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To quote Dave Watson when I told him, "2016: The Year of the Hyperactive Shinigami."
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Chess Records has lost its co-founder.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/ph ... -1.3813145
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One of the Chicago Seven and Jane Fonda's ex is gone:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37749127
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Actor/comedian Keven Meaney has died.
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Just found out that the lead singer of Dead or Alive ( You Spin Me Round) passed on yesterday:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-37755445
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Showing that troubles come in threes, Bobby Vee also passed away today.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/ob ... -1.3818810
EDIT: Make that four.
http://newrepublic.com/minutes/138111/ ... hater-dead
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And the first woman to climb Everest has now ascended to greater heights:
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/ ... dies-at-77
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Quote:robkelk wrote:
Showing that troubles come in threes, Bobby Vee also passed away today.http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/ob ... -1.3818810
EDIT: Make that four.http://newrepublic.com/minutes/138111/ ... hater-dead
I wouldn't call the passing of Jack Chick "troubles".
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Bob Schroeck Wrote:Quote:robkelk wrote:Showing that troubles come in threes, Bobby Vee also passed away today.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/ob ... -1.3818810
EDIT: Make that four.
http://newrepublic.com/minutes/138111/ ... hater-dead
I wouldn't call the passing of Jack Chick "troubles". It is for him and his family.
We who were the targets of his diatribes tend to forget that he was just as human as we are.
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http://www.locusmag.com/News/2016/10/sh ... 1929-2016/
Sheri S Tepper has also died. At a reasonable age, but still F*ck 2016.
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Crap.
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Rob is right, unfortunately, so I won't say what I wanted to about Chick.
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The Simpsons is a little less funny today.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/ob ... -1.3821927
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A member of the Royal Canadian Air Farce has ascended to touch the face of God...
http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/da ... -1.3832170
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Pyeknu Wrote:A member of the Royal Canadian Air Farce has ascended to touch the face of God...
http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/da ... -1.3832170 I was lucky enough to see him perform live, once. He was a master of his craft.
But take an hour and hear for yourself: http://airfarce.com/dave-broadfoot
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RIP Janet Reno, the first female Attorney General of the USA
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... story.html
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I know we shouldn't speak ill of the dead, but when I heard this on the morning news headlines I broke into ding dong the witch is dead, was that wrong?
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Well, damn.
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Pyeknu Wrote:Sad news: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... 82-w449792 Oh, fuck.
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Oh, man...!
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So the Seven are reunited....
Edit: Out of idle curiosity, I checked out the Newsmax article on his death. It ends with a paraphrase of the classic acknowledgment:
Quote:EDITOR'S NOTE: We wish to thank the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement, without whose cooperation this article would not be possible.
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.
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