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Dearly Departed of 2026
01-07-2026, 06:45 PM
It seems odd to start a Dearly Departed thread with somebody like this...
Aldrich Ames, CIA turncoat.
Died in prison.
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2026
01-09-2026, 06:27 PM
RIP Ruth Jones McVeigh, founder of the Mariposa Folk Festival.
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2026
01-13-2026, 11:37 AM
Scott Adams of Dilbert.
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2026
01-13-2026, 01:45 PM
NPR obit for Scott Adams. Metastatic prostate cancer; he was 68.
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2026
01-23-2026, 02:24 PM
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2026
01-30-2026, 02:31 PM
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2026
02-01-2026, 10:02 PM
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2026
02-03-2026, 02:25 PM
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2026
02-07-2026, 04:44 PM
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2026
02-11-2026, 03:31 PM
RIP James Van Der Beek
Age 48, from cancer.
Best known for playing Dawson on Dawson's Creek
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2026
02-13-2026, 09:21 AM
Donald Rose, the UK's oldest WW2 vet, age 110
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqx2dl2nxdvo
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2026
02-16-2026, 12:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-16-2026, 04:08 PM by robkelk.)
RIP Dana Eden, best known as the co-creator of the Emmy-winning series Tehran
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2026
02-16-2026, 03:07 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-16-2026, 03:08 PM by Bob Schroeck.)
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2026
02-24-2026, 02:35 PM
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2026
03-09-2026, 01:23 PM
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Yesterday, 09:30 AM
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2026
Yesterday, 12:46 PM
Yeah, I saw an article yesterday about him being hospitalized for a medical emergency in Hawaii; given his age, I was kind of half expecting this.
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2026
Yesterday, 03:41 PM
God, I've been disconnected from SF fandom more than I thought. I just found out that filk singer, songwriter, and political activist Leslie Fish died on November 29 of last year.
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RE: Dearly Departed of 2026
Yesterday, 08:09 PM
https://screenrant.com/nicholas-brendon-...r-dies-54/
Nicholas Brendon - Xander of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Natural causes at 54.
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