DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[hatophile]

RIP Levon.

 

[Miss Golightly]

Irish artist Louis Le Brocquy has died aged 95:

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/artists-le-brocquy-dies-at-his-home-548966.html

His painting of Samuel Beckett:

 

[Doctor Strange]

Radio DJ Pete Fornatale... this is a shock, I was just listening to his great show Mixed Bag on WFUV-FM in my car a couple of weekends ago!

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/27/a...neer-of-fm-rock-dies-at-66.html?_r=1&ref=arts

 

[Miss Golightly]

Actress Patricia Medina has died aged 92:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17934685

 

[MisterCairo]

We lost our last WW1 vet last year, and now our WW2 vets are leaving us in ever greater numbers. I had wondered why our Legion's flag was at half mast today: Len Wilson, RCAF Spitfire and Mustang pilot...

http://www.stratfordbeaconherald.co...eedom-in-the-air-fought-for-stratford-at-home

 

[DeeDub]

I'm in San Diego this week visiting family and friends. What a shock, turning on the local news and hearing local football hero Junior Seau had killed himself.

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/may/02/report-of-shooting-at-seaus-home/

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

I'm in San Diego this week visiting family and friends. What a shock, turning on the local news and hearing local football hero Junior Seau had killed himself.

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/may/02/report-of-shooting-at-seaus-home/

What's really creepy is that several of Junior Seau's teammates from the 1994 Chargers also died young.

Lew Bush, 42 (heart attack, 2011)
Shawn Lee, 44 (heart attack, 2011)
Chris Mims, 38 (heart disease, 2008)
Curtis Whitley, 39 (drug overdose, 2008)
Doug Miller, 28 (struck by lightning, 1998)
Rodney Culver, 26 (plane crash, 1996)
David Griggs, 28 (car accident, 1995)

 

[Miss Golightly]

Sad to hear Beastie Boys' MCA Adam Yauch has died aged 47:

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...e-boys-mca-adam-yauch-dies-at-47-7715559.html

 

[Mario]

Sad indeed. I never realized that he had cancer.

 

[MisterCairo]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2012/05/04/adam-yauch-obit.html

I remember vividly their first few videos in rotation on MuchMusic in Canada in the mid eighties. Far too young.

 

[Mario]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2012/05/04/adam-yauch-obit.html

I remember vividly their first few videos in rotation on MuchMusic in Canada in the mid eighties. Far too young.

And what a wild bunch they were back then...oh my!

 

[Feraud]

Sad to hear Beastie Boys' MCA Adam Yauch has died aged 47:

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...e-boys-mca-adam-yauch-dies-at-47-7715559.html

Very sad. My wife mentioned Adam's illness a while back and we've been wondering how he's been.

My wife and I (we were dating at the time) saw The Beastie Boys at The Ritz in NYC when they released License to Ill. The record had gone mainstream in a big way and I'll never forget how crowded the place was! It's a wonder no one was crushed.
It was Amazing, Fabulous, Awesome!!

 

[Touchofevil]

Sad to hear Beastie Boys' MCA Adam Yauch has died aged 47:

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...e-boys-mca-adam-yauch-dies-at-47-7715559.html

Definitely a sad day.

 

[Drappa]

So sad. Such a talent.

 

[Phineas Lamour]

Rip mca

 

[Touchofevil]

George Lindsey/ Goober Pyle has passed away. He was 83.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Sad news, I watched Hee Haw tonight and saw him and just was so saddened knowing he's gone. Especially on that show, he was always so goofy, seemed to enjoy doing it more than any other person on there.

George Lindsey/ Goober Pyle has passed away. He was 83.

 

[lframe]

George Lindsey/ Goober Pyle has passed away. He was 83.

And from what I've read, Jim Neighbors is quite ill as well.

 

[MisterCairo]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2012/05/08/obit-sendak-maurice-wild-things-are.html

Children's author Maurice Sendak, who wrote Where the Wild Things Are died age 83. We have his books and the really quite bizarrely wonderful cartoons for our girls.

 

[Story]

The Massachusetts State Police announced on Monday the passing of retired state trooper Staff Sgt. Richard J. Clemens Jr. in New York State, where he lived for many years in his retirement.

Clemens, who retired in 1975, remains one of the most recognizable figures in the history of the state police. In 1958, he was the state trooper depicted in the 1958 Norman Rockwell portrait titled “The Runaway.”

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/05/retired_state_trooper_richard.html