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R.I.P. The thread of death....celebrity or otherwise
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It's almost as if people are the problem.
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Oh, him. RIP.
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I've always assumed it was a requirement to post here...Jaymann wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:57 pmHey, who are you calling strange? Seriously, tho, this is why I usually include a relevant quote to give the gist without clicking.Punisher wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:54 pmDidn't anyone ever tell you guys not to click links from strange people on the Internet?TheMix wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:51 pmGood point. I initially assumed that Dae may have checked out the link and was just expressing that he was unfamiliar with Vinge. However, the question suggests that Dae wasn't even aware that Vinge was an author. Which probably means he didn't look at the link at all.
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RIP to Chance Perdomo.
Actor Chance Perdomo, best known for his role [Ambrose] in Netflix horror series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, has died in a motorcycle accident, aged 27, his publicist has announced.
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Oh wow, I really liked him on Sabrina and Gen V. That’s so sad.
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RIP Louis Gossett Jr.
https://abc7ny.com/louis-gossett-jr-roo ... /14588484/
I know I liked him but the only thing I can remember is him as Chappy in Iron Eagle.
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I know I liked him but the only thing I can remember is him as Chappy in Iron Eagle.
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I think he deserves his own thread.Punisher wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:37 am RIP Louis Gossett Jr.
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I know I liked him but the only thing I can remember is him as Chappy in Iron Eagle.
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Oops. Didn't realize there was one. Anyway he deserves more than one listing.Jaymann wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 11:11 amI think he deserves his own thread.Punisher wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:37 am RIP Louis Gossett Jr.
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I know I liked him but the only thing I can remember is him as Chappy in Iron Eagle.
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Or a result of.Punisher wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 2:57 amI've always assumed it was a requirement to post here...Jaymann wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:57 pmHey, who are you calling strange? Seriously, tho, this is why I usually include a relevant quote to give the gist without clicking.Punisher wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:54 pmDidn't anyone ever tell you guys not to click links from strange people on the Internet?TheMix wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:51 pmGood point. I initially assumed that Dae may have checked out the link and was just expressing that he was unfamiliar with Vinge. However, the question suggests that Dae wasn't even aware that Vinge was an author. Which probably means he didn't look at the link at all.
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Little column A, little column B.
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I'll tell him. Exodor, you spelled Emmet correctly.
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One of my uncles was a Pearl survivor. I don't think he was on the Arizona; I believe he was on shore, but IDK for sure. He's been dead for 40+ years.
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Good Lord he had a hard life. Seems to have made him strong to live so long at 102. In 2019 the year my wife died at 63 he was already 35 years older than her. Geez. Thats longer than me and my wife were even together just that little part. 35 years to him was just 1/3 of his life really.disarm wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 6:06 pm Lou Conter, last remaining survivor of the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor, has passed away at age 102
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We're down to around 60,000 surviving US WWII veterans. In five years, it'll be a tenth of that. In five more, a few hundred.
For those who didn't catch it, the last surviving member of Easy Company from Band of Brothers died two years ago.
For those who didn't catch it, the last surviving member of Easy Company from Band of Brothers died two years ago.
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The youngest were probably born in the late 20s. My dad enlisted at 17 in 1944.
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My father in law enlisted at 17 or maybe a little early, and served in the Pacific Fleet at Japan during the war and the occupation.
He was born in 1927 and died in 7 years ago.
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My dad was born in 1927 also and died 22 years ago now.
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I just watched him this week in Happy Gilmore. To this day a buddy of mine and I call each other "ya jackass!" with his delivery from that movie. A testament to his comedic chops that it was such a bit role yet I still quote it nearly 30 years later.
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We always quote his character from SCTV, Sammy Maudlin. A clueless late night talk show host. At one point, he's extolling the virtue of his acting abilities and he suddenly yells out "I like drama...a lot!". But he keeps pronouncing "drama" so that it rhymes with the "bama" in "Alambama".
And of course, who can forget his world weary horror show host Count Floyd.
And of course, who can forget his world weary horror show host Count Floyd.
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World War II veterans look back at their service at opening of the Liberation Pavilion
There are only 119,550 World War II veterans remaining of the 16.1 million Americans who fought in the war, according to 2023 Department of Veteran Affairs statistics. A few WWII vets shared their stories at the opening of the new Liberation Pavilion at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, La., on Nov. 3.
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Per Wiki:
Funny to think of a Civil War veteran rocking to Elvis Presley.Albert Woolson
American centenarian and United States Army soldier (1847-1956)
Albert Henry Woolson was the last known surviving member of the Union Army who served in the American Civil War; he was also the last surviving Civil War veteran on either side whose status is undisputed. At least three men who outlived Woolson claimed to be Confederate veterans, but one has been debunked and the other two are unverified.
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Peter Higgs, a Giant of Particle Physics, Dies at 94
The Nobel Prize-winning theorist’s prediction of the Higgs boson sparked a half-century quest of discovery that reshaped physics—and our understanding of the universe
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Oh so thats how it got it's name.
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And this his quantum state became indeterminable to mere mortals….
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He’s neither dead nor alive until someone opens the coffin.
…too soon?
…too soon?
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Unless the coffin is made of glass, allowing observation.
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I read the news of his passing with a heavy heart. He had a massive impact in his field.Alefroth wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 6:38 pm https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... ies-at-94/
Peter Higgs, a Giant of Particle Physics, Dies at 94
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Nah. Erwin Schrödinger died in 1961, so it's probably OK to make jokes about it now.
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I see what you did there M. Boson.Max Peck wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:28 pmI read the news of his passing with a heavy heart. He had a massive impact in his field.Alefroth wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 6:38 pm https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... ies-at-94/
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It's almost as if people are the problem.
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OJ is dead:
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Robert MacNeil (1931-2024)
Robert MacNeil, the Canadian-born journalist who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour in the 1970s and co-anchored the show with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decades, died on Friday. He was 93.
MacNeil died of natural causes at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, according to his daughter, Alison MacNeil.
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I'm going to a wake for a local journalist who covered my town for 43 years. I met him 35 years ago, when we moved into our house. We put out a call to all of our local friends and coworkers for help moving, and he was one of only two people who showed up. After all that time on the job everybody in town knew who he was.
Back in the day, when Wife worked with him, they had 200 people in the newsroom. Now they have 10, and no more newsroom -- everyone works from home. Well, they're down to nine now. IDK if they'll try to replace Fred or if we'll just become another news desert. Even if they do hire someone, his institutional knowledge is irreplaceable.
Back in the day, when Wife worked with him, they had 200 people in the newsroom. Now they have 10, and no more newsroom -- everyone works from home. Well, they're down to nine now. IDK if they'll try to replace Fred or if we'll just become another news desert. Even if they do hire someone, his institutional knowledge is irreplaceable.
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RIP Whitey Herzog - his Cardinals Teams of the 80's were so much fun to watch.
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On the plus side, Werner Herzog is still alive.
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