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that REALLY freakin blows :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Ackar
he's one of the kind of actors I love and go on about...or rather go off about because the current plastic jackasses in Hollywood cannot compare to, sigh
absolutely beautiful voice ( in terms of rich and enjoyable)
and he was in so many things I enjoyed or out right adored, from Babylon 5 to Civ 5
I recall him in HAWK THE SLAYER, damn that was a fun movie!
sigh
Not a famous person, but the mother of a (Canadian) famous person: Hélène Rowley Hotte, 93, likely of exposure. She's the mother of former Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe. As someone with a mother in a care home, reading about this horrifies me:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46913324
The low in Montreal on Sunday was -21 degrees Celsius (-6 degrees Fahrenheit). With wind chill, it would have felt -29 / -19.
My favorite line of Channing's: "Rasberries !!!!"
For my next pick, one of baseball's all-time greats:
Report: Baseball Hall of Famer and former Cincinnati Reds great Frank Robinson 'ailing'
My top 3 this year
Kirk Douglas
Betty white (again)
Cher
USA TODAY: Grammy-winning R&B singer James Ingram dies at 66.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/...66/2712651002/
One of the all-time all-around greats of baseball:
Hall of Famer Frank Robinson dies at 83
Too old for most of us here to have seen him, but his numbers speak for themselves, his teammates' recollections of him speak almost as much. Pioneering manager, too.
Former Congressman John Dingell (D-Michigan) and longest serving representative ever has died in Dearborn, Mi. at the age of 92.
He was a page in Congress when Roosevelt delivered the Day of Infamy Speech, and rose to Congress on his father's death in 1955, following his father's efforts working in Congress to achieve Medicare in the 1960's (and never gave up on his family's fight for Universal Health Care in the US) and some of the first and most impactful environmental protection regulations.
Obama's 2014 SOTU was Dingell's last in office. He allowed Nancy Pelosi to use the gavel he used when he presided over the House when Medicare was passed when she presided over the passage of Obamacare.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/ne...es/2789108002/
Albert Finney, actor, 82:
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47175304
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Originally Posted by Delores Mulva
classic scene ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chXdw6sYOVs
Carmen Argenziano, 75, unknown causes.
I really enjoyed watching him on Stargate SG1 and House and the other bit parts I'd say "HEY! look who it is!"
I just learned today that Debbie lee Carrington died in March of 2018.she played Thumbelina in total rekall.
I always hoped she would play a miniature version of meg ryan.
Okay this is a stretch since not a person but...
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47231247
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The US space agency (Nasa) has called time on its Opportunity Mars rover.
The six-wheeled robot last contacted Earth in June last year, just before it was enveloped in the darkness of a global dust storm.
Engineers hoped Oppy would power back up when the skies cleared and sunlight hit its solar panels again - but there has not been a peep out of the rover.
The routine prompt commands that have been sent to Opportunity will now end.
Still worth mourning, though. It was a damn good probe/rover.Quote:
Originally Posted by FilanFyretracker
Not bad... 13 years for a mission that was only expected to be a few months at most. Well, done Opportunity!
Bruno Ganz, 77. What, you don't know Bruno Ganz? I bet you've seen his portrayal of Hitler in 2004's "Downfall":
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47264709
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbRC9GRc5ww
My fave silly version! :P
https://youtu.be/vK3pbyP-57A
Karl Lagerfeld, fashion designer for Chanel, 85:
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/ka...ntl/index.html
A pitcher perhaps underappreciated these days, but once upon a time, he was someone no batter wanted to face:
Don Newcombe, first man to win Rookie of the Year, MVP and Cy Young, dies at 92
Peter Tork of The Monkees, 77, tongue cancer:
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47319788
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcnsao7Y0gk