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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #650 on: October 25, 2016, 12:24:00 pm »
Jack Chick, a controversial California-based evangelist who used comic books to spread the gospel, died Sunday at the age of 92, according to a note on his Facebook page.

“Brothers and Sisters in Christ: Brother Jack Chick passed away Sunday evening, October 23, peacefully in his sleep. He was 92,” the note said.

“He will be interred in a small private ceremony. Condolences can be sent to Chick Publications, and they will be taken to his widow. God bless you all.”

Chick is best known for his empire of comic-book-style Christian tracts, which often featured in-your-face confrontations against beliefs and philosophies that did not agree with evangelical Protestantism, especially Catholicism and Judaism, leading some to consider him a religious bigot.


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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #651 on: October 25, 2016, 12:35:02 pm »
This is so funny. It gave me something to laugh at in the midst of my sadness that Bobby Vee is gone. 


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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #652 on: October 25, 2016, 12:42:27 pm »
Bob Hoover, one of history’s greatest pilots, dead at 94

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One of the greatest pilots in the history of aviation died this morning, according to reports.

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« Reply #653 on: October 25, 2016, 01:05:46 pm »
Quote from: AllThatJazzZ on October 25, 2016, 12:35:02 pm
This is so funny. It gave me something to laugh at in the midst of my sadness that Bobby Vee is gone. 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xynupjtlUBU

Very insightful!   LOL
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #654 on: October 25, 2016, 04:53:04 pm »
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #655 on: October 28, 2016, 11:16:03 am »
Rest in Peace: John Zacherle a.k.a. Zacherley, The Cool Ghoul

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What we have here is the end of an era. One of the few remaining famed original horror movie hosts, John Zacherle, known affectionately to fans as Zacherley, The Cool Ghoul, has passed on at the age of 98! That's quite a run and we're all a lot creepier as a result of his illustrious career!

Zacherley was an American television host, radio personality and voice actor known for his long career as a television horror host broadcasting horror movies in Philadelphia and New York City in the 1950s and 1960s. Best known for his character "Roland/Zacherley," he also did voice work for movies, and recorded the top ten novelty rock and roll song "Dinner With Drac" in 1958. He also edited two collections of horror stories, Zacherley's Vulture Stew and Zacherley's Midnight Snacks.

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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #656 on: October 31, 2016, 10:24:18 am »
Horror host Zacherley dies at 98



John Zacherle had a career in radio that spanned four decades, but is best known for his relatively short eight-year stint as a horror host in New York City and Philadelphia from 1957 to 1965, helping to popularize the television format. The comic horror host would be Zacherle's best known character, and he would appear in character throughout the rest of his life. Although he was forced into retirement at 78 after a format change at the radio station he was working at in 1996, he continued to make many public appearances in character, and his fame outside New York and Philadelphia grew in part because his longevity allowed him to be seen.

Even before his national touring, Zacherley was known nationwide for his one-hit wonder novelty hit "Dinner with Drac," a record released with the help of his close friend, Dick Clark.

Zacherley had no wife or chlidren, but was uncle to three, including Bonnie Zacherle, the creator of the My Little Pony franchise, and for that may be indirectly responsible for perhaps one of the scariest aspects of modern culture: bronies.

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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #657 on: November 01, 2016, 02:03:38 pm »
Tammy Grimes, the Original 'Unsinkable Molly Brown,' Dies at 82

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Tammy Grimes, the throaty actress and singer who conquered Broadway at the age of 26, winning a Tony Award for her performance in "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," and went on to a distinguished stage career, died on Sunday in Englewood, N.J. She was 82...

Ms. Grimes made films, including "Play It as It Lays," "The Last Unicorn" and "Slaves of New York," and appeared in dozens of television movies and series (including her own short-lived sitcom, "The Tammy Grimes Show," in 1966). But the starring role in the film version of "Molly Brown" (1964) went to Debbie Reynolds, who had a more traditional Hollywood look and sound...
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #658 on: November 01, 2016, 03:11:56 pm »
'Tuck Everlasting' Author Natalie Babbitt Dies at 84

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Natalie Babbitt, author of the beloved children's novel Tuck Everlasting, has died after battling cancer. She was 84.

Babbitt, who also was an illustrator, had been diagnosed with lung cancer recently and died at her home in Hamden, Conn., on Monday, said her husband, Samuel Fisher Babbitt.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #659 on: November 01, 2016, 03:21:19 pm »
Quote from: jmyrlefuller on October 31, 2016, 10:24:18 am
Horror host Zacherley dies at 98



John Zacherle had a career in radio that spanned four decades, but is best known for his relatively short eight-year stint as a horror host in New York City and Philadelphia from 1957 to 1965, helping to popularize the television format. The comic horror host would be Zacherle's best known character, and he would appear in character throughout the rest of his life. Although he was forced into retirement at 78 after a format change at the radio station he was working at in 1996, he continued to make many public appearances in character, and his fame outside New York and Philadelphia grew in part because his longevity allowed him to be seen.

Even before his national touring, Zacherley was known nationwide for his one-hit wonder novelty hit "Dinner with Drac," a record released with the help of his close friend, Dick Clark.

Zacherley had no wife or chlidren, but was uncle to three, including Bonnie Zacherle, the creator of the My Little Pony franchise, and for that may be indirectly responsible for perhaps one of the scariest aspects of modern culture: bronies.

Obituary from the Hollywood Reporter

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He died on Halloween? That's cool.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #660 on: November 01, 2016, 03:57:47 pm »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on November 01, 2016, 03:21:19 pm
He died on Halloween? That's cool.

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He died on the 27th.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #661 on: November 04, 2016, 04:19:06 pm »
Kay Starr, ferociously expressive singer who had pop hit with 'Wheel of Fortune,' dies at 94

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Kay Starr, a ferociously expressive singer whose ability to infuse swing, pop and country songs with her own indelible, bluesy stamp made her one of the most admired recording artists of her generation, died Nov. 3 at her home in Los Angeles. She was 94...

With Capitol Records and RCA, she became a jukebox queen in the late 1940s and 1950s with such hits as "Wheel of Fortune," "Bonaparte's Retreat," "Side by Side" and "The Rock and Roll Waltz." They cumulatively sold millions of records...
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #662 on: November 04, 2016, 05:22:01 pm »
My Mother in Law (whom I actually loved), two days ago, of cancer. She wasn't famous, would not want to be mentioned by name, but was beloved by 13 brothers, two sisters (most have passed before her), two surviving children, a platoon of grandchildren, and an army of great-grandchildren. She will be missed. She was twenty years older than Mrs. Joe.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #663 on: November 04, 2016, 05:48:15 pm »
Condolences,  Joe.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #664 on: November 04, 2016, 11:02:41 pm »
Quote from: mountaineer on November 04, 2016, 05:48:15 pm
Condolences,  Joe.
Thanks, from all of us: Three surviving kids, five kids in law, fifteen grandchildren, thirty one great grandchildren, and nine great-great grandchildren. Hers was a life well lived, that touched many.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #665 on: November 06, 2016, 07:52:00 am »
@Smokin Joe Condolences to you and your family.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #666 on: November 07, 2016, 05:15:32 am »
MIAMI –  Janet Reno, the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general and the epicenter of several political storms during the Clinton administration, has died. She was 78.

Reno died early Monday from complications of Parkinson's disease, her goddaughter Gabrielle D'Alemberte said. D'Alemberte said Reno spent her final days at home in Miami surrounded by family and friends.

Reno, a former Miami prosecutor who famously told reporters "I don't do spin," served nearly eight years as attorney general under President Bill Clinton, the longest stint in a century.

One of the administration's most recognizable and polarizing figures, Reno faced criticism early in her tenure for the deadly raid on the Branch Davidian compound at Waco, Texas, where sect leader David Koresh and some 80 followers perished.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #667 on: November 07, 2016, 06:18:13 am »
Quote from: verga on November 07, 2016, 05:15:32 am
MIAMI –  Janet Reno, the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general and the epicenter of several political storms during the Clinton administration, has died. She was 78.

Reno died early Monday from complications of Parkinson's disease, her goddaughter Gabrielle D'Alemberte said. D'Alemberte said Reno spent her final days at home in Miami surrounded by family and friends.

Reno, a former Miami prosecutor who famously told reporters "I don't do spin," served nearly eight years as attorney general under President Bill Clinton, the longest stint in a century.

One of the administration's most recognizable and polarizing figures, Reno faced criticism early in her tenure for the deadly raid on the Branch Davidian compound at Waco, Texas, where sect leader David Koresh and some 80 followers perished.
They left out the family (minister's kid) in Miami/Dade she persucuted until they left the country, even after allegations of sexual misconduct at the daycare were proven wrong.
May Almighty God reward her as she so richly deserves.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #668 on: November 07, 2016, 07:49:44 am »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on November 07, 2016, 06:18:13 am
They left out the family (minister's kid) in Miami/Dade she persucuted until they left the country, even after allegations of sexual misconduct at the daycare were proven wrong.
May Almighty God reward her as she so richly deserves.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #669 on: November 07, 2016, 07:55:00 am »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on November 07, 2016, 06:18:13 am
They left out the family (minister's kid) in Miami/Dade she persucuted until they left the country, even after allegations of sexual misconduct at the daycare were proven wrong.
May Almighty God reward her as she so richly deserves.

I'll second that. Reno's passing is a reminder that even though a person might get away with murder in this life there will come a day of reckoning, nonetheless.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #670 on: November 07, 2016, 08:05:48 am »
By Stephanie Hanes November 7 at 4:32 AM

Janet Reno, the strong-minded Florida prosecutor tapped by Bill Clinton to become the country’s first female U.S. attorney general, and who shaped the U.S. government’s responses to the largest legal crises of the 1990s, died Nov. 7 at her home in Miami. She was 78.

The cause was complications from Parkinson’s disease, her goddaughter, Gabrielle D’Alemberte, told the Associated Press.

Ms. Reno brought a fierce independence to her job. From the FBI siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Texas to the investigation into Clinton’s sexual relationship with intern Monica Lewinsky, she was adamant that her prosecutors and agents work outside of the influence of politics, media or popular opinion.

Her supporters believed she brought a heightened level of integrity and professionalism to the attorney general’s office. They admired her insistence upon legal exactitude from her employees, and praised her caution in prosecutions.

Read more at WaPo:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/janet-reno-former-us-attorney-general-dies-at-78/2016/11/07/50fe8810-a4cc-11e6-8042-f4d111c862d1_story.html
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #671 on: November 07, 2016, 08:06:26 am »
May the old child-killer/kidnapper rot in Hell.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #672 on: November 07, 2016, 08:15:30 am »
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #673 on: November 07, 2016, 08:18:25 am »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on November 07, 2016, 08:05:48 am


 "she brought a heightened level of integrity and professionalism to the attorney general’s office." 

Read more at WaPo:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/janet-reno-former-us-attorney-general-dies-at-78/2016/11/07/50fe8810-a4cc-11e6-8042-f4d111c862d1_story.html

Epic literary use of irony.  Wonder if they kept a straight face while writing.
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Re: Obituaries for 2016
« Reply #674 on: November 07, 2016, 08:21:40 am »
Quote from: catfish1957 on November 07, 2016, 08:18:25 am
Epic literary use of irony.  Wonder if they kept a straight face while writing.

It's WaPo, so who knows.  Half of them actually believe the claptrap they write.
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