Celebrity Obituary thread

[Laura Knotek]

Bea Wain, One of the Last Big Band Singers, Dies at 100

http://flip.it/Q4WaGR

 

[Laura Knotek]

I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it:

Celebrity US bodybuilder Rich Piana dies aged 46 after collapsing two weeks ago - http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/41049179

 

[Laura Knotek]

RIP Tobe Hooper, director of ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre,’ ‘Poltergeist’ & more

http://flip.it/wIFs3J

 

[Laura Knotek]

Blanche Blackwell obituary

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ituary?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

 

[Guytronic]

Walter Becker dies at 67
Steely Dan Guitarist Walter Becker Dies At 67 | HuffPost

 

[fatclue_98]

Walter Becker dies at 67
Steely Dan Guitarist Walter Becker Dies At 67 | HuffPost

No static at all. RIP Beck.

Sent from my Acer Liquid Jade Primo on mTalk

 

[raycpl]

No static at all. RIP Beck.

RIP
Gaucho was an album I used to listen to. Tight, clean, precise....

... !

 

[Laura Knotek]

Holger Czukay, sampling pioneer and co-founder of Can, has died at age 79 https://thevinylfactory.com/news/holger-czukay-can-dies/amp/

 

[Laura Knotek]

Steve Howe’s Son Virgil Dies, Yes Cancel Remaining Tour Dates

Read More:*Steve Howe's Son Virgil Dies, Yes Cancel Remaining Tour Dates*| http://ultimateclassicrock.com/steve-howe-son-virgil-dead/?trackback=tsmclip

 

[Laura Knotek]

I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it:

Sir Peter Hall: Theatre giant dies aged 86 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41237988

 

[aximtreo]

RIP Don Williams. A country singer with the best voice for singing a smooth country song.

He will be missed; I already do.

 

[digitaldd]

Science Fiction writer and every man tech reviewer Jerry Pournelle died last week. RIP

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/11/vale_jerry_pournelle/

 

[Laura Knotek]

Grant Hart, Hüsker Dü Drummer and Singer, Dies at 56

https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.../music/grant-hart-husker-du-drummer-dies.html

 

[Laura Knotek]

Harry Dean Stanton Dead at 91 | Pitchfork

http://flip.it/8k_vTo

 

[aximtreo]

Harry Dean Stanton Dead at 91 | Pitchfork

http://flip.it/8k_vTo

He and Edgar Buchanan have always been two of my favorite character actors. Number 2 and 2A after Slim Pickens.

 

[fatclue_98]

Harry Dean Stanton Dead at 91 | Pitchfork

http://flip.it/8k_vTo

I never realized he was that old. I don't remember any of his characters being clean-shaven, that's probably why. Loved him in "The Green Mile".

 

[raycpl]

He did look old in Twin Peaks...

... !

 

[Guytronic]

I always think of Harry Dean Stanton in his role in the original
"Alien" movie..
Still scares me to this day.

 

[raycpl]

I always think of Harry Dean Stanton in his role in the original
"Alien" movie..
Still scares me to this day.

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... "Jones... Jones... Here kitty kitty.... "

... !

 

[digitaldd]

How about Stanislav Petrov who saved the world from a potential nuclear war back in 1983.

https://www.rt.com/news/403625-nuclear-soviet-officer-died/

http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/man-who-saved-the-world-from-nuclear-armageddon-in-1983-1818501062