The Dead Of 2017

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-42465482

 

Egg -chaser passes away

[ladyfiona 2,577]

Heather Menzies-Urich who was in The Sound of Music has died aged 68.

[Thatcher 2,386]

Jack Blessing (IMDb), an American actor who appeared in TV shows such as M*A*S*H, Moonlighting, The Golden Girls, The Naked Truth, George Lopez, Home Improvement and The X-Files, has died aged 66.

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He's the villainous Shipman type doctor in Audrey Pauley, which, iirc, is the only good episode in that final series of the original X-Files.

[Spade_Cooley 9,515]

 

That's a great 80s character actor face.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

3 hours ago, Thatcher said:

Jack Blessing (IMDb), an American actor who appeared in TV shows such as M*A*S*H, Moonlighting, The Golden Girls, The Naked Truth, George Lopez, Home Improvement and The X-Files, has died aged 66.

Giving Jesus our blessings at Christmas is pious and good, but this is a little overboard.

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Kids of survival artist Tim Rollins at 62.

 

 

http://www.artnews.com/2017/12/27/tim-rollins-artist-activist-thrived-collaborated-dies/

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Rose Marie who played Sally Rogers on "The Dick van Dyke Show" has passed away at 94

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A BBC tribute list of the dead of 2017 to refresh the memory.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/notable_deaths_2017

 

 

 

 

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Recy Taylor, African-American woman notoriously raped by 6 white men who were then not indicted, dead at 97:

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/29/recy-taylor-alabama-dies

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Mystery writer Sue Grafton dies at 77

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5221649/Mystery-writer-Sue-Grafton-dies-California.html

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6 hours ago, Banana said:

Mystery writer Sue Grafton dies at 77

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5221649/Mystery-writer-Sue-Grafton-dies-California.html

Or did she? 

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So let's get it in plain sight - Erica Garner didn't make the start line

 

I can't be the only person hastily revising a dead pool masterlist at this moment

 

Linkhttp://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/erica-garner-daughter-police-chokehold-victim-dies-article-1.3727554?cid=bitly

[Sean 6,314]

That is Morgan Tsvangirai off my DDp subs bench.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

19 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said:

So let's get it in plain sight - Erica Garner didn't make the start line

 

I can't be the only person hastily revising a dead pool masterlist at this moment

 

Linkhttp://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/erica-garner-daughter-police-chokehold-victim-dies-article-1.3727554?cid=bitly

Kinda why I haven't started pulling mine together.  That's 4 top names gone.  'twould have been an utter waste to mail an entry 
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Just now, Sir Creep said:

Kinda why I haven't started pulling mine together.  That's 4 top names gone.  'twould have been an utter waste to mail an entry 
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Yeah - but I'm talking Deathrace masterlist - like everyone's entry to date. Unavoidable edits at this point though - to be fair - everyone picking Garner as joker bar GrimupNorth had an alternative joker lined up; Garner was marginal to say the least.

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It really was one of those "little chance of seeing 2018, but just in case" Deathrace picks. It happens.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

3 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said:

 

 

Yeah - but I'm talking Deathrace masterlist - like everyone's entry to date. Unavoidable edits at this point though - to be fair - everyone picking Garner as joker bar GrimupNorth had an alternative joker lined up; Garner was marginal to say the least.

True, for the DP admins it's a nightmare.  Rather than the names on our lists, I'll send prayers your way

[gcreptile 10,966]

I'm just a little sad that my first sub is a cancer dad.

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Alas, 2017 deaths still arrive, and one late is Dr Gavin Stamp, architectural historian. Top dude, fought to preserve some of Glasgow's older architecture. Pal of mums. 69.

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I must admit I'm disappointed we didn't get to 18. If someone was to die in the USA before midnight their time would it count as a 2017 or 2018 death? 

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I wouldn't write it off yet.  Deaths aren't always announced instantly.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

7 hours ago, Toast said:

I wouldn't write it off yet.  Deaths aren't always announced instantly.

If they’re big (popular) enough to make it to DL they are.  When’s the last time a DL death was secret for more than an hour?

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4 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

If they’re big (popular) enough to make it to DL they are.  When’s the last time a DL death was secret for more than an hour?

Dunno, but IIRC Liz Smith died a couple of days before it was announced.

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55 minutes ago, Toast said:

Dunno, but IIRC Liz Smith died a couple of days before it was announced.

 

Died 24th December, announced 27th.

Richard Adams died 24th December, announced 26th.

 

I think both were delayed by the family for personal reasons.

 

Caroline John, who played a Doctor Who companion, and thus headline BBC news when she went, got announced 3 weeks AFTER her death, because everyone kept it quiet till after the funeral for the sake of her family, some of whom were very old and frail.