Obituaries

[Franklan]

Jim Lovell, commander of the ill fated Apollo 13 mission, dies at age 97.

[HEM]

Jim Lovell, commander of the ill fated Apollo 13 mission, dies at age 97.

Also crew member of Apollo 8.
I well remember the TV broadcasts over Christmas 1968. We did not own a TV at that time but back then grandmother & 2 aunts used to come on Christmas Eve to stay in our house for a few days & they would bring their (monochrome) TV with them.

[Franklan]

Giorgio Armani.

[Eric7]

British professional boxer Ricky "Hitman" Hatton, aged 46.

Word on the street is that he hanged himself.

[Franklan]

Robert Redford, dies at 89.

[LukeSkywalker]

I saw many movies like Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, The Sting, A Bridge Too Far, All the Presidents’ Men, Out of Africa, etc.

Great actor.

[Franklan]

Sonny Curtis, Member of Buddy Holly's Crickets and 'I Fought the Law' Writer, dies at 88.

[LukeSkywalker]

Claudia Cardinale (87) passed away. She appeared in Once Upon A Time in the West, which is one of the biggest western movies of all time. She also played in The Pink Panther and The Leopard.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c237elg3rr3o.amp

[Franklan]

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[LukeSkywalker]

German television will probably air that movie this week to honour her. Also, great music from Ennio Morricone. Recently, they showed plenty of Robert Redford movies.

[Fraufruit]

Jane Goodall dies at 91. RIP.

She was certainly All Good.

[HEM]

John Lodge (Bass guitarist of The Moody Blues), aged 82. Was happily married 57 years which is good going in that environment.

The first 2 albums I ever bought were On the Threshold of a Dream & To Our Children's Children's Children (the mad music teacher at senior school kept playing these).

[bethannbitt]

I am 6 or 7 years behind you in age I believe, and bought those albums across the pond 4 or 5 years after you. I was hooked on the MB. Incredibly beautiful music that somehow gave me hope I was gonna make it through those awkward teenage years.

[HEM]

I once saw them live in Hamburg & was dreadfully dissapointed - far too loud & sound quality poor.

IMHO - this is one of their best songs.

[Fraufruit]

Diane Keaton has passed at 79. One of my favorites. RIP

[Franklan]

Ace Frehley, founding member of the rock band Kiss, dies at 74.

[Franklan]

Klaus Doldinger, composer of the score to the German movie Das Boot (1981) and the musical theme of Tatort, dies at 89.

[yesterday]

Fawlty Towers actress Prunella Scales has died
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjd0yn5gyndo
RIP

Very funny show

[snowingagain]

She was great. So soon after Patricia Routledge.

Her life in pics https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radi ... n-pictures

Here is a WP obit recommended by her son Sam. Unchacteristically it does not seem to be paywalled for now anyway. https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituari ... ty-towers/

[Franklan]

Former US vice-president Dick Cheney dies aged 84.