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Rowenna Erickson — a former plural wife who co-founded what for a time was Utah’s most outspoken anti-polygamy organization, Tapestry Against Polygamy— died Jan. 27 in Taylorsville. She was 78.

Tina Bessey, Erickson’s daughter, said on Monday her mother had suffered from Alzheimer’s and died at a care center.

Erickson and other former plural wives, including Lillian Bowles and Vicky Prunty, were among the women who founded Tapestry Against Polygamy in 1998. They cited their own experiences as examples of what was wrong with the lifestyle. The word “Tapestry” was placed in the name to denote what the founders considered a mosaic of harsh stories woven around one theme — polygamy.
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Magic Circle announce death of oldest member, magician Fergus Anckorn, aged 99.

 

 

 

Was a POW in WW2, helped build the famous Bridge on the River Kwai.

 

 

Picture not the most flattering there, makes him look like a Rangers executive.

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Report of the death of Toys R Us founder Charles Lazarus:

 

Awaiting confirmation of the final administration.

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1 minute ago, YoungWillz said:

Report of the death of Toys R Us founder Charles Lazarus:

 

Awaiting confirmation of the final administration.

Toys R Us shutdowns, and then the founder dies right afterwards. What a coincidence...

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Toys R Us will be disappointing its founder's name if it doesn't come back from the dead at some point.

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1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

Report of the death of Toys R Us founder Charles Lazarus:

 

Awaiting confirmation of the final administration.

 

He'll be back....

 

Dammit. Should read the young shavers posts afore realising beaten to it.

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One of those cancer bloggers researchers may have encountered, Julie Yip-Williams, has died aged 42.

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17 hours ago, Gooseberry Crumble said:

 

 

The entertainer behind the mask of Bozo the clown has died aged 89.

Thought it was Boris Johnson there for a sec.

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20 hours ago, Gooseberry Crumble said:

 

 

The entertainer behind the mask of Bozo the clown has died aged 89.

I always thought Larry Harmon was the original Bozo.  Learn something new every day.

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Game designer Bernie DeKoven is dead according to this:

Usual confirmations awaited.

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12 hours ago, charon said:

 

 

 

The Inuit historian who helped find the Erebus in 2014, Louie Kamookak, has died.

 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/louie-kamookak-inuit-historian-dies-1.4588260

 

Agree about The Terror - great book.  I've got a morbid fascination about the Franklin Expedition. 

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@Spade_Cooley

The death of Bernie DeKoven prompts me to ask if you got my last batch of photos for DDP.   Sent on 16 March.

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3 hours ago, Toast said:

@Spade_Cooley

The death of Bernie DeKoven prompts me to ask if you got my last batch of photos for DDP.   Sent on 16 March.

 


Yes, thanks for reminding me..... will upload tomorrow.

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1 hour ago, Spade_Cooley said:

 


Yes, thanks for reminding me..... will upload tomorrow.

Do let me know if any of them are no good.

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I’m afraid to say yay De Koven died now that I know he was my cousin’s acquaintance.

 

Proverbial ‘nail in the coffin’ for Cup 2018, I’m honored to advance.  Great match, gcreptile.

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On 24/03/2018 at 17:44, DevonDeathTrip said:

 

Agree about The Terror - great book.  I've got a morbid fascination about the Franklin Expedition. 

 

 

Wowsers DDT.

 

Episode 1 just released of TV adaptation. I had no idea.

 

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt2708480/

 

Jared Harris as Crozier and Ciaran Hinds as Franklin.

Downloading as I type.....

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Well this will be interesting to see if it’s still a go with Bernie DeKoven 16 years hence:

“Memorial Frisbees

Steady Ed has apparently willed that his ashes be made into Frisbees. You go, dude! 
My current burial plan calls for a tether ball to be bulit into my headstone.“

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On 07/08/2011 at 20:07, DevonDeathTrip said:

I haven't got a link, but I'm reliably informed that the wildlife filmmaker David Cobham is suffering from bowel cancer. I'm not really sure how famous he is, but he did direct and produce "Tarka the Otter", so that'll probably get him an obituary. I don't know if anyone else remembers the children's TV programme "Woof!", but he directed that as well.

 

Can't believe anyone ever doubted him: David Cobham dead at 87.

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Dick Wilmarth, first ever winner of the Iditarod sled race (1973), has died aged 75.

 

He never participated again -

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He was once asked why he never raced again. "His response was very quick, and with a big smile, he said, 'Cause I won,"' St. George said. 

 

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