Obituaries for 2018

[catfish1957]

He was also a trolling pioneer, calling Hussein SAD-dam, instead of SAH-dahm. His way of saying it roughly translated to shoe shine boy in Arabic, in the days before Twitter and ‘Rocket Man.’

I did not know that.  That is hilarious.

[musiclady]

Gutted twice in one week. They say it goes in threes,

Anyway, Rip Mr. President thank you so much for being president and serving our country, 

Amen!  And for loving our country. 

[musiclady]

He was also a trolling pioneer, calling Hussein SAD-dam, instead of SAH-dahm. His way of saying it roughly translated to shoe shine boy in Arabic, in the days before Twitter and ‘Rocket Man.’

He was witty and highly intelligent, and just plain classy.

[Bigun]

He was witty and highly intelligent, and just plain classy.

I was around him quite a bit years ago and will say this about the man without reservation.  He always treated everyone around him with respect and did what he believed the right thing to be without fail.  IMHO that is all anyone can ask of any man.

[mountaineer]

I was around him quite a bit years ago and will say this about the man without reservation.  He always treated everyone around him with respect and did what he believed the right thing to be without fail.  IMHO that is all anyone can ask of any man.

I had that impression, Bigun. Thanks for confirming. I may not have agreed with everything he did in office, but still had respect for him as a man.

[Gefn]

Amen!  And for loving our country. 

And his family and his doggies.

[musiclady]

I was around him quite a bit years ago and will say this about the man without reservation.  He always treated everyone around him with respect and did what he believed the right thing to be without fail.  IMHO that is all anyone can ask of any man.

One of my husband's good friends (from HS) has been the the Secret Service for decades, including protecting the President.

He has photos in his home of GHW and Barbara, and said that, without a doubt, they were the classiest, most caring people he ever protected.

Truth from the inside is helpful with all the propaganda from the outside.

Thanks for posting that, @Bigun

[verga]

I didn't agree with everything he did, but he was a decent man that loved his country and respected the office he held.

[libertybele]

I love this quote from him and something I wish ALL politicians would remember and try to incorporate in their day to day lives:

“Because you run against each other, that doesn’t mean you’re enemies. Politics doesn't have to be uncivil and nasty.”

[EasyAce]

I love this quote from him and something I wish ALL politicians would remember and try to incorporate in their day to day lives:

“Because you run against each other, that doesn’t mean you’re enemies. Politics doesn't have to be uncivil and nasty.”

Politicians, political commentators, and political junkies on message boards alike, for that matter.

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

Ken Berry, Star of 'F Troop' and 'Mama's Family,' Dies at 85

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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ken-berry-dead-f-troop-mamas-family-star-was-85-999739

 The song-and dance-man, who received a career boost from Leonard Nimoy, also toplined the 'Andy Griffith Show' spinoff 'Mayberry R.F.D.'

Ken Berry, the rubber-legged actor who delighted TV viewers as the blundering Capt. Wilton Parmenter on F Troop and as the accident-prone Vinton Harper on Mama's Family, has died. He was 85.

Berry, an agile song-and-dance man who was encouraged in show business by his U.S. Army sergeant, future Star Trek legend Leonard Nimoy, died Saturday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, his ex-wife, actress Jackie Joseph-Lawrence, told The Hollywood Reporter.

[Gefn]

I loved him on F troop and Mama’s Family was one of my favorite sitcoms from the 80s.

RIP.

I didn’t know he adopted. Hurray!

[catfish1957]

I loved him on F troop and Mama’s Family was one of my favorite sitcoms from the 80s.

RIP.

I didn’t know he adopted. Hurray!

And Mayberry.  He was a staple of '70's and '80's TV.  2 years from now no one will remember he died due to who died at the same time.

[Gefn]

And Mayberry.  He was a staple of '70's and '80's TV.  2 years from now no one will remember he died due to who died at the same time.

It’s weird @catfish1957 the obit doesn’t say how he died.

[catfish1957]

It’s weird @catfish1957 the obit doesn’t say how he died.

Not really.  Seems we are seeing more and more of where families are keeping cause of death a private matter.

With all the TMZ type turds out there, I don't blame them.

[TomSea]

Melody Patterson passed away in 2015, of course, the romantic interest of Ken Berry's character:



The great Larry Storch is still with us:



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[jmyrlefuller]

It’s weird @catfish1957 the obit doesn’t say how he died.

At that age, it could be any number of things―or they just may not know.

[Machiavelli]

F Troop - first episode

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

F Troop - first episode

Thanks.

[Machiavelli]

'Dynamite Kid' Tom Billington dead at 60 (professional wrestler)

The death of "The Dynamite Kid" Tom Billington came on Tuesday, his 60th birthday, his health battles post-wrestling front and centre for years, proof that there was a huge price paid to be one of the most innovative, influential professional wrestlers in history.

How influential was he? Even the curmudgeonly Bad News Allen Coage once gave Dynamite Kid props: "Pound for pound, Dynamite Kid was probably the best wrestler ever because you've still got these young guys today trying to emulate him in the ring. He was one of my favorites to work with. In our matches, the people just really wanted to kill me and just come in there and help him out."

The late Owen Hart, in one of his interviews with SLAM! Wrestling, said that growing up, he placed Dynamite Kid "on a pedestal ... I'd go 'Wow, that guy's awesome.' ... Dynamite, just because he was the original, was the best."

But the flipside of his legacy is equally lasting. As Dave Meltzer wrote in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter in 1994, that Billington was "a pioneer of insane bumps whose career was cut short by a crippling back injury no doubt related to his risk-taking, admitted blowing all his money on drugs, booze and women, claiming when he was in the WWF he drank himself silly, needed drugs (cocaine, Valium, speed and steroids) to survive the pace, get the sleep and keep his physique."

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[sneakypete]

'Dynamite Kid' Tom Billington dead at 60 (professional wrestler)


[admitted blowing all his money on drugs, booze and women,

@Machiavelli

Could have been worse. He could have wasted it.

[Gefn]

F Troop - first episode

Thanks @Machiavelli

[TomSea]

Dynamite Kid,  Tom Billington, one half of the British Bulldogs has passed on.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/7903580/dynamite-kid-dead-tommy-billington-british-bulldog/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_British_Bulldogs

[Free Vulcan]

Buzzcocks singer Pete Shelley dies aged 63



Pete Shelley, lead singer of punk band Buzzcocks, has died at the age of 63, his brother has said.

Shelley formed the group in 1976 and they achieved commercial success with hits including Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've).

His brother, Gary John McNeish, posted on Facebook: "This is the hardest thing I have ever had to do, is tell you my brother Pete Shelley had a heart attack this morning and passed away."

https://news.sky.com/story/buzzcocks-singer-pete-shelley-dies-aged-63-11573555

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Love the Buzzcocks. RIP.

[Machiavelli]

Larry 'The Axe' Hennig passes away at 82 (professional wrestler)

Larry Hennig, the father of Curt Hennig and one of the biggest stars in the history of the AWA, passed away earlier today at the age of 82.

Hennig attended Robbindale High School in Minneapolis, the alma mater of Verne Gagne. He was the state heavyweight wrestling champion in high school, and Gagne recruited him into pro wrestling when Hennig had turned down college football and wrestling offers because he already had his first child and had to work to earn money to support a wife and family.

He wrestled in the Midwest most of his career, and eventually was brought into the AWA in 1960 as Gagne's protege. He briefly held the AWA tag team titles with Duke Hoffman, but in 1963, he became a heel, "Pretty Boy" Larry Hennig, forming a tag team with "Handsome" Harley Race, which helped carry the territory for several years, working against all the top area babyfaces. Hennig & Race, taunted as The Dolly Sisters, had one of the biggest feuds in AWA history with Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher, which was really the feud that made Bruiser & Crusher tag team legends...

His grandson, Joe Hennig, works in WWE as Curtis Axel, with Axel being a tribute to his grandfather. Larry would regularly attend WWE shows in the Twin Cities...

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