Obituaries for 2025

[mystery-ak]

If his dementia was as bad as they say, he probably thought nothing of it, or if he did, he didn't remember how to call for help by that point.

Must be,...also no one to give him is meds...had chronic heart disease...

[GtHawk]

Hantavirus?  Damn, that must have meant that they had a rodent infestation in their house.  Shudder......

Not necessarily, you can be infected by blown dust that is infected and blown and you breathe it in, or maybe she was cleaning the kennels outside and handled/ touched an infected area and then her face/ mouth. Hantavirus is rare but there have been reports of hikers contracting it. Seems we see stories every few years when rodent populations like the Deer Mouse explode.

[berdie]

Must be,...also no one to give him is meds...had chronic heart disease...

My thoughts as well. No mention of how advanced his dementia was. But I think it could have been advanced.

[DCPatriot]

Steve Anderson aka @truth_seeker 's birthday is today.

RIP my FRiend!

[Free Vulcan]

Hate to see Hackman and his wife and dog go out like that. Hackman was ironically named because he was anything but. Master of his craft and I don't ever recall him spewing about politics left or right. So appreciated the real deal.

[Cyber Liberty]

Steve Anderson aka @truth_seeker 's birthday is today.

RIP my FRiend!

Dittos. He could be a PITA to the Mods at times, but he was always true to his word!  I miss him greatly, he kept us honest.  Never had to give him a TO.

[jmyrlefuller]

Selwyn Raab, author who specialized in organized crime and discovered evidence clearing the names of those  wrongfully convicted in high-profile cases, dies at 90

[Bigun]

Steve Anderson aka @truth_seeker 's birthday is today.

RIP my FRiend!

Thanks for the reminder @DCPatriot 

[catfish1957]

Not necessarily, you can be infected by blown dust that is infected and blown and you breathe it in, or maybe she was cleaning the kennels outside and handled/ touched an infected area and then her face/ mouth. Hantavirus is rare but there have been reports of hikers contracting it. Seems we see stories every few years when rodent populations like the Deer Mouse explode.

My first job out of college dealt with epidemiology.  What you suggest though possible is improbable.  Disease vectors are more likely to rely on a critical mass to become communicable.  Meaning, x amt of virus will need to be introduced, like in this case respitorially.  I seriously doubt one rat/mouse or one mouse/rat dropping caused that infection.

Or like you said the infection was gotten outside. But Santa Fe is typically very wet and snowy in Winter, so I doubt the droppings would have gotten dry enough to become wind blown or blown by a gas blower, or what ever.   We may never know.

[jafo2010]

New Mexico is the state where this type of disease presents itself.  It is the state that has bubonic plague when it happens.  Almost every year there are cases of the plague, and usually it is New Mexico.  I am sure the other more exotic diseases appear there too.

Many of the elite want us gone.  Expect disease to affect large numbers into the future.  It will be orchestrated.

[jmyrlefuller]

Bob Rivers, radio DJ and parody musician extraordinaire, dies at 68

If you don't recognize the name Bob Rivers, you might recognize his parody records. Beginning in the mid-80s with his topical parodies such as the Bell-themed Sedaka spoof "Breaking Up Is Hard on You" (a minor Hot 100 hit) and the David Lee Roth satire "Just a Big Ego," in the late 1980s he found his most famous niche: spoofing Christmas records. In the next fifteen years, Rivers would release five Twisted Christmas albums lampooning Christmas melodies or turning pop songs into holiday novelties, his most widely known being "The Twelve Pains of Christmas," (rigging up the lights!!).

Rivers, who enjoyed a long career in morning radio (most enduringly in Seattle), died March 11 from esophageal cancer.

https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/bob-rivers-longtime-seattle-radio-host-dies-at-68/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F4Bh9iRZcQ


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

[rustynail]

John Feinstein, sports commentator and best-selling author, dies at 68

[catfish1957]

Just saw where former Senator Alan Simpson died at age 93.

Easily one of the funniest legislators, ever. RIP

[Wingnut]

Just saw where former Senator Alan Simpson died at age 93.

Easily one of the funniest legislators, ever. RIP

“We have two political parties in this country, the Stupid Party and the Evil Party. I belong to the Stupid Party,”

Still true today!

[DefiantMassRINO]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ciYXO4V3Y4

[jmyrlefuller]

Junior Bridgeman, former basketball star who parlayed his earnings into a billion-dollar business empire, dies at 72

https://www.wave3.com/2025/03/11/former-uofl-all-star-billionaire-philanthropist-junior-bridgeman-dies-after-suffering-medical-emergency/

[mountaineer]

After retiring from the NBA, Bridgeman returned to Louisville and invested in the fast-food franchise. He eventually owned 500 Wendy’s and Chili’s restaurants across the country. Bridgeman has served on several of Louisville’s board chairs and is also a co-owner of Valhalla Golf Club.

In 2016, Forbes ranked Bridgeman the fourth-wealthiest retired athlete in the world, behind Arnold Palmer, David Beckham and Michael Jordan.

Wow, what a success story.

[jmyrlefuller]

The Youngbloods frontman Jesse Colin Young dies at 83

The Youngbloods were largely one-hit wonders for their late-1960s peace anthem "Get Together."

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5331329/jesse-colin-young-obituary


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34YUI3CmckA

[Gefn]

Last surviving pilot from the Battle of Britain, John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, dies at 105

LONDON (AP) — The last surviving pilot of the Battle of Britain has died, severing the last living link to the few thousand young men who fought the Nazi air force to a standstill amid fears that Britain might be forced to capitulate during the early months of World War II.

John “Paddy’’ Hemingway, an Irish national who enlisted in the Royal Air Force before the war began, died Monday at his home in Dublin, the RAF said. He was 105.

Hemingway was just 20 years old when he and his comrades in the Royal Air Force took to the skies to fight off wave after wave of Nazi aircraft that sought to pound Britain into submission during the summer and autumn of 1940.

https://apnews.com/article/battle-of-britain-raf-pilot-dies-9f0b9e5c4a837dfc61c0bef3c98b33ea

[catfish1957]

Sad to think in about 10 or so years, there will be no World War II vets left. 

[GtHawk]

The Youngbloods frontman Jesse Colin Young dies at 83

The Youngbloods were largely one-hit wonders for their late-1960s peace anthem "Get Together."

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5331329/jesse-colin-young-obituary


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34YUI3CmckA

But who could forget ‘I’m a Hog For You Baby’.

[mountaineer]

Boxing legend entrepreneur,  preacher George Foreman  has died.

[Smokin Joe]

Boxing legend entrepreneur,  preacher George Foreman  has died.

He was entertaining, at the very least. RIP George.

[jmyrlefuller]

One of the most genuinely likable personalities in boxing, a field notorious for jerks.

[Lando Lincoln]

Boxing legend entrepreneur,  preacher George Foreman  has died.

This will sound like total bs, but…

Back in the early 80’s, I was a beach bum of sorts for a time in Barbados. Several months of tough duty. Anyway, there was an open hut style bar near St. Lawrence Gap that was called Boomers. The owner was from Youngstown, Ohio and was a big fan of Boom Boom Mancini, a boxer from Youngstown - hence the name of the bar. During that time, George Foreman spent a lot of time in Barbados and Boomers was one of his frequent stops. I actually got to chat with him a time or two. Warm, gracious guy without a doubt. He was always interested in the lives of people he met, it seemed.  Nice memory.