[y66]

Gary DeCarlo, Who Sang ‘Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye,’ Is Dead

[barmar]

Didn't know the title, but of course I recognized the song when I followed the link.

[The_Badger]

Better late than never I say, given that I used to play against Sandra at the Avenue Bridge Club in Hove. (I have only just learnt of her death in January of this year)

https://en.wikipedia...ki/Sandra_Landy

Not just a nice person, but a real ambassador for the game, and a double world champion. RIP.

[The_Badger]

George A. Romero. The director who essentially created the zombie flick. He bravely bypassed Hollywood 'Hero' stereotypes at the time and cast a black actor, Duane Jones, as the lead in his seminal zombie film Night of the Living Dead (1968)

[The_Badger]

Pudsey. The performing dog on Britain's Got Talent. Winner of the Final.

https://youtu.be/OGt_6foIZDU (Mission impossible)

https://youtu.be/dv_gOBi8Wpk (Flintstones)

https://youtu.be/wYQlEFCIYQU (James Bond)

https://youtu.be/sCcSDZ_ando (Thriller)

[Winstonm]

Jim Vance

https://www.washingt...m=.17068f9a716e

[heyrocky]

I had better be the one to post this: June Foray, the voice of Rocky The Flying Squirrel, and so many others:

https://www.washingt...m=.4ea69d754e76

[The_Badger]

Charlie Gard. The baby that touched many people's hearts. All I can say as a humane being is that it distressed me how his short life became a media circus of medical and legal arguments. If he had been granted treatment, albeit experimental, at an earlier stage in his life, then his parents would never have had to go through all the legal wrangling, where the only winners are the lawyers. Any experimental treatment, by any recognised health professionals, should be allowed with the parents consent when a very sick child needs help, in my opinion. All that I hope is that Charlie's short life, and everything that occurred because of his distressing situation, will not be in vain, and that health and legal professionals will now act more responsibly. Hippocratic oath? Mmmm.... RIP Charlie

[gordontd]

Jeanne Moreau.

[y66]

Sam Shepard

Quote

In plays like “True West” (1980), “Fool for Love” (1983) and the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Buried Child” (1978), he dismantled the classic iconography of cowboys and homesteaders, of American dreams and white picket fences, and reworked the landscape of deserts and farmlands into his own shimmering expanse of surreal estate.

In Mr. Shepard’s plays, the only undeniable truth is that of the mirage. From early pieces like “Chicago” (1965), written when he was in his early 20s and staged in the margins of Off Off Broadway, to late works like “Heartless” (2012), he presented a world in which nothing is fixed.

That includes any comforting notions of family, home, material success and even individual identity. “To me, a strong sense of self isn’t believing in a lot,” Mr. Shepard said in a 1994 interview with The New York Times. “Some people might define it that way, saying, ‘He has a very strong sense of himself.’ But it’s a complete lie.”

That feeling of uncertainty was translated into dialogue of an uncommon lyricism and some of the strangest, strongest images in American theater. A young man in “Buried Child,” a bruising tale of a Midwestern homecoming, describes looking into the rearview mirror as he is driving and seeing his face morph successively into those of his ancestors.

[PassedOut]

Stanislav Petrov, Soviet Officer Who Helped Avert Nuclear War

[Cyberyeti]

Leon Mestel astronomer: https://www.theguard...MP=share_btn_fb

His son Jonathan mentioned at the end is the chess grandmaster and very useful bridge player

[y66]

Basil Gogos, who painted penetrating and chilling color portraits of movie monsters like Dracula, the Wolf Man and the Phantom of the Opera, and imbued Frankenstein’s monster with notable compassion, died on Sept. 13 at a hospital in Manhattan. He was 88.

[The_Badger]

Hugh Hefner. Probably the luckiest guy in the world (if you like blondes)

[Winstonm]

 The_Badger, on 2017-September-27, 22:02, said:

Hugh Hefner. Probably the luckiest guy in the world

Not any more.

[barmar]

 Winstonm, on 2017-September-28, 08:45, said:

Not any more.

Everyone has to go sometime. Most people don't live to 91, and considering his lifetyle it's pretty amazing.

[kenberg]

 barmar, on 2017-September-28, 08:58, said:

Everyone has to go sometime. Most people don't live to 91, and considering his lifetyle it's pretty amazing.

I was at a Playboy Club once, in the 1960s. A friend had been at a business conference and had a free 30 day pass, and he could bring his friends. So we went. There was a bumper pool table and a bunny beside it holding a cue. I asked my friend Jerry if he wanted to play. Sure. So I asked the bunny how much? One dollar (this was long ago) win or lose. Huh? What does winning or losing have to do with It? Oh. I was to play with the bunny. I asked the obvious, "Can't I play with my friend here?". No, I couldn't. We stuck around a while for some overpriced drinks and then found a place more suitable both for our budget and our inclinations.

I wish him well, him and his bunnies.

[jjbrr]

You belong among the wildflowers

You belong in a boat out at sea

Sail away, kill off the hours

You belong somewhere you feel free

[Winstonm]

Into the Great Wide Open

[PeterAlan]

Tom Petty.