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RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - DHBirr - 08-06-2018
Another delayed entry: Christopher Stasheff died on 10 June 2018, and I only learned of it yesterday.
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Bob Schroeck - 08-06-2018
Oh, no. Damn.
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - ECSNorway - 08-06-2018
RIP fanfiction author Chilord, aka Jonathan McCready, passed away this morning after struggling with cancer for some time.
His one published novel can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Only-Freshman-Not-Super-Book-ebook/dp/B072FVVQKY
Most of his fan-written works can be found here: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/fanfictionfederation/chilord-39-s-desk-f51/ or here: https://www.fanfiction.net/u/67673/Chilord
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - robkelk - 08-06-2018
RIP Mai Skaf, Syrian actress and activist
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Pyeknu - 08-06-2018
(08-06-2018, 08:53 AM)ECSNorway Wrote: RIP fanfiction author Chilord, aka Jonathan McCready, passed away this morning after struggling with cancer for some time.
His one published novel can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Only-Freshman-Not-Super-Book-ebook/dp/B072FVVQKY
Most of his fan-written works can be found here: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/fanfictionfederation/chilord-39-s-desk-f51/ or here: https://www.fanfiction.net/u/67673/Chilord
May his family and friends be at peace during this trying time.
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Norgarth - 08-07-2018
(08-06-2018, 05:50 AM)DHBirr Wrote: Another delayed entry: Christopher Stasheff died on 10 June 2018, and I only learned of it yesterday.
Damn, I always liked his books. I've got a lot of his novels, a couple dozen at least.
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Bob Schroeck - 08-08-2018
Charlotte Rae, best known from Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life, passed away three days ago at age 92, apparently peacefully and in her sleep.
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Bob Schroeck - 08-09-2018
(05-14-2018, 12:36 PM)robkelk Wrote: RIP Margot Kidder
Margot Kidder's death ruled a suicide.
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Pyeknu - 08-09-2018
(08-09-2018, 12:57 PM)Bob Schroeck Wrote:(05-14-2018, 12:36 PM)robkelk Wrote: RIP Margot Kidder
Margot Kidder's death ruled a suicide.
A sad thing indeed.
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - robkelk - 08-14-2018
RIP V.S. Naipaul, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2001.
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - robkelk - 08-15-2018
RIP Mary Pratt, who turned the everyday into art.
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Bob Schroeck - 08-16-2018
Aretha Franklin has died. It wasn't exactly unexpected, but stilll...
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - robkelk - 08-16-2018
Respect.
And she received the respect she earned, at least in Detroit.
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Pyeknu - 08-18-2018
Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has passed on: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/kofi-annan-former-un-secretary-general-dies-at-80/2018/08/18/12eed974-a2ce-11e8-83d2-70203b8d7b44_story.html?utm_term=.30fb1c8f7803
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Pyeknu - 08-18-2018
And India just lost a former prime minister: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/obituaries/atal-bihari-vajpayee-dead.html
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Mamorien - 08-21-2018
Stefan Karl Stefansson, known to Latibær fans as Glanni Glæpur and to LazyTown fans as Robbie Rotten, has lost his rematch with bile duct cancer:
http://www.tmz.com/2018/08/21/lazytown-actor-robbie-rotten-stefan-karl-stefansson-robbie-rotten-dies-cancer/
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - ECSNorway - 08-22-2018
Japanese voice actor Unshou Ishizuka, best known for his roles as Jet Black in Cowboy Bebop, Professor Oak in Pokemon, and Captain Hijikata in Space Battleship Yamato 2199/2202, passed away last week.
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-08-17/voice-actor-unsho-ishizuka-passes-away-at-67/.135579
Other roles include Guld Goa Bowman in Macross Plus, Van Hohenheim in Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Momochi Zabuza in Naruto, and Alex Rosewater in the Japanese dub of Big O.
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Bob Schroeck - 08-23-2018
Ed King, guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd, age 68.
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Bob Schroeck - 08-24-2018
Robin Leach of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - robkelk - 08-24-2018
RIP Barbara Harris, who played (amogst other roles) the mother in the original Freaky Friday.
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Bob Schroeck - 08-24-2018
Comic book artist Russ Heath. You may not know his name, but if you bought American comics at any point during the Silver Age, you saw his art in both content and ads. And if you're a Roy Lichtenstein fan, some of Heath's panels became Lichtenstein prints.
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Pyeknu - 08-25-2018
After stopping treatments for brain cancer, John McCain has passed on:
https://www.businessinsider.com/john-mccain-dead-at-81-2017-12
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Dartz - 08-25-2018
The worst thing about that, how long before the following...
"He deserved it for running against Obama."
Or...
"He deserved it for voting againts Trumpcare and criticising the President."
Probably already happened.
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Bob Schroeck - 08-26-2018
Playwright Neil Simon, age 91
RE: The "Cursed Thread" of 2018 - Bob Schroeck - 08-31-2018
Actress Vanessa Marquez, Nurse Wendy Goldman in the first few seasons of E.R. She was shot by police when she pulled what appeared to be a semi-automatic handgun, but which turned out to be a BB gun, on the officers who had been sitting with her for an hour an a half during a welfare check.