R.I.P. THREAD

[DougC]

Eric Gordon Hill OBE
(7 September 1928 - 10 June 2014)
British popular explorer and illustrator of children's picture books, best known for his character Spot the Dog.
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[DougC]

Robert Arthur Alexie
(died June 10, 2014)
Canadian First Nations novelist. Alexie was born in Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories and lived in Inuvik. He served as Tribal chief of the Tetlit Gwich'in of Fort McPherson and also served as the vice president of the Gwich'in Tribal Council for two terms, helping achieve a land claims agreement.
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Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
(born Rafael Frühbeck Frühbeck, 15 September 1933 - died 11 June 2014 in)
Spanish conductor and composer.
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de Burgos died on 11th, not 10th as previously stated.

[DougC]

Poppy
(Felis silvestris catus, ? Feb 1990 - 11 June 2014)
British domestic cat, who was officially recognised as the world's oldest after making it to the age of 24.
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[DougC]

Ruby Dee
(née Wallace; October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014)
American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist and activist. She is perhaps best known for co-starring in the film A Raisin in the Sun (1961) and the film American Gangster (2007) for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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[scott1328]

Ruby Dee
(née Wallace; October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014)
American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist and activist. She is perhaps best known for co-starring in the film A Raisin in the Sun (1961) and the film American Gangster (2007) for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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She was also Mother Abagail in the television version of The Stand

[kennyc]

Poppy
(Felis silvestris catus, ? Feb 1990 - 11 June 2014)
British domestic cat, who was officially recognised as the world's oldest after making it to the age of 24.
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[DougC]

Yea, she looks a sweet wee thing. A bit confused, but she was 24.

[scott1328]

John Pinette
(March 23, 1964 – April 5, 2014)

I missed this in April when it was announced. He was one of my favorite stand-ups.

Stand-up comedian John Pinette, 50, was found dead in his room Saturday at the Sheraton Station Square hotel. Apart from his standup routines, he was known for his role in the finale of the TV show "Seinfeld." (4/7/2014)

The hotel's security detail opened Mr. Pinette's room for the relative, where they found him and called city police.

The comedian was pronounced dead at the scene around 2:30 p.m.

A supervisor with the Allegheny County medical examiner's office said Mr. Pinette had been suffering liver and heart disease and that his death was due to natural causes. No autopsy was performed, after Mr. Pinette's personal physician signed off on the cause of death.

Mr. Pinette, a native of Boston, was known for his impressions and his self-deprecating pokes at his weight. He reportedly had to delay a series of performances in August to undergo treatment in a rehabilitation facility for prescription drug addiction.

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/ ... z34YvYB0Zx

[DougC]

David MacLennan
(died aged 65, 13 June 2014)
Scottish writer, actor and producer. A driving force in Scottish theatre, MacLennan co-founded the ground-breaking 7:84 and Wildcat companies. He was also behind the hugely successful "A Play, A Pie and A Pint" event at Glasgow's Oran Mor that has since been copied around the world.
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[DougC]

Mahdi Elmandjra
(March 13, 1933 - June 13, 2014)
Moroccan futurist, economist and sociologist. He was President of the World Futures Studies Federation and of Futuribles International as well as the founding President of the Moroccan Association of Future Studies and the Moroccan Organization of Human Rights. He is a member of the African Academy of Sciences and of the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco. He has been a Visiting Professor to Tokyo University (1998) and a Visiting Scholar of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) at the Tokyo Keizai University (1999).
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[Paul]

BBC Allo Allo star Sam Kelly dies at 70

I remember him more as 'Bunny' Warren in Porridge

[kennyc]

Casey Kasem

Radio icon Casey Kasem dies at 82
Casey Kasem, a radio voice who connected generations of Americans to thousands of rock and pop acts, died Sunday morning, according to multiple media outlets. He was 82.

Kerri Kasem, Casey's daughter, announced the news on her Facebook page.

"Early this Father's Day morning, our dad Casey Kasem passed away surrounded by family and friends. Even though we know he is in a better place and no longer suffering, we are heartbroken," she wrote in a Facebook post. "Thank you for all your love, support and prayers. The world will miss Casey Kasem, an incredible talent and humanitarian; we will miss our Dad."

Kasem, hospitalized in Washington state since June 1, had been in declining health.
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2 ... /10017207/

[DougC]

Casey Kasem

'keep your feet on the ground, and keep reaching for the stars'
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[Paul]

BBC Captain Scarlet voice actor Francis Matthews dies

So his voice was not 'indestructable'.

[HomerJay]

BBC Captain Scarlet voice actor Francis Matthews dies

[DougC]

Andrei Kharlov
( November 20, 1968 – June 15, 2014)
Russian chess grandmaster. In 1992, he received the title of Grandmaster after tying for first place in the 1990 Russian National Championships.
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[smudge]

BBC Captain Scarlet voice actor Francis Matthews dies

So his voice was not 'indestructable'.

The Mysterons finally got him....

[quisquose]

BBC Captain Scarlet voice actor Francis Matthews dies

So his voice was not 'indestructable'.

My memories of Francis Matthews were not Captain Scarlet but Sherlock Holmes.

Holmes and the Ripper by Brian Clemens was a rather excellent 1988 production starring Francis Matthews and Frank Windsor as Holmes and Watson. I saw it at Buxton Opera House with a young lady who became my wife.

[DougC]

Stanley Marsh 3
(January 31, 1938 – June 17, 2014
American who was an artist, philanthropist, and prankster from Amarillo, Texas, USA. He is perhaps best known as the sponsor of the Cadillac Ranch, an unusual public art exhibit west of Amarillo.
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