R.I.P. THREAD

[DougC]

Arnold Seymour Relman
(1923 – June 17, 2014)
American professor of medicine and social medicine from New York City, New York. He was professor emeritus at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. He was also editor of the New England Journal of Medicine from 1977 to 1991.
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[kennyc]

Daniel Keyes

In Memoriam – Daniel Keyes 1927-2014
Daniel Keyes (b.1927) died on June 15. Keyes is best known for his short story “Flowers for Algernon,” which won the Hugo Award, and its expansion, the Nebula Award-winning novel of the same title. The book was turned into the film Charly, which won an Oscar for star Cliff Robertson, and the less successful musical Charlie and Algernon.

Still one of the best short stories out there!

http://www.sfwa.org/2014/06/memoriam-da ... 1927-2014/

NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/18/books ... at-86.html

Flowers for Algernon: http://archive.org/stream/FlowersForAlg ... n_djvu.txt

[Fallible]

I thought he was dead already. Great book though, very moving.

[kennyc]

I thought he was dead already. Great book though, very moving.

as Mark Twain said.....the rumors of his death were greatly exaggerated.....

[DougC]

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Popovkin
( 25 September 1957 – 18 June 2014)
General Director of the Russian Federal Space Agency and former First Deputy Defense Minister of Russia. He was a General of the Army and former commander of the Russian Space Forces.
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Horace Silver
(born Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva, September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014)
American jazz pianist and composer. Silver is known for his distinctive humorous and funky playing style and for his pioneering compositional contributions to hard bop. He was influenced by a wide range of musical styles, notably gospel music, African music, and Latin American music and sometimes ventured into the soul jazz genre.
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B.B.C.

[kennyc]

Gerry Goffin dead at 75: Lyricist always found the right words for then-wife Carole King's music
Together the pair wrote classic songs like 'Will You Love Me Tomorrow,' 'Goin’ Back' and 'Up on the Roof,' in a personal and professional partnership that inspired the Broadway show, 'Beautiful.'

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainmen ... -1.1836816

[DougC]

Gerry Goffin dead at 75: Lyricist always found the right words for then-wife Carole King's music
Together the pair wrote classic songs like 'Will You Love Me Tomorrow,' 'Goin’ Back' and 'Up on the Roof,' in a personal and professional partnership that inspired the Broadway show, 'Beautiful.'

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainmen ... -1.1836816

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B.B.C.

[DougC]

Avraham Shalom Bendor
(June 7, 1928 – June 19, 2014)[1]
Israeli head of GSS (Shin Bet - internal security service) from 1981-1986. He resigned after being accused of ordering the killing of two Palestinian prisoners and organising the subsequent cover-up.
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[DougC]

Stephanie Louise Kwolek
(July 31, 1923 – June 18, 2014)
American chemist who invented poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide—better known as Kevlar. Kwolek won numerous awards for her work in polymer chemistry.
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B.B.C.

[Ironclad]

I hope she died rich, that stuff has been used for ...well, everything.

[Paul]

Metro: Actress Patsy Byrne – aka Blackadder’s Nursie – dies aged 80

First Flasheart, now Nursie.

[DougC]

Gerry Conlon
(60 years - 21 June 2014)
Gerry Conlon, who was wrongly convicted of the 1974 Guildford IRA pub bombing, has died aged 60 after an illness.
He was one of the Guildford Four, who spent 15 years in prison before their convictions were quashed in 1989.
Mr Conlon's family said his fight for justice had "forced the world's closed eyes to be opened to injustice".
B.B.C.
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[DougC]

David MacLennan
(died aged 65, 13 June 2014)

(UPDATE)
B.B.C. - Hundreds mourn theatre producer and writer

[chairman bill]

Patsy Byrne, Blackadder's 'Nursie', dies aged 80

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/jun/22/patsy-byrne-nursie-blackadder-dies

[james1v]

Gerry Conlon
(60 years - 21 June 2014)
Gerry Conlon, who was wrongly convicted of the 1974 Guildford IRA pub bombing, has died aged 60 after an illness.
He was one of the Guildford Four, who spent 15 years in prison before their convictions were quashed in 1989.
Mr Conlon's family said his fight for justice had "forced the world's closed eyes to be opened to injustice".
B.B.C.
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A travesty of justice.All four would have been dead, if the "hang em" brigade had their way.

[DougC]

Fouad A. Ajami
(September 18, 1945 - June 22, 2014)
MacArthur Fellowship winning, Lebanese-born American university professor and writer on Middle Eastern issues. He was a senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
Ajami was an outspoken supporter of the Iraq War, the nobility of which he believed there "can be no doubt".
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Steve Rossi
born - Joseph Charles Tafarella
(May 25, 1932 – June 22, 2014)
American stand-up comedian and actor.
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[DougC]

Felix Dennis
(27 May 1947 – 22 June 2014)
British publisher, poet, spoken word performer and philanthropist. His company, Dennis Publishing, pioneered computer and hobbyist magazine publishing in the United Kingdom. In 1969, Dennis wrote a world exclusive for OZ, the first ever review of Led Zeppelin‘s debut album. He was quickly promoted to co-editor and became involved in the longest conspiracy trial in English history over the infamous "OZ No.28, The Schoolkids Issue". While Richard Neville was on holiday, Jim Anderson and Dennis had invited 5th and 6th-form kids to edit the issue. They included a sexually explicit Rupert the Bear cartoon strip, which proved too much for the authorities and resulted in the arrest of Anderson, Neville and Dennis, who were charged with "conspiracy to corrupt public morals". The OZ offices in Princedale Rd, Notting Hill and the homes of its editors were repeatedly raided by Scotland Yard's Obscene Publications Squad. In more recent times, the company added lifestyle titles such as its flagship brand The Week, which is published in the UK and the United States.
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Mabon Lewis "Teenie" Hodges
(June 3, 1946 – June 22, 2014)
Memphis, Tennessee musician, best known for his work as rhythm and lead guitarist and songwriter on many of Al Green's popular soul hits, and those of other artists such as Ann Peebles and Syl Johnson, on Hi Records in the 1970s.
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[DougC]

Metro: Actress Patsy Byrne – aka Blackadder’s Nursie – dies aged 80

First Flasheart, now Nursie.

(UPDATE)
B.B.C. - Sir Tony Robinson leads tributes to actress Patsy Byrne

[DougC]

Nancy Garden
(May 15, 1938 – June 24, 2014)
American writer of fiction for children and young adults, best known for the lesbian novel Annie on My Mind. She received the 2003 Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association recognizing her lifetime contribution in writing for teens, citing Annie alone.
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[DougC]

Eli Herschel Wallach
(December 7, 1915 – June 24, 2014)
American film, television and stage actor whose career spanned more than six decades, beginning in the late 1940s. For his performance as Silva Vacarro in Baby Doll, he won a BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer and a Golden Globe nomination. Among his most famous roles are Calvera in The Magnificent Seven (1960), Guido in The Misfits (1961), and Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). Other notable portrayals include Don Altobello in The Godfather Part III, Cotton Weinberger in The Two Jakes (both 1990), and Arthur Abbott in The Holiday (2006).
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Mabon Lewis "Teenie" Hodges
(June 3, 1946 – June 22, 2014)
American musician known for his work as a rhythm and lead guitarist and songwriter on many of Al Green's soul hits, and those of other artists such as Ann Peebles and Syl Johnson, on Hi Records in the 1970s. His credits as a songwriter include "Take Me to the River", "Love and Happiness", "L-O-V-E (Love)", and "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)".
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