Catch-all R.I.P. thrad

[KindOfBlue]

And shortly after the 20th anniversary of that other national tragedy, as well…

 

[Lulcielid]

Takao Saito at 84 by pancreatic cancer.

Author of Golgo 13, the longest running manga still in publication (since 1968) with 201 volumes and the second best selling manga of all time with over 300 millons copies.

Shogakukan announced that Saito had said before his death that he wanted the manga to continue on without him, and the Saito Production group of artists will continue on the work with the assistance of the editorial department of Shogakukan's Big Comic magazine and an additional scriptwriting staff.

 

[Makoeyes987]

Damn, another legend in manga authorship gone. How sad. He left behind quite the legacy though, and he clearly wanted it to live on past him. Pancreatic cancer is no joke, and it's so important for people to be aware and screen for it while it's early. Jeez.. that's so depressing.

 

[Theozilla]

At the very least in Saito’s case he died not young, in fact he died at exactly the current average life expectancy for Japanese citizens (and a few years longer than the average male life expectancy).

 

[Nanaki Skywalker]

Eddie Robinson, Major League Baseball player and General Manager, at 100. Robinson had been the oldest living former player since 2019. Additionally, he was the last surviving player of the following

• 1942 season
• to play in League Park in Cleveland (which was abandoned in 1946)
• on the roster of the 1948 Cleveland Indians team that won the World Series (the most recent World Series the franchise won)

He was also the oldest living player whose career was interrupted by military service associated with World War II, and oldest living player to win a World Series.

 

[Lulcielid]

Koichi Sugiyama at 90, mostly known as long time composer of the Dragon Quest series, and as Japan war crime denier among other questionable things.

 

[Nanaki Skywalker]

Reggie Parks, wrestling championship belt designer, at 87.

Parks's most notable belt designs include the "Winged Eagle" design for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship used from 1988-1998 (first held by Hulk Hogan on the night he dropped it to Andre the Giant, last held by Stone Cold Steve Austin the night he won it from Shawn Michaels), the same promotion's Intercontinental Championship belt from the same era, and the belt design for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship that was briefly used in the early 90s.

 

[Lulcielid]

Proffesional long distance runner Agnes Tirop, at 25. Known for getting world record of Women's 10km run on this year Olympics. Her husband is suspected to be the killer.

 

[Nanaki Skywalker]

Colin Powell, US Army 4 star general and the first African American to serve as both Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of State, at 84.

 

[Lulcielid]

Christopher Ayres at 56, known as voice actor and ADR director for many anime series at Funimation.

 

[Tashasaurous]

Poor guy. That's really quite young.

 

[Makoeyes987]

Thats so sad. COPD is terrible, I'm so sad for his girlfriend and family.

 

[Erotic Materia]

I literally learned this today while watching the last episode of Archer... Jessica Walter died a few months ago, and I'm amazed I never heard about it.

She's done a ton of work in her lifetime, and I'm genuinely saddened to hear she passed.

 

[Rankles]

James Michael Tyler, probably best known for playing Gunther in Friends, has died at the age of 59.

 

[Nanaki Skywalker]

Malcolm Dome, heavy metal journalist, at age 66.

Dome is notable for coining the term "Thrash Metal" in a 1984 article about Anthax to describe the subgenre that included bands such as Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, and the aforementioned Anthrax.

 

[Nanaki Skywalker]

Tom Matte, former Baltimore Colts running back, at age 82. Matte was notable for being one of the first "emergency quarterbacks" in NFL history, playing the position at one point when Johnny Unitas and his backup were both injured.

It was in his role as an emergency quarterback that he was given a makeshift wristband containing offensive plays as a cheat sheet. That wristband is now a standard piece of equipment for quarterbacks.

 

[Ite]

Dean Stockwell, acting virtuoso since childhood (known to sci-fi nerds though Quantum Leap and Battlestar Galactica) passed away at 85.

https://deadline.com/2021/11/dean-s...1lH_LDyV58wScAvZNrAYgQ1g71gqQtwd60WXqelqXwogg

 

[Nanaki Skywalker]

Sam Huff, Hall of Fame NFL linebacker (New York Giants, Washington Football Team) and pioneer of the Middle Linebacker position, at age 87.

 

[Nanaki Skywalker]

Bobby Collins, former SMU football coach, at age 88.

His tenure at SMU, though successful on the field, was marred by a major improper benefits scandal so severe that the NCAA banned the school's football team from competition for 2 years (an sanction commonly known as the Death Penalty), which in turn eventually led to the collapse of the Southwest Conference.

 

[Ite]

Stephen Sondheim, Broadway composer and lyricist, dies at 91.

Words can’t convey how much his work has meant to me. The first musical I remember seeing live was a concert version of Sweeney Todd and I was absolutely floored by the macabre power of its score. My favourite musical gigs have all been Sondheim: Company, West Side Story, Into the Woods, Sunday in the Park With George…

To sing him off, here’s Dame Judi Dench singing one of my favourite tunes of his, a heartbreakingly simple tune from A Little Night Music.

 

[Makoeyes987]

Holy shit, why? That's so tragic.

I have to say, Sweeney Todd was the first musical stage performance I ever saw and enjoyed. That's so depressing. Rest in peace, indeed.

 

[Nanaki Skywalker]

Curley Culp, Hall of Fame defensive lineman (Kansas City Chiefs, Houston Oilers) and Super Bowl IV champion, at age 75 from pancreatic cancer.

 

[Nanaki Skywalker]

Medina Spirit, racing horse and disputed winner of this year's Kentucky Derby, at age 3.

Medina Spirit was at the center of controversy this year when he tested positive for PEDs after winning the Kentucky Derby, and was subsequently banned from the Belmont Stakes following a 3rd place finish at the Preakness.

 

[Lulcielid]

Masayuki Uemura at 78. Creator of the NES and SNES consoles.

 

[Nanaki Skywalker]

Blackjack Lanza, WWE wrestler, at age 86. Lanza held several tag team titles (including that of WWE) with Blackjack Mulligan throughout the 70s and spent the 80s and 90s as a road agent in WWE, with an onscreen role as part of a group of officials (also including Rene Goulet and Tony Garea) who would rush in to maintain control when wrestlers got into fights.