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  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    America's greatest post-WW II First Lady, rivalled only (maybe) by Michelle Obama. It is too bad that the U.S. didn't have her in the White House for four more years because the majority of voters preferred Ronald Reagan in 1980 (who really initiated the mess the country has turned into over time) over Rosalynn's husband, who at any rate was probably the most decent and modest President the U.S. has ever had. Plus one of those rare examples of a fundamentalist Christian who acts according to what I have learned about the Gospel, instead of descending into greedy bigotry. And Rosalynn must have been a big factor and support in that. She led a long life, and she won't be forgotten.
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
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    Excellent point @LucknFate.

    Usually, when a famous person gets up there in years, or suffers from poor health, media organizations will have some type of "obit" already prepared. Maybe, they will put publish a more detailed accounting later.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    Try the NYT. They have an excellent obit up, with a bunch of photos. And just two days ago, in their report that Rosalynn had entered hospice care at home, they had a picture of those two old people, in 2021, after (then) 75 years of being inseparable. HuffPost is sometimes interesting, but ultimately just a click-bait publication.
  • LucknFateLucknFate 007 In New York
    edited November 2023 Posts: 1,646
    Dwayne wrote: »
    Excellent point @LucknFate.

    Usually, when a famous person gets up there in years, or suffers from poor health, media organizations will have some type of "obit" already prepared. Maybe, they will put publish a more detailed accounting later.

    Fair assessment. There are some good photos from Biden's visit to them in Georgia in 2021 on Getty, though she is on a walker. There are healthy photos of her at church in 2019, and at NFL football games in 2018. Also attended the 2017 inauguration, interestingly. Judging that Getty's most recent photos for her are from earlier this year and all archival, I'd guess folks indeed started preparing/updating things, usually major pubs get tipped off to be ready.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    America's greatest post-WW II First Lady, rivalled only (maybe) by Michelle Obama. It is too bad that the U.S. didn't have her in the White House for four more years because the majority of voters preferred Ronald Reagan in 1980 (who really initiated the mess the country has turned into over time) over Rosalynn's husband, who at any rate was probably the most decent and modest President the U.S. has ever had. Plus one of those rare examples of a fundamentalist Christian who acts according to what I have learned about the Gospel, instead of descending into greedy bigotry. And Rosalynn must have been a big factor and support in that. She led a long life, and she won't be forgotten.

    Great post. The Reagans were real life James Bond villains. They destroyed the middle class, with the same result as if a Bond villain would have succeeded. The Carters looked out for others, while being regular people, despite their power. God bless them, we need political families like them now more than ever. Sorry to get political.
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    Respect, everybody.

    Respect.

  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    Without meaning to distract: In other news, British actor Josh Ackland, who among a lot of other roles played the Soviet ambassador in Hunt for Red October and the racist South African gangster boss Arjen Rudd in Lethal Weapon 2, also died today, at the age of 95.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    My apologies.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
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    Sad news with the passing of Joss Ackland. Very good character actor, and as the main villain in Lethal Weapon 2.
    RIP
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    R I.P. Joss Ackland, great actor, always made a strong impression in whatever he was in!
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    Not sure if it counts, but my cat Odin died ten years ago today. The best of cats.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    Ludovico wrote: »
    Not sure if it counts, but my cat Odin died ten years ago today. The best of cats.

    A pet is always hard to lose. I wish you the best in your recovery.
    Benny wrote: »
    Sad news with the passing of Joss Ackland. Very good character actor, and as the main villain in Lethal Weapon 2.
    RIP

    A true talent.
  • LucknFateLucknFate 007 In New York
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    Ludovico wrote: »
    Not sure if it counts, but my cat Odin died ten years ago today. The best of cats.

    Great name for a cat. Cherish the memories. I grew up with 5 cats and 6 dogs all at once at one point, but one cat really took to me, Sammy. He was my little guy, quite sick, but gave me a decade of love and a bed companion at night.
  • VenutiusVenutius Yorkshire
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    Cats count. Dogs count. They're family to me. A lot more than most of the humans have ever been.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited November 2023 Posts: 18,270
    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    Without meaning to distract: In other news, British actor Josh Ackland, who among a lot of other roles played the Soviet ambassador in Hunt for Red October and the racist South African gangster boss Arjen Rudd in Lethal Weapon 2, also died today, at the age of 95.

    Sad to hear of Joss Ackland's death. I liked him in Tales of the Unexpected. He could have made a good Bond villain too, somewhat in the Karl Stromberg mould if his villainous turn in Lethal Weapon 2 was anything to go by. He also made a memorable cameo in a Pet Shop Boys music video in the 1980s:

  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    R.I.P. Joss Ackland great actor.

    The Hunt for Red October Andrei you have lost another submarine
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Ludovico wrote: »
    Not sure if it counts, but my cat Odin died ten years ago today. The best of cats.

    Cats certainly count just as much as humans, @Ludovico. I know that Odin is the cat in your avatar picture and that you said you'd never had a cat like him since. I feel the same way about my current cat, Millie. She's definitely one of a kind.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    One of my favorite title sequences from a great film featuring Joss ackland playing the father of D'Artagnan training with his son...

    The Three Musketeers (1973) - opening sequence
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    Venutius wrote: »
    Cats count. Dogs count. They're family to me. A lot more than most of the humans have ever been.

    I agree. I like animals more than humans more and more.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    MaxCasino wrote: »
    Venutius wrote: »
    Cats count. Dogs count. They're family to me. A lot more than most of the humans have ever been.

    I agree. I like animals more than humans more and more.

    They certainly show more unconditional love, friendship and loyalty than many humans do.
  • patbpatb
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    Joss Ackland had the talent to create a kind of quiet menace with his characters. Would have been perfect as a Bond villain IMHO
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    @Ludovico, I can relate, mate. I've had several feline buddies through the years, and have had to say goodbye to them too. Currently, two of them are luckily still around.

    Here's to Odin!
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    Thank you guys. It's been 10 years already and I only knew him a few months before his passing. But he was very much loved.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    R. I. P. Annabel Giles, 64.

    I remember Annabel more from my youth, sad loss nice lady.

    https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/nov/21/tv-presenter-and-actor-annabel-giles-dies-aged-64
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited November 2023 Posts: 18,270
    That's sad news. Annabel Giles was a very beautiful lady. I hope she's at peace now.

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  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    A nice write up on Joss Ackland, who died recently:

    https://www.irishnews.com/arts/film/2023/11/22/news/cult_movies_joss_ackland_rarely_played_the_lead_but_he_was_much_more_than_a_mighty_fine_villain-3786610/
  • ringfire211ringfire211
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    Not sure if it counts, but my cat Odin died ten years ago today. The best of cats.

    Cats certainly count just as much as humans, @Ludovico .
    So if a human and a cat was dying and you could only save one you would seriously be deliberating which one to save??????

    That’s an extremely troubling thought. Scary actually. I do hope people who think this way are a minority.

  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    ringfire211 wrote: »
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    Not sure if it counts, but my cat Odin died ten years ago today. The best of cats.

    Cats certainly count just as much as humans, @Ludovico .
    So if a human and a cat was dying and you could only save one you would seriously be deliberating which one to save??????

    That’s an extremely troubling thought. Scary actually. I do hope people who think this way are a minority.

    I don't think you have to take @Dragonpol's sympathetic and comforting words in such an extreme direction. When a pet dies, the feeling of loss and pain can equal what people sometimes feel when an uncle or cousin dies. I don't think anyone was advocating choosing an animal's life over a human's. That said, if it came between a loving cat and some child rapist, paedophile priest, ruthless drug lord, or similar, I'd happily choose the cat.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited January 25 Posts: 18,270
    ringfire211 wrote: »
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    Not sure if it counts, but my cat Odin died ten years ago today. The best of cats.

    Cats certainly count just as much as humans, @Ludovico .
    So if a human and a cat was dying and you could only save one you would seriously be deliberating which one to save??????

    That’s an extremely troubling thought. Scary actually. I do hope people who think this way are a minority.

    I agree with @DarthDimi. Not sure why you would take my words of comfort to a fellow member on the death of a much loved pet and extrapolate some kind of hypothetical world view from it. Of course human life is precious and, hypothetically, if someone was being mauled by a lion I'd shoot the lion to save the person's life. Equally, if a man and his dog had fallen into an icy pond I'd save the man first and then try to save the dog too. All life has value and was put here to fulfil a purpose, whether we recognise that fact or not. That's not really what my post was referring to though. It's always best not to think up hypothetical scenarios just so you can be outraged by them. Calm down.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    edited November 2023 Posts: 24,177
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    ringfire211 wrote: »
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    Not sure if it counts, but my cat Odin died ten years ago today. The best of cats.

    Cats certainly count just as much as humans, @Ludovico .
    So if a human and a cat was dying and you could only save one you would seriously be deliberating which one to save??????

    That’s an extremely troubling thought. Scary actually. I do hope people who think this way are a minority.

    I agree with @DarthDimi. Not sure why you would take my words of comfort to a fellow member on the death of a much loved pet and extrapolate some kind of hypothetical world view from it. Of course human life is precious and, hypothetically, if someone was being mauled by a lion I'd shoot the lion to save the person's life. Equally, if a man and his dog had fallen into an icy pond I'd save the man first and then try to save the dog too. All life has value and was put here to fulfil a purpose, whether we recognise that fact or not. That's not really what my post was referring to though. It's always best not to think up hypothetical scenarios just so you can be outraged by them. Calm down.

    Good reply, @Dragonpol. Also, mourning a pet doesn't undervalue human life. Yet plenty of people keep pets as their closest friends. When they die, the sadness can be just as intense as when a human being dies. I don't think it would be right to "measure" that sadness and demand that the loss of a pet is felt less than the loss of a fellow man.
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