Rip- 2020 edition

sohmageek had a quick thing to say said Wed, Jan 1st 2020 at 8:11am ET

Well. I passed out early and no one took over (that I can see). Mehmories for 2020 are here (and no not the show the year)
As customary we took 2019 out behind the shed and it’s no more.

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therealjrn said Wed, Jan 1st 2020 at 3:28pm ET:

https://ripcity3on3.com/

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heartny said Thu, Jan 2nd 2020 at 1:25am ET:

Daryl Dragon, “Captain” of music duo The Captain and Tennille, dies at 76.

Daryl Dragon, the musician best known as the “Captain” in '70s and '80s husband-and-wife duo The Captain and Tennille, died Wednesday, his publicist said in a statement. The cause of death was renal (kidney) failure, publicist Harlan Boll said. He was 76.

The title track from his debut album with his then-wife, Toni Tennille, “Love Will Keep Us Together,” reached the top of the Billboard chart in July 1975 and won Record of the Year at the Grammy Awards. Their other top 10 hits included “Muskrat Love,” “The Way I Want to Touch You,” “Lonely Night (Angel Face)” and “Shop Around.”

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/captain-and-tennille-daryl-dragon-dead-age-76-husband-wife-70s-musical-duo-cause-of-death-kidney-renal-failure/

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- @heartny Hard to believe it was just last year.
  
  therealjrn said Thu, Jan 2nd 2020 at 1:26am ET
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- @therealjrn Weird. The story is running in various places. Did he pass in 2019 or does the article have the wrong date? Time for some research, I guess.
  
  heartny said Thu, Jan 2nd 2020 at 1:29am ET
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- @heartny He’s been gone, I remember from before. The news bots are messing up.
  
  ETA: https://meh.com/forum/topics/rip-2019-thread#5c2d409c8406cd36841a1290
  
  therealjrn said Thu, Jan 2nd 2020 at 1:32am ET
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- @therealjrn Ah well. Just testing to see if anyone is paying attention.
  
  heartny said Thu, Jan 2nd 2020 at 1:54am ET
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- @heartny @therealjrn At least you picked a celebrity as the thread was intended and didn’t make it into a political thing. And I even know who that guy was.
  
  sammydog01 said Thu, Jan 2nd 2020 at 9:18am ET
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- @heartny I am just astonished I didn’t know his last name was Dragon.
  
  ACraigL said Thu, Jan 2nd 2020 at 1:16pm ET
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- Just to be clear, Daryl Dragon passed away on January 2, 2019.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daryl_Dragon
  
  Shrdlu said Sun, Jan 5th 2020 at 7:00pm ET
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msklzannie said Thu, Jan 2nd 2020 at 1:58am ET:

Des Moines has already had its first homicide victim of 2020. Just before 4 AM New Year’s Day, 14-year-old Josiah Woods was killed in a shooting.

http://via.whotv.com/yHKFT

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- Not to be outdone by Des Moines, Saint Louis checked five bodies into the morgue before noon on January 1, 2020.
  
  Three men were shot and killed 18 minutes into 2020.
  
  Shemar Carnell, 24, 21-year-old Deandre Davis and 23-year-old Karmah Richmond were found shot to death in St. Louis’ Benton Park neighborhood. Two other men were injured in the shooting. Police recovered three guns from the scene.
  
  A few hours later, around 2:40 a.m., a man was found shot to death next to a car in the 5400 block of Genevieve. Another man was also found shot, he was transported to a hospital in critical condition. The man who was killed has been identified as 39-year-old Thomas Wherry.
  
  A 36-year-old man was found shot to death around 11 a.m. on New Year’s Day in the 1200 block of N. Euclid. He’s been identified as Darrell Smith. Police said he was found in the street with gunshot wounds.
  
  And two more the very next day.
  
  A 33-year-old man was found shot to death in St. Louis’ Dutchtown neighborhood around 2:15 a.m. on Jan. 2. Johnnie Lee Anderson Jr. was found in between two houses in the 4100 block of Minnesota with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. In 2019, crime significantly increased in the Dutchtown neighborhood.
  
  Thursday afternoon, officers responded to Dewey Avenue and Osceola Street around 12:30 p.m. where a man was found shot to death. This is also in the Dutchtown neighborhood. He’s been identified as 32-year-old Jason Dudly.
  
  I’m noticing a theme as to cause of death. Sigh.
  14 parents lost their sons. I’m sure some children lost their fathers, too. And siblings lost a brother.
  
  mike808 said Sun, Jan 5th 2020 at 10:31am ET
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- @mike808 there was another shooting/killing Fri night downtown on Washington Ave. He was shot in the car and then his body was dumped as the car drove away. I was told the FD had to come clean the street. Ugh, a sad state of affairs.
  
  tinamarie1974 said Sun, Jan 5th 2020 at 10:48am ET
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therealjrn said Sat, Jan 4th 2020 at 10:00am ET:

Hey, here’s somebody that died this year that people might have heard about.

Do you remember Whitney Houston drowning in a bathtub?

Do you remember how her daughter eerily died in a similar way?

Well, the guy who was never charged in the case, but was found responsible in a wrongful death lawsuit of Bobbi Brown died January 1st, 2020.

https://apnews.com/08db7c01f0734bf17c26274953472da1

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sammydog01 said Sat, Jan 4th 2020 at 2:40pm ET:

Hey @Sohmageek your thread has been taken over by people that don’t understand the appropriate place to post politics. Maybe make another one?

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therealjrn said Sat, Jan 4th 2020 at 2:47pm ET:

RIP the 2020 edition RIP thread.

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mossygreen said Sat, Jan 4th 2020 at 11:16pm ET:

Well, as long as we’re starting the 2020 topic with 2019 deaths, let me take a moment to honor the great Neil Innes, December 9th,1944-December 29th, 2019. He was a musician, writer and comedian known for his work with The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band and Monty Python, and his collaborations with Eric Idle, most notably The Rutles, a Beatles parody which began as a recurring sketch on Rutland Weekend Television, then a tv movie, then an album, and then eventually more albums (without Eric Idle). He has the distinction of being one of only two non-Python writers credited for Monty Python, the other being Douglas Adams. At the time of his death, he was still writing and recording music, performing, and interacting with fans online.

Here is his most famous song and Bonzo Dog’s only hit (produced by Paul McCartney under the pseudonym Apollo C. Vermouth), Urban Spaceman

Here is probably his second most famous song, The Tale of Brave Sir Robin from Monty Python and the Holy Grail

This snippet is the first Rutles from Rutland Weekend Television (starts about 44 seconds in)

Here are a couple of songs from The Rutles

Ouch

Cheese and Onions, which according to wikipedia was believable enough to make it onto a Beatles bootleg

This is a 2011 performance on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series

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- @mossygreen there is a 2019 thread…
  
  sohmageek said Sun, Jan 5th 2020 at 11:41am ET
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- @sohmageek I know, but everyone was arguing in this one.
  
  mossygreen said Sun, Jan 5th 2020 at 12:22pm ET
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njfan said Sun, Jan 5th 2020 at 12:56am ET:

Some sports names:
David Stern - former NBA (and quite possibly greatest ever across all sports) commissioner
Edward Aschoff - young ESPN reporter
Don Larson - threw the only perfect game in World Series History
New England Patriots - technically still in existence but their post season run this year is done.

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sohmageek said Sun, Jan 5th 2020 at 5:54pm ET:

Sounds like this thread should be locked down as people aren’t getting the point of the rip threads. Wtf people…

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- @sohmageek do you want to start another one? Maybe put in the beginning post that it’s for celebrities, etc?
  
  RiotDemon said Sun, Jan 5th 2020 at 5:58pm ET
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- @sohmageek or I can edit the text in this one?
  
  RiotDemon said Sun, Jan 5th 2020 at 5:59pm ET
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- @RiotDemon yeah. I’d rather just start a new one and be more clear. This one seems to not get the point of it.
  
  sohmageek said Sun, Jan 5th 2020 at 6:25pm ET
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therealjrn said Sun, Jan 5th 2020 at 6:34pm ET:

BELOVED LEADER AND REVOLUTIONARY GENERAL Qassem Soleimani DIED THURSDAY NIGHT.

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- @therealjrn
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  RiotDemon said Sun, Jan 5th 2020 at 6:51pm ET
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RiotDemon said Mon, Jan 6th 2020 at 12:06am ET:

I’m closing this at the request of @sohmageek.

It lost the original spirit of the RIP threads so there was a new one opened here:

https://meh.com/forum/topics/rip-2020-take-2

If you want me to delete any of your comments from this thread, send me a whisper via the new thread.

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This topic was locked Mon, Jan 6th 2020 at 12:07am ET by RiotDemon