Author Topic: Obituaries for 2026 (Read 2146 times)

Wingnut · « **Reply #50 on:** January 13, 2026, 12:38:20 pm »

Always remember Scott Adams was right.

RIP

PeteS in CA · « **Reply #51 on:** January 13, 2026, 01:26:24 pm »

Quote from: mountaineer on January 13, 2026, 12:28:23 pm

He described the runaround and crap healthcare he'd gotten from Kaiser Permanente. Some may blame the company for his death.

KaiPerm does not handle more urgent/serious health problems very well. I had Kaiser at one company, decades ago, because that was what they had (the company was Kaiser Electronics, so there was an historical tie). Since then KaiPerm has gone from a "No!" to an "Oh Hell, NO!" for me due to almost mishandling a friend's baby with a critical problem (the friend had to find a way to bypass their pediatrician and get the problem resolved by a different Kaiser facility and doctor).

As for The Vaccine and prostate cancer, prostate cancer has been around millennia longer than Bogey-mRNA vaccines.

Cyber Liberty · « **Reply #52 on:** January 13, 2026, 02:02:03 pm »

Quote from: PeteS in CA on January 13, 2026, 01:26:24 pm

KaiPerm does not handle more urgent/serious health problems very well. I had Kaiser at one company, decades ago, because that was what they had (the company was Kaiser Electronics, so there was an historical tie). Since then KaiPerm has gone from a "No!" to an "Oh Hell, NO!" for me due to almost mishandling a friend's baby with a critical problem (the friend had to find a way to bypass their pediatrician and get the problem resolved by a different Kaiser facility and doctor).

As for The Vaccine and prostate cancer, prostate cancer has been around millennia longer than Bogey-mRNA vaccines.

I agree about the prostate cancer being unrelated to the vax.

mountaineer · « **Reply #53 on:** January 13, 2026, 02:05:37 pm »

Quote from: Cyber Liberty on January 13, 2026, 02:02:03 pm

I agree about the prostate cancer being unrelated to the vax.

Agreed. It just happens.
What also happens is stupid leftists saying stupid disgusting things: a People magazine writer calls Scott "disgraced," apparently because she figured she disagreed with his political views.

https://twitter.com/Rightanglenews/status/2011122281716617518

DB · « **Reply #54 on:** January 13, 2026, 02:52:36 pm »

Quote from: Cyber Liberty on January 13, 2026, 02:02:03 pm

I agree about the prostate cancer being unrelated to the vax.

The argument is that the "vax" suppressed people's immune systems letting ailments that were otherwise under control get out of control. Hence the "turbo-cancer" argument.

libertybele · « **Reply #55 on:** January 13, 2026, 03:01:48 pm »

Quote from: DB on January 13, 2026, 02:52:36 pm

The argument is that the "vax" suppressed people's immune systems letting ailments that were otherwise under control get out of control. Hence the "turbo-cancer" argument.

Also adding binding agents to vaccines -- the binding agents are additives. Who knows what they do to the immune system. Just like putting additives in food -- not healthy.

Are bodies are not meant to consume metals and chemicals.

verga · « **Reply #56 on:** January 13, 2026, 04:21:41 pm »

Quote from: Cyber Liberty on January 13, 2026, 10:57:03 am

Scott Adams has passed.

https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/01/13/may-he-rest-in-eternal-glory-and-peace-scott-adams-has-passed-away-at-the-age-of-68-n2423872

Loved Dilbert RIP

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #57 on:** January 13, 2026, 04:23:48 pm »

RIP Mr. Adams.

MeganC · « **Reply #58 on:** January 13, 2026, 06:37:33 pm »

Quote from: Cyber Liberty on January 13, 2026, 10:57:03 am

Scott Adams has passed.

https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/01/13/may-he-rest-in-eternal-glory-and-peace-scott-adams-has-passed-away-at-the-age-of-68-n2423872

RIP to a Great American.

jmyrlefuller · « **Reply #59 on:** January 17, 2026, 09:57:48 am »

Songwriter Bobby Gosh dies at 89

https://www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture/singer-songwriter-art-collector-bobby-gosh-dies-at-89/

Gosh's biggest hit as a songwriter, "A Little Bit More" as done by Dr. Hook:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF0_947VPNA

catfish1957 · « **Reply #60 on:** January 19, 2026, 11:37:39 am »

H.K. Edgerton (1948-2026)

I had the pleasure of meeting H.K. in one of his visits to our area. Outstanding guy who was a great spokesman countering those attacking Southern Heritage.

https://hkedgerton.substack.com/p/hk-edgerton-obituary

Sorry for the length of this tribute, but greatness dictates it.

Harold Kenneth “HK” Edgerton
February 18, 1948 – January 18, 2026

Harold Kenneth Edgerton “HK,” 77, went to be with his Lord and Savior and his family and Southern heroes and family on Sunday, January 18, 2026, at the Asheville Veterans Administration Medical Center in Asheville, NC.

He was born in Asheville, NC on February 18, 1948, to Roland Roger Edgerton and Anna B. Edgerton.

Mr. Edgerton is survived by his brothers, Rashad Hasan of Stone Mountain, Georgie, Terry Lee Edgerton and sister Obra Elaine Hall and “Favorite Niece” Danielle Hall, Niece Shykita Hill, Nephews Corey Edgerton and Darius Edgerton, and a host of Great Nieces and Nephews of Asheville, North Carolina.

Mr. Edgerton graduated Asheville High School in 1967 and served in the U.S. Army during Vietnam as Signal Corp Instructor at Fort Monmouth, NJ 1969-1972.

He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1976 with a B.S. While in college, he was Chairman of the Board of the United Way Agency that was responsible for running the Sabathani Community Center in south Minneapolis. He founded the University of Minnesota Black Student Center and served on the Student Regent Board of Directors.

He served as an intern for the Green Giant Company, Customer Service Engineer for International Business Machines (IBM), and later he and his brother Terry Lee owned and operated Edgerton and Edgerton Office Products in Fullerton, California from 1981-1989. He later consulted with APAC, a Fortune 500 company.

He returned to Asheville to serve his hometown in various roles after his retirement including serving as Chairman of the Program Planning and Implementation Committee for the Asheville-Buncombe County Drug Commission, first as Vice President and later as President of the Asheville Branch of the NAACP and conducted a bid for Mayor of the City of Asheville. He received the Citizen of the Year Award.

He was a supporter and leader of youth sports and education, including being a volunteer and founder of the Boys and Girls Golf Team at Shiloh Community Center in Asheville and volunteer coach at Oakley Middle School for girl’s and boys’ basketball. He was a teacher’s aide at Ira B. Jones Elementary School.

He was best known for his Southern civil rights activism. He saw the people of the South being discriminated against and he fought vigorously to support them. He frequently appeared in the news and was featured in an episode of Penn and Teller. He gained international recognition during his Historical March Across Dixie which began in Asheville in 2002 at the now-removed Asheville, NC Vance Monument, and culminated January 26, 2003 in Austin, TX. The March brought attention to the decision by then Governor George W. Bush to remove historic plaques from the Texas Supreme Court Building by marching donned in the uniform of a Confederate Soldier carrying the Confederate Battle Flag.

He was a plaintiff in several lawsuits including against the U.S. Army to prevent the removal of the Reconciliation Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. He authored an Open Letter and Report on his activities for two decades and was a frequent public speaker on Southern History and served as an expert witness in two lawsuits.

He was widely acclaimed for his efforts and received the Key to the City of Carthage, Texas and the Key to the City of Toccoa, Georgia, the Horace L. Hunley Award from the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the Gen. Robert E. Lee Medal from The Virginia Division, SCV, the Jefferson Davis Medal from the Texas Division, UDC, SC Division SCV, Lifetime Achievement Award, North Carolina Order of Confederate Rose, John F. Harris Award, Mississippi Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans and others.

He was a member of numerous organizations including Chairman Board of Advisors Emeritus Southern Legal Resource Center, Save Southern Heritage Florida, Founder, Veterans Defending Arlington, Honorary Scots of Austin, Honorary Life Member North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia Orders of the Confederate Rose, Honorary Life Member Jackson Rangers Camp 1917 Sons of Confederate Veterans, Associate Member Abner Baker Chapter 2614 United Daughters of the Confederacy, Honorary Member of Augusta Jane Evans Wilson, Chapter 2640 UDC, and the Judah P. Benjamin Camp 2210, SCV, Honorary Life Member, Longstreet Zollicoffer Camp 87 Sons of Confederate Veterans, Honorary Member Simonton-Wilcox Camp 257 Sons of Confederate Veterans, Honorary Life Member, Zebulon Baird Vance Camp 15, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Honorary Member Maria Baker Lemmon, TN OCR #25, Honorary Life Member, Forest Orphans Camp 1744, Sons of Confederate Veterans Honorary, Camp Commander, Granbury, Texas Brigade Camp 1479 Sons of Confederate Veterans, and Honorary Life Member Bradford Rose Camp 1638 Sons of Confederate Veterans.

He passed away peacefully in his sleep after a prolonged illness arising from the COVID vaccine.

RIP H.K. You fought the good fight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrVgkUKVB2I

Bigun · « **Reply #61 on:** January 19, 2026, 11:40:47 am »

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #62 on:** January 20, 2026, 06:21:18 am »

Quote from: Bigun on January 19, 2026, 11:40:47 am

mountaineer · « **Reply #63 on:** January 20, 2026, 08:30:26 am »

Valentino, ‘The Last Emperor’ of High Fashion, Dies at 93
Indifferent to fads, the Italian designer dressed the world’s boldfaced women for nearly half a century
By Chris Kornelis
Jan. 19, 2026 12:48 pm ET
WSJ

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Jacqueline Kennedy wore one of his creations when she wed Aristotle Onassis. So did Elizabeth Taylor as she danced with Kirk Douglas at the premiere of “Spartacus.” When Farah Pahlavi fled Iran with her husband, the Shah, in 1979, her dress bore the label, as did the vintage black number Julia Roberts wore when she accepted an Oscar for her performance in the 2000 film “Erin Brockovich.”

A history of the second half the 20th century could be written through the prism of the women who wore Valentino.

From Audrey Hepburn to Nancy Reagan, Princess Diana to Jennifer Lopez, Valentino was the go-to designer for the rich, famous, powerful arnd glamorous. With Giancarlo Giammetti, his partner in life and business, he presided over the eponymous fashion house that made him one of the most dominant figures in the world of high fashion—his impossibly deep, bronze tan as recognizable as the Valentino V and signature color, Valentino Red, of his designs. ...

jmyrlefuller · « **Reply #64 on:** January 23, 2026, 05:23:06 pm »

Guy Hovis, a staple of The Lawrence Welk Show and Republican operative, dies at 84

Hovis was most commonly paired as a duet singer with Ralna English. Following the end of his marriage to English and the end of the Lawrence Welk Show, he began working for Trent Lott, his former college friend, and served as Mississippi state director for Lott during the Republican Revolution that brought Lott to the Senate Majority Leader position. Hovis sang at George W. Bush's inauguration, singing "Let the Eagle Soar," a song written by Bush's attorney general John Ashcroft.

https://www.tmz.com/2026/01/23/guy-hovis-dead/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b96mwam8u-o

PeteS in CA · « **Reply #65 on:** January 23, 2026, 08:28:26 pm »

John Brodie, ex-49ers quarterback, dead at 90

https://nypost.com/2026/01/23/sports/john-brodie-ex-49ers-quarterback-dead-at-90/

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“The 49ers family is saddened to learn of the passing of one of the franchise’s all-time great players, John Brodie,” Niners co-chairman Dr. John York said in a statement. “As a kid, my 49ers fandom began by watching John play quarterback on television.
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In his rookie season, he played just five games, and only attempted 21 passes.

He, though, eventually became the 49ers’ full-time starter, and in 1970, he won MVP honors.

He ultimately logged snaps for San Francisco in 17 straight seasons.

Brodie finished his career with 31,548 passing yards and 214 passing touchdowns with 224 interceptions. He also rushed for 1,167 yards and 22 scores.

Early in his years at SF, Brodie split time at QB with Y. A. Tittle, another QB great.

Ghost Bear · « **Reply #66 on:** January 23, 2026, 09:53:30 pm »

Quote from: PeteS in CA on January 23, 2026, 08:28:26 pm

John Brodie, ex-49ers quarterback, dead at 90

https://nypost.com/2026/01/23/sports/john-brodie-ex-49ers-quarterback-dead-at-90/

Early in his years at SF, Brodie split time at QB with Y. A. Tittle, another QB great.

Dang, I remember rooting for him and the 49ers against the Cowboys in one of their playoff games in the early 70s (they played each other three consecutive years in the playoffs, twice in the NFC Championship game). They never did win; the 49ers had to wait for Joe Montana. Still, he had a good run, RIP sir.

PeteS in CA · « **Reply #67 on:** January 24, 2026, 10:45:24 am »

Quote from: Ghost Bear on January 23, 2026, 09:53:30 pm

Dang, I remember rooting for him and the 49ers against the Cowboys in one of their playoff games in the early 70s (they played each other three consecutive years in the playoffs, twice in the NFC Championship game). They never did win; the 49ers had to wait for Joe Montana. Still, he had a good run, RIP sir.

My memories of Brodie are from the last years of his career, when my understanding of football was much less than impressive. He did not seem impressive, but the problem, probably, was mostly/entirely me. The late-60s and early-70s were a never-quite team, always significant but never quite in the Superbowl. The mid- and late-70s 49ers were dismal, and Montana's rookie season was pretty rough (because an inadequate team can make a superstar QB look poor).