2024 Obituary

[Stuart Galbraith]

It reminds me of the car in the start of the Pink Panther show. Deeply impressive though.

[RETAC21]

The Angel of Dien-Bien-Phu is no more:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneviève_de_Galard

[sunday]

On 5/29/2024 at 8:33 PM, lucklucky said:

I prefer the Stratos

His initial Stratos Zero - an exercise also to design the lowest sport car possible is also amazing.

 

I think I had a blue-painted small die cast model of that thing as a kid.

[Tim Sielbeck]

William Anders, Apollo 8 astronaut, killed in San Juan Islands plane crash

 

https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/william-anders-wa-plane-crash

Edited June 8, 2024 by Tim Sielbeck

[lucklucky]

90 years old, flying.

[Stuart Galbraith]

Not a typical obituary, but it seems fitting.

 

[lucklucky]

 

Edited June 12, 2024 by lucklucky

[Tim Sielbeck]

Willie Mays dead at 93

 

https://abc7.com/post/willie-mays-dead-93-san-francisco-giants-legend/14972820/

[Stuart Galbraith]

God is dead.

 

[Soren Ras]

A fine actor. Reliably good. And Oddball, well, anachronistic sure, but also simply great.

RIP

 

[NickM]

4 hours ago, Soren Ras said:

A fine actor. Reliably good. And Oddball, well, anachronistic sure, but also simply great.

RIP

 

WOOF WOOF!

[DKTanker]

Oddball took that gold and parlayed it into a medical degree.  Five years later he found himself in another war up to his elbows in human bowels at a MASH unit.

[Stargrunt6]

Richard Sinmons, dead at 76.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/13/entertainment/richard-simmons-death/index.html

 

He was from New Orleans and had a tough childhood.  His deadbeat father was unhappy for not making it into Hollywood so he didn't work. Simmons' mother worked as a tassle twirler to keep the family afloat. Meanwhile, Simmons was bullied relentlessly as a child for being overweight,  including being lit on fire.

My dad grew up in New Orleans as well, working-class environment (read: tough). Every place has bullying,  but NOLA has a crime tradition that just trickles down.

My old broker when I was a realtor grew up with Simmons and was a close friend. She called him "Dickie," like all of his close friends.

He was such a good sport on Letterman and reminded people that exercise doesn't always have to be miserable.

Rest well, sir.

[Tim Sielbeck]

Bob Newhart, legendary comedian and sitcom star, dead at 94

 

 

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/bob-newhart-legendary-comedian-sitcom-star-dead-94

[sunday]

Oh, this one!

 

[Ivanhoe]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/07/19/sheila-jackson-lee-texas-congresswoman-dies/74479917007/

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Longtime Texas Democratic Congresswoman Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee has died. She was 74.

 

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In a statement posted to X in June, Lee said that her doctors have confirmed pancreatic cancer and that she was being treated.

 

[Stargrunt6]

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/chi-chi-rodriguez-hall-of-fame-golfer-known-for-antics-on-the-greens-dies-at-88-691efe80?mod=latin-america

ChiChi Rodriguez, dead at 88

[sunday]

William Laws Calley, he of My Lai infamy.

[DKTanker]

A story Chi Chi used to tell.  He was instructing golf at a resort in Puerto Rico when he was assigned to teach a forty something woman the art of the golf swing.  Says he, "I watched her hit a number of tee shots to assess her swing, she was hitting everything to the left.  So I told her I could have her playing real well because she was a natural hooker.  That was that last day I ever taught golf."

[Stargrunt6]

7 hours ago, DKTanker said:

A story Chi Chi used to tell.  He was instructing golf at a resort in Puerto Rico when he was assigned to teach a forty something woman the art of the golf swing.  Says he, "I watched her hit a number of tee shots to assess her swing, she was hitting everything to the left.  So I told her I could have her playing real well because she was a natural hooker.  That was that last day I ever taught golf."

Lol! 

[Ivanhoe]

Back when pro athletes used to have fun.

 

[TonyE]

French movie legend Alain Delon at 88.

[17thfabn]

I'm seeing reports that American Rock Great, Bob Segar is dead.

Facebook is reporting him as dead. Wiki has him as still alive.

I'm not seeing any news reports.

 

[Stargrunt6]

On 6/11/2024 at 11:59 PM, lucklucky said:

 

Rest well, lady

[Rick]

1 hour ago, 17thfabn said:

I'm seeing reports that American Rock Great, Bob Segar is dead.

Facebook is reporting him as dead. Wiki has him as still alive.

I'm not seeing any news reports.

 

I.M.O. the most under-rated U.S. rock musician.