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 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Ray Liotta has passed way in his sleep, aged 67.

Even though Goodfellas is my favourite film I've never really rated Ray Liotta as an actor (his performance in Goodfellas was great of course). Maybe I just haven't watched some of his more memorable performances.

Sad to hear of his passing at a relatively young age though.

His intense stare was the stuff of legend. He was also in movies.

Might seem like a strange mention for Ray Liotta, but I liked his cameo in Muppets From Space.

Alec John Such of Bon Jovi has passed, according to the band.

Batman: The Long Halloween artist (amongst other greats) Tim Sale has passed away.

World’s First Cyborg, Peter Scott-Morgan, dies at 64 - Stealth Optional

British scientist Dr Peter Scott-Morgan was diagnosed with a motor neurone disease back in 2017. In a bid to extend his life, the scientist worked to become the world’s first Cyborg. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out.

Today, I got a text message that nobody wants to get, informing me that my grandfather (on my mother's side) passed on last night. The cause was most likely complications from ALS. His health had definitely been in decline because of that, with him mostly losing the ability to speak in the last few months due to nerve damage, so this isn't totally unexpected, but it's still rough. So now, in the last two years, I've lost both of my grandfathers.

 ZergSmasher wrote:
Today, I got a text message that nobody wants to get, informing me that my grandfather (on my mother's side) passed on last night. The cause was most likely complications from ALS. His health had definitely been in decline because of that, with him mostly losing the ability to speak in the last few months due to nerve damage, so this isn't totally unexpected, but it's still rough. So now, in the last two years, I've lost both of my grandfathers.

Sorry to hear that. Loosing family is hard.

I'm sorry. Rest in peace.

For those who were a fan of cardgames on motorcycles, a bit of a shock:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62076080

James Caan, of Godfather, Misery and Elf fame (amongst others) has passed away at 82.

Confirmed

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/james-caan-dead-the-godfather_n_62c71309e4b0aa392d3c3a1b

Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, 67, has been assassinated while giving a campaign speech in southern Japan - BBC

beast_gts wrote:
Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, 67, has been assassinated while giving a campaign speech in southern Japan - BBC

The victims of Japan's WWII atrocities will be glad to see this apologist trash burning in hell.

Careful you don't cut yourself on all that edge.

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
Careful you don't cut yourself on all that edge.

Look at his history of denying Japan's WWII atrocities and tell me why we shouldn't celebrate his death.

You should never celebrate any death. Especially one taken in violence.

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
You should never celebrate any death. Especially one taken in violence.

Why not? Should we have not celebrated Hitler's death? Do you genuinely think that no person has ever been so awful that their death is a good thing? Or are you just interested in whitewashing the legacy of this particular donkey-cave?

I do regret the violence a bit though, in that he was shot and died fairly quickly. It would have been much better for him to experience the kind of slow and painful death suffered by the victims of the war criminals he was an apologist for.

Because i've had to experience death through violence. I don't care who the person was, it's not something you wish for anyone to have to experience.

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
Because i've had to experience death through violence. I don't care who the person was, it's not something you wish for anyone to have to experience.

Then we'll just have to agree to disagree on this. There are many people I want to experience death through violence because of the moral lines they have crossed. Mass murderers, war criminals, etc. And Abe's defense of war criminals and contributions to Japan's denialism problem was well over that line. He personally denied Japan's WWII atrocities and he made it part of his party's explicitly stated platform that those atrocities did not happen. But don't trust me on this, go ask some families of the victims of Japanese war crimes how many tears they shed when the people responsible were executed.

But if seeing the honest truth about this donkey-cave is unacceptable I'd be perfectly happy to delete my posts on the subject if all other mentions of him are also removed from this thread. It is completely inappropriate to whitewash his legacy and give him the honor of a place in a memorial thread. Let him die alone and forgotten and dump the body in an unmarked grave.

Then you are a very weird person and i feel like you should take some time to take some much needed self-reflection.

Funny how this year, it's wrong to be happy about the death of someone who was probably a pretty awful human being, yet last year everybody was in the memorial thread celebrating when Rush Limbaugh died. Admittedly Limbaugh was largely considered a trash person too (mostly for reasons we can't talk about on Dakka), but the double standard is very obvious. But that's none of my business...

CadianSgtBob wrote:

Then we'll just have to agree to disagree on this. There are many people I want to experience death through violence because of the moral lines they have crossed. Mass murderers, war criminals, etc. And Abe's defense of war criminals and contributions to Japan's denialism problem was well over that line. He personally denied Japan's WWII atrocities and he made it part of his party's explicitly stated platform that those atrocities did not happen. But don't trust me on this, go ask some families of the victims of Japanese war crimes how many tears they shed when the people responsible were executed.

Yeah, and I'm sure no American politician has ever denied atrocities committed by US servicemen. Do you call for their blood as well?

But if seeing the honest truth about this donkey-cave is unacceptable I'd be perfectly happy to delete my posts on the subject if all other mentions of him are also removed from this thread

Dakka isn't mandated to play by your rules, you can't just come in here and silence discussion on something like this just because you don't like the person who died.

Grow up.

 creeping-deth87 wrote:
Yeah, and I'm sure no American politician has ever denied atrocities committed by US servicemen. Do you call for their blood as well?

Do not compare US war crimes to Japan's atrocities in WWII. And go do some reading on the subject if you think the two are even remotely comparable, your ignorance on the subject is contributing to Japan's attempts to bury their shameful past.

But yes, if you would like to give me the names of some dead US politicians who defended atrocities on that level I will quite happily celebrate their deaths as well.

Dakka isn't mandated to play by your rules, you can't just come in here and silence discussion on something like this just because you don't like the person who died.

Grow up.

Then you can deal with a little celebration of the death of a notorious war crimes apologist.

Gentlemen, please.

Don’t get this thread locked. Don’t annoy the Moderati.

Maybe take it to PM if you really must, or even better, take it to ETC where you can swear at each other and everything.

I'll bite my tongue on the whole who did the better war crime discussion.


Pour out some ziti for Tony Sirico , who died today at 79.

Monty Norman died today, aged 94:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62122982.amp

Aash wrote:
Monty Norman died today, aged 94:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62122982.amp

RIP to the creator of one of the most iconic pieces of movie music in history. I actually had no idea he was still alive! He really got to see his work go pretty far!

Alan Grant has left us.

This is neither zarjaz nor scrotnig.

Pretty sure rumors of Sam Neill's death have been very much exaggerated. Or was that what that "zarjaz nor scrotnig" thing was telling us and the joke flew over my head?