R.I.P. THREAD

newolder · **#2521** by **newolder** » Feb 28, 2020 6:28 pm

Freeman Dyson, 96.

"His contributions to science were myriad, including defining an entire class of techno-signatures: Dyson Spheres." - UC Berkeley spokesperson.

Ironclad · **#2522** by **Ironclad** » Feb 29, 2020 8:06 am

Bugger. He never got to build his dream house

Animavore · **#2523** by **Animavore** » Mar 02, 2020 8:45 pm

James Lipton, 93.

felltoearth · **#2524** by **felltoearth** » Mar 02, 2020 8:47 pm

Love his soup.

Alan B · **#2525** by **Alan B** » Mar 09, 2020 2:51 pm

HOLLYWOOD LEGEND DEAD Max von Sydow dead – Game of Thrones and Exorcist actor dies at his home in France aged 90.

The Sun

Fallible · **#2526** by **Fallible** » Mar 09, 2020 8:41 pm

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Seabass · **#2527** by **Seabass** » Mar 09, 2020 9:28 pm

RIP, Brewmeister Smith.

don't get me started · **#2528** by **don't get me started** » Mar 10, 2020 1:06 am

Max von Sydow was a truly great actor. I think I enjoyed his performance in every thing I ever saw him in.
There are two quotes from the movie 'Hannah and her Sisters' that I remember.

First, him being the jaded European intellectual reacting to the excesses of American popular culture after (inadvertently?) watching TV:

"You see the whole culture. Nazis, deodorant salesmen, wrestlers, beauty contests, a talk show. Can you imagine the level of a mind that watches wrestling? But the worst are the fundamentalist preachers. Third grade con men telling the poor suckers that watch them that they speak with Jesus, and to please send in money. Money, money, money! If Jesus came back and saw what's going on in his name, he'd never stop throwing up."

Then another bleak reflection on the human condition...

"You missed a very dull TV show on Auschwitz. More gruesome film clips, and more puzzled intellectuals declaring their mystification over the systematic murder of millions. The reason they can never answer the question "How could it possibly happen?" is that it's the wrong question. Given what people are, the question is "Why doesn't it happen more often?"

Lines that could only have been delivered by von Sydow.

Ironclad · **#2529** by **Ironclad** » Mar 15, 2020 8:50 am

BBC News - Throbbing Gristle's Genesis P-Orridge dies aged 70
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51893184

Only formed a tiny part of my music listening life; some arty-farty peculiar weirdness but it's a good write up by BBC.

felltoearth · **#2530** by **felltoearth** » Mar 15, 2020 12:58 pm

The Velvet Underground of electronic music

DougC · **#2531** by **DougC** » Mar 16, 2020 10:50 am

Roy Hudd, OBE
(16 May 1936 - 15 March 2020)
English comedian, actor, presenter, radio host, author and authority on the history of music hall entertainment.
B.B.C.
Wiki

Fallible · **#2532** by **Fallible** » Mar 16, 2020 10:57 am

Aww...

Macdoc · **#2533** by **Macdoc** » Mar 21, 2020 7:22 am

Kenny Rogers dies at 81 after a decorated country music career
Updated 17 minutes ago

Rogers's entertainment career spanned more than six decades. (Tracey Nearmy: AAP)
American country singer-songwriter Kenny Rogers has died at the age of 81.

His family announced he passed away peacefully at his home from natural causes.

Rogers's entertainment career spanned more than six decades, with chart-topping hits including The Gambler and Islands In The Stream.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-21/ ... 1/12078272

Not my cuppa but The Gambler always stuck in my head. 60 years doing what he enjoyed :clap: