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Post by codystarbuck on Jan 2, 2023 18:08:04 GMT -5
RIP to Earth, Wind & Fire drummer Fred White, who was also the younger brother of founder and songwriter Maurice White and guitarist brother Verdine.
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Post by commond on Jan 2, 2023 18:43:51 GMT -5
It hasn't been a good few days for bands I like... Jeremiah Green from Modest Mouse, Gangsta Boo from Three 6 Mafia, now Fred White. RIP guys. Thanks for the music.
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Post by foxley on Jan 3, 2023 20:07:55 GMT -5
R.I.P. to R. Walter Cunningham, the last surviving crew member from Apollo 7, the first crewed Apollo mission, who has died at the age of 90 from complications following a fall. At least he lived long enough to see the start of the Artemis project. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Jan 3, 2023 21:06:34 GMT -5
R.I.P. to R. Walter Cunningham, the last surviving crew member from Apollo 7, the first crewed Apollo mission, who has died at the age of 90 from complications following a fall. At least he lived long enough to see the start of the Artemis project. Sadly, Wally Schirra's contentious relationship with Mission Control ended up sabotaging Cunningham's career, by association. Schirra had announced his retirement, before the flight; and, if Tom Wolfe is accurate, already had a cranky relationship with Mission Control, going back to Mercury. He did give two (*STATIC*) about their side programs. I have also read that Schirra's wife also greatly enjoyed the fact that he was the senior ranking astronaut of the bunch, as that translated to her position, among the wives. Lot of politics to get to the moon, even outside of Washington. Cunningham went on to head the Skylab program; but, when he was passed over for the first mission commander, for Pete Conrad, after being promised the mission, he resigned from NASA. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2023 21:01:36 GMT -5
RIP to Bill Campbell, former All Star reliever for the Boston Red Sox. He was 74.  -M |
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Post by codystarbuck on Jan 6, 2023 21:19:32 GMT -5
RIP to author Fay Weldon. Probably best known for The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, which was made into a 1986 BBC series and the 1989 movie, with Roseanne Barr and Meryl Streep (heavily modified, though). Weldon also wrote The Cloning of Joanna May, which was adapted into a telefilm, by ITV, in 1992.
Weldon published 30+ novels, numerous short stories, articles, plays and film and television scripts. She wrote the first episode of the seminal original Upstairs, Downstairs, which won her a Writer's Guild Award. She also wrote Life for Christine, based on an actual 15 year-old girl sentenced to life imprisonment and the 1980 BBC mini-series adaptation of Pride & Prejudice.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jan 6, 2023 21:35:55 GMT -5
RIP to character actor Earl Boen, probably best known as the psychologist Dr Silberman, in Terminator and T2.  He started out in theater, in the 50s, before moving to Hollywwod, in the 70s. He did numerous television shows, including: The Streets of San Francisco, Wonder Woman, Barnaby Jones, Buck Rogers, Barney Miller, and MASH. he was a series regular on It's a Living and mama's Family. In film he appeared in movies like The Main Event, 9 to 5, The Man With Two Brains, To Be Or Not To Be, Alien nation, Naked Gun 33 1/3, the Terminator series and battle Beyond the Stars. He was also a prolific voice actor, in both animation and video games, including portraying Magneto, in Pryde of the X-Men, The Beyonder and The Red Skull in Spider-Man TAS, voices for Pinky & the Brain, Clifford the Big Red Dog and Justice League, to name a few. |
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Post by foxley on Jan 7, 2023 1:45:35 GMT -5
RIP to author Fay Weldon. Probably best known for The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, which was made into a 1986 BBC series and the 1989 movie, with Roseanne Barr and Meryl Streep (heavily modified, though). Weldon also wrote The Cloning of Joanna May, which was adapted into a telefilm, by ITV, in 1992. Weldon published 30+ novels, numerous short stories, articles, plays and film and television scripts. She wrote the first episode of the seminal original Upstairs, Downstairs, which won her a Writer's Guild Award. She also wrote Life for Christine, based on an actual 15 year-old girl sentenced to life imprisonment and the 1980 BBC mini-series adaptation of Pride & Prejudice. Definitely watch the miniseries rather than the movie. |
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Post by foxley on Jan 7, 2023 1:52:39 GMT -5
R.I.P. to Australian actress Joan Sydney. Joan was a stalwart of Australian soap operas: most famous as Matron Margaret "Maggie" Sloane in A Country Practice, she also appeared in E Street, Something in the Air and Neighbours. She also had a long and distinguished on the Australian stage.  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 7, 2023 11:42:51 GMT -5
Former Baseball player Nate Colbert died a few days ago. He's famous for hitting 5 homers in one day in a double header.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2023 1:16:45 GMT -5
RIP to Owen Roizman who passed at age 86. He is best known for his work on the cinematographer on The French Connection, The Exorcist, and Tootsie, but had a long and prolific career including several iconic Hollywood films. He also passionately pursued his hobby as a stage magician.
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Post by shaxper on Jan 8, 2023 1:21:32 GMT -5
RIP to character actor Earl Boen, probably best known as the psychologist Dr Silberman, in Terminator and T2. He started out in theater, in the 50s, before moving to Hollywwod, in the 70s. He did numerous television shows, including: The Streets of San Francisco, Wonder Woman, Barnaby Jones, Buck Rogers, Barney Miller, and MASH. he was a series regular on It's a Living and mama's Family. In film he appeared in movies like The Main Event, 9 to 5, The Man With Two Brains, To Be Or Not To Be, Alien nation, Naked Gun 33 1/3, the Terminator series and battle Beyond the Stars. He was also a prolific voice actor, in both animation and video games, including portraying Magneto, in Pryde of the X-Men, The Beyonder and The Red Skull in Spider-Man TAS, voices for Pinky & the Brain, Clifford the Big Red Dog and Justice League, to name a few. Things I did not know! |
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Post by codystarbuck on Jan 8, 2023 11:36:28 GMT -5
RIP to character actor Earl Boen, probably best known as the psychologist Dr Silberman, in Terminator and T2. He started out in theater, in the 50s, before moving to Hollywwod, in the 70s. He did numerous television shows, including: The Streets of San Francisco, Wonder Woman, Barnaby Jones, Buck Rogers, Barney Miller, and MASH. he was a series regular on It's a Living and mama's Family. In film he appeared in movies like The Main Event, 9 to 5, The Man With Two Brains, To Be Or Not To Be, Alien nation, Naked Gun 33 1/3, the Terminator series and battle Beyond the Stars. He was also a prolific voice actor, in both animation and video games, including portraying Magneto, in Pryde of the X-Men, The Beyonder and The Red Skull in Spider-Man TAS, voices for Pinky & the Brain, Clifford the Big Red Dog and Justice League, to name a few. Things I did not know! Well now you know....and knowing is half the battle. Yo, JOE! Yup, he did some voicework on GI JOE, too. |
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Post by Calidore on Jan 8, 2023 19:52:07 GMT -5
Bummed about Earl Boen. Like Stuart Margolin, he seemed to be all over the place and was always a welcome presence.
Another sad one for watchers of '70s TV: Former child star Adam Rich has passed away from undisclosed causes at 54.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jan 8, 2023 21:24:30 GMT -5
Bummed about Earl Boen. Like Stuart Margolin, he seemed to be all over the place and was always a welcome presence. Another sad one for watchers of '70s TV: Former child star Adam Rich has passed away from undisclosed causes at 54. Saw that. Never realized he was two years younger than me. Seemed much younger, in the show. Sounds like he battled mental illness and substance issues for a long, long time. |
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