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Warren Buffet's (less famous) buddy. RIP
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Apparently Henry Kissinger has passed away at the age of 100
Henry Kissinger, American diplomat and Nobel winner, dead at 100 | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/world/us/key...er-2023-11-30/ |
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One of the more reprehensible people of the 20th century.
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gosh...he was always a good sport being on comedy shows and such. My fav recent one was on Stephen Colbert
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Kissinger was vaccinated.
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Vaccine was Kissingated.
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Shane McGowan of The Pogues passed away yesterday at the age of 65.
Shane MacGowan: Pogues singer dies aged 65 |
Rolling Stone magazine pulled no punches with their Kissinger obit.
Henry Kissinger, War Criminal, Dead at 100 |
RIP Sandra Day O’Connor
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This one takes me back... Myles Goodwyn, singer/guitarist/songwriter for April Wine, died today.
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Damn, I wore their 'First Glance' 8 track out replaying Roller again and again back in the day. R.I.P |
in my facebook feed I saw that Paul McCartney was releasing the 50th anniversary of Wings' Band On The Run. A minute later I saw on that same feed that Wings/Moody Blues Guitarist Denny Laine passed away at 79.
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Norman Lear at 101
I admit to thinking that he had already been dead for a while He always comes up in the discussion of TV history, but he isn't really mentioned in the larger discussions of American culture. But he probably should be. |
He was still apart of the live versions of his old shows that last couple of years. Still seemed sharp till the end.
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Frank Wycheck fell off a ladder, hit his head and died at 52. He was a fixture of my fantasy football days.
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My mom called me about Wycheck. Given the fact that my dad fell, hit his head and has a TBI and I'm 2 months older than Wycheck, she was a bit freaked out.
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Son of a bitch. Andre Braugher died at age 61 after a brief illness. Loved him in everything.
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Oh, shit. My mom met and talked with him once*, he sounded really down-to-earth and, well, nice. Damn.
* Well, a couple of times; he was on a biking trip and stayed at a BnB my mom and her husband were at; they chatted a bit and then he greeted them at b'fast the next day. |
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He was so good in everything. Even played a therapist on House and stole every scene.
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Is it me or all the striking black character actors dying off early? Keith David and Tony Todd best be on guard.
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Only if they had memorable roles as a police officer in at least two different television shows, one of which was a David Simon vehicle. In all seriousness, while I enjoyed Captain Raymond Holt, I still think Braugher was at his very best as Frank Pembleton in Homicide. And I'm still sad that I'll never get another Lance Reddick cameo on Bosch. |
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And there's no way to stream it or purchase it. Media rights are so stupid.
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Eric Montross, dead of cancer at 52. That's two 52 year old sports figures dead in the past week, plus my best friend from HS diagnosed with stage 3 cancer. I guess I've finally gotten to that age where everyone around you is (or will be shortly) showing up in obituaries.
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Legendary DJ Jim Ladd passed away over the weekend at the age of 75
https://rockcellarmagazine.com/jim-l...s-deep-tracks/ |
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K-State professor and hall of fame broadcaster Ian Punnett passes away - News Radio KMAN
I suspect a few FOFCers will remember Ian Punnett as a primary substitute host for Art Bell's Coast to Coast. I mostly recall him from a relatively short stint at news/talk WGST in Atlanta. In addition to those shows and stints in Chicago and Minneapolis, he eventually completed a divinity degree and became as Episcopalian minister and managed the K-State campus radio station while serving as the faculty advisor. |
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Have to be honest, some I have no idea who they were. Others I thought passed in earlier years (e.g. Raquel Welch was 2023?). And some I didn't remember reading about.
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fun fact i just learned. Robert Blake's most famous film was In Cold Blood
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Way too many on that list died too soon, and there are several that have been active in tv and film my whole life that is going to be weird going forward without them.
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And no Lance Reddick.
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RIP Tom Wilkinson. He was an incredible actor. I don't think he ever played a bad role.
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RIP Cale Yarborough. This is funny story that is pretty endearing.
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And one more before the year's out
Shecky Greene Dead: Legendary Las Vegas Headliner Was 97 – The Hollywood Reporter Legendary Shecky Greene which will cause the response of "who?" |
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Mary Poppins Star who first sang 'Send in the Clowns' dies at 100 Goodbye Glynis Johns! Votes for women! SHe made it to 100! good for her! She seriously knocked it out of the park in A Little Night Music especially with "Send in the Clowns" |
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Caddyshack and Tron star Cindy Morgan dead from natural causes
https://www.tmz.com/2024/01/06/caddy...gan-dead-dies/ |
Franz Beckenbauer (German soccer great, world cup winner as both player and manager, multiple European Cup winner, former manager and club president of Bayern Munich, possible bribe-taker) dead at 78.
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Tom Shales, author, dies at 79. He was a long time TV critic for the Washington Post, but he is most known for his histories of television. "Live From New York" is the complete oral history of Saturday Night Live, and his book "Those Guys Have All The Fun" is a history of ESPN.
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Shales is sort of the epitome of "really good at the specific thing/s he did" wrapup. No idea if he could have written the great American novel, like most writers wish they could, but he was a heck of a critic, and I own the SNL book and it's excellent.
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Joyce Randolph Dead: ‘Honeymooners’ Actress Was 99 – The Hollywood Reporter
Joyce Randolph , Tricie of the4 honeymooners gopne at 99 |
His farewell video released a week or so ago was a brutal watch for us here in the batcave (and came just hours before firearms YTer Paul Harrell also announced he was stepping away due a similar pancreatic cancer diagnosis)
Barczyk had been a staple of Will's YT routine for many years, and since his viewing sometimes becomes mine he was a very familiar creator to me as well. I just hate it, for the fans, the animals, and his wife and kids. Fuck cancer. Brian Barczyk, owner of The Reptarium, dies after battle with pancreatic cancer |
Adam Harrison, the son of the star of Pawn Stars, dies of an overdose at 39. One of those addictive shows that is great when you are killing time in a hotel. Just sad what drugs can do to a life.
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When I first saw the headline, I thought it was the TV kid Corey.
I enjoyed Pawn Stars when it first came out, I learn a lot of interesting stuff. But man, the negotiations were sometimes brutal. |
This one wasn't mentioned and is somewhat obscure.
Peter Schickele, composer, impish parodist and 'discoverer' of the works of PDQ Bach – obituary A Classical Music comedian / Parody guy ....basically the weird al of classical music. Peter Schickele, composer, impish parodist and 'discoverer' of the works of PDQ Bach – obituary |
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Also didn't know this guy but the headliner about "Boney M" jarred a memory. And he also brought us Milli Vanilli.
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I am, in fact, wild about Daddy Cool. Great tune. Sad. |
This one really hurts. DGD
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That's definitely a last name I wouldn't want to have.
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RIP Apollo Creed
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Always remember him for Rocky I & II and Predator movies.
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Some of the best Carl Weathers' moments were in his minor roles. Here's one of my favorites, as he intimidates Richard Dreyfuss in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."
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My favorite Carl Weathers role will always be him playing himself on "Arrested Development". "Now you got a stew goin'!"
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I had forgotten his role in Arrested Development. That was really good!
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he's not as alive as he once was
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Mojo Nixon dead at 66. RIP.
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RIP, Mojo.
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My wife runs marathons, so this made her really sad. She was thinking he was the best shot at a legit 2 hour marathon mark. Apparently, someone else had "broken" the 2 hour but it was with alot of assistance.
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Definitely sad. There's a sad irony in a person who runs long distances dying in a car crash.
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Very sad day for me-I honored his memory by having one for breakfast:
Pop-Tart inventor William ‘Bill’ Post dies at 96 | WBTW |
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Comedian and actor Richard Lewis passed away at the age of 76
Richard Lewis Dead: Beloved Comic, 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Actor Was 76 |
Larry David and Richard Lewis were just fighting over who was going to die first on Sunday's Curb episode.
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Richard Lewis has looked like he was on the verge of death for a while now.
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Yeah, I don't remember the last time he looked good
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I know he did a lot of stuff but he was so damn good on Curb.
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ESPN's Chris Mortensen passed away at the age of 72
Award-winning ESPN NFL reporter Chris Mortensen dies at 72 - ESPN |
That one hurts. Been such a big part of the NFL for so long, and a regular on local sports talk. He would still come on occasionally even though he had a hard time talking. Gonna be sorely mussed.
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It's crazy to me that Berman is only 68. It seems like he's been old since the early 90s.
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