The 2026 Grim Reaper Thread

[FrostyWinnipeg]

https://www.nhl.com/news/hall-of-fame-goaltender-glenn-hall-dead-at-94

Edited January 8 by FrostyWinnipeg

[SpeedFlex27]

2 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

https://www.nhl.com/news/hall-of-fame-goaltender-glenn-hall-dead-at-94

When someone reaches Glenn Hall's age, his life should be celebrated & not mourned. Most of us won't make it past 85. 

[HardCoreBlue]

8 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

When someone reaches Glenn Hall's age, his life should be celebrated & not mourned. Most of us won't make it past 85. 

On behalf of the MBB community, thanks for that uplifting speech.

[SpeedFlex27]

14 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

On behalf of the MBB community, thanks for that uplifting speech.

Nothing wrong with saying that, It wasn't meant to be a negative. He had a wonderful long life that most of us could only imagine. 

[HardCoreBlue]

1 hour ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Nothing wrong with saying that, It wasn't meant to be a negative. He had a wonderful long life that most of us could only imagine. 

Just yanking your chain. It's a service I provide. 🙂

[FrostyWinnipeg]

11 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Most of us won't make it past 85. 

Cause they were very bad people 😉

[iHeart]

I thought he was already dead

https://www.tmz.com/2026/01/10/grateful-dead-guitarist-bob-weir-dies/

[Mark H.]

21 minutes ago, iHeart said:

I thought he was already dead

https://www.tmz.com/2026/01/10/grateful-dead-guitarist-bob-weir-dies/

He's truly grateful now.

[FrostyWinnipeg]

1 hour ago, iHeart said:

I thought he was already dead

https://www.tmz.com/2026/01/10/grateful-dead-guitarist-bob-weir-dies/

He just looked like the other guy who died 15 years ago.

[SpeedFlex27]

Never was a Deadhead mostly because I didn't drop acid in the 60's. They only had one song I liked & it was their most commercially successful, A Touch Of Grey from 1986. I was never into that California Drug Counter Culture ****. 

 

Edited January 11 by SpeedFlex27

[SpeedFlex27]

4 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

He just looked like the other guy who died 15 years ago.

Not at all. You're talking about lead singer Jerry Garcia. He had serious health complications mostly due to his very bad lifestyle choices related to being overweight, drinking, drug addictions & diabetes. .He died 31 years ago in his mid 50's. Cost him his life at a relatively early age. 

[iHeart]

I never really read the strip but the animated series did air on Teletoon which I did watch. Needless to say I'd be sad about Adams if he wasn't a moron

https://people.com/scott-adams-dead-dilbert-creator-was-68-11882012?utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&utm_content=manual&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com

Edited January 13 by iHeart

[Brandon]

Dilbert and Office Space are/were perfect representations of working in an office environment with cubicles.     It was a classic comic strip during the 90's and 00's.  

 

[iHeart]

she stood her ground on a bus 9 months before Rosa Parks did

https://people.com/claudette-colvin-dead-civil-rights-pioneer-11884987?utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&utm_content=manual&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com

[iHeart]

yeah I know to most of you another nobody but he was one of the legends that was working at the studio during the Disney renaissance, in multiple departments, including directing the Lion King

https://www.tmz.com/2026/01/18/roger-allers-lion-king-director-dead/

[iHeart]

https://deadline.com/2026/01/valentino-dead-legendary-italian-fashion-designer-93-1236689607/

[FrostyWinnipeg]

https://www.tmz.com/2026/01/30/catherine-ohara-dead/?adid=social-tw

[iHeart]

No matter how hard I tried I could never get into Nightmare before Christmas

I enjoyed her in Both Beetlejuice films though

[HardCoreBlue]

3 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

https://www.tmz.com/2026/01/30/catherine-ohara-dead/?adid=social-tw

Thanks for all the laughs, joys and comforts you brought us you talented woman you.

[Brandon]

13 minutes ago, iHeart said:

No matter how hard I tried I could never get into Nightmare before Christmas

I enjoyed her in Both Beetlejuice films though

As a Canadian it is almost a requirement to watch classic SCTV sketches.   She was great in them. 

She was fantastic in Schitts Creek and I assume her biggest role were the Home Alone movies.  

What's crazy is that I saw on social media last week the clip of her in the John Candy documentary talking about having dreams of John and asking him why he had to leave so early.  I guess she finally can see her friend again. 

 

[kelownabomberfan]

Catherine O’Hara, Canadian actor and 'Schitt’s Creek' star, dead at 71

This just plain sucks.  She was so amazing.  First Joe Flaherty, now her.  We're down to just Martin Short, Andrea Martin and Eugene Levy from SCTV still with us.  Good to see Andrea Martin working with Martin Short in "Only Murders in the Building".  

Edited 1 hour ago by kelownabomberfan

[iHeart]

3 minutes ago, Brandon said:

As a Canadian it is almost a requirement to watch classic SCTV sketches.   She was great in them. 

She was fantastic in Schitts Creek and I assume her biggest role were the Home Alone movies.  

What's crazy is that I saw on social media last week the clip of her in the John Candy documentary talking about having dreams of John and asking him why he had to leave so early.  I guess she finally can see her friend again. 

 

Knowing the stories I've heard about him, it makes me sad he left early too.

[kelownabomberfan]

Just now, iHeart said:

Knowing the stories I've heard about him, it makes me sad he left early too.

I've read a John Candy biography and watched two different documentaries.  His family had a history of heart disease, and he was a smoker, heavy drinker who was morbidly obese.  He wasn't going to make it much past 43.

7 minutes ago, Brandon said:

As a Canadian it is almost a requirement to watch classic SCTV sketches.   She was great in them. 

She was fantastic in Schitts Creek and I assume her biggest role were the Home Alone movies.  

What's crazy is that I saw on social media last week the clip of her in the John Candy documentary talking about having dreams of John and asking him why he had to leave so early.  I guess she finally can see her friend again. 

 

She was a main character on the show "The Studio" on Apple TV with fellow Canadian Seth Rogan.  They were just starting production on Season 2 so this is probably going to cause a lot of issues as she would have had a part in every script.

[Noeller]

I'm not a Schitts Creek person at all, but she's an absolute icon of Canadiana. SCTV and Home Alone are what I associate her with most. Jeeze... 71 is just WAY too young unless there's some kinda underlying illness, but she's been really active with The Studio, and it sure didn't seem like she was having any issues. 

[iHeart]

17 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

I've read a John Candy biography and watched two different documentaries.  His family had a history of heart disease, and he was a smoker, heavy drinker who was morbidly obese.  He wasn't going to make it much past 43.

She was a main character on the show "The Studio" on Apple TV with fellow Canadian Seth Rogan.  They were just starting production on Season 2 so this is probably going to cause a lot of issues as she would have had a part in every script.

I read he was afraid he would meet the same fate as his father which was dying early