TheLastWolf Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 My fav English teacher died of Covid related complications, but officially cardiac arrest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbunting Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Tanya Roberts passed at 65. Loved her on That 70's show and always appreciated seeing her! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 7 hours ago, dbunting said: Tanya Roberts passed at 65. Loved her on That 70's show and always appreciated seeing her! Apparently these reports were greatly exaggerated: Get well soon, Midge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 I had no idea she was a Bond girl. That's good news, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastWolf Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 11 hours ago, dbunting said: Tanya Roberts passed at 65. Loved her on That 70's show and always appreciated seeing her! 4 hours ago, DMC said: Apparently these reports were greatly exaggerated: Get well soon, Midge! Confusing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbunting Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Yeah I saw later on that she is alive but in ICU? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbunting Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Ok, lets hope this one isn't a screw up also. Tanya Roberts has passed, per her husband. They said the confusion yesterday was that he told her publicist that he he had just left from an end of life visit and was blubbering. The publicist took that as she had passed and put out the statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbunting Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Being reported that LA Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda passed away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 9 minutes ago, dbunting said: Being reported that LA Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda passed away Rest in peace, Coach. Thus goes the oldest living Hall of Famer. Willie Mays now has that honor. Last time I saw him was spring training back in the mid-90s, when the Dodgers were still part of the Grapefruit League. Fairly sure we got a ball signed by him at that game. His leading the Dodgers to World Series victory over my beloved A’s back in 1988 is seared into my memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbunting Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Ran said: Rest in peace, Coach. Thus goes the oldest living Hall of Famer. Willie Mays now has that honor. Last time I saw him was spring training back in the mid-90s, when the Dodgers were still part of the Grapefruit League. Fairly sure we got a ball signed by him at that game. His leading the Dodgers to World Series victory over my beloved A’s back in 1988 is seared into my memory. Me too but, I liked those A's teams, but loved Gibby since I am a Tigers fan so it was ok for me whoever won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastWolf Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 It's David Bowie's birthday Happy birthday man! RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Tom Perrota, journalist and author, passed away yesterday due to a brain tumor. If you were a fan of HBO's The Leftovers, his name may ring a bell because it was based on his novel and he was very involved in the series. (Fuck cancer, man...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dragon Demands Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 I am sorry to hear about Breeze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DireWolfSpirit Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 The Chairman of The Sands has passed. https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/billionaire-sheldon-adelson-has-died/amp/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Jessica Campbell, who was in Freaks & Greeks as Tuba Girl, died at age 38. Sounded like covid-19 since it was something in her lungs, and she just collapsed. Quote Jessica Campbell, whose acting credits included NBC’s beloved, cult classic Freaks and Geeks as well as the 1999 Reese Witherspoon film Election, died unexpectedly at her home in Portland, Oregon on Dec. 29, TMZ reports. She was 38. A cause of death has not been confirmed, but Campbell reportedly had been experiencing flu-like symptoms the morning of her passing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbunting Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Sounds like Siegfried of Siefried and Roy fame passed away from cancer. Roy passed less than a year ago. My only real memory of the duo was the white tigers in their act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GallowKnight Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 New York Dolls guitarist Sylvain Sylvain has passed away from cancer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gronzag Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Phil Spector died. He was in jail for murder, but I thought he died a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 I thought Spector was already dead too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Mira Furlan has passed. Quote It is a night of great sadness, for our friend and comrade has gone down the road where we cannot reach her. But as with all things, we will catch up with her in time, and I believe she will have many stories to tell us, and many new roles to share with the universe. In Memoriam: Mira Furlan When Mira Furlan came to audition for Babylon 5, her home country of Yugoslavia was in turmoil and shattering into two separate countries. During our first meeting, we spoke about her work and her life, and I learned that she had been part of a touring theater group that continued to cross borders of the disintegrating country despite receiving death threats from both sides in the civil war. I expressed my admiration for her courage, but she shrugged and waved it off. “What’s the worst that could have happened? Yes, they could have killed me. So what? Art should have no borders.” Very few people knew that side of Mira: the fiery, fearless side that fought ceaselessly for her art. She brought all of those traits to Delenn, and in turn I tried to write speeches for her that would allow her to comment on what was happening to her homeland without calling it out by name. I guess I must have done it correctly because one day during the Minbari Civil War arc, she appeared in my office door, a cup of tea in one hand, in full makeup but wearing a pull-over robe from wardrobe, and said, “So, how long did you live in Yugoslavia?” Her husband, Goran, has always been the rock of her life. He was and is a gentleman, quick to laughter, an accomplished director and as much an artist as Mira, which made them the ideal couple. I’ve rarely seen two people so utterly meant for each other. I remember the first time Mira appeared at a convention with me and some of the other cast. She didn’t quite understand what it was all about, but gamely did her part. When the audience question period came along, a fan held up his hand and said to Mira, whose Yugoslavian accent was much stronger in the beginning than it became with time, “Say ‘moose and squirrel.’” She had no idea what this meant, but she said “Moose and Squirrel” and the room erupted in one of the longest sustained laughs I’ve ever seen at a convention. We explained it later, but really, all that mattered to her was that the audience had been happy. We’ve known for some time now that Mira’s health was failing…I’m not sure that this is the right time or place to discuss the sheer randomness of what happened…and have all been dreading this day. We kept hoping that she would improve. In a group email sent to the cast a while back, I heard that she might be improving. Then came the call from Peter Jurasik. “I wanted you to know that Goran’s bringing Mira home,” he said.“Do you mean, he’s bringing her home as in she’s better now, or is he bringing her home as in he’s bringing her home?” “He’s bringing her home, Joe,” Peter said, and I could hear the catch in his voice as he said it. And as a family, we held our counsel, and began the long wait, which has now ended. Mira was a good and kind woman, a stunningly talented performer, and a friend to everyone in the cast and crew of Babylon 5, and we are all devastated by the news. The cast members with whom she was especially close since the show’s end will need room to process this moment, so please be gentle if they are unresponsive for a time. We have been down this road too often, and it only gets harder. If you are a fan of Mira’s work, fire up those special moments when she shook the heavens, and relive the art she brought to her work. For any actor, that is the best tribute possible: for the work to endure. As much as this is a time to grieve, it is also a time to celebrate her life and her courage. All of our thoughts tonight will be on the memories she left behind, the dazzling light of her performances, the breadth of her talent, and the heart and love she shared with Goran, and with all of you. Joe Straczynski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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