DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[Zombie_61]

Surely almost everyone has heard by now, but Casey Kasem has died at the age of 82. This probably comes as no surprise to anyone who has been watching or reading the news lately, considering the highly publicized legal battles between Kasem's daughters and his current wife over control of his health care.

 

[HadleyH]

RIP Casey Kasem .

 

[HudsonHawk]

Another baseball player...this time Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, dead at aged 54 from cancer.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Jeez. Maybe it's a sign of my own age, but I still think of him as this promising youngster who's yet to reach his full potential.

 

[Feraud]

Stephanie Kwolek, creator or kevlar passed away.

The research that led to Kevlar began in the early 1960s, when women were a rarity in industrial chemistry. Ms. Kwolek was part of a team at DuPont’s research laboratory in Wilmington that was trying to develop a lightweight fiber that would be strong enough to replace the steel used in radial tires.
The work involved manipulating strings of carbon-based molecules to produce larger molecules known as polymers. At one point, in 1964, Ms. Kwolek was struggling to convert a solid polymer into liquid form and finding the results to be a murky disappointment. Instead of the clear, syrupy mixture she expected, the liquid was thin and opaque.
Ms. Kwolek’s peers suggested that the polymer she had concocted would probably not work as a fiber. But Ms. Kwolek persisted. She persuaded another scientist to “spin” the liquid in the laboratory spinneret, a machine used to remove liquid solvent and leave behind fibers.
In “a case of serendipity,” as she put it, she discovered that polyamide molecules in the solution, a form of liquid crystal, lined up in parallel and that when the liquid was “cold spun,” it produced a fiber of unusual stiffness.
When the fibers were tested in 1965, they were found to be five times as strong as steel of equal weight and resistant to fire.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/21/b...of-kevlar-is-dead-at-90.html?ref=science&_r=0

 

[MikeBravo]

Eli Wallach at age 98

http://www.newser.com/story/188981/good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-star-dies-at-98.html

 

[Feraud]

I always enjoyed his work.

 

[rocketeer]

Eli Wallach at age 98

http://www.newser.com/story/188981/good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-star-dies-at-98.html

R.I.P. Tuco.
I will pay my respects to Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef when I hope to visit 'Sad Hill' next month.

 

[DesertDan]

The Man In Oil

R.I.P. Mr. Wallach

 

[Matt Crunk]

Eli Wallach at age 98

http://www.newser.com/story/188981/good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-star-dies-at-98.html

I loved him as Tuco, but here's film-noir Wallach in a classic steam-bath killing scene from The Lineup(1958). This scene cracks me up. First of all, silencers DON'T WORK on revolvers because sound comes from the cylinder gap, not just the end of the barrel. And secondly, fire and extremely hot gases are also expelled out the cylinder gap when a revolver is fired, which would feel none too good just an inch away from a bare belly. Hollywood.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152367945915077&l=6243075746441515375

 

[jamespowers]

R.I.P. Tuco.
I will pay my respects to Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef when I hope to visit 'Sad Hill' next month.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvSZ_HQmZgQ

 

[HadleyH]

God Bless You Eli Wallach. Rest in Peace.

 

[Mario]

Eli Wallach at age 98

http://www.newser.com/story/188981/good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-star-dies-at-98.html

Just last month I was reading up a few bits about him. I was so hoping that he would make the 100. Sad to know he's gone now.

 

[HadleyH]

Paul Mazursky, director of An Unmarried Woman, dies aged 84. RIP.




http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/...ector-of-An-Unmarried-Woman-dies-aged-84.html

 

[Veronica T]

Tommy Ramone. 1949 January 29 — 2014 July 11.

律子 / Ritsuko of Osaka Ramones / 少年ナイフ (Shonen Knife) covers 「Sheena Is A Punk Rocker」:

[video=youtube;xT4i22et1Ss]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT4i22et1Ss[/video]

 

[HudsonHawk]

Another musician...legendary Texas bluesman Johnny Winter dead at 70:

[video=youtube;8Tyg5SJDpiQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tyg5SJDpiQ[/video]

 

[Crazy Dave]

Another musician...legendary Texas bluesman Johnny Winter dead at 70:

[video=youtube;8Tyg5SJDpiQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tyg5SJDpiQ[/video]

Oh hell, that ruined my day...RIP Johnny

 

[Formeruser012523]

Legendary Elaine Stritch dies at 89. RIP

http://variety.com/2014/legit/news/elaine-stritch-dead-1201264068

[video=youtube_share;OnnGAanLlF8]http://youtu.be/OnnGAanLlF8[/video]

 

[HoosierDaddy]

James Garner dead at 86. RIP
Has there been a lock put on deleting posts for members now..??
I can't get that function to work....
HD

 

[HoosierDaddy]

James Garner dead at 86. RIP

http://www.tmz.com/2014/07/19/james-garner-dead-dies-maverick-rockford-files/