Obituaries for 2020

[Applewood]

Kobe owned and/or had driven the most exotic vehicles on the planet. 

But like everybody with "Go-to-Hell" money, why not buy your own flying machine...get a rush and get there without any hassle?

...just trying to add some context here.

I sure as hell wouldn't fault the guy for spending his money however he likes.  I don' know what the statistics are as to whether a helicopter or a car would be safer.  Seems to me I hear more reports of car crashes than I do of helicopters.

[sneakypete]

Kobe owned and/or had driven the most exotic vehicles on the planet. 

But like everybody with "Go-to-Hell" money, why not buy your own flying machine...get a rush and get there without any hassle?

...just trying to add some context here.

@DCPatriot

You can't blame him for that. Who wants to be stuck in CA bumper to bumper traffic if they can avoid it?

[Smokin Joe]

Apparently heavy fog (unusual for the area) was a contributing factor. I'll wait for the investigator's report.

[PeteS in CA]

ABC reported all 4 of  his children died with him. That's been refuted, now reports say one of his daughters was with him. Seeing a lot of "we'll all remember where we were when Kobe died" posts. Uh, no. 

Publishing first/early is vastly more important to today's MSM than getting things correct. The current word is that Kobe and his daughter, the daughter's friend, the friend's parent, and the pilot are the ones who died.

[Cyber Liberty]

Did Kobe have any information that could have implicated Hillary Clinton?  Killing all the passengers of an entire aircraft to neutralize the target is a hallmark of a Clinton hit.

[Applewood]

Did Kobe have any information that could have implicated Hillary Clinton?  Killing all the passengers of an entire aircraft to neutralize the target is a hallmark of a Clinton hit.

Come here, Cyber.   

[PeteS in CA]

Now 9 are believed to have died, https://nypost.com/2020/01/26/kobe-bryant-reportedly-killed-in-california-helicopter-crash/ . https://fox61.com/2020/01/26/death-toll-now-9-people-in-crash-of-sikorsky-s-76-carrying-kobe-bryant-and-daughter/

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[Applewood]

That guy with the frying pan is getting a workout.  LOL

[corbe]

Did Kobe have any information that could have implicated Hillary Clinton?  Killing all the passengers of an entire aircraft to neutralize the target is a hallmark of a Clinton hit.

[EasyAce]

One of the dead in the crash was longtime college baseball coach John Altobelli. Among other things, he coached Orange Coast College to four state titles and over 700 wins, and when he later managed in the Cape Cod League his players included Aaron Judge (Yankees) and Jeff McNeil (Mets).

He took a chance on me, kept me the whole summer. Him taking that chance on me, having me on his team, got me drafted.--Jeff McNeil.

Altobelli and Bryant apparently became friends after their daughters met and became friends.

RIP.

[mountaineer]

Photos and info about all of the dead at Daily Mail.

[Applewood]

Photos and info about all of the dead at Daily Mail.

@mountaineer

That's the kind of coverage I would like to see from US media.  Thanks for posting the link to the Daily Mail.

[Gefn]

Bob Shane, Founding Member of Grammy-Winners The Kingston Trio, Dies at 85

Bob Shane, the last surviving member of The Kingston Trio, a celebrated Bay Area group who sparked the folk music revival in the 1950s, died Sunday (Jan. 26) of complications connected with pneumonia. He was 85.

Shane, Dave Guard and Nick Reynolds established the act in San Francisco in the 1950s, and produced hit after folk hit with seventeen songs impacting the Hot 100, and another 11 titles on the Billboard 200 chart.

The Kingston Trio are best known for "Tom Dooley," which led the Hot 100 in November 1958 and earned the group one of two Grammy Awards, bagging the trophy for best country & western performance.

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/8549417/bob-shane-kingston-trio-obit

@EasyAce
@Sighlass

[jmyrlefuller]

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[jmyrlefuller]

John Andretti
Member of auto racing royalty dies at 56



John was the nephew of open-wheel racing legend Mario Andretti and thus member of a prominent auto racing family along with several of his cousins. He had a diverse racing career that included IndyCar, NASCAR (his longest and most sustained racing circuit, racing for 18 seasons), hot rods and sports cars. He was the first to attempt Double Duty, the 1100-mile, two-race marathon that involves racing in the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600 on the same day.

Andretti died January 30 after a three-year bout with colon cancer.

Obituary from Tegna

Wikipedia

[mountaineer]

January 30, 2020 12:24PM PT
Fred Silverman, TV Executive Who Led Programming at ABC, CBS and NBC, Dies at 82
by Paula Bernstein   

Fred Silverman, the executive who became the only person in TV history to have headed programming for each of the Big Three broadcast networks, died Thursday at his home in the Pacific Palisades. He was 82.

Silverman died with his family by his side.

During his prolific career, Silverman was credited with helping to launch some of the most successful shows and miniseries of all time, including “All in the Family,” “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “Happy Days,” “The Waltons” and “Roots.” ...Full story at Variety

[Free Vulcan]

Very few real geniuses on this planet. Silverman was one of them.

[Applewood]

Silverman compiled an impressive body of work.  Today's tv shows don't hold a candle to all the shows Silverman was involved in. 

Rest in peace.

[jmyrlefuller]

Jack Burns
Comic writer dies at 86


Burns (top) with Avery Schreiber

Burns built a long résumé in his comedy career, beginning with his early work as a double act with George Carlin in the early 1960s. That would be followed by his brief, and ill-fated, run as Warren Ferguson, the deputy sheriff initially tasked to replace Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show after Don Knotts left the program; Burns's run as Ferguson lasted less than half a season. He spent the next two decades focused mainly on writing and voice acting, continuing to rack up credits including Hee Haw, The Muppet Show (and The Muppet Movie), and the ABC late-night sketch series Fridays. He continued voice work through the 1990s.

Burns died January 27 after several years in senior care.

Obituary from The Wrap

Wikipedia

[jmyrlefuller]

Silverman compiled an impressive body of work.  Today's tv shows don't hold a candle to all the shows Silverman was involved in. 

Rest in peace.

Let's just try and forget Supertrain, Pink Lady and Jeff, Hello Larry and Jean Doumanian.

Ah, well. We all make mistakes.

[EasyAce]

Let's just try and forget Supertrain, Pink Lady and Jeff, Hello Larry and Jean Doumanian.

Ah, well. We all make mistakes.

And then he went on to atone for those with Hill Street Blues, Cheers, and St. Elsewhere.

But at least he didn't give us . . .

[TomSea]

Mike
@Doranimated
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Jan 28
What a loss. “Just a Minute” was one of my favorites, not least of all because of the gentlemanly yet mischievous demeanor of Parsons. I had no idea how old he was. It’s amazing not just that he kept working in his 90s but in a format that required a quick wit.

https://twitter.com/Doranimated

Nicholas Parsons: 'Broadcasting legend' dies at 96 after short illness
    28 January 2020

Broadcaster Nicholas Parsons has died at the age of 96 after a short illness, his agent has confirmed.

Parsons had hosted Radio 4's Just A Minute since its inception in 1967.

"Nicholas passed away in the early hours of the 28th of January," said a statement issued by his agent Jean Diamond.

...

Nicholas Parsons was made a CBE in 2014

Read more at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51278023?ns_linkname=news_central&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_mchannel=social

I really enjoyed "Just a minute",  though, I only heard it a few times. A true legend. RIP.

[mountaineer]

Author Mary Higgins Clark, 'Queen of Suspense,' dead at 92
Publishing's “Queen of Suspense” has died
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer
January 31, 2020, 11:01 PM

NEW YORK -- Mary Higgins Clark, the tireless and long-reigning "Queen of Suspense" whose tales of women beating the odds made her one of the world's most popular writers, died Friday at age 92.

Her publisher, Simon & Schuster, announced that she died of natural causes in Naples, Florida.  ...

Widowed in her late 30s with five children, she became a perennial bestseller over the second half of her life, writing or co-writing "A Stranger Is Watching," "Daddy's Little Girl" and more than 50 other favorites. Sales topped 100 million copies and honors came from all over, including a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters from France or a Grand Master statuette back home from the Mystery Writers of America. Many of her books, like "A Stranger is Watching" and "Lucky Day," were adapted for movies and television. She also collaborated on several novels with her daughter, Carol Higgins Clark. ... Full story

[sneakypete]

Sales topped 100 million copies and honors came from all over, including a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters from France or a Grand Master statuette back home from the Mystery Writers of America.

That's  pretty damn impressive,I don't care who you are!

I will admit to having never read any of her books,though.

[Gefn]

I’ve read a few. She wasn’t Agatha Christie, but she could write a book you read in a sitting and enjoyed.
RIP.