Obituaries for 2021

[Right_in_Virginia]

Just one more ....   

https://mobile.twitter.com/ColumbiaBugle/status/1437866960692420614

[dfwgator]

Just one more ....   

https://mobile.twitter.com/ColumbiaBugle/status/1437866960692420614

Between Rush and Norm, we've lost two of our best voices this year.

[Ghost Bear]

Steven Crowder did a nice tribute to Norm McDonald on his show this morning. It included lots of video and audio clips of his funniest bits, with commentary from Crowder and his crew. Norm freaking out The View harpies by mentioning the Clinton murders, and confusing the heck out of Larry King, are my favorites.

The tribute starts at about 50:10 into the show, here:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82Zf-uYQ8kw&t=3010s

[Wingnut]

Steven Crowder did a nice tribute to Norm McDonald on his show this morning. It included lots of video and audio clips of his funniest bits, with commentary from Crowder and his crew. Norm freaking out The View harpies by mentioning the Clinton murders, and confusing the heck out of Larry King, are my favorites.

The tribute starts at about 50:10 into the show, here:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82Zf-uYQ8kw&t=3010s

I watched it this morning.   Norm totally owned Barbara Wawa and the rest of the original harpies on the view! 

Okay....manslaughter!

[sneakypete]

Steven Crowder did a nice tribute to Norm McDonald on his show this morning. It included lots of video and audio clips of his funniest bits, with commentary from Crowder and his crew. Norm freaking out The View harpies by mentioning the Clinton murders, and confusing the heck out of Larry King, are my favorites.

The tribute starts at about 50:10 into the show, here:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82Zf-uYQ8kw&t=3010s

@Ghost Bear

I would normally rather have my eyes put out with a hot poker that watch those bitches,but I made sure to tune in when I found out Norm was going to be on the show. Damn glad I did,too. I thought Joy and BaBa were going to stroke out for a few minutes. Ok,ok. I was HOPING they would stroke out.

Norm didn't cut them ANY slack.

[catfish1957]

Steven Crowder did a nice tribute to Norm McDonald on his show this morning. It included lots of video and audio clips of his funniest bits, with commentary from Crowder and his crew. Norm freaking out The View harpies by mentioning the Clinton murders, and confusing the heck out of Larry King, are my favorites.

The tribute starts at about 50:10 into the show, here:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82Zf-uYQ8kw&t=3010s

Loved the comments of how underrated Norm's movie Dirty Work was.   Incredibly funny flick.

[jmyrlefuller]

Actress Jane Powell, known for her romantic comedies in the 1950s, dies at 92.

https://deadline.com/2021/09/jane-powell-dead-obituary-actress-royal-wedding-seven-brides-for-seven-brothers-was-92-1234838168/

[Wingnut]

Another Norm on the View.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otai1BhLSSM

[libertybele]

Another Norm on the View.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otai1BhLSSM

Thanks for posting -- hilarious!

[andy58-in-nh]

Another Norm on the View.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otai1BhLSSM

Dances with Bitches.

[jmyrlefuller]

Film director Melvin Van Peebles dies at 89. He was a pioneer of the genre that became known as "blaxploitation."
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/melvin-van-peebles-godfather-of-black-cinema-dies-at-89-1235018862/

[jmyrlefuller]

John Rigas, founder of Adelphia Communications, dies at 96.

Rigas oversaw the creation of Adelphia, a multi-billion-dollar cable television empire that put his minuscule hometown of Coudersport, Pennsylvania on the map. He would invest much of the earnings he made from Adelphia into the communities of rural northern Pennsylvania and western New York, including for a time owning the NHL's Buffalo Sabres during an era when the team was at its most successful.

Rigas faced a complicated downfall after it was revealed that he and his sons had resorted to illegal activites that defrauded the shareholders who had held publicly traded stock in Adelphia. He and his sons were convicted on federal charges, Adelphia was dismantled, and the elder Rigas served nine years in prison. He was released due to poor health in 2016 and lived out the rest of his life in Coudersport. He left a complex legacy in that he remains generally respected in western New York and Pennsylvania as a Robin Hood-like character who exploited institutional wealth and invested it into an economically downtrodden community.

https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/john-rigas-former-sabres-owner-and-convicted-adelphia-founder-dies-at-96/

[Wingnut]

Lost in the shuffle... He passed a few days ago.

George Frayne IV (1944–2021), Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen

Frayne took on the stage name and persona of Commander Cody after co-founding the band in 1967. Their debut album, released in 1971, yielded their most popular hit, a cover of the 1955 song “Hot Rod Lincoln.” It rose to the top 10 in 1972. The band would later have moderate success with singles including “Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar” and “Don’t Let Go.” After 10 years with the Lost Planet Airmen, Frayne embarked on a solo career, still using the name Commander Cody. He was also a painter and videographer whose art was exhibited in museums.
https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/george-frayne-iv-1944-2021-commander-cody-and-his-lost-planet-airmen-frontman/

[mountaineer]

Annika H Rothstein
@truthandfiction
Swedish artist Lars Vilks has died. Vilks was most famous for his depictions of the prophet Muhammad, a work of art & exercise in freedom of speech which forced him to live in a secret location with 24/7 security due to constant threats from Islamist extremists
5:04 PM · Oct 3, 2021·

Swedish cartoonist who survived two murder attempts after drawing the Prophet Mohammed is killed in mystery car crash along with his two police protection officers

    Lars Vilks, 75, killed in crash in Markaryd, Sweden just before 3pm on Sunday
    He received numerous threats to his life after drawing prophet with dog's body
    A lone gunman targeted him at a cafe in 2015  but he managed to escape bullets

By Laurence Dollimore For Mailonline
Published: 17:27 EDT, 3 October 2021 | Updated: 17:54 EDT, 3 October 2021 ...

[sneakypete]

Annika H Rothstein
@truthandfiction
Swedish artist Lars Vilks has died. Vilks was most famous for his depictions of the prophet Muhammad, a work of art & exercise in freedom of speech which forced him to live in a secret location with 24/7 security due to constant threats from Islamist extremists
 

@mountaineer


We all KNOW how to solve THAT little proglem,don't we? We just need to send them all back to whatever 12th century shithole they came from,and promise to kill them dead with bullets sprayed with Holy Water if we ever catch them in our countries.

The only question,and this is a serious questions,is "Why the HELL haven't we already started doing this?"

[mountaineer]

STOCKHOLM — The Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who had lived under police protection since his 2007 sketch of the Prophet Muhammad with a dog’s body brought death threats, died from a traffic accident Sunday, Swedish news media reported.

The accident reportedly involved a truck colliding with a civilian police car in which Lars Vilks and his police protection were traveling, news media said.  ...

The cause of the accident was under investigation. ...

Vilks’ life changed radically 13 years ago after he drew a sketch of Muhammad with a dog’s body. Dogs are considered unclean by conservative Muslims, and Islamic law generally opposes any depiction of the prophet, even favorable, for fear it could lead to idolatry.

Al-Qaida put a bounty on Vilks’ head. In 2010, two men tried to burn down his house in southern Sweden. Last year, a woman from Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in a plot to try to kill him.  ...

Associated Press

[mountaineer]

Ex-US Rep. Todd Akin, sunk by ‘legitimate rape’ remark, dies
Former conservative Republican U.S. Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri has died
By JOHN HANNA and JIM SALTER Associated Press
October 4, 2021, 7:59 AM

Former U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, a conservative Missouri Republican whose comment that women's bodies have a way of avoiding pregnancies in cases of “legitimate rape” sunk his bid for the U.S. Senate and became a cautionary tale for other GOP candidates, has died. He was 74.

Akin had cancer for several years, his son Perry said in a statement. He died late Sunday at his home in Wildwood, a St. Louis suburb. ... ABC News

[mountaineer]

‘Bridgerton’ Emmy winner Marc Pilcher dead at 53 of COVID-19
By Samantha Ibrahim   
October 4, 2021 1:48pm Updated

Hair and makeup artist Marc Pilcher died of COVID-19 on Sunday at the age of 53. He was double vaccinated and had no underlying health conditions, according to his agency Curtis Brown.  ...

The designer had tested negative on several COVID-19 tests in order to make the trip to the ceremony; however, shortly after his return home, he fell sick. ... NY Post

 

[jmyrlefuller]

Don't you dare.

[Slide Rule]

Don't you dare.

Why not?

[jmyrlefuller]

Why not?

I don't particularly feel like fighting a pro-vax vs. anti-vax argument in an obituary thread... there are plenty of threads in the Health board for that discussion, the main points of which have been beaten to death.

[Cyber Liberty]

I don't particularly feel like fighting a pro-vax vs. anti-vax argument in an obituary thread... there are plenty of threads in the Health board for that discussion, the main points of which have been beaten to death.

@jmyrlefuller

And I support your position 100%.  Other than brief comments, this is not the place for hashing out arguments that happen almost everywhere else on the Forum!

[MOD3]

@jmyrlefuller

And I support your position 100%.  Other than brief comments, this is not the place for hashing out arguments that happen almost everywhere else on the Forum!

Dittoes.

[Kamaji]

I don't particularly feel like fighting a pro-vax vs. anti-vax argument in an obituary thread... there are plenty of threads in the Health board for that discussion, the main points of which have been beaten to death.

Amen to that!

[mountaineer]

Yes, I agree, and that's why I didn't go there. The obit thread is not the place.

[Slide Rule]

Understandable that topics should be organized.

I agree with that and have noticed it is easier to find something here.

My why not, was meant as a joke, not a quesiton.

@Slide Rule

[jmyrlefuller]

Understandable that topics should be organized.

I agree with that and have noticed it is easier to find something here.

My why not, was meant as a joke, not a quesiton.

@Slide Rule

Ah, like a Timothy Leary "Why not?" 

[jmyrlefuller]

Broadcast engineer Hank Mahler dies at 84.

https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/hank-mahler-developer-of-the-smpte-color-bars-passes-away

He's best known for inventing the "color bars" test pattern you used to see on TV for decades:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI7FbMes_eU

[PeteS in CA]

Evidently, he had a hand in a lot of significant developments. Re the color bars test pattern:

During the early days of color television, maintaining timing and calibration of the analog color systems was a challenge.  To aid in this calibration process, Hank developed the

SMPTE Color Bars and was recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 2002 for standardizing and building the first SMPTE color bar generator.

In the very early days of color TV (the mid 50s), color sets were very finicky, and often had to be positioned carefully in a room and realigned in the owner's home. The classic Indian head test pattern was also designed for aligning TVs. The marvel of the RCA color television design was that it crammed a bunch more info into a signal that was still compatible with older B&W sets.

[Cyber Liberty]

Evidently, he had a hand in a lot of significant developments. Re the color bars test pattern:

In the very early days of color TV (the mid 50s), color sets were very finicky, and often had to be positioned carefully in a room and realigned in the owner's home. The classic Indian head test pattern was also designed for aligning TVs. The marvel of the RCA color television design was that it crammed a bunch more info into a signal that was still compatible with older B&W sets.

By the late 70's, TV stations were transmitting a miniature, one line version of the color bars just off the frame of the picture (near the Sync Pulse across the bottom of the screen).  After that, there was no need to adjust hue and tint on your TeeVee.

[Polly Ticks]

Betty Lynn Dies: Thelma Lou, Barney Fife’s Girlfriend On ‘The Andy Griffith Show, Was 95


Betty Lynn, a veteran actress who was best known as the girlfriend of bumbling sheriff’s deputy Barney Fife on television classic The Andy Griffith Show, has died at age 95. She passed on Saturday in Culver City, Calif. of an undisclosed but brief illness, according to the Andy Griffith Museum.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/betty-lynn-dies-thelma-lou-195244001.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAE5VKWyNXeP8I8EBlhIg0y0fQqMFSgUTwqxebng04_74aIzUs8eSNHh0m-jtXUFsSw5fHaVP9x7NKNqZIh2mrPFIpyL8KRCuCj2B7WzN9wvAD75gtjcOXi1_G--YAHEFKmqfFX7lslbOBbULuT_pwEhk02IM6jqomJCq1JNw2kLy\\

[Restored]

She was in Mt Airy NC for a while I believe. Incredibly personable.

[mountaineer]

A little more about Betty Lynn (which really was her name, as she was born Elizabeth Ann Theresa Lynn):

... Betty Lynn appeared in 26 episodes of the Andy Griffith Show with 25 appearances before the departure of Don Knotts, who played Barney Fife, led to her character departing the show as well. She would make one final guest appearance in the sixth season alongside Knotts. ...

Starting at age 18, she was part of a United Service Organization (USO) tour which took her through the China Burma India Theater during World War Two where, at one point, she met recently freed prisoners of war at a hospital in Rangoon.

Aside from her work on the Andy Griffith Show, she is also remembered for her role in a number of movies during the 1940s and 1950s including “Sitting Pretty” and the original “Cheaper by the Dozen” as well as Broadway shows such as “Oklahoma!” and “Park Avenue”.

Lynn remained active at Andy Griffith reunions and festivals, even virtually greeting fans who visited the Andy Griffith Museum, located in Mount Airy. ...

WSAZ

[sneakypete]

She was in Mt Airy NC for a while I believe. Incredibly personable.

@Restored

IIRC,that was Andy Griffin's home town,although he later bought and lived in a house in Martha's Vineyard in Manteo,NC.

[Gefn]

Colin Powell, military leader and first Black US secretary of state, dies

CNN)Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state whose leadership in several Republican administrations helped shape American foreign policy in the last years of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st, has died from complications from Covid-19, his family said on Facebook. He was 84.

This story is breaking and will be updated.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/18/politics/colin-powell-dies/index.html

[mountaineer]

Fully vaccinated, dead of covid.

[DCPatriot]

http://www.cnn.com/2021/10/18/politics/colin-powell-dies/index.html?fbclid=IwAR10MKbfnWVrXZpZq1Coqo4lRIXWI6KHUM_yqicfShjt1G4WwuMB6rzAmRs

[Wingnut]

Fully vaccinated, dead of covid.

Yep.  Tell me again how great these vaxxes are.

[mystery-ak]

Fully vaccinated, dead of covid.

WOW this is a shocker!

[Right_in_Virginia]

WOW this is a shocker!

@mystery-ak  -----  The story is up in National News  https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,451440.0.html

[sneakypete]

I don't get it. He's dead,Jim.

What updates do they have planned? Is he supposed to come back to life,or something?

[Restored]

Colin was being treated for cancer

[mountaineer]

Colin was being treated for cancer

A history of both myeloma and Parkinson's, I hear.

[Bigun]

All the lefties lining up to say what a great man Colin was. Guess they have short memories of what they said before.
Perhaps it was because he was black. Guess they are lining up for deaths of other great blacks as this is the season
for that sort of virtue signaling. Can't imagine what they will say about a certain black Supreme of long standing or
of a certain black Brain Surgeon of substantial merit.

I would rather call a man great while he is alive and active to change things in the here and now.

Colin Powell was a decent man, but his actions did cost many lives and made the war industry untold millions.

He attacked Hussain about weapons of mass destruction at the, was it a UN court? I remember hearing it on the radio.
Perhaps Limbaugh routed it through his program.

Powell was a good boy and took the stab. That likely caused his death.

Colin Powell was an affirmative action general that knew and played the game well but if things had been based on merit alone no one would know who he was.  Flame suit on.

[skeeter]

Colin Powell was an affirmative action general that knew and played the game well but if things had been based on merit alone no one would know who he was.  Flame suit on.

Flame suit unnecessary. IMO Powell endorsed an obviously anti-American socialist candidate twice because they shared the same melanin content. And we are in the state we're in today because of it. That cancels anything else good he may have done before.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Flame suit unnecessary. IMO Powell endorsed an obviously anti-American socialist candidate twice because they shared the same melanin content. And we are in the state we're in today because of it. That cancels anything else good he may have done before.

Well said, @skeeter   

[Cyber Liberty]

Flame suit unnecessary. IMO Powell endorsed an obviously anti-American socialist candidate twice because they shared the same melanin content. And we are in the state we're in today because of it. That cancels anything else good he may have done before.

This is true of many people, like McStain.

This is the obit thread, and there's a free-standing Topic on Colin Powell, so please comment about his faults and attributes there.

https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,451440.0.html

Thanks, all!

[skeeter]

This is true of many people, like McStain.

This is the obit thread, and there's a free-standing Topic on Colin Powell, so please comment about his faults and attributes there.

https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,451440.0.html

Thanks, all!

I understand. But it is tough avoiding biographical content on an obit thread, even the bad stuff.

[Cyber Liberty]

I understand. But it is tough avoiding biographical content on an obit thread, even the bad stuff.

I agree...up to a point.   

[sneakypete]

Colin Powell was an affirmative action general that knew and played the game well but if things had been based on merit alone no one would know who he was.  Flame suit on.

@Bigun

Anybody that thinks Colon Powell was conservative is delusuional. He was barely smarter than most bricks,and was a total affirmative-action general and presidential "advisor" who would have likely spent his life driving a taxi but for Affirmative Action and Henry Kissinger wanting a "darkie" to carry his briefcase while serving as a bodyguard.

He was so freaking incompetent as an army officer that he is the ONLY US Army advisor to a VN unit in VN that I ever heard of that didn't even get the standard "thanks for not burning down our country" award when his tour ended. A lot of that probably was due to the FACT that in his entire 1 year tour with a SVN Infantry unit,he never went  on combat missions with them to serve as an advisor. Which was a pretty freaking big deal because one reason US advisors were assigned to VN infantry units was that if immediate air or artillery strikes were needed,the officers in the US Army  or aerial units were MUCH more likely to respond to "we need help and here is where we need it!" calls than a voice over the radio with a Vietnamese accent.

He got his Bronze Star for Meritious Service on his second tour,where his job was to carry a briefcase for a General. Which,I guess proved he had the experience Little Henry needed. He got that award for being a PASSENGER in a helicopter flying to a briefing that had mechanial problems and had to make an emergency landing in a jungle clearing. There was NO enemy action involved whatsoever.

I am GUESSING that was when he put himself in for his CIB,because Gawd knows the only shots he ever heard fired were on a firing range.

He should have NEVER been promoted beyone the rank of Captain O-3 after proving he was a coward and a slacker in VN,but along came affirmation action and the need for alleged Republican politicians to "prove" they weren't prejudiced. Powell had found his calling.