R.I.P. THREAD

[DougC]

Glenn Douglas Barnard Cornick
(23 April 1947 – 28 August 2014)
English bass player, best known as a founding member of the progressive rock band, Jethro Tull.
Wiki
B.B.C.

[hackenslash]

Awww, damn.

[DougC]

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William Henry Kerr
(10 June 1922 – 28 August 2014)
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From Quote of the Day, on B.B.C. news site.

“Mum said she could hear him laughing to Seinfeld. That was one of his favourite shows.”
The son of Australian actor Bill Kerr - a small screen star - explains how his father passed away while watching TV.

Now, that's the way to go.

[Fallible]

Glenn Douglas Barnard Cornick
(23 April 1947 – 28 August 2014)
English bass player, best known as a founding member of the progressive rock band, Jethro Tull.
Wiki
B.B.C.

[DougC]

Stan Goldberg
(May 5, 1932 - August 31, 2014)
American comic book artist best known for his work with Archie Comics and as a Marvel Comics colorist who in the 1960s helped design the original color schemes of Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and other major characters. He was inducted into the National Cartoonists Society Hall of Fame in 2011.
Wiki

[DougC]

Ken Rees
(93 yo)
A Welsh airman thought to have been the inspiration for Steve McQueen's character in The Great Escape. Flight Lieutenant Ken Rees spent much of World War Two as a prisoner and was part of the legendary escape from Stalag Luft III camp.
He joined the RAF at 18 and flew Wellington bombers before being shot down over Norway in 1942.
B.B.C.

[Onyx8]

Awww, damn.

No shit. They were, like, 'my band' back in the day.

[Animavore]

Jimi Jamison, the lead singer of 1980s bands Cobra and Survivor, died on Sunday night at age 63.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... z3C96uDIL0
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[hackenslash]

Fuck. Great singer.

[chairman bill]

Lead singer of Survivor has died? Shome mishtake, shurely.

[DougC]

Gottfried John
(29 August 1942 – 1 September 2014)
German actor. He was internationally known for his portrayal of General Ourumov in the James Bond film GoldenEye and Julius Caesar in Asterix and Obelix take on Caesar. He lived with his wife in Belgium until his death.
Wiki

Steven Joel Sotloff
(May 11, 1983 – circa September 2, 2014)
American journalist. In 2013, he was kidnapped in Aleppo and was held captive by Islamic militants. On September 2, 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant released a video of the beheading of a man they identified as Sotloff.
Wiki
B.B.C.
R.S. Thread

[Pulsar]

Victor J. Stenger (January 29, 1935 – August 27, 2014), particle physicist, philosopher, author, and skeptic. (wiki)

Following a career as a research scientist in the field of particle physics, Stenger was associated with New Atheism and he also authored popular science books. He published twelve books for general audiences on physics, quantum mechanics, cosmology, philosophy, religion, atheism, and pseudoscience, including the 2007 best-seller God: The Failed Hypothesis: How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist. His final book was God and the Multiverse: Humanity's Expanding View of the Cosmos (September 9, 2014). He was also a regular featured science columnist for the Huffington Post.

See also http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2014/08/29/victor-stenger-physicist-and-prolific-atheist-author-is-dead-at-79/

[Fallible]

[DougC]

Andrew Victor McLaglen
(28 July 1920 – 30 August 2014)
British film and television director, known for westerns and adventure films, often starring John Wayne or James Stewart. The British-born director's career ran from the 1950s to the early 1990s. McLaglen was the son of Oscar-winning British actor Victor McLaglen, a former professional boxer who starred alongside Wayne in such classics as She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, directed by John Ford.
B.B.C.
Wiki

[hackenslash]

Victor J. Stenger (January 29, 1935 – August 27, 2014), particle physicist, philosopher, author, and skeptic. (wiki)

Following a career as a research scientist in the field of particle physics, Stenger was associated with New Atheism and he also authored popular science books. He published twelve books for general audiences on physics, quantum mechanics, cosmology, philosophy, religion, atheism, and pseudoscience, including the 2007 best-seller God: The Failed Hypothesis: How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist. His final book was God and the Multiverse: Humanity's Expanding View of the Cosmos (September 9, 2014). He was also a regular featured science columnist for the Huffington Post.

See also http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2014/08/29/victor-stenger-physicist-and-prolific-atheist-author-is-dead-at-79/

[jamest]

He wrote a book about how science shows that God does not exist? Death is always sad, but it's wrong that he became rich and famous for writing such shit.

[Calilasseia]

Meanwhile, in other news, the BBC has some other obituraries to provide here, including that of the woman who collected pareidolic crisps. I kid you not.

Oh, and james, come back when you've learned some physics.

[Animavore]

He wrote a book about how science shows that God does not exist? Death is always sad, but it's wrong that he became rich and famous for writing such shit.

People can write about whatever topic they like. At least he wrote honestly and with integrity and didn't write a book filled with money-grubbing platitudes and hot air and often dangerous misinformation and abuse of science like so, so many theists have done, taking advantage of people looiking for easy answers.

[Pulsar]

He wrote a book about how science shows that God does not exist? Death is always sad, but it's wrong that he became rich and famous for writing such shit.

If you want to critique a book, you should at the very least read the synopsis instead of just the title.

[hackenslash]

He wrote a book about how science shows that God does not exist? Death is always sad, but it's wrong that he became rich and famous for writing such shit.

How do you know this? You clearly haven't read it.