Dead Souls

[ickyvicky]

Eric Carle

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/26/970974320/eric-carle-creator-of-the-very-hungry-caterpillar-has-died

[sweeterthan]

Eric Carle

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/26/970974320/eric-carle-creator-of-the-very-hungry-caterpillar-has-died

the first time my daughter read me a book, it was the very busy spider. RIP


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[allegate]

John Davis, real voice behind Milli Vanilli duo, dies of coronavirus at 66 (https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/john-davis-real-voice-behind-milli-vanilli-duo-dies-of-coronavirus-at-66/ar-AAKs52H?ocid=uxbndlbing)

[Jinsai]

John Davis, real voice behind Milli Vanilli duo, dies of coronavirus at 66 (https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/john-davis-real-voice-behind-milli-vanilli-duo-dies-of-coronavirus-at-66/ar-AAKs52H?ocid=uxbndlbing)

I don't know if this is in bad taste to speculate about, but when I hear that someone at this point just died from COVID at the age of 66...
Did they get the vaccine when it was readily available? It has been very easy to get in this country if you're over the age of 65 for a couple months now?

So, I just really wonder, and at this point I think it's somewhat vital to the discussion, and the article/obituary doesn't mention the word "vaccine." Maybe he was immunocompromised? I don't know, all this stuff is kind of important to a larger and much more important discussion, where there's so many people holding out on getting the vaccine and raising conspiracies and bullshit.

[sweeterthan]

I don't know if this is in bad taste to speculate about, but when I hear that someone at this point just died from COVID at the age of 66...
Did they get the vaccine when it was readily available? It has been very easy to get in this country if you're over the age of 65 for a couple months now?

So, I just really wonder, and at this point I think it's somewhat vital to the discussion, and the article/obituary doesn't mention the word "vaccine." Maybe he was immunocompromised? I don't know, all this stuff is kind of important to a larger and much more important discussion, where there's so many people holding out on getting the vaccine and raising conspiracies and bullshit.

the vaccine is only 90% effective. that 10% means there’s still a chance of getting it.


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[Jinsai]

the vaccine is only 90% effective. that 10% means there’s still a chance of getting it.

Yes, but that’s only a vulnerability if you do directly become exposed to the virus, and most reports I’m reading suggest that if you’ve been inoculated, even if you do catch it, the symptoms SHOULD be less severe. I think?

I guess I’m just curious here but really it’s not my business. I’ve spent so much pointless time arguing with anti-vaccine/mask people lately, and they keep referring to cases that defy what scientists and medical professionals are suggesting... and maybe I just feel like this is a time sensitive crisis, and when I hear about an elderly person catching and dying from it at this point, I wish I knew if he was vaccinated, and if there were serious contributing factors.

though yes, I know it’s possible to happen regardless, my friend’s relative died of it after being fully vaccinated... and that’s a raw, personal thing, so of course I’m not going to press for any details there... but I would like to know about “the Milli Vanilli guy”

[ickyvicky]

You gotta blame it on the rain.

[allegate]

Good lord...it's when you are completely blindsided by something that you laugh the hardest. :lol

[allegro]

the vaccine is only 90% effective. that 10% means there’s still a chance of getting it.



It actually doesn’t mean that. It’s complicated, but it doesn’t mean that.

It means that vaccinated people had a 90% lower chance than non-vaccinated people in a control group during initial clinical trials.

The actual percentage of vaccinated people in the Pfizer and Moderna trials who got Covid was 0.04%.

[Magnetic]

It actually doesn’t mean that. It’s complicated, but it doesn’t mean that.

It means that vaccinated people had a 90% lower chance than non-vaccinated people in a control group during initial clinical trials.

The actual percentage of vaccinated people in the Pfizer and Moderna trials who got Covid was 0.04%.

Agreed. Efficacy with Pfizer and Moderna vaccines is difficult to explain.
On the flip side, we do know that people who are unvaccinated are getting COVID at the rate the general population was in January, before the vaccine roll out really got underway.

I have idiots in my office who think they don't need the vaccine, and I'm basically tell them they're a ticking time bomb, and back off 6 ft thank you very much.

[GulDukat]

Gavin MacLeod of The Love Boat, Mary Tyler Moore. (https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/gavin-macleod-love-boat-captain-185739159.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHLvU8VCjqpLqXW9bN32Pg6fq5SU iAEuJgkp6fLdSe7ZNfGVPZrjucf6nekiLMj_wQlBafG-nn0Ulx7NH0aaxJN4pmuwR5Vl_V2iwVzdF8obIKZTF1rFiX4hAF lAVJJG25IzEnnUk0m90KK_HyB5q9KonsR_ueos03cMAuOm3B2p )

[Erneuert]

Good lord...it's when you are completely blindsided by something that you laugh the hardest. :lol

I’m still amazed by the near perfect timing of all this and Fear Inoculum.

[ickyvicky]

"Lisa Banes, 'Gone Girl' Actress, Dead After Hit & Run Scooter Accident in NYC" - How fast was this scooter going???? Damn...

https://www.etonline.com/lisa-banes-gone-girl-actress-dead-at-65-after-hit-and-run-scooter-accident-in-nyc-167344

[otnavuskire]

1406273358187044868

RIP Champ :(

[allegro]

John McAfee killed himself in a Spanish jail after Spain approved a U.S. extradition order on tax evasion.

https://apnews.com/article/john-mcafee-dead-spain-prison-extradition-c39cc0f375a975946fb83b60cc2bf3d3?utm_medium=ap&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow

[Erneuert]

John McAfee killed himself in a Spanish jail after Spain approved a U.S. extradition order on tax evasion.

https://apnews.com/article/john-mcafee-dead-spain-prison-extradition-c39cc0f375a975946fb83b60cc2bf3d3?utm_medium=ap&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow

Oh, man, I was just reading about him for the first time a few months back for… reasons I can’t remember.

[allegate]

John McAfee killed himself in a Spanish jail after Spain approved a U.S. extradition order on tax evasion.

https://apnews.com/article/john-mcafee-dead-spain-prison-extradition-c39cc0f375a975946fb83b60cc2bf3d3?utm_medium=ap&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow
But did he though?! dumb-dumb-dumb.

as in "dumbasses are already saying he was Epstein'd"

[otnavuskire]

Fuck that guy.

[tony.parente]

Fuck that guy.
He fucked a humpback whale once.

[botley]

He fucked a humpback whale once.

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/SinfulMiserableCaecilian-max-1mb.gif

[Erneuert]

He fucked a humpback whale once.

Louie (https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Louie_(mafia)): Hey I thought you said Troy McClure was dead.

Fat Tony (https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Fat_Tony): No, what I said is that he sleeps with the fishes! You see...

Louie: Uh, Tony, please, no. I just ate a whole plate of dingamagoo.

[allegate]

https://twitter.com/RumsfeldOffice/status/1410315512966434818

well, one more evil person gone.

edit:

https://twitter.com/ShaneWatch/status/1410324974972248064

[cdm]

1410320710887739396

[bobbie solo]

Rot, war pig.

[chuckrh]

he's saving a place for Dick Cheney!

[Erneuert]

That’s one Donald down. One to go.

[october_midnight]

Damn, RIP director Richard Donner. (https://deadline.com/2021/07/richard-donner-dead-superman-lethal-weapon-director-1234786372/)

Looks like he won't get to direct the 5th Lethal Weapon after all.

[otnavuskire]

RIP. I've been a huge Superman fan all of my life and he and Christopher Reeve are the reason why.

[wizfan]

Damn, RIP director Richard Donner. (https://deadline.com/2021/07/richard-donner-dead-superman-lethal-weapon-director-1234786372/)

Looks like he won't get to direct the 5th Lethal Weapon after all.

RIP Richard :(

[october_midnight]

Uriah Heep vocalist John Lawton. (https://consequence.net/2021/07/john-lawton-uriah-heep-singer-dies/)

[october_midnight]

RIP Robert Downey Sr. (https://www.tmz.com/2021/07/07/robert-downey-jr-dad-dead-85/)

[MrLobster]

Dave Lampert (https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/dave-lampert-sybian-sex-aid-1195220/)

[poinoup]

He was damn creepy on Stern with his sexy talk to the porn stars on the Sybian. He'd hold them on there... just eee.

"Let the poison out."

[BRoswell]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aofoBrFNdg

[GulDukat]

RIP. I've been a huge Superman fan all of my life and he and Christopher Reeve are the reason why.

Superman is a classic, not just of the superhero genre, but a Hollywood classic, period. Shame that he was sacked while Superman II was incomplete and wasn't able to see it though. This scene--directing, acting, music, everything, perfect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWoyRlPOb3Q

[allegate]

https://twitter.com/BLABBERMOUTHNET/status/1420122329397477383

holy cow.

[tony.parente]

https://twitter.com/BLABBERMOUTHNET/status/1420122329397477383

holy cow.
This loss is unfathomable. This mans drumming helped shape EVERYTHING that metal drumming is in the modern metal scene.

[october_midnight]

Yeah wtf man was a super nice dude the few times I met him. RIP

[Erneuert]

That’s terribly sad. RIP. I hate seeing these mid- to late-forties deaths. Way too young.

[allegate]

"Rosie the Riveter" Phyllis Gould dies at 99 (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/rosie-the-riveter-phyllis-gould-dies-at-99/ar-AAMDqVo?ocid=uxbndlbing)

[onthewall2983]

Dusty Hill of ZZ Top (https://www.tmz.com/2021/07/28/zz-top-bassist-dusty-hill-dead-dies/)

[chuckrh]

Dusty Hill of ZZ Top (https://www.tmz.com/2021/07/28/zz-top-bassist-dusty-hill-dead-dies/)

RIP!!!! He was a fine musician!

[DVYDRNS]

Really bummed about dusty hill

[botley]

Really bummed about dusty hill

Me too. Had heard he was having hip trouble and it got to the point where they had to do a show with a tech filling in for him. But man, this was still a shock. So shitty. They were just on the verge of a new album and tour, as well...

[wizfan]

This week sucks so much.

[miss k bee]

Surprised over here not heard much about Dusty Hill passing!. RIP!

[allegate]

My wife mentioned his passing to me today but she also said "I guess the casino will have to figure out what to do with all the tickets to the sold out show". Not my first thought but ok.

[botley]

My wife mentioned his passing to me today but she also said "I guess the casino will have to figure out what to do with all the tickets to the sold out show". Not my first thought but ok.
Billy Gibbons has said they're going to finish out the current tour dates with the tech continuing to fill in on bass. I can't imagine the band would want to cancel after making a promise to Dusty that they'd go on without him.

[elevenism]

Dusty Hill of ZZ Top (https://www.tmz.com/2021/07/28/zz-top-bassist-dusty-hill-dead-dies/)

HOLY SHIT!

I was supposed to see them, for the first time, in Amarillo, in 2020. They're one of the very, VERY few good bands cool enough to come to Amarillo. Obviously i didn't get to go.

God bless him, his family, and that Lil' Old Band from Texas. Rip.

I sure didn't notice a make-up date for Amarillo on the new schedule, either. I hope there's another leg, though, even if Dusty IS missing.

I think you have to turn in your Texas card if you haven't seen ZZ by the time you're 40, and i'm just lucky they haven't caught me yet.

[onthewall2983]

His last show was in Goshen, Indiana. Not that far from where I live.

[allegro]

I think you have to turn in your Texas card if you haven't seen ZZ by the time you're 40, and i'm just lucky they haven't caught me yet.

I saw them when I was 12 in 1973, and I'm from Michigan (https://aadl.org/sites/default/files/aa_sun/aa_sun_19731130_p017-002.jpg).

RIP, Dusty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QztjGyD5y18

[elevenism]

I saw them when I was 12 in 1973, and I'm from Michigan (https://aadl.org/sites/default/files/aa_sun/aa_sun_19731130_p017-002.jpg).

RIP, Dusty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QztjGyD5y18Don't rub it in, damnit.

Although, if you didn't see them in the 70's, you'd have lost your Seventies Card, if I understand correctly.

[allegro]

Although, if you didn't see them in the 70's, you'd have lost your Seventies Card, if I understand correctly.

I think so, yeah. Although, when I saw them, at that age, I was like, "who the fuck are these guys?" :D

Maybe you'll still get to see them, but with Dusty's tech.

[botley]

Maybe you'll still get to see them, but with Dusty's tech.
He's Dusty AND Billy's tech, too:


https://youtu.be/1x_kg6pOvGU

I understand that he was in a "no shave" challenge (https://variety.com/2021/music/news/billy-gibbons-interview-zz-top-dusty-hill-died-carrying-on-1235031028/) during Covid layoff, too... so he actually came out onstage with a full beard. Good read about Billy's state of mind in that Variety article, too. I can only imagine...

[allegro]

That's a great interview, thanks for the link. And the video, too!

[BRoswell]

Trevor Moore Dead: Co-Founder of 'The Whitest Kids U Know' Was 41 - Variety (https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/trevor-moore-dead-dies-comedian-whitest-kids-u-know-1235036956/)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4H5h-oHvuo

[wizfan]

Holy crap. RIP, Trevor :(

[burnmotherfucker!]

Fuuuucccccckkkkkkk

WKUK one of the best sketch comedy shows of all time

[allegro]

https://twitter.com/toofab/status/1424372036214956033?s=21

[BRoswell]

https://twitter.com/toofab/status/1424372036214956033?s=21

RIP. Night Court is soooo underrated as far as sitcoms go. Sad that most of the cast are now gone.

[october_midnight]

Trevor Moore Dead: Co-Founder of 'The Whitest Kids U Know' Was 41 - Variety (https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/trevor-moore-dead-dies-comedian-whitest-kids-u-know-1235036956/)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4H5h-oHvuo

Just brutal. WKUK was so good. He died via accident in his yard, just awful.

[ickyvicky]

Sucks! I quote the Abe Lincoln skit all the time

[allegro]

RIP. Night Court is soooo underrated as far as sitcoms go. Sad that most of the cast are now gone.

Night Court was my FAVORITE show at the time. I named one of my cats "Harry" (for Harry Anderson).

John Larroquette, Richard Moll and Marsha Warfield are the only ones still alive.

[allegro]

Somehow I didn’t see that Jackie Mason died.

(I thought he was already dead :()

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/jackie-mason-dies/2021/07/24/62717c86-ecea-11eb-97a0-a09d10181e36_story.html

[onthewall2983]

https://youtu.be/EvRzEJqdZnA

another comedic genius

[otnavuskire]

https://youtu.be/EvRzEJqdZnA

another comedic genius

Damn. 8 out of 10 cats won't be the same without him.

[october_midnight]

Damn. RIP Sonny Chiba. (https://www.thewrap.com/sonny-chiba-dead-kill-bill-hattori-hanzo/)

[chuckrh]

damn. rip sonny chiba. (https://www.thewrap.com/sonny-chiba-dead-kill-bill-hattori-hanzo/)

rip

[marodi]

https://twitter.com/RollingStones/status/1430209721567416323?s=20

[chuckrh]

https://twitter.com/RollingStones/status/1430209721567416323?s=20

RIP Charlie. I'm devastated.

[chuckrh]

RIP Lee "Scratch" Perry

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/aug/29/lee-scratch-perry-visionary-master-of-reggae-dies-aged-85

[october_midnight]

RIP Lee "Scratch" Perry

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/aug/29/lee-scratch-perry-visionary-master-of-reggae-dies-aged-85

Brutal, huge fan. RIP

[october_midnight]

Damn, now Ed Asner too. RIP

[GulDukat]

Damn, now Ed Asner too. RIP
Sorry to hear this.

[chuckrh]

Damn, now Ed Asner too. RIP

RIP Mr Grant!

[wizfan]

RIP, Ed and Lee.

I saw Lee live in 2014. I couldn't take my eyes off of him, he was simply legendary. Near the end of the concert, he apparently got pissed at the audience, hid behind the stage and sang from there. I guess he didn't like the Greek crowd...

[wizfan]

Greek trapper Mad Clip was killed a few hours ago in a horrible car accident. He was 34. RIP.

EDIT: Also, Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis passed away at the age of 96.

[theruiner]

Holy shit, Michael K. Williams died.

https://nypost.com/2021/09/06/actor-michael-k-williams-found-dead-in-nyc-apartment/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

[october_midnight]

Only 54 smdh

[ziltoid]

This one hits me hard I just can't believe it. He as well as others brought The Wire to life. It's still is my favorite show that I rewatch The Wire every year just to see his performance. Rest in Peace.

[elevenism]

Holy shit, Michael K. Williams died.

https://nypost.com/2021/09/06/actor-michael-k-williams-found-dead-in-nyc-apartment/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
OUCH.
He had an inimitable intensity.

I know he'll be remembered for The Wire, but he usually stole the show when he was onscreen in ANYTHING he did.

[allegate]

I saw a lot of Community references on Twitter and now I understand why. That was a great character for the show, really played to the oddness there.

[elevenism]

It looks like Michael K Williams overdosed on the same substance that killed DMX. Both of the stars unknowingly took fentanyl.

Here's the strange part, that I just remembered after reading a news piece regarding Williams:
A couple months ago, he dressed up as DMX for a tribute at the BET awards, and did lyrics for from Slippin', which I've always taken to be, at least partially, about struggling with addiction.
I've always loved his acting, but I only recently learned that he'd been fighting heroin addiction all along.
Perhaps that's part of why he was asked to participate in the DMX tribute.

DMX's death was caused by a combination of covid, and rock cocaine laced with fentanyl.
Today's news suggests that Williams died from fentanyl laced heroin.
Fuck these street chemists putting fent in EVERY DAMN THING.

In hindsight, this is an eerie, heartbreaking coincidence.


https://youtu.be/fxNYga5AXyM

[wizfan]

I totally missed this one. A week ago, Marcia Nasatir passed away at age 95. She was Hollywood's first "mogulette", as she was the first female vice president of United Artists. RIP.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0621587/

[Erneuert]

Rolling Stones Tour Manager Mick Brigden Dies After Accident at Home While Digging Grave for Dog

[october_midnight]

WHOA WHAT THE FUCK

https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1437843997985177600

[Swykk]

Very sad.

Dirty Work is an underrated classic.

Norm had perhaps the driest sense of humor and it just worked for him. RIP

[sweeterthan]

yikes. he made me laugh a few times for sure. 61 seems young.


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[GulDukat]

That sucks. His Letterman and Dole impressions were the best.

[mfte]

Damn! Sad to hear that he is gone.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqmPNFt5lO0

[ickyvicky]

Wow I can't believe it :-(

[poinoup]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3LMSflEN54

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL0WayC7jW0

[marodi]

https://twitter.com/SenatorDole/status/1437867344106332169?s=20

I'm not crying, you're... Oh wait, I am crying.

Gutted.

RIP Norm, my fellow Québécois. You're making so many of us cry today, tears of sadness instead of laughter.

[allegate]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFjEvl43zYY

[allegro]

Ugh man Norm was awesome.

His Burt Reynolds was THE BEST!!

https://youtu.be/bEghu90QJH4

[Magnetic]

Loved the NORM!!! My heart breaks. He was the best. Legend.

[Magnetic]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFjEvl43zYY

Ohmigd. I'm so verklempt over that ending. You can tell he was so choked up. It makes me even more sad knowing how appreciative he was in life. Not sad, sad, just emotional. 61 is way too young. Only the good die young?

[allegro]

Ohmigd. I'm so verklempt over that ending. You can tell he was so choked up. It makes me even more sad knowing how appreciative he was in life. Not sad, sad, just emotional. 61 is way too young. Only the good die young?

Yup. :(

We love you, too, Norm. Rest easy.

[GulDukat]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvjqtcHA6oU

[allegro]

Lol!!!!! ^^^^^

[GulDukat]

Whole video is great, especially @3:00.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaanNNI0WAE

[chuckrh]

RIP to Norm. His sense of humour was pretty similar to mine. He will be missed. Fuck cancer!

[GulDukat]

Need to rewatch Dirty Work. It will also be bittersweet to see him in the third season of The Orville.

[Cookster426]

Whole video is great, especially @3:00.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaanNNI0WAE

I used to annoy the hell out of people asking them if they have any gum while doing his Letterman impersonation.

[Erneuert]

Ugh man Norm was awesome.

His Burt Reynolds was THE BEST!!

https://youtu.be/bEghu90QJH4

“It’s not ape tit!” lmao

[Jinsai]

Richard H Kirk (from Cabaret Voltaire)...

[Alpha 60]

Sad about Richard Kirk. I have not looked into his death or personal life or anything but I his recent output. I think I put Shadow Of Fear on my best of 2020 on here. I know I was in the minority of liking that album but I did and a lot of his other non-Cabaret Voltaire music. I even liked the newer drone stuff. And, I still love pretty much everything from Cabaret Voltaire from 79-83. Kind of always hoped Stephen and Richard would get back together but like I said I don't really know anything about their personal lives or personal band history. I just still liked the music they have been making, so its sad because seemed like Kirk still had music left.

[BRoswell]

1440784276866301959

[wizfan]

RIP Richard H. Kirk and Melvin Van Peebles :(

[chuckrh]

RIP Pee Wee Ellis, legendary sax player. Played with James Brown, Van Morrison & many others.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pee-wee-ellis-obit-dead-1232060/

[Erneuert]

1440784276866301959

I really liked him as Dick Halloran in The Shining miniseries. RIP

[BRoswell]

Tommy Kirk (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tommy-kirk-dead-old-yeller-shaggy-dog-1235022775/)

[allegate]

Todd Akin, the former Missouri congressman whose ‘legitimate rape’ comment derailed his U.S. Senate candidacy, dies at 74 (https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/former-us-rep-todd-akin-sunk-by-legitimate-rape-comment-dies/article_c0e83797-d8a9-57e1-bc2b-50e142a3ac58.html)

you know, there are times when, after death, you come to realize maybe you were too hard on a person.

The ensuing controversy sank his candidacy in a race many felt he had a chance to win in a state that was increasingly tilting Republican. Akin would later write that he regretted apologizing for the remark, arguing that his apology legitimized what he believed were willful distortions of the remarks by his political opponents and the media.
This is not one of those times.

https://media.giphy.com/media/2ept7eRuyq98s/200.gif

[october_midnight]

Damn. Longtime Letterman announcer Alan Kalter dead at 78. (https://twitter.com/consequence/status/1445211999743451137?s=21)

[Swykk]

Colin Powell passed away due to COVID.

[elevenism]

Colin Powell passed away due to COVID.

Yup. Colin Powell at 84.

He earned my respect.

[otnavuskire]

I like how everyone’s talking about Colin Powell like he wasn’t a huge part of getting us stuck in a pointless 20 year war

[cdm]

I like how everyone’s talking about Colin Powell like he wasn’t a huge part of getting us stuck in a pointless 20 year war

He was able to tidy up his reputation with a handful of borderline not-quite apologies and endorsed Obama twice and BOOM no harm no foul. Really something to behold. Oh and he had a bitchin Corvette, apparently.

[allegate]

https://twitter.com/erinblogan/status/1450457945431478284?s=20

https://clickhole.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dnmtn4ksijwyep0xmljk.jpg

[Jinsai]

Holy shit, that’s satire right? I feel so annoyed… in any reasonable timeline, that would be an Onion article.

[ickyvicky]

I don't know why I continue to be shocked by anything he says

[Erneuert]

I don't know why I continue to be shocked by anything he says

-Breaking News!-

Trump: “I just dug up the corpse of my great-great grandmother, copulated with it, then gave an ass licking to an endangered giraffe. My plan is almost complete.”

Planet earth: “Oh, ok.”

[october_midnight]

Damn, this sucks.

https://twitter.com/friendstv/status/1452397247245651974?s=21

[onthewall2983]

English music journalist Malcolm Dome (https://www.loudersound.com/news/music-journalist-malcolm-dome-dead-at-66)

[elevenism]

I like how everyone’s talking about Colin Powell like he wasn’t a huge part of getting us stuck in a pointless 20 year war
I always respected Colin Powell. I thought him to be a fairly nonpartisan man of integrity who did the best he could in an area of statecraft that wouldn't exist in a more evolved society. He was a decorated vietnam vet. He was the first African American Secretary of State. He was the first Afro-Carribean, and youngest, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was the top military man in dozens of conflicts aside from the ones that were on TV every night.
He didn't APOLOGIZE for Iraq. He TESTIFIED that he was wrong by 04 and attempted to create new ways for the intelligence depts to share information.
And as far as Afghanistan, I mean, yeah, you can blame him, I guess? But note that EVERY house Democrat and EVERY house Republican voted for the use of force in Afghanistan. And the vast majority of them CONTINUED to support it, for a long ass time. So, I'd assume they deserve some blame, too.

I liked Colin Powell. I think he was a great military strategist, speaker, and author.

[GulDukat]

English music journalist Malcolm Dome (https://www.loudersound.com/news/music-journalist-malcolm-dome-dead-at-66)

I really liked his writing. I emailed him a few times and he wrote back, answering my questions. Super nice and I am sorry to hear that he passed away.

[bobbie solo]

Ronnie Wilson, founding member of the Gap Band, died yesterday at age 73.

[october_midnight]

William Lucking ('Piney' from SoA, the A-Team) dead at 80. (https://nypost.com/2021/11/04/william-lucking-sons-of-anarchy-actor-dead-at-80/)

[Jinsai]

Andrew Barker of 808 State

[allegate]

Dean Stockwell has died. (https://deadline.com/2021/11/dean-stockwell-dead-quantum-leap-star-1234870413/)

[october_midnight]

Noooo! Used to watch Quantum Leap growing up...brutal.

[chuckrh]

dean stockwell has died. (https://deadline.com/2021/11/dean-stockwell-dead-quantum-leap-star-1234870413/)

rip

[Jinsai]

Dean Stockwell has died. (https://deadline.com/2021/11/dean-stockwell-dead-quantum-leap-star-1234870413/)

Ah man....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmsrO8xpe-w

[marodi]

https://youtu.be/BU5_VArSebs

Scott Bakula's statement: https://deadline.com/2021/11/dean-stockwell-scott-bakula-tribute-1234870757/

What a career he had and what a life he led. RIP Dean; thank you for all the memories and we miss you already.

[elevenism]

FW De Klerk, last white South African President, the man who opened the door to ending apartheid and freed Nelson Mandela, with whom he shared a Nobel Peace Prize and a long friendship.

He was ALSO kind of an awful bastard who benefited from some of the most draconian times of apartheid, said some fairly shocking shit about it AFTER retiring, and only apologized for it, finally, recently, when he was dying.

I read a book about South Africa some years back; it's a fascinating ride.

[GulDukat]

I was just getting into Quantum Leap. Stockwell helped make the show. He was perfect for that role and had a great chemistry with Bakula.

[onthewall2983]

https://youtu.be/e7FhOiR17lc

[onthewall2983]

Big Big Train vocalist/multi-instrumentalist David Longdon (https://www.loudersound.com/news/big-big-train-singer-david-longdon-dead-at-56?fbclid=IwAR38L34Wxv72JWDa_tpDGITiYd8HjENOV88mpE 8eDE3IKB87u26AnrTOB5Q). Very sad at this news, he was a talented guy in a great band.


https://youtu.be/5EcnUmnbyUQ

[chuckrh]

https://youtu.be/e7FhOiR17lc

RIP Mick. He was an amazing photographer.

[october_midnight]

Fucking brutal. Planes Mistaken For Stars frontman Gared O'Donnell has died at 44 following a battle with cancer. (https://www.stereogum.com/2168685/planes-mistaken-for-stars-frontman-gared-odonnell-dead-at-44/news/)

Just fucking brutal. RIP.

[BRoswell]

1464356137390809112

[Erneuert]

Did anyone else watch the videos by apetor? He’s been making videos since 2006 and just posted random wilderness stuff all the time while drinking vodka.

He fell through ice and died a few days ago just after his 57th birthday. I’m speechless. I’ve watched him weekly for like a year.

https://www.indy100.com/viral/youtuber-apetor-dead-birthday-norway-b1966707?amp

On 26 November 2021, Eckhoff fell through the ice at a lake near Kongsberg (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongsberg), Norway (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway), while recording a video for his YouTube channel. He was rescued by divers who performed CPR (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPR) on him, before he was flown to Ullevål University Hospital (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ullev%C3%A5l_University_Hospital) by air ambulance (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_ambulance). He died on the 27th at the hospital.[20] (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apetor#cite_note-21) Police noted that a hole had been cut into the ice, and that he was alone at the scene of the accident. At the time of his death, his channel had over a million subscribers.[21] (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apetor#cite_note-22)
His last video, entitled "I am Not Dead, I am 57 Today", was uploaded on 22 November 2021, five days before his death.[3] (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apetor#cite_note-Insider-3) In the comment section of the video, he received an outpouring of support after his death, including comments from the aforementioned 4ETG, and from notable individuals like musician Alan Walker (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Walker_(music_producer)).[19] (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apetor#cite_note-VG-20)

[elevenism]

1464356137390809112

Damn. That's another one of the people that I just kind of imagined living forever, for some reason.

[october_midnight]

Bob Dole (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bob-dole-wwii-hero-former-republican-presidential-candidate-dies-98-n953981)

[Erneuert]

Bob Dole (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bob-dole-wwii-hero-former-republican-presidential-candidate-dies-98-n953981)

“I didn’t even know he was sick.”

- Norm

[chuckrh]

RIP Robbie Shakespeare, 1 of the greatest bass players of all time. Along with drummer Sly Dunbar, 1 of the greatest rhythm sections ever.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/robbie-shakespeare-sly-and-robbie-dead-1269024/

[october_midnight]

Mike Nesmith of The Monkees dies at 78. (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/monkees-michael-nesmith-dead-1270079/)

Damn, only Micky Dolenz is left...

[chuckrh]

Mike Nesmith of The Monkees dies at 78. (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/monkees-michael-nesmith-dead-1270079/)

Damn, only Micky Dolenz is left...

RIP Michael. Another cornerstone of my childhood gone.

[GulDukat]

Mike Nesmith (https://people.com/music/monkees-star-michael-nesmith-dead-age-78/)

Had no idea he was sick. He was just on tour with Micky Dolenz a month ago. Loved The Monkees as a kid. Still do. I really regret not seeing The Monkees when they came to town last October.

[elevenism]

RIP Robbie Shakespeare, 1 of the greatest bass players of all time. Along with drummer Sly Dunbar, 1 of the greatest rhythm sections ever.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/robbie-shakespeare-sly-and-robbie-dead-1269024/

Oh, holy shit! That's a shame.

Sly and Robbie were so badass.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20psI-NYR2k

[GulDukat]

Some really good Nesmith songs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvdP8xFO0eE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zv8RNzczzQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jtKDtT-i0s

[allegro]

Whoa, Anne Rice died! She was 80.

https://twitter.com/annericeauthor/status/1469921605216133121?s=21

[versusreality]

Bummer. I can't say I've read any of her material outside of Interview With the Vampire (since I loved the film) but I loved it and always wanted to read more of her work. RIP Anne Rice.

[chuckrh]

RIP Anne

[otnavuskire]

Damn. I was obsessed with the entire Vampire Chronicles when I was younger. She brought a lot of entertainment into my life.

[october_midnight]

Legendary author and from all accounts, a decent and kind person. Went through a lot, lost a husband and son at age five I believe? Damn RIP.

[sweeterthan]

I went to a book signing with a reporter 20 years ago. She was covering the event. we were allowed to get really close and take some photos. Anne was informed the reporter was there and she looked in our direction and locked eyes with me and smiled and i swear i left my body. I remember trying to smile back but i blushed and giggled. It was a fun momentary connection with someone i really fucking admire. I am grateful to the universe for that moment. i have a signed copy of memnoch from that event. A memento of Anne Rice writing my name in her handwriting. So sweet. [emoji174]


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[muad'nin]

Been reading/re-reading and chipping away at The Vampire Chronicles/Mayfair Witches every night for months now, loving my daily delve into her worlds. This is a loss for me.

Thank you for your body of work, Anne.

[marodi]

RIP Anne.

Thank you for sharing your gift of words with us and your vivid imagination. You will be missed.

[Jinsai]

I haven't read an Anne Rice novel in a long while... I did like Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, and Memnoch the Devil (which it seems isn't a fan favorite, but I really liked that one). She had a really engaging style of writing that pulled you in, and some creative approaches to the vampire concept that explored sexuality, morality, religious conviction, and class structure/aristocracy in adventurous ways, and it felt like she really did enjoy herself in her world/character building. Sad news. There really aren't many modern horror novelists more established and unique and celebrated, and in the world of iconic female horror authors, she's there alongside Shirley Jackson and Mary Shelley.

[allegro]

Author and activist bell hooks, at only 69. Rest in power.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna8895

[elevenism]

Oh. Oh my dear god. I've been so wrapped up in various crises these past few days, that i didn't hear about Anne Rice.
This breaks my fucking heart. I'm actually in tears.

I've read like MOST of her work. I'm talking 29 books, here, i think? (i never read the Rampling and Roquelaure erotica.)

As a young man obsessed with the occult and darkness and beauty and sex and death, like many of us are, she brought me the most uncanny, imaginative, original tales. She was the queen of gorgeous neo-gothic prose. I discovered her at 12, and was immediately in love.
Anne created the best and most extensive vampire mythos of all time, PERIOD.

Her lush words, dripping with passion and beauty and descriptions of fluid sexuality and pansexuality were MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING in helping me feel ok being bi, or, whatever the fuck i am, when i was young. It was a refuge for a young man being told "there ain't gonna be any goddamn faggots living under my roof" by his father, in 1994.
I'll never forget my mom reading, and then giving me Blackwood Farm, a book steeped in bisexuality, when i was 22 and still going through horrible depression related to all that shit.

She played with history and religion in The Witching Hour, which is one of my absolute favorite books of all time. It's a doorstopper, weaving through generations, with details that put it on the verge of being historical fiction.

Her serious historical fiction was also utterly stunning: Cry to Heaven describes the DEEP pain of Castrati singers. The Feast of All Saints brought brought to life the plight of the free Antebellum Creole folk in 1840s New Orleans, alongside the Haitian Revolution.

She made Jesus walk for me in her Christ the Lord series, which is a FIRST PERSON account of the life of Jesus. Edit: she did this after making a great case for Lucifer in Memnoch the Devil- Jinsai , i LOVED that one too. Lestat drinks the blood of christ, all of the arguments made by Memnoch, yeah. It was fucking awesome.

She ALSO wrote a CS Lewis level non-fiction christian book called Called Out of Darkness, and it was fucking great.

Basically, she's been there for every part of my life since i was a tween.

Basically, this fucking KILLS me. This HURTS. My three big authors are Stephen King, Anne Rice, and John Steinbeck.

I just...FUCK.

In honor of this, for anyone who read the first three or four Vampire Chronicles, READ PRINCE LESTAT.
It's the first TRUE follow up to Queen of the Damned, (because Armand and Blood and Gold and Merrick and such, they all avoided continuing the story.)

And if you've never read an Anne Rice book? If you're a reader, i'd say, take it upon yourself to read The Witching Hour.

JESUS i'm sad.

[allegro]

Anne Rice Roquelaure erotica



I just threw out the Sleeping Beauty Trilogy a few months ago when we were clearing out the basement and I had to cull my library.

I’ll refrain from issuing my comments at this time.

[elevenism]

I just threw out the Sleeping Beauty Trilogy a few months ago when we were clearing out the basement and I had to cull my library.

I’ll refrain from issuing my comments at this time.

Did you read The Witching Hour or Feast of All Saints or Cry to Heaven, or Christ the Lord, or Interview/Lestat/QoTD?

I read a bit of The Taming, and Exit to Eden, and stopped, because I'm not into BDSM.
She wrote those books under a nom de plume for a reason, I guess.

i appreciate you not kink shaming the dead.

[allegro]

Did you read The Witching Hour or Feast of All Saints or Cry to Heaven, or Christ the Lord, or Interview/Lestat/QoTD?

I read a bit of The Taming, and Exit to Eden, and stopped, because I'm not into BDSM.
She wrote those books under a nom de plume for a reason, I guess.

I was REALLY into erotica for many years, I was like a friggin erotica librarian LOL. I’ve kept a lot of it on my shelves. The first being this one (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_of_O) when I was a kid.

Sure, I’ve read Rice’s “other” books.

But I’ve ALSO read Mary Shelley.

I know you’re sad, but Rice was EIGHTY and recently had a stroke.

What surprised me most wasn’t her dying; it was that the world found out about it via her son, Christopher, on Twitter before anyone else. Which happens a lot on Twitter.

[elevenism]

I was REALLY into erotica for many years, I was like a friggin erotica librarian LOL. I’ve kept a lot of it on my shelves. The first being this one (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_of_O) when I was a kid.

Sure, I’ve read Rice’s “other” books.

But I’ve ALSO read Mary Shelley.

I know you’re sad, but Rice was EIGHTY and recently had a stroke.

What surprised me most wasn’t her dying; it was that the world found out about it via her son, Christopher, on Twitter before anyone else. Which happens a lot on Twitter.

Yeah, i know she was old.

It's just, she meant a LOT to me. It's still a massive loss.
There's also the part where she did live chats on facebook with her "People of the Page," up until fairly recently, talking about her plans, working on a Vampire Chronicles series scripted by herself and her son (which originally had backing from hulu.)

She was STILL working her ass off trying to get that show off the ground.

ALSO, she was still writing.

No, she wasn't Hemmingway or Dostoyevsky or Tolstoy or whatever, but at her best, she was DEFINITELY the Shelley of her time. The thematic similarities between Frankenstein and the Vampire Chronicles are pretty damned blatant: the search for identity and themes of alienation. In FACT, these themes appear in a LOT of her work, like Servant of the Bones and Ramses the Damned.

Ultimately, though, i really don't care about literary arguments right now, though. It's more "i was in love with this author for about 3/4 of my life, and she meant the fucking world to me, and now she's gone."

It's just like losing Neil from Rush.

It sucks.

[allegro]

Victor Frankenstein’s creation was a scathing reflection of the Industrial Revolution. Shelley was a lot like Dickens (Great Expectations, Hard Times, Little Dorrit).

In honor of the passing of Ms. Rice, I recommend that you read a lot of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Awesome stuff.

Yup. As we age, everyone dies. But, death teaches us about life. Those vampire books taught you a lot about that :D


Christopher says there’s going to be a memorial thing for Anne Rice in New Orleans sometime next year, which will likely be huge.

[elevenism]

Victor Frankenstein’s creation was a scathing reflection of the Industrial Revolution. Shelley was a lot like Dickens (Great Expectations, Hard Times, Little Dorrit).

In honor of the passing of Ms. Rice, I recommend that you read a lot of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Awesome stuff.

Yup. As we age, everyone dies. But, death teaches us about life. Those vampire books shoulda taught you a lot about that. :)

I've read enough Hawthorne (Faun, Gables, Letter, Romance, all at least twice,) and Dickens (Great Expectations, Bleak House, Two Cities, good GOD most of that shit is depressing) and such for a lifetime: at least a lifetime lived currently, immersed in literature from the 1900s onward.

My current fiction reading list is aimed at finishing up my Pynchon, Vonnegut, Barth, Wallace, Burroughs and De Lillo, not to mention the final Vampire Chronicle and the latest Stephen King.

Aside from that, I've got a BUNCH of biographies on my Kindle, which have been my favorite thing as of late.

I DO wonder if Anne's son, Christopher, will write another Prince Lestat book, especially if his mother had already been working on it. They collaborated on Ramses the Damned part 2 in 2017, and had apparently finished the third, to be released in 2022.

[allegro]

good GOD most of that shit is depressing
I prefer "realistic" :D

It's amazing how much of it applies TODAY!!!

If Christopher collaborated then, yeah, I imagine he'd carry on the canon.


Edit: elevenism re Hawthorn: I meant his short stories (https://electricliterature.com/move-over-poe-the-real-godfather-of-gothic-horror-was-nathaniel-hawthorne/).

[allegro]

Meanwhile, I did not know that The Big Ragu - Eddie Mekka - died at 69: https://nypost.com/2021/12/02/laverne-shirley-actor-eddie-mekka-the-big-ragu-dead-at-69/. RIP, Eddie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPXAHiDvKeY

[elevenism]

I prefer "realistic" :D

It's amazing how much of it applies TODAY!!!

If Christopher collaborated then, yeah, I imagine he'd carry on the canon.


Edit: @elevenism (https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=2475) re Hawthorn: I meant his short stories (https://electricliterature.com/move-over-poe-the-real-godfather-of-gothic-horror-was-nathaniel-hawthorne/).

Ah! I've not read many of those: just whatever was included in this big ass compendium I had for a community college course.

And when I said depressing, I was referring to Dickens. Yes, the Hawthorne I've read is both depressing AND realistic, especially from a feminist viewpoint. Dickens is just GRIM, though, all the way around.

So with Anne Rice, the idea is that many of the Vampire Chronicles are TRUE, and written by Lestat, under the pen name Anne Rice.

Most likely, the real Anne Rice finally joined Prince Lestat's coven.

[elevenism]

Rapper Drakeo the Ruler got stabbed to death last night, apparently, at a show in LA.
Slim 400, famous for his song Brusin, (34 million youtube views on that song alone) was murdered on December 8.
Up and coming Memphis rap legend Young Dolph was murdered in late November.

That's three VERY famous young rappers shot or stabbed to death in the past 30 days.
I don't even LISTEN to these young "drill" rappers much, but I'm REALLY concerned by the body count.
There's also been Lil Loaded, Indian Red Boy, Baby CEO, Dope Boy Young, etc etc, and I'm JUST talking about the young, reasonably famous cats who died VIOLENTLY, THIS year, and that's just off the top of my head aside from Drakeo. It's a horrible epidemic.

In fact, this is gonna need its own thread if we want to keep up with it.

[Erneuert]

Sally Ann Howes, Truly Scrumptious in 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,' Dies at 91
A grand dame of Broadway and the West End, she starred in 'Paint Your Wagon,' 'My Fair Lady,' 'Brigadoon' and 'What Makes Sammy Run?'

[Erneuert]

Janice Long at 66. Very sad.

[marodi]

Jean-Marc Vallée, director of Dallas Buyers Club and Big Little Lies, dead at 58.

https://nyti.ms/3FwspXb

He was found in a cabin near Québec City.

RIP Jean-Marc, merci d'avoir partagé ton talent avec nous.

[Ruined]

RIP Coach Madden.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32953839/nfl-hall-fame-coach-broadcasting-icon-john-madden-dies-85

[october_midnight]

Just saw on twitter. What a legend.

[Jinsai]

Desmond Tutu passed away.

[allegate]

RIP Coach Madden.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32953839/nfl-hall-fame-coach-broadcasting-icon-john-madden-dies-85


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLZc-2BUByY

John Madden starts at 2:01.

[allegate]

Harry Reid, former Senate majority leader and Democratic kingmaker, dies at 82 (https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/harry-reid-former-senate-majority-leader-and-democratic-kingmaker-dies-at-82)

Busy day, must be the post-Hogfather free time.

[october_midnight]

Damn, one last kick in the balls by 2021.

RIP Betty White

[otnavuskire]

Damn, she would have been 100 in just a few weeks. There's a 100th birthday celebration event planned for her. I wonder if it was pretaped already.

[Swykk]

This is just the last drop of icing on the Fuck You cake, isn’t it?

[sweeterthan]

brutal. RIP legend. she made me laugh a ton.


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[october_midnight]

And just yesterday was flirting with Ryan Reynolds haha...so fucking funny. And relevant to the end. Not one of those where you don't hear about them for 20 years and then bam they're gone. Just a pure entertainer.

https://twitter.com/MrAhmednurAli/status/1477002316196757512

Fucking. Dying.

[Jinsai]

...and I had such high hopes for this year.... with all the Rush Limbaugh finally dying stuff

RIP Betty, you are immortal.

[BRoswell]

...and I had such high hopes for this year.... with all the Rush Limbaugh finally dying stuff

RIP Betty, you are immortal.

Alas, the universe giveth, and the universe taketh away.

RIP to the most golden of girls!

[marodi]

https://twitter.com/Dictionarycom/status/1476998040745611264?s=20

Stop being silly, everyone. Betty's not dead, she just went into a deep undercover assignment. Sheesh!

As if Betty White could die!

Godspeed on your new job, Ms White! We're rooting for you!

[GulDukat]

That really sucks. She was awesome.

[Erneuert]

Man, I just posted in the little things that cheer you up thread recently that I was happy she’d be 100 in January. Didn’t the same thing happen to Prince Philip? Gone just shy of 100?

[Erneuert]

Can someone please invent a way to prolong life by 100 years and inject it into David Attenborough ASAP?

[elevenism]

Gotta admit I had a tear in my eye watching the little CNN retrospective for Bettie White. She was really special.
She worked as an entertainer for EIGHTY YEARS, and she just seemed to bring joy everywhere she went.

It's so crazy to look at her body of work, and see all the stuff she did in her late eighties and nineties.

She's also on the cover of the newest People magazine, and it says BETTY WHITE TURNS 100!
(my wife wound up with a subscription when she signed up for something or another, so I guess that's in our box at the post office.)

It just seemed like she'd live forever, somehow.

[elevenism]

Damn, she would have been 100 in just a few weeks. There's a 100th birthday celebration event planned for her. I wonder if it was pretaped already.

It was, and will apparently air in select theaters on her birthday. (https://www.forbes.com/sites/kemberliespivey/2021/12/31/betty-white-100-years-young-documentary-will-be-released-as-planned/?sh=6bfd3d19472a)

So, um, that kind of sucks. SURELY it will make its way to streaming.

[versusreality]

if we take out leap year days, she lived over 100.

RIP to a legend.

[sweeterthan]

dying 2 weeks before your 100th birthday does not negate you living to a hundred. 99 and 50 weeks is basically 100. while she didn’t live to see the event, she was still a part of making it and the special will serve as a memorandum. it’s a thoughtful gift to the fans and people who loved her. she lived it and now we get this cute little package of her life to help us grieve. i think the 100th birthday celebration is well played, even in the event of her death. there are no guarantees. celebrate now.


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[Erneuert]

dying 2 weeks before your 100th birthday does not negate you living to a hundred. 99 and 50 weeks is basically 100. while she didn’t live to see the event, she was still a part of making it and the special will serve as a memorandum. it’s a thoughtful gift to the fans and people who loved her. she lived it and now we get this cute little package of her life to help us grieve. i think the 100th birthday celebration is well played, even in the event of her death. there are no guarantees. celebrate now.


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Agreed.

Also, she’d appreciate this for sure:

https://i.ibb.co/6gwX7Lp/D6679795-71-DA-4-A76-B874-9-BD7-EB14-C547.jpg (https://ibb.co/6gwX7Lp)

[allegate]

https://twitter.com/leonardmaltin/status/1479199046409482242

[MrLobster]

https://twitter.com/leonardmaltin/status/1479199046409482242

His first wife was a lot more interesting (and dedicated to film making) than him, hands down, any day of the week and twice on Sunday's...

Polly Platt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polly_Platt).

[october_midnight]

Damn, RIP

https://twitter.com/OurNewsRev/status/1479461529007316997

[elevenism]

I just saw someone fairly young (30) on Joe Rogan, JPEGMAFIA, talking about how everything and everyone he remembers from growing up is dying off and fading away. And that's true. It happens. I didn't see it yet, at 30, but I damn sure see it now.

[chuckrh]

RIP Sinead O'Connor's 17 year old son Shane. Was found dead after walking out of a hospital whilst on suicide watch. So sad....

https://consequence.net/2022/01/sinead-oconnor-son-dead/

[versusreality]

Michael Lang, famous Woodstock promoter died, at 77 years old. He was the promoter for 94 and 99 (ugh) too. 94 is my favorite music festival of all time and the NIN performance there is (imo) the greatest rock performance ever.

[elevenism]

RIP Sinead O'Connor's 17 year old son Shane. Was found dead after walking out of a hospital whilst on suicide watch. So sad....

https://consequence.net/2022/01/sinead-oconnor-son-dead/

Jesus. That's horrible.

But also, having been on suicide watch myself...I mean, you aren't supposed to be able to "walk out of" it. Someone is supposed to be posted up watching you, hence the "watch" part.
They left me in a locked plexiglass room with literally nothing but a paper hospital gown and a mat, with someone outside just staring at me for 8-12 hours, and then someone else would relieve them. That's in the hospital and in jail.
Having someone die while on suicide watch is gross negligence, I think

[otnavuskire]

What the fuck. Bob Saget died.

[october_midnight]

Found in a hotel room. Rarely a good sign.

[sweeterthan]

yikes. wtf happened to him?


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[marodi]

Found in a hotel room. Rarely a good sign.

He (Bob) posted a picture of the crowd at the show he was giving last night, in Orlando. That explains the hotel room.

Still, damn. 65 is too young.

[allegro]

What the fuck. SIXTY FIVE?????

That will require an autopsy, methinks.

i'm thinking heart attack.

[GulDukat]

I often look back at watching Full House and the other TGIF shows as a child. Nothing but happy memories. R.I.P.

[elevenism]

Ouch. I just saw it on YouTube, about Bob.

DAMN.

And, yeah. Fuuuuuck dying at 65. I'm shooting for like, 95. Or at LEAST 70 something, ffs.

"All that you love will be carried away."- King

[hellospaceboy]

We literally just rewatched of How I Met Your Mother, we've been marathoning it for the last few weeks. We finished watching the final episode, and then I looked at my phone and saw the news about Bob Saget... so sad, and also kinda eerie

[Erneuert]

"All that you love will be carried away."- King

I always picture the public bathroom scene from Dumb & Dumber when I think of that short.

RIP to all recently deceased souls.

[chuckrh]

What the fuck. Bob Saget died.

RIP. That guy was hilarious.

[mfte]

https://c.tenor.com/AwZRqHVCSUcAAAAC/half-baked-bob-saget.gif

We all did Bob.

Rest In Paradise.

[onthewall2983]

Burke Shelley, bassist/vocalist for 70’s Welsh hard rock band Budgie (https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/budgies-burke-shelley-dies-at-71/)


https://youtu.be/nHPCtgmtS68

[frankie teardrop]

RIP Ronnie Spector, voice of an angel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrVbawRPO7I

[cdm]

CYxYU-xl5Vx

Rachel Nagy, lead singer of The Detroit Cobras, quite possibly one of the best cover bands ever. Life, Love, and Leaving is an incredible album. RIP

[allegro]

January 17 - Betty White’s 100th Birthday

Google Betty White today.

So nice.

[elevenism]

January 17 - Betty White’s 100th Birthday

Google Betty White today.

So nice.
We did receive that People Magazine; my wife somehow wound up with a free subscription in her endeavors to make money and earn rewards online (nobody reads it.)

THAT issue, though: I think it will make a lovely memento.

[allegro]

We did receive that People Magazine; my wife somehow wound up with a free subscription in her endeavors to make money and earn rewards online (nobody reads it.)

THAT issue, though: I think it will make a lovely memento.

Yeah we get People, too

This was a special Google Easter egg especially for Betty’s birthday. When you googled her name, rose petals rained down and a sign popped up that said “Thank You for Being a Friend”

See: https://9to5google.com/2022/01/16/google-search-betty-white/amp/

[ickyvicky]

A local pet shelter near me said they received around $15,000 in donations thanks to the Betty White challenge

[Erneuert]

RIP Meat Loaf.

[chuckrh]

RIP Meat Loaf.

RIP

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60080934

[otnavuskire]

Damn. He was my second ever concert. Haven’t really listened to him since I was a kid though.

[mfte]

When the night is over, like a bat out of hell, I'll be gone, gone, gone!

R.I.P.

[october_midnight]

https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1484545545976918026

[ickyvicky]

what the hell! that sucks

[elevenism]

Jesus christ. Meat Loaf and Louis Anderson, and all the other rapid fire losses in the past couple of years seem crazy.

I wonder if it's that a lot of us are reaching a certain age, and so, too, are the people we grew up listening to and watching.

[ickyvicky]

agreed elevenism

[allegate]

Jesus christ. Meat Loaf and Louis Anderson, and all the other rapid fire losses in the past couple of years seem crazy.

I wonder if it's that a lot of us are reaching a certain age, and so, too, are the people we grew up listening to and watching.
yeah, it's going to start going faster because of age and the internet making this news available instantly.

[elevenism]

yeah, it's going to start going faster because of age and the internet making this news available instantly. Definitely. I was thinking of the people dying in their sixties. That's horrible and unusual, but it happens. As that generation gets closer to the average lifespan mark, it will speed up. :/

[allegro]

Jesus christ. Meat Loaf and Louis Anderson, and all the other rapid fire losses in the past couple of years seem crazy.

I wonder if it's that a lot of us are reaching a certain age, and so, too, are the people we grew up listening to and watching.

Nah, this always happens this way.

My Mom reads three newspapers every day and one of the FIRST sections she reads is the obits and death notices.

Her Mom, same thing. “Who DIED?” Not just celebrities, but people you know. People you don’t know at all.

I’ve had a “gut” feeling lately and googled people. Found out my former boss died, my co-worker’s husband died, one of my old friends died. They were all old, so this shit happens.

After we hit 50-55, every day is just luck. I saw funerals of little kids when I worked at that funeral home. Babies, too. Look at the death notice section of any newspaper, daily. Everyday people, with pictures, with stories. Gone. During the heights of Covid, the death notice section of the newspapers are HUGE!!! Many of us don’t recognize or want to recognize celebrities’ mortality, that’s all. But death is an all-ages show and unless Meat Loaf was gunned down by an assassin in his home, or Louis Anderson drowned in his pool, none of this is shocking.

Yes, all these old people are gonna die at about the same time. Look at the Oscars’ “In Memoriam” segment every year. (Some of them I thought were already dead.)


This is a kinda funny Twitter meme …

“OMG why is [insert name here] trending???”

Usually, if they’re old, it’s because they’re dead.

Paul McCartney was trending, everybody was like OMG PAUL MCCARTNEY DIED!? PLEASE TELL ME PAUL MCCARTNEY ISN’T DEAD.

(That in between “who the fuck is Paul McCartney?”)

(Honestly, my husband and I were talking, and neither of us know anything about Bob Saget. Nada. I’m reading about stuff now but none of that was in my life. Seems like he was a really nice guy, though.)

[poinoup]

I think I'm one of the few that liked BOOH 3. That renewed my like in him.

See ya, dude.

[otnavuskire]

Apparently Meat Loaf had COVID. And he was an anti-vaxxer. Sigh.

[allegate]

Dear CHRISTOPHER,

This morning you received our weekly "Recipe of the Week" email, which is sent to you every Friday.

In today's email we highlighted a grilled meatloaf recipe. At the time we shared this recipe with you, we were not aware of the unfortunate passing of American singer and actor Mr. Marvin Lee Aday, also known as Meat Loaf.

We want to express our deepest apologies for this oversight and for any offense this email may have caused.

We send our condolences to Mr. Aday's family and fans.

Thank you for understanding.

The Weber Familywhat the actual shit.

[[parasite]]

Thich Nhat Hanh: 'Father of mindfulness' Buddhist monk dies aged 95

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-60092461?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA


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[allegro]

;552707']Thich Nhat Hanh: 'Father of mindfulness' Buddhist monk dies aged 95

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-60092461?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Oh wow, I loved him, I read several of his books. A great teacher of mindfulness.

“Tomorrow, I will continue to be. But you will have to be very attentive to see me. I will be a flower, or a leaf. I will be in these forms and I will say hello to you. If you are attentive enough, you will recognize me, and you may greet me. I will be very happy."

[chuckrh]

RIP Don Wilson, last of the original Ventures. They were from Tacoma, WA & my late uncle went to high school & was friends with them. The band sold 100 million records! You'll never hear surf music again....

https://pitchfork.com/news/don-wilson-the-ventures-rhythm-guitarist-and-co-founder-dies-at-88/




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owq7hgzna3E


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bKG0p6Tv9Q


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rcvo4U33_L4

[allegro]

Oh man, I friggin LOVED The Ventures.

Our entire percussion section in Junior High would do “Wipeout” contests on snares, where we’d see who could play “Wipeout” the longest (and accurately).

I had a drum kit, and surf music was the easiest music to learn, and the most fun.

RIP, Don. SURF MUSIC WILL NEVER DIE!!

https://youtu.be/d7r_SfdOr3E

https://youtu.be/1TfCeH5H8oY

https://youtu.be/pyUcnoracMM

[allegate]

RIP Meat Loaf.

ANTHRAX's SCOTT IAN Memorializes His Father-In-Law MEAT LOAF (https://metalinjection.net/this-is-just-a-tribute/anthraxs-scott-ian-memorializes-his-father-in-law-meat-loaf)
reality continues to built support in the theory that this is a simulation.

[october_midnight]

RIP Douglas Trumbull (https://gizmodo.com/douglas-trumbull-effects-wizard-behind-2001-a-space-o-1848499954?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=dlvrit&utm_content=gizmodo)

This one hurts...

[chuckrh]

rip douglas trumbull (https://gizmodo.com/douglas-trumbull-effects-wizard-behind-2001-a-space-o-1848499954?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialmarketing&utm_campaign=dlvrit&utm_content=gizmodo)

this one hurts...
rip

[otnavuskire]

Bob Saget's cause of death has been revealed. Authorities believe he accidentally hit the back of his head on something, thought nothing of it, got under the covers and went to bed. He then died of a brain bleed in his sleep. So tragic.

[Erneuert]

Bob Saget's cause of death has been revealed. Authorities believe he accidentally hit the back of his head on something, thought nothing of it, got under the covers and went to bed. He then died of a brain bleed in his sleep. So tragic.

Oh my god, that’s terrible.

Then you have polar opposite situations to that like the guy who hit his head once, thought nothing of it then years later an X-ray showed an entire nail lodged in his skull but he was perfectly fine. Luck of the draw.

[GulDukat]

Bob Saget really came across as a sincere, kind-hearted man. That one hurt.

[BRoswell]

Bob Saget's cause of death has been revealed. Authorities believe he accidentally hit the back of his head on something, thought nothing of it, got under the covers and went to bed. He then died of a brain bleed in his sleep. So tragic.

That's sad, but at least he went in his sleep.

[allegate]

If you recall the same (basic) thing happened to Natasha Richardson:
On 18 March 2009, Richardson died when she suffered a severe head injury (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traumatic_brain_injury) in a skiing accident at the Mont Tremblant Resort (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Tremblant_Resort), northwest of Montreal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal).If you bump your head, just maybe take it a little more serious than it may appear.

[otnavuskire]

If you recall the same (basic) thing happened to Natasha Richardson:If you bump your head, just maybe take it a little more serious than it may appear.

Skiing head trauma tends to be VASTLY different from bumping your head on the headboard.

[allegate]

true, but in a very (basic) sense head injuries should always be taken at least a little seriously.

[Erneuert]

Was Betty Davis mentioned?