Notable Deaths of 2023

[aikorob]

Henry Kissinger, polarizing Cold War Secretary of State, dead at 100.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/us/henry-kissinger-dead.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20231129&instance_id=0&nl=breaking-news&ref=cta&regi_id=25014933&segment_id=151307&user_id=872981b00cc4f31e03ec80295b29169f
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/us/henry-kissinger-dead.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20231129&instance_id=0&nl=breaking-news&ref=cta&regi_id=25014933&segment_id=151307&user_id=872981b00cc4f31e03ec80295b29169f

I honestly though he was gone years ago

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Henry Kissinger, polarizing Cold War Secretary of State, dead at 100.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/us/henry-kissinger-dead.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20231129&instance_id=0&nl=breaking-news&ref=cta&regi_id=25014933&segment_id=151307&user_id=872981b00cc4f31e03ec80295b29169f
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/us/henry-kissinger-dead.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20231129&instance_id=0&nl=breaking-news&ref=cta&regi_id=25014933&segment_id=151307&user_id=872981b00cc4f31e03ec80295b29169f

I honestly though he was gone years ago

Same here.

I might've gotten him confused with someone else.

Kind of like how I used to get Mary Tyler Moore and Carol Burnett mixed up.

[NT2C]

Henry Kissinger, polarizing Cold War Secretary of State, dead at 100.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/us/henry-kissinger-dead.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20231129&instance_id=0&nl=breaking-news&ref=cta&regi_id=25014933&segment_id=151307&user_id=872981b00cc4f31e03ec80295b29169f
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/us/henry-kissinger-dead.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20231129&instance_id=0&nl=breaking-news&ref=cta&regi_id=25014933&segment_id=151307&user_id=872981b00cc4f31e03ec80295b29169f

I honestly though he was gone years ago

Same here.

I might've gotten him confused with someone else.

Kind of like how I used to get Mary Tyler Moore and Carol Burnett mixed up.

Say what now?

Okay, I used to mix up Carol Burnett and Vicky Lawrence, but MTM? 

[majorhavoc]

Henry Kissinger, polarizing Cold War Secretary of State, dead at 100.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/us/henry-kissinger-dead.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20231129&instance_id=0&nl=breaking-news&ref=cta&regi_id=25014933&segment_id=151307&user_id=872981b00cc4f31e03ec80295b29169f
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/us/henry-kissinger-dead.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20231129&instance_id=0&nl=breaking-news&ref=cta&regi_id=25014933&segment_id=151307&user_id=872981b00cc4f31e03ec80295b29169f

I honestly though he was gone years ago

Same here.

I might've gotten him confused with someone else.

Kind of like how I used to get Mary Tyler Moore and Carol Burnett mixed up.

Please tell me Carol Burnett is still alive.  One of my earliest memories is watching Tim Conway's dentist skit on the Carol Burnett show with my mother and both of us laughing our asses off.

[EBuff75]

And we just lost another astronaut too. 

Mary Cleave, the NASA astronaut who in 1989 became the first woman to fly on a space shuttle mission after the Challenger disaster, has died at the age of 76, the space agency announced on Wednesday.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/29/world/mary-cleave-nasa-astronaut-obit-scn/index.html

[Uomo Senza Nome]

Kissinger was still issuing his opinions on things as late as this year. People stopped listening years ago....

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Henry Kissinger, polarizing Cold War Secretary of State, dead at 100.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/us/henry-kissinger-dead.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20231129&instance_id=0&nl=breaking-news&ref=cta&regi_id=25014933&segment_id=151307&user_id=872981b00cc4f31e03ec80295b29169f
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/us/henry-kissinger-dead.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20231129&instance_id=0&nl=breaking-news&ref=cta&regi_id=25014933&segment_id=151307&user_id=872981b00cc4f31e03ec80295b29169f

I honestly though he was gone years ago

Same here.

I might've gotten him confused with someone else.

Kind of like how I used to get Mary Tyler Moore and Carol Burnett mixed up.

Please tell me Carol Burnett is still alive.  One of my earliest memories is watching Tim Conway's dentist skit on the Carol Burnett show with my mother and both of us laughing our asses off.

She's still alive, Major. She's 90 years old now and is somewhat retired from acting, though she will occasionally take a role in either a TV show or movie.

[Barr]

Shane MacGowan, former lead singer of The Pogues has died.

[aikorob]

Sandra Day O'Connor
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67593879

[NT2C]

Sandra Day O'Connor
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67593879

NPR:Sandra Day O'Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court, dies
NPR:Sandra Day O'Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court, dies

Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the court, died Friday in Phoenix, Ariz., of complications related to advanced dementia, probably Alzheimer's, and a respiratory illness, the court announced. She was 93 years old.

[MPMalloy]

Myles Francis Goodwyn (born Miles Francis Goodwin) of April Wine.  He was 75.

Canada Fucking ROCKS!!

[NT2C]

Denny Laine, co-founder of the Moody Blues

[EBuff75]

Famed television producer Norman Lear, whose wildly successful TV sitcoms including "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" fused comedy with trenchant social commentary and dominated network ratings in the 1970s, died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles, his family announced on his website. He was 101.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/06/entertainment/norman-lear-death/index.html

[Uomo Senza Nome]

Famed television producer Norman Lear, whose wildly successful TV sitcoms including "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" fused comedy with trenchant social commentary and dominated network ratings in the 1970s, died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles, his family announced on his website. He was 101.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/06/entertainment/norman-lear-death/index.html

Another man that lived an amazing life and he huge influence on the American Experience and helped bring about social change. He flew over 50 combat missions in WWII as a B17 Gunner/ RTO then had a successful career in marketing before easing into entertainment.

Norman Lear brought real black programming to television. Sanford and Son, the Jeffersons, Good Times were all his productions. He brought real talk with it. The programs might have been sitcoms but they presented the issues of the day and he did his best to present them fairly so each side felt they had an advocate for their voice. He was working up till the time he passed doing what he loved. We should all be so lucky.

[DarkAxel]

Famed television producer Norman Lear, whose wildly successful TV sitcoms including "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" fused comedy with trenchant social commentary and dominated network ratings in the 1970s, died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles, his family announced on his website. He was 101.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/06/entertainment/norman-lear-death/index.html

Another man that lived an amazing life and he huge influence on the American Experience and helped bring about social change. He flew over 50 combat missions in WWII as a B17 Gunner/ RTO then had a successful career in marketing before easing into entertainment.

Norman Lear brought real black programming to television. Sanford and Son, the Jeffersons, Good Times were all his productions. He brought real talk with it. The programs might have been sitcoms but they presented the issues of the day and he did his best to present them fairly so each side felt they had an advocate for their voice. He was working up till the time he passed doing what he loved. We should all be so lucky.

I come from a family that was pretty racist as I grew up, and it was shows like Sanford and Son and the Jeffersons that shaped my understanding of black Americans as I grew up. Lear's shows had a huge impact in my life. They humanized black Americans, and pretty much un-othered them for me. Seeing stories about black Americans and their struggles made me realize that they pretty much share the same struggles as my family. I have a lot of respect for Norman Lear, and I'm sad to see him go.

[Lambykins]

Ryan O'Neal
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ryan-o-neal-star-love-214707670.html

[Uomo Senza Nome]

This was back in August but quite notable.


https://newsrnd.com/life/2023-08-31-kiyoshi-yamazaki--grandmaster-of-hollywood-karate--and-teacher-of-arnold-schwarzenegger-has-died.Syx9cL3pa2.html

Kiyoshi Yamazaki, 9th dan of karate and figure of martial arts in Hollywood, has died. He is best known for being Arnold Schwarzenegger's martial arts and sword teacher in Conan the Barbarian (1982) and its sequels in the 1980s. His other famous students are Sting, Wilt Chamberlain, Brigitte Nielsen, Grace Jones, Sean Connery and Dennis Quaid. He was also Kyle McLachlan's master in "Dune" in 1984.

He performed cameos and stunts in a number of movies he was hired on as trainer. In the first Conan he notably disciplines an unserious student. He did great work. If you saw a movie where the fights looked real in the 1900s he was likely involved in it.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Actor Andre Braugher, known for his roles on "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" and "Homicide: Life on the Street", passed away on December 11th, 2023 at the age of 61.

Cause of death is listed as brief illness.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Braugher

[EBuff75]

Actor Andre Braugher, known for his roles on "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" and "Homicide: Life on the Street", passed away on December 11th, 2023 at the age of 61.

Cause of death is listed as brief illness.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Braugher

More info has come out.  He was diagnosed with lung cancer several months ago. 

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/14/entertainment/andre-braugher-lung-cancer-death/index.html

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Actor Andre Braugher, known for his roles on "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" and "Homicide: Life on the Street", passed away on December 11th, 2023 at the age of 61.

Cause of death is listed as brief illness.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Braugher

More info has come out.  He was diagnosed with lung cancer several months ago. 

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/14/entertainment/andre-braugher-lung-cancer-death/index.html

I was thinking it was going to end up being cancer.