Catch-all R.I.P. thrad

[Tennyo]

Awww

 

[Octo]

Shit, I can't claim to be a huge fan, as I'm only just working my way through Discworld, but I liked everything of his that I read, and also whenever he was interviewed he always seemed like a warm, funny and genuine person.

He had a sense of humor to the end

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31858156

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[Ⓐaron]

Dammit

The BBC's article was a nice send-off, I felt.

 

[Octo]

Actually thinking back, I think Soul Music was the first proper book (ie no pictures! ) that I ever read that I hadn't been forced to by school.

 

[Ⓐaron]

[img=Thank you for teaching us how big our world is by sharing so many of your own.]http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/terry_pratchett.png[/img]

"D[size=-1]ON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING[/size]," said Death. "J[size=-1]UST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH[/size]."

There's a good roundup of tributes here. And more tributes here.

I'm not sure there's any book in existence I've read more than Small Gods. I may have to start it again tomorrow.

 

[SoulReaper]

Founder of Progressive Space/Rock band Gong Daevid Allen passed away due to cancer. He knew his time was coming though and accepted it and was ready for his journey - a real brave and wonderful soul.

 

[Ⓐaron]

Founder of Progressive Space/Rock band Gong Daevid Allen passed away due to cancer. He knew his time was coming though and accepted it and was ready for his journey - a real brave and wonderful soul.

What a bummer. There was no one else like Gong.

 

[Ⓐaron]

Günter Grass, author of The Tin Drum, has died age 87.

 

[Ⓐaron]

R&B singer Percy Sledge ("When a Man Loves a Woman", etc.) has died age 73.

edit: some other sources are claiming he was 74 instead. I'm not sure which is correct.

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

He was 73, yeah. Rest in peace, man. Major respect.

 

[Ⓐaron]

Crime novelist Ruth Rendell, age 85.

Singer-songwriter Ben E. King, author of "Stand by Me" and former member of the Drifters, age 76.

 

[Geostigma]

Just found out "La India Maria" passed away :<

She had a toooon of silly slapstick comedy movies in mexico that I grew up watching.

 

[Carlie]

 

[Ⓐaron]

B.B. King dies age 89

 

[Ⓐaron]

Mathematician John Nash, age 86, and his wife, age 82, die in a cab wreck on the New Jersey Turnpike. Nash may be best known in popular culture as the subject of the film and book A Beautiful Mind but is in known in academic circles for his equilibrium theory and work on non-cooperative games.

 

[Ⓐaron]

Beau Biden, son of vice president Joe, has died of brain cancer. This is the second child Joe has outlived (plus his first wife).

Fuck cancer.

 

[jazzflower92]

http://www.people.com/article/betsy-palmer-dead-friday-the-13th-jason-mom

For any Friday the 13th fans, the person who played Mrs.Voorhes, Betsy Palmer, has died.

 

[X-SOLDIER]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/p...or-passes-away-at-the-age-of-93-10312947.html


Deserves it's own thread, but I'm on mobile.
R.I.P. Christopher Lee.

/gutted
/drinking my feels away at a bar in Sweden




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[Tetsujin]

Aw shit.

Dude had a long and amazingly interesting life though.

 

[Jason Tandro]

I know I just saw about Christopher Lee. The man was one of the most badass men on the planet and an amazing artist and thespian. We should all be so lucky to live the way he lived in his twilight years. Truly a huge loss and one of the few celebrity deaths that ever really bummed me out. (Robin Williams before him which actually freaked me out).

Rest In Peace good sir. You lived as few dared to dream.

 

[Ⓐaron]

Well, shit. R.I.P. to an absolute legend.

 

[Ami]

Also RIP to Ron Moody, who played Fagin in Oliver!

 

[Ⓐaron]

Fuck. Legendary jazz innovator Ornette Coleman died too. Gonna have to jam Free Jazz and The Shape of Jazz to Come soon.

 

[Ⓐaron]

Peter Jackson was telling Christopher Lee to scream more when Grima stabbed him in the back. Lee's response was, "Have you any idea what kind of noise happens when somebody's stabbed in the back? Because I do." He then went into a detailed description of a clandestine part of WWII that apparently involved killing Nazis.

"I was attached to the SAS from time to time but we are forbidden -- former, present, or future -- to discuss any specific operations. Let's just say I was in Special Forces and leave it at that. People can read into that what they like."

What a badass.

 

[Russell]

He was Dracula.

He was a Bond Villain.

He was Sherlock AND Mycroft Holmes.

He was Death.

He was Lucifer.

He was Count Dooku.

He was Saruman.

He was Lord Summerisle.

He was fluent in English, Italian, French, German & Spanish, 'moderately proficient' in Swedish, Russian, Greek and Madarin.

He was knighted.

At 86 he made it into the Guinness World Records, for the 2nd time:

The latest list of record-breaking achievements, which goes on sale on Wednesday, will see 86-year-old acting veteran Lee crowned Most Connected Living Actor. A database created by the University of Virginia mapped the working relationships between more than a million actors and actresses, and identified Lee as living “in the centre of the Hollywood universe”. London-born Lee, who has been made a CBE, was listed in the 2001 record book as the star with the most screen appearances to his name – after playing about 300 film and TV roles.

He was a soldier in WW2 and hunted Nazis:

For the final few months of his service, Lee, who spoke fluent French and German, among other languages, was seconded to the Central Registry of War Criminals and Security Suspects. Here, he was tasked with helping to track down Nazi war criminals.

He was in the SAS:

I was attached to the SAS from time to time but we are forbidden – former, present, or future – to discuss any specific operations. Let's just say I was in Special Forces and leave it at that. People can read in to that what they like"

He recorded several Heavy Metal albums:

Always noted as an actor for his deep strong voice, Lee was also known for his singing ability, recording various opera and musical pieces between 1986 and 1998 and the symphonic metal album Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross in 2010 after having worked with several metal bands since 2005. The heavy metal follow-up titled Charlemagne: The Omens of Death was released on 27 May 2013.[3][4]

He was honoured with the "Spirit of Metal" award in the 2010 Metal Hammer Golden God awards ceremony.

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Sir Christopher Lee
27 May 1922 - 7 June 2015​