Re: The high profile person recently died thread

[oldschooldoom]

Dear Abby (advice columnist) 94

http://news.msn.com/obits/pauline-phillips-dear-abby-columnist-1918-2013

[Staybrite]

Dear Abby (advice columnist) 94

But she out-lived her twin sister Ann Landers by 10 years!

[oteis]

John Paculabo (john Pac) died....

He was the managing director at Kingsway Music since 1989. A big loss for the christian music industrie.

[oldschooldoom]

C. Everett Koop, ex-surgeon general, dies at 96

http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2013/02/25/1947525/

He is responsible for officially telling America that cigarette smoking is bad for your health.

I want to know what he died of

[guilty/forgiven]

I heard he died from Free-Basing... but I could be wrong

[Black Rider]

He was 96, people just get old and die.

[WildWorld]

R.I.P. Koop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUpxLtQ-Ms0

[guilty/forgiven]

True, when someone dies at 96, there's no need to ask what they died from
Men have a life exp of 75 and women 90, so when a man makes it to 96 and dies... well, let's just say he could have a knife sticking out of his back and they'd still write "natural causes" on the death cert.

[oldschooldoom]

People no longer officially die of 'natural causes' in the US.

[oldschooldoom]

Bonnie
Franklin, who played Ann Romano on the '70s sitcom "One Day at a Time"
died today. She had pancreatic cancer.

[oldschooldoom]

Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan President, Dead at 58





Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks
during a televised program from the Miraflores presidential palace in
Caracas, Venezuela on April 11, 2012.

Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's fiery and controversial socialist president who
came to power on wave of popular sentiment and befriended some of the
world's most notorious dictators, has died at the age of 58, Venezuelan
Vice President Nicolas Maduro said today.

Chavez had been fighting cancer, recently seeking treatment at a clinic in Cuba.

A self-described champion of the poor who first tried to overturn
Venezuela's powerful elites in a failed 1992 coup, Chavez was
democratically elected in 1999, with huge support from the country's
poor.

During his time in office, he became one of Latin America's most
well-known and polarizing figures. A constant thorn in the side of the United States,
he commanded headlines in newspapers around the world. A populist who
suppressed free speech, he remained immensely popular among his
country's poor.

From the time he won election in 1999, Chavez held onto power through
tightly controlling the media and through a series of populist elections
and referenda, including one that allowed him to seek a limitless
number of terms.

PHOTOS: Hugo Chavez Through the Years

Chavez, whose public appearances diminished in recent months, received
his first surgery and chemotherapy treatment for cancer in Cuba in 2011.

He returned to Cuba, a guest of that country's ailing socialist leader Fidel Castro, for treatment and surgery in February 2012.

[WildWorld]

RIP to Paul Bearer

http://www.wwe.com/inside/paul-bearer-passes-26096670

[MikeInFla]

RIP to Paul Bearer

http://www.wwe.com/inside/paul-bearer-passes-26096670

At first I rolled my eyes thinking this was a wrestling storyline. I thought "oh they've pushed Paul Bearer down the stairs again".

Will miss the man with the strange voice. Always enjoyed watching him.

[oldschooldoom]

Guitarist Alvin Lee of Ten Years After dies at 68

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-207_162-57572963/guitarist-alvin-lee-of-ten-years-after-dies-at-68/

[Through The Dark Radio]

Stompin' Tom Connors (The Hockey Song) passed away at age 77.



http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/stompin-tom-connors-creator-hockey-song-dies-77-020715880--nhl.html

[guilty/forgiven]

Guitarist Alvin Lee of Ten Years After dies at 68

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-207_162-57572963/guitarist-alvin-lee-of-ten-years-after-dies-at-68/

Awww man, Alvin and Mylon were a great team back in the day. Very talented man.
Heaven's getting fuller !

[guilty/forgiven]

Peter Banks, former Yes guitarist, dies
Peter Banks co-founded prog-rock band Yes with Chris Squire in 1968
http://news.msn.com/obits/peter-banks-former-yes-guitarist-dies

[oldschooldoom]

R.I.P. Clive Burr


Ex-Iron Maiden Drummer, Dead at 56

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/clive-burr-ex-iron-maiden-drummer-dead-at-56-20130313

[Kerrick]

Wow... I had not heard. He'd been battling MS for a long time... Time to play some classic Maiden in remembrance...

[MikeInFla]

Wow... I had not heard. He'd been battling MS for a long time... Time to play some classic Maiden in remembrance...

Same here. Playing the first 2 albums today.

[oldschooldoom]

Robert Zildjian


Cymbal Honcho Dies at 89

http://www.tmz.com/2013/03/28/robert-rz-zildjian-dies-cymbal-honcho-dead-drums/

[MikeInFla]

Not really anyone famous but might have been one day:


The Charlotte-Mecklenburg police department has confirmed that Reid Flair, the 25-year-old son of legendary wrestler Ric Flair, was found dead Friday in a Charlotte hotel.

According to a press release issued by police, officers received a call for service in reference to an unresponsive individual at a room at the Residence Inn in SouthPark. Police identified the person as Richard Fliehr (his real name), and he was pronounced dead.

Police say there didn’t appear to be foul play involved in his death.

Ric Flair’s agent, Melinda Morris Zanoni of Legacy Talent and Entertainment, issued a statement on Facebook: “We are heartbroken to confirm that Ric’s son, Reid Fliehr, has passed away today March 29, 2013 in Charlotte, NC.

[Guest]

R.I.P. Roger Ebert

http://news.yahoo.com/sun-times-famed-movie-critic-roger-ebert-dies-194432507.html

[guilty/forgiven]

I give his death a thumbs down

[Gandalf the White]

He just announced earlier this week he was going to work less because his cancer had returned. What a shame...

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