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2016/03/23 14:50:01
Subject: Re:2016 Strikes Again. :Sir George Martin passes age 90
He won't I suppose be overly familiar to many on here, but I was listening to The Low End Theory just yesterday in the car, brilliant from start to finish. RIP the Funky Diabetic.
2016/03/23 14:58:42
Subject: Re:2016 Strikes Again. :Sir George Martin passes age 90
Netherlands great Johan Cruyff dies of cancer aged 68
Netherlands footballing great Johan Cruyff has died of cancer aged 68.
Cruyff, who made his name as a forward with Ajax and Barcelona, won the Ballon d'Or three times.
Regarded as one the greatest players of all time, he won three consecutive European Cups with Ajax and went on to manage Barcelona to their first European Cup triumph in 1992.
Cruyff helped his country reach the World Cup final in 1974, where they lost to West Germany.
It was at the 1974 World Cup where he first showcased the 'Cruyff turn' in a match against Sweden.
Cruyff, who had double heart bypass surgery in 1991, was diagnosed with cancer in October 2015.
In February, Cruyff said he felt he was "2-0 up in a match" against lung cancer and he was "sure I will end up winning".
Barcelona won four consecutive La Liga titles from 1990-91 to 1993-94 under his guidance.
BBC Radio 5 live will broadcast a special programme paying tribute to Cruyff at 19:00 GMT on Thursday.
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"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
Da Boss wrote: So, is this thread just going to morbidly track every single "notable" death this year? Because people die every year.
This year seems to have a disproportionate number of "greats dying," from Alan Rickman to Johan and George Martin.
RIP Johan, one of the all-time greats!
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Da Boss wrote: So, is this thread just going to morbidly track every single "notable" death this year? Because people die every year.
To be fair only a few of these are actually "notable" (David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Garry Shandling, Abe Vigoda, Keith Emerson, etc).
Opinions they differ, People have different people they idolize.
That is true, but some of these people dying are real deep cuts (like Eric 'Winkle' Brown who the feth is that?) where you would have to be well informed about sports or history to even really care I'm thinking of this from the average person (everyone has heard of David Bowie) and what they
Frankly, unless someone bothers to do some sort of statistical analysis, I'm just going to chalk the whole thing up as recognition bias.
Wikipedia lists 70 deaths so far in 2016 (notable ones, obviously! taking the world population of 7.4 billion and crude death rate of 7.89 deaths/1000 people, about 14.5 million people have died so far this year). It lists 77 people in the same period of 2015, so the "famous death rate" has actually decreased by 9%.
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Kevin Turner, former NFL fullback for the Patriots and Eagles, and founder of the Kevin Turner Foundation, passes away due to the ALS he was battling since 2010. He was 46.
And the link to his foundation, which researches possible links between a higher than normal onset of ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease), and repeated brain trauma (CTE) among athletes.
AndrewGPaul wrote: Frankly, unless someone bothers to do some sort of statistical analysis, I'm just going to chalk the whole thing up as recognition bias.
Wikipedia lists 70 deaths so far in 2016 (notable ones, obviously! taking the world population of 7.4 billion and crude death rate of 7.89 deaths/1000 people, about 14.5 million people have died so far this year). It lists 77 people in the same period of 2015, so the "famous death rate" has actually decreased by 9%.
Finally someone said it. Didn't a similar thread pop up last year too?
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The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
2016/03/31 11:17:27
Subject: 2016 Strikes Again. : Patty Duke & Ronnie Corbett
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
2016/03/31 19:00:02
Subject: 2016 Strikes Again. : Patty Duke & Ronnie Corbett
Being Scottish, Ronnie Corbett was a staple through, probably most of my life on Hogmanay. Even when he wasn't doing shows anymore, there was always at least one sketch being rerun at that time.
This one is a big sad for me.
2016/03/31 22:06:47
Subject: 2016 Strikes Again. : Patty Duke & Ronnie Corbett
Four candles may be one of the funniest sketches ever written. The updated BlackBerry version with Harry Enfield was quite good too. His monologues were masterpieces.
2016/04/05 06:55:46
Subject: Re:2016 Strikes Again. : Patty Duke & Ronnie Corbett
Gareth Thomas, best known to genre fans as the eponymous Blake in Terry Nation’s Blake’s 7, has died aged 71 of heart failure.
The news was reported on Blake’s 7 Online. Thomas had a long and distinguished career, training at RADA, and appearing in numerous Royal Shakespeare Company productions onstage. Prior to the two years he spent on Blakes 7 (and his return for the final episode), he appeared in the movie of Quatermass and the Pit, and The Avengers, as well as the 1970s SF serial Star Maidens, and as one of the leads in Children of the Stones. He went on to star in Knights of God and guest starred in an episode of Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood.
He returned to the role of Blake for Big Finish and B7 Media’s series of audio adventures, as well as playing parts in other productions for the company.
RIP fella
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The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
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