DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

• Nov 2, 2015

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/fred-thompson-obit-1.3299251

Quite an interesting career, and nowadays a very young age at which to die.

 

• Nov 4, 2015

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Screenwriter and actor Colin Welland has died at age 81:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/welland-chariots-fire-obit-1.3303136

He won an Oscar for Chariots of Fire back in 1982.

 

• Nov 4, 2015

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Stormy said:

So long Maureen. You were truly a STAR and the reason I dyed my hair red when I was in high school.

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Solong, Big Al ...

 

• Nov 5, 2015

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Melissa Mathison, screenwriter (ET among others), former wife of Harrison Ford, has died aged 65:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/mathison-et-ford-obit-1.3304971

 

• Nov 6, 2015

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Legendary custom car builder George Barris died at his Los Angeles home at the age of 89. Barris' health had been in decline, and no official cause of death was given.

 

• Nov 6, 2015

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Two great creations for television, the Batmobile and the Black Beauty for the Green Hornet:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/batmobile-designer-obit-1.3306923

 

• Nov 6, 2015

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MisterCairo said:

Two great creations for television, the Batmobile and the Black Beauty for the Green Hornet:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/batmobile-designer-obit-1.3306923

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I find it interesting that quite a few sources include the Black Beauty in Barris' roster. Based on what I've read, Barris only made some minor modifications after Dean Jeffries built the two cars used in the production.

 

• Nov 6, 2015

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Former Red's manager Sparky Anderson dies at age 76.

 

• Nov 6, 2015

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HoosierDaddy said:

Former Red's manager Sparky Anderson dies at age 76.

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Um, no offense, but that happened in 2010.

 

• Nov 6, 2015

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Ha..thanks FB. Confirms, again, that not every posted alert on Facebook is up to date..

 

• Nov 6, 2015

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Those of us in Reds Country are still in mourning...

 

• Nov 7, 2015

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Frunobulax said:

Um, no offense, but that happened in 2010.

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And yet, he's still dead. Go figure.

 

• Nov 7, 2015

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Zombie_61 said:

And yet, he's still dead. Go figure.

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So is Generalissimo Francisco Franco

Bdum-tsshh!

 

• Nov 8, 2015

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Frunobulax said:

So is Generalissimo Francisco Franco

Bdum-tsshh!

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Well played good Sir!

On an entirely unrelated note, I miss the old smilies.

 

• Nov 9, 2015

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Gunnar Hansen, known for the portrayal of horror icon "Leatherface" in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies has passed today.

 

• Nov 9, 2015

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/gunnar-hansen-obit-chainsaw-1.3310176

 

• Nov 10, 2015

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Legendary New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/11/arts/music/allen-toussaint-dies.html

 

• Nov 10, 2015

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Doctor Strange said:

Legendary New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/11/arts/music/allen-toussaint-dies.html

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Was just getting ready to post that. WWOZ is in full grief-stricken mode right now.

 

• Nov 16, 2015

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Actor Saeed Jaffrey, well-known for several Merchant Ivory period dramas, and a great role in The Man Who Would Be King "Ah, Englishmen! You give names to dogs!" has died aged 86:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/actor-saeed-jaffrey-dead-1.3320596

 

• Dec 4, 2015

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Troubled singer Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver fame has died, aged 48:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/scott-weiland-obit-1.3350225