RIP Famous People Thread - Page 17

Edward64 · 11-28-2023, 03:18 PM

Warren Buffet's (less famous) buddy. RIP

Back to that "work to live" vs "live to work". I think he and Buffet fall into the latter category. Both had more money than they could have spent but both still working hard.

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Charlie Munger, investing genius and Warren Buffett’s right-hand man, dies at age 99

cartman · 11-29-2023, 07:48 PM

Apparently Henry Kissinger has passed away at the age of 100

Henry Kissinger, American diplomat and Nobel winner, dead at 100 | Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/key...er-2023-11-30/

RainMaker · 11-29-2023, 08:43 PM

flere-imsaho · 11-29-2023, 09:36 PM

One of the more reprehensible people of the 20th century.

miami_fan · 11-29-2023, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by cartman

Apparently Henry Kissinger has passed away at the age of 100

Henry Kissinger, American diplomat and Nobel winner, dead at 100 | Reuters

Key facts about Henry Kissinger, US diplomat and presidential adviser | Reuters

Let me go ahead and mute "Kissinger" on Twitter now.

CrimsonFox · 11-29-2023, 10:00 PM

gosh...he was always a good sport being on comedy shows and such. My fav recent one was on Stephen Colbert

JPhillips · 11-29-2023, 10:05 PM

Kissinger was vaccinated.

I'm just saying...

CrimsonFox · 11-29-2023, 11:39 PM

Vaccine was Kissingated.

I'm just saying...

CrimsonFox · 11-30-2023, 12:05 AM

cartman · 11-30-2023, 08:13 AM

Shane McGowan of The Pogues passed away yesterday at the age of 65.

Shane MacGowan: Pogues singer dies aged 65

cartman · 11-30-2023, 08:20 AM

Rolling Stone magazine pulled no punches with their Kissinger obit.

Henry Kissinger, War Criminal, Dead at 100

Edward64 · 12-01-2023, 09:17 AM

RIP Sandra Day O’Connor

Ksyrup · 12-03-2023, 03:58 PM

This one takes me back... Myles Goodwyn, singer/guitarist/songwriter for April Wine, died today.

JonInMiddleGA · 12-03-2023, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

This one takes me back... Myles Goodwyn, singer/guitarist/songwriter for April Wine, died today.

Just saw that elsewhere

BYU 14 · 12-04-2023, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

This one takes me back... Myles Goodwyn, singer/guitarist/songwriter for April Wine, died today.

Damn, I wore their 'First Glance' 8 track out replaying Roller again and again back in the day.

R.I.P

CrimsonFox · 12-05-2023, 12:49 PM

in my facebook feed I saw that Paul McCartney was releasing the 50th anniversary of Wings' Band On The Run. A minute later I saw on that same feed that Wings/Moody Blues Guitarist Denny Laine passed away at 79.

Coincidence? I think not.

albionmoonlight · 12-06-2023, 07:55 AM

Norman Lear at 101

I admit to thinking that he had already been dead for a while

He always comes up in the discussion of TV history, but he isn't really mentioned in the larger discussions of American culture. But he probably should be.

GrantDawg · 12-06-2023, 10:08 AM

He was still apart of the live versions of his old shows that last couple of years. Still seemed sharp till the end.

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cartman · 12-08-2023, 04:26 PM

Actor Ryan O' Neal passed away at the age of 82

Ryan O'Neal dies at 82: The Paper Moon and Love Story actor who was with Farrah Fawcett for decades looked frail in a wheelchair in final images taken one month before his shock passing | Daily Mail Online

thesloppy · 12-11-2023, 11:18 AM

Frank Wycheck fell off a ladder, hit his head and died at 52. He was a fixture of my fantasy football days.

Ksyrup · 12-11-2023, 11:46 AM

My mom called me about Wycheck. Given the fact that my dad fell, hit his head and has a TBI and I'm 2 months older than Wycheck, she was a bit freaked out.

GrantDawg · 12-12-2023, 07:46 PM

Son of a bitch. Andre Braugher died at age 61 after a brief illness. Loved him in everything.

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cuervo72 · 12-12-2023, 07:58 PM

Oh, shit. My mom met and talked with him once*, he sounded really down-to-earth and, well, nice. Damn.

* Well, a couple of times; he was on a biking trip and stayed at a BnB my mom and her husband were at; they chatted a bit and then he greeted them at b'fast the next day.

Honolulu_Blue · 12-12-2023, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Son of a bitch. Andre Braugher died at age 61 after a brief illness. Loved him in everything.

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Agreed. This is really bumming me out.

Edward64 · 12-12-2023, 08:29 PM

Loved him in Homicide.

Loved the train episode.

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A man is pinned by a train in a subway station, producing a mortal wound that is temporarily suppressed by his situation, the Homicide detectives must determine if the incident was an accident or deliberate.

RainMaker · 12-12-2023, 08:43 PM

He was so good in everything. Even played a therapist on House and stole every scene.

Qwikshot · 12-13-2023, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Son of a bitch. Andre Braugher died at age 61 after a brief illness. Loved him in everything.

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It's too young. He was amazing in Homicide: Life on the Streets. Hell he was amazing in everything, including that terrible Poseidon movie where he was the captain.

Qwikshot · 12-13-2023, 06:43 AM

Is it me or all the striking black character actors dying off early? Keith David and Tony Todd best be on guard.

NobodyHere · 12-13-2023, 07:21 AM

Black actors are still striking?

Carman Bulldog · 12-13-2023, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Qwikshot

Is it me or all the striking black character actors dying off early? Keith David and Tony Todd best be on guard.

Only if they had memorable roles as a police officer in at least two different television shows, one of which was a David Simon vehicle.

In all seriousness, while I enjoyed Captain Raymond Holt, I still think Braugher was at his very best as Frank Pembleton in Homicide. And I'm still sad that I'll never get another Lance Reddick cameo on Bosch.

BYU 14 · 12-14-2023, 05:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Carman Bulldog

In all seriousness, while I enjoyed Captain Raymond Holt, I still think Braugher was at his very best as Frank Pembleton in Homicide..

Agreed, he played that role as well as it could possibly be played, very talented actor.

QuikSand · 12-14-2023, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Carman Bulldog

I still think Braugher was at his very best as Frank Pembleton in Homicide. And I'm still sad that I'll never get another Lance Reddick cameo on Bosch.

double co-sign... loved the Pembleton character, and all-time favorite for me

Ghost Econ · 12-14-2023, 07:43 AM

And there's no way to stream it or purchase it. Media rights are so stupid.

Ksyrup · 12-18-2023, 08:51 AM

Eric Montross, dead of cancer at 52. That's two 52 year old sports figures dead in the past week, plus my best friend from HS diagnosed with stage 3 cancer. I guess I've finally gotten to that age where everyone around you is (or will be shortly) showing up in obituaries.

Radii · 12-18-2023, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Eric Montross, dead of cancer at 52. That's two 52 year old sports figures dead in the past week, plus my best friend from HS diagnosed with stage 3 cancer. I guess I've finally gotten to that age where everyone around you is (or will be shortly) showing up in obituaries.

He's 5 years older than me and at the time I watched nearly every college game the man played, so this one obviously makes me very uncomfortable.

cartman · 12-19-2023, 09:42 AM

Legendary DJ Jim Ladd passed away over the weekend at the age of 75

https://rockcellarmagazine.com/jim-l...s-deep-tracks/

NobodyHere · 12-22-2023, 05:44 PM

Well dang

Former NFL player Mike Williams died of dental-related sepsis | AP News

JonInMiddleGA · 12-23-2023, 04:18 AM

K-State professor and hall of fame broadcaster Ian Punnett passes away - News Radio KMAN

I suspect a few FOFCers will remember Ian Punnett as a primary substitute host for Art Bell's Coast to Coast. I mostly recall him from a relatively short stint at news/talk WGST in Atlanta.

In addition to those shows and stints in Chicago and Minneapolis, he eventually completed a divinity degree and became as Episcopalian minister and managed the K-State campus radio station while serving as the faculty advisor.

cartman · 12-27-2023, 11:39 AM

Comedian Tom Smothers passed away at the age of 86

Tom Smothers dead at age of 86

Edward64 · 12-27-2023, 05:21 PM

RIP

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Gaston Glock, the inventor of the ubiquitous gun bearing his name, died on Wednesday. He was 94.

Thomkal · 12-27-2023, 07:27 PM

Did he die of a gunshot? seems appropriate

CrimsonFox · 12-30-2023, 04:23 AM

Edward64 · 12-30-2023, 06:31 AM

Have to be honest, some I have no idea who they were. Others I thought passed in earlier years (e.g. Raquel Welch was 2023?). And some I didn't remember reading about.

It does make me wonder if these famous people left a lasting, good, and non-family legacy with the opportunities and resources they had.

CrimsonFox · 12-30-2023, 06:48 AM

fun fact i just learned. Robert Blake's most famous film was In Cold Blood

GrantDawg · 12-30-2023, 09:33 AM

Way too many on that list died too soon, and there are several that have been active in tv and film my whole life that is going to be weird going forward without them.

Carman Bulldog · 12-30-2023, 09:47 AM

And no Lance Reddick.

Atocep · 12-30-2023, 02:48 PM

RIP Tom Wilkinson. He was an incredible actor. I don't think he ever played a bad role.

GrantDawg · 12-31-2023, 10:54 AM

RIP Cale Yarborough. This is funny story that is pretty endearing.
@edsbs RIP Cale Yarborough. In ‘83 when CBS decided to mic the on-board driver like they did in Australia, they spent half the race trying to figure out what “that noise” was before figuring out Cale liked to make racecar sounds while driving.pic.twitter.com/kVZWOjvCbi — stewart_smith_radio (@StewartSmithTwt) December 31, 2023

11-19-2023, 03:28 PM	#801
Edward64 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2005	RIP

11-19-2023, 04:46 PM	#802
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	RIP.

11-29-2023, 07:48 PM	#804
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Apparently Henry Kissinger has passed away at the age of 100 Henry Kissinger, American diplomat and Nobel winner, dead at 100 \| Reuters https://www.reuters.com/world/us/key...er-2023-11-30/ __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint Last edited by cartman : 11-29-2023 at 07:52 PM.

11-29-2023, 08:43 PM	#805
RainMaker General Manager Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	Nice

11-29-2023, 10:00 PM	#808
CrimsonFox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2009	gosh...he was always a good sport being on comedy shows and such. My fav recent one was on Stephen Colbert Last edited by CrimsonFox : 11-29-2023 at 10:17 PM.

11-29-2023, 09:36 PM	#806
flere-imsaho Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chicagoland	One of the more reprehensible people of the 20th century.

11-29-2023, 10:05 PM	#809
JPhillips Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Newburgh, NY	Kissinger was vaccinated. I'm just saying... __________________ To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.. - Mr. Rogers

11-29-2023, 11:39 PM	#810
CrimsonFox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2009	Vaccine was Kissingated. I'm just saying...

11-30-2023, 12:05 AM	#811
CrimsonFox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2009

11-30-2023, 08:13 AM	#812
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Shane McGowan of The Pogues passed away yesterday at the age of 65. Shane MacGowan: Pogues singer dies aged 65 __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

11-30-2023, 08:20 AM	#813
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Rolling Stone magazine pulled no punches with their Kissinger obit. Henry Kissinger, War Criminal, Dead at 100 __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

12-01-2023, 09:17 AM	#814
Edward64 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2005	RIP Sandra Day O’Connor

12-03-2023, 03:58 PM	#815
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	This one takes me back... Myles Goodwyn, singer/guitarist/songwriter for April Wine, died today. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

12-05-2023, 12:49 PM	#818
CrimsonFox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2009	in my facebook feed I saw that Paul McCartney was releasing the 50th anniversary of Wings' Band On The Run. A minute later I saw on that same feed that Wings/Moody Blues Guitarist Denny Laine passed away at 79. Coincidence? I think not.

12-06-2023, 07:55 AM	#819
albionmoonlight Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	Norman Lear at 101 I admit to thinking that he had already been dead for a while He always comes up in the discussion of TV history, but he isn't really mentioned in the larger discussions of American culture. But he probably should be.

12-06-2023, 10:08 AM	#820
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	He was still apart of the live versions of his old shows that last couple of years. Still seemed sharp till the end. Sent from my SM-S916U using Tapatalk

12-08-2023, 04:26 PM	#821
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Actor Ryan O' Neal passed away at the age of 82 Ryan O'Neal dies at 82: The Paper Moon and Love Story actor who was with Farrah Fawcett for decades looked frail in a wheelchair in final images taken one month before his shock passing \| Daily Mail Online __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

12-11-2023, 11:18 AM	#822
thesloppy Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: PDX	Frank Wycheck fell off a ladder, hit his head and died at 52. He was a fixture of my fantasy football days. __________________ Last edited by thesloppy : Today at 05:35 PM.

12-11-2023, 11:46 AM	#823
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	My mom called me about Wycheck. Given the fact that my dad fell, hit his head and has a TBI and I'm 2 months older than Wycheck, she was a bit freaked out. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

12-12-2023, 07:46 PM	#824
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	Son of a bitch. Andre Braugher died at age 61 after a brief illness. Loved him in everything. Sent from my SM-S916U using Tapatalk

12-12-2023, 07:58 PM	#825
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	Oh, shit. My mom met and talked with him once, he sounded really down-to-earth and, well, nice. Damn. Well, a couple of times; he was on a biking trip and stayed at a BnB my mom and her husband were at; they chatted a bit and then he greeted them at b'fast the next day. __________________ null

12-12-2023, 08:43 PM	#828
RainMaker General Manager Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	He was so good in everything. Even played a therapist on House and stole every scene.

12-13-2023, 06:43 AM	#830
Qwikshot Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: ...down the gravity well	Is it me or all the striking black character actors dying off early? Keith David and Tony Todd best be on guard. __________________ "General Woundwort's body was never found. It could be that he still lives his fierce life somewhere else, but from that day on, mother rabbits would tell their kittens that if they did not do as they were told, the General would get them. Such was Woundwort's monument, and perhaps it would not have displeased him." Watership Down, Richard Adams

12-13-2023, 07:21 AM	#831
NobodyHere Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2013	Black actors are still striking? __________________ "I am God's prophet, and I need an attorney"

12-14-2023, 07:43 AM	#835
Ghost Econ College Prospect Join Date: Oct 2020	And there's no way to stream it or purchase it. Media rights are so stupid.

12-18-2023, 08:51 AM	#836
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Eric Montross, dead of cancer at 52. That's two 52 year old sports figures dead in the past week, plus my best friend from HS diagnosed with stage 3 cancer. I guess I've finally gotten to that age where everyone around you is (or will be shortly) showing up in obituaries. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete." Last edited by Ksyrup : 12-18-2023 at 08:52 AM.

12-19-2023, 09:42 AM	#838
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Legendary DJ Jim Ladd passed away over the weekend at the age of 75 https://rockcellarmagazine.com/jim-l...s-deep-tracks/ __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

12-22-2023, 05:44 PM	#839
NobodyHere Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2013	Well dang Former NFL player Mike Williams died of dental-related sepsis \| AP News __________________ "I am God's prophet, and I need an attorney"

12-23-2023, 04:18 AM	#840
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	K-State professor and hall of fame broadcaster Ian Punnett passes away - News Radio KMAN I suspect a few FOFCers will remember Ian Punnett as a primary substitute host for Art Bell's Coast to Coast. I mostly recall him from a relatively short stint at news/talk WGST in Atlanta. In addition to those shows and stints in Chicago and Minneapolis, he eventually completed a divinity degree and became as Episcopalian minister and managed the K-State campus radio station while serving as the faculty advisor. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

12-27-2023, 11:39 AM	#841
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Comedian Tom Smothers passed away at the age of 86 Tom Smothers dead at age of 86 __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint Last edited by cartman : 12-27-2023 at 11:41 AM.

12-27-2023, 07:27 PM	#843
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	Did he die of a gunshot? seems appropriate __________________ Coastal Carolina Baseball-2016 National Champion! 10/17/20-Coastal Football ranked in Top 25 for first time!

12-30-2023, 04:23 AM	#844
CrimsonFox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2009

12-30-2023, 06:31 AM	#845
Edward64 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2005	Have to be honest, some I have no idea who they were. Others I thought passed in earlier years (e.g. Raquel Welch was 2023?). And some I didn't remember reading about. It does make me wonder if these famous people left a lasting, good, and non-family legacy with the opportunities and resources they had.

12-30-2023, 06:48 AM	#846
CrimsonFox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2009	fun fact i just learned. Robert Blake's most famous film was In Cold Blood

12-30-2023, 09:33 AM	#847
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	Way too many on that list died too soon, and there are several that have been active in tv and film my whole life that is going to be weird going forward without them.