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Northumberland

Old-Four-Arms wrote:

As reported on B&C, Colin Dixon (the first full-time employed GW painter) has passed away :

https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/381735-colin-dixon-has-passed/


That's a real shame, one of the greats.



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Ireland

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/music/2023/nov/27/kevin-geordie-walker-influential-guitarist-with-killing-joke-dies-aged-64

Another tragic loss for music.

The objective of the game is to win. The point of the game is to have fun. The two should never be confused. 
   
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St. Louis

 stonehorse wrote:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/music/2023/nov/27/kevin-geordie-walker-influential-guitarist-with-killing-joke-dies-aged-64

Another tragic loss for music.

If it's any consolation he took Henry Kissinger with him.
   
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Hyderabad, India

Accused war criminal and noted patron of the Playboy Mansion Henry Kissinger has passed.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/11/29/henry-kissinger-dead-obituary/

I was raised to never speak ill of the dead so I'll just leave it at

"..."

 
   
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St. Louis

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Accused war criminal and noted patron of the Playboy Mansion Henry Kissinger has passed.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/11/29/henry-kissinger-dead-obituary/

I was raised to never speak ill of the dead so I'll just leave it at

"..."

I personally prefer the Rolling Stone's article.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/henry-kissinger-war-criminal-dead-1234804748/
   
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Shane McGowan gone at 65.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67546785

Although arguably best known for Fairytale of New York, I prefer the Pogues’ more raucous pieces.



   
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Southampton, UK

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Shane McGowan gone at 65.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67546785

Although arguably best known for Fairytale of New York, I prefer the Pogues’ more raucous pieces.




gak. Although I'm generally kinda surprised he lasted this long.

That's Christmas no. 1 sorted then.
   
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Alistair Darling gone at 70.

   
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Southampton, UK

Just saw. That took me by surprise.
   
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Over most national/international news outlets, reports that the first lade SCOTUS justice, Sandra Day O'Connor has passed on.
   
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A Protoss colony world

Yet another one that I could have sworn I heard about passing on years ago. Strange. RIP to a real one.

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Who doesn’t love crazy mutant squawk-puppies? Eh? Nobody, that’s who.
 
   
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Denison, Iowa

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Accused war criminal and noted patron of the Playboy Mansion Henry Kissinger has passed.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/11/29/henry-kissinger-dead-obituary/

I was raised to never speak ill of the dead so I'll just leave it at

"..."


Now I have to wonder... when I posted about Mary Kay Letourneau passing a few years ago my post was removed for "inappropriateness" .
   
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Northumberland

Great shame about Benjamin Zephaniah dying. He and John Cooper Clark had a lot in common in terms of their style. I always appreciated him on things like Question Time. Unsurprisingly, a poet able to articulate exactly the issues of the Country's strife.

A verse from We Refugees often stays in my head that goes as follows:

We can all be refugees
Nobody is safe,
All it takes is a mad leader
Or no rain to bring forth food,
We can all be refugees
We can all be told to go,
We can be hated by someone
For being someone.

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Ian Gibson, British Comic book artist.

Probably best know for his 2000AD works, including Robohunter, Judge Dredd and The Ballad of Halo Jones.

   
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Versteckt in den Schatten deines Geistes.

Andre Braugher - Captain Holt from Brooklyn Nine-Nine, among many other things - has passed away.

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Baltimore, Maryland

I always remember him from Glory.

"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
 
   
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Ireland

 nels1031 wrote:
I always remember him from Glory.


I came to say the same thing, such a great film. 61 is far too young, he was a talented actor.

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Colin Burgess, AC/DC's first drummer passed away at 77 years old.
Got to the end of that highway.
   
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Fort Worth, TX

James McCaffrey, voice of Max Payne and other characters in Remedy's games, has died.

"Through the darkness of future past, the magician longs to see.
One chants out between two worlds: Fire, walk with me."
- Twin Peaks
"You listen to me. While I will admit to a certain cynicism, the fact is that I am a naysayer and hatchetman in the fight against violence. I pride myself in taking a punch and I'll gladly take another because I choose to live my life in the company of Gandhi and King. My concerns are global. I reject absolutely revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method... is love. I love you Sheriff Truman." - Twin Peaks 
   
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Versteckt in den Schatten deines Geistes.

 Tannhauser42 wrote:
James McCaffrey, voice of Max Payne and other characters in Remedy's games, has died.


He gave us one of my fav lines in all of video games:

"He had a baseball bat, and I was tied to a chair. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

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Laura Lynch, a co-founder of Dixie Chicks passed last week at 65.

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/dec/23/dixie-chicks-laura-lynch-car-crash
   
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Florence, KY

Tom Smothers, one half of famed comedy duo, dies at 86 - CNN

'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents
cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable
defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'

- Nemesor Zahndrekh of the Sautekh Dynasty
Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim
 
   
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Bryan Ansell now, former owner of Games Workshop.

As gaming nerds, we owe more to this man than anyone else.

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Northumberland

Just saw the post on Diane's Instagram. What a massive shame, I knew he was poorly for a while but it's a real hard hitter. Mighty and dark winged indeed. GNU.

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Tom Wilkinson gone at 75.

His great villian speech from Batman Begins :



"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
 
   
 
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