In Memorium

[vesper]

sad!

[Natalka]

RIP Dear Abby.... I always found it amazing that the twins ended up doing competing columns.
We were most used to Ann Landers, more on the homey side.

[Darth Penguin]

Director Micheal Winner dies aged 77

Film director and newspaper columnist Michael Winner has died, aged 77, his wife Geraldine has confirmed.
Born in Hampstead, London in 1935, he directed more than 30 films, including Death Wish and Scorpio.
He was also famous for his barbed restaurant reviews, written for The Sunday Times under the banner "Winner's Dinners".
Winner had been ill for some time. Last summer, he said liver specialists had given him 18 months to live.
Paying tribute to her husband, Mrs Winner said: "Michael was a wonderful man, brilliant, funny and generous.

[Darth Penguin]

Tennis player Gussie Moran

Gussie Moran, the American tennis player, who has died aged 89, earned a place in the hearts of a generation of young men, now mostly in their 80s, when she turned up at the 1949 Wimbledon tournament in a tennis dress which revealed her lace-trimmed knickers.

Refused permission by Wimbledon officials to wear a coloured outfit, “Gorgeous Gussie”, as she inevitably became known, had gained her revenge by commissioning the well-known British tennis player turned fashion designer Teddy Tinling to come up with an outfit that conformed to the all-white strictures but which would still make a splash.

Seeded seventh in the competition, Gussie Moran crashed out in her first round singles match, though she made it to the finals in the women’s doubles, where she and her partner lost. But that was hardly the point. As photographers fought to secure the perfect (ground level) spot to show Gussie at her best, with the 84-year-old dowager Queen Mary due to attend, the All England Club committee went into panic mode, castigating Gussie and her outfit for bringing “vulgarity and sin into tennis”. Questions were asked in Parliament.

[Shwa Girl]

Tennis player Gussie Moran

Sorry she died.
Can you imagine. 1940s. Seeing her knickers. That must have been like ographic at that time.
She had a nice long life.

[Darth Penguin]

Patty Andrews, last of the Andrews Sisters dies aged 94

The last surviving member of The Andrews Sisters - the popular singing trio of the 1940s and 1950s - has died in California at the age of 94.
Patty Andrews's spokesman, Alan Eichler, said she died from natural causes at her Los Angeles home.
Patty was the youngest of the sisters whose hits included Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B.
The Andrews Sisters sold more than 75 million records and entertained World War II troops in Africa and Europe.
The sisters specialised in swing and played with some of the top band leaders of the era, including Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey.
They also appeared in 16 films, including alongside Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Buck Privates and with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby in Road to Rio.

[Shwa Girl]

Patty Andrews, last of the Andrews Sisters dies aged 94

Wow. This is sad. 94 is a great age - nice number of years.

[Natalka]

They were absolutely amazing. Patty is the one in the middle.

[Shwa Girl]

The People's Court fame and mayor of New York city mayor Ed Koch dies at 84.
It was heart failure, but 84 is still a nice age to reach.
RIP.
http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/50663728/

[Natalka]

RIP, Mr. Koch - he was 88. He really turned around the economy of NY, and was quite the character.

He had his headstone planned for quite some time.

The marker will bear the Star of David and a Hebrew prayer, “Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.”
It also will be inscribed with the last words of journalist Daniel Pearl before he was murdered by terrorists in 2002: “My father is Jewish. My mother is Jewish. I am Jewish.”
Koch explained that he had been moved that Pearl chose to affirm his faith and heritage in his last moments.
Pearl was kidnapped and beheaded while in Pakistan investigating Al Qaeda; died 11 years ago today.

[Shwa Girl]

I forgot about Daniel Pearl. That was so sad. I think his wife was pregnant at the time of his death too. Sad.

[Darth Penguin]

Buffy actor Robin Sachs dies aged 61

British actor Robin Sachs, best known for his role in the hit TV series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, has died at the age of 61.
His villainous character Ethan Rayne was the arch enemy of regular character Giles, played by Anthony Head.
The London-born actor also played the evil General Sarris opposite Tim Allen in Galaxy Quest.

[Evil.Kitten]

Buffy actor Robin Sachs dies aged 61

Awe so sad =( He was also a voice actor for my favourite bioware games mass effect 2 [bleh3] and dragon age [zaeed massani and a slew of DA characters..]

Man he was awesome. Loved him as Ethan Rayne in the buffy series♥

[Darth Penguin]

Fisherman's Friend singer dies following accident

Police were called to the London Road venue just after 11:45 GMT on Saturday after a report that two men were trapped under a metal door in a loading bay.


The 10-piece group from Port Isaac were due on stage that evening.
Officers said Mr McMullen suffered serious injuries to his legs and died at the scene.
Mr Grills was taken by ambulance to St George's Hospital in south London.
The group said: "Trevor was a much loved and valued friend to all of us and was an integral part of the Port Isaac community.
"He will be sadly missed. Our thoughts are with Trevor's family at this very difficult time."

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Jazz trumpter Donald Byrd dies at 80

Influential US jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd, who performed alongside the likes of Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk and Herbie Hancock, has died aged 80.
The musician was a leading hard-bop trumpeter - a jazz extension of bebop - in the mid-1950s.
He later became known for his blend of soul, funk and jazz fusion.
Byrd's influence has been more recently felt thanks to hip-hop artists such as Nas, Ludacris and A Tribe Called Quest who have all sampled his recordings.
Born Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II in Detroit, Michigan, Byrd got his start playing in military bands in the Air Force and moved to New York City in 1955.