March 27, 20197 yr RIP Ranking Roger. This is sad news anyway, but he is also literally one month older than me. https://www.google.com/amp/s/variety.com/2019/music/news/ranking-roger-english-beat-general-public-dies-dead-1203173371/amp/
April 15, 20197 yr Not exactly appropriate for here, but RIP Cathedral de Notre Dame. She was a grand lady and one of the few structures that actually struck me with awe.
April 15, 20197 yr I've never been to Europe but my heart sank when I saw the new this morning. What a terrible blow to world culture!
April 15, 20197 yr I was at an appointment with Karen, and someone in the waiting area was talking about it. RIP to a grand lady indeed!
April 16, 20197 yr RIP, Dick Dale and Rankin Roger. Both had an impact on me. We were in Paris in 2010 and stopped by to take in one of humanities grander accomplishments. Crushing to watch the spire fall... HS
April 16, 20197 yr It is truly shocking. Difficult to take in. In the UK we are very close to Paris, just a fast train journey from London to Gare du Nord in Paris through the Channel Tunnel, and we visit frequently. Haven't visited Notre Dame for many years, because it tends to be a crowded tourist magnet (and quite rightly so). But it is always there - a prominent feature along the bank of the Seine. I was hearing just now on the radio that the English king Henry VI was crowned there in the mid 1400's, and Charles I (the one Oliver Cromwell had beheaded in 1649) was married there. Apparently it was undergoing restoration at the time of the fire. Not saying that is why it burnt, but it sounds plausible. Dreadful.
April 16, 20197 yr 9 hours ago, Craig Sawyers said: It is truly shocking. Difficult to take in. In the UK we are very close to Paris, just a fast train journey from London to Gare du Nord in Paris through the Channel Tunnel, and we visit frequently. Haven't visited Notre Dame for many years, because it tends to be a crowded tourist magnet (and quite rightly so). But it is always there - a prominent feature along the bank of the Seine. I was hearing just now on the radio that the English king Henry VI was crowned there in the mid 1400's, and Charles I (the one Oliver Cromwell had beheaded in 1649) was married there. Apparently it was undergoing restoration at the time of the fire. Not saying that is why it burnt, but it sounds plausible. Dreadful. The vault did its job. If that damned spire hadn't been put on in the 19th century, the interior would be untouched (it is mostly untouched, because the vault is a firewall, literally, but the spire punctured it in one place, when it collapsed). The designers and builders of the original structure did their jobs, and it's amazing that they came from an era of non-mathematical architecture (and fortunately the Notre Dame designers were conservative: some cathedrals were slightly too ambitious, and collapsed). Fires caused by renovations have burnt several cathedrals.* *I studied cathedral construction as part of my history degree. Edited April 16, 20197 yr by EdipisReks1
April 16, 20197 yr Indeed. Not only cathedrals. The iconic Cutty Sark in London burned in 2012 during restoration when a vacuum cleaner was left switched on overnight with this result And the Charles Rennie MacIntosh school of art in Glasgow burned down during restoration work in 2014 Then during rebuilding in 2018 it burned down a second time
April 16, 20197 yr Of course, without the renovations, they would probably be ruins before long, so it's worth the risk.
April 16, 20197 yr RIP Georgette, aka Georgia Bright Engel. Sad that she was a Christian Scientist, who of course shunned medical science.
April 16, 20197 yr RIP Georgia --- I always remember her from random characters on Fantasy Island and The Love Boat..
April 18, 20197 yr Author Damit, 70 is way too young and car accidents are never a good way to go. RIP, Chet Coppock, legendary Chicago sports broadcaster (talk shows). This guy was born to talk, just such a compelling character. Grew up listening to him on WLS.https://www.robertfeder.com/2019/04/18/sportscaster-chet-coppock-dies-car-accident/?fbclid=IwAR2Riam2lJ1ggcHcHtYr3RTa4g3qjskb3n_yz7AhiznRhLwMvufAj2xtMlE
April 26, 20197 yr RIP Hondo, one of the all-time greats....forever will I hear his name in Johnny Most's voice: "Havlicek stole the ball...!"
April 26, 20197 yr RIP John Havilicek, the closest thing to a perpetual motion machine that I've ever seen.
May 2, 20197 yr BBC News - Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew dies aged 74https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48142765
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