DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[ButteMT61]

Jim Marshall, amp pioneer dies at 88:

http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/04/05/marshall.amp.founder.dies/

Les Paul last year and now Marshall. Legends of Rock technology.

 

[ButteMT61]

Good timing Justin!

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Ferdinand Porsche, sports car designer, dies at 76

 

[Mario]

Jim Marshall, founder of Marshall Amplification, the Lord of Loud, has passed away today at the age of 88. If you have ever enjoyed the music of Led Zepplin, Cream, Black Sabbath, Metallica, and countless others, you have Jim Marshall to thank for it.

I've got one of his brood in my living room.

"These go to eleven!"

-Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest), This Is Spinal Tap

[video=youtube;UeOXsA8sp_E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeOXsA8sp_E[/video]
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[Formeruser012523]

Wow! :eeek: Legends... I'm just gonna go curl up in a corner & cry...

Where's my Zeppelin cd.

 

[Edward]

Ferdinand Porsche, sports car designer, dies at 76

I had no idea he was still alive until they announced he'd died!

 

[scotrace]

Ferdinand Porsche, sports car designer, dies at 76

Wait... how is that possible? He was a contemporary of... didn't he design The People's Car for Germany?

 

[dhermann1]

I believe this is his son.

 

[dhermann1]

He was the grandson of the founder of the company.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/06/a...-porsche-76-dies-designed-celebrated-911.html

 

[scotrace]

Gotcha. Thanks.

 

[MikeBravo]

Sunday 18 March 2012, King George Tupou V of Tonga

Apparently he was quite a flamboyant character, and a noted hat wearer (as in this image).

'King George had a penchant for elaborate uniforms and was driven around his country in a London taxi cab.

In an interview last year, he said the cab was the most sensible choice of transport for someone in his position.

"A London taxi has the right proportions and makes it easy for you to get in and out whilst wearing spurs and a sword," he said.

"I realise that these criteria are not everyday considerations for the ordinary mum and dad when they come to buy a family car."'

 

[Formeruser012523]

Thomas Kinkade. 54 years old.

http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area...nkade-one-americas-most-popular-painters-dies

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Wow, Thomas Kinkade, he was pretty young.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

CBS News Mike Wallace has died.

 

[LizzieMaine]

An epic loss to broadcast journalism -- probably the most insightful interviewer the medium ever produced. Here is some of his best work.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

One of the first names you think of, right up there with Walter Cronkite when you think of news broadcast legends.

 

[randooch]

An epic loss to broadcast journalism -- probably the most insightful interviewer the medium ever produced. Here is some of his best work.

Great link, Lizzie. Thank you.

 

[sheeplady]

An epic loss to broadcast journalism -- probably the most insightful interviewer the medium ever produced. Here is some of his best work.

I just found my time sink for the next couple of days!

 

[Warden]

One of the leading figures of the French resistance against the Nazis, Raymond Aubrac, has died aged 97, his family says.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17674554

 

[AtomicEraTom]

I don't know if this belongs here, as he was not a famous person or anything. However, I lost one of my best and oldest friends on Sunday.

http://wisconsin.obituaries.funeral.com/2012/04/10/jesse-a-martinez/