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RE: Dearly Departed of 2024
09-03-2024, 06:08 AM
James Darren, age 88. Many and varied roles, including Gidget's love interest, a returning native of the island of Navarone, an inadvertent time traveler seeking to get home (wait, that sounds familiar somehow), and a holographic nightclub owner/singer.
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2024
09-06-2024, 05:34 PM
RIP Sérgio Mendes, the man who brought bossa nova to North America.
Age 83. Complications from long COVID.
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2024
09-09-2024, 04:11 PM
James Earl Jones has passed at age 93
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2024
09-10-2024, 01:17 PM
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2024
09-13-2024, 09:10 PM
Peter Burr Loomis IV '61, CAPT, USNR (Ret.), age 85. He is survived by his older sister Linda; his wife of 60 years, Ann (Ripton); his sons Rip and Austin (waves wibblingly); and his grandsons Drew and Adam.
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2024
09-14-2024, 03:07 AM
(09-13-2024, 09:10 PM)Mamorien Wrote: Peter Burr Loomis IV '61, CAPT, USNR (Ret.), age 85. He is survived by his older sister Linda; his wife of 60 years, Ann (Ripton); his sons Rip and Austin (waves wibblingly); and his grandsons Drew and Adam.
Hugs.
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2024
09-16-2024, 01:05 PM
RIP Tito jackson, of the Jackson 5.
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2024
09-27-2024, 10:37 AM
Dame Maggie Smith (89, HP: Minerva McGonagall)
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2024
09-27-2024, 12:46 PM
Well, damn. I've loved her work since I first saw her in Murder By Death back in the 1970s.
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2024
10-01-2024, 08:08 PM
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10-02-2024, 01:20 PM
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2024
10-02-2024, 02:43 PM
This has not been a good week.
RIP John Amos, who played Kunta Kinte in Roots and James Evans Sr. in Good Times
RIP Gavin Creel, Tony-Award-winning actor ( Hello, Dolly!, Hair, Thoroughly Modern Millie, etc.)
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2024
10-08-2024, 05:32 PM
RIP Nell Smith, musician who released nine tracks with Flaming Lips.
Age 17. Traffic accident.
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2024
10-10-2024, 12:43 PM
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2024
10-13-2024, 08:57 AM
RIP Viktoriia Roshchyna, Ukrainian journalist who went missing from Russian-occupied territory in August 2023. Died in Russian custody; no cause of death given. Age 27.
(Also posted to the relevant thread in Politics.)
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2024
10-15-2024, 06:30 AM
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RIP Ward Christensen, co-creator of the BBS and the XMODEM protocol.
If you've ever downloaded anything, or if you've reading this post, thank Ward.
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2024
10-17-2024, 05:04 AM
Liam Payne, former member of One Direction
Fell from a hotel balcony
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2024
10-17-2024, 06:36 PM
RIP Yukihiro Shibutani, art director on anime ranging from Patlabor to Kamichu! to Natsume's Book of Friends
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2024
10-18-2024, 03:56 PM
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10-22-2024, 06:20 PM
RIP Thelma Mothershed Wair, one of the Little Rock Nine.
Age 83. Complications from MS.
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2024
10-25-2024, 04:58 PM
RIP Phil Lesh, co-founder and bassist of the Grateful Dead
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2024
10-25-2024, 09:16 PM
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2024
10-29-2024, 09:27 PM
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