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RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/01/04 02:55:48


Post by: ZergSmasher


A new year warrants a new thread to track the deaths of notable people. Please be respectful; even if you disagree with someone's life choices/politics/favorite foods, they're still a human being and will likely have family who mourn their passing. I shouldn't even have to say this, but in years past certain individuals kind of got their graves tapdanced on and the mods just let it happen unfortunately. Let's do this right, Dakka.

Okay, technically this one happened in 2024 (Christmas Day, in fact) but it was just announced on certain news outlets that Britt Allcroft, the showrunner of the Thomas the Tank Engine series (the original one with the models), has passed away at age 81. As a lifelong fan of Thomas, this one saddens me. That show was my childhood; some of my earliest memories are of watching that show when I was like 3. Thanks for the memories, Ms. Allcroft, and my condolences to her family and friends.

Link for those interested: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/britt-allcroft-dead-thomas-the-tank-engine-1236098959/


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/01/14 20:16:13


Post by: MarkNorfolk


Whose Line is it Anyway regular, comedian Tony Slattery:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93lqxgznnwo

Fond memories of that show.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/01/14 21:25:43


Post by: BobtheInquisitor


He was one of the funny ones.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/01/16 16:05:53


Post by: nels1031


Bob Uecker 1934-2025

Robert George Uecker was an American former professional baseball catcher who was the primary broadcaster for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball for over 50 years.


Also, had some of the most iconic lines in the "Major League" movies that are in my regular quotable rotations.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/01/16 18:31:35


Post by: beast_gts


David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/david-lynch-dead-director-blue-velvet-twin-peaks-1236276106/


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/01/16 19:41:40


Post by: BobtheInquisitor


Damn. Those two hit hard.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/01/16 19:54:23


Post by: Easy E


Not Lynch! No!

Uecker had a pretty decent acting career after Baseball in movies and on TV.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/01/16 22:40:54


Post by: Snrub


beast_gts wrote:
David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/david-lynch-dead-director-blue-velvet-twin-peaks-1236276106/
feth it. I only watched Lost Highway for the nth time the other week.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/01/16 23:58:05


Post by: ZergSmasher


Maybe it's time for another watch of the 1984 Dune movie. RIP David Lynch.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/01/17 15:39:50


Post by: Easy E


 ZergSmasher wrote:
Maybe it's time for another watch of the 1984 Dune movie. RIP David Lynch.


My thoughts exactly.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/01/17 16:30:18


Post by: BobtheInquisitor


We watched some Twin Peaks. Didn’t have time for Dune.

If there’s time we’ll rewatch Rabbits, too.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/01/17 19:29:09


Post by: Ahtman


Lynch was always a bit of an odd one for me. I think he was a unique talent and appreciate his work but I never really liked most of it. I enjoy reading interviews with him and different articles and essays he wrote more than watching most of the films/series.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/02/26 18:56:17


Post by: cuda1179


Michelle Trachtenberg, star of Buffy the vampire slayer dead at 39.

https://www.kcci.com/article/michelle-trachtenberg-dead/63938231


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/02/26 19:31:42


Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik


Major bummer. Way too young to go.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/02/26 19:37:17


Post by: cuda1179


Anytime a celebrity younger than me passes it's really a sobering realization of my own mortality.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/02/26 20:21:35


Post by: Lathe Biosas


She had just had a liver transplant. They believe that might have had something to do with it.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/02/26 23:57:05


Post by: ZergSmasher


She was only a year and change older than me. Damn shame. Way too young to be dying, but then I had a buddy of mine pass away a couple of years ago from liver failure that resulted from alcoholism. He was only a couple of years older than me too. You're never too young to have something happen to you. No one is indestructible.

RIP Michelle Trachtenberg, and my condolences to her family and friends.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/02/27 00:36:35


Post by: Backfire


 Lathe Biosas wrote:
She had just had a liver transplant. They believe that might have had something to do with it.


There was an episode of 'House' where she portrayed this girl who had heart transplant. Doctors in the episode warned her about potentially low life-expectancy...


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/02/27 08:54:38


Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik


Gene Hackman, Betsy Arakawa and their dog found dead at home :(

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cewkkkvkzn9o


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/02/27 15:04:02


Post by: Lathe Biosas


 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Gene Hackman, Betsy Arakawa and their dog found dead at home :(

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cewkkkvkzn9o


Wow, that's horrible. Carbon Monoxide poisoning?


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/02/27 15:08:01


Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik


I wouldn’t like to speculate to be honest.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/02/27 15:34:35


Post by: Easy E


Recently had a young guy my wife goes to college with die of a brain aneurism while working out. Very shocking.

Also, this hunting season we had a pair of folks die from carbon monoxide poisoning in their camper van. Tragic local accident as they were both well-known about town.

Makes me very happy I am still upright as these folks were all younger than I am.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/02/28 03:14:52


Post by: Ahtman


 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I wouldn’t like to speculate to be honest.


Unfortunately it is turning out to be tabloid fodder; avoiding headlines best I can.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/03/07 23:06:48


Post by: Ghaz


 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Gene Hackman, Betsy Arakawa and their dog found dead at home :(

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cewkkkvkzn9o

Cause of death has been revealed:

Wikipedia wrote:At a press conference in Santa Fe on March 7, the police and chief medical examiner stated that Hackman died on February 17 as a result of severe heart disease complicated by advanced Alzheimer's disease, with Arakawa likely having died a week earlier on February 11 from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. The scattered pills found near her body were prescribed thyroid medication.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/03/07 23:34:45


Post by: Flinty


I saw that report. Such a sad end for both of them :(

Alzheimer’s is the absolute worst.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/03/07 23:57:00


Post by: Lathe Biosas


I forgot to post this earlier in the week, but a famousish Florida voice actor passed away:

George Lowe, 67, American voice actor (Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Robot Chicken).

He had been in poor health for at least a year and had stopped coming to conventions.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/03/20 09:22:45


Post by: beast_gts


Eddie Jordan passes away aged 76 following cancer battle - RN365
The former F1 team boss-turned-TV pundit announced his diagnosis in 2024.



RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/03/20 23:02:30


Post by: Lathe Biosas


One of the the UK's greatest heroes passed away ending an era:

Group Captain John Allman Hemingway, DFC, AE (17 July 1919 – 17 March 2025), known as Paddy Hemingway, was an Irish fighter pilot who served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War in the Battle of Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, the Allied invasion of Italy and the Invasion of Normandy. He was shot down four times during the war. Hemingway was the last surviving airman of the Battle of Britain.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/03/20 23:11:24


Post by: Ghaz


Wings Hauser Dies: Longtime Character Actor In Everything From ‘Baretta’ To ‘CSI’ Was 77 - Deadline

Wings Hauser, the father of Cole Hauser and an instantly-recognizable character actor who had roles on just about every action-based TV series in the past 50 years, died over the weekend at the studio he shared with wife Cali Lili Hauser. He was 77.

Hauser began his TV career in the ’70s on episodes of staples such as Canon, Baretta and Emergency!

He had bit roles in movies of the period such as the Nick Nolte starrer Who’ll Stop the Rain? and A Soldier’s Story with Denzel Washington.

His career took off in the ’80s and ’90s, with dozens and dozens of appearances on big-name action shows like The Fall Guy, Airwolf and Walker, Texas Ranger. He had longer arcs on China Beach, Lightning Force, Roseanne and Beverly Hills, 90210. He also played Greg Foster on more than a dozen episodes of The Young and the Restless.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/03/22 03:25:51


Post by: Quixote


George Foreman: Heavyweight boxing legend dies aged 76, says family.

BBC
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg8ez8201yo.amp


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/03/22 07:20:37


Post by: BobtheInquisitor


I never followed his boxing career, but we had a Foreman Grill we used for years and years and saw him in a lot of ads. He was a character.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/03/22 07:39:20


Post by: Quixote


 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
I never followed his boxing career, but we had a Foreman Grill we used for years and years and saw him in a lot of ads. He was a character.


He had 12 kids, and named 5 of his sons "George." When asked why, he said, "So we'd have something in common."

He was a great guy, and will be missed.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/03/28 12:46:49


Post by: beast_gts


Paul Sawyer has passed away.

Warlord Games wrote:

It is with great regret that we must announce that co-founder of Warlord Games Paul Sawyer passed away on the evening of 27th March 2025, following a long battle with brain cancer.

Paul was a man of enormous character, and he fought tooth and nail to the end, always in good spirits. He was a true friend to us all. That he passed surrounded by the love of his family is a blessing.

We offer our sincerest condolences to Paul's family - his wife Julie, his daughters Catherine & Holly, and his granddaughter Aurora-Rose, whom he was fortunate enough to be able to meet before his passing.

Paul was not a man to be made a fuss of, he'd perhaps not even thank us for writing this short dedication. We believe it would be his wish that we carry on unabated. We shall strive to continue to shape Warlord Games upon the immensely strong foundations he put in place.

We raise our collective glass to the late, great man. He will be sorely missed.

~ From everyone at Warlord Games


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/03/28 12:49:26


Post by: Crispy78


:( Godspeed fella


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/03/28 12:55:22


Post by: BrookM


I will be re-reading a Tale of Four Gamers in his honour, thanks for the hobby fun man. 👊🏻


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/03/28 12:59:38


Post by: Nevelon


I, like many, knew him only as the guy at the helm of the golden age of WDs. But he made a great impact on me and the hobby and will be missed.

RIP.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/03/28 14:29:47


Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik


I’ll raise a non-alcoholic drink to him tonight.

For a face in a magazine, he had an indelible impact on How I Hobby.

And, for his pre-White Dwarf days? He first helmed the inestimable Citadel Journal during its second run, starting Issue 13.

And some interwebular hero has only gone and made a digital archive, you can find here.

https://archive.org/details/CitadelJournalIssue10/Citadel%20Journal%20Issue13/page/n1/mode/2up


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/03/29 21:06:02


Post by: Nevelon


Forgive the cultural appropriation, doing my best for being on the wrong side of the Atlantic and never seeing a bacon butty in my life.

For Paul!



Might not be authentic, but was pretty yummy.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/03/29 22:17:17


Post by: Skinflint Games


RIP Paul, and thank you so much for all the fun.You'll be missed.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/03/30 21:55:36


Post by: Lathe Biosas


Richard Chamberlain, TV's Dr. Kildare, 'Shogun,' 'Thorn Birds' Star, Dies at 90
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/richard-chamberlain-dead-dies-shogun-thorn-birds-1236351970/


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/04/01 11:32:51


Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik


Betty Webb, Bletchley Park and Pentagon code-breaker gone at 101.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78jd30ywv8o

It’s hard to think of how many lives she and her colleagues at Bletchley Park saved.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/04/02 05:19:51


Post by: ZergSmasher


Val Kilmer, known for starring in such movies as Top Gun, Willow, and Batman Forever, has passed at age 65.

https://people.com/val-kilmer-dead-65-7502180

I think my favorite role of his was Mad Martigan in Willow, rather than Iceman from Top Gun. And I think it's cool that he married the beautiful redhead from that movie (Joanne Whalley) in real life, although they ended up divorced as so many Hollywood couples do. RIP Mr. Kilmer, and my condolences to his family and friends.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/04/02 09:58:27


Post by: Nevelon


Damn. Very iconic guy, did some great work. Sorry to hear this.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/04/02 14:14:53


Post by: nels1031


Yeah, loss of an icon.

Started watching a few clips of some of his work through the years on twitter and I missed a whole lot of great movies it seems.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/04/02 14:15:04


Post by: Easy E


Wow, I guess I did not know he had so many health issues before. This one surprised me.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/04/07 17:25:55


Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik


Clem Burke of Blondie, gone at 70.

The world just got a little less cool.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/04/16 22:19:38


Post by: Ghaz


 cuda1179 wrote:
Michelle Trachtenberg, star of Buffy the vampire slayer dead at 39.

https://www.kcci.com/article/michelle-trachtenberg-dead/63938231

Michelle Trachtenberg Cause Of Death Revealed - DEADLINE

Following a review of laboratory test results, it was determined that Trachtenberg died naturally as a result of complications from diabetes mellitus, the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner told Deadline in a statement.

The coroner’s office initially said her cause of death would remain undetermined because the family had requested that no autopsy be conducted because of religious reasons. The medical examiner’s office would automatically do an autopsy if foul play or criminality was suspected, but there was none, so the office did not overrule the family’s decision. Following the lab test results, the medical examiner’s office amended the cause of death.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/04/17 06:36:37


Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik


Jean Marsh, Bavmorda in Willow gone at 90.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/04/21 08:24:33


Post by: Gert


Pope Francis died this morning.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/04/21 10:15:45


Post by: Nevelon


 Gert wrote:
Pope Francis died this morning.


He seemed to be trying to do good in the world. Didn’t seem like he was Pope that long? That might just be me loosing track of time though.

With Easter being just yesterday, should we give him 3 days to be sure?


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/04/21 10:20:45


Post by: beast_gts


 Nevelon wrote:
Didn’t seem like he was Pope that long? That might just be me loosing track of time though.
Just over 12 years - Papacy began 13 March 2013.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/05/02 23:07:05


Post by: ZergSmasher


Ruth Buzzi, known for appearing in Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in back in the late '60s to early '70s, has passed at age 88.

https://nypost.com/2025/05/02/entertainment/ruth-buzzi-dead-actress-comedian-dies-at-88-after-stroke/

Having been raised on a steady diet of classic TV and movies, I'm somewhat familiar with Laugh-in despite the fact that it was on long before I was born. Ruth Buzzi's big thing on that show was hitting people with her purse. She also appeared on a lot of other shows from that era, including the Carol Burnett Show and many others (I think she even guest appeared on Sesame Street at some point). RIP to a comedy legend.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/05/15 14:50:28


Post by: Lathe Biosas


Mitchell passed away,



RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/05/15 18:12:51


Post by: ScarletRose


I hate to say it but I thought he'd already passed. Still sad to hear, he was in some good (and some memorably bad) films.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/05/16 02:27:50


Post by: ZergSmasher


I think of him from multiple James Bond movies; first as a villain in The Living Daylights (can't remember the character's name for some reason), and then as Jack Wade in two of Pierce Brosnan's movies. RIP.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/05/16 14:54:17


Post by: Easy E


General Brad Whitaker? Notably a wargamer in The Living Daylights.

He was definitely a successful "That Guy" actor. He will be missed.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/05/20 20:15:10


Post by: nels1031


George Wendt, notable of Cheers fame passed at 76. He was one of 3 actors to appear in every episode of Cheers from 1982-1993. Always loved how the bar would erupt in "Norm!" every time he walked in. Also, he's the uncle of Ted Lasso actor Jason Sudeikis.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/05/31 23:39:42


Post by: ZergSmasher


Loretta Swit, best known for playing Maj. Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on M*A*S*H, has passed at age 87.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/loretta-swit-dead-mash-hot-lips-houlihan-1236233958/

While I definitely wouldn't say she was my favorite character on the show, the whole cast was iconic and it's sad to see any of them go. May she RIP, and my condolences to her family and friends.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/06/02 21:39:31


Post by: Quixote


Actor Devin Harjes, best known for appearing in “Boardwalk Empire,” “Daredevil” (played Oscar, one of Kingpin's evil minions) and “Gotham,” has died. He was 41.

Harjes passed away last Tuesday (May 27) at Mount Sinai West hospital in New York City from an illness after he was diagnosed with cancer in February, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

He’s survived by his parents, Randy and Rosanne Harjes, his sister, Trish Harjes, his two nieces, his former wife, Shiva Shobitha, and more relatives, per his obituary


Automatically Appended Next Post:
From May 25, 2025:

Legendary comic book writer Peter David dies after series of health issues at age 68.


He was one of my favorite Star Trek writers too. I loved the Excalibur series.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/06/03 03:29:29


Post by: Ahtman


Johnathan Joss, known for being the VA for John Redcorn in King of the Hill, was murdered today at the age of 59. He had lot of VA in shows and video games as well as roles in different films and series. I will remember him as Ken Hotate in Parks and Rec.




Statement from his husband, Tristan Kern de Gonzales:
Spoiler:
My husband Jonathan Joss and I were involved in a shooting while checking the mail at the site of our former home. That home was burned down after over two years of threats from people in the area who repeatedly told us they would set it on fire. We reported these threats to law enforcement multiple times and nothing was done,” de Gonzales wrote. “Throughout that time we were harassed regularly by individuals who made it clear they did not accept our relationship. Much of the harassment was openly homophobic. When we returned to the site to check our mail we discovered the skull of one of our dogs and its harness placed in clear view. This caused both of us severe emotional distress. We began yelling and crying in response to the pain of what we saw. While we were doing this a man approached us. He started yelling violent homophobic slurs at us. He then raised a gun from his lap and fired. Jonathan and I had no weapons. We were not threatening anyone. We were grieving. We were standing side by side. When the man fired Jonathan pushed me out of the way. He saved my life.”


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/06/03 12:55:32


Post by: Crispy78


I saw he'd been killed in a shooting after an argument, hadn't heard that it was a homophobic hate-crime. Jesus. Poor guys.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/06/03 14:14:15


Post by: Easy E


That is awful.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/06/03 14:31:40


Post by: nels1031


Crispy78 wrote:
I saw he'd been killed in a shooting after an argument, hadn't heard that it was a homophobic hate-crime. Jesus. Poor guys.


Seeing different reports. Police are saying there is no evidence of a hate crime(yet). While its sad that he was killed,more facts are coming to light:

On January 23, 2025, Joss lost his San Antonio home, as well as three dogs (with a fourth missing) when his house caught fire.[8][9] Joss says he was using a propane heater and had left the house. “Mistakes happen, man. And it’s my fault for, I guess, leaving something on,” Joss said. “Or if somebody came in and did something, who knows?”


Gonzales claimed the killing was just the culmination of a long saga of frightening homophobia the couple endured on their street, alleging neighbors had spent “years” threatening to burn their home down, but that cops never intervened.

Residents, however, painted a different picture, telling My San Antonio that Joss was an “erratic” neighbor, whose alarming antics caused them to regularly ignore him for their own safety.

“He would just walk up and down the street … he would just, like, scream,” said neighbor Isabel Caballero. “We knew how he was, so we wouldn’t disturb him. Even if he looked at us, talked mess to us, we just ignored him.”

Others said Joss “wasn’t a good neighbor” and would yell how “he was God” until neighbors called the police.

San Antonio cops were called to Joss’ home at least 40 times since January 2024, according to the outlet, with complaints ranging from mental health situations, neighbor disturbances and welfare checks.

Those calls culminated with the February fire, which neighbors told TMZ Joss set himself by trying to heat his home with a barbecue pit after its services were cut off because the house had been deemed uninhabitable.

“We all knew it was going to end up like this because of his antics,” a neighbor who asked to remain anonymous told My San Antonio.

“It’s sad cause this could have been prevented if he had gotten the help he needed.”


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/06/05 16:23:30


Post by: trexmeyer


The circumstances of his death fall outside this board's established purview.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/06/11 20:10:55


Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik


Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, gone at 82.




Guess I’ll be having a beer or two on the beach in his honour this weekend.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/06/12 00:30:47


Post by: ProtoClone


Nitzer Ebb frontman, Douglas McCarthy






RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/06/12 19:33:33


Post by: kronk


 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, gone at 82.

Guess I’ll be having a beer or two on the beach in his honour this weekend.


Good Vibrations will always be a favorite of mine. Such a unique sound.




RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/06/18 01:25:40


Post by: Ghaz


Anne Burrell, chef and Food Network star, dies at 55

No cause of death announced as of yet.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/06/24 00:51:55


Post by: Overread


Mikayla from "Save a Fox" (aka place where Finnigan Fox is - you know the fox from youtube) has taken her own life.

Announcement video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qlJir9a1zk


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/06/24 02:45:13


Post by: ZergSmasher


Man, feth online bullies. So sad to hear of someone being literally bullied into killing themselves, and at such a young age. I had never heard of this person before now, but it's still sad to hear.

May God give grace and comfort to her family and friends in this difficult time. RIP


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/07/03 18:29:47


Post by: El Torro


Another whammy today, Michael Madsen.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnvmry62zpdo

With him, Kenneth Colley and Diogo Jota that's a triple whammy so far in one day.

In case you're not up on your football / soccer, Diogo Jota played for Liverpool FC. He died in a car crash at 28 years old.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/07/04 23:49:23


Post by: nels1031


Mark Snow, composer of the iconic X-files theme and numerous other hit shows has passed at 78.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/07/06 02:41:04


Post by: ZergSmasher



Ghaz beat you to this one, two posts above yours.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/07/10 12:59:24


Post by: Flinty


An obscure one for Brits of a certain age.

Glen Michael has passed :(

Definitely a big part of my childhood.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gk3g2w7jno



RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/07/10 14:27:18


Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik


Oh weak sauce!

Who’ll look after Paladin and Totty?


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/07/12 12:08:39


Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik


Donald Rose, Britain’s oldest WW2 veteran gone at 110

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqx2dl2nxdvo


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/07/21 18:29:22


Post by: nels1031


As kid watching Cosby Show for so long, as well as re-runs, I kind of feel like I grew up with this dude:

Malcolm-Jamal Warner has died. He was 54.

The actor was in Costa Rica on a family vacation and drowned while swimming, a source confirms to PEOPLE.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/07/21 23:11:57


Post by: ZergSmasher


 nels1031 wrote:
As kid watching Cosby Show for so long, as well as re-runs, I kind of feel like I grew up with this dude:

Malcolm-Jamal Warner has died. He was 54.

The actor was in Costa Rica on a family vacation and drowned while swimming, a source confirms to PEOPLE.

Aw no! I only really saw the Cosby Show in reruns, but I really liked Theo and identified with him a lot as a teenager. RIP

54 is way too young to be dying too. Very sad for his family, especially since it happened during what was supposed to be a fun family vacation.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/07/22 03:49:54


Post by: trexmeyer


Died the same way my dad did, at about the same age.

Drowning is a terrible way to go.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/07/22 09:09:45


Post by: Crispy78


 nels1031 wrote:
As kid watching Cosby Show for so long, as well as re-runs, I kind of feel like I grew up with this dude:

Malcolm-Jamal Warner has died. He was 54.

The actor was in Costa Rica on a family vacation and drowned while swimming, a source confirms to PEOPLE.


Yeah, same. That's so sad.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/07/22 18:15:42


Post by: beast_gts


Multiple sites are reporting that Ozzy Osbourne has died :-(


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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn0qq5nyxn0t


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/07/22 18:20:10


Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik


Well…..arse.

At least Sabbath gave him a decent send off the other week.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/07/22 18:44:52


Post by: Gert


Expected as much tbh. One final show.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/07/22 19:34:41


Post by: BobtheInquisitor


Will his final show be hitting theaters in the US? My son is a big Ozzy fan.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/07/22 20:04:28


Post by: Easy E


After the ATV accident, I thought he was immortal.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/07/22 20:12:53


Post by: nels1031


Dude was a legend.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/07/22 22:17:45


Post by: Olthannon


Crazy that's basically a week after that concert but what a send off.

A lot of my formative years spent listening to Sabbath. I tend to thing of Black Sabbath was so closely linked to Warhammer. I wonder how many tiny little plastic lads have died in battle while on of their tracks was on in the background..


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/07/22 22:24:36


Post by: ingtaer


And Shunsaku Tamiya died too, what a shame.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/07/23 10:35:57


Post by: Skinflint Games


 Olthannon wrote:
Crazy that's basically a week after that concert but what a send off.

A lot of my formative years spent listening to Sabbath. I tend to thing of Black Sabbath was so closely linked to Warhammer. I wonder how many tiny little plastic lads have died in battle while on of their tracks was on in the background..


Something I never knew about Ozzy (or Jack) : https://www.ozzy.com/archives/news/ozzy-osbourne-patient-number-9-limited-edition-in-ukrainian-flag-colors


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/07/24 15:45:59


Post by: nels1031


Terry Gene Bollea, better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan dead at 71.



RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/07/24 16:13:56


Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik


Not a perfect human being by any stretch of the imagination, but still a legend.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/07/24 16:40:32


Post by: ZergSmasher


Good sweet Lord this has been an awful week for celebrities. Malcolm-Jamal Warner gone way too young, music legend Ozzy Osbourne gone, and now Hulkster? Of course they say these kind of deaths come in threes, so hopefully this is it for a while.


RIP Thread 2025: In Memoriam @ 2025/07/24 17:40:29


Post by: Overread


Whilst I never followed wrestling Hulk Hogan was a familiar name I think to anyone in the 90s - he was everywhere doing cameo's and such.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPnZ4vu08aA