RIP thread

[pharoahegypt]

The world sure is a crazy place W.

I get Chris Chunt's view, being also of a similar age and with both oldies just about intact; but like others say, we feel we know all these celebs due to watching/listening to them for many years of our life. It freaks some of them out to begin with as people walk up and talk to them as if they are properly acquainted, but they either get used to it or become semi-hermits; such as many of the late film actresses, and more lately Abba's Agnetha Faltskog.

Being famous is likely not the picnic some of us imagine; living every day of your life in the public eye; so to have that same public say something nice when you kick the pail is expected.

[ball7]

Paul Shaffer has died at 90.
Shaffer was the playwriter of such duable and longlived plays as "Amadeus" and "Equus"

[ball7]

Grandmaster Viktor Korchnoi has died at the age of 85.
Korchnoi was widely considered as the strongest player to never become World Champion.

[spartaneric]

Kevin Ferguson aka MMA Fighter Kimbo Slice has died age 42. Reported by TMZ.

[ball7]

The lovely Theresa Saldana has died at only the age of 61.
She was famous for starring opposite De Niro in Raging Bull and for playing Michael Chiklis' wife in The Commish.
She will be sadly missed.
http://deadline.com/2016/06/theresa-...ck-1201768326/

[snowy25]

Originally Posted by spartaneric

Kevin Ferguson aka MMA Fighter Kimbo Slice has died age 42. Reported by TMZ.

Apparently news being reported now is he went to hospital on June 3rd with a variety of health issues. There he was told he needed a heart transplant due to congestive heart failure. He was then supposedly put onto the waiting list but it seems it was too late.

[patwynnfan]

One of African football's best-known figures, Stephen Keshi, has died at the age of 54, the Nigeria Football Federation has said. A former captain of the Nigeria national team, Keshi was one of only two men to win the Africa Cup of Nations both as a player and a coach. He also managed Togo and Mali, and his playing career included a spell for Belgian club side Anderlecht. He is thought to have suffered a heart attack, local media reported. As a player, Keshi was part of the Super Eagles team that won the Nations Cup in 1994 and narrowly missed out on a World Cup quarter-final place the same year. He coached the national side over three spells, leading Nigeria to the 2013 Nations Cup title in South Africa and the last 16 at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. His contract was not renewed after the World Cup but he later returned on a match-by-match deal following the team's failure to reach the 2015 Nations Cup finals. He was then sacked as caretaker coach but reinstated after intervention from then Nigeria president Goodluck Jonathan. He was sacked for a final time last July.

[Markus R]

Former Bayer 04 coach Sascha Lewandowski has been found dead aged 44.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36486897

[johnbear]

Italian Actress Best Known For B Grade Horror Films Died Age 76.


Marina Malfatti

[Lurk_D]

Originally Posted by ball7

Paul Shaffer has died at 90.
Shaffer was the playwriter of such duable and longlived plays as "Amadeus" and "Equus"

I think you'll find this was Peter Shaffer, not Paul. Paul is a musician, and was David Letterman's bandleader. And is still among the living.