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		12-29-2017, 03:41 PM 
	 
		RIP Sue Grafton, one book away from finishing her "Alphabet" series of mysteries
	 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		12-30-2017, 10:03 AM 
	 
		 (12-29-2017, 03:41 PM)robkelk Wrote:  RIP Sue Grafton, one book away from finishing her "Alphabet" series of mysteries 
Does that mean the last one will be 'Z is for Zombie (author)'?
	 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		12-30-2017, 11:29 AM 
	 
		Nope.
 The Alphabet ends at Y.
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		12-31-2017, 04:54 PM 
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		James Avery, American actor, comedian and poet best known as Uncle Phil in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air , died  from complications following open heart surgery. He was 68.
Edit: My mistake, his death was in 2013.
	
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		12-31-2017, 06:02 PM 
	 
Canadian lighthouse to U.S. Warship approaching it:  "This is a lighthouse.  Your call!"
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		01-01-2018, 06:36 PM 
	 
		 (12-31-2017, 04:54 PM)SelfCloak Wrote:  James Avery, American actor, comedian and poet best known as Uncle Phil in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, died from complications following open heart surgery. He was 68. 
i might be on the wrong thread but that was 2014
	 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		01-02-2018, 08:57 AM 
	 
		Bruce McCandless II passed away on December 22.
We've all seen at least this one photo of him:
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		01-02-2018, 11:58 AM 
	 
		Should we retire this thread and make a 2018 thread?
	 
“I really hope I’m behind this convoluted mess; at least that way I’ll be able to get revenge by doing this to myself. I won’t even have to feel bad because it’ll be all my fault.” - Harry Potter, The Master of Death by Ryuugi.
 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		01-02-2018, 12:16 PM 
	 
		I would have done that myself, if Bruce McCandless's passing was yesterday or today.
	 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		01-02-2018, 12:52 PM 
	 
		I'll leave the thread open for those we learn of well after the fact.  But yes, once it is needed, we'll have a new thread.
	 
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		01-03-2018, 05:05 PM 
	 
		RIP Bill Lishman, who passed away on December 30.
 
The movie Fly Away Home  was a dramatized version of Bill Lishman's greatest achievement.
	 
		
	 
	
	
	
		
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		06-28-2018, 12:07 PM 
	 
		And here's another well -after-the-fact notice.  Jane Norman, better known to children of a certain generation (like mine) as Pixanne , passed away at her home in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania on May 13, 2017, aged 83.
	
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		02-03-2022, 09:16 AM 
	 
		Waaaaaay after the fact notice for this thread ("thread necrio" notes are in bad taste here):
 Erin Moran of Happy Days died on April 22, 2017, from fast-moving throat cancer.
 
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