R.I.P. THREAD

[Animavore]

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/08/11/robin-williams-dead-at-63/

robin williams

So sad.

That someone who brought so much laughter to the world himself felt so bleak is dreadful.

I heard a joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life is harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world. Doctor says, "Treatment is simple. The great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go see him. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears. Says, "But doctor... I am Pagliacci." Good joke. Everybody laugh. Roll on snare drum. Curtains.

[Ironclad]

Doug's Memory
(Sometime in 1973 - August 11, 2014)
English obituarian, famous for posting identical obituaries only three days apart.
Wonky
B.B.C.

[Tangerine Dream]

Robin Williams, the most astonishingly funny, brilliant, profound and silly miracle of mind and spirit, has left the planet.
He was a giant heart, a fireball friend, a wondrous gift from the gods. Now the selfish bastards have taken him back. Fuck 'em!
Terry Gilliam

[DougC]

Doug's Memory
(Sometime in 1973 - August 11, 2014)
English obituarian, famous for posting identical obituaries only three days apart.
Wonky
B.B.C.

Scottish and 1972, ya cheeky bastard.

I took a stab from the info available. Was always going to be a crap shoot.

[DougC]

Joseph Viskocil
(December 21, 1952 – August 11, 2014)
American special effects artist (Star Wars, Apollo 13). Academy Award winner (Independence Day) who had over 80 credits since 1974.
Wiki

Irena "Kika" Szaszkiewiczowa
(4 March 1917 – 11 August 2014)
Polish artist, writer and blogger.
Wiki

[DougC]

Lauren Bacall
born Betty Joan Perske
( September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014)
American film and stage actress and model, known for her distinctive husky voice and sultry looks.
She first emerged as a leading lady in the Humphrey Bogart film To Have and Have Not (1944) and continued on in the film noir genre, with appearances in Bogart movies The Big Sleep (1946), Dark Passage (1947), and Key Largo (1948), as well as comedic roles in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) with Marilyn Monroe and Designing Woman (1957) with Gregory Peck. Bacall worked on Broadway in musicals, gaining Tony Awards for Applause in 1970 and Woman of the Year in 1981. Her performance in the movie The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) earned her a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination.
In 1999, Bacall was ranked #20 of the 25 actresses on the AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars list by the American Film Institute. In 2009, she was selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to receive an Academy Honorary Award "in recognition of her central place in the Golden Age of motion pictures."
Wiki
B.B.C.

Arlene Martel
(April 14, 1936 – August 12, 2014)
American actress and acting coach. Prior to 1964, she was frequently billed as Arline Sax, Arlene Sax or as Tasha Martel.
In 1962 Martel made her first of two appearances on Perry Mason as Fiona Cregan in The Case of the Absent Artist. Later, she guest starred as Sandra Dunkel in The Case of the Dead Ringer (1966) when Raymond Burr doubled as Mason and the actual murderer Grimes, an old sea salt.
Martel appeared in the Star Trek episode [i]Amok Time (1967) as T'Pring and the original The Outer Limits episode Demon with a Glass Hand[/i] (1964) written by Harlan Ellison.
Wiki

[orpheus]

Lauren Bacall
born Betty Joan Perske
( September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014)

And to the end one of the sexiest women ever.

[DougC]

Wang
Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
(30 years)
The only polar bear in Africa has died at Johannesburg Zoo in South Africa. The much-loved bear, Wang, had to be put down because of heart and liver failure, the zoo said in a statement. The bear was brought to South Africa in 1986 as part of a conservation exchange programme with a zoo in China.
B.B.C.

[Agrippina]

Wang
Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
(30 years)
The only polar bear in Africa has died at Johannesburg Zoo in South Africa. The much-loved bear, Wang, had to be put down because of heart and liver failure, the zoo said in a statement. The bear was brought to South Africa in 1986 as part of a conservation exchange programme with a zoo in China.
B.B.C.

Yes, I have pictures of him and his mate somewhere. They were one of my kids' favourites to visit at the zoo, and my son took my grandson to see him too.

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[DougC]

Eduardo Henrique Accioly Campos
(10 August 1965 – 13 August 2014)
Brazilian economist and politician. He was the leader of the Brazilian Socialist Party – Partido Socialista Brasileiro (PSB). On 13 August 2014, the Cessna 560XL aircraft Campos was flying in crashed into a residential building in Santos, São Paulo, leaving no survivors.The Brazilian Air Force said the plane crashed as it was preparing to land, adding that bad weather may have been to blame for the the accident.
Wiki
B.B.C.

[DougC]

Casey Kasem

snip -

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2 ... /10017207/

UPDATE

B.B.C. - Casey Kasem to be buried in Oslo, says Norway press

The DJ's wife and children have been in dispute over his body since his death.

[DougC]

Jan Ekier
(29 August 1913 – 15 August 2014)
Polish pianist and composer known for his authoritative edition of Chopin's music for the Polish National Edition.
Wiki

[DougC]

Licia Albanese
(July 22, 1909 – August 15, 2014)
Italian-born American operatic soprano. Noted especially for her portrayals of the lyric heroines of Verdi and Puccini, Albanese was a leading artist with the Metropolitan Opera of New York from 1940 to 1966. She also made many recordings and was chairman of The Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation which is dedicated to assisting young artists and singers.
Wiki

[BlackBart]

Wow. That was a hell of an innings!

[DougC]

Wolfgang Leonhard
(16 April 1921 - 17 August 2014)
German political author, historian, and expert on Communism. He was the last living member of the Ulbricht Group.
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[Emmeline]

Lauren Bacall
born Betty Joan Perske
( September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014)

And to the end one of the sexiest women ever.

Agreed. I also loved how she didn't try to look 20 when she was nearly 90!

[Agrippina]

Lauren Bacall was one of the movie stars I really admired. She didn't do anything to stop time, just went along with it and played age-appropriate parts as she got older. The last of the "old broads." (And I mean that in the nicest way).

[DougC]

Simin Beh'bahāni
(June 20, 1927 - August 19, 2014)
Was one of the most prominent figures of modern Persian literature and one of the most outstanding amongst the contemporary Persian poets. She was Iran's national poet and an icon of the Iranian intelligentsia and literati who affectionately refer to her as the lioness of Iran. She was nominated twice for the Nobel Prize in literature, and has "received many literary accolades around the world."
Wiki

[DougC]

Walter Thirring
(April 29, 1927 – August 19, 2014)
Austrian physicist after whom the Thirring model in quantum field theory is named. He is the son of the physicist Hans Thirring, co-discoverer of the Lense-Thirring frame dragging effect in general relativity.
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[DougC]

B. K. S. Iyengar, or Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar
(December 14, 1918 – August 20, 2014)
Founded the style of yoga known as "Iyengar Yoga" and was considered one of the foremost yoga teachers in the world. He has written many books on yoga practice and philosophy including Light on Yoga, Light on Pranayama, and Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Iyengar yoga classes are offered throughout the world. Iyengar was one of the earliest students of Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, who is often referred to as "the father of modern yoga".
Wiki
B.B.C.