Requiescat in Pace - the 2022 memorial thread

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**Ghaz**

beast_gts wrote:
Multiple sites are reporting that Kevin Conroy, who voiced the animated Batman, has passed away.

https://thedirect.com/article/batman-kevin-conroy-dies

**SamusDrake**

"What's up Doc?"

Kevin won us over with Batman: The animated series, and I'll never forget the first time I enjoyed "On Leather Wings" as a youngster. It was a big screen adventure that somehow worked wonders on the small screen. Kevin's performance, as well as others such as Meredith, Marc and Rene, made it an instant classic.

Bless you, Kevin.

**H.B.M.C.**

Ah man... Kevin Conroy? He's Batman to a lot of people - myself included. That sucks.

**bbb**

I am definitely feeling the sorrow today. Batman: The Animated Series was formational for my early self. Been feeling pretty emotional at times.

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

The definitive Batman if you ask me.

**bbb**

Binged a bunch of season 1 with my 12 year old daughter this morning. Same age I was in 92 when I started watching.

**cuda1179**

Robbie Coltrane, I know I'm a month late late commenting here, but I finally placed why he's always looked so familiar to me. He starred in one of my favorite childhood movies with Gene Wilder, Nuns on the Run. I still quote that movie to this day, including when I was trying to explain the holy Trinity to a group of kids in my wife's Sunday School class. "He's small, green, and split three ways" was not what she wanted me to say.

**beast_gts**

Keith Levene: The Clash guitarist and founding member dies aged 65 - BBC

**Turnip Jedi**

Thank you Mr Conroy, thank you for helping us keep the Bat faith in the face of increasingly farcical 90's live action films with outstanding work in BTAS and onwards

He will be missed

**Kid_Kyoto**

Conroy's story "Becoming Batman" is a must-read and a real tear jerker. It's about how he channeled his rage as a gay man in the 70s and 80s through the Stonewall riots and AIDS epidemic and public indifference and ridicule into the anger for the part.

https://www.slashfilm.com/1097692/kevin-conroys-batman-comic-redefined-the-dark-knight-in-the-most-powerful-way-possible/

Apparently it's available for free on the DC universe app.

https://comicbook.com/comics/news/dc-kevin-conroy-finding-batman-story-dc-pride-online-free/

**bbb**

I'm watching through season 1 right now and just got to Beware the Gray Ghost. Kevin Conroy and Adam West together...

oof. Feeling it.

**Ghaz**

For those who grew up listening to country music (like me):

Jeff Cook, founding member of band Alabama, dies at 73 - The Washington Post

**beast_gts**

Sue Baker, one of the early presenters on long-running BBC motoring show Top Gear, has died at the age of 75 - BBC

**ZergSmasher**

Robert Clary, best known as Corporal LeBeau on the classic TV series Hogan's Heroes, passed away this past Tuesday.

https://metv.com/stories/rip-robert-clary-corporal-lebeau-on-hogans-heroes-familiar-face-on-days-of-our-lives

**beast_gts**

Multiple sites are reporting that Jason David Frank, the green/white Power Ranger, has passed away.

**Flinty**

cuda1179 wrote:
Robbie Coltrane, I know I'm a month late late commenting here, but I finally placed why he's always looked so familiar to me. He starred in one of my favorite childhood movies with Gene Wilder, Nuns on the Run. I still quote that movie to this day, including when I was trying to explain the holy Trinity to a group of kids in my wife's Sunday School class. "He's small, green, and split three ways" was not what she wanted me to say.

It was Eric Idle of Monty Python fame. But it is an ace film

spectacles, testicles, Wallet and watch

**Kale**

And of course: "its the perfect scam - afterlife insurance!, every one thinks you need it, nobody can prove you don't!"

Followed by the portrait of Jesus over the bed falling and bonking him on the head....

**Ghaz**

Actress Nicki Aycox, best known for the role of Meg Masters on the show ‘Supernatural’ has died at the age of 47.

**Gert**

Man, JDF is a loss. Power Rangers was huge for me when I was young, probably my first nerd thing.

**ZergSmasher**

Gert wrote:
Man, JDF is a loss. Power Rangers was huge for me when I was young, probably my first nerd thing.

What's even more tragic about it is that it was a suicide, and the guy was only 49 years old. Suicide is never the answer, no matter how bad things look. It just hurts everyone else.

**beast_gts**

Multiple sites are reporting that sci-fi writer Greg Bear has passed away.

**Kid_Kyoto**

ZergSmasher wrote:
Gert wrote:
Man, JDF is a loss. Power Rangers was huge for me when I was young, probably my first nerd thing.

What's even more tragic about it is that it was a suicide, and the guy was only 49 years old. Suicide is never the answer, no matter how bad things look. It just hurts everyone else.

That is really upsetting, I'm annoyed at the sites that do not report this fact.

Depression and suicidal thoughts can hit anyone, if you need help please seek and remember that you are not alone.

Not reporting a suicide hides that fact and stigmatizes people who might otherwise seek help.

**Easy E**

In the US please dial 988 for any mental health concerns, IIRC.

**Ghaz**

Former Kentucky governor and businessman John Y. Brown dies - CNBC

Forget the politics, this (from Wikipedia) is what he's really known for...

During a 1963 political breakfast, Brown met Colonel Harland Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), and the two discussed selling Sanders' chicken in Brown's chain of barbecue restaurants.By 1964, Brown persuaded Jack C. Massey to purchase KFC from Sanders for $2 million (equivalent to $17,474,249 in 2021). The investment group changed the restaurant's format from the diner-style restaurant envisioned by Sanders to a fast-food take out model. Giving all their restaurants a distinct red-and-white striped color pattern, the group opened over 1,500 restaurants, including locations in all 50 U.S. states and several international locations. By 1967, KFC had become the nation's sixth largest restaurant chain by volume and first offered its stock for public purchase in 1969.

**Olthannon**

Ghaz wrote:
Actress Nicki Aycox, best known for the role of Meg Masters on the show ‘Supernatural’ has died at the age of 47.

Bless her heart that's a shame. Bloody Leukaemia as well.

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Wilko Johnson has passed away

Helluva life he lead. If anyone wants me, I’ll be listening to his music,

**Olthannon**

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Wilko Johnson has passed away

Helluva life he lead. If anyone wants me, I’ll be listening to his music,

Was just heading to post on this as well. An absolutely sublime guitarist, Dr Feelgood were such an incredible band.

Pub rock was a genre that smashed on to the scene and led the way for Punk. Wilco's stage presence was such an influence. Seemed like a genuinely canny bloke to boot.

I'm just glad we had him around for a few more years after that cancer scare a few years back.

One of my all time favourite tracks is Going Back Home so it's been on a few times since I heard the news.

**Paint it Pink**

beast_gts wrote:
Multiple sites are reporting that sci-fi writer Greg Bear has passed away.

One of the Killer B's: the other two being Brin and Benford.

I've pulled out our copy of Eon to read in memory of his passing.

**Tannhauser42**

Ed Pugh, of Reaper Miniatures, has passed away.

https://www.facebook.com/209356218056/posts/10160718948903057/?flite=scwspnss&mibextid=Mg9EJcxhxWh3Xo5z

**ScarletRose**

I just found out about this. It's very sad, but at least he lived doing what he loved, which is more than what many people have.