Obituaries

[waiopehu oldboy]

John Glenn: WW2 & Korean War fighter pilot, test pilot, last survivor of the seven Mercury astronauts, first American to orbit the earth, US Senator. How did THIS GUY never even get asked to run for POTUS? Too modest, I'm guessing.

"The Right Stuff" personified.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/87383461/pioneering-astronaut-john-glenn-dies

 

[Sully]

He did run. But not for very long.

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[waiopehu oldboy]

George Michael, 53, of cardiac failure:

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/music/george-michael-dies-aged-53-20161225-gthumx.html

Never a fan but an undeniably talented guy.

Someone's put together this handy list of celebs we've lost in 2016:

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/lif...es-who-have-died-in-2016-20161225-gthux5.html

Including Rick Parfitt from the (not so) mighty Status Quo.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Carrie Fisher

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/87976863/star-wars-actor-carrie-fisher-dies-at-60

 

[Sully]

Author Richard Adams of Watership Down fame.

 

[Lindommer]

Carrie Fisher leaves us aged 60. Not been a good year to be a celebrity.

addendum: refresh my page and wob beat me to it.

 

[stoff]

I have a theory that this is actually now going to be a normal year in terms of celebrity deaths. There are just so many of them these days, that the attrition rate has to rise. Very few people would have given a thought to more than one or two of these people in the year before their death. Who knows who will rise from relative obscurity to grab their final headlines next year.


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[waiopehu oldboy]

Debbie Reynolds, 84, a day after her daughter Carrie Fisher.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainmen...-Reynolds-has-died-one-day-after-her-daughter

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Possibly the last for 2016, William Christopher of M*A*S*H & Gomer Pyle.

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment...m-christopher-dead-at-84-20170101-gtkdna.html

 

[Teh Other Dave]

31 December 2016 will now be known as the day the jocularity died.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Rachel Heyhoe Flint, 77. Made people take women's cricket seriously & first woman elected to the MCC Committe.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/88559601/womens-cricket-pioneer-rachael-heyhoe-flint-dies

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

John Hurt, 77:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/88861405/british-actor-john-hurt-has-died-aged-77

Probably best remembered for this.....

Hard to believe that scene is pushing 40........

Most youngsters probably also remember as the dictator from "V for Vendetta" & may not know he played Winston Smith to Sir Richard Burton's O'Brien in "1984". I'm pretty sure the irony wouldn't have been lost on him.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Who knew Black Sabbath even HAD a keyboard player?

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainmen...bbath-keyboardist-geoff-nicholls-dies-aged-68

 

[Slim 293]

One of the greats......... RIP

Joost van der Westhuizen, South Africa rugby great, dies aged 45

Joost van der Westhuizen, the South African Rugby World Cup winner, has died aged 45. The former scrum-half had been living with motor neurone disease since 2011 and was admitted to a Johannesburg hospital on Saturday morning.

The J9 Foundation, the charity founded by Van der Westhuizen in 2012, confirmed that he had died at home, saying in a statement: “It is with great sadness that we confirm the passing of Joost. He passed away in his home surrounded by his loved ones. He will be sorely missed.”

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/feb/06/joost-van-der-westhuizen-south-africa-rugby-great-dies

 

[Marcelo]

RIP Joost, one of my childhood heroes and one of the best scrum-halves I've ever seen

 

[Sully]

Vale Joost van der Westhuizen

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/u...-westhuizen-dies-aged-45-20170206-gu6usx.html

 

[dru]

Thoughts with family, friends and fans of Joost today. Terrible to lose such a bloke so young.

 

[yourmatesam]

Vale Joost van der Westhuizen

One of the greats.

 

[PaarlBok]

Sadly passed away yesterday.

One of the best attacking 9s ever but I like to remember him for his defending in the 1995 WC final.

Nag ou Grote!


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[dru]

Perfect spot for it, Paarl!