Obituary Thread, famous people, places & events.

[Jeepnokc]

Robert Blake passes at 89

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/09/enter...ath/index.html

[Laramie]

Willis Reed, Hall of Fame Center for Champion Knicks, Dies at 80


Born: 1942, Lincoln Parish, LA
Died: March 21, 2023

New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/21/s...reed-dead.html

[Jeepnokc]

Michael Lerner passes away at 81

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/09/enter...ath/index.html

[Jersey Boss]

Al Jaffee, cartoonist and illustrator extrodinaire passed at 102 years of age. Noted for inventing the "foldout" for Mad Magazine.

Al Jaffee, longtime Mad magazine cartoonist, dead at 102 | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/al-jafee-...4abcb0daa5d571

[Martin]

^
wow... i had no idea that guy was still alive.

[Brett]

Dame Edna Everage has Died

[Bowser214]

I hate to hear she's passed on. I didn't realize how old she was.. She was so hilarious! I can't believe Carol Burnet will be celebrating her 90th birthday!

[Jeepnokc]

Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian singer-songwriter whose hits included “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” and “Sundown,” died Monday at 84, his spokesperson told CNN.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/01/enter...ath/index.html

[Jeepnokc]

The lights go out at Rosie's Bar. Eileen Saki, actress who played Rosie in MASH has passed at 79 RIP

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv...ie-1235478405/

[Jersey Boss]

JIM BROWN, R.I.P.

https://apnews.com/article/nfl-jim-b...1ae8d8dd0a6aaa
Only the G.O.A.T. NFL running back, one of the best NCAA lacrosse players and 3 sport stars at Syracuse.
Not to mention civil and social activist and movie star.
A great individual on many stages. The nation and world lost a great man.

[Laramie]

Sunrise: November 26, 1939 - Sunset: May 24th 2023

[Bill Robertson]

Two of the biggest icons of their trade gone in the last week. Sad. Yeah we often have people pass as we get older. But Jim Brown and Tina Turner were absolutely one of a kind in what they did.