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

Franklan wrote: ↑Fri Aug 08, 2025 9:19 pm 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.

Giorgio Armani.

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

Word on the street is that he hanged himself.

Robert Redford, dies at 89.

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.

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

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

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.

Jane Goodall dies at 91. RIP.

She was certainly All Good.

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).

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.

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

IMHO - this is one of their best songs.

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

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

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

Fawlty Towers actress Prunella Scales has died.

RIP

Very funny show

She was great. So soon after Patricia Routledge.

Her life in pics.

Here is a WP obit recommended by her son Sam (Unchacteristically it does not seem to be paywalled for now anyway).

Former US vice-president Dick Cheney dies aged 84.