Rest In Peace, show your respects to those who have passed away.

doubleoego

Wait, what??? Chyna died too??? Bloody hell

fire_and_ice

doubleoego wrote: »

Wait, what??? Chyna died too??? Bloody hell

Yeah suspected overdose, not sure if there is any further developments. There is a video on YouTube Chyna posted 2 days before her death the video itself is telling. I wont post the link though it is easy to find.

Creasy47

@fire_and_ice, watched that, and given the state of things with her life and how she probably passed away, it was pretty sad/tough to watch.

fire_and_ice

Creasy47 wrote: »

@fire_and_ice, watched that, and given the state of things with her life and how she probably passed away, it was pretty sad/tough to watch.

She clearly needed help, right side of her face did not look good at all.

Gerard

Congolese singer Papa Wemba died last night, on stage, aged 66 :

jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-352680-le-chanteur-papa-wemba-s-effondre-en-direct-a-la-tele-video-les-autorites-ont-confirme-son-deces.html

Darn ! And the year isn't over yet.

Gerard

Stop it ! Stop it already ! I've just learned of the death of Billy Paul :

jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-352687-le-chanteur-billy-paul-interprete-de-me-and-mrs-jones-est-decede-cette-nuit-aux-usa.html

M_Balje

What some Dutchwebsite wrote about his death..

http://www.nu.nl/entertainment/4252173/me-and-mrs-jones-zanger-billy-paul-81-overleden.html

De Amerikaanse soulzanger Billy Paul is zondagmorgen (lokale tijd) op 81-jarige leeftijd in zijn huis in Blackwood in de staat New Jersey overleden. Op zijn website staat dat Paul thuis is overleden "na een zware medische aandoening."

American soulsinger Billy Paul dies Sunday morning local time at the age of 81 years old in his house at Blackwood in New Jersey. On his website you can read he passing because of heavy medical problems.

Vorige week werd Paul Williams, zoals hij officieel heet, opgenomen in het ziekenhuis nadat kanker bij hem werd geconstateerd.

Paul Williams (his original name) end last week in the hospital after discovery he have cancer.

Gerard

And now, it's Martin Gray, Holocaust survivor and author of "For Those I Loved" :

actu.orange.fr/france/deces-en-belgique-de-martin-gray-l-auteur-du-best-seller-au-nom-de-tous-les-miens-CNT000000nEidp.html

To tell you the truth, I thought he was long gone by now.

Creasy47

It might be seen as poor wording, but it makes me happy to see Holocaust survivors who are just now passing away, knowing that they survived such horrible atrocities roughly seventy years ago, and not only that, but also managed to live a very long life afterward.

jake24

Creasy47 wrote: »

It might be seen as poor wording, but it makes me happy to see Holocaust survivors who are just now passing away, knowing that they survived such horrible atrocities roughly seventy years ago, and not only that, but also managed to live a very long life afterward.

What's sad is that so many of them are passing away, and there is a growing decrease of these people to share their stories. The fact that almost all of them will be gone soon is saddening.

Creasy47

@jake24, it's very saddening. You don't know how much I'd love to get to talk to one of them, or at least one of the few WWII survivors that are still out there. With each passing year, they unfortunately decrease in number.

Thunderfinger

Thank Jehova Magneto is still alive.

Gerard

jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-353040-le-chanteur-de-l-affaire-louis-trio-hubert-mounier-53-ans-est-mort.html

And the year isn't over yet. What the frack is happening here ? 53 is definitely not and age to die.

Thunderfinger

People are dying all the time. 2016 is no better or worse than 2015 or 2017 for that matter.

BAIN123

Thunderfinger wrote: »

People are dying all the time. 2016 is no better or worse than 2015 or 2017 for that matter.

Exactly. The only thing is that quite a few of the people who are dying at the moment happen to be well known.

Actually, there was a period in late 2014 when quite a few famous people died close together (Robin Williams, Richard Kiel, Gottfried John, Richard Attenborough).

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7

BAIN123 wrote: »

Thunderfinger wrote: »

People are dying all the time. 2016 is no better or worse than 2015 or 2017 for that matter.

Exactly. The only thing is that quite a few of the people who are dying at the moment happen to be well known.

Actually, there was a period in late 2014 when quite a few famous people died close together (Robin Williams, Richard Kiel, Gottfried John, Richard Attenborough).

Lauren Bacall.

BAIN123

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »

BAIN123 wrote: »

Thunderfinger wrote: »

People are dying all the time. 2016 is no better or worse than 2015 or 2017 for that matter.

Exactly. The only thing is that quite a few of the people who are dying at the moment happen to be well known.

Actually, there was a period in late 2014 when quite a few famous people died close together (Robin Williams, Richard Kiel, Gottfried John, Richard Attenborough).

Lauren Bacall.

Yep. Sadly, people die. Celebrities are no exception.

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7

BAIN123 wrote: »

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »

BAIN123 wrote: »

Thunderfinger wrote: »

People are dying all the time. 2016 is no better or worse than 2015 or 2017 for that matter.

Exactly. The only thing is that quite a few of the people who are dying at the moment happen to be well known.

Actually, there was a period in late 2014 when quite a few famous people died close together (Robin Williams, Richard Kiel, Gottfried John, Richard Attenborough).

Lauren Bacall.

Yep. Sadly, people die. Celebrities are no exception.

The descriptor 'icon' would be an understatement for these people, much less celebrity. It's been a rough couple years especially.

BondJasonBond006

Actually 2016 is already a record year with the most deaths of famous people. There is an article somewhere about it, I'll post a link.

mcdonbb

BondJasonBond006 wrote: »

Actually 2016 is already a record year with the most deaths of famous people. There is an article somewhere about it, I'll post a link.

All the more reason to avoid notoriety.

BondJasonBond006

Found it:

http://time.com/4305484/celebrity-death-theories/

mcdonbb

BondJasonBond006 wrote: »

Found it:

http://time.com/4305484/celebrity-death-theories/

:-? ....mm mm. And thank you, sir.

Gerard

Just heard about the death of french cartoonist Siné, former member of the Charlie Hebdo team :

jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-353182-le-dessinateur-et-caricaturiste-figure-de-charlie-hebdo-sine-est-decede-a-l-age-de-87-ans.html

More tragic, the death of the drummer Didier Bonaventure Deigna, who drowned at the age of 46 :

jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-353093-musique-le-batteur-du-groupe-magic-system-meurt-noye-a-l-age-de-46-ans.html

Gerard

Now, that's really too young to die :

jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-353244-l-ex-joueur-du-mans-patrick-ekeng-26-ans-est-decede-hier-soir-en-plein-match-video.html

JohnHammond73

Awful. RIP

Gerard

Oh shit !

goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2016/05/14/r-i-p-darwyn-cooke-1962-2016-2/

I really loved his work on "The New Frontier", among others. Fucking cancer !

(Sorry for the bad language, but there are times when politeness can't convey what I'm thinking).

0BradyM0Bondfanatic7

No, not Darwyn! As an aspiring artist I've looked at his work as beyond influential and important in the world of comics, and it's a shame to see such a talent gone so soon. Leafing through his panels make you feel like you are in the 40s reading the very first issues of the characters he was crafting. No matter how much drawing evolves in the current period with new technologies, it's always nice to have artists like Darwyn who can visually recall styles of old, like those of the Golden Age of comics.

The feelings I have now are the same as those I had when Michael Turner passed a few years ago, dying young and from cancer too, no less. What a world...

If there's a comic book heaven, I hope Darwyn is up there having a toast with Jack Kirby and Bob Kane. A man can dream.

Gerard

French actor François Maistre died yesterday, aged 91 :

jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-353714-le-comedien-francois-maistre-specialiste-des-seconds-roles-au-cinema-et-a-la-television-est-decede-a-l-age-de-91-ans.html

I remember watching him in many french series, like "Les Brigades du Tigre" or "La Dame de Montsoreau". Great character actor, with a wonderful acting voice.

Gerard

French director Alexandre Astruc died tonight, aged 92 :

jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-353783-deces-d-alexandre-astruc-realisateur-de-la-longue-marche-a-l-age-de-92-ans.html

To tell you the truth, I thought he had died a long time ago.

Creasy47

Ex-Megadeth drummer Nick Menza dies at 51 after collapsing on stage:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/22/living/nick-menza-ex-megadeth-drummer-death-trnd/