DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

[OldStrummer]

Neil Peart, thank you for your music, lyrics and inspiration. RIP

Rolling Store reports that Peart had quietly been battling brain cancer for three years prior to his death.

 

[Harris HTM]

Rolling Store reports that Peart had quietly been battling brain cancer for three years prior to his death.

A sad story his. Losing his young child, a year later his wife... may he rest in peace and his music never be forgotten.

 

[MisterCairo]

A sad story his. Losing his young child, a year later his wife... may he rest in peace and his music never be forgotten.

Such a damned shame. The same cancer took Gord Downie of Canadian band The Tragically Hip two years ago. Awful to think of it.

 

[MisterCairo]

Buck Henry, screenwriter of "The Graduate" and co-creator of "Get Smart," at 89.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainme...e-graduate-co-creator-of-get-smart-dies-at-89

A class act, always liked his calm style.

 

[Rmccamey]

RIP Neil. Some of the best classic rock. Fly by night!

Neil Peart, thank you for your music, lyrics and inspiration. RIP

 

[cavvyinky]

He was still one of my music heroes. Lucky enough to see Rush 11 times from 1976 till last tour.

 

[Doctor Strange]

The brilliant Terry Jones of Monty Python:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/22/arts/television/terry-jones-dead.html

 

[GHT]

The brilliant Terry Jones of Monty Python:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/22/arts/television/terry-jones-dead.html

Heartbreaking. The BBC have put up an excellent obituary giving a brief outline of his life and career.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30116194

 

[OldStrummer]

Morgan Wooten, Hall of Fame high school basketball coach, at 88.

High school coach? Yes. Wooten coached DeMatha High School from 1956 - 2002, accumulating a record of 1,274-192, which lands him in second place. He coached 13 future NBA stars including Adrian Dantley. In 1984, USA Today named him coach of the year, the same year his team became national champions.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...h-school-basketball-coach-dies-88/4526033002/

 

[MisterCairo]

Godspeed Terry, and thank you for the laughs.

Once again, the dead parrot sketch is horribly appropriate.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/monty-python-star-terry-jones-dead-77-1.5435782

Military computer so cannot link to youtube, but just enter Terry Jones, and my god, the brilliant humour that will come up.

 

[GHT]

Who can ever forget the disgusting, gross but oh so funny, Mr. Creosote?

I'll have the lot!

 

[Frunobulax]

Who can ever forget the disgusting, gross but oh so funny, Mr. Creosote?
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I'll have the lot!

And put the eggs on top!

 

[BobHufford]

R.I.P. Kobe Bryant.

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/kobe-bryant-dies-in-helicopter-crash/index.html

 

[Tiki Tom]

And Jim Lehrer too. Very sad, this recent round of deaths.

 

[Harris HTM]

Sean Reinert, one of the most influential (and underrated) prog/tech heavy metal drummers dies at the age of 48.
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[Lean'n'mean]

Well known & liked British TV & radio presenter & sometimes actor, Nicholas Parsons, popped his clogs yesterday (28th) after a short illness, at the ripe old age of 96. He was still working up until last august.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

American author, Mary Higgins Clark, died yesterday aged 92.

 

[Benny Holiday]

One of the last greats of the Golden Era, Kirk Douglas, has passed away aged 103. I'll always think of him as Spartacus, though he starred in so many great films like ultimate noir Out of the Past, Paths of Glory, and he played Doc Holliday in Gunfight at the OK Corral; I had the last one on VHS tape years ago.

 

[Trenchfriend]

R.I.P., Spartacus, Cpt. Yelland, Van Gogh.

 

[Edward]

I enjoyed Spartacus very much. Less of a fan of Douglas, but I can't help wodnering if now the truth about Jean Spangler will come out.