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The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Pyeknu - 01-06-2018

So it begins anew...

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/06/obituaries/jerry-van-dyke-dead.html


RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Bob Schroeck - 01-07-2018

Astronaut John Young, who walked on the moon and led the first shuttle mission.


RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - DHBirr - 01-08-2018

The first actor to play Worf's son Alexander died on 5 January ... at 33.  WTF, God?

Quote:[A holodeck scenario set in the "Ancient West" includes an obvious prostitute flashing some leg]
Worf:  You programmed this yourself?!
Alexander:  Well ... Mr. Barclay helped.
DHBirr, watching, guessing how Worf would respond:  "I'll have to talk with Mr. Barclay!"
Worf:  I shall have to have a little talk with Mr. Barclay!
—  TNG episode "A Fistful of Datas" 



RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Pyeknu - 01-08-2018

The flute soloist from Nights in White Satin has passed on:  https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jan/07/moody-blues-singer-ray-thomas-dies-at-76


RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - robkelk - 01-08-2018

RIP Marilyn Chambers


RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Kilroy - 01-08-2018

(01-08-2018, 05:54 PM)robkelk Wrote: RIP Marilyn Chambers

Rob?
That's a eight year old story ...


Kilroy


RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Pyeknu - 01-08-2018

One of the cast of Soap has passed on:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/canadian-television-actor-donnelly-rhodes-dies-at-age-80-1.3751131


RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - robkelk - 01-08-2018

(01-08-2018, 07:41 PM)Kilroy Wrote:
(01-08-2018, 05:54 PM)robkelk Wrote: RIP Marilyn Chambers

Rob?
That's a eight year old story ...


Kilroy
So it is... There's a bug in my alerting software, obviously.


RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Pyeknu - 01-10-2018

The first lady to become a general in the United States armed forces has answered the last post. Let Taps be played.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/anna-mae-hays-nurse-who-became-us-militarys-first-female-general-dies-at-97/2018/01/08/276de52e-f48d-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef_story.html?utm_term=.ac872678774a


RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Kilroy - 01-10-2018

Cinamon Hadley, the woman who was the model for the design for Death of the Endless in Neil Gaiman, Sam Keith, and Mike Dringenberg’s The Sandman died. She succumbed to cancer at only 48 years old.

https://www.geek.com/comics/the-sandmans-death-cinamon-hadley-has-passed-away-at-48-1727353/


RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Bob Schroeck - 01-11-2018

(01-10-2018, 04:51 PM)Kilroy Wrote: Cinamon Hadley, the woman who was the model for the design for Death of the Endless in Neil Gaiman, Sam Keith, and Mike Dringenberg’s The Sandman died. She succumbed to cancer at only 48 years old.

https://www.geek.com/comics/the-sandmans-death-cinamon-hadley-has-passed-away-at-48-1727353/

For those curious enough, her obit at post-punk.com has several photos, including two side-by-side with an almost identical drawing of Death.


RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Bob Schroeck - 01-11-2018

"Fast" Eddie Clarke of Motorhead.


RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - SelfCloak - 01-13-2018

Edgar Ray Killen, a Ku Klux Klan organizer who planned and directed the murders of three civil rights activists participating in the Freedom Summer of 1964, died in prison on January 11.

He was found guilty of three counts of manslaughter in June 21, 2005, forty-one years after the crime had happened.


RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Mamorien - 01-13-2018

(01-13-2018, 09:51 AM)SelfCloak Wrote: Edgar Ray Killen, a Ku Klux Klan organizer who planned and directed the murders of three civil rights activists participating in the Freedom Summer of 1964, died in prison on January 11.

He was found guilty of three counts of manslaughter in June 21, 2005, forty-one years after the crime had happened.

I'd consider that a borderline case in terms of "cursed" status. I mean, yes, any man's death diminishes me, but I for one find I can bear this particular diminution with enormous fortitude.


RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Pyeknu - 01-13-2018

(01-13-2018, 10:27 AM)Mamorien Wrote:
(01-13-2018, 09:51 AM)SelfCloak Wrote: Edgar Ray Killen, a Ku Klux Klan organizer who planned and directed the murders of three civil rights activists participating in the Freedom Summer of 1964, died in prison on January 11.

He was found guilty of three counts of manslaughter in June 21, 2005, forty-one years after the crime had happened.

I'd consider that a borderline case in terms of "cursed" status. I mean, yes, any man's death diminishes me, but I for one find I can bear this particular diminution with enormous fortitude.

Like what happened to Mr. Manson last year.


RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Rajvik - 01-14-2018

i'm sorry, but i have to say this. Occasionally someone brightens this world simply by leaving it, and while it is not our place to label such individuals ourselves, there are simply some we can rejoice in their passing on to their final justice.


RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Pyeknu - 01-15-2018

Keith Jackson passed on before the weekend started:  https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2018/01/13/keith-jackson-dies-89-legendary-sports-broadcaster/1031264001/

And one of the original Mouseketeers has left us:  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doreen-tracey-one-of-the-original-disney-mouseketeers-dead-at-74/


RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - SilverFang01 - 01-15-2018

Dolores O'Riordan, singer of the Cranberries has passed away: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42696376


RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Bob Schroeck - 01-15-2018

Mikio Fujioka, one of the guitarists of BABYMETAL, died from a fall.


RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - SelfCloak - 01-15-2018

Emmett Johns, founder of the Montreal organization "Dans La Rue" to help the homeless, died yesterday.


RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - robkelk - 01-19-2018

RIP Red Fisher, sportswriter whose first assignment was the "Richard Riot" of 1955.

Red was a Member of the Order of Canada, and was named to the Hockey Hall of Fame.


RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Pyeknu - 01-20-2018

Nancy Richler has passed on:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/award-winning-novelist-nancy-richler-dies-at-60-after-cancer-battle/article37662467/

Also, Peter Wyngarde has left us:

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15865081.Obituary___Peter_Wyngarde__flamboyant_actor_known_for_Jason_King_and_Flash_Gordon/?ref=rss


RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - SelfCloak - 01-21-2018

Famous French chef Paul Bocuse died yesterday: https://nytimes.com/2018/01/20/obituaries/paul-bocuse-dead.html

Derrick Coleman, better known as Fredo Santana, rapper and cousin of Chief Keef, died from a seizure related to lean consumption. He was 27. https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/rapper-fredo-santana-dead-27-article-1.3767806


RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - robkelk - 01-23-2018

RIP Hugh Masekela, the "father of South African Jazz"


RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Bob Schroeck - 01-23-2018

The real "Rosie the Riveter" has passed away at age 96.