John from Cincinnati Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 I was using this as a general “news about the passing of notable people” area. Sorry for any confusion. I’m sure we all want his slumber to be far from peaceful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcosLoura Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 They really fucking did it. In front of everyone. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 The fact that within hours this settled simply into "The pedophile left did it!" vs. "The pedophile right did it!" is pretty much all the evidence you need that we're cooked already. We have a crossfire framework of mental inertia so strong that even this just blends right into it without so much as causing a ripple toward changing anyone's minds about anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Allegedly, this renders any NDAs he had people sign null and void. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Martin Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Cokie Roberts has died at 75. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 I was wondering if she would go in the TV obit section or the general one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, odessasteps said: I was wondering if she would go in the TV obit section or the general one. She's a well respected and legendary radio and television journalist and a best selling author author so the General one is fine, IMO, since the Reading and Television threads don't do justice to the entire scope of her work.. RIP. Edited September 17, 2019 by J.T. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 Johnson just had a building on our SciTech campus named after her this past fall 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 One of my heroes has passed away. RIP Katherine Johnson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cliff Hanger Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Children's author and illustrator Tomie DePaola has died at 85 after complications from a fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Roy Horn, of Siegfried and Roy, has died due to complications of COVID-19. He was 75. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Larry Kramer, playwright, gay rights activist, AIDS activist, founder of Gay Men's Health Crisis, and one of the key figures in ACT UP has passed away at age 84. Kramer saved countless lives with his advocacy and even 84 is too young to lose him. RIP 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 God, I could write and write and write about Larry Kramer and what he meant to the AIDS-ravaged queer community. I could tell you what his actions did for a generation of kids who, myself included, grew up watching those just a little older than us dying at a catastrophic rate. I could tell you how his voice not only meant a change in how America viewed this virus, but also protest in general. I could say he was a superhero. But he was just a man. A good man who simply wanted the privilege to die with dignity. Well he did so today. Here's a story about a guy who lived in his building who happened to be Mayor of New York: The world is a lesser place with him gone. Rest in power. 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 I was just coming back to post that Ed Koch anecdote. Kramer was a real one. I really gotta call my mom and thank for teaching a little kid growing up in Kansas about this stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Christo, the conceptual artist known for creating monumental, colorful installations around the world with his late spouse Jeanne-Claude, has died. He made the world a little weirder and more colorful and I appreciate that. Surrounded Islands has always been a personal favorite of mine: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 18, 2020 Author Share Posted June 18, 2020 Jean Kennedy Smith - who was the last living sibling of JFK - has passed away at the age of 92 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 18, 2020 Author Share Posted June 18, 2020 Re: Christo This is the documentary that came out last year about him completing The Floating Piers in tribute to his late wife 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 On 5/31/2020 at 6:11 PM, Zimbra said: Christo, the conceptual artist known for creating monumental, colorful installations around the world with his late spouse Jeanne-Claude, has died. He made the world a little weirder and more colorful and I appreciate that. Surrounded Islands has always been a personal favorite of mine: Yeah those were cool... until they started to degrade and cost the city of Miami a bunch of money to clean them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 That's a bummer. I wrote a paper about him back in college. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis has passed away in hospice care at his home. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 One of my heroes is gone. A man of quiet strength and conviction. RIP John Lewis. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 3 hours ago, J.T. said: One of my heroes is gone. A man of quiet strength and conviction. RIP John Lewis. You beat me to it, bro... One of the worst things about growing old is that you see your heroes pass before you do. John Lewis was one of my heroes, RIP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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