala, founder of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, has passed away at 78.

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/11/804788290/joseph-shabalala-ladysmith-black-mambazo-founder-dies-at-78

Like most I was introduced to LBM and their great rhythms and music thanks to Paul Simon's Graceland.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Ouch. They're playing here in August.

 

[GHT]

Joseph Shabalala, founder of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, has passed away at 78.

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/11/804788290/joseph-shabalala-ladysmith-black-mambazo-founder-dies-at-78

Like most I was introduced to LBM and their great rhythms and music thanks to Paul Simon's Graceland.

Like you, it was through Paul Simon that I first heard LBM. Earlier today I saw a picture in the 'Shoe' thread that Cindy had posted, I commented on such an amazing shoe. It really looks like: Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes.

 

[Zombie_61]

For you M*A*S*H fans, Kellye Nakahara Wallett (Lieutenant Kellye Yamato, RN, on the series) has died at the age of 72 after what has been reported as "a short battle with cancer".

 

[Trenchfriend]

RIP...

 

[MisterCairo]

Ouch. They're playing here in August.

Most of them, it would appear...

 

[Frunobulax]

Most of them, it would appear...

The obit indicated he had not performed with them since 2014 due to health issues.

 

[MisterCairo]

The obit indicated he had not performed with them since 2014 due to health issues.

Joke dude.

 

[MisterCairo]

More sad news, and again, such a relatively young age.

Ja'net Dubois, perhaps best known for being on the show Good Times, has died, aged only 74:

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertainm...r-dies-at-74/ar-BB108UQH?li=AAggFp5&ocid=iehp

 

[Frunobulax]

Joke dude.

I understood the intent dude.

 

[MisterCairo]

I admit it, I sent away for the brochures back in the day, before embracing my inner Mr. Clean/Yul Brynner look:

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/tops...lub-for-men-dies-at-78/ar-BB10d3cL?ocid=ientp

Remember, he wasn't just the president, he was also a client...

 

[Tiki Tom]

Dirk Pitt has died! Or rather, his creator, Clive Cussler has passed away at the age of 88. RIP. Although not a frequent reader of his, I will nonetheless be saddened to live in a world with one less avenue of escape for grown men wishing to temporarily inhabit a universe of international travel, lost shipwrecks, ancient mysteries, dastardly conspiracies, and derring-do.

https://www.latimes.com/world-natio...velist-dies-at-88-in-arizona?utm_source=knewz

 

[Fading Fast]

Dirk Pitt has died! Or rather, his creator, Clive Cussler has passed away at the age of 88. RIP. Although not a frequent reader of his, I will nonetheless be saddened to live in a world with one less avenue of escape for grown men wishing to temporarily inhabit a universe of international travel, lost shipwrecks, ancient mysteries, dastardly conspiracies, and derring-do.

https://www.latimes.com/world-natio...velist-dies-at-88-in-arizona?utm_source=knewz

Your comments perfectly reflect this on-rare-occasion reader of CC, with this add, my girlfriend was also a fan - he did have female fans. It was an author we discovered we had in common when we met 23 years ago. One of my best friends, who was a big CC fan (who sadly was killed in the WTC attack on 9/11), told me she was a keeper upon learning of this fact.

 

[3fingers]

The original Rosie the Riveter has died at 95.
https://news.yahoo.com/rosalind-p-walter-first-rosie-130939586.html

 

[MisterCairo]

Canadian hockey legend Henri Richard (Ahn-REE Rish-ARD) has died, aged 84. A star with the Montreal Canadiens between 1955 and 1975, he was the younger brother of legend Maurice "Rocket" Richard, and has the record for most Stanley Cups won by a player, 11.

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/nhl-montreal-canadiens-henri-richard-obit-1.5488245

 

[MisterCairo]

I understood the intent dude.

Then why the correction, dude?

 

[Frunobulax]

Then why the correction, dude?

That was over two weeks ago. Let it go.

 

[Zombie_61]

Max von Sydow, arguably best known for his role in the 1973 movie The Exorcist, has died at the age of 90, according to his agent.

 

[Doctor Strange]

But arguably best loved for his many marvelous roles in Ingmar Bergman films!



https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/09/movies/max-von-sydow-best-movies.html

 

[Frunobulax]

The first thing I thought of was Ming the Merciless, for some reason.