Jump to content

alt obits guy

Members
  • Content Count

    5,352
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    19

Everything posted by alt obits guy

  1. alt obits guy

    University Presidents?

    John O'Connor, University of Limerick president emeritus, has died. https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/recent-deaths/329203/tributes-paid-to-former-university-of-limerick-president-john-oconnor-following-death.html
  2. alt obits guy

    Summer Olympic Deaths/Dead Medallists

    Ronald Crawford, who represented Australia at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics in race walking, has died. He was 82. https://myaccount.news.com.au/sites/dailytelegraph/subscribe.html?sourceCode=DTWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&mode=premium&dest=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/southern-courier/olympian-ron-crawford-dies-aged-82/news-story/23eb041734e91cc00f0e506b764c2424?memtype=anonymous (Paywall site)
  3. alt obits guy

    Summer Olympic Deaths/Dead Medallists

    Mikhail Shakhov, a bronze medalist for the Ukraine in freestyle wrestling at the 1956 Olympics, has died. He was 86. https://ktelegram.com/died-ukrainian-olympic-medalist-mikhail-shakhov-24-channel/15236/
  4. alt obits guy

    Summer Olympic Deaths/Dead Medallists

    Laszlo Fabian, a 1956 Olympic gold medalist and three-time world champion sprint canoeist for Hungary, has died. He was 82. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=hu&u=https://civishir.hu/sport/2018/08/elhunyt-fabian-laszlo-olimpiai-bajnok-kajakozo&prev=search
  5. alt obits guy

    Art For Death's Sake

    Fernando Llort, a world renowned artist from El Salvador in a variety of mediums, has died. He was 69. https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/35435
  6. alt obits guy

    Ice Hockey Players

    John Schella, who played over 100 NHL games with the Vancouver Canucks and nearly 400 WHA games with the Houston Aeros, has died. He was 71. https://www.prohockeyalumni.org/pro-hockey-alumni-news/rip-john-schella-1947-2018
  7. alt obits guy

    The Fringes Of Fame/family Of The Famous

    Dennis Shields, the on again/off again boyfriend of American TV personality & author Bethenny Frankel, has died of a suspected overdose at Trump Tower. https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/3788197/bethenny-frankel-real-housewives-of-new-york-city-dennis-shields/
  8. alt obits guy

    Opera

    Arthur Davies, a tenor best known for playing 'Duke' in the English National Opera production of 'Rigoletto', both the original and the revival, has died. He was 77. http://slippedisc.com/2018/08/enos-duke-has-died/
  9. alt obits guy

    Foreign Personalities, From Stage, Screen, Politics And Life

    Has given up fighting his cancer. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=https://www.francedimanche.fr/tags/jean-louis-trintignant&prev=search
  10. alt obits guy

    From Cleric To Relic

    Edit: Confirmation https://www.upsem.edu/newsroom/professor-katie-cannon-first-black-woman-ordained-in-pcusa-dies-at-68/
  11. alt obits guy

    The Dead of 2018

    I'd just as soon keep it out of that thread.
  12. alt obits guy

    The Dead of 2018

    Holocaust survivor and educator Philip Riteman has died at 96. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/philip-riteman-holocaust-survivor-dead-at-96-1.4778605
  13. alt obits guy

    Hollywood Possibilities

    Unconfirmed reports 1970s / 80s actor Ty Henderson, whose credits included recurring roles on 'Room 222' & 'Madame's Place' and a co-starring role in the short-lived 'Space Academy' opposite Lost In Space's Jonathan Harris, has died at age 71. Another 'Space Academy' co-star, Pamelyn Ferdin, has posted this on her Facebook. IMDB lists him as being born September 1, 1946, which would make him a year younger than she indicates.
  14. alt obits guy

    Broadway - "the Great White Way"

    John Glines, a Tony Award-winning producer and playwright, has died. He was 84. https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/John-Glines-Tony-Winning-Producer-and-Playwright-Passes-Away-20180808
  15. alt obits guy

    World War II Veterans

    Flt Lt Ronald Mackay, one of the last surviving Battle of Britain veterans, has died at age 101. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6977266/battle-of-britain-spitfire-hero-ronald-mackay-dies-aged-101-leaving-only-eight-more-survivors/
  16. alt obits guy

    Dead Pop Stars

    Brian Johnson and Phil Rudd reportedly both returning to AC/DC. http://loudwire.com/looks-like-brian-johnson-phil-rudd-back-acdc/
  17. alt obits guy

    (C)Rappers

    Linda Mkhize, aka PRO, aka ProKid, has died following a seizure. He was 37. http://www.thebigtriceonline.com/2018/08/breaking-ripprokid-south-african-rap.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
  18. alt obits guy

    Minimalists (and other classical composers/musicians)

    Glen Roven, an two-time Emmy-winning composer, lyricist, conductor, pianist and producer, died July 25th at age 60. Roven won the awards for the 40th Annual Tony Awards presentation and 'Sinatra: 80 Years My Way'. https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Composer-Glen-Roven-Passes-Away-at-Age-60-20180725
  19. alt obits guy

    From Cleric To Relic

    Katie Geneva Cannon, a theologian and the first black woman ordained in the Presbyterian church, has reportedly died at age 69. No confirmation yet.
  20. alt obits guy

    Hollywood Possibilities

    Richard H. Kline, a two-time Oscar nominee for cinematography whose credits include 'Camelot', 'Body Heat' and the 1976 remake of 'King Kong', has died. He was 91. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/richard-h-kline-dead-camelot-body-heat-king-kong-cinematographer-was-91-1133353
  21. alt obits guy

    Magic Johnson, And Other Basketball Players

    'Jumpin' Johnny Kline, whose vast sporting accomplishments included a stint with the Harlem Globetrotters in the 1950s, has died. He was 87. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/2018/08/08/wayne-state-globetrotters-legend-jumpin-johnny-kline-dies-87/938759002/
  22. alt obits guy

    Hollywood Possibilities

    David Landsberg, an actor, screenwriter & producer who appeared opposite Don Rickles on 'CPO Sharkey', has died. He was 73. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/david-landsberg-dead-cpo-sharkey-actor-cosby-writer-was-73-1132698
  23. alt obits guy

    Deadio Times

    Ralph Howard, a long-time New York news anchor and the lead anchor on Howard Stern's satellite radio channels for eight years, has died. He was 76. https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/178896/ralph-howard-newsman-on-new-york-radio-and-howard-
  24. alt obits guy

    The 100 Club

    Detlev Olshausen, a violinist in the San Francisco Symphony for a half century, has died. He was 100. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Detlev-Olshausen-longtime-SF-Symphony-violist-13121405.php
  25. alt obits guy

    Ice Hockey Players

    But a 'List of the Missed' pick, as he had been chosen in 2016, the year after it was announced he was suffering from dementia. As such, I'd picked him for the Alt Obituaries deadpool that year, dropped him in 2017, but never did add him back.
×

Important Information

Your use of this forum is subject to our Terms of Use