March 9, 20233 yr comment_907808 Chaim Topol, Fiddler on the Roof actor, dies aged 87 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/09/chaim-topol-dead-fiddler-on-the-roof-actor-dies-death-aged-87 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/obituaries/topol-dead.html Edited March 9, 20233 yr by dsavitsk Report
March 9, 20233 yr comment_907824 Oh, man, my wife will especially be sad to hear that. RIP, and may his memory be a blessing. Report
March 16, 20233 yr comment_908539 Oh man, I just heard about Bobby Caldwell. Two things: Two: I can't think of a better tribute. Report
March 17, 20233 yr comment_908631 BBC News - Lance Reddick, star of The Wire and John Wick, dies aged 60 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64959805 https://variety.com/2023/film/obituaries-people-news/lance-reddick-dead-the-wire-john-wick-1235557886/ https://www.tmz.com/2023/03/17/the-wire-star-lance-reddick-dead-dies/ Edited March 17, 20233 yr by Grahame Report
March 18, 20233 yr comment_908679 Godspeed, Lance. We loved The Wire from the first show. The man had presence…underscore. HS Report
March 23, 20233 yr comment_909148 RIP Israel "Zuny" Zelitch. 99 years old, he was in the same Independent/Assisted Living facility as my mother-in-law. In times after his wife passed, and my father-in-law was gone, he was a wonderful companion to her. She passed in June 2021, he just passed today. A brilliant and fascinating man, not much for idle conversation but had some fascinating stories. Also a major part of local Yiddish organizations, and very well known in that community. Unfortunately he was unconscious soon after catching COVID recently, was moved to hospice where his son (wearing basically a hazmat suit) got to say goodbye. A woman from that Yiddish community was called and they held the phone to his ear while she spoke; he actually twitched his eyes several times. Shortly thereafter, he passed. One link with info about him: https://portal.ct.gov/CAES/ABOUT-CAES/Staff-Biographies/Israel-Zelitch Karen and I had met his son and daughter-in-law years back, when our kids went to the same after-school program. We also found out his son's wife was my neighbor growing up! We got to reconnect after we found out Zuny was his dad. Karen was able to share some stories about Zuny and her mom that his son was so thankful to hear. Just a wonderful family, and a fascinating man. RIP Zuny, you may have two women vying for your attention now! 🙂 Edited March 23, 20233 yr by skullguise Report
March 24, 20233 yr comment_909168 1 hour ago, Voltron said: Sorry for your loss. RIP Zuny. This. Report
March 25, 20233 yr comment_909215 RIP Gordon Moore https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/gordon-moore-obituary.html https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/24/23655844/gordon-moore-intel-co-founder-creator-moores-law-died https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/25/gordon_moore/ Report
April 2, 20233 yr comment_909908 RIP Ryuichi Sakamoto. Member of YMO, producer, film composer, and so many other things. I've had Robin Brunson's remix of his "Anger" in my record bag in one form or another since 1998: Report
April 3, 20233 yr comment_909958 RIP Seymour Stein, founder of Sire Records and discoverer of Talking Heads, Ramones, Madonna, etc. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65160979 Additional names that Stein would sign to Sire included the Pretenders, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Seal, The Smiths, Echo & The Bunnymen, Ice-T, Dinosaur Jr., Ministry, k.d. lang, Madness, Wilco, Aphex Twin, etc. https://rockandrollglobe.com/remembrance/music-industry-titan-seymour-stein-gone-at-80/ Report
April 5, 20233 yr comment_910119 RIP Klaus Teuber, protector of sanity during the pandemic (aka inventor of Settlers of Catan) https://www.npr.org/2023/04/05/1168256131/catan-board-game-klaus-teuber-dies https://www.gameshub.com/news/news/catan-creator-klaus-teuber-passes-away-age-70-2612253/ Report
April 8, 20233 yr comment_910362 Godspeed, Mr. Breedlove. One of the U.S.’s finest speed centric soul searchers. May you go as fast as you dreams… HS https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a43539008/farewell-to-craig-breedlove-americas-king-of-speed/?source=nl&utm_source=nl_rdt&utm_medium=email&date=040723&utm_campaign=nl31099329&user_email=5a40c51c3d4254d5f58319200ca2ac8bb44b94437291b38bd1d989d5554293b0&utm_term=AAA -- High Minus Dormant and 90 Day Non Openers Report
April 11, 20233 yr comment_910529 Al Jaffee, Inventive Cartoonist at Mad Magazine, Dies at 102 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/10/arts/al-jaffee-dead.html Report
April 11, 20233 yr comment_910532 RIP Al Jafffe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Fold-in https://13thdimension.com/13-mad-fold-ins-an-al-jaffee-birthday-celebration/ https://www.cc.com/video/k79bmy/the-colbert-report-sign-off-mad-magazine Edited April 11, 20233 yr by Grahame Report
April 11, 20233 yr comment_910533 Mad even got across the pond. I'm astonished that the responsible cartoonist was still alive and drawing at 99! 102 is not a bad age. Report
April 11, 20233 yr comment_910550 Agreed, Craig. I used to love to pour through my dad's copies of Mad.... To this day, I still remember one cartoon that I repeated to my son. A kid is bugging his dad and keeps saying something like, "Dad lookit....lookit what I'm doing....lookit, lookit, lookit....!" And the dad then retorts, "I'm lookiting!!" Don't know why that stuck with me, but I still use it occasionally..... Report
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