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RIP Memoriam thread?

#441 User is offline   Winstonm 

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Posted 2016-June-28, 06:07

Pat Summit
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Posted 2016-July-10, 07:24

Sydney H. Schanberg
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Posted 2016-August-22, 07:14

Jean "Toots" Thielemans, great musician and gentleman.

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Posted 2016-August-29, 13:44

Gene Wilder - although Willy Wonka will dominate the news, I always preferred his performance in Young Frankenstein.
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Posted 2016-August-30, 09:36

I think I first noticed him in Blazing Saddles. That movie came out just when my best friend got cable TV, and we watched it over and over -- I was about 13, the perfect age to enjoy all the scatalogical humor.

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Posted 2016-September-01, 21:42

View Postpaulg, on 2016-August-29, 13:44, said:

Gene Wilder - although Willy Wonka will dominate the news, I always preferred his performance in Young Frankenstein.


It's Frankensteen :)
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Posted 2016-September-02, 10:49

Yeth, Mathter.

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Posted 2016-September-25, 19:46

RIP Arnold Palmer
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Posted 2016-September-26, 22:48

Bill Mollison co founder of the permaculture movement which is responsible for remarkable successes in restoring severely damaged and sterile habitat to productive and resilient health, as well as teaching people around the world how to create productive gardens in virtually any conditions. He also was largely responsible for helping farmers in Australia and elsewhere successfully design their farms so as to be able to withstand both flood and drought by water management techniques all based on observation and adoption of natural systems.
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Posted 2016-November-10, 20:56

just heard that Leonard Cohen is dead. A Canadian icon...a huge loss to the world of poet singer/songwriters. a perhaps timely poem (not song) he is reading here: Democracy
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Posted 2016-November-13, 22:24

Leon Russell
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#452 User is offline   Winstonm 

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Posted 2016-November-13, 23:01

View PostPassedOut, on 2016-November-13, 22:24, said:

Leon Russell


First J.J. Cale and now Leon - the world is poorer with their passing.
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Posted 2016-November-14, 14:18

Gwen Ifill

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Posted 2016-November-14, 14:58

View Postjonottawa, on 2016-November-14, 14:18, said:

Gwen Ifill

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She will be sorely missed
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Posted 2016-November-14, 17:25

I just turned on the Newshour a bit ago. We had been wondering what was going on with her recently. Apparently PBS is giving over the full hour, or atleast a large part of it, to honoring her. This is fully deserved. She is one of the few in the television news industry that I unequivocally admire.
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Posted 2016-November-15, 09:48

Around 2 million Facebook users, including Mark Zuckerberg, but they got better. :)

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Posted 2016-November-16, 04:25

RIP Mose Allison
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Posted 2016-November-24, 06:36

Ralph Branca

I had forgotten the name, I gather he would have been fine with that, but I remember the 1951 streak for the Giants. As I recall, they were 13 games behind the Dodgers, nearing the end of the season, and then started moving up. Being a small town boy I was more interested in the Saints (Dodger farm club) and the Millers (Giant farm club) but the ever narrowing gap got my attention.
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Posted 2016-November-25, 23:32

Fidel Castro

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Posted 2016-November-26, 02:34

View Postbarmar, on 2016-November-25, 23:32, said:

Fidel Castro

I'm off to Cuba in two weeks. Just got our visas, which is as well since the embassy may close for a while. It's the only place I've ever been where they don't accept cash, cheques or credit cards - postal orders only.
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