RIP thread - Page 889

**anothercustom** · February 15th, 2019, 11:02 PM

Dick Churchill, the last surviving real life Great Escape prisoner dies aged 99.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-47257570

Watch the video in the link - short but interesting.

**Meini Again** · February 16th, 2019, 02:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by victor meldrew

Fred Pickering, first saw him play left back and captain for Blackburn in the youth cup final at Upton Park in 59. Pickering & McEvoy were the recipients of some Bryan Douglas footwork as they inflicted our worst home defeat Boxing Day 63.

God Bless

Yes....he started his career at the back Victor.... and like a "Wenger Moment" he was moved up front - I don't know which manager moved him. Everton - one of the big spenders then, bought him, I loved him at first sight....when he came to us..... Bob Latchford ~ a Blues trainee worshipped him and eventually moved to Everton, still the BIG SPENDERS....as a clone of Fred.

Before then, Fred, like his peers, played for less than the industrail average wage. When he left football, FGS, his training, skills and duty got him a job as a fork-lift-driver. He might have been better off.... there

Sorry guys for this diversion..... I just loved this sportsman

A true Working-Class-Hero.

Fred, you will always be missed and loved.

**Devius** · February 16th, 2019, 11:17 AM

Lady Falkender, Harold Wilson's righthand woman, dies, aged 86

Harold Wilson’s former righthand woman, Lady Falkender, has died.

Falkender, who was Marcia Williams before she was ennobled, was the personal and political secretary to the Labour prime minister during his premiership in the 1960s and 1970s.

Once in Downing Street, she turned the waiting room outside the cabinet room into her own office, and exercised control over those who had access to Wilson.

She reportedly died of pneumonia on 6 February, aged 86.

One of the most powerful women in politics at the time, she came to prominence after Wilson’s sudden resignation in 1976 when there were suspicions that she drafted a list of resignation honours to be handed out to controversial businessmen which became known as the “lavender list” because it was handwritten on pale purple paper.

Some of the surprising names on the list included the prime minister’s publisher, Sir George Weidenfeld, his raincoat manufacturer, Sir Joseph Kagan, and a property tycoon, Sir Max Rayne.

Details:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...n-dies-aged-86

RIP

**Joszka** · February 16th, 2019, 11:19 AM

Quote:

Bruno Ganz, the melancholy Swiss film actor who played an angel longing for the visceral joys of mortality in “Wings of Desire” and a defeated Hitler with trembling hands facing his own mortality in “Downfall,” died on Friday at his home in Zurich. He was 77.
Mr. Ganz received a diagnosis of colon cancer last summer while he was working at the Salzburg Festival in Austria.

In the Wim Wenders drama “Wings of Desire” (1987), he played an angel whose job was to spend time on earth, make himself visible to the dying and to comfort them. But the character saw such beauty in human life that he wanted it for himself.
Perhaps his most talked-about role was as Hitler in “Downfall” (2004), the first major German work to present a portrayal of the Nazi leader.

There was strong reaction to his portrayal of Hitler (including a slew of angry-führer internet memes), but Mr. Ganz always insisted he was the mildest-mannered of introverts. “I like to walk. I like to read. I like to watch people...”

Great artist and human being. RIP.

**scoundrel** · February 16th, 2019, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by K_D

Lyndon LaRouche
September 8, 1922 - February 12, 2019
U.S. Political Cult Leader / 8 Time Presidential Candidate

LaRouche was connected to an array of odd conspiracy theories,
including that the Queen of England was involved in international drug trade,
and that Henry Kissinger was part of a group of "Soviet agents of influence."

SEE:
NY Times
NPR
Wikipedia
The Utterly Bizarre Life of Lyndon LaRouche

*

Sadly missed by...almost nobody.

**SanteeFats** · February 19th, 2019, 03:42 AM

Okay please remember that this thread is for recently deceased people and not for remembering some one's death anniversary.

**Devius** · February 19th, 2019, 05:37 AM

The US sailor famously photographed kissing a stranger in New York's Times Square to celebrate the end of World War Two has died aged 95.

The picture of George Mendonsa bending over and kissing 21-year-old Greta Zimmer Friedman on VJ Day (Victory over Japan) became one of the most enduring images of the period.

It was one of four photographs taken by Alfred Eisenstadt as a round-up of celebration pictures for Life magazine.

Ms Friedman died in 2016 aged 92.

Mr Mendonsa's daughter, Sharon Molleur, said her father suffered a seizure and died on Sunday after a fall at a care home in Middletown, Rhode Island.

Alfred Eisenstadt did not give the names of the kissing strangers and it was years before Mr Mendonsa and Ms Friedman were confirmed as the featured couple.

The photographer described how he watched the sailor running along the street on 14 August 1945, grabbing any girl in sight.

"I was running ahead of him with my Leica looking back over my shoulder but none of the pictures that were possible pleased me," he wrote in the book Eisenstadt on Eisenstadt.

"Then suddenly, in a flash, I saw something white being grabbed. I turned around and clicked the moment the sailor kissed the nurse. If she had been dressed in a dark dress I would never have taken the picture."

Ms Friedman, who had been working as a dental assistant, said she had not been aware of the photo until the 1960s.

"It wasn't much of a kiss," she later recalled. "It was just somebody celebrating. It wasn't a romantic event."

Mr Mendonsa had served in the Pacific and was on home leave when the picture was taken.

Details:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47287116

RIP

**Decadence** · February 19th, 2019, 10:55 AM

Fashion Tsar Karl Lagerfeld has passed in Paris at age 85:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebri...ad-85-14019724

RIP

**diamelsx** · February 20th, 2019, 12:17 AM

Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitching great Don Newcombe has died after a lengthy illness, the team announced Tuesday. He was 92.

**Navvet** · February 21st, 2019, 03:49 PM

Peter Tork, a former member of The Monkees, has died on the day of his 77th birthday.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...=.84d9aec9f105

February 16th, 2019, 11:17 AM	#8883
Devius Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: It's a London Thing.... Posts: 23,480 Thanks: 142,043 Thanked 228,227 Times in 23,516 Posts	Marcia Matilda Falkender, Baroness Falkender CBE Lady Falkender, Harold Wilson's righthand woman, dies, aged 86 Harold Wilson’s former righthand woman, Lady Falkender, has died. Falkender, who was Marcia Williams before she was ennobled, was the personal and political secretary to the Labour prime minister during his premiership in the 1960s and 1970s. Once in Downing Street, she turned the waiting room outside the cabinet room into her own office, and exercised control over those who had access to Wilson. She reportedly died of pneumonia on 6 February, aged 86. One of the most powerful women in politics at the time, she came to prominence after Wilson’s sudden resignation in 1976 when there were suspicions that she drafted a list of resignation honours to be handed out to controversial businessmen which became known as the “lavender list” because it was handwritten on pale purple paper. Some of the surprising names on the list included the prime minister’s publisher, Sir George Weidenfeld, his raincoat manufacturer, Sir Joseph Kagan, and a property tycoon, Sir Max Rayne. Details: https://www.theguardian.com/politics...n-dies-aged-86 RIP __________________ "I've had it with them, I've had it with you, I've had it with ALL THIS - I WANT ROOM SERVICE!* I want the club sandwich, I want the cold Mexican beer, I want a $10,000-a-night hooker!"* Johnny Mnemonic (1995)

February 19th, 2019, 05:37 AM	#8887
Devius Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: It's a London Thing.... Posts: 23,480 Thanks: 142,043 Thanked 228,227 Times in 23,516 Posts	George Mendonsa, US WWII 'kissing sailor', dies aged 95 The US sailor famously photographed kissing a stranger in New York's Times Square to celebrate the end of World War Two has died aged 95. The picture of George Mendonsa bending over and kissing 21-year-old Greta Zimmer Friedman on VJ Day (Victory over Japan) became one of the most enduring images of the period. It was one of four photographs taken by Alfred Eisenstadt as a round-up of celebration pictures for Life magazine. Ms Friedman died in 2016 aged 92. Mr Mendonsa's daughter, Sharon Molleur, said her father suffered a seizure and died on Sunday after a fall at a care home in Middletown, Rhode Island. Alfred Eisenstadt did not give the names of the kissing strangers and it was years before Mr Mendonsa and Ms Friedman were confirmed as the featured couple. The photographer described how he watched the sailor running along the street on 14 August 1945, grabbing any girl in sight. "I was running ahead of him with my Leica looking back over my shoulder but none of the pictures that were possible pleased me," he wrote in the book Eisenstadt on Eisenstadt. "Then suddenly, in a flash, I saw something white being grabbed. I turned around and clicked the moment the sailor kissed the nurse. If she had been dressed in a dark dress I would never have taken the picture." Ms Friedman, who had been working as a dental assistant, said she had not been aware of the photo until the 1960s. "It wasn't much of a kiss," she later recalled. "It was just somebody celebrating. It wasn't a romantic event." Mr Mendonsa had served in the Pacific and was on home leave when the picture was taken. Details: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47287116 RIP __________________ "I've had it with them, I've had it with you, I've had it with ALL THIS - I WANT ROOM SERVICE!* I want the club sandwich, I want the cold Mexican beer, I want a $10,000-a-night hooker!"* Johnny Mnemonic (1995)

February 19th, 2019, 10:55 AM	#8888
Decadence *the thrill of it all* Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Depths of Debauchery Posts: 11,191 Thanks: 159,934 Thanked 213,277 Times in 11,241 Posts	Fashion Tsar Karl Lagerfeld has passed in Paris at age 85: https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebri...ad-85-14019724 RIP __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

February 20th, 2019, 12:17 AM	#8889
diamelsx Vintage Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Around the way Posts: 2,680 Thanks: 28,302 Thanked 29,499 Times in 2,673 Posts	Don Newcombe June 14, 1926 – February 19, 2019 Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitching great Don Newcombe has died after a lengthy illness, the team announced Tuesday. He was 92. __________________ No one has more fairweather friends than the truth...

February 21st, 2019, 03:49 PM	#8890
Navvet An Old Salt Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 8,092 Thanks: 71,662 Thanked 279,499 Times in 8,084 Posts	Peter Tork Peter Tork, a former member of The Monkees, has died on the day of his 77th birthday. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...=.84d9aec9f105

February 15th, 2019, 11:02 PM	#8881
anothercustom Vintage Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 4,950 Thanks: 25,742 Thanked 123,765 Times in 5,161 Posts	Dick Churchill, the last surviving real life Great Escape prisoner dies aged 99. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-47257570 Watch the video in the link - short but interesting.

February 19th, 2019, 03:42 AM	#8886
SanteeFats Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Santee, Ca Posts: 60,824 Thanks: 281,841 Thanked 813,849 Times in 60,866 Posts	Okay please remember that this thread is for recently deceased people and not for remembering some one's death anniversary.

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