Obituaries for 2022

[Kamaji]

Hank Williams Jr’s wife, Mary Jane Thomas, dead

By Julius Young , Lauryn Overhultz , Fox News
March 24, 2022

Mary Jane Thomas, wife of country music star Hank Williams Jr., has died, Fox News Digital confirmed.

Thomas was transported from Jupiter Beach Resort & Spa in Jupiter, Florida, to a local hospital around 5 p.m. local time Tuesday, where she was pronounced dead, a spokesperson for the area’s police department told Fox News Digital. Reports about her death differ about Thomas’ age. She was in her late 50s or early 60s.

Williams, 72, and Thomas were married about 30 years. After meeting in 1985 at one of Williams’ shows in Washington state, the pair tied the knot in 1990.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/03/24/hank-williams-jrs-wife-mary-jane-thomas-dead/

[sneakypete]

Hank Williams Jr’s wife, Mary Jane Thomas, dead

By Julius Young , Lauryn Overhultz , Fox News
March 24, 2022

Mary Jane Thomas, wife of country music star Hank Williams Jr., has died, Fox News Digital confirmed.

Thomas was transported from Jupiter Beach Resort & Spa in Jupiter, Florida, to a local hospital around 5 p.m. local time Tuesday, where she was pronounced dead, a spokesperson for the area’s police department told Fox News Digital. Reports about her death differ about Thomas’ age. She was in her late 50s or early 60s.

Williams, 72, and Thomas were married about 30 years. After meeting in 1985 at one of Williams’ shows in Washington state, the pair tied the knot in 1990.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/03/24/hank-williams-jrs-wife-mary-jane-thomas-dead/

@Kamaji

Am I the only one feeling kinda old after learning that Little Hank is 72 years old?

[verga]

North Korea will now enter a month of official mourning over her death.

Hey at least she is no longer the worst SoS.

[Wingnut]

@Kamaji

Am I the only one feeling kinda old after learning that Little Hank is 72 years old?

 A man's only as old as the woman he feels..

[Kamaji]

A man's only as old as the woman he feels..

[jmyrlefuller]

Stephen E. Wilhite, inventor of the GIF, dies at 74

Wilhite, an employee of Compuserve (later absorbed into America Online, then into Yahoo! many years later), devised a file compression format designed for computer-generated graphics with a limited number of colors (such as weather maps) known as the Graphics Interchange Format, reducing their size. The file format eventually became largely obsolete with newer compression formats such as PNG (which offered full color spectrum, as opposed to GIF being limited to 256 discrete colors) but its support for animation provided its lasting contribution in the form of short clips that still circulate on message boards to the present day.

Wilhite died March 14 of a sudden and severe case of coronavirus.

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/23/1088410133/gif-creator-dead-steve-wilhite-kathaleen-wife-interview--

[Kamaji]

Stephen E. Wilhite, inventor of the GIF, dies at 74

Wilhite, an employee of Compuserve (later absorbed into America Online, then into Yahoo! many years later), devised a file compression format designed for computer-generated graphics with a limited number of colors (such as weather maps) known as the Graphics Interchange Format, reducing their size. The file format eventually became largely obsolete with newer compression formats such as PNG (which offered full color spectrum, as opposed to GIF being limited to 256 discrete colors) but its support for animation provided its lasting contribution in the form of short clips that still circulate on message boards to the present day.

Wilhite died March 14 of a sudden and severe case of coronavirus.

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/23/1088410133/gif-creator-dead-steve-wilhite-kathaleen-wife-interview--

That's a real shame.  The ".gif" is still ubiquitous.

[GtHawk]

A man's only as old as the woman he feels..

Wait a minute, using that as a gauge...........Biden is suffering dementia at a much younger age than we thought

[Kamaji]

Wait a minute, using that as a gauge...........Biden is suffering dementia at a much younger age than we thought

[Ghost Bear]

Stephen E. Wilhite, inventor of the GIF, dies at 74

I wonder how he pronounced it?   

[Kamaji]

I wonder how he pronounced it?   

Apparently, he pronounced it with a soft first letter, like 'jif', not with a hard first letter:  https://time.com/5791028/how-to-pronounce-gif/

[Ghost Bear]

Apparently, he pronounced it with a soft first letter, like 'jif', not with a hard first letter:  https://time.com/5791028/how-to-pronounce-gif/

Oh, so he said it wrong too.   

[Kamaji]

Oh, so he said it wrong too.   

Exactly!

[andy58-in-nh]

Stephen E. Wilhite, inventor of the GIF, dies at 74

[Kamaji]

Perfect!

[Smokin Joe]

Wait a minute, using that as a gauge...........Biden is suffering dementia at a much younger age than we thought

Yeah, like, seven...

[jmyrlefuller]

Comedian, game show regular, and actor Scoey Mitchell dies at 92.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/scoey-mitchell-dead-barefoot-park-1235118079/

[txradioguy]

R.I.P. Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins. 50. No cause of death yet. They were in South America in their current tour.

[Free Vulcan]

R.I.P. Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins. 50. No cause of death yet. They were in South America in their current tour.

WHAAAAAAAA!!!!?????

One of my favorite bands of all time. He was a beast of a drummer.

[txradioguy]

WHAAAAAAAA!!!!?????

One of my favorite bands of all time. He was a beast of a drummer.

It’s breaking news less than an hour ago. Loved the way he played the drums.

[libertybele]

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins dead at 50

[mountaineer]

There's a lot of chatter about the v**cine being a factor.

[GtHawk]

There's a lot of chatter about the v**cine being a factor.

When I saw his age it was one of the first things I thought.

[jmyrlefuller]

When I saw his age it was one of the first things I thought.

That's pretty close to the same age fellow Seattle rockers Paul Weiland* and Chris Cornell died. Apparently, much like Cornell, Hawkins had a few too many drugs in his system when he died.

*My phone amusingly autocorrected that name to Paul Williams, who is very much still alive.

[DB]

That's pretty close to the same age fellow Seattle rockers Paul Weiland* and Chris Cornell died. Apparently, much like Cornell, Hawkins had a few too many drugs in his system when he died.

*My phone amusingly autocorrected that name to Paul Williams, who is very much still alive.

He was having severe chest pain and was taken to the hospital where he died. That doesn't sound like an OD but who knows.