YoungWillz 21,053 Posted June 26, 2015 Marva Collins, American educator and subject of "The Marva Collins Story" (whoo, original title egads!), 78. http://abc7chicago.com/education/pioneering-chicago-educator-marva-collins-dies-at-age-78/805434/ Anyone with an hour and three quarters can watch the movie: I got beat up for posting a questionable Aussie educator, I have to say this person also sounds like a complete no one. I too was guilty I guess. SC I just finished watching the film (Morgan Freeman looks soooo young!) . This woman was amazing, she was offered Secretary of State For Education by Reagan (which she declined), preferring to remain a teacher. Her wiki page doesn't seem to do her justice, and that page is pretty fucking complimentary. Edit: One of your countrypersons of whom the USA can be immensely proud, I'd say. Respect. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,053 Posted June 27, 2015 Elizabeth MacLennan, actress and playwright, one of the co-founders of the Scottish 7:84 theatre group. No age disclosed as yet. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/tributes-as-elizabeth-maclennan-actress-and-784-founder-dies.129947280 Update: She was 77 and suffered from leukaemia. Scotsman: http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-elizabeth-maclennan-actress-and-writer-1-3814224 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted June 27, 2015 6 in 6 weeks. Come on DL statos is this the most productive (or destructive depending on your point of view, or if you are a relative/friend of the deceased I suppose) period ever? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted June 27, 2015 6 in 6 weeks. Come on DL statos is this the most productive (or destructive depending on your point of view, or if you are rleative/friend of teh deceased I suppose) period ever? In roughly six weeks (cheating by a few days), 2003 saw for Idi Amin, Warren Zevon, Leni Riefenstahl, Edward Teller, Johnny Cash and Elia Kazan. But I direct you towards 35 days in 2002: 23rd Feb - Chuck Jones 27th Feb - Spike Milligan 27th March - Milton Berle 27th March - Dudley Moore 28th March - Billy Wilder 30th March - The Queen Mum All Deathlist picks. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted June 27, 2015 6 in 6 weeks. Come on DL statos is this the most productive (or destructive depending on your point of view, or if you are rleative/friend of teh deceased I suppose) period ever? In roughly six weeks (cheating by a few days), 2003 saw for Idi Amin, Warren Zevon, Leni Riefenstahl, Edward Teller, Johnny Cash and Elia Kazan. But I direct you towards 35 days in 2002: 23rd Feb - Chuck Jones 27th Feb - Spike Milligan 27th March - Milton Berle 27th March - Dudley Moore 28th March - Billy Wilder 30th March - The Queen Mum All Deathlist picks. I knew you wouldn't let me down. Next bit of homework then, when does the 7th hit have to come for it to be a record? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted June 27, 2015 6 in 6 weeks. Come on DL statos is this the most productive (or destructive depending on your point of view, or if you are rleative/friend of teh deceased I suppose) period ever? In roughly six weeks (cheating by a few days), 2003 saw for Idi Amin, Warren Zevon, Leni Riefenstahl, Edward Teller, Johnny Cash and Elia Kazan. But I direct you towards 35 days in 2002: 23rd Feb - Chuck Jones 27th Feb - Spike Milligan 27th March - Milton Berle 27th March - Dudley Moore 28th March - Billy Wilder 30th March - The Queen Mum All Deathlist picks. I knew you wouldn't let me down. Next bit of homework then, when does the 7th hit have to come for it to be a record? From BB King to now - 44 days Between Kramer and Secombe in 2001 - 50 days Off the top of my head, I think thats the record. Proper stat-folk like Ali might know better though. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted June 27, 2015 6 in 6 weeks. Come on DL statos is this the most productive (or destructive depending on your point of view, or if you are rleative/friend of teh deceased I suppose) period ever? In roughly six weeks (cheating by a few days), 2003 saw for Idi Amin, Warren Zevon, Leni Riefenstahl, Edward Teller, Johnny Cash and Elia Kazan. But I direct you towards 35 days in 2002: 23rd Feb - Chuck Jones 27th Feb - Spike Milligan 27th March - Milton Berle 27th March - Dudley Moore 28th March - Billy Wilder 30th March - The Queen Mum All Deathlist picks. I knew you wouldn't let me down. Next bit of homework then, when does the 7th hit have to come for it to be a record? From BB King to now - 44 days Between Kramer and Secombe in 2001 - 50 days Off the top of my head, I think thats the record. Proper stat-folk like Ali might know better though. Thursday 25th and Mugabe gets it, brilliant! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,979 Posted June 27, 2015 Going from the deaths of George Melly to Bill Deedes in 2007 you get 7 deaths in 43 days, so that beats out 2001's sprint by a week... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted June 27, 2015 Going from the deaths of George Melly to Bill Deedes in 2007 you get 7 deaths in 43 days, so that beats out 2001's sprint by a week... Aw, Mugabe lives, bugger. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dead Cow 620 Posted June 27, 2015 Dr. Jeff Bradstreet, a controversial anti-vaccine physician who suggested that there was a link between vaccines and autism, has apparently topped himself, aged 60. http://time.com/3939053/dr-jeff-bradstreet-dead/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted June 27, 2015 Dr. Jeff Bradstreet, a controversial anti-vaccine physician who suggested that there was a link between vaccines and autism, has apparently topped himself, aged 60. http://time.com/3939053/dr-jeff-bradstreet-dead/ If there was such a such a thing as weighing up someone's contribution in life positive/negative where would this person go do we think? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lastorders 15 Posted June 30, 2015 Hpe not 2 LT but Matti Makkonen the Finn inv txt is ded :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33324708 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mijkediablo 79 Posted June 30, 2015 Alain de Greef, one of the 'founding fathers' of CanalPlus (although he joined the company two years after it was founded), dead at 68. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/alain-de-greef-canal-dead-805920?utm_source=twitter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted July 1, 2015 Long-time world class windsurfer Peter Volwater, 40, apparently dead of suicide: http://www.surfertoday.com/windsurfing/11924-peter-volwater-passes-away-at-40 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paulh85 101 Posted July 1, 2015 not a person, but very famous... Kauto Star dies the other day, aged 15 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted July 1, 2015 Hpe not 2 LT but Matti Makkonen the Finn inv txt is ded :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33324708 Very clever post! This name should be bigger. Several obituaries call him the "father of the SMS". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,533 Posted July 2, 2015 Just got Val Doonican's death come through on the wires. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,614 Posted July 2, 2015 Just got Val Doonican's death come through on the wires. BBC News Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
torbrexbones 717 Posted July 2, 2015 Just got Val Doonican's death come through on the wires. That Old Rocking Chair has got him in its grip. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted July 2, 2015 Antarctic explorer (how many explorers are left in this world?) Malcolm Laird dead at 80: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/69860602/antarctic-explorer-malcolm-laird-dies-at-machu-picchu-in-peru He suffered a heart attack at his wedding anniversary holidays. It was probably the ascension to the ruins of Macchu Picchu that were too much for him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,586 Posted July 2, 2015 Just got Val Doonican's death come through on the wires. That Old Rocking Chair has got him in its grip. No longer Walking Tall Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paulh85 101 Posted July 2, 2015 youve got to have a few rocks loose to try to do something like that at 80! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted July 2, 2015 Just got Val Doonican's death come through on the wires. That Old Rocking Chair has got him in its grip. No longer Walking Tall Can't think of anything witty but it's my 200th post. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 2, 2015 Former Virginia athletic director Jim Weaver has died. He was 70. The university said in a news release that Weaver died Thursday morning. He disclosed in 2008 that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, and he retired for health reasons in 2013. He served as Virginia Tech's athletic director for 16 years, the second-longest tenure in school history. SC http://m.richmond.com/news/virginia/ap/article_242ab727-e7e9-505a-b285-f540892f1d51.html?mode=jqm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted July 2, 2015 Former Virginia athletic director Jim Weaver has died. He was 70. The university said in a news release that Weaver died Thursday morning. He disclosed in 2008 that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, and he retired for health reasons in 2013. He served as Virginia Tech's athletic director for 16 years, the second-longest tenure in school history. SC http://m.richmond.com/news/virginia/ap/article_242ab727-e7e9-505a-b285-f540892f1d51.html?mode=jqm So he would have been proud of some of the running and scrambling when they had that gunman a few years back, then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
