DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[MisterCairo]

The great Diahann Carroll has died, yes, cancer, at age 84:

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertainm...-and-dynasty-dies-at-84/ar-AAIigQN?ocid=ientp

 

[Frunobulax]

The great Diahann Carroll has died, yes, cancer, at age 84:

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertainm...-and-dynasty-dies-at-84/ar-AAIigQN?ocid=ientp

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I had such a crush on her...

 

[Doctor Strange]

Cream drummer Ginger Baker.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/06/arts/music/ginger-baker-dead.html

 

[3fingers]

I had such a crush on her...

Me too. She was beautiful.

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

Ginger Baker has died.
An enigmatic musician from a mythical band who’s whole was far beyond it’s parts.
You may rest now Mr Baker

 

[OldStrummer]

Cream drummer Ginger Baker.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/06/arts/music/ginger-baker-dead.html

Sadly, we're going to see more and more of these "notable deaths" as the vanguard of Rock 'n' Roll move on...

 

[Lean'n'mean]

British actor, Stephen Moore, died on the 4th but his death was only announced yesterday. He was 81.
A familiar face on TV & a familiar voice on radio, prehaps best known as the voice of Marvin, the paranoid robot in ' The Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy.'

 

[MisterCairo]

British actor, Stephen Moore, died on the 4th but his death was only announced yesterday. He was 81.
A familiar face on TV & a familiar voice on radio, prehaps best known as the voice of Marvin, the paranoid robot in ' The Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy.'

What a life, just read up on him at Wikipedia! Four marriages, as many children, such a great voice. Sounds like he had a great ride!

 

[MisterCairo]

The truly remarkable life of a woman I'd never heard of. Julie Gibson, singer, actor, voice coach, etc., etc., has died at the ripe old age of 106. Born Gladys Sorey, she adopted a more "all American" name.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertain...uering-hero-dies-at-106/ar-AAIUWBr?li=AAggFp5

 

[MisterCairo]

Having watched my first Rob Zombie film, his debut House of 1000 Corpses, I got to know character actor Sid Haig, absolutely loving his character Captain Spaulding.

Looking up the film on Imdb, I learn that Sid Haig died less than a month ago, 21 Sept 2019, aged 80. I look forward to exploring his long history on film!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0354085/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

 

[Worf]

Aron Eisenberg aka as "Nog" my favorite Ferengi from Star Trek DS9 died at age 50 on September 22nd or so. Sigh...

Worf

 

[steve u]

Paul Barrere, guitarist and singer for the long-running rock group Little Feat, has died at 71

I met Paul outside Poor David's Pub in Dallas in the mid '80s...
He was playing with the Blues Busters

 

[Lean'n'mean]

French singer & actress, Marie Laforêt, died yesterday (2 Nov.) aged 80.

 

[MisterCairo]

One of the ultimate "that guy, you know, the one from..." character actors, Brian Tarantina, has died, cause unknown at this point, aged only 60:

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertain...velous-mrs-maisel-actor-dies-at-60/ar-AAJLWy0

 

[Lean'n'mean]

British photographer & graphic designer, Robert Freeman, died yesterday (8th) aged 82.
He was best known for his photographs & some record covers of the Beatles.

 

[HudsonHawk]

Former NFL placekicker Fred Cox has died at 80. Cox was steady and reliable for 15 seasons for the Minnesota Vikings, including all four of their Super Bowl teams. Perhaps just as important to us who grew up in the 70s, Cox was the inventor of the Nerf football, the bright foam rubber staple of any backyard back in the day.

 

[GHT]

Jake Burton Carpenter, the man who changed the game on the mountain by fulfilling a grand vision of what a snowboard could be, died Wednesday night of complications stemming from a relapse of testicular cancer. He was 65.

Carpenter was not the inventor of the snowboard, but 12 years after Sherman Poppen tied together a pair of skis with a rope to create what was then called a “Snurfer,” the 23-year-old entrepreneur, then known only as Jake Burton, quit his job in Manhattan, moved back to Vermont and went about dreaming of how far a snowboard might take him.

For years, Burton’s snowboards were largely snubbed at resorts, its dimensions too untested, its riders too unrefined, its danger all too real and many wouldn’t allow them to share the slopes with the cultured ski elite in Colorado or California or, heaven forbid, the Swiss Alps.

In 1998, and with Carpenter’s tacit blessing, the Olympics got in on the act, in hopes of injecting some youth into an older-skewing program filled with ski jumpers, bobsledders, figure skaters and hockey players. From two skis tied together with a plank of wood on top, to an olympic sport, amazing.

 

[Doctor Strange]

Sixties character actor Michael J. Pollard:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/22/movies/michael-j-pollard-dead.html

https://news.avclub.com/r-i-p-character-actor-veteran-michael-j-pollard-1840008223

They're grups! Bang bang on the head!

 

[LizzieMaine]

He can't be dead, he's just a kid. Wow.

 

[Zombie_61]

He can't be dead, he's just a kid. Wow.

When I told my wife of the news she said, "What do you mean he was 80? That can't be right." In her mind he was still C.W. Moss from Bonnie and Clyde, but I don't think she remembered seeing him act in anything since so...