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RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - robkelk - 03-22-2018
(03-22-2018, 11:21 AM)Bob Schroeck Wrote: ...
Sorry, I've just seen so many obits for "the original Bozo" over the years that I finally had to clarify.
Cue The Firesign Theatre
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Bob Schroeck - 03-22-2018
Heh.
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Bob Schroeck - 03-27-2018
Linda Brown, the 9-year-old at the center of the Brown v. Board desegregation case in the 1950s, has passed away at age 75.
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - robkelk - 03-29-2018
RIP Peter Munk, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and creator and original sponsor of the Munk Debates.
RIP "Le Grande Orange" - Rusty Staub, one of the original Montreal Expos. Hell of a thing for one of baseball's greats to pass away on the season's opening day.
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - DHBirr - 03-29-2018
Righteous Among the Nations: Johan van Hulst of the Netherlands, at the age of 107.
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - robkelk - 04-01-2018
RIP Steven Bochco, creator of Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, and NYPD Blue
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - robkelk - 04-02-2018
RIP Winnie Mandela
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - SelfCloak - 04-06-2018
Isao Takahata, co-founder of Studio Ghibli, film director and animator, died yesterday. He was 82.
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - SelfCloak - 04-06-2018
Cecil Taylor, pianist and poet, one of the pioneers of free jazz, died yesterday. He was 89.
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Bob Schroeck - 04-09-2018
RIP Chuck McCann, Soon-Tek Oh and Susan Anspach
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Pyeknu - 04-13-2018
Dr. Huer has passed on: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tim-oconnor-dead-peyton-place-buck-rogers-actor-was-90-1102359
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - robkelk - 04-14-2018
RIP Milos Forman, director of (amongst other movies) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - SelfCloak - 04-14-2018
Art Bell, American broadcaster and author, host of the paranormal-themed radio program Coast to Coast AM, died yesterday. He was 72.
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Pyeknu - 04-15-2018
The Gunny has gone to answer the last roll call and guard the gates to Heaven:
http://variety.com/2018/film/news/r-lee-ermey-dead-dies-full-metal-jacket-golden-globe-nominee-1202753747/
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Pyeknu - 04-16-2018
And the judge in the Night Court has laid down the gavel...
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/harry-anderson-dead-night-court-actor-was-65-1103243
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Bob Schroeck - 04-17-2018
Well, crap.
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - RMH999 - 04-17-2018
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/17/200470972/former-first-lady-barbara-bush-dies-at-92
Barbara Bush at age 92.
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Rajvik - 04-19-2018
I know most wouldn't post this here, we don't usually mention the passing of pets since they come and go so swiftly, but these were an icon of the crown and will always be remembered
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/18/europe/queen-last-corgi-dead-intl/index.html
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - robkelk - 04-20-2018
RIP Avicii (Tim Bergling), EDM producer and DJ, dead at 28
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Bob Schroeck - 04-21-2018
Verne Troyer, age 49.
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Bob Schroeck - 04-23-2018
... and apparently his family's formal announcement effectively called it a suicide.
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - robkelk - 04-25-2018
RIP Bob Dorough
He played with Charlie Parker and Miles Davis, but most Americans of Bob and my age know him for the music from Schoolhouse Rock.
Quote:Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up two boxcars and making 'em run right.
Milk and honey, bread and butter, peas and rice.
Hey that's nice!
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Pyeknu - 04-26-2018
Still remember some of those tunes even to today.
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Bob Schroeck - 04-27-2018
Heh. One year for her birthday, I bought Peggy a complete boxed set of all the Schoolhouse Rock shorts. We don't have to strain our memories for even the most obscure ones.
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Bob Schroeck - 04-30-2018
Michael Anderson, director of Logan's Run, Around the World in 80 Days, The Dam Busters, The Shoes of the Fisherman and many other films has died.