Re: The high profile person recently died thread

[BobtheBerean]

How can anyone not post two music legends :

BB King

Chris Squire - {Took bass playing to a WHOLE new level!!]

????

This is what is truly sad  {Nobody mentioning them}

[BobtheBerean]

My bad - these two legends were posted just before my post did..

I feel better now!

[ThomasEversole]

Actress Amanda Peterson. 

Unfortunately, I'd say it was substance abuse related.
I can literally SEE it on her face.  (mugshot)

[MikeInFla]

WWE Legend Rowdy Roddy Piper passed away at age 61

[oldschooldoom]

Lynn Anderson Country Singer Dies After Heart Attack At 67
http://hollywoodlife.com/2015/07/31/lynn-anderson-dead-country-singer-dies-heart-attack/#

[MegaNorm64]

R.I.P. HOT ROD!

[Kerrick]

WWE Legend Rowdy Roddy Piper passed away at age 61

No way!  So young.   

I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick [butt*]... and I'm all out of bubblegum.

*modified to be family friendly

[oldschooldoom]

Frank Gifford, NFL Legend, sports announcer, husband of Kathie Lee Gifford, dies at 84 at Connecticut home
http://www.today.com/news/frank-gifford-husband-kathie-lee-gifford-dies-84-connecticut-home-t37641

[MikeInFla]

[size=30]Holy Father time Batman! Yvonne Craig has left the building [/size]

[oldschooldoom]

Rest in Peace: Yvonne Craig

Yvonne Craig died Monday, August 17, 2015 of Breasts Cancer at the age of 78. Here is a photograph of her from the Original Star Trek episode "Whom Gods Destroy".

[d@v!d]

RIP the Dust Lady. Marcy Borders.

https://vimeo.com/28767268

Never forget.

[Superjuice]

The first high schooler taken in the first round of the NBA draft is gone.  His play was also the reason why they instituted breakaway rims:



http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/13526002/darryl-dawkins-dies-age-58

Nickname Chocolate Thunder was created by Stevie Wonder.  Also claimed to be from the Planet Lovetron.

[WildWorld]

Horror movie icon Wes Craven has died. As a huge fan of many of his films (in paticular the Elm Street series, People Under the Stairs, and Scream), this was a big shock:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wes-craven-horror-maestro-dies-818806

[L8T]

Rump Roastin', Bun Toastin'.............They don't make em' like that anymore....

[oldschooldoom]

Actor Dean Jones, who starred in The Love Bug, That Darn Cat! and other classic Walt Disney movies, has died at age 84.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2015/09/02/disney-love-bug-and-darn-cat-star-dean-jones-has-died/71603554/

[oldschooldoom]

Martin Milner, Star of ‘Adam-12,’ ‘Route 66,’ Dies at 83
http://variety.com/2015/film/news/martin-milner-dead-adam-12-route-66-1201587461/
I met him and Kent McCord in the early 70's.

[MikeInFla]

Dickie Moore from Our Gang. 

[ThomasEversole]

The Hall of Fame basketball player Moses Malone died today.

[MikeInFla]

Gary Richrath former guitarist for REO Speedwagon



He did have a reunion with them:

[metaldude]

The Hall of Fame basketball player Moses Malone died today.

It's sad. We've lost two members of a great Sixers team in less than a month.

[ThomasEversole]

Fred DeLuca, co-founder of Subway, died at age 67.
I'm sure finding out their spokesman was a chomo didn't help matters any.

[MikeInFla]

Yogi Berra, age 90.

[oldschooldoom]

Yogisms: Some of the more widely quoted philosophy of Yogi Berra

http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_28862684/yogisms-some-more-widely-quoted-philosophy-yogi-berra

[d@v!d]

Yogisms: Some of the more widely quoted philosophy of Yogi Berra

http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_28862684/yogisms-some-more-widely-quoted-philosophy-yogi-berra

So clever!

[metaldude]

One less good guy in the world without Yogi.

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