In Memoriam-Gone by not forgotten 2

[Reply #360 on:]

That is sad RIP Shepherd Book.

[Reply #361 on:]

Fawlty Towers star Andrew Sachs dies aged 86

Dammit

[Reply #362 on:]

That is sad

RIP Peter Vaughn best known to older viewers as Harry Grout in Porridge and younger viewers as Maester Aemon in Game of Thrones

[Reply #363 on:]

RIP to my grades )))))))

[Reply #364 on:]

RIP Greg Lake, bassist, singer, and prog rock legend.

[Reply #365 on:]

Just saw that, really sad considering Keith Emerson also died earlier this year

[Reply #366 on:]

Quick: someone take Carl Palmer into protective custody!

[Reply #367 on:]

And now they're just announcing that former astronaut and senator john Glenn has passed away at the age of 95

[Reply #368 on:]

Glenn was annoying and egotistical.  But it's still sad to see him go.  Perhaps he mellowed a bit in his old age.

[Reply #369 on:]

   RIP Peter Vaughn best known to older viewers as Harry Grout in Porridge and younger viewers as Maester Aemon in Game of Thrones

Oddly enough, what I recognised him from was the 1999 movie An Ideal Husband. He played Lord Goring's butler, Phipps.

[Reply #370 on:]

Apparently some silverback gorilla died this year too.

R.I.P. Whomever you were.

[Reply #371 on:]

https://www.google.com/amp/www.nydailynews.com/amp/entertainment/tv/days-lives-villain-joseph-mascolo-dies-87-article-1.2905335

I highly doubt any one here watched or watches days if our lives, but my 94 year old grandma still watches it almost every day and my parents use to watch it several years ago and still catch it in rare occasions, so I was very familiar with the character of stefano

[Reply #372 on:]

Apparently 2016 isn't over quite yet!  

George Michael, dead at 53.

RIP

[Reply #373 on:]

Quick: someone take Carl Palmer into protective custody!

???????????????

This is literally my name. Only with a K.

???????????????

[Reply #374 on:]

Yeah, that was part of my inspiration to post it

Along with the tie-in to the ELP band

Oh, and in looking now, I didn't realize that those guys were a bit older than I had thought.  Older than me, anyhow.

[Reply #375 on:]

Have you never actually heard of Emerson, Lake and Palmer, UrL?

[Reply #376 on:]

And supposedly they had a tentative project planned with Jimi Hendrix.  At least according to the wiki.

[Reply #377 on:]

Have you never actually heard of Emerson, Lake and Palmer, UrL?

Nope, not at all.

I had heard of George Michael though; mainly from the confusion of what I thought were Arrested Development references.

[Reply #378 on:]

Just when it looked like she was getting better

https://www.google.com/amp/people.com/movies/carrie-fisher-dies/amp/

[Reply #379 on:]

Rest In Peace, Carrie. Such a shame.

I wonder if this is going to have a big effect on the plot of Episode IX? Depends if Leia survives Episode VIII, or not, I suppose.

[Reply #380 on:]

She was only 60, for crying out loud


from imagecollect.com

[Reply #381 on:]

4 more days now, friends.

[Reply #382 on:]

That is incredibly shitty.

[Reply #383 on:]

    Apparently 2016 isn't over quite yet!   

Indeed.   

R.I.P. Carrie.

[Reply #384 on:]

She was only 60, for crying out loud

Yeah but she admittedly did a looooooot of coke. The heart is a feeble thing.

[Reply #385 on:]

Wow, this just keeps getting sadder

https://www.google.com/amp/variety.com/2016/film/news/debbie-reynolds-dead-dies-carrie-fisher-mother-1201949432/amp/

[Reply #386 on:]

Wow.  I feel rally bad for their friends and family :-/

[Reply #387 on:]

Has that ever happened before (i.e. having two famous members of the same family die of different causes so close together)?

[Reply #388 on:]

RIP Miguel Ferrer; he wasn't a leading actor but I really liked his performances in RoboCop, Twin Peaks and NCIS: Los Angeles.

[Reply #389 on:]

I saw that yesterday, that guy was in everything

[Reply #390 on:]

RIP Richard Hatch

He was great in the new version of Battlestar Galactica but I'll always remember him for his role in the original series; it was a must see show when I was young.

[Reply #391 on:]

R.I.P. Richard.

Though, personally, my favourite character was Dirk Benedict's Starbuck.

[Reply #392 on:]

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/bill-paxton-dead-dies-1201996712/

Really sad to hear of the passing of Bill Paxton, he was in so many different things

[Reply #393 on:]

Now what will I do while I watch Twister over and over?

Cry.  That's what I'll do from now on while I watch Twister over and over.  Actually, I think I'll just stop rewinding my water logged vhs copy of Twister... then I won't have to watch Twister over and over again.

[Reply #394 on:]

My friends gave it mixed reviews, but I really enjoyed Twister.  It was a little cringeworthy the way they were trying to portray the chaser community, but you could tell they were really trying

[Reply #395 on:]

What, no love for Judge Wapner?

   Really sad to hear of the passing of Bill Paxton, he was in so many different things

The first two movies I associate Bill Paxton with are Apollo 13 and Tombstone.
R.I.P.

[Reply #396 on:]

R.I.P. Tony Haygarth. He voiced Mr Tweedle in Chicken Run.
"I told you they was organised!"

And from slightly closer to home...

R.I.P. Murry Ball. He penned the Footrot Flats cartoon which was huge here (New Zealand) in the 1980's -- It even got it's own (animated) movie.

[Reply #397 on:]

Massive loss from the music world https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/03/18/arts/chuck-berry-dead.html

[Reply #398 on:]

Yeah, he was one of those musicians who really pushed rock, back in the day.  Assuming natural causes, making it to ninety years old doesn't seem so bad.  My goal is to reach a reasonably active 70.

Oh, and apparently he was about to release his first album in decades.  I hope it gets completed and goes on sale without lots of infighting.

[Reply #399 on:]

This has not been a good few weeks for New Zealand comedy. First Murry Ball died (see 3 posts above) and now...

John Clarke

In the 1970's Clarke's Fred Dagg character was a major force in the comedy scene here in N.Z. By the 80's he had moved over the ditch (i.e. to Australia) where I gather he focused more on writing than performing but to Kiwis who are old enough to remember he will always be our Fred Dagg!

R.I.P. John.