R.I.P. The thread of death....celebrity or otherwise

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 4:26 pm

Carolyn Bryant Donham, who accused Emmett Till before he was lynched, dies at age 88

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 4:44 pm

It should have been the other way around.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 7:34 pm

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 4:26 pm Carolyn Bryant Donham, who accused Emmett Till before he was lynched, dies at age 88

What an awful legacy. One might charitably say that she was the spark that ignited the Civil Rights movement...although if it hadn't been her, someone else would've; the time was just ripe. Still, "I don't think she had a pleasant or happy life." One hopes.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 7:45 pm

"I am More Than A Wolf Whistle" will be the next Diary of Anne Frank.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Mon May 01, 2023 9:56 pm

sad news.

Gordon Lightfoot. dead at 84

Two songs that will just never get old for me, especially the latter.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Mon May 01, 2023 10:02 pm

Yeh, those two songs do it for me too. RIP

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Mon May 01, 2023 10:19 pm

Oh man this one hurts. Gordon Lightfoot is one of my all-time favorite singer-songwriters. I have most of his albums on vinyl.

I never saw him in concert; the one time I planned to go was during a business trip to Boston, but the trip wound up being canceled so I never got to a show.

I highly recommend the documentary Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind on Amazon Prime. He was an amazing talent and his music has brought me comfort on many a crummy day.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon May 01, 2023 10:31 pm

Actually didn't know he was still alive. RIP. Only thing I can say is my sister gave me a cassette of one of his albums...or Dan Folgelberg....and I didn't care for it being a teen into hard rock and metal. Looking back I blame it on youth as I grew to like that style music as well as almost all the rest I hated back then. I still cant remember who's album ir was. Thats my story.

Rumpy · Post by **Rumpy** » Mon May 01, 2023 11:26 pm

Yeah, sad news

He was actually still fairly active performing until health issues in early April that forced him to cancel his shows. But he's had a number of health scares over the years. We now have 3 Canadian Gord Legends up in Heaven; Downie, Lightfoot, and Pinsent.

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Mon May 01, 2023 11:44 pm

The last time I saw a video of Gordon he was very gaunt and didn't look good. Still sad to hear.

I love "If You Could Read My Mind."

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Mon May 01, 2023 11:45 pm

Why won't Taptalk let me edit my posts? Now it's always going to look like I don't know how to spell "hear."

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Tue May 02, 2023 1:06 am

here here

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Tue May 02, 2023 9:57 am

em2nought · Post by **em2nought** » Tue May 02, 2023 11:02 am

"The legend lives on" RIP

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Tue May 09, 2023 10:24 am

Just got word my cousin passed this morning. Not entirely unexpected, as she's been battling cancer on and off for nearly 10 years now. Still, she was younger than me (44) and leaves behind three kids in high school.

That makes 9 immediate family members (mom, aunts, uncles, and cousins) that have passed in the last two years. I'm so very, very tired of funerals.

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Tue May 09, 2023 10:31 am

Oof. That really sucks. Sorry.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Tue May 09, 2023 10:33 am

I'm so sorry for your loss.

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Tasteless joke warning:

Spoiler:

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Tue May 09, 2023 10:43 am

Skinypupy wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 10:24 am That makes 9 immediate family members (mom, aunts, uncles, and cousins) that have passed in the last two years. I'm so very, very tired of funerals.

That's brutal. I hope you have many years to come free of further grief... You seem to have more-than paid your dues. Damn.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Tue May 09, 2023 10:46 am

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 10:33 am Tasteless joke warning:
Spoiler:
What happens when you fill the punch card?

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Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Tue May 09, 2023 10:56 am

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 10:33 am I'm so sorry for your loss.

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Tasteless joke warning:
Spoiler:
What happens when you fill the punch card?

OK, I lol'd.

Seriously though...fuck cancer. So damn sick and tired of dealing with it.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Fri May 12, 2023 11:58 pm

Unagi wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 10:43 am
Skinypupy wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 10:24 am That makes 9 immediate family members (mom, aunts, uncles, and cousins) that have passed in the last two years. I'm so very, very tired of funerals.
That's brutal. I hope you have many years to come free of further grief... You seem to have more-than paid your dues. Damn.

Are these all nearby relatives? Could it be an environmental thing?

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Sat May 13, 2023 1:26 am

Jeff V wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2023 11:58 pm
Unagi wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 10:43 am
Skinypupy wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2023 10:24 am That makes 9 immediate family members (mom, aunts, uncles, and cousins) that have passed in the last two years. I'm so very, very tired of funerals.
That's brutal. I hope you have many years to come free of further grief... You seem to have more-than paid your dues. Damn.
Are these all nearby relatives? Could it be an environmental thing?

Doubt it. Four were simply old age. Two were cancer. Two were COVID. One was diabetes complications.

Mom and cousin were the only ones here locally that passed from cancer. Mom’s was quick and unexpected, but cousin had been fighting it for 12 years.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat May 13, 2023 2:48 am

Lost my cousin I grew up next door with who was just 2 years younger than me a few years ago at 44 to breast cancer. They were told she had beat it but it returned and killed her young. Left her two kids behind. One was still in high school. Fuck cancer.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Thu May 18, 2023 10:03 am

They were dropping like flies last night.
Cindy Williams
Barbara Walters
Kristie Alley
All of whom I thought were dead.
RIP ladies!

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Thu May 18, 2023 10:16 am

Not sure what you were looking at. Barbara and Kristie died in December....

Edit: And Cindy was in January.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Thu May 18, 2023 10:44 am

I saw three separate articles on Yahoo news. I just read the headlines. That'll teach me.

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Thu May 18, 2023 10:52 am

I thought maybe you'd borrowed Daehawk's time machine.

Rumpy · Post by **Rumpy** » Thu May 18, 2023 11:54 am

Yahoo's been known to recirculate old news. But it's appalling when it's a death.

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Thu May 18, 2023 11:59 am

I saw that too on MSN. That website is crap. They had a headline that Barbara Walters has died and the article is talking about her funeral service.

MSN and Yahoo are trash and should never be visited. I'm done with them.

Sudy · Post by **Sudy** » Thu May 18, 2023 12:53 pm

RIP Clark Gable

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu May 18, 2023 12:58 pm

RIP Clarabell the Clown, All three of them.

A nonny mouse · Post by **A nonny mouse** » Fri May 19, 2023 5:49 am

Andy Rourke of the Smiths has died of pancreatic cancer.

I never cared for Morrissey, but the band were unique.

R.I.P

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Fri May 19, 2023 3:58 pm

R.I.P. Jim Brown.

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Fri May 19, 2023 4:27 pm

I never got to see him play, but I did get to see him burn a bunch of Nazis and their dates alive.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri May 19, 2023 5:30 pm

I liked him in Mars Attacks.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Fri May 19, 2023 6:25 pm

AWS260 wrote: ↑Fri May 19, 2023 3:58 pm R.I.P. Jim Brown.

I actually rooted for the Browns when he played, but it seemed they could never win the big one except once. He was a giant among men.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Fri May 19, 2023 7:22 pm

I too, was a big fan of his. RIP

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Fri May 19, 2023 10:08 pm

Same here, and for a former NFL player, that's a pretty good run.

Exodor · Post by **Exodor** » Fri May 19, 2023 10:59 pm

A nonny mouse wrote: ↑Fri May 19, 2023 5:49 am Andy Rourke of the Smiths has died of pancreatic cancer.

For years I've been holding out hope of one last "cash in before we retire" Smiths reunion tour.

Sad to hear he's passed and that he spent years battling health issues.

xwraith · Post by **xwraith** » Mon May 22, 2023 9:03 am

Brian Shul has passed