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  • GerardGerard
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    Actress Maria de Aragon, famous for having played the bounty hunter Greedo in Star Wars, has passed away, aged 81 :

    https://www.cbr.com/maria-de-aragon-dead/

    And yes, I'm in the "Han shot first !" camp.
  • GerardGerard
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    French military nurse Geneviève de Galard, known the world over as "the Angel of Dien Bien Phu" for her heroic conduct caring for the wounded during that famous battle, has passed away, aged 99.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjrr2z4kjd1o
  • GerardGerard
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    Bad news for Whovians the world over : William Russell, who played science teacher Ian Chesterton, the first Companion of the Doctor, has passed away, aged 99 :

    https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-william-russell-dies-newsupdate/

    But he's not the only one : Janis Paige, american actress who appeared in many musicals, such as Silk Stockings with Fred Astaire and Cyd Charrisse, passed away, aged 101.

    https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/janis-paige-hollywood-star-dead-newsupdate/

    And to cap it off, Erich Anderson, who appeared on a lot of TV series like Thirtysomething and Felicity, as passed away, aged 67 :

    https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/erich-anderson-dead-felicity-newsupdate/
  • TracyTracy
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    I met Russell at LFCC , sgd my Great Escape busta poster.....99 is pretty good run,RIP
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    Damn, not William Russell. 99 is a bloody good age, but there are so few people from those formative years of Doctor Who left.

    RIP
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    R.I.P. William Russell, it was great to see William in the Doctor Who Centenary anniversary, 99 is a great age.
  • GerardGerard
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    While reading last month's Doctor Who Magazine, I learned about the passing of British actor Christian Rodska, at e=the age of 78 from cancer. As you know, he played Ron, the teddy boy farmhand in the TV series Follyfoot, alongside our own Desmond Llewelyn :



    A part of my childhood lost forever now. One more, you might say.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited June 6 Posts: 18,273
    80 years on from D-Day I want to pay tribute and give thanks to all those Allied forces who gave their lives on the beaches of Normandy. They died that we might live in a free world not beholden to Nazi and fascist tyranny. I also want to remember all those who were injured or maimed. We owe them a huge debt of gratitude for what they did on that day in what remains the largest amphibious invasion in history. May they and their sacrifices never be forgotten.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    80 years on from D Day I want to pay tribute and give thanks to all those Allied forces who gave their lives on the beaches of Normandy. They died that we might live in a free world not beholden to Nazi and fascist tyranny. I also want to remember all those who were injured or maimed. We owe them a huge debt of gratitude for what they did on that day in what remains the largest amphibious invasion in history. May they and their sacrifices never be forgotten.

    I'm still not able to quantify the bravery those men had, to push on knowing any moment could be your last.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    80 years on from D Day I want to pay tribute and give thanks to all those Allied forces who gave their lives on the beaches of Normandy. They died that we might live in a free world not beholden to Nazi and fascist tyranny. I also want to remember all those who were injured or maimed. We owe them a huge debt of gratitude for what they did on that day in what remains the largest amphibious invasion in history. May they and their sacrifices never be forgotten.

    I'm still not able to quantify the bravery those men had, to push on knowing any moment could be your last.

    Yes, we should be forever grateful for their bravery, and I thank them all from the bottom of my heart.
  • LucknFateLucknFate 007 In New York
    edited June 6 Posts: 1,647
    I still haven't quite come around to stomaching the new Masters of the Air because I know the real survival rates and can't imagine any of my favorite characters will survive the show etc. (I will watch it soon, no spoilers please). Can't imagine the bravery of the guys back then.
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    80 years on from D-Day I want to pay tribute and give thanks to all those Allied forces who gave their lives on the beaches of Normandy. They died that we might live in a free world not beholden to Nazi and fascist tyranny. I also want to remember all those who were injured or maimed. We owe them a huge debt of gratitude for what they did on that day in what remains the largest amphibious invasion in history. May they and their sacrifices never be forgotten.

    Well said.

  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    I second the words. Sadly, things have already happened that show how quickly people forget. Nationalism is taking over again. Countries vote to leave unions rather than help improve them. A former WWII ally invades Europe. NATO itself is threatened from the inside. I'm afraid some of the brave men who fought for our freedom will die knowing that the free world is crumbling down again.
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
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    @DarthDimi, it seems that we are repeating the mistakes of history. And not just by accident, but in many cases, actively cheering it on. I never been more depressed, frankly.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    80 years on from D-Day I want to pay tribute and give thanks to all those Allied forces who gave their lives on the beaches of Normandy. They died that we might live in a free world not beholden to Nazi and fascist tyranny. I also want to remember all those who were injured or maimed. We owe them a huge debt of gratitude for what they did on that day in what remains the largest amphibious invasion in history. May they and their sacrifices never be forgotten.

    @Dragonpol I can't put it any better, so I will just say I second this. And as @DarthDimi and @Dwayne said, so many are going in the wrong direction right now, and the forces of fascism have tragically been on the rise. I remember growing up as a kid, and it was a given to just about everyone I knew that Nazism was evil. When even this can't be agreed on anymore, you know we're in trouble. The reverence towards villains like Hitler, Mussolini, and Franco is horrifically disheartening. However tumultuous the times ahead are going to be, I will remain hopeful the bad guys will go down again, though.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    Dwayne wrote: »
    @DarthDimi, it seems that we are repeating the mistakes of history. And not just by accident, but in many cases, actively cheering it on. I never been more depressed, frankly.

    @Dwayne
    Thank you. Yes, we are cheering many things on not fully understanding the consequences of what we are voting for. This thread deserves better than politics so I won't go there, but once again we are letting (an often fabricated) fear point us in the direction of soft fascism. And that's how things happened in Nazi Germany. Incremently. One small step at a time. And suddenly you're trapped in a regime that brings horror, death and destruction.

    The brave men who fought and died for us in WWII did more than defend our freedom. They were already cleaning up mistakes made by the people. Some of these mistakes are now being repeated. Seeing the few still remaining heroes on TV today, I had tears in my eyes. I am a coward. I get mad when Friday night is ruined by too much school work. They saw limbs shot off the bodies of friends. They ran for their lives when bombs were dropped left and right.

    In three days, I will have to vote for my next government. Extremism is currently leading the polls. Even in my fairly relaxed little country. I shiver.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    People, as someone who was born of people on "the other side" (my future father fought on the Eastern front as an artillery officer and spent five years as a POW in what is now Ukraine, while my mother was a BDM leader in what became my hometown, eleven years after the war), I fully appreciate and commend your feelings. I am glad and relieved that the allies' victory enabled me to grow up in a liberal, democratic country, and I hope we will be able to keep it that way. If I look at the right-wing extremist parties everywhere trying to do away with our free society - and actually, gradually gaining a foothold that might enable them to do so at some time - I really feel like throwing up. And I'm afraid my fears are mostly about the country that did the most to defeat the Nazis. No, I don't mean the Soviet Union which is now in the hands of another Fascist dictator, but the U.S. which may fall prey to one of the latter's acolytes.

    I'm actually a kind of conservative (for Europe...in the U.S. I would probably be considered a Socialist and worse) and have no problem with democratically-inclined right-wing parties. But I hope everyone here who lives in the EU will go to the polls on Sunday and deal a blow to Fascist and racist extremists.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Veteran actor Tom Bower has sadly passed away:

    https://deadline.com/2024/06/tom-bower-dead-actor-the-waltons-die-hard-2-1235961050/
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    People, as someone who was born of people on "the other side" (my future father fought on the Eastern front as an artillery officer and spent five years as a POW in what is now Ukraine, while my mother was a BDM leader in what became my hometown, eleven years after the war), I fully appreciate and commend your feelings. I am glad and relieved that the allies' victory enabled me to grow up in a liberal, democratic country, and I hope we will be able to keep it that way. If I look at the right-wing extremist parties everywhere trying to do away with our free society - and actually, gradually gaining a foothold that might enable them to do so at some time - I really feel like throwing up. And I'm afraid my fears are mostly about the country that did the most to defeat the Nazis. No, I don't mean the Soviet Union which is now in the hands of another Fascist dictator, but the U.S. which may fall prey to one of the latter's acolytes.

    I'm actually a kind of conservative (for Europe...in the U.S. I would probably be considered a Socialist and worse) and have no problem with democratically-inclined right-wing parties. But I hope everyone here who lives in the EU will go to the polls on Sunday and deal a blow to Fascist and racist extremists.

    Thank you for sharing this with us, @j_w_pepper. We fear and hope the same thing.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    DarthDimi wrote: »
    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    People, as someone who was born of people on "the other side" (my future father fought on the Eastern front as an artillery officer and spent five years as a POW in what is now Ukraine, while my mother was a BDM leader in what became my hometown, eleven years after the war), I fully appreciate and commend your feelings. I am glad and relieved that the allies' victory enabled me to grow up in a liberal, democratic country, and I hope we will be able to keep it that way. If I look at the right-wing extremist parties everywhere trying to do away with our free society - and actually, gradually gaining a foothold that might enable them to do so at some time - I really feel like throwing up. And I'm afraid my fears are mostly about the country that did the most to defeat the Nazis. No, I don't mean the Soviet Union which is now in the hands of another Fascist dictator, but the U.S. which may fall prey to one of the latter's acolytes.

    I'm actually a kind of conservative (for Europe...in the U.S. I would probably be considered a Socialist and worse) and have no problem with democratically-inclined right-wing parties. But I hope everyone here who lives in the EU will go to the polls on Sunday and deal a blow to Fascist and racist extremists.

    Thank you for sharing this with us, @j_w_pepper. We fear and hope the same thing.

    Me too.

    Can't add much else to what has already been said, and I suppose this isn't the right place to elaborate too much on the subject, though I just wanted to reply that I also feel this way.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    GoldenGun wrote: »
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    People, as someone who was born of people on "the other side" (my future father fought on the Eastern front as an artillery officer and spent five years as a POW in what is now Ukraine, while my mother was a BDM leader in what became my hometown, eleven years after the war), I fully appreciate and commend your feelings. I am glad and relieved that the allies' victory enabled me to grow up in a liberal, democratic country, and I hope we will be able to keep it that way. If I look at the right-wing extremist parties everywhere trying to do away with our free society - and actually, gradually gaining a foothold that might enable them to do so at some time - I really feel like throwing up. And I'm afraid my fears are mostly about the country that did the most to defeat the Nazis. No, I don't mean the Soviet Union which is now in the hands of another Fascist dictator, but the U.S. which may fall prey to one of the latter's acolytes.

    I'm actually a kind of conservative (for Europe...in the U.S. I would probably be considered a Socialist and worse) and have no problem with democratically-inclined right-wing parties. But I hope everyone here who lives in the EU will go to the polls on Sunday and deal a blow to Fascist and racist extremists.

    Thank you for sharing this with us, @j_w_pepper. We fear and hope the same thing.

    Me too.

    Can't add much else to what has already been said, and I suppose this isn't the right place to elaborate too much on the subject, though I just wanted to reply that I also feel this way.
    Thanks for the support, guys. Yes, sometimes it just has to get out somehow.
  • GerardGerard
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    French singer Françoise Hardy has passed away from cancer, aged 80 :

    https://variety.com/2024/music/obituaries-people-news/francoise-hardy-dead-french-singer-actor-1236034297/

  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    Gerard wrote: »
    French singer Françoise Hardy has passed away from cancer, aged 80 :

    https://variety.com/2024/music/obituaries-people-news/francoise-hardy-dead-french-singer-actor-1236034297/


    Oh no :(

    I grew up on French music and she always featured heavily. The song you posted is one of my all-time favourites...

    Repose en paix, Françoise.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    I had a sort of crush on Françoise when I was 9 or so. At the time, she also sang a few German-language songs which were played on the radio quite often. This is the one I remember best:

    She was also on TV, and I found her incredibly beautiful (must have been after December 1965...my family didn't have TV until then).

    As an actor, she was in John Frankenheimer's Grand Prix (1966), which is better remembered for its brilliant Formula 1 scenes and cinematography than for its tacked-on soap-opera plot, but it was a highlight of those drama scenes to see her there. Farewell, Françoise.
  • M_BaljeM_Balje Amsterdam, Netherlands
    edited June 12 Posts: 4,519
    Picture from Grand Prix (1966). I have 2 SE DVD from MGM/Warner some time.

    ST_050_017.webp

    6-22.jpg

    Tous les garçons et les filles (1962) and


    Comment te dire adieu (1968) are her biggest hits in The Netherlands.

    English (My year is a day) from The Irresistibles and original France Dans la ville endormie from Dalida(who is NTTD) is also from 1968. Video from The Irresistibles Edition include car racing.
  • TracyTracy
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    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ggwdvv5kxo abso legendary songs
  • GerardGerard
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    Seven, the dog who played Dog in The Walking Dead, has passed away :

    https://www.cbr.com/the-walking-dead-dog-seven-dead/
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Gerard wrote: »
    Seven, the dog who played Dog in The Walking Dead, has passed away :

    https://www.cbr.com/the-walking-dead-dog-seven-dead/

    Columbo's dog was just called Dog too.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    I stopped watching by that point. But Seven is clearly a 15/10 goodest boi.

    RIP
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited June 15 Posts: 25,126
    Kevin Campbell: Former Arsenal and Everton striker dies, aged 54, after illness
    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/kevin-campbell-former-arsenal-and-everton-striker-dies-aged-54-after-illness/ar-BB1ogRux?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=0c888c121bb0418ab4847871b84ded06&ei=14

    The world of football pays tribute to Kevin Campbell

    Sad news R.I.P.
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