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RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018
03-22-2018, 11:49 AM
(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.
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RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018
03-22-2018, 03:30 PM
Heh.
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RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018
03-27-2018, 09:47 AM
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RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018
03-29-2018, 10:47 AM
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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.
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RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018
03-29-2018, 02:46 PM
Righteous Among the Nations: Johan van Hulst of the Netherlands, at the age of 107.
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RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018
04-01-2018, 08:11 PM
RIP Steven Bochco, creator of Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, and NYPD Blue
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04-02-2018, 10:02 AM
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RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018
04-06-2018, 08:52 AM
Isao Takahata, co-founder of Studio Ghibli, film director and animator, died yesterday. He was 82.
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RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018
04-06-2018, 07:39 PM
Cecil Taylor, pianist and poet, one of the pioneers of free jazz, died yesterday. He was 89.
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RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018
04-09-2018, 09:31 AM
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RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018
04-13-2018, 09:47 AM
Canadian lighthouse to U.S. Warship approaching it: "This is a lighthouse. Your call!"
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RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018
04-14-2018, 10:18 AM
RIP Milos Forman, director of (amongst other movies) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus
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RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018
04-14-2018, 04:21 PM
Art Bell, American broadcaster and author, host of the paranormal-themed radio program Coast to Coast AM, died yesterday. He was 72.
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RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018
04-15-2018, 07:24 PM
The Gunny has gone to answer the last roll call and guard the gates to Heaven:
http://variety.com/2018/film/news/r-lee-...202753747/
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RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018
04-16-2018, 06:23 PM
And the judge in the Night Court has laid down the gavel...
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/h...65-1103243
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RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018
04-17-2018, 07:10 AM
Well, crap.
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RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018
04-19-2018, 06:40 PM
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
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RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018
04-20-2018, 01:10 PM
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RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018
04-21-2018, 05:20 PM
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RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018
04-23-2018, 02:23 PM
... and apparently his family's formal announcement effectively called it a suicide.
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RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018
04-25-2018, 06:26 PM
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.
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RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018
04-26-2018, 11:20 PM
Still remember some of those tunes even to today.
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RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018
04-27-2018, 07:09 AM
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.
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RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018
04-30-2018, 01:53 PM
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.
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