Val Kilmer, who played Bruce Wayne in “Batman Forever,” channeled as Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone‘s “The Doors” and starred in several other 1980s favorites, has died. He was 65.
@f00l@heartny@Kyeh Yes, he had cancer in 2015 & battled it for a couple of years, then had some ongoing health effects from it, like needing a feeding tube at some point, but he ended up dying from pneumonia. Please get your vaccines, people, especially those of us with chronic health conditions. It’s especially important now that we’re bringing back all the classics–tuberculosis, measles, whooping cough, polio & God only knows what else is waiting in the wings.
“Defrocked Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the once-powerful archbishop of Washington, D.C., who was removed from the priesthood amidst one of the worst sexual-abuse scandals in the history of the American Catholic Church, has died at the age of 94 in Missouri…”
@shahnm For once, I agree with you on something. McCarrick can join Cardinal Bernard Law in the flaming pit of Hell for eternity. Even that isn’t punishment enough for either of them.
“Still working to get official confirmation and cause of death, but I can report from sources that veteran actor Nicky Katt has passed away, at age 54. Katt will quickly to mind for his memorable turn as the high school Texan tough Clint Bruno, who picks a fight with Adam Goldberg’s Mike Newhouse, gets a beer poured over his head, and pummels the existentially tortured teen in Rick Linklater’s 1993 gem Dazed and Confused…”
"Vaughn P. Drake Jr., a Kentuckian believed to be the oldest survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, has died at the age of 106, according to his family.
Drake passed away on April 7 in the Lexington, Kentucky, area, where he grew up, according to his obituary published on the website of the Milward Funeral Home in Lexington…"
Well, my friend lost his battle with rectal cancer. He fought hard for two years and was able to spend most of that time surrounded by those who loved him. He will be sorely missed
I know I’m late (but not THAT late) but I missed saying RIP 2024!
Val Kilmer, who played Bruce Wayne in “Batman Forever,” channeled as Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone‘s “The Doors” and starred in several other 1980s favorites, has died. He was 65.
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/val-kilmer-dead-batman-forever-tombstone-1236354606/
@heartny
So young!
@heartny @Kyeh
I think he had some form of cancer maybe
he played a dying character in top gun Maverick
@f00l @heartny Yes, that linked article said throat cancer.
@f00l @heartny @Kyeh Yes, he had cancer in 2015 & battled it for a couple of years, then had some ongoing health effects from it, like needing a feeding tube at some point, but he ended up dying from pneumonia.
Please get your vaccines, people, especially those of us with chronic health conditions. It’s especially important now that we’re bringing back all the classics–tuberculosis, measles, whooping cough, polio & God only knows what else is waiting in the wings. 
I will watch Real Genius in memory of his life.
@heartny I’m your Huckleberry.
@yakkoTDI @zhicks1987 I am the Lizard King, I can do anything.
@heartny Iceman, noooo!!!
@heartny He added the word “peck” to my vocabulary.
Joe DePugh, 75, inspiration for Bruce Springsteen’s “Glory Days”
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/bruce-springsteen-tribute-joe-depugh-glory-days-1235937523/
@ircon96
Always liked that song…
May this epic asshole NOT rest in peace.
Disgraced former Cardinal McCarrick dies at 94
https://www.ncronline.org/news/disgraced-former-cardinal-mccarrick-dies-94
“Defrocked Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the once-powerful archbishop of Washington, D.C., who was removed from the priesthood amidst one of the worst sexual-abuse scandals in the history of the American Catholic Church, has died at the age of 94 in Missouri…”
@shahnm For once, I agree with you on something. McCarrick can join Cardinal Bernard Law in the flaming pit of Hell for eternity. Even that isn’t punishment enough for either of them.
@shahnm in this case they say that you should only speak good of the dead.
He’s dead. Good.
Jay North, ‘Dennis the Menace’ Star, Dies at 73
He played the young mischief maker on the CBS comedy for four seasons and was in ‘Maya,’ a movie and TV show.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jay-north-dead-dennis-the-menace-1236182969/
An Actor’s Actor, Nicky Katt, Dies At 54: Sources
https://deadline.com/2025/04/nicky-katt-dead-at-54-sources-dazed-and-confused-1236367180/
“Still working to get official confirmation and cause of death, but I can report from sources that veteran actor Nicky Katt has passed away, at age 54. Katt will quickly to mind for his memorable turn as the high school Texan tough Clint Bruno, who picks a fight with Adam Goldberg’s Mike Newhouse, gets a beer poured over his head, and pummels the existentially tortured teen in Rick Linklater’s 1993 gem Dazed and Confused…”
@shahnm He was great in The Way of the Gun.
Super Bowl champion Don Hasselbeck suffers fatal cardiac arrest at age 70
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nfl/article-14611491/Super-Bowl-champion-Don-Hasselbeck-fatal-cardiac-arrest-age-70.html
“Former NFL tight end Don Hasselbeck, who won a Super Bowl in his nine-year career and was the father of two quarterbacks, has passed away at age 70.”
Hasselbeck’s son, Matt, said his father died after going into cardiac arrest at his home…"
Oldest known survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack dies at age 106
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/oldest-survivor-pearl-harbor-attack-dies-age-106/story?id=120820811
"Vaughn P. Drake Jr., a Kentuckian believed to be the oldest survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, has died at the age of 106, according to his family.
Drake passed away on April 7 in the Lexington, Kentucky, area, where he grew up, according to his obituary published on the website of the Milward Funeral Home in Lexington…"
Wink Martindale game show host
https://apnews.com/article/wink-martindale-dead-d2f333da86b6efb3b99b36bb7a71a7a4
@llangley many a summer day in the 70s spent watching his game shows. That is after my grandmother finished her stories.
Well, my friend lost his battle with rectal cancer. He fought hard for two years and was able to spend most of that time surrounded by those who loved him. He will be sorely missed
I send my condolences to you, @tinamarie1974. I’m sure you have many memories of him that some day will bring you smiles again.
@tinamarie1974 I am sorry to hear that.
@tinamarie1974 Oh, I’m so sorry.
He was lucky to have such a supportive wonderful friend as you.
@tinamarie1974
Oh terribly sad! I’m sure you were there as much as you could be.
@yakkoTDI @italianscallion @kyeh @f00l
@tinamarie1974
Be comforted by the knowledge that you were a beacon of light during a time of darkness in his life.
You are both better for it.