Notable Deaths of 2021

[EBuff75]

Jane Powell, best known for starring in the classic musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, has died at 92.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/17/entertainment/jane-powell-death-scli-intl/index.html

[flybynight]

George Holliday ,dead from Covid

https://www.yahoo.com/news/george-holliday-man-filmed-rodney-234137373.html

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Actor Willie Garson, best known for his role in the HBO series "Sex and the City", passed away today at age 57. Cause of death was pancreatic cancer.

[Mr. E. Monkey]

Actor Willie Garson, best known for his role in the HBO series "Sex and the City, passed away today at age 57. Cause of death was pancreatic cancer.

He was in a couple of episodes of Stargate SG-1 too.  Played an alien hiding out on Earth, lost his memory, and such.  We actually just watched one of his episodes the other night.   




Pancreatic cancer, too...that sucks. 

[MPMalloy]

Paddy Moloney, founder of The Chieftains, has passed.  He was 83.

Paddy Moloney

[EBuff75]

"Three-time Newbery Honor author Gary Paulsen, known for his wilderness adventure novels for children such as 'Hatchet,' died this morning at age 82."   

https://comicbook.com/irl/news/gary-paulsen-writer-of-ya-hatchet-novels-dies-at-82/

[EBuff75]

Cole, of the 'Cole and Marmalade' channel on YouTube died this week at age 9 due to cancer.  If you watch cat videos, you probably know this channel and may have already seen the announcement.  Good hunting little house panther!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj-Z0XIvyTE

[MPMalloy]

Colin Luther Powell, GEN, Ret. (SecState).  He was 84.

[flybynight]

Colin Luther Powell, GEN, Ret. (SecState).  He was 84.

From complications of Covid

[NT2C]

Colin Luther Powell, GEN, Ret. (SecState).  He was 84.

[RoneKiln]

Colin Luther Powell, GEN, Ret. (SecState).  He was 84.

From complications of Covid

And multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that destroys the body's ability to fight infection.

A lazy google search tells me his Parkinson's was likely a major factor of his death as well.

I'm a little disturbed to see a lot of simplistic headlines in the media saying he died of covid while vaccinated. I'm concerned that will only add fuel to the politicizing of medical practices. While there were a few times I strongly disagreed with Powell, I believe he sincerely dedicated his life to serving others. I hope my cynicism is unwarranted and nobody succeeds in using his passing (or the poor quality of media coverage on his passing) to amplify conflict or to argue vaccines don't work.

[Raptor]

A friend died in 2020 he was in stage 4 pancreatic cancer and had a DNR order on his chart in 2019. In case you do not know that means a painful death was 99% likely within 6 months.  He contracted COVID and died. The cause of death was listed as COVID. The pancreatic cancer was not even listed as an underlying issue on the death certificate.

So yes people see COVID and ignore the underlying issues.

[Mr. E. Monkey]

A friend died in 2020 he was in stage 4 pancreatic cancer

Oh man, I'm sorry.   

[flybynight]

A friend died in 2020 he was in stage 4 pancreatic cancer and had a DNR order on his chart in 2019. In case you do not know that means a painful death was 99% likely within 6 months.  He contracted COVID and died. The cause of death was listed as COVID. The pancreatic cancer was not even listed as an underlying issue on the death certificate.

So yes people see COVID and ignore the underlying issues.

This is true. The original article I read about his passing   (and the reason I posted that he died from covid ) never mentioned any underlying health conditions. Just  that he died from complications of covid

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Actor Peter Scolari, perhaps best known co-starring with Tom Hanks in the TV show "Bosom Buddies" in the early 80's, passed away today at age 66. Cause of death is listed as cancer.

[Lambykins]

 

Actor Peter Scolari, perhaps best known co-starring with Tom Hanks in the TV show "Bosom Buddies" in the early 80's, passed away today at age 66. Cause of death is listed as cancer.

[EBuff75]

James Michael Tyler, who played Gunther on Friends has died at age 59 from prostate cancer.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/24/us/james-michael-tyler-died-friends/index.html

[NT2C]

Danny from the Taofledermaus YouTube channel


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6qVwTOVmfI

[MPMalloy]

Morton Lyon Sahl, political/social satirist.  He was 94.

[MPMalloy]

Neal Edward Smith (March 23, 1920 – November 2, 2021) was an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives for the Democratic Party from Iowa from 1959 until 1995, the longest-serving Iowan in the United States House of Representatives. He was 101.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfhmA31OxE4