RIP thread 2026

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**Ensis Ferrae**

Greetings fellow dakkanauts.

As we round out the first week of 2026, we have our first "celebrity" death of the year.
Convicted spy Aldrich Ames has passed in prison at age 84.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj0n29395j3o

**Easy E**

"Mr. Goalie" Glenn Hall passed at 94.

Not bad for being a helmetless goalie who played 502 games in a row!

https://www.nhl.com/news/hall-of-fame-goaltender-glenn-hall-dead-at-94

**Olthannon**

Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead passed away at 78 today.

Great musician

**Sgt. Cortez**

Erich von Däniken passed away yesterday, 90 years old. Or maybe he just returned to the mothership.

**BobtheInquisitor**

Hmmm. Human beings did not have the knowledge to build an Erich van Daniken 90 years ago…

**beast_gts**

'Dilbert' Creator Scott Adams Dead at 68 - TMZ

I like 'Dilbert' but Scott Adams went off the deep-end...

**BobtheInquisitor**

It’s a shame he so thoroughly poisoned his legacy.

**Ensis Ferrae**

Just seeing some reports now that Francis Buchholz, the former bassist for the Scorpions has passed on

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2026-01-23/former-scorpions-bassist-francis-buchholz-dies-at-71?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Looking to confirm, but Apple News is saying Catherine O’Hara has passed away :(

**BobtheInquisitor**

Looks to be confirmed. Damn.

Going to have to watch some of her movie and Schitt’s Creek highlights.

**Ghaz**

Also confirmed by Variety.

**lord_blackfang**

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Looking to confirm, but Apple News is saying Catherine O’Hara has passed away :(

I rewatched The Nightmare Before Christmas last week

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

I’ll be watching the two Beetlejuice films and wearing my Delia shirt tomorrow I think.

**ZergSmasher**

She'll always be the mom from Home Alone 1 and 2 to me. "KEVIN!!!"

May she RIP

**Olthannon**

Real shame, great comedic actor. Obviously so many good roles but she was magnificent in Schitts Creek

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

John Virgo, snooker player and latterly commentator is gone at 79.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/articles/c0q4kkpedw4o

I’ll miss him. Seemed a lovely bloke.

**Crispy78**

Oh no! Genuinely saddened by that.

**ingtaer**

Where is the cue balling going!
What a legend, hope he gets a trophy named after him.

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

He even made Jimothy Nicholas Nicholas Davison tolerable for a while.

**cuda1179**

Brad Arnold from Three Doors Down died.

**nels1031**

cuda1179 wrote:
Brad Arnold from Three Doors Down died.

Damn, that band had some hits that are still in my regular rotation.

**Ensis Ferrae**

Apparently not a great weekend for musicians:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/greg-brown-founding-cake-guitarist-the-distance-dead-1235512917/

Greg Brown of the band Cake has passed away.

**beast_gts**

James Van Der Beek - Dead at 48 (TMZ)

**BobtheInquisitor**

Really recontextualizes the old Dawson’s Creek song.

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Whaaaaaa?

**Flinty**

Cancer sucks. That is way too young :(

**ZergSmasher**

Hideki Sato, the main creator of most of the SEGA consoles (and former president of SEGA) has passed away at age 77.

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/hideki-sato-father-of-the-sega-dreamcast-saturn-genesis-and-more-has-died/

**nels1031**

Robert Duvall passed at 95 yesterday.

That's a good run.

**Lathe Biosas**

nels1031 wrote:
Robert Duvall passed at 95 yesterday.

That's a good run.

I know everyone will remember him from the Godfather, but I've got a soft spot for his role in Apocalypse Now.

“I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn’t find one of ’em, not one stinkin’ dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like … victory. Someday this war’s gonna end.” – Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore, “Apocalypse Now” (1979)

**ZergSmasher**

I actually liked his character in Deep Impact as well, and he was very easy to hate as Major Frank Burns in the movie M*A*S*H (completely different character to the one in the show played by Larry Linville).