Obituaries

[snowingagain]

AW was many things, but people are too hard on her. She was very much free speech. And (despite her objections to gay marriage) had many gay friends and supported them when they were struggling during Operation Midland.

[Chelski]

No 78-year-old woman deserves to die a violent death.

Whatever your politics.

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Sam Neill, actor, at the age of 78.

[Franklan]

Sam Neill, actor, at the age of 78.

Sam Neill as Dr. Alan Grant in the movie Jurassic Park (1993).

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[Tap]

Irish actress Brenda Fricker, at the age of 81. She was known for her Academy Award winning role as the mother of Christy Brown in My Left Foot and she also starred in Home Alone 2. She's better known to Irish and UK viewers from TV series like Casulty.

She was a great actress, very down to earth and honest.

[Franklan]

Irish actress Brenda Fricker, at the age of 81. [..]

Yes, Brenda Fricker was the first Irish actress to win an Academy Award ("Oscar"), earning the award for Best Supporting Actress for the biopic My Left Foot (1989).

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But she is probably remembered by most folks as the "pidgeon lady" from "Home alone 2":

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