RIP - Recent loses
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"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were: any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.", Meditation XVII - John Donne
There have been a number of losses as of late, people whom we knew well or knew in passing, knew by notoriety or knew by the knowledge we gained from them. All in all, we are linked to them by their humanity and our own, and in so doing, we lose a piece of ourselves. Godspeed to them all.
There have been a number of losses as of late, people whom we knew well or knew in passing, knew by notoriety or knew by the knowledge we gained from them. All in all, we are linked to them by their humanity and our own, and in so doing, we lose a piece of ourselves. Godspeed to them all.
and you know 1 day it will be your turn!
Not me. I died once already (Jan 2008), didn't like it at all, and plan to never do it again.
To paraphrase Woody Allen: "Some people hope to achieve some measure of immortality through their children. Other seek immortality through their works and deeds. I hope to achieve immortality by not dying."
Immortality is overrated. I seek dominion over all planes of existence.
Get in line pal.
I totally love you guys.I remember Simon Mackorkindale from "Evil Under the Sun," that great 1978 Agatha Christie film. He was only in his late 50s. I wonder what happened to him.
RIP Ms. Billingsley.
RIP Ms. Billingsley.
Hadn't seen anything about it until this morning, but:
Complete article here
More images can be seen in this slideshow:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11560110
Complete article here
More images can be seen in this slideshow:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11560110
Cancer, unfortunately. Colon cancer that had spread, if I recall correctly.
I keep track of science fiction-related celebrity deaths every year for a memorial video we show at Polaris. September was a bad month. In the last six weeks, we've also lost:
Glenn Shadix (actor: Teen Titans, Carnivale, Beetlejuice)
Billie Mae Richards (voice actor: Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Spider-Man)
E.C. Tubb (author: The Dumarest Saga)
Kevin McCarthy (actor: Invasion of the Body Snatchers)
Jackie Burroughs (actor: Ewoks, Into the Labyrinth, The Dead Zone)
Ralph Vicinanza (agent to Connie Willis, Peter Straub, Stephen King, Robert J. Sawyer)
Tony Curtis (actor: Stargames, The Mummy Lives, Brain Waves)
Stephen J. Cannell (writer/producer: The Greatest American Hero and many more)
Roy Ward Baker (director: Quatermass and the Pit)
Glenn Shadix (actor: Teen Titans, Carnivale, Beetlejuice)
Billie Mae Richards (voice actor: Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Spider-Man)
E.C. Tubb (author: The Dumarest Saga)
Kevin McCarthy (actor: Invasion of the Body Snatchers)
Jackie Burroughs (actor: Ewoks, Into the Labyrinth, The Dead Zone)
Ralph Vicinanza (agent to Connie Willis, Peter Straub, Stephen King, Robert J. Sawyer)
Tony Curtis (actor: Stargames, The Mummy Lives, Brain Waves)
Stephen J. Cannell (writer/producer: The Greatest American Hero and many more)
Roy Ward Baker (director: Quatermass and the Pit)
Science Fiction seems to cause cancer a lot.
There's alot of radiation in space.
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Fleet Admiral
*wonders who will be next* 
Johnny Sheffield, the child actor who played Boy to Johnny Weissmuller's Tarzan. He was 79, ironically the same age Weissmuller was when he died.
Claus, when Elvis died I went to the library and looked up the John Donne quote and did some crying because I had enjoyed some of his movies and because of how he died.