Author Topic: Obituaries for 2025 (Read 143913 times)

deb · « **Reply #75 on:** January 20, 2025, 06:09:41 pm »

Quote from: Smokin Joe on January 20, 2025, 01:39:39 pm

Nasty stuff.

She's in God's hands, now.

Which is a frightening place to be…but for the blood of Jesus.

jmyrlefuller · « **Reply #76 on:** January 20, 2025, 06:18:35 pm »

Jack Hoffman, child cancer patient who went viral for his touchdown run in a Nebraska spring football game, dies at 19

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/43429318/jack-hoffman-nebraska-football-fan-known-run-dies-cancer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jmisv1Spck

Fishrrman · « **Reply #77 on:** January 21, 2025, 12:59:44 pm »

https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/garth-hudson-the-last-surviving-founding-member-of-the-band-dead-at-87/article_983498e8-d7fc-11ef-ac3c-4b6836c7f137.html

Garth Hudson, the last surviving founding member of The Band, dead at 87
The Windsor-born multi-instrumentalist was part of the Canadian contingent of the famous band.

By Nick Krewen

The last surviving founding member of The Band has died.

Keyboardist and saxophonist Garth Hudson, perhaps best known for his powerful and memorable Lowrey organ intro for the classic Band song “Chest Fever,” passed away peacefully in his sleep this morning at a nursing home in Woodstock, New York, Hudson’s estate executor confirmed to the Star.

He was 87.

Born in Windsor and raised in London, Ont., Hudson was recruited by Ronnie Hawkins and Levon Helm in 1961 to join Levon and The Hawks, the forerunner of The Band.

He was part of the Canadian contingent of the group that included guitarist Robbie Robertson, bass player Rick Danko and keyboardist/singer Richard Manuel, a musical collective that joined Bob Dylan in 1965 and went on to forge their own identity with such influential albums as “Music From The Big Pink” and “The Band.”

The Band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.

verga · « **Reply #78 on:** January 21, 2025, 01:53:49 pm »

Quote from: PeteS in CA on January 20, 2025, 12:24:50 pm

Cecile Richards, prominent women's rights activist and former Planned Parenthood president, dies at 67

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cecile-richards-womens-rights-activist-former-planned-parenthood-president-dies-67/

Glioblastoma is the cancer that killed John McCain III. Considering what Richards supported, I have no kindness to express.

mountaineer · « **Reply #79 on:** January 30, 2025, 01:59:06 pm »

Marianne Faithfull dead at 78: Pop icon best known for classic As Tears Go By dies as tributes pour in
By AIDAN RADNEDGE and OLIVIA CHRISTIE
Published: 13:24 EST, 30 January 2025 | Updated: 13:55 EST, 30 January 2025
Daily Mail

Singer and actress Marianne Faithfull has died at the age of 78, a spokesperson has said.

Tributes have poured in for the star whose hits included As Tears Go By, which was written by The Rolling Stones' Sir Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

In addition to her music career, Faithfull also acted in films including The Girl on a Motorcycle, as well as theatre productions. ...

Gefn · « **Reply #80 on:** January 30, 2025, 03:49:24 pm »

Quote from: mountaineer on January 30, 2025, 01:59:06 pm

Marianne Faithfull dead at 78: Pop icon best known for classic As Tears Go By dies as tributes pour in
By AIDAN RADNEDGE and OLIVIA CHRISTIE
Published: 13:24 EST, 30 January 2025 | Updated: 13:55 EST, 30 January 2025
Daily Mail

Singer and actress Marianne Faithfull has died at the age of 78, a spokesperson has said.

Tributes have poured in for the star whose hits included As Tears Go By, which was written by The Rolling Stones' Sir Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

In addition to her music career, Faithfull also acted in films including The Girl on a Motorcycle, as well as theatre productions. ...

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

jmyrlefuller · « **Reply #81 on:** January 31, 2025, 07:15:00 pm »

Dick Button, American figure skating legend, dies at 95

Button won gold medals for the United States at the 1948 and 1952 Winter Olympics, who landed the first double Axel jump and the first triple jump, and the first forward camel spin in figure skating history. Following a stint in law school, and a brief career as a professional in the Ice Capades, Button turned his attention to television, where he became a famed commentator and analyst for figure skating broadcasts on the Wide World of Sports and other network broadcasts for 46 years.

(And for those with a puerile curiosity... yes, he was.)

https://www.espn.com/olympics/figureskating/story/_/id/43631465/olympic-figure-skater-commentator-dick-button-dies-95

mountaineer · « **Reply #82 on:** January 31, 2025, 07:19:49 pm »

Quote from: jmyrlefuller on January 31, 2025, 07:15:00 pm

Dick Button, American figure skating legend, dies at 95

(And for those with a puerile curiosity... yes, he was.)

I assumed so, but that had nothing to do with his talent as a skating commentator.

Cyber Liberty · « **Reply #83 on:** January 31, 2025, 07:31:07 pm »

Quote from: mountaineer on January 31, 2025, 07:19:49 pm

I assumed so, but that had nothing to do with his talent as a skating commentator.

He was what?? Sorry, I'm watching the thread on the Philly plane crash...

mountaineer · « **Reply #84 on:** January 31, 2025, 07:37:01 pm »

Quote from: Cyber Liberty on January 31, 2025, 07:31:07 pm

He was what?? Sorry, I'm watching the thread on the Philly plane crash...

A homosexual.

jmyrlefuller · « **Reply #85 on:** January 31, 2025, 08:15:17 pm »

Quote from: Cyber Liberty on January 31, 2025, 07:31:07 pm

He was what?? Sorry, I'm watching the thread on the Philly plane crash...

DICK BUTTon. The kind of name Beavis and Butt-head would snicker at.

jmyrlefuller · « **Reply #86 on:** February 02, 2025, 07:18:21 pm »

Fay Vincent, former Commissioner of Baseball, dies at 86

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/43667090/former-mlb-commissioner-fay-vincent-dies-86

Cyber Liberty · « **Reply #87 on:** February 02, 2025, 07:35:08 pm »

Quote from: jmyrlefuller on February 02, 2025, 07:18:21 pm

Fay Vincent, former Commissioner of Baseball, dies at 86

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/43667090/former-mlb-commissioner-fay-vincent-dies-86

Timber Rattler · « **Reply #88 on:** February 05, 2025, 07:31:02 am »

Mort Künstler, hailed as America's most prominent historical artist, dies at 97

https://www.newsday.com/long-island/obituaries/mort-kunstler-obituary-jm3ll82b

Paywalled article but everybody has seen his Civil War artwork at Walmart.

Interestingly, he started out producing VERY racy pulp magazine cover artwork in the 1950s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48L1GCfYpKU

Fishrrman · « **Reply #89 on:** February 05, 2025, 05:54:58 pm »

Timber wrote above re Mort Kuntsler:
"Paywalled article but everybody has seen his Civil War artwork at Walmart."

Not paywalled.
Turn off javascript in your browser and re-load the page.
(I'm amazed at how few folks know how to do this)

Timber Rattler · « **Reply #90 on:** February 05, 2025, 06:20:28 pm »

Quote from: Fishrrman on February 05, 2025, 05:54:58 pm

Timber wrote above re Mort Kuntsler:
"Paywalled article but everybody has seen his Civil War artwork at Walmart."

Not paywalled.
Turn off javascript in your browser and re-load the page.
(I'm amazed at how few folks know how to do this)

Thanks! I had no idea.

jmyrlefuller · « **Reply #91 on:** February 05, 2025, 10:35:29 pm »

Marion Wiesel, Elie Wiesel's widow, dies at 94

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/obituaries/marion-wiesel.html

jmyrlefuller · « **Reply #92 on:** February 06, 2025, 05:13:15 pm »

Virginia Halas McCaskey, who inherited the Chicago Bears from her father George Halas, dies at 102

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/06/virginia-mccaskey-chicago-bears-owner-dies/

mountaineer · « **Reply #93 on:** February 09, 2025, 05:36:13 pm »

Stage and film actor Tony Roberts, who often starred in Woody Allen movies, dies at 85
By MARK KENNEDY
Updated 9:23 PM EST, February 7, 2025

Quote

NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Roberts, a versatile, Tony Award-nominated theater performer at home in both plays and musicals and who appeared in several Woody Allen movies — often as Allen’s best friend — has died. He was 85.

Roberts’ death was announced to The New York Times by his daughter, Nicole Burley.

Roberts had a genial stage personality perfect for musical comedy and he originated roles in such diverse Broadway musicals as “How Now, Dow Jones” (1967); “Sugar” (1972), an adaptation of the movie “Some Like It Hot,” and “Victor/Victoria” (1995), in which he co-starred with Julie Andrews when she returned to Broadway in the stage version of her popular film. He also was in the campy, roller-disco “Xanadu” in 2007 and “The Royal Family” in 2009. ...

Associated Press

Besides the Woody Allen movies, I remember him from a particular episode of "Law & Order," where his character's wife is caught having an affair with a much younger man. She tells Roberts that she's sick of "your hair plugs, Viagra and old man smell."

He really wasn't that old!

Kamaji · « **Reply #94 on:** February 09, 2025, 07:24:27 pm »

Quote from: deb on January 02, 2025, 08:17:51 am

If you can find photos of her pre-surgery, she was very pretty.

What evil, money-loving “doctor” would agree to perform surgery after surgery after surgery? Hippocratic oath anyone?

The same doctors that are willing to mutilate the sexual organs of children in order to fulfill a false political agenda.

jmyrlefuller · « **Reply #95 on:** February 09, 2025, 10:49:23 pm »

World War II airman and hero Harry Stewart Jr. dies at 100

https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/wwii-tuskegee-airman-harry-stewart-jr-dies-100-years-old

MajorClay · « **Reply #96 on:** February 11, 2025, 05:25:57 pm »

I wonder how many Tuskegee Airmen are left? I think we are down to 4 Navajo Code Talkers.

jmyrlefuller · « **Reply #97 on:** February 19, 2025, 08:06:27 pm »

Hurricane, canine Secret Service agent, dies at 16

Hurricane served during the Obama administration from 2012 to 2016 and became the most decorated dog in Secret Service history.

https://phl17.com/phl17-news/k9-hurricane-the-most-decorated-dog-in-u-s-history-has-died/

mountaineer · « **Reply #98 on:** February 20, 2025, 03:53:31 pm »

David Boren, former OK governor, US Senator and university president, dies at 83. https://apnews.com/article/david-boren-dead-bd20cd90922840e18b96473afc8ec4e2

jmyrlefuller · « **Reply #99 on:** February 21, 2025, 06:07:49 pm »

Jerry Butler, legendary R&B singer-songwriter from the 1960s, dies at 85

Butler had a long collaboration with Curtis Mayfield, and the two were members of the late 1950s group The Impressions. Both with the Impressions and as a solo artist, Butler struck hits such as "For Your Precious Love," "He Will Break Your Heart" (a top-10 hit that made it to number one when Tony Orlando covered it and retitled it "He Don't Love You"), "Only the Strong Survive" and "Ain't Understanding Mellow." He co-wrote "I've Been Loving You Too Long" for Otis Redding.

In later life, Butler joined the Chicago political machine, serving as a Democratic politician in Cook County, Illinois. He died of Parkinson's disease February 20.

https://apnews.com/article/jerry-butler-soul-singer-dead-85-1148f5bc574c4e8b82d8f0e550921980