RIP thread

[ultimatewarlord]

Slightly remiss of us not to commemorate the murder of two police women and a by-passer in Liege Belgium recently. Some scumbag who didn't have the decency to rid the world of himself but had to cause misery to families who'll never forget.

[K_D]

Charlotte Fox
1957 - 2018
U.S. Mountaineer

Charlotte Fox, climber of the tallest peaks, survivor of 1996 Everest disaster, dies after an apparent fall at home*.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.f22e34c0b6c1

https://www.denverpost.com/2018/05/3...colorado-home/

https://nypost.com/2018/05/31/charlo...on-dead-at-61/

* "I don't want to start
Any blasphemous rumors
But I think that God's
Got a sick sense of humor
And when I die
I expect to find Him laughing"

Martin Gore, Depeche Mode - "Blasphemous Rumours"

[johnbear]

Was an American blues musician who specialized in Chicago blues Blues Revue said he plays “joyous rave-ups he testifies with stunning soul fervor and powerful guitar One of the blues finest songwriters he died age 83.




https://www.bluemountainsgazette.com...d-at-83/?cs=36

[Randy_Mann]

A high-profile forensic psychiatrist who advised police and prosecutors in high-profile cases like the JonBenet Ramsey murder and the Columbine school massacre was shot dead outside his Arizona office on Thursday evening.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime...D=ansmsnnews11

[tsunamiSD]

From Mark Evanier's blog:

Everyone in the extended family that is MAD Magazine is shocked this morning at the news that Nick Meglin died this morning of a sudden heart attack. Nick worked on MAD for close to half a century, starting as an Idea Man and Writer, moving to an Associate Editor position and then to being co-editor (with John Ficarra) and then, upon his retirement in 2004, becoming a Consulting Editor. Given his wicked sense of humor, Insulting Editor might have been a better title.
Many of us are especially jarred because we spent last weekend with Nick at the National Cartoonists Society convention in Philadelphia. I had lunch with Nick a week ago today and a week ago tomorrow, moderated a MAD panel in which he participated. He was alert and funny and seemed like a guy in good health for a man of 82.
Since leaving regular duties on MAD, he has mostly been involved in writing musicals and was looking forward to the opening of the stage version of Grumpy Old Men (based on the movie) at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine in August. Nick did the lyrics for that show and for the musical Tim and Scrooge, a sequel to Dickens' A Christmas Carol, he wrote both book and lyrics.
But, getting back to MAD: I want you all to know this about my friend Nick. The sense of humor that permeated that magazine from about 1957 into the eighties was mainly Nick's. The editor of MAD for much of that period, Al Feldstein, was a skilled craftsman at producing a magazine on time and in giving the best possible presentation to the work of his freelance writers and artists…but Feldstein wasn't all that funny.
Meglin was funny. He wrote much of MAD's editorial material (intros, ads, etc.). He rewrote or punched-up articles that were in need of extra laughs. And he recognized comedic talent in writers who submitted work and encouraged them and guided them. At least half of MAD's best writers during that period were "found" by Nick as were many of its artists. When I researched my now-outta print book, MAD Art, I interviewed just about everyone who'd ever worked for the magazine and was still around to be interviewed. A lot of those folks told me that had it not been for Nick, they never would have had their proud association with the magazine.
I've talked to a few of them again today. They're all very sad about this news and so am I.

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[patwynnfan]

Tanzanian conjoined twins Maria and Consolata Mwakikuti have died at the age 21 after suffering respiratory complications at a local hospital. The women, who were joined from the navel downwards and shared organs like the liver and lungs, had two hearts and separate heads and arms. They were admitted to hospital in December due to issues relating to heart disease but died on Saturday. The twins were popular in Tanzania and the news has caused sadness nationwide. Many people took to social media on Sunday to send messages of condolence to the family and friends. Tanzanian President John Magufuli tweeted that he was "saddened" by their deaths, adding that Consolata and Maria had "dreamed of serving the nation". In an interview with the BBC last year, the twins said that after they had completed their university education, they wanted to become teachers. "We will teach using a projector and computers," they said.

People later remarked on their determination to acquire higher education qualifications regardless of a challenging system, which often found their condition hard to accommodate. They were able to continue their studies as they grew older thanks in part to funding from local government and private donations. Maria and Consolata, who were against the idea of being surgically separated, also told the BBC that they hoped to get married to one husband someday. The two, whose parents died while they were still infants, were raised by the Catholic charity Maria Consolata, which had adopted and named them. Last year, their high school graduation triggered a wave of congratulatory messages nationwide.

[johnbear]

Was an American journalist and author best known for writing the first biographies of both Elvis Presley and Jim Morrison of the Doors as well as serving for 20 years as a correspondent and contributing editor of Rolling Stone magazine. He also penned several other biographies wrote history and humor and was a writer-producer for Mike Wallace Steve Allen and Mort Sahl he died age 82.



https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/gen...y-hopkins-dies

[Gazsu8107]

6 July 1952 - 24 May 2018

https://www.billboard.com/articles/n...-emmanuel-obit

R.I.P. Phil

[wolf902]

Robert Mandan, the Womanizing Chester Tate on 'Soap,' Dies at 86

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...was-86-1116697

[neo2008]

Originally Posted by wolf902

Robert Mandan, the Womanizing Chester Tate on 'Soap,' Dies at 86

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...was-86-1116697

This is crazy because i was watching an old episode of Three's a Crowd on Sunday and wondered if he was still around...RIP