Obituaries for 2018

[mountaineer]

Of course they did:

NYT Uses Obituary to Smear ‘Ultraconservative’ Coors Leader as 'Racist, Sexist and Homophobic’
By Clay Waters
October 15, 2018 3:21 PM EDT

Monday’s New York Times obituary by Robert McFadden for American beer pioneer William Coors (of the brewing company that carries his name) violated the usual tasteful norms for an obit, starting with the headline and the text box: “William Coors, Ultraconservative Leader Of Brewery Based in Colorado, Dies at 102.” The text box: “A chairman’s speeches were often labeled racist, sexist and homophobic.”

McFadden led off with hostility:

    William K. Coors, who led one of America’s biggest beer makers for decades, but whose ultraconservative speeches and anti-union policies incurred boycotts and the wrath of organized labor, civil rights groups and minorities, died on Saturday at his home in Golden, Colo. He was 102.  ...

Along with his younger brother, Joseph, a Coors executive who supported Ronald Reagan’s rise to the presidency, William Coors, although not as overtly political, championed bootstrap success and free enterprise, and was widely admired by conservatives.

But he alienated unionists, blacks, Hispanics, women and gays with views and policies that critics called racist, sexist and homophobic, and members of those groups joined informal boycotts of Coors beer in increasing numbers in the 1970s.  ...

More at Newsbusters

[endicom]

Of course they did:More at Newsbusters

Never have an ancestor named Adolph.

[truth_seeker]

Summer 1971.  Had gone to great lengths to buy about 15 cases of Coors in Panguitch Utah, for our continuing journey.

Two nights later, camped at North Rim of the Grand Canyon, when we shared a campfire with guys from Massachuseetts.

We learned they too, would stock up on Coors while "out West," as they did not yet have Coors back home.

BTW fantastic trip, Zion, Bryce, North Rim GC, Oak Creek Canyon, Sedona AZ.

BTW2, Coors never a great beer.

[mountaineer]

When I went to college in Oklahoma, Coors could be purchased there but not in my home state of Missouri. It was back when Paul Newman famously had it flown to his home in Connecticut.   So it was quite the exotic thing to get some Coors and take it home to dad.

Now that I actually know what beer is supposed to taste like, I wouldn't be caught dead buying Coors.

[Gefn]

I just got a news flash on my iPhone that Paul Allen , co-founder of Microsoft died at 65. No details. 🚨

[endicom]

I just got a news flash on my iPhone that Paul Allen , co-founder of Microsoft died at 65. No details. 🚨

That seems to be true. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

RIP

[jmyrlefuller]

Paul Allen, multibillionaire who founded Microsoft with Bill Gates, dies at 65



Allen was an early partner of Bill Gates when they co-founded Microsoft in 1975. Illness forced Allen to scale back on his work in 1982 but refused to sell his shares in the company to Gates. As a result, when Gates took Microsoft to massive heights in the late 1980s and into the 1990s, Allen became extremely rich. Allen reinvested much of his money into Vulcan, an investment firm, which had a broad variety of holdings. Among Allen's interests included professional sports (the Seattle Seahawks and Portland Trail Blazers), filmmaking, various donations to the sciences, and other stereotypically rich interests such as yachting and fine art.

Allen died October 15 from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He left no next of kin.

Obituary from KING-TV in Seattle

Wikipedia

[jmyrlefuller]

Dennis Hof, Nevada's most famous pimp, dies at 73


(Hof, at left in pink, with Heidi Fleiss and Ron Jeremy)

In 1992, Hof took advantage of the state of Nevada's loose laws on prostitution and took over operations of his first brothel, the Moonlite BunnyRanch, where he had been a longtime john. Hof's empire expanded to seven brothels across Nevada, many of which were located in the suburbs of the state capital of Carson City.

Maitnaining an unusually high profile for such a discreet business, Hof was a gregarious and sometimes eccentric man, appearing as himself in the HBO reality series Cathouse, which documented his business. Toward the end of his life, Hof, who had variously been registered as a Republican and a Libertarian, entered politics. At the time of his death he was the GOP nominee for a seat in the Nevada State Assembly.

Hof died without warning in his sleep.

Obituary from the Reno Gazette-Journal

Wikipedia

[Cyber Liberty]

Hof was being investigated for Sex Trafficking.   

[jmyrlefuller]

Hof was being investigated for Sex Trafficking.   

Yeah, being in that business usually draws suspicion of that, whether he did so or not.

[musiclady]

Yeah, being in that business usually draws suspicion of that, whether he did so or not.

If he's in "that business" he did it.  Not possible that he didn't.

[Cyber Liberty]

If he's in "that business" he did it.  Not possible that he didn't.

The question is "Is it legal in his county in Nevada?"  I spoke with a friend recently who worked for Hos, and he said it's likely Hos had some workers who weren't properly licensed in Nye, which would be why he was being investigated.

He's also a Republican who was running for State Representative, so there's that.

[musiclady]

The question is "Is it legal in his county in Nevada?"  I spoke with a friend recently who worked for Hos, and he said it's likely Hos had some workers who weren't properly licensed in Nye, which would be why he was being investigated.

He's also a Republican who was running for State Representative, so there's that.

Well, this is not the place to get into this debate, but among the workers, no matter where they "work" are a number of women who have been victims of trafficking, kidnapping and abuse.  The average little girl doesn't grow up and say, "I want to sell my body and be disgraced and be owned by a pimp, just for money."  There has been abuse.  There has been molestation.  There has been something to make these women grow up to consider that they are worth no more than this and of no real value to men.

Licensed or not, some of Hof's "workers" are or have been sex slaves.

He was guilty, and for all we know, may be being punished already for his vile sins.

[Cyber Liberty]

Well, this is not the place to get into this debate, but among the workers, no matter where they "work" are a number of women who have been victims of trafficking, kidnapping and abuse.  The average little girl doesn't grow up and say, "I want to sell my body and be disgraced and be owned by a pimp, just for money."  There has been abuse.  There has been molestation.  There has been something to make these women grow up to consider that they are worth no more than this and of no real value to men.

Licensed or not, some of Hof's "workers" are or have been sex slaves.

He was guilty, and for all we know, may be being punished already for his vile sins.

That's the distinction between "Is it legal?" and "Is it moral?"  No doubt in my mere human mind it's immoral as Hell (literally.)  I was just addressing the first part.  My friend, who is a socialist lefty, worked for a bordello as a chauffeur and was registered as a "sex worker," even though he certainly was not a prostitute.

(He is an old friend of 40 years, and we knew from the start we were onn different paths.)

[Machiavelli]

'Dirty' Dick Slater passes away at 67 (professional wrestler)

According to the NWA's Twitter account, "Dirty" Dick Slater has passed away at age 67. No cause of death was given.

Born Richard Van Slater, Slater was best known for his runs in WCW and Georgia Championship Wrestling with plenty of stops in between.

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[Machiavelli]

R.I.P. Danny Leiner, Director of ‘Harold & Kumar’ and ‘Dude, Where’s My Car?

Sad news, folks. We’re seeing reports on Facebook that Danny Leiner, the director of the beloved comedies Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle and Dude, Where’s My Car? has passed away following a long illness.

Leiner got his start with the well-received short films My Birthday Cake and Time Expired, which led him to make his feature debut with the 1996 comedy Layin‘ Low starring Jeremy Piven and Edie Falco. Four years later, he was tapped to direct the Ashton Kutcher-Seann William Scott comedy Dude, Where’s My Car?, where he also worked with a young Jennifer Garner. The film grossed $73 million worldwide on a $13 million budget, proving to be a modest hit for 20th Century Fox, though a much-rumored sequel failed to materialize.

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[Applewood]

Leiner was 57 -- way too young.  May he rest in peace.

[Machiavelli]

Dick Modzelewski, Key Lineman in a Vaunted Giants Defense, Dies at 87

Dick Modzelewski, the Giants’ tackle who played on the line that transformed defensive players into glamorous pro football figures during the team’s glory years of the late 1950s and early ’60s, died on Friday at his home in Eastlake, Ohio. He was 87.

His death was confirmed by his daughter Laurie Hardesty.

Modzelewski, the winner of the 1952 Outland Trophy as college football’s best interior lineman, playing for the University of Maryland, was obtained by the Giants in a trade before the 1956 season. Soon, chants of “Dee-fense” rang out at Yankee Stadium as Modzelewski at left tackle, Jim Katcavage at left end, Andy Robustelli at right end — all in their first season as Giants — and Rosey Grier at right tackle formed the first N.F.L. defensive line to be celebrated as a unit.

The Giants routed the Chicago Bears, 47-7, to win the 1956 N.F.L. championship and captured five more Eastern Conference titles in the next seven years with that defensive line virtually intact.

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Career stats

[jmyrlefuller]

Charles Wang, Chinese-American billionaire, dies at 74

Wang was born in China in 1944 and fled to the United States with his family eight years later to escape Communism. He earned a college degree in mathematics and physics but proved himself an even better salesman, serving as a co-founder of Computer Associates. Despite the risky move of using a credit card to finance the company, CA became a major success.

In 2000, after leaving the company he founded, Wang purchased the New York Islanders hockey team, a move that Wang later admitted was a huge mistake. Despite this, he fought extensively to keep the team on Long Island throughout his ownership but was unable to secure a new arena to replace the woefully outdated Nassau Coliseum. He sold the team in 2016.

Obituary from Newsday

Wikipedia

[Applewood]

Joachim Ronneberg: Norwegian who thwarted Nazi nuclear plan dies

Joachim Ronneberg, the Norwegian resistance fighter who sabotaged Nazi Germany's nuclear weapons ambitions during World War Two, has died aged 99.

In 1943, he led a top-secret raid on a heavily-guarded plant in Norway's southern region of Telemark.

The operation was immortalised in the 1965 Hollywood film Heroes of Telemark, starring Kirk Douglas.

More at:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45938874#

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Interesting story.  This man was a real hero.  Rest in peace.

[Suppressed]

Joachim Ronneberg: Norwegian who thwarted Nazi nuclear plan dies

WOW, I hadn't realized he was still alive!

Yes, a true hero.  RIP.

[Gefn]

WOW, I hadn't realized he was still alive!

Yes, a true hero.  RIP.

RIP.

[Machiavelli]

James Karen, Actor in 'Poltergeist' and So Much More, Dies at 94

James Karen, the instantly recognizable character actor who moved the cemetery’s headstones — but not the bodies — as the developer Mr. Teague in the modern horror classic Poltergeist, has died. He was 94.

The incredibly prolific Karen, who also was noteworthy in such films as The China Syndrome (1979) and The Return of the Living Dead (1985) and on the finale of NBC’s Little House on the Prairie — he’s the dastardly reason the town of Walnut Grove was blown up — died Tuesday at his Los Angeles home, his wife, Alba, said.

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Another one of those, "you may not recognize his name but you'll know him when you see his picture" folks.

[Silver Pines]

James Karen, Actor in 'Poltergeist' and So Much More, Dies at 94

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Another one of those, "you may not recognize his name but you'll know him when you see his picture" folks.

@Machiavelli

I can hear his voice, too.  RIP

[jmyrlefuller]

Dorcas Reilly, inventor of green bean casserole, dies at 92

In 1955, Reilly, then 29 years old, was working in the home economics department at the Campbell Soup Company and was tasked with developing recipes for Campbell's products. She noted that the company's cream of mushroom soup was becoming a popular binder in casseroles and decided to add green beans for a base, since most households had frozen or canned green beans in their pantry or freezer. Adding various other ingredients (including fried onions, which today are almost exclusively used for the dish), her casserole initially didn't test well within the company, but through persistence and tweaking, it ultimately became a staple of Thanksgiving dinner.

Reilly left Campbell's in 1961 to focus on being a stay-at-home mom. With her children grown, she returned to Campbell's 20 years later for another seven-year run with the company.

Reilly died October 15 from complications of Alzheimer's disease.

Obituary from CNN

Wikipedia (green bean casserole article)

[Applewood]

Wow!  My mom made that green bean casserole every Thanksgiving.  Now  my  brother and SIL continue the tradition. 

Rest in peace, Mrs. Reilly and thank you.

[verga]

Wow!  My mom made that green bean casserole every Thanksgiving.  Now  my  brother and SIL continue the trafition. 

Rest in peace, Mrs. Reilly and thank you.

Loved it growing up, my wife's family didn't make it, so now we don't. Might ask the wife to do it this year in honor of Mrs. Reilly

[debrawiest]

Loved it growing up, my wife's family didn't make it, so now we don't. Might ask the wife to do it this year in honor of Mrs. Reilly

It’s a Thanksgiving staple at our house. One year, I tried to change it up and offered a more “modern” version of green bean casserole. Wow. The push-back from the family was ridiculous. So back to the original.
And it always reminds me of going to my grandparents for the holidays. Grandma made the best food.

[Sanguine]

Pretty amazing how directly and deeply Mrs. Reilly affected so many people.  We will have our traditional green bean casserole at Thanksgiving and Christmas too.

[catfish1957]

Pretty amazing how directly and deeply Mrs. Reilly affected so many people.  We will have our traditional green bean casserole at Thanksgiving and Christmas too.

I think she should be immortalized as the purveyor of the low brow cuisine trend  that onion strings taste good on about anything.   

[Sanguine]

I think she should be immortalized as the purveyor of the low brow cuisine trend  that onion strings taste good on about anything.   

Hey, nothing low brow about it if it tastes good.

[catfish1957]

Hey, nothing low brow about it if it tastes good.

I agree.  But tell that to some of these millennials who think they are professional home chefs.   

[musiclady]

Hey, nothing low brow about it if it tastes good.

Amen to that!  I absolutely love it, and have since I was a kid.

RIP Mrs. Reilly.  You've made a lot of people happy.

[GrouchoTex]

Wow!  My mom made that green bean casserole every Thanksgiving.  Now  my  brother and SIL continue the trafition. 

Rest in peace, Mrs. Reilly and thank you.

We do it every year.
The only change is fresh green beans, over canned or frozen.
Everything else on the recipe remains the same.
We may have thrown in fresh mushrooms a time or two.

[Applewood]

Swamp Rock Icon Tony Joe White Dead at 75

Singer-songwriter Tony Joe White, a prolific tunesmith whose swamp-soaked 1968 pop hit “Polk Salad Annie,” reflected his Louisiana upbringing, died yesterday, Wednesday, October 24th, of natural causes at his home in Leipers Fork, Tennessee, just outside Nashville. He was 75.

White, who had a Top Ten record with “Polk Salad Annie,” also saw it popularized by Elvis Presley. He was also perhaps best known as the writer of the deeply atmospheric and soulful “Rainy Night in Georgia,” a Number Four pop hit for Brook Benton in 1970 and covered by a number of other acts including Hank Williams Jr., B.J. Thomas, Shelby Lynne, and as a duet by Conway Twitty and Sam Moore.

Excerpt.  More at:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/tony-joe-white-dead-obituary-747393/

[EasyAce]

Wah Wah Watson, Guitarist for Marvin Gaye and Michael Jackson, Dead at 67
Former Funk Brother Melvin Ragin’s idiosyncratic riffs anchored many Motown classics

His two most iconic recordings . . .

The Temptations, "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"

! No longer available

Marvin Gaye, "Let's Get It On"

! No longer available

RIP to an exemplary Funk Brother . . .

[Sanguine]

Swamp Rock Icon Tony Joe White Dead at 75

Excerpt.  More at:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/tony-joe-white-dead-obituary-747393/

He was good. 

[jmyrlefuller]

Swamp Rock Icon Tony Joe White Dead at 75

Excerpt.  More at:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/tony-joe-white-dead-obituary-747393/

! No longer available

[berdie]

Swamp Rock Icon Tony Joe White Dead at 75

Excerpt.  More at:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/tony-joe-white-dead-obituary-747393/

In the 90's or early 2000's I went to see Joe Cocker. Tony Joe opened for him. I was surprised...he was great! RIP

[GrouchoTex]

Swamp Rock Icon Tony Joe White Dead at 75

Excerpt.  More at:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/tony-joe-white-dead-obituary-747393/

He was a Louisiana guy who played Texas a lot in his early days.
Just 2 weeks ago, I heard an interview with him on satellite radio.

[Machiavelli]

Lindon Crow, veteran of NFL's 'greatest game ever,' dies at 85

Lindon Crow, the former NFL defensive back who had three interceptions in the 1958 sudden-death NFL championship dubbed "the greatest game ever played," has died. He was 85.

He died Thursday in Exeter, California, due to complications from a series of strokes, the University of Southern California said Friday.

Crow led the NFL in interceptions with 11 in 1956 and had 41 picks in his pro career. He played defensive back for the Cardinals from 1955 to '57, New York Giants from 1958 to '60, and Los Angeles Rams from 1961 to '64.

More

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Career stats

[endicom]

John Taylor Gatto

https://fee.org/articles/john-taylor-gatto-1935-1918-remembering-americas-most-courageous-teacher/?utm_source=zapier&utm&fbclid=IwAR25nyF977O_plwVUJMaiNCrSsljMCrxo2sRNJKoqPgc-83MvAg4PE5hLYE

Homeschoolers should know of him.


https://www.johntaylorgatto.com

[jmyrlefuller]

James J. Bulger, Jr., Boston mafioso, dies at 89



Born in the projects of Boston to a disabled Canadian father and Irish mother, Bulger earned a reputation as a criminal in his childhood. After a troubled stint in the Air Force, he began developing connections with Boston's organized crime scene, eventually rising to the top of the Winter Hill Gang, a mixture of Irish and Sicilian mafia forces that controlled South Boston.

Bulger is believed to have been involved in dozens of murders, many of which were overlooked because of Bulger's relationship with John Connolly, a handler for the FBI, whom Bulger manipulated to help bring down the rival Patriarca crime family and people whom he viewed as threats to his power, essentially turning the FBI into an enforcement arm for his own mob.

In 1994, the Drug Enforcement Agency bypassed the FBI and began investigating Bulger themselves, at which point Bulger fled town. The FBI would eventually place Bulger on their Ten Most Wanted list.

Bulger was found after 16 years as a fugitive from justice in 2011 and convicted of racketeering shortly thereafter. He was killed in prison shortly after arriving in a transfer to West Virginia where at least two other homicides had occurred in the previous two months.

Obituary from Nexstar Broadcasting Group

Wikipedia

[Sanguine]

Mueller and Comey may be breathing a sigh of relief at that news.

[Cyber Liberty]

Mueller and Comey may be breathing a sigh of relief at that news.

I'm thinking that too.  Especially Mueller.

[sneakypete]

James J. Bulger, Jr., Boston mafioso, dies at 89



Born in the projects of Boston to a disabled Canadian father and Irish mother, Bulger earned a reputation as a criminal in his childhood. After a troubled stint in the Air Force, he began developing connections with Boston's organized crime scene, eventually rising to the top of the Winter Hill Gang, a mixture of Irish and Sicilian mafia forces that controlled South Boston.

Bulger is believed to have been involved in dozens of murders, many of which were overlooked because of Bulger's relationship with John Connolly, a handler for the FBI, whom Bulger manipulated to help bring down the rival Patriarca crime family and people whom he viewed as threats to his power, essentially turning the FBI into an enforcement arm for his own mob.

In 1994, the Drug Enforcement Agency bypassed the FBI and began investigating Bulger themselves, at which point Bulger fled town. The FBI would eventually place Bulger on their Ten Most Wanted list.

Bulger was found after 16 years as a fugitive from justice in 2011 and convicted of racketeering shortly thereafter. He was killed in prison shortly after arriving in a transfer to West Virginia where at least two other homicides had occurred in the previous two months.

Obituary from Nexstar Broadcasting Group

Wikipedia

@jmyrlefuller

So,he was whacked? Normally,I would say "good for the whackers,they saved the taxpayers some money!",but this guy was likely to drop any day anyhow.

[sneakypete]

Mueller and Comey may be breathing a sigh of relief at that news.

@Sanguine

Why? What am I missing?

[Sanguine]

@Sanguine

Why? What am I missing?

No, Robert Mueller And James Comey Aren't Heroes | HuffPost

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[mountaineer]

Wow, live and learn. I didn't know there was a federal prison for men in W.Va., just the one for women, Alderson, where Squeaky Fromme and Martha Stewart were sent.

[Sanguine]

@Cyber Liberty, from the Daily Mail article: 

Sources tell DailyMail.com Bulger was about to dish on FBI informant program


...The sources said he hadn't even been processed at the West Virginia facility when he was killed. But someone who knew he was being transferred put the word out - the killer had to know he was coming.