Guest Disgruntled Manxie Posted May 9, 2008 Euromanx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,662 Posted May 9, 2008 Speaking of music legends, Lionel Nutley. Well, he was a legend in Cumbria. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,538 Posted May 9, 2008 Scoop! American ice cream man Irv Robbins has melted at the age of 90. Too bad he didn't die at 99, on a Sundae. That joke was a bit flakey. You're obviously nuts (and strawberry sauce). Oh, TAFKAG's just baskin' in the knickerbocker glory of that bit of punmanship. But has now become the victim of some crafty punupmanship. I wonder if there will be hundreds and thousands of guests at the funeral Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,538 Posted May 9, 2008 Another country singer has died. Jerry Wallace who had a hit in 1972 with the song If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry has died at the age of 79 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banshees Scream 110 Posted May 10, 2008 Dr Murray Jarvik, the man who is responsible for inventing the 'Nicotine patch' has died at the age of 84. Well, I guess Simon Gray won't be using his product. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted May 10, 2008 Turkish-born diva Leyla Gencer has died aged 79. She performed many times at La Scala and was artistic director of the Singing Academy there at the time of her death. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,662 Posted May 11, 2008 Hefty article on death of Nuala O'Faolain. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,360 Posted May 11, 2008 Gospel singer and songwriter Joyce Dottie Rambo, has been killed in a tourbus crash in Missouri. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banshees Scream 110 Posted May 11, 2008 Joseph Miko, a camera man, who captured extensive footage of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, has died of blood cancer at the age of 87. The man filmed massive raids of Hungarian rebels fighting in the streets of Budapest, including a frenzy of protesters running for their lives as the secret police shot them down. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Terminator 13 Posted May 11, 2008 Bill Hargrove, the nation's oldest league bowler, who couldn't even see the pins at the show down of his life, has died at the age of 106. I never really went bowling much, but I realize bowling takes a lot of perspective. Sometimes life is sort of like bowling. Yeah...everything is rolling along smoothly, then all of a sudden, you're in the gutter. Nice "life analogy". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Miser 18 Posted May 12, 2008 Hefty article on death of Nuala O'Faolain. Damn Damn Damn...Hoping she would make Sept for CP's pool. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,206 Posted May 12, 2008 I'm surprised no-one has already posted it, but Irene Sendler (or Sendlerowa in Polish) has died, aged 98. Link I know FF mentioned her in dispatches here before (and picked her on the CPDP???) & she was certainly on my DDP "outer list", but surprisingly (I say surprisingly as Nicholas Winton was quite a popular pick) , no-one picked her for the DDP. An inspirational & very brave lady, that's for sure. RIP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 8,010 Posted May 12, 2008 I'm surprised no-one has already posted it, but Irene Sendler (or Sendlerowa in Polish) has died, aged 98. Link I know FF mentioned her in dispatches here before (and picked her on the CPDP???) & she was certainly on my DDP "outer list", but surprisingly (I say surprisingly as Nicholas Winton was quite a popular pick) , no-one picked her for the DDP. An inspirational & very brave lady, that's for sure. RIP. indeed. Anybody who risks their life to save a large amount of people has my respect. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banshees Scream 110 Posted May 13, 2008 Seamus Casey, a Christchurch opera singer, who had a face which looked as if it had been expanded, is dead after being hit by a car in Sydney. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banshees Scream 110 Posted May 13, 2008 Hugh Bradner, the inventor of the wetsuit, has died at the age of 92. I never went scuba diving before, but I met somebody who dived for the Discovery channel once. He was dating a rich whore who had been divorced five times. I bet he must have wanted her for the money. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,800 Posted May 13, 2008 Pop artist Robert Rauschenberg has popped his clogs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Godot 149 Posted May 13, 2008 Pop artist Robert Rauschenberg has popped his clogs. I see I was thinking about him here last year. Then forgot about him. Bugger. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,360 Posted May 13, 2008 Larry Levine, Phil Spector's recording engineer at the time he was perfecting the "Wall of Sound" technique, has died on his eightieth birthday. He was suffering severe emphysema, so I doubt any candles have gone to waste. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twelvetrees 10 Posted May 14, 2008 The Scots author Jeff Torrington has died at the age of 72 having lived with Parkinson's disease since his 40s; despite writing only two novels, half of his output ('Swing Hammer, Swing') won the Whitbread Prize for fiction in 1992 and he was regarded as a major figure on the Scottish literary scene. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,206 Posted May 14, 2008 Bernandin Gantin, Benin's most famous person ever** has died. For aeons, he was Africa's (and indeed one of the world's) most influential & high-profile Roman Catholic cardinal. More here... (**I presume - can anyone name anyone else from Benin? Maybe we should have a thread devoted to Beninese celebrities. It's about time, after all....) DDP hit too - unique pick & 13th bonus. Not a bad lot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Godot 149 Posted May 14, 2008 (**I presume - can anyone name anyone else from Benin? Maybe we should have a thread devoted to Beninese celebrities. It's about time, after all....) Only if they're hospitalised surely. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TAFKAG 70 Posted May 14, 2008 (**I presume - can anyone name anyone else from Benin? Maybe we should have a thread devoted to Beninese celebrities. It's about time, after all....) The only Beninese I've heard of is the singer Angélique Kidjo. And I didn't know she was from Benin till about five minutes ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Terminator 13 Posted May 15, 2008 (**I presume - can anyone name anyone else from Benin? Maybe we should have a thread devoted to Beninese celebrities. It's about time, after all....) I think I heard about someone from there named "Andrew Jetz" and he was written into folklore by Elton John. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BCAlum2000 42 Posted May 15, 2008 Actor John Phillip Law has just died at the age of 70. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-...0,4156367.story Great B-movie actor. I enjoyed him in Diabolik and Barbarella. He never earned much respect, but he tried hard and was reliable in numerous B-movies and cult classics. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted May 15, 2008 Bernandin Gantin, Benin's most famous person ever** has died. For aeons, he was Africa's (and indeed one of the world's) most influential & high-profile Roman Catholic cardinal. More here... (**I presume - can anyone name anyone else from Benin? Maybe we should have a thread devoted to Beninese celebrities. It's about time, after all....) DDP hit too - unique pick & 13th bonus. Not a bad lot. ** How about Djimon Hounsou, who had a major role in "Gladiator" and was nominated for an Oscar for his perfromance in "In America"? I would say he's more famous than the cardinal fellow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
