AlamoVampire Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 (edited) Justin Orvel Schmidt (March 23, 1947 – February 18, 2023) was an American entomologist, co-author of Insect Defenses: Adaptive Mechanisms and Strategies of Prey and Predators, author of The Sting of the Wild, and creator of the Schmidt sting pain index. “The Yoda of Sting” 043503082023 …new page… Edited March 8, 2023 by AlamoVampire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Chaim Topol, the Israeli actor made world famous for playing Tevye in the stage and film versions of Fiddler on the Roof passed away this morning. If you've never had the opportunity to see Fiddler, I highly recommend you do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicTech Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 This one hits really close to home... From Wikipedia: "Ian Woodward Falconer (August 25, 1959 – March 7, 2023) was an American author and illustrator of children's books, and a designer of sets and costumes for the theater. He created 30 covers for The New Yorker as well as other publications. Falconer wrote and illustrated the Olivia series of children's books, chronicling the adventures of a young pig, a series initially conceived as a Christmas gift for his young niece. ... Ian Woodward Falconer was born on August 25, 1959, in Ridgefield, Connecticut. He graduated from The Cambridge School of Weston, and studied art history at New York University before transfers to the Parsons School of Design and the Otis Art Institute. He was gay. According to the designer and filmmaker Tom Ford, Falconer's boyfriends included the artist David Hockney, and Ford himself. Ford said in interviews since that he and Falconer had remained good friends. Decades after their breakup, Ford used Falconer's surname for the title character of A Single Man, his 2009 film (based on Christopher Isherwood's novel, in which the title character has no surname). Falconer lived in Rowayton, Connecticut, a village within the city of Norwalk. He died from kidney failure in Norwalk on March 7, 2023, at the age of 63." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxgurugamer Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 30 minutes ago, AtomicTech said: Falconer lived in Rowayton, Connecticut, a village within the city of Norwalk. He died from kidney failure in Norwalk on March 7, 2023, at the age of 63." And this is why everyone should consider being a live kidney donor (I did it several years ago). You never know whose life you will save Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 (edited) He was from the next town over, Ridgefield (I grew up in Wilton, which is the small town between Ridgefield and Norwalk). Certainly read many of his books to my daughter. As for the kidney failure... seems like that must have been part of other things, they could have put him on dialysis if it was just that, it was likely more than just that. Edited March 11, 2023 by tater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoVampire Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Robert Blake (born Michael James Vijencio Gubitosi; September 18, 1933 – March 9, 2023) was an American actor known for his roles in the 1967 film In Cold Blood and the 1970s U.S. television series Baretta. 185903112023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoVampire Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 Robert Hunter Caldwell (August 15, 1951 – March 14, 2023) Joseph Anthony Pepitone (October 9, 1940 – March 13, 2023) Harry Peter "Bud" Grant Jr. (May 20, 1927 – March 11, 2023) 025603232023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Abel Military Services Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 On 3/25/2023 at 10:36 AM, tater said: R.I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxgurugamer Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 Political satirist Mark Russell died on Thursday at his home in Washington, D.C. He was 90 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted April 3, 2023 Author Share Posted April 3, 2023 Vancouver DJ who interviewed Beatles and other rock 'n' roll giants dead at 86 Red Robinson began career in 1954, credited as 1st DJ to play rock 'n' roll on regular basis in Canada https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/red-robinson-vancouver-dj-obituary-1.6798921 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve9728 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 (edited) Ryuichi Sakamoto (坂本 龍一), was a Japanese composer, music producer, singer, actor, pianist, BA in Composition, MA in Sound Studies, Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts, was died of rectal cancer at the age of 71. There are so many of his works - I don't even know which one to share. But here's the one you must hear before: Edited April 3, 2023 by steve9728 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Al Jaffee, MAD cartoonist, passed away at 102 last April 10. (image source) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted April 13, 2023 Author Share Posted April 13, 2023 102!?! Wow, laughter really is the best medicine! Loved his cartoons, including (but not limited to) Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lajoswinkler Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Barry Humphries, comedian best known for his character dame Edna Everage, born in 1934, dies aged 89. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/22/celebrities/barry-humphries-dame-edna-dies-intl/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 Harry Belafonte passed at 96. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/apr/25/harry-belafonte-singer-dies-actor-singer-activist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuke Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 i kind of want to post the video where gwar feeds jerry springer to the world maggot, but i figured it was in poor taste, not to mention a violation of a number of forum rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoVampire Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 Gerald Norman Springer (February 13, 1944 – April 27, 2023) was an American broadcaster, journalist, actor, producer, lawyer, and politician. Aged 79, most likely he passed from pancreatic cancer. According to a family spokesperson he was only disgnosed with it a few months prior. 051704282023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted May 2, 2023 Author Share Posted May 2, 2023 Canadian folk music icon Gordon Lightfoot dead at 84 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 3 minutes ago, StrandedonEarth said: Canadian folk music icon Gordon Lightfoot dead at 84 Wow. That's huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted May 2, 2023 Author Share Posted May 2, 2023 3 minutes ago, TheSaint said: Wow. That's huge. Yeah. I never connected his name to any songs, but now that I'm going through his list it's like "Oh, yup, that's a good one... Another good one... That too? Wow... And..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow71 Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 1 hour ago, StrandedonEarth said: Canadian folk music icon Gordon Lightfoot dead at 84 As a guitar player, this one stings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 1 hour ago, StrandedonEarth said: Yeah. I never connected his name to any songs, but now that I'm going through his list it's like "Oh, yup, that's a good one... Another good one... That too? Wow... And..." When I was a kid, like pre-teen, I didn't listen to a lot of rock-and-roll. I listened to a lot of my parents' music. Lots of big band, easy listening, jazz, and folk. Tommy Dorsey, Captain and Tennille, Barry Manilow. And Gordon Lightfoot. May not be huge for anyone else, but it's huge for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 9 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said: Canadian folk music icon Gordon Lightfoot dead at 84 Yeah that one stings, really liked his music RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuke Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 i always liked the guitar on edmund fitzgerald but i didnt know he did sundown too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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