2019 Obituary

[MiloMorai]

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/valerie-harper-dead-rhoda-mary-tyler-moore_n_569e5fe4e4b0cd99679b5c6d

Valerie Harper, Star Of 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' And 'Rhoda,' Dead At 80

[Mr King]

He's an actor. They're all raging douches.

 

Gary Sinise appears to break that mold. Admittedly one of the few who do.

[Rick]

He's an actor. They're all raging douches.

The current ones are. We'll never see another James Stewart or John Wayne.

[R011]

The old guys were no better, though fashionable politics then was more palatable.

 

 

He's an actor. They're all raging douches.

 

Gary Sinise appears to break that mold. Admittedly one of the few who do.

 

 

Fair enough. A few of them are not.

[Ivanhoe]

Franco Columbu, bodybuilder. Known for his role in Stay Hungry. Age 78.

[MiloMorai]

Those who knew him will tell you that Gordon Bruce Okill Stuart was no ordinary man.

"Just his drive, his energy, his organizational skills," noted Bruce Bolton, a Lieutenant Colonel with the 78th Fraser Highlanders, an historical group in Montreal, and a friend.

Stuart was born was born in Montreal in 1921 but received part of his education at Gordonstoun School in Scotland, where he befriended a classmate who would go on to become a central figure in British society.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/wwii-veteran-gordon-bruce-okill-stuart-friend-to-prince-philip-dies-at-98/ar-AAGCHI9?li=AA521o

[Panzermann]

Karel Gott died yesterday. Famous czechoslovak singer that during the cold war also sung in the west. For Germans most recognizable he sung the title song of the 1970ies animated series "Biene Maja"

 

 

[Jeff]

BTT

 

Just in case Murph finds any more obituaries to post.

[BansheeOne]

Marie Fredriksson, singer of Swedish Pop duo Roxette, aged 61, after fighting cancer for 17 years.

 

[Stuart Galbraith]

She was a damn good singer.

[Rick]

Norman Joseph Woodland (September 6, 1921 – December 9, 2012) was an American inventor, best known as one of the inventors of the barcode, for which he received a patent in October 1952. From Wiki.

[Panzermann]

She was a damn good singer.

 

She got 17 more years against her cancer. So there is that.

 

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Norman Joseph Woodland (September 6, 1921 – December 9, 2012) was an American inventor, best known as one of the inventors of the barcode, for which he received a patent in October 1952. From Wiki.

 

One of the many unsung inventors thaat made life easier.

[MiloMorai]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ren-auberjonois-dead-star-trek-benson-actor-dies-at-79-1260677?fbclid=IwAR098pvVjXmMlhtVuVpull2LgjGLaYsb3xoGEWK59hBx51N8qZpB747PurY

 

René Auberjonois, the prolific actor best known for his roles on the television shows Benson and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and his part in the 1970 film M*A*S*H playing Father Mulcahy, has died. He was 79.

[MiloMorai]

Caroll Spinney Dead At 85: ‘Sesame Street’ Puppeteer Known For Big Bird, Oscar The Grouch

 

https://etcanada.com/news/554792/caroll-spinney-dead-at-85-sesame-street-puppeteer-known-for-big-bird-oscar-the-grouch/

[Stuart Galbraith]

Maurice Mounsdon, one of the last 4 survivors of the Battle of Britain, dies at 101.

Edited December 11, 2019 by Stuart Galbraith

[Rick]

Maurice Mounsdon, one of the last 4 survivors of the Battle of Britain, dies at 101.

I just finished Len Deighton's "Fighter, The True Story of the Battle of Britain."

[DB]

It's a good read, damning of the treatment of those who picked the tactics that won it, but there are those here who suggest that the aircraft comparative analysis is flawed.

[MiloMorai]

Danny Aiello

https://deadline.com/2019/12/danny-aiello-dead-dies-obituary-do-the-right-thing-godfather-part-2-1202808690/