DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[AbbaDatDeHat]

https://people.com/treat-williams-dead-at-71-7511398

Yesterday.
Another good one gone.
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[Trenchfriend]

R.I.P., Glenda Jackson. Strong 87!

 

[Worf]

https://people.com/treat-williams-dead-at-71-7511398

Yesterday.
Another good one gone.
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I do some volunteer work at Grant Cottage (where U.S. Grant Union General and former President died). Last year we had a fundraiser and Mr. Williams was the featured speaker. He was working on a one man show around Grant. He performed some readings and it gave me chills. Hard to believe that less than a year later the man is gone. Solid actor, nice guy (at least when I met him).

Worf

PS - Primary reason I never bought or road a motorcycle... You can be the best rider in the world but nothing can protect you from "stupid".

 

[Trenchfriend]

Alan Arkin , R.I.P..

 

[The one from the North]

Milan Kundera, author of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being', dies at 94

Czech-born writer Milan Kundera, author of the novel "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" who lived nearly five decades in Paris after emigrating in disillusionment from his Communist-ruled homeland, has died at the age of 94.

www.reuters.com

One of the champions of free speech, R.I.P

 

[Lean'n'mean]

La plus française des anglaise, singer, actress & director, Jane Birkin was found dead at her Parisian home. She was 76. She is the mother of actress Charlotte Gainsbourg & singer/song writer Lou Doillon.

Yes, it was her.

 

[The one from the North]

La plus française des anglaise, singer, actress & director, Jane Birkin was found dead at her Parisian home. She was 76. She is the mother of actress Charlotte Gainsbourg & singer/song writer Lou Doillon.

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Yes, it was her.

A warm childhood memory was the uncomfortable look in my parents faces when 'that song' was playing on car radio.

 

[Giftmacher]

Tony Bennett passed away at the age of 96

 

[Trenchfriend]

Oh, R.I.P.!!

 

[Worf]

Great performer, good innings as you say across the pond. Did a wedding once... They wanted a Tony Bennett tune. We didn't know any BUT I loved "Rags to Riches" so I sang it acapella. Great singer...

Worf

 

[Tiki Tom]

R.I.P., Tony Bennett.
A true American classic.
unbelievably, the first obit that I read did not even mention that, in WWII, he helped liberate a concentration camp. “Great,” I thought, “is that an urban legend that I’ve been believing all these years?”
So I googled it. It is indeed true. Saw combat. Helped liberate a concentration camp.
Saluting you, Mr Bennett, and thanking you.
You know who I will be listening to all day.

https://www.military.com/off-duty/m...ar-ii-experience-was-front-row-seat-hell.html

 

[GHT]

R.I.P., Tony Bennett.
A true American classic.
unbelievably, the first obit that I read did not even mention that, in WWII, he helped liberate a concentration camp. “Great,” I thought, “is that an urban legend that I’ve been believing all these years?”
So I googled it. It is indeed true. Saw combat. Helped liberate a concentration camp.
Saluting you, Mr Bennett, and thanking you.
You know who I will be listening to all day.

https://www.military.com/off-duty/m...ar-ii-experience-was-front-row-seat-hell.html

Anthony Dominick Benedetto US Army 1944-1946.

R.I.P., Tony Bennett.
A true American classic.
unbelievably, the first obit that I read did not even mention that, in WWII, he helped liberate a concentration camp. “Great,” I thought, “is that an urban legend that I’ve been believing all these years?”
So I googled it. It is indeed true. Saw combat. Helped liberate a concentration camp.
Saluting you, Mr Bennett, and thanking you.
You know who I will be listening to all day.

https://www.military.com/off-duty/m...ar-ii-experience-was-front-row-seat-hell.html

I clicked onto that link, what a fascinating story, but like so many of that generation, they never talked about those terrible experiences. A brave man indeed.

 

[BobHufford]

Sinéad O’Connor, age 56.

 

[BobHufford]

Randy Meisner, age 77.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/randy-meisner-eagles-founding-member-dies-age-77/

 

[BobHufford]

Paul Reubens (AKA Pee Wee Herman), age 70.

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/paul-reubens-dead-pee-wee-herman-1235683504/

 

[Frunobulax]

Paul Reubens (AKA Pee Wee Herman), age 70.

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/paul-reubens-dead-pee-wee-herman-1235683504/

Yeah, that one hurts a bit.

RIP, Pee Wee.

 

[tonyb]

A warm childhood memory was the uncomfortable look in my parents faces when 'that song' was playing on car radio.

There weren’t any French speakers in my little world when that tune was a hit. I got the sense in my early adolescent brain that it was kinda erotic, but mostly it was just a pretty tune. And breathy.

 

[tonyb]

^^^^^
I read the English translation. Nothing subtle there.

 

[Tiki Tom]

Yeah, that one hurts a bit.

RIP, Pee Wee.

It does. The world is an unforgiving place.

 

[MisterCairo]

The only film I have ever seen more than twice at the cinema, yes, Pee-wee's Big Adventure, summer of 1985.

Saw it with two high school friends, could not believe the insane story telling and bizarre humour. I watched it six more times that summer.

I won my high school Hallowe'en costume contest that year, dressed in one of my dad's suits, a red bow tie, and a cassette of Tequila.

So sad.