R.I.P. THREAD

[DougC]

Frank Yablans
(August 27, 1935 – November 27, 2014)
American film producer and screenwriter The son of a Brooklyn cab driver and brother to fellow film producer Irwin Yablans, Yablans' first employers in the film business included Warner Bros., The Walt Disney Company and Filmways. He became Executive Vice President of Sales for Paramount Pictures in the late 1960s; in that position, his expert marketing of the film Love Story led to his appointment as Paramount Studios' President in 1971, a position he held until 1975.
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known as P. D. James
Rt. Hon. Phyllis Dorothy, Baroness James of Holland Park, OBE, FRSA, FRSL
(3 August 1920 – 27 November 2014),, was an English crime writer. She rose to fame for her series of detective novels starring policeman and poet Adam Dalgliesh.
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B.B.C.

That poor lad died today, the young cricketer Phillip Hughes. One unlucky bouncing ball to the side of the head, gone.


ETA - he was only 25. The 20 year old bowler is taking counselling, but feels he'll give up the sport forever. 20..

Freak accident, very sad.

[Tangerine Dream]

Roberto Gómez Bolaños(21 February 1929 – 28 November 2014), was more commonly known by his pseudonym Chespirito, was a Mexican screenwriter, actor, comedian, film director, television director, playwright, songwriter, and author. He was internationally known for writing, directing, and starring in the Chespirito, El Chapulín Colorado, and El Chavo del Ocho television series.

Chespirito died on 28 November 2014 from heart failure.

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[DougC]

Frank Yablans
(August 27, 1935 – November 27, 2014)

UPDATE
B.B.C. - Frank Yablans, former Hollywood studio boss, dies at 79

[DougC]

Frances Nero
(March 13, 1943 – November 29, 2014)
American soul and jazz singer. She recorded for Motown after winning their 1965 talent contest and had a UK hit single in 1991 with "Footsteps Following Me".
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Mark Strand
(April 11, 1934 - November 29, 2014)
Canadian-born American poet, essayist, and translator. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1990. Starting in 2005–06, he was a professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.
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[orpheus]

Mark Strand
(April 11, 1934 - November 29, 2014)
Canadian-born American poet, essayist, and translator. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1990. Starting in 2005–06, he was a professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.
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This is so sad. Strand was one of the finest poets of the past half century. I really, really love his work.

Personally, it felt like an eerie coincidence: a few days ago I suddenly started focusing on Strand — reading through several books of his poetry, listening to an interview with him, reading his essays on art (very perceptive; he trained as a painter under Albers before he turned to writing), looking carefully at the paintings about which he had written, etc. Yesterday I bought one of his last books, and I was reading it today when I got the news from a friend of mine.


Edit: I just checked; the book I bought yesterday, "Almost Invisible", was in fact his last work.

[DougC]

UPDATE
B.B.C. - Mark Strand, Pulitzer-winning US poet, dies at 80

[DougC]

Wu Qingyuan
(June 12, 1914 – November 30, 2014),
Born in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, southeast China, generally known in the West by his Japanese name Go Seigen, is considered by many players to be the greatest player of the game of Go in the 20th century. He turned 100 in June 2014.
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[Mike_L]

Renowned conservationist Ian Player (15 March 1927 – 30 November 2014), credited with saving the white rhino from extinction in the 1950s.

[DougC]

I am happy to confirm that this site is better than People Magazine.

[DougC]

Roberto Gómez Bolaños
(21 February 1929 – 28 November 2014)
Mexican screenwriter, actor, comedian, film director, television director, playwright, songwriter, and author more commonly known by his pseudonym Chespirito. He is widely regarded as one of the most important Spanish-language comedians of the 20th century.
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B.B.C.

[Ironclad]

I can't find the link, but just two days after that young Australian cricket player getting killed by a bouncing ball crushing his throat, an Indian cricket umpire is killed in the same way!

[DougC]

I can't find the link, but just two days after that young Australian cricket player getting killed by a bouncing ball crushing his throat, an Indian cricket umpire is killed in the same way!

Times of India - Israeli umpire dies after being hit by ball

Jerusalem Post - Cricket umpire dies after ball strikes him in Ashdod match

[jamest]

Many people here probably don't understand, but a cricket ball is solid and is [sometimes] thrown in the direction of the batsman at speeds of about 100mph. That's a lethal missile. My only surprise wrt recent events is that this sort of thing hasn't happened more often. As always, we have to wait for weeks like this before rules are implemented to prevent the bleedin' obvious. Let's hope that this now happens.

[DougC]

Robert Henry 'Bobby' Keys
(December 18, 1943 - December 2, 2014)
American saxophone player, and has performed with other musicians as a member of several horn sections of the 1970s. He appears on albums by The Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Who, Harry Nilsson, Delaney Bramlett, George Harrison, Eric Clapton and Joe Cocker, amongst other notable musicians. Keys has been a touring musician since 1956.
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[Tangerine Dream]

Roberto Gómez Bolaños
(21 February 1929 – 28 November 2014)
Mexican screenwriter, actor, comedian, film director, television director, playwright, songwriter, and author more commonly known by his pseudonym Chespirito. He is widely regarded as one of the most important Spanish-language comedians of the 20th century.
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B.B.C.

I have already claimed this soul !

http://www.rationalskepticism.org/gener ... 1-640.html

[DougC]

My minions will be punished!

[DougC]

Joanna Elizabeth Dunham
(6 May 1936 – 25 November 2014)
English actress, best noted for her work on stage and television. She appeared in several major films. Dunham played Mary Magdalene in the 1965 Hollywood blockbuster, The Greatest Story Ever Told, directed by George Stevens.
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B.B.C.

[DougC]

Nathaniel Branden
(April 9, 1930 – December 3, 2014)
American psychotherapist and writer known for his work in the psychology of self-esteem. A former associate and romantic partner of Ayn Rand, Branden also played a prominent role in the 1960s in promoting Rand's philosophy, Objectivism. Rand and Branden split acrimoniously in 1968, after which Branden focused on developing his own psychological theories and modes of therapy.
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Ian Patrick 'Mac' McLagan
(12 May 1945 – 3 December 2014)
English keyboard instrumentalist, best known as a member of the English rock bands Small Faces and Faces. He also collaborated with The Rolling Stones and led his own band from the late 1970s.
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B.B.C.

[DougC]

John Jeremy Thorpe
(29 April 1929 – 4 December 2014)
British former politician who was leader of the Liberal Party from 1967 to 1976 and Member of Parliament (MP) for North Devon from 1959 to 1979.
His political career was severely damaged when an acquaintance, Norman Scott, claimed to have had a love affair with Thorpe in the early 1960s, at a time when homosexual acts were illegal in Britain. The scandal forced Thorpe to resign as Liberal Party leader in 1976. He denied the claims of a homosexual affair and was charged with conspiring to murder Scott, though he was acquitted of these charges in 1979, shortly after losing his seat in the general election.
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B.B.C.

[Pulsar]

Queen Fabiola of Belgium (born Doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragón on 11 June 1928, died on 5 December 2014)

Former Queen of Belgium, widow of King Baudouin. wiki