RIP thread

[Randy_Mann]

Randy Scruggs, a Grammy-winning musician, songwriter and producer,
and the son of banjo innovator Earl Scruggs, died Tuesday night after a
short illness. He was 64.



https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/...-64/529111002/

[Greenman]

Dale Winton I reckon would have been a perfect host for The Generation Game had the BBC decided to resurrect it without Mel and Sue. He was a people-person and loved what he did. Such a sad loss at such a relatively young age.

[footstep]

Ronald Lee Ermey
Full Metal RIP.

[bubbs999]

Originally Posted by footstep

Amadeus! RIP Milos.

Jan Tomáš "Miloš" Forman
18th February 1932 – 13th April 2018

Whether you enjoyed "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", or "The People vs. Larry Flynt", as I did ; his finest work was, for me,

AMADEUS

If you haven't seen it, you are missing one of the most compelling masterpieces ever to grace the big screen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUL_...EG_lYT2NrmbEET
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; Child Prodigy ; Composer ; Genius ; dead aged 35

Rest in piece Milos Forman

[Moon Raker]

Dale Winton, who died this week at the early age of just 62, will be remembered for many things in the UK but - for me - one show stands out from the rest. In 2003 he starred alongside supermodel Nell McAndrew in a one-off production made for the BBC "Dale's Wedding" showing the build up to their 'wedding'. Of course it was a spoof, a mockumentary, but (if we didn't all know that he was gay) you really would not have realised that. The budget was huge (hire of country house, costumes, helicopter), the production values were superb, nobody played it for laughs and there were a host of celebrities appearing to give their compliments to the 'couple', e.g. Cilla Black, Tony Blackburn, Nicholas Parsons, Meera Syal. I have read that it was put together by a group of recent media studies graduates to see what they could create, given the money. The only possible giveaway to the 'unknowing' was the final line delivered by Dale '... or was it all a dream?'. RIP Dale.

Here is what Nell has had to say about it this week:

Model Nell McAndrew has told BBC Radio 5 live that a lot of people thought she was really married to Dale Winton.
Speaking to Anna Foster, she paid tribute to the former Supermarket Sweep host, who has died at the age of 62.
In 2003, she famously pretended to marry Dale Winton for the BBC Three mockumentary Dale’s Wedding.

[gedly]

Doreen Wise, the wife of Eric, the partner of the comedy legend that is Eric Morecambe.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/...ernie-12393514

[Randy_Mann]

In nine seasons as the head coach of the Buckeyes, Bruce compiled a record of 81-26-1. OSU won outright or claimed a share of the Big Ten title four times during Bruce’s tenure. They played in a pair of Rose Bowls under Bruce, part of eight bowl games they qualified for in his first eight seasons as head coach.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...-87/535310002/

[Nightjar]

Swedish DJ and musician Avicii has died aged just 28.

Avicii, Swedish DJ, dies aged 28

The producer and DJ, real name Tim Bergling, was found dead in Oman, his representative says



Swedish DJ Avicii has died in Muscat, Oman, at the age of 28.

His representative said in a statement: “It is with profound sorrow that we announce the loss of Tim Bergling, also known as Avicii.

“He was found dead in Muscat, Oman, this Friday afternoon local time, 20 April.

“The family is devastated and we ask everyone to please respect their need for privacy in this difficult time. No further statements will be given.”

DJ Calvin Harris tweeted: “Devastating news about Avicii, a beautiful soul, passionate and extremely talented with so much more to do. My heart goes out to his family. God bless you Tim x.”

In 2016, Avicii retired from live performing due to health reasons, having suffered from acute pancreatitis owing, in part, to excessive drinking. In 2014, Avicii had his gallbladder and appendix removed.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...i-dies-aged-28

[patwynnfan]

The "Angel of Dieppe" has died at age 103 - more than 75 years after she helped save the lives of many Canadian and British soldiers. Sister Agnès-Marie Valois became a Canadian military legend for treating soldiers captured by German forces after the failed Dieppe landing. She has received honours from both her native country of France and Canada. More than 3,000 of about 6,000 Allied soldiers were captured or killed - the majority of them Canadian. Sister Agnès was born in 1914 in Rouen Seine-Inferior, France and became an Augustinian nun at the convent of the Hôtel-Dieu in her hometown in the 1936. A trained nurse, she was one of about 10 Augustinian nurses who received the wounded and dead from the bloody battle of Dieppe. On 19 August 1942, about 6,100 Allied soldiers tried to storm the beach at the port town of Dieppe, France. The operation was considered a total disaster. Troops found themselves blocked from access points by concrete obstacles and overwhelmed by German firepower. Within 10 hours, some 3,367 soldiers were killed or captured. "It wasn't war," Sister Agnès has said. "It was a massacre." Sister Agnès personally tended to the wounded on the beach, and later at the Hôtel-Dieu in nearby Rouen. Her care and concern for the soldiers regardless of nationality sparked several military legends and earned her the nickname the "Angel of Dieppe".

According to one legend, when a German officer pointed a pistol at a Canadian solider, she stood in between the gun and the wounded man and told the German soldier he would have to go through her. In 2010, Sister Agnès recalled how a wounded man asked her to kiss him as his mother would. She did, and he later died. She also recounted promising a Canadian soldier that she would take care of his amputated arm. She personally collected the arm and buried it in the garden, she said. "They loved each other. They loved her and she loved them. Whenever she met what she called 'my Canadians' she had a great big smile on her face," retired Canadian captain Tim Fletcher told the National Post. After the war, she continued to work in hospitals before retiring. She attended the commemoration for the battle in Dieppe every year, until recently when her health began to fail. She was awarded the French National Order of Merit in 1992, became a knight of the Legion of Honour in 1996 and was awarded Canada's Meritorious Service Medal in 1998. The flags in Dieppe were flown at half-mast to honour her death.

[tsunamiSD]

Longtime Voice-Talent Agent Dies at 90

He represented a who’s-who of classic voice talent, including Orson Welles, Casey Kasem, June Foray, Wolfman Jack, Mel Blanc, Paul Winchell, Janet Waldo, Gary Owens, and many more.