Obituaries for 2024

[jafo2010]

Listening to Green Green, which I haven't heard in many years, really makes one feel dated.

Back when music lyrics were easy to understand.  What we have today and for the past 25 years is pure garbage.  A reflection of a dying culture perhaps.

[jmyrlefuller]

Australian motocrosser Jayo Archer dies at 27 attempting a triple backflip, a stunt no one else has ever pulled off successfully, either

https://www.espn.com/racing/story/_/id/39569870/motocross-x-games-jayo-archer-dies

[Millee]

'Porky's' star Tony Ganios dead at 64 following emergency surgery

Tony Ganios, who starred in the 1981 fan-favorite flick "Porky's," is dead at 64 years old.

Fox News Digital has confirmed with Ganios' fiancée, Amanda Ganios, that the classic film star unexpectedly died on Feb. 18.

Amanda said Ganios died following an emergency four-hour surgery for a spinal cord infection on Saturday.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/porkys-star-tony-ganios-dead-214725983.html?fr=yhssrp_catchall

[Timber Rattler]

RIP Meat!

[mountaineer]

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. John C. “Doc” Bahnsen dies at 89.

... During his first tour of duty in Vietnam in 1965-66, Bahnsen commanded the “Bandits” helicopter gunship platoon at Bien Hoa. Most of his 18 decorations for valor came in his second tour, in 1968-69, when as a major he commanded an air cavalry troop, including a 40 man rifle platoon, observation helicopters and gunships. He fought in more than 300 engagements and had several helicopters shot out from under him.

In a 2007 interview, Bahnsen said, “My only regret is about the 44 soldiers killed under my command. Every single loss is a tragedy for the military and the family.” He has been vocal that politicians who have no family members serving in the military are much too eager to send U.S. service members into danger. ...

“Doc” Bahnsen’s commendations include the Distinguished Service Cross, five Silver Stars, four Legions of Merit, three Distinguished Flying Crosses, four Bronze Stars (three with a V for valor), two Purple Hearts and 51 Air Medals. He was inducted into the Army Aviation Hall of Fame, the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame and was invited to and honored by the U.S. Air Force Staff College Gathering of Eagles. Maintaining a continuous relationship with West Point over the years, Bahnsen was named a 2016 Distinguished Graduate of West Point. ...

At “Doc’s” request, he is to be cremated and his ashes buried in an Army ammo box on the Georgia farm. Memorial celebrations in Georgia and West Virginia are to be arranged.

https://www.reviewonline.com/news/local-news/2024/02/local-veteran-passes-among-the-most-decorated-in-combat/
 

I met Doc and his wife at a GOP event - they were very active in the party.

[PeteS in CA]

Listening to Green Green, which I haven't heard in many years, really makes one feel dated.

Back when music lyrics were easy to understand.  What we have today and for the past 25 years is pure garbage.  A reflection of a dying culture perhaps.

In the early 70s there was a change in how songs were mixed, so that the vocals were at a volume level similar to the instruments.

The lead singer in the verse of the song was Barry McGuire, who is 88 and still alive. He was famous for "Eve of Destruction". A bit after McGuire stopped trying to "get higher", he recorded this Jesus Music classic:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVxovx-ezEM

[Smokin Joe]

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. John C. “Doc” Bahnsen dies at 89.https://www.reviewonline.com/news/local-news/2024/02/local-veteran-passes-among-the-most-decorated-in-combat/
 

I met Doc and his wife at a GOP event - they were very active in the party.

  R.I.P., General.

[Smokin Joe]

Australian motocrosser Jayo Archer dies at 27 attempting a triple backflip, a stunt no one else has ever pulled off successfully, either

https://www.espn.com/racing/story/_/id/39569870/motocross-x-games-jayo-archer-dies

According to the linked article, Archer did the triple backflip, and was one of only three who have. That does not mean the stunt is easy or safe, even with experience. He was setting his eyes on a quadruple, but was practicing the triple when he had his accident.

Josh Sheehan was the first to do it, Harry Bink was the other.
Source:
https://www.vurbmoto.com/harry-bink-and-jayo-archer-land-triple-backflip-at-nitro-world-games/

[GrouchoTex]

Don Gullett, Reds HOF pitcher for Cincinnati Big Red Machine dies at 73

https://www.wcpo.com/sports/baseball/reds/don-gullett-hofer-and-pitcher-for-the-big-red-machine-dies-at-73

I remember watching him pitch.
He was good.
I did not know he made it to the Hall of Fame.

[Lando Lincoln]

I remember watching him pitch.
He was good.
I did not know he made it to the Hall of Fame.

Misleading - maybe on my part.  He is in the team HOF, not MLB.

[jmyrlefuller]

Banjoist Roni Stoneman, Ida Lee Nagger of Hee Haw fame dies at 85

https://www.remindmagazine.com/article/11192/roni-stoneman-dead-hee-haw-first-lady-of-banjo/

[jmyrlefuller]

Baron Jacob Rothschild, best known for the numerous conspiracy theories surrounding his family's wealth and power, dies at 87

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68404567

[Ghost Bear]

Banjoist Roni Stoneman, Ida Lee Nagger of Hee Haw fame dies at 85

https://www.remindmagazine.com/article/11192/roni-stoneman-dead-hee-haw-first-lady-of-banjo/

I remember seeing her on Hee Haw. I had no idea she was that old, but now that I think of it, I saw those old Hee Haw shows in the 70s, which is 50 years ago now. 

[Fishrrman]

A good piece on Roni Stoneman:
https://bluegrasstoday.com/roni-stoneman-passes/

[mountaineer]

Baron Jacob Rothschild, best known for the numerous conspiracy theories surrounding his family's wealth and power, dies at 87

The Q nuts are going bonkos.

[Cyber Liberty]

The Q nuts are going bonkos.

Lots of garment rending?

[mountaineer]

Lots of garment rending?

More like dancing in the streets. Anything Rothschild - hell, anything relating to any person of Jewish descent, especially a death - gets them all a-twitter.

[jmyrlefuller]

The Q nuts are going bonkos.

It's quite hilarious. Even as the Rothschilds lost most of their wealth a century ago.

The family estate is down to about $500 million now, a pittance to the Big Tech overlords, not even enough to buy a pro sports team, let alone bailing out countries like they used to. But ask a Qanon, and they'll tell you the Rothschilds control a million times that and that their real assets are around $500 trillion, more than the entire world's money supply.

Then you go even deeper and you reach the anti-Catholic side of Kooksville, where the Rothschilds are actually puppets for the "Gray Pope" Orsini dynasty and its supposed 26-quadrillion-dollar nest egg (that's 14 digits, BTW).

[PeteS in CA]

The Q nuts are going bonkos.

Lots of garment rending?

Trying to decide what Rothschild will become the new bogey-object of their CYs.

[Cyber Liberty]

Trying to decide what Rothschild will become the new bogey-object of their CYs.

That should be easy.

[mountaineer]

Actor and philanthropist Gary Sinise talks about the death of his son Mac on Jan. 5 at the age of 33. In Honor & Memory of McCanna Anthony “Mac” Sinise 1990 - 2024

[deb]

Actor and philanthropist Gary Sinise talks about the death of his son Mac on Jan. 5 at the age of 33. In Honor & Memory of McCanna Anthony “Mac” Sinise 1990 - 2024

That was heartwrenching. Praying for the Sinise family.

[mountaineer]

Comedian Richard Lewis, ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ star, dead at 76
By Dan Heching, Brian Lowry and Alli Rosenbloom, CNN
4 minute read
Updated 5:39 PM EST, Wed February 28, 2024

Comedian and actor Richard Lewis, whose self-deprecating humor and acerbic wit in shows like “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and “Anything but Love” entertained audiences for decades, has died, according to his publicist Jeff Abraham. He was 76.

Abraham said in an email to CNN that the entertainer passed away “peacefully” at his home in Los Angeles on Tuesday night after having a heart attack.

In April of 2023, Richard revealed that he had been living with Parkinson’s disease.  ...

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/28/entertainment/richard-lewis-death/index.html

[Hoodat]

[Free Vulcan]

Men in Tights? If it is I loved him in that movie.