Obituaries for 2024

[Right_in_Virginia]

Black voters. Apparently,  there's a large segment who see OJ as some sort of hero for killing the white b!tch.

I wish I were kidding.

Not a hero so much for "killing the white bitch";  -- but for getting away with it.

[Timber Rattler]

Robert MacNeil, creator and first anchor of PBS ‘NewsHour’ nightly newscast, dies at 93

https://www.abc27.com/news/entertainment/ap-robert-macneil-creator-and-first-anchor-of-pbs-newshour-nightly-newscast-dies-at-93/

Robert MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast “The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour” in the 1970s and co-anchored the show for with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decades, died on Friday. He was 93.

MacNeil died of natural causes at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, according to his daughter, Alison MacNeil.

MacNeil first gained prominence for his coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings for the public broadcasting service and began his half-hour “Robert MacNeil Report” on PBS in 1975 with his friend Lehrer as Washington correspondent.

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[Gefn]

Lori and George Schappell, World’s Oldest Conjoined Twins, Dead at 62

he world's oldest conjoined twins have died.

The Guinness World Records (GWR) and Leibensperger Funeral Homes in Leesport website confirmed that the world's oldest conjoined twins, Lori L. Schappell and George A. Schappell, of Pennsylvania, died on Sunday, April 7, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.



Fullscreen button

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/lori-and-george-schappell-world-s-oldest-conjoined-twins-dead-at-62/ar-BB1lxpM6?OCID=ansmsnnews11

[jmyrlefuller]

Robert MacNeil, co-founder and namesake of PBS's MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour, dies at 93

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/business/media/robert-macneil-dead.html

[Gefn]

I found this page on Wikipedia of famous (and infamous) people who have shuffled off this mortal coil in 2024

Pretty interesting- and a good bookmark?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2024

[mountaineer]

That is a good one to bookmark, @Gefn
I remember this woman, who reportedly died yesterday: Beverly LaHaye, 94, American Christian conservative activist and author, founder of Concerned Women for America.

[Gefn]

That is a good one to bookmark, @Gefn
I remember this woman, who reportedly died yesterday: Beverly LaHaye, 94, American Christian conservative activist and author, founder of Concerned Women for America.

I read all 15 (16?) books written by her husband this year in the "Left Behind" series. Little formulaic but still a good read .
@mountaineer

94 is a dang good run

[Gefn]

Dickie Betts died today


https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dickey-betts-allman-brothers-band-dead-727523/

[libertybele]

RIP Dickie - Thanks for the beautiful music.

Allman Brothers Blues Band - Melissa - Acoustic - Live Music - Gregg & Dickie Betts


www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggeab0lKz2c

[Gefn]

Mandisa, Grammy-winning singer and 'American Idol' alum, has died at 47

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Mandisa, a contemporary Christian singer who appeared on "American Idol" and won a Grammy for her 2013 album 'Overcomer', has died. She was 47.

A representative for the singer told The Associated Press that the singer was found dead in her home in Nashville, Tennessee, on Thursday. The representative said the cause of Mandisa's death was not yet known.

Mandisa, whose full name was Mandisa Lynn Hundley, was born near Sacramento, California, and grew up singing in church. She gained stardom after finishing ninth on "American Idol" in 2006.

As she left, host Ryan Seacrest told the singer that she was "a great spirit on the show."

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/19/1246054710/mandisa-singer-american-idol-dead

[deb]

Mandisa, Grammy-winning singer and 'American Idol' alum, has died at 47



https://www.npr.org/2024/04/19/1246054710/mandisa-singer-american-idol-dead

Such sad news.

[jmyrlefuller]

Roman Gabriel, former star QB of the LA Rams and College Football Hall of Famer, dies at 83

https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/roman-gabriel-former-nc-state-and-pro-quarterback-who-was-the-ap-nfl-mvp-in-1969-dies-at-83

[Cyber Liberty]

Roman Gabriel, former star QB of the LA Rams and College Football Hall of Famer, dies at 83

https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/roman-gabriel-former-nc-state-and-pro-quarterback-who-was-the-ap-nfl-mvp-in-1969-dies-at-83

Whoa!

[Wingnut]

Whoa!

Ditto.

[GtHawk]

Roman Gabriel, former star QB of the LA Rams and College Football Hall of Famer, dies at 83

https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/roman-gabriel-former-nc-state-and-pro-quarterback-who-was-the-ap-nfl-mvp-in-1969-dies-at-83

I can't recall how many times I heard the announcer call "Gabriel to Snow for the touchdown!" I just watched "The Undefeated" last night where Gabriel played John Wayne's adopted Indian son............so believable

[AllThatJazzZ]

Roman Gabriel, former star QB of the LA Rams and College Football Hall of Famer, dies at 83

https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/roman-gabriel-former-nc-state-and-pro-quarterback-who-was-the-ap-nfl-mvp-in-1969-dies-at-83

I assumed he'd passed on. I'm feeling really old now. Prayers for his loved ones.

[mountaineer]

Terry Anderson, reporter held hostage in Lebanon for 7 years, dead at 76
By Associated Press   via NY Post
Published April 21, 2024, 6:27 p.m. ET

Terry Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who became one of America’s longest-held hostages after he was snatched from a street in war-torn Lebanon in 1985 and held for nearly seven years, has died at 76.

Anderson, who chronicled his abduction and torturous imprisonment by Islamic militants in his best-selling 1993 memoir “Den of Lions,” died on Sunday at his home in Greenwood Lake, New York, said his daughter, Sulome Anderson.

The cause of death was unknown, though his daughter said Anderson recently had heart surgery. ...

[Wingnut]

Terry Anderson, reporter held hostage in Lebanon for 7 years, dead at 76
By Associated Press   via NY Post
Published April 21, 2024, 6:27 p.m. ET

Terry Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who became one of America’s longest-held hostages after he was snatched from a street in war-torn Lebanon in 1985 and held for nearly seven years, has died at 76.

Anderson, who chronicled his abduction and torturous imprisonment by Islamic militants in his best-selling 1993 memoir “Den of Lions,” died on Sunday at his home in Greenwood Lake, New York, said his daughter, Sulome Anderson.

The cause of death was unknown, though his daughter said Anderson recently had heart surgery. ...

RIP.  Wonder how he felt about the AP today.   Just wondering....

[Hoodat]

RIP.  Wonder how he felt about the AP today.   Just wondering....

Did they keep him on payroll for those seven years?

[verga]

O.J. Simpson
@TheRealOJ32
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On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer.

He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren.

During this time of transition, his family asks that you please respect their wishes for privacy and grace.

-The Simpson Family

Back in the day the Buffalo Bills would hold open practices at one of the local colleges. There would be about a 100 kids there watching. O. J. would be one of the few that stayed until every kids that got an autograph got one. Adult me was devastated when the news broke. I did not want to believe it. NEVER meet your heroes.

[Timber Rattler]

Back in the day the Buffalo Bills would hold open practices at one of the local colleges. There would be about a 100 kids there watching. O. J. would be one of the few that stayed until every kids that got an autograph got one. Adult me was devastated when the news broke. I did not want to believe it. NEVER meet your heroes.

Yeah, they used to train just down the road at Fredonia State University.

[PeteS in CA]

Rev. Cecil Williams, Glide Memorial Church co-founder and San Francisco leader, dies at 94

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/rev-cecil-williams-glide-memorial-co-founder-san-francisco-community-pillar-dies-at-94/

Reverend Cecil Williams, who co-founded Glide Memorial Church and dedicated his life to San Francisco's underserved community, died Monday at the age of 94.

The Glide Foundation said he died surrounded by friends and family at his San Francisco home.

"We have lost an incomparable champion of social justice, civil and human rights, and liberation theology," Glide said.

In a statement, San Francisco Mayor London Breed described Williams as the "conscience of San Francisco community."

As Social Gospelers go (or went), he was pretty much all social, no Gospel. OTOH, unlike some Social Gospelers, his hands and feet were where his mouth was. Sadly, while he would not recognize it, things he did did much harm, possibly more than any good he did (speaking secularly).

[dfwgator]

Rev. Cecil Williams, Glide Memorial Church co-founder and San Francisco leader, dies at 94

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/rev-cecil-williams-glide-memorial-co-founder-san-francisco-community-pillar-dies-at-94/

As Social Gospelers go (or went), he was pretty much all social, no Gospel. OTOH, unlike some Social Gospelers, his hands and feet were where his mouth was. Sadly, while he would not recognize it, things he did did much harm, possibly more than any good he did (speaking secularly).

Sounds like Jim Jones without the Kool-Aid.

[PeteS in CA]

Sounds like Jim Jones without the Kool-Aid.

From what I've heard, Before heading off to start Jonestown, Jim Jones did do some social assistance type stuff in SF. This would have been, I guess, in the early and/or mid 70s, before I moved from Phoenix to Silicon Valley.

Cecil Williams preached all the radical stuff - race-victimology, anti-American, yada, yada, yada - but unlike, e.g., Jesse or Sharp Al, Williams did try to aid people with food and necessaries. His activities might actually have been more helpful than government programs by actually dealing with individuals as individuals.

I'm not anything like a fan, but I do try to be realistic.

[Timber Rattler]

Colonel Tigh in the original Battlestar Galactica.

Terry Carter, ‘Battlestar Galactica’ and ‘McCloud’ Actor, Dies at 95

https://variety.com/2024/film/people-news/terry-carter-dead-battlestar-galactica-mccloud-1235979429/

Terry Carter, who played sergeant Joe Broadhurst on the TV series “McCloud” and detective Colonel Tigh on the original “Battlestar Galactica,” died at his home in New York, N.Y., Tuesday morning. He was 95.

Born John Everett DeCoste in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Dec. 16, 1928, to parents of Dominican, Argentine and African American descent, Carter would go on to become the first Black TV news anchor for Boston’s WBZ-TV Eyewitness News, where he also became their first opening night drama and movie critic. He was also one of the first Black regulars on the 1956 TV sitcom series “The Phil Silvers Show,” in which he played Private Sugarman.

Carter’s other credits include the 1970 TV movie “Company of Killers,” in which he starred alongside Van Johnson and Ray Milland, and the 1974 film “Foxy Brown” with Pam Grier.

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