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Re: Obituaries for 2017
« Reply #1550 on: October 25, 2017, 10:50:33 am »
Quote from: jmyrlefuller on October 25, 2017, 10:48:07 am
Fats Domino dies at 89



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Ain't that a shame :( I hope there's a blueberry hill in heaven
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Re: Obituaries for 2017
« Reply #1551 on: October 25, 2017, 10:55:09 am »
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No!  One of my all-time favorites.

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Re: Obituaries for 2017
« Reply #1552 on: October 25, 2017, 11:02:56 am »
Another of the greats from the 50s gone. 

Rest in peace.
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« Reply #1553 on: October 25, 2017, 11:36:17 am »
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Re: Obituaries for 2017
« Reply #1554 on: October 25, 2017, 12:09:44 pm »
Bad day for the greats of '28.
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Re: Obituaries for 2017
« Reply #1555 on: October 25, 2017, 03:10:23 pm »
One of my all time favorites and sweet memories from childhood.  My Dad (R.I.P.) used to play this when I was a kid ... "Blueberry Hill" came out the year I was born!!!  (Now ya'll know).


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« Reply #1556 on: October 25, 2017, 03:12:15 pm »
"Ain't that a Shame" !!!  .... What a great honky-tonk piano player!  Sing it Fats.


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Re: Obituaries for 2017
« Reply #1558 on: October 25, 2017, 03:48:04 pm »
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Re: Obituaries for 2017
« Reply #1559 on: October 25, 2017, 04:08:57 pm »
Quote from: jmyrlefuller on October 25, 2017, 10:48:07 am
Fats Domino dies at 89


Obituary from NBC News

 

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That one hurts. IMHO,the Fat Man never really received the credit he deserves for making "that new-fangled rock and roll racket!" popular.

I never heard one single negative word about him personally,either.
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Re: Obituaries for 2017
« Reply #1560 on: October 26, 2017, 01:50:57 am »
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That one hurts. IMHO,the Fat Man never really received the credit he deserves for making "that new-fangled rock and roll racket!" popular.

I never heard one single negative word about him personally,either.

He was one of the very best of the early crowd. Always Mr. Suave and Smooth.
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Re: Obituaries for 2017
« Reply #1561 on: October 26, 2017, 03:05:28 am »
Quote from: Free Vulcan on October 26, 2017, 01:50:57 am
He was one of the very best of the early crowd. Always Mr. Suave and Smooth.
He had class.
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Re: Obituaries for 2017
« Reply #1562 on: October 26, 2017, 10:18:43 am »
 Wow. Another icon of my youth gone...... RIP Fats.
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Re: Obituaries for 2017
« Reply #1563 on: October 26, 2017, 04:03:49 pm »
Suzan Farmer
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https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/24/suzan-farmer-obituary


Suzan Farmer in The Saint, 1965. Photograph: ITV/Rex/Shutterstock

Suzan Farmer, who has died aged 75 of cancer, was a vocally precise actor with beguiling eyes who starred in a number of films for Hammer, the British company that specialised in memorable gothic horror.

In particular she was the heroine of Terence Fisher’s Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), the second of Hammer’s productions with Christopher Lee as the evil count. The target of the vampire’s lust, she bravely resisted him with the help of her screen husband Francis Matthews, before shooting the ice off a frozen moat and plunging Dracula into the freezing water below at the film’s climax. Farmer also provided, in post-production, the screams supposedly uttered by her co-star Barbara Shelley.

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Re: Obituaries for 2017
« Reply #1564 on: October 26, 2017, 08:41:57 pm »
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Suzan Farmer
Hammer horror film actor who went on to take a variety of roles in popular television series, including Coronation Street, The Saint and Blake’s 7
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/24/suzan-farmer-obituary


Suzan Farmer in The Saint, 1965. Photograph: ITV/Rex/Shutterstock

Suzan Farmer, who has died aged 75 of cancer, was a vocally precise actor with beguiling eyes who starred in a number of films for Hammer, the British company that specialised in memorable gothic horror.

In particular she was the heroine of Terence Fisher’s Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), the second of Hammer’s productions with Christopher Lee as the evil count. The target of the vampire’s lust, she bravely resisted him with the help of her screen husband Francis Matthews, before shooting the ice off a frozen moat and plunging Dracula into the freezing water below at the film’s climax. Farmer also provided, in post-production, the screams supposedly uttered by her co-star Barbara Shelley.

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Interestingly enough, I just watched that flick a few days ago. One of the curious facts about the movie is that Dracula never utters a word of dialogue. Christopher Lee read the script before filming, and Dracula had dialogue.  Lee felt the dialogue wasn't worth it, so he never said anything as the count.  Just a lot of snarling.
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Re: Obituaries for 2017
« Reply #1565 on: November 07, 2017, 04:43:53 pm »
Major League Baseball pitcher Roy Halladay dies at 40



Halladay spent 16 seasons in Major League Baseball, 12 of those with the Toronto Blue Jays and the rest with the Philadelphia Phillies. Halladay was one of the most respected pitchers of his time, appearing in eight All-Star Games and winning two Cy Young Awards (2003 and 2010, leading all of Major League Baseball in wins those years). Halladay was one of a select few pitchers in MLB history to throw a perfect game (May 29, 2010), one of two no-hitters he threw that year alone (the other being in the playoffs October 6).

Halladay's plane crashed into the Gulf of Mexico November 7.

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Re: Obituaries for 2017
« Reply #1566 on: November 07, 2017, 04:45:17 pm »
http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/11/7/16620412/roy-halladay-dead-plane-crash-florida-phillies-blue-jays


Roy Halladay, former Phillies and Blue Jays pitcher, dies in Florida plane crash

The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the sad news.
by Whitney McIntosh@WhitneyM02 Nov 7, 2017, 4:28pm EST



Roy Halladay, who pitched in the major leagues for the Phillies and Blue Jays for 16 seasons from 1998 to 2013, was killed in a plane crash in Pasco County, Fla., on Tuesday afternoon.

The Pasco Country sheriff’s office confirmed the news in a press conference, saying that their “hearts and prayers go out to the family”, and that Halladay was a personal friend. That he “meant a lot to the sheriff’s office” and that they will be working with the family to provide any assistance they can.

Prior to the press conference, speculation about whether the victim of the crash was Halladay was tied to the tail number of the plane, which matched that of the plane he owned. He was an avid flyer, and less than a month ago was featured on Icon Aircraft’s website as the first person to receive a Model Year 2018 A5 plane.

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Re: Obituaries for 2017
« Reply #1567 on: November 09, 2017, 06:27:07 pm »
LOS ANGELES — A spokeswoman for the family of actor John Hillerman says the co-star of TV’s “Magnum, P.I.” has died. Hillerman was 84.

Spokeswoman Lori De Waal said Hillerman died Thursday at his home in Houston. She said the cause of death has yet to be determined.

Hillerman played stuffy Jonathan Higgins to Tom Selleck’s free-wheeling private detective Thomas Magnum in the hit 1980s series set in Hawaii.

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Re: Obituaries for 2017
« Reply #1568 on: November 09, 2017, 06:46:51 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on November 09, 2017, 06:27:07 pm
LOS ANGELES — A spokeswoman for the family of actor John Hillerman says the co-star of TV’s “Magnum, P.I.” has died. Hillerman was 84.

Spokeswoman Lori De Waal said Hillerman died Thursday at his home in Houston. She said the cause of death has yet to be determined.j

Hillerman played stuffy Jonathan Higgins to Tom Selleck’s free-wheeling private detective Thomas Magnum in the hit 1980s series set in Hawaii.

http://pix11.com/2017/11/09/magnum-p-i-actor-john-hillerman-dies-at-84/

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Re: Obituaries for 2017
« Reply #1569 on: November 09, 2017, 06:59:44 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on November 09, 2017, 06:27:07 pm
LOS ANGELES — A spokeswoman for the family of actor John Hillerman says the co-star of TV’s “Magnum, P.I.” has died. Hillerman was 84.

Spokeswoman Lori De Waal said Hillerman died Thursday at his home in Houston. She said the cause of death has yet to be determined.

Hillerman played stuffy Jonathan Higgins to Tom Selleck’s free-wheeling private detective Thomas Magnum in the hit 1980s series set in Hawaii.

http://pix11.com/2017/11/09/magnum-p-i-actor-john-hillerman-dies-at-84/

Rest in peace.  Loved Magnum PI.
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Re: Obituaries for 2017
« Reply #1570 on: November 09, 2017, 07:06:51 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on November 09, 2017, 06:27:07 pm
LOS ANGELES — A spokeswoman for the family of actor John Hillerman says the co-star of TV’s “Magnum, P.I.” has died. Hillerman was 84.

Spokeswoman Lori De Waal said Hillerman died Thursday at his home in Houston. She said the cause of death has yet to be determined.

Hillerman played stuffy Jonathan Higgins to Tom Selleck’s free-wheeling private detective Thomas Magnum in the hit 1980s series set in Hawaii.

http://pix11.com/2017/11/09/magnum-p-i-actor-john-hillerman-dies-at-84/


He was the OG of the OMG!


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Re: Obituaries for 2017
« Reply #1571 on: November 10, 2017, 11:36:09 am »
Quote from: Applewood on November 09, 2017, 06:59:44 pm
Rest in peace.  Loved Magnum PI.

Ahhhhh.  Magnum PI. 

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Re: Obituaries for 2017
« Reply #1572 on: November 10, 2017, 03:47:22 pm »
The character Higgins was a great counterpoint to Selleck's character. Wonderfully done! Farewell, sir, thanks, and RIP!
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Re: Obituaries for 2017
« Reply #1573 on: November 11, 2017, 11:49:43 am »
Chuck Mosley of Faith No More, R.I.P.

Thought he’d cleaned up.
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Re: Obituaries for 2017
« Reply #1574 on: November 11, 2017, 09:05:23 pm »
Overwatch legend Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka dies at 30
The Overwatch community is in mourning.
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Former Team Liquid Overwatch coach Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka has passed away at the age of 30.

Hawelka's passing was confirmed on Twitter by Team Liquid owners Steve Arhancet and Victor Goossens. "We are in touch with his family, and are supporting them in every way we can while we all try to grasp the loss," the owners wrote. "We humbly ask everyone to respect his family's privacy during this difficult time."

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