Obituaries

[bethannbitt]

Farewell President Carter, truly one of the greats. You make us proud. RIP.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/29 ... ticleShare

[snowingagain]

Nice kind of guy, but of course like most made some bad decisions. I drove round the US in 1980 in a Chevrolet Impala. Delightfully unregulated USA. We had no insurance. I had a licence, but boyfriend not. No one seemed to care. Anyway I digress. We were driving around a huge roundabouty thing in Washington and there was a mad guy jogging in shorts. And some edgy guys with guns and doing the finger in ear thing. Yes, it was Jimmy out for a jog.I managed to avoid hitting him.

[alma.freya]

jogging in shorts.
...
it was Jimmy

I could hardly believe it, but turns out Presidents really do wear shorts:
https://mashable.com/article/presidential-shorty-shorts

[LukeSkywalker]

Hollywood legend Gene Hackman (95) passed away. Very sad together with his wife and dog. Two Oscars.


https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cewkkkvkzn9o.amp

[Franklan]

AnNa R., singer of Rosenstolz, died at 55.





Es kann gar nicht hell genug sein
Alle Lichter dieser Welt
Sollen heute für mich leuchten
Ich werd raus geh'n
Mich nicht umdreh'n
Ich muss weg

Manchmal muss Liebe schnell geh'n
Mich überfahr'n, mich überroll'n
Manchmal muss das Leben wehtun
Nur wenn es weh tut
Ist es gut, dafür zu geh'n

Gib mir Sonne
Gib mir Wärme
Gib mir Licht
All die Farben wieder zurück
Verbrenn den Schnee
Das Grau muss weg
Schenk mir 'n bisschen Glück

Wann kommt die Sonne?
Kann es denn sein, dass mir gar nichts mehr gelingt
Wann kommt die Sonne?
Kannst du nicht seh'n, dass ich tief im Schnee versink

Und ich trage mein Herz offen
Alle Türen ganz weit auf
Hab keine Angst mich zu verbrennen
Auch wenn's weh tut
Nur was weh tut, is auch gut

Gib mir Sonne
Gib mir Wärme
Gib mir Licht
All die Farben wieder zurück
Verbrenn den Schnee
Das Grau muss weg
Schenk mir 'n bisschen Glück

Wann kommt die Sonne?
Kann es denn sein, dass mir gar nichts mehr gelingt
Wann kommt die Sonne?
Kannst du nicht seh'n, dass ich tief im Schnee versink

Feier das Leben, feier das Glück
Feier uns beide, es kommt alles zurück
Feier die Liebe, feier den Tag
Feier uns beide, es ist alles gesagt

Hier kommt die Sonne, hier kommt das Licht
Siehst du die Farben, und alle zurück

Hier kommt die Sonne, hier kommt das Licht
Siehst du die Farben, und alle zurück

Hier kommt die Sonne
Hier kommt die Sonne
Hier kommt die Sonne
Die Sonne
Die Sonne

[Franklan]

George Foreman.

George Edward Foreman (January 10, 1949 – March 21, 2025) was an American professional boxer, entrepreneur, minister, and author.
In boxing, he competed between 1967 and 1997 and was nicknamed "Big George".
He was a two-time world heavyweight champion and an Olympic gold medalist.
As an entrepreneur, he was known for the George Foreman Grill.

[Franklan]

Rolf Schimpf, German actor, dies at 100.

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[Franklan]

Richard Chamberlain, American actor.

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[Bayrisch_Dude]

https://www.zeit.de/kultur/film/2025-04 ... -gestorben

Val Kilmer at 65 years old.

...and I don't get overly into the lives of hollywood types, but I did enjoy the odd movie from him.

[Franklan]

Jean Marsh, English actress, dies at 90.

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She starred in the TV series Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975), for which she won the 1975 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her performance as Rose Buck.

[Tap]

Jean Marsh, English actress, dies at 90.

Jean Marsh.jpg

She starred in the TV series Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975), for which she won the 1975 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her performance as Rose Buck.

It was a precursor to Downton Abbey, a wonderful series that my family and I used to watch on Sunday evenings.

[snowingagain]

Jean Marsh was also co-creator and co-writer for Upstairs Downstairs.

The Guardian, Jean Marsh Obituary

[snowingagain]

The Pope

[Bayrisch_Dude]

The Pope

I just read that myself. Gonna weigh heavy on the minds of Catholics today, of all days.

[Sannerl]

The Pope

I just read that myself. Gonna weigh heavy on the minds of Catholics today, of all days.

Not only Catholics.
He was a great human being.

[MadAxeMurderer]

I was born & raised Catholic. Am not anymore.

But Francis was a pope I admired, liked and respected. John Paul I might have been good if he didn't die so fast. But other than JP1 Francis was apart. His policies were admirable, his goodness shone.

With Queen Elizabeth gone we only need the Dalai Lama to die to have a "decennium horrendam"

[tor]

This is the best recording of this you will ever hear. RIP Pope Francis