@chienfou I made the mistake of checking on a bunch of the people I knew in high school. I have mixed feeling about the fact that nearly all of the bullies who made my life miserable seem to have died already. Not terribly mixed, mind you, but there are two whose funerals I might have attended for the purpose of making damn sure they were dead. OTOH, nearly all of the small number of friends are still around, and remain friends.
@f00l@Kyeh
Wow! Another great bites it. Didn’t realize he was 15 years older than me though. Considering what was The Grateful Dead’s lifestyle while they were touring I’m surprised he lasted this long.
@duodec@shahnm@tinamarie1974
AND she was pretty lax with the spelling in the early days. Terri, Terry, BOTH show up. Eventually settled on just one R and an I.
Abe Vigoda, character actor, known for his roles in “The Godfather” and “Barney Miller” remains dead 42 years after being reported dead and eight years after his actual death.
Award-winning actor Earl Holliman has died at the age of 96. Holliman was best known for his roles in “Forbidden Planet”, “Giant”, and “The Rainmaker”, in which he won the Golden Globe for ‘Best Supporting Actor’ for the role of Jim Curry.
@Kyeh
Over the years I have come across information about her several times (mainly on major anniversaries of Alice’s Restaurant). I had totally forgotten about the rock thing though. That was super popular around here several years back.
@chienfou@Kyeh This was my favorite song when I first heard it as a child, I would play it over and over and over…
I never knew anything else about it except I loved it! And nothing about her…
Dr. Albert Starr, who was best known as a cardiovascular surgeon who co-invented and implanted the world’s first artificial heart valve, passed away at 98.
The innovative Starr-Edwards valve design has now been implanted in over 800,000 people, saving lives worldwide. Starr also performed Oregon’s first heart transplant at OHSU in 1985, establishing the state’s first program in that field.
Dr. Starr performed successful double by-pass surgery on my father, giving him an additional 13 years with his family.
Boxer Paul Bamba has died at the age of 35 just days after winning the WBA gold cruiserweight title. Bamba’s manager, Grammy Award winner Ne-Yo, announced the fighter’s death on social media.
Warren “Red” Upton, the last survivor of the USS Utah, which was sunk at Pearl Harbor, and the oldest known survivor of the attacks, passed away December 25th at the age of 105.
Upton’s story was covered in 2021, 80 years after Pearl Harbor.
Of the roughly 87,000 service members on active duty on Oahu that day, only 15 are known to still be alive.
@f00l@werehatrack Oh, now. Come on. I’ve always said that he was a good man that was a mediocre president (albeit that was the qualms of his office). But there surely will be a good man who is president again.
Harry Chandler, one of the few remaining active duty survivors of Pearl Harbor passed away this past Monday at the age of 103.
“The third Pearl Harbor survivor to die in the past few weeks, Chandler was a hospital corpsman 3rd class on Dec. 7, 1941, when waves of Japanese fighter planes dropped bombs and fired machine guns on battleships in the harbor and plunged the U.S. into World War II.”
Ken Page, Voice of Oogie Boogie in Nightmare Before Christmas, Dead at 70.
(Article isn’t clear as to which day exactly but was reported this morning)
https://ssnews.page.link/eqbknJUUaeUfjfNt7
@chienfou
And damn… that’s about MY age!
@chienfou I hear ya.
The ultimate “I’m old moment” is when you start loosing friends regularly.
@Cerridwyn @chienfou ain’t that the truth!
@chienfou oh no! We’ve lost another one of greats this year.
@chienfou I made the mistake of checking on a bunch of the people I knew in high school. I have mixed feeling about the fact that nearly all of the bullies who made my life miserable seem to have died already. Not terribly mixed, mind you, but there are two whose funerals I might have attended for the purpose of making damn sure they were dead. OTOH, nearly all of the small number of friends are still around, and remain friends.
John Amos, ‘Good Times’ Dad and ‘Roots’ Actor, Dies at 84
All articles I’ve read say he died Aug. 21st but it’s just being reported today.
https://variety.com/2024/tv/obituaries-people-news/john-amos-dead-good-times-roots-1236161810/
‘American Pickers’ star Frank Fritz dead at 60
https://www.tmz.com/2024/10/01/american-pickers-star-frank-fritz-dead/
Former NFL quarterback Greg Landry dies aged 77
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nfl/article-13927461/Former-NFL-quarterback-Greg-Landry-dies-aged-77.html
Gospel great Cissy Houston has died at the age of 91
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/07/1105956461/cissy-houston-has-died
(Whitney Houston’s mother)
@Kyeh
: (
Ethel Kennedy
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/10/us/politics/ethel-kennedy-dead.html
On Oct 14 Philip Zimbardo died.
He was the researcher behind the infamous “Stamford Prison Experiment” and also a wide variety of sociological and psychological research.
https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2024/10/philip-zimbardo-the-psychologist-behind-stanford-prison-experiment-dies-at-age-91
Fernando Valenzuela, Dodgers legend who sparked ‘Fernandomania,’ dead at 63
https://nypost.com/2024/10/22/sports/fernando-valenzuela-dodgers-legend-dead-at-63/
‘Baywatch’ actor Michael Newman dead at 68 after 18-year battle with Parkinson’s disease
https://nypost.com/2024/10/22/entertainment/michael-newman-dead-baywatch-actor-dies-at-68-after-parkinsons-diagnosis/
@shahnm
Wow. 50 is pretty young to develop Parkinson’s.
Paul Di’Anno, Iron Maiden frontman in the early years
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/21/arts/music/paul-dianno-iron-maiden-dead.html
USF Basketball Coach Amir Abdur-Rahim
https://gousfbulls.com/news/2024/10/24/mens-basketball-south-florida-head-mens-basketball-coach-amir-abdur-rahim-passes-away.aspx
Go Bulls.
Phil Lesh: Seminal member of the Grateful Dead and who wrote many of their most famous songs, dead at age 84.
/youtube truckin live
@f00l Oh, wow.
@f00l @Kyeh
Wow! Another great bites it. Didn’t realize he was 15 years older than me though. Considering what was The Grateful Dead’s lifestyle while they were touring I’m surprised he lasted this long.
https://trekmovie.com/2024/10/25/star-trek-voyager-co-creator-jeri-taylor-has-passed-away/
Star Trek’s Jeri Taylor
Teri Garr, ‘Young Frankenstein’ and ‘Tootsie’ star, dies at 79
Younger viewers may be more familiar with Garr thanks to her recurring role on the NBC sitcom “Friends” as Lisa Kudrow’s estranged mother.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/teri-garr-young-frankenstein-tootsie-star-dies-79-rcna177841
@shahnm
I really liked her.
@Kyeh @shahnm
She epitomized a sort of girl next door to me, that was still wonderfully hot!
@shahnm aawwww you think Im younger
She was a great actress
@shahnm @tinamarie1974
I think I remember her being on Death Valley Days way back when.
For sure she was in Close Encounters of the Third Kind wasn’t she?
@shahnm @tinamarie1974
if you got it, flaunt it…
And Ben Franklin was probably right.
@chienfou @shahnm @tinamarie1974
I remember her from “Assignment Earth” episode of Star Trek. And who could ever forget:
Why yes, yes I would!
She was wonderful. Rest in peace.
@duodec @shahnm @tinamarie1974
It was also on a couple of variety shows in the early '70s.
@duodec @shahnm @tinamarie1974
AND she was pretty lax with the spelling in the early days. Terri, Terry, BOTH show up. Eventually settled on just one R and an I.
@chienfou @duodec @shahnm @tinamarie1974 My favorite Teri Garr fact is that she based her accent in Young Frankenstein on Cher’s wigmaker.
@duodec @mossygreen @shahnm @tinamarie1974
That’s pretty cool.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind is where I think I first recall seeing her…
@shahnm Wow - I screwed up replying to the thread on my own post… I need to drink more.
@shahnm
BTDT…
Quincy Jones, producer and entertainment powerhouse, dies aged 91
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/nov/04/quincy-jones-musician-michael-jackson-producer-dies
@Kyeh
Bernard Marcus, cofounder of The Home Depot and billionaire Republican megadonor, has died
https://lite.cnn.com/2024/11/05/business/home-depot-bernie-marcus-death/index.html
Murray McCory who co-founded JanSport, and who created the JanSport pack and domed tent, died Oct 7
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/04/business/murray-mccory-dead.html
@f00l
John Kinsel, Sr, WWI marine veteran and Navajo Code Talker, dies at age 107.
Navajo Times
https://navajotimes.com/reznews/remembering-john-kinsel-sr-a-navajo-code-talker-and-community-pillar/
WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/john-kinsel-sr-navajo-code-talker-dies-107-b52dac42
@f00l
@f00l
Apologies. John Kinsel, Sr, served during WWII not WWI
(Typo)
I was typing, not dictating, and having a lot of problems with the keyboard not responding at that moment
(I think because the connection was a bit iffy)
Anyway the Code Talkers were part of the Allied Forces of World War II.
@f00l Once in awhile you get proof that the good don’t always die young. RIP, sir.
@f00l the only code that the Japanese nor Germans could brrak.
Elwood Edwards, 74, the voice behind AOL’s ‘You’ve Got Mail’
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/11/07/elwood-edwards-aol-youve-got-mail-voiceover-obituary/76111434007/
@ircon96
He also did the voiceovers for the other AOL announcements- for which he earned a total of $200.
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/08/nx-s1-5183836/elwood-edwards-aol-youve-got-mail-dies#:~:text=All in the comfort of,In return%2C he received %24200.
God bless him.
Bernie Marcus, Home Depot co-founder who pledged to give away his billions, has died
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/06/1226837379/bernie-marcus-home-depot-obituary
@PhysAssist He died again?
@yakkoTDI
Whatever do you mean?
November 6, 20242:16 PM ET
Marcus died at the age of 95 on Monday.
It may be that you’re thinking of some other Bernie, but he didn’t die, I know because I spent the 'Weekend at Bernie’s"
/youtube Weekend at Bernie’s
@PhysAssist Scroll up the page. This was posted on Tuesday.
Sorry, I thought I read them all on my way down.
Mea culpa.
Tony Todd (December 4, 1954 – November 6, 2024)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Todd
This should have been his secret identity.
Ella Jenkins, First Lady of Children’s Music, 100
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/10/530876080/ella-jenkins-dead-at-100
Bela Karolyi, the polarizing coach who helped launch gymnasts to Olympic stardom, dies at 82
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/16/sport/bela-karolyi-the-polarizing-coach-who-helped-launch-gymnasts-to-olympic-stardom-dies-at-82/index.html
Arthur Frommer, the man who revolutionized the travel guide, died on the 18th. I know I’ve read a ton of his books over the years in preparation for trips.
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/19/nx-s1-5196063/arthur-frommer-dies-obituary
@chienfou R.I.P.
I have also used several of his books while traveling abroad. They were very informative/helpful.
Chuck Woolery, smooth-talking game show host of ‘Love Connection’ and ‘Scrabble,’ dies at 83
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/24/entertainment/chuck-woolery-obit/index.html
Abe Vigoda, character actor, known for his roles in “The Godfather” and “Barney Miller” remains dead 42 years after being reported dead and eight years after his actual death.
@ItalianScallion
/giphy sad
John Tinniswood Guinness Record holder as oldest living man died in a care facility in England Monday 11/25.
Jim Abrahams, Writer-Director of ‘Airplane!,’ ‘Naked Gun’ and Other Zucker Brothers Comedies, Dies at 80
https://www.thewrap.com/jim-abrahamson-writer-director-airplane-naked-gun-police-squad-dead-dies-obit/
@shahnm
Award-winning actor Earl Holliman has died at the age of 96. Holliman was best known for his roles in “Forbidden Planet”, “Giant”, and “The Rainmaker”, in which he won the Golden Globe for ‘Best Supporting Actor’ for the role of Jim Curry.
@macromeh I remember him from Police Woman.
@macromeh @sammydog01 Between him, Charles Dierkop and James Darren, it’s been a bad year for actors I remember mainly from Police Woman.
Lou Carnesecca, St. John’s Basketball Coach Who Notched 526 Wins, Dies at 99
Known for his quick wit and garish sweaters, Carnesecca took the New York City university to national basketball prominence.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/sports/basketball/lou-carnesecca-dead.html
My Chemical Romance drummer Bob Bryar, 44, found dead in Tennessee home
https://nypost.com/2024/11/30/entertainment/my-chemical-romance-drummer-bob-bryar-44-found-dead-in-tennessee-home/
Alice Brockton, Arlo Guthrie’s inspiration for Alice’s Restaurant, died one week shy of Thanksgiving (Nov 21).
Follow the link below to view the article.
Inspiration for ‘Alice’s Restaurant’ dies
https://montgomeryadvertiser-al.newsmemory.com/?publink=168de3a33_134d50e
And just because…
@chienfou
The last line of the article best sums up her remarkable with and life philosophy.
@chienfou
Dammit… wit … not with
@chienfou I never knew anything about her except what was said in the song - it sounds like she was a marvelous person!
@Kyeh
Over the years I have come across information about her several times (mainly on major anniversaries of Alice’s Restaurant). I had totally forgotten about the rock thing though. That was super popular around here several years back.
@chienfou @Kyeh This was my favorite song when I first heard it as a child, I would play it over and over and over…
I never knew anything else about it except I loved it! And nothing about her…
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot outside Hilton hotel in Midtown in targeted attack
https://nypost.com/2024/12/04/us-news/ceo-of-unitedhealthcare-fatally-shot-outside-of-hilton-hotel-in-nyc-in-possible-targeted-attack-sources/
Deny a claim, pay the ultimate price.
@Pavlov Evidently the bullet shells found at the crime scene had the words “deny,” “defend,” and “depose” inscribed on them.
@Pavlov
15M suspects then.
@f00l @Pavlov @kyeh
Sounds kind of like a plot from Lincoln Lawyer or Suits!
@chienfou @f00l @Pavlov I guess I’m not alone in how I felt about this death:
@chienfou @f00l @Pavlov
Also interesting:
@chienfou @Kyeh @Pavlov
Here’s a thread about the UHC situation (both the murder and the claim denials) that was created on Reddit after the other topic was deleted.
This one is also in a medical sub Reddit intended for physicians and medical professionals
Two titans of the cartoon industry
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-12-04/anime-industry-veteran-jan-scott-frazier-dies-at-59/.218612
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-12-02/transformers-g.i-joe-voice-actress-morgan-lofting-dies/.218471
Michael Cole, last surviving cast member of The Mod Squad.
/image michael cole mod squad
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cole_(actor)
Rickey Henderson, baseball Hall of Famer and MLB stolen base king, dies at 65
https://sports.yahoo.com/rickey-henderson-baseball-hall-of-famer-and-mlb-stolen-base-king-dies-at-65-214245763.html
Dr. Albert Starr, who was best known as a cardiovascular surgeon who co-invented and implanted the world’s first artificial heart valve, passed away at 98.
The innovative Starr-Edwards valve design has now been implanted in over 800,000 people, saving lives worldwide. Starr also performed Oregon’s first heart transplant at OHSU in 1985, establishing the state’s first program in that field.
Dr. Starr performed successful double by-pass surgery on my father, giving him an additional 13 years with his family.
Sports broadcaster Greg Gumbel, 78, dies of cancer
https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/43185502/sports-broadcaster-greg-gumbel-78-dies-cancer
Greg Gumbel, a veteran of CBS Sports who spent more than 50 years in sports broadcasting, has died of cancer at the age of 78, his family said Friday.
Romeo and Juliet actress Olivia Hussey dies aged 73
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdd6q5yzjq5o
Paul Bamba, who broke a Mike Tyson record that stood for 38 years, dies six days after 14th fight of 2024
https://www.cbssports.com/boxing/news/paul-bamba-who-broke-a-mike-tyson-record-that-stood-for-38-years-dies-six-days-after-14th-fight-of-2024/
Boxer Paul Bamba has died at the age of 35 just days after winning the WBA gold cruiserweight title. Bamba’s manager, Grammy Award winner Ne-Yo, announced the fighter’s death on social media.
@shahnm
People are dying too young!
Warren “Red” Upton, the last survivor of the USS Utah, which was sunk at Pearl Harbor, and the oldest known survivor of the attacks, passed away December 25th at the age of 105.
Upton’s story was covered in 2021, 80 years after Pearl Harbor.
Of the roughly 87,000 service members on active duty on Oahu that day, only 15 are known to still be alive.
We are diminished.
Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States, dead at 100
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/29/us/former-president-jimmy-carter-death/index.html
@IndifferentDude
Apologies, I duped your post.
Since we offer different links to articles, I’m leaving mine up.
@f00l No problem; he deserves all the recognition he receives.
Ex President Jimmy Carter died Sin Dec 29, 2025 at age 100.
War veteran, governor, peanut farmer, president, Nobel Peave Prize winner, extraordinary humanitarian, notable husband and father.
His life overlapped with the terms in office of 17 other presidents.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/photography/interactive/2023/life-in-photos-jimmy-carter/
This is breaking news and many full obits aren’t published yet.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/jimmy-carter-dead-obituary-794884/
@yakkoTDI
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/opinion/editorials/jimmy-carter-death-editorial.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Editorial in the value of Pres Carter’s lived values.
@f00l I fear we shall never see his like again.
@f00l @werehatrack Oh, now. Come on. I’ve always said that he was a good man that was a mediocre president (albeit that was the qualms of his office). But there surely will be a good man who is president again.
The Amazing Kreskin, 01/12/35-12/10/24
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Kreskin
/youtube the amazing Kreskin
/image the amazing Kreskin
Harry Chandler, one of the few remaining active duty survivors of Pearl Harbor passed away this past Monday at the age of 103.
“The third Pearl Harbor survivor to die in the past few weeks, Chandler was a hospital corpsman 3rd class on Dec. 7, 1941, when waves of Japanese fighter planes dropped bombs and fired machine guns on battleships in the harbor and plunged the U.S. into World War II.”
We are diminished.
@duodec
I always found it heartwarming to see how many opted to be placed at Pearl harbor after death. Brothers in arms die hard.