New year, new Grim Reaper thread.

 

https://www.tmz.com/2023/01/02/rally-car-driver-ken-block-dead/
 

https://globalnews.ca/news/9161442/robert-cormier-dead-heartland-actor-finn-cotter/?dicbo=v2-94491dc4bfd0616a4a1754acdeaa2461

Edited January 3, 20233 yr by TrueBlue4ever

2 hours ago, GCJenks said:

Bud Grant’s biography “I did it my way” is an excellent read. One of the best sports biographies I’ve read. 

must ask for this for my b-day.

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/03/13/fosbury-flop-high-jumper-****-fosbury-dies-at-76/

https://www.tmz.com/2023/03/17/the-wire-star-lance-reddick-dead-dies/

I was sitting in my surgeon's office this morning regarding my upcoming knee replacement on April 19th & I saw a tweet about Bruce Willis passing away. I checked some internet news sources & couldn't find a thing. I guess he hasn't passed away (which is good) but he's in pretty rough shape with Aphasia & Alzheimer's. Poor guy. He's the same age as I am. His birthday is coming up on March 19th. 

Edited March 17, 20232 yr by SpeedFlex27

12 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

I was sitting in my surgeon's office this morning regarding my upcoming knee replacement on April 19th & I saw a tweet about Bruce Willis passing away. I checked some internet news sources & couldn't find a thing. I guess he hasn't passed away (which is good) but he's in pretty rough shape with Aphasia & Alzheimer's. Poor guy. He's the same age as I am. His birthday is coming up on March 19th. 

Bruce Willis is lost in dementia. He is body may continue  to function for years, but his persona is dormant.

33 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

I was sitting in my surgeon's office this morning regarding my upcoming knee replacement on April 19th & I saw a tweet about Bruce Willis passing away. I checked some internet news sources & couldn't find a thing. I guess he hasn't passed away (which is good) but he's in pretty rough shape with Aphasia & Alzheimer's. Poor guy. He's the same age as I am. His birthday is coming up on March 19th. 

did you fall for one of those fake RIP bots? (it's usually him or Sylvester Stallone, or Jaden Smith or the biebs) they're all over facebook groups that aren't set to private

1 hour ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

https://www.tmz.com/2023/03/17/the-wire-star-lance-reddick-dead-dies/

That's unfortunate, really liked him in "Bosch" and of course The Wire too.

31 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

That's unfortunate, really liked him in "Bosch" and of course The Wire too.

He was in the "Surface" TV show and in the John Wick movies. The International will need a new manager.

8 hours ago, iHeart said:

did you fall for one of those fake RIP bots? (it's usually him or Sylvester Stallone, or Jaden Smith or the biebs) they're all over facebook groups that aren't set to private

Nah, didn't fall for it. I went to check new sources & no one was reporting it so I figured it was fake. 

https://www.castanet.net/news/BC/419171/Red-Robinson-legend-of-Vancouver-rock-n-roll-radio-dies-at-86#419171

If anyone knew or remembers longtime Bomber fan (and old OB poster) Pumper, he passed away a couple weeks ago.

 

 

 

it's been awhile but Coolio's cause of death has been revealed

https://tvline.com/2023/04/06/coolio-cause-of-death-fentanyl-drugs/

Edited April 6, 20232 yr by iHeart

Danny Schur, the composer and producer who brought the Winnipeg General Strike musical Strike! to the stage and its film adaptation, Stand!, to cinemas, died Monday of brain cancer. He was 56.

https://archive.is/2023.04.11-030728/https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2023/04/10/man-of-vision-2

when I worked in Dauphin a billion years ago (seemingly) we interviewed him a fair bit, as he was a "local". Was always a genuine and passionate supporter of Manitoba. Really big loss, this. 

7 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Danny Schur, the composer and producer who brought the Winnipeg General Strike musical Strike! to the stage and its film adaptation, Stand!, to cinemas, died Monday of brain cancer. He was 56.

https://archive.is/2023.04.11-030728/https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2023/04/10/man-of-vision-2

wait he co-wrote Americas, Come and Play too?! get ready Winnipeggers I have a special surprise coming

 

Ta Da!

 

Edited April 11, 20232 yr by iHeart

9 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Danny Schur, the composer and producer who brought the Winnipeg General Strike musical Strike! to the stage and its film adaptation, Stand!, to cinemas, died Monday of brain cancer. He was 56.

https://archive.is/2023.04.11-030728/https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2023/04/10/man-of-vision-2

A really rough way to die- with brain cancer, analgesics are very limited in the relief they offer.

 

 

                           

RIP Al Jaffee. Artist for Mad magazine. Died at 102. Sketch in peace!

 

 

If I make it to 102 I will genuinely be accepting of the rare blessings that allow human beings to live this long.

7 hours ago, kelownabomberfan said:

If I make it to 102 I will genuinely be accepting of the rare blessings that allow human beings to live this long.

For me it comes down to quality of life. Spending days in a diaper sitting in a wheelchair while drooling and unresponsive is not living, it is just existing. 

2 hours ago, Tracker said:

For me it comes down to quality of life. Spending days in a diaper sitting in a wheelchair while drooling and unresponsive is not living, it is just existing. 

Yah, far better to check out before that stage sets in.  Got to have an exit plan and be capable of executing it while you still can, unfortunately it's usually the family that prolongs life well beyond it's rational expiration date.  It's a bit insane.

59 minutes ago, Fatty Liver said:

Yah, far better to check out before that stage sets in.  Got to have an exit plan and be capable of executing it while you still can, unfortunately it's usually the family that prolongs life well beyond it's rational expiration date.  It's a bit insane.

That's why there are "final care directives".

40 minutes ago, Tracker said:

That's why there are "final care directives".

Need to really open up legalized suicide in this country. 20 and up - no need to have a terminal/painfull illness either.  

Another one for the "I didn't know they were still alive files"

https://deadline.com/2023/04/mary-quant-dies-iconic-british-fashion-designer-was-93-miniskirt-hotpants-1235324061/

This from a couple of days ago:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/10/arts/michael-lerner-dead.html

Lasse Wellander

 

The guitarist who played some of ABBA's greatest hit has died. Lasse Wellander, lead guitarist for the band ABBA, died Friday at the age of 70.