News Obituaries

[Amy SF]

Ornette Coleman, Jazz Iconoclast, Dies At 85 : A Blog Supreme : NPR

 

[Amy SF]

Avengers star Patrick Macnee dies - BBC News

Aw, I liked The Avengers.

 

[Mischief]

Nicholas Winton, who saved children from Holocaust, dies at 106 - CNN.com

He saved 669 children from Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia.

 

[Amy SF]

Nicholas Winton, who saved children from Holocaust, dies at 106 - CNN.com

He saved 669 children from Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia.

Thanks for posting this obit. I had never heard of Nicholas Winton so I certainly didn't know what he did. Now I know.

 

[Spang]

Doug died.

Forum arts columnist Kris Kerzman reported that Legler insisted for years that his death notice be short and to-the-point.

 

[Mischief]

Doug died.

I like this. A lot.

 

[Mischief]

Omar Sharif has died. Omar Sharif, star of 'Lawrence Of Arabia' and 'Doctor Zhivago,' dead at 83 | Fox News

 

[Mischief]

Frances Oldham Kelsey Prevented 'Major Tragedy' of Birth Defects, Dies at 101

 

[shyvas]

Oliver Sacks, neurologist and bestselling author, dies at 82

 

[Amy SF]

Two more today:

Horror director Wes Craven dies at 76

Self-Help Pioneer Dr. Wayne Dyer Dies at 75, Family and Publisher Say

 

[shyvas]

Two more today:

Horror director Wes Craven dies at 76

Self-Help Pioneer Dr. Wayne Dyer Dies at 75, Family and Publisher Say

Oh wow. I really liked him.

 

[ledboots]

Oh wow. I really liked him.

Me too, I read a couple of his books.

 

[Moll Flanders]

Horror director Wes Craven dies at 76

I love the Scream films, well the first two. Wes Craven, 'Scream' and 'Nightmare on Elm Street' Director, Dies at 76 It says here that he was previously a humanities professor before he moved into films. I didn't know that about him.

 

[shyvas]

Me too, I read a couple of his books.

I think that I have 2 of his books : Excuse Begones and A Promise is Promise.
He seemed like a very gentle, kind human being. He will be missed.

Led - I have pm'd you.

 

[Second Summer]

This is a couple of months old now:

Chris Squire, the co-founder and longtime bassist of prog rock icons Yes and the only member of the group to feature on every studio album, has passed away just over a month after revealing that he was suffering from a rare form of leukemia. Squire was 67. Current Yes keyboardist Geoff Downes first tweeted the news, "Utterly devastated beyond words to have to report the sad news of the passing of my dear friend, bandmate and inspiration Chris Squire."

Read more: Chris Squire, Yes Bassist and Co-Founder, Dead at 67 (June 28, 2015)

Yes was such an incredible band that produced music over several decades. This is the end of an era

 

[Mischief]

Oliver Sacks, neurologist and bestselling author, dies at 82

I've heard him being interviewed several times. He seemed like an extraordinary individual.

 

[shyvas]

Jackie Collins, bestselling author of sexy, unapologetically trashy fiction, dies at 77

 

[Moll Flanders]

RIP. She looked so much younger than 77 and she always seemed funny and bubbly in interviews.

I read a couple of her books when I was younger and they were very trashy. Lots of sex.

 

[shyvas]

RIP. She looked so much younger than 77 and she always seemed funny and bubbly in interviews.

I read a couple of her books when I was younger and they were very trashy. Lots of sex.

Her sister, Joan doesn't look like she is 81 neither.

I never liked her books but she certainly seemed popular as she sold over a billion books.

 

[Moll Flanders]

I read a couple of her books when I was about 14 and they would probably be very tame compared to what teenagers are looking at today.

Her sister, Joan doesn't look like she is 81 neither.