As always, may this be the shortest thread at the end of the year.

Peter Yarrow, Singer With Folk Legends Peter, Paul & Mary and Co-Writer of 'Puff the Magic Dragon,' Dies at 86

https://variety.com/2025/music/news/peter-yarrow-peter-paul-mary-dead-1236268691/

Bob Uecker "Mr. Baseball" has passed.
Bob Uecker "Mr. Baseball" has passed.

Bob has struck out...

Quote from: NT2C on January 16, 2025, 10:59:32 AMBob has struck out...

"Juuuuuust a bit outside"

Famed director David Lynch also passed away today at the age of 78.

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

ETA: Correction, David Lynch passed away on January 15th, not the 16th.

So he didn't pass the same day as Bob Uecker as I'd previously thought.

Quote from: 12_Gauge_Chimp on January 16, 2025, 01:38:44 PMFamed director David Lynch also passed away today at the age of 78.

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

I am really, really bummed about this.  I watched Twin Peaks when it originally aired and kept pinching myself that I was living in an age when something that brilliant and quirky was on network television.

Quote from: majorhavoc on January 16, 2025, 06:49:14 PM

Quote from: 12_Gauge_Chimp on January 16, 2025, 01:38:44 PMFamed director David Lynch also passed away today at the age of 78.

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

I am really, really bummed about this.  I watched Twin Peaks when it originally aired and kept pinching myself that I was living in an age when something that brilliant and quirky was on network television.

This one actually kind of shocked me a bit. I knew David Lynch wasn't doing too good health wise, but still.

Garth Hudson
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14309361/Garth-Hudson-surviving-member-Band-dies-87.html

John Sykes, Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy guitarist, dies aged 65

QuoteAutomotive product legend Hal Sperlich passed away Monday at 95, but his memory lives on in the millions of pony cars and minivans that ply our highways. Sperlich was known as the father of two American icons, the Ford Mustang and Chrysler minivan. Colleagues remember him as one of the most significant product developers of his generation.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2025/01/21/rip-mustang-minivan-pioneer-hal-sperlich-1929-2025/77859040007/

Maybe not as well-known as some, but those are a couple of pretty massive accomplishments!

Singer Marianne Faithfull passed away at age 78 today.

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

Quote from: 12_Gauge_Chimp on January 30, 2025, 01:11:31 PMSinger Marianne Faithfull passed away at age 78 today.

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

Also played a nice Ophelia if you can get over Williamson´s Hamlet. She was a very good actress as well.

Mike Lange 

Lange, legendary Penguins broadcaster, dies at 76 | NHL.com

QuoteRoberta Flack, the Grammy-winning soul singer best known for her celebrated interpretations of romantic ballads like "Killing Me Softly With His Song," as well as her professional collaborations and social activism, has died, according to a statement from her publicist. She was 88.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/24/entertainment/roberta-flack-death/index.html

Actress Michelle Trachtenberg was found dead this morning in her NYC apartment.

Cause of death is currently listed as natural causes due to complications from a liver transplant she'd undergone recently. She was 39.

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

Gene Hackman

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/oscar-winning-actor-gene-hackman-wife-found-dead-santa-fe-home

That one hit me hard. One of my all-time favorite actors.
He always made me believe. No matter what character he played, he WAS that character for the duration of the movie. Although not a great movie, I loved his performance in Bat 21.
You never felt like he was A C T I N G (main reason I don't like Meryl Streep....even the critics are like "Look at her A C T!" ).
Hackman just was the character.

Quote from: Lambykins on February 27, 2025, 08:55:49 AMThat one hit me hard. One of my all-time favorite actors.
He always made me believe. No matter what character he played, he WAS that character for the duration of the movie. Although not a great movie, I loved his performance in Bat 21.
You never felt like he was A C T I N G (main reason I don't like Meryl Streep....even the critics are like "Look at her A C T!" ).
Hackman just was the character.

Definitely one of the giants of my generation.  Two thoughts:

1) something klugy about his death, as his 63 yo wife and even the family dog were also found dead 

2) growing up, I remember my mom getting depressed when certain actors or singers died. "All my childhood idols are dying off," was her lament. I couldn't understand why that was so upsetting to her. They were just a bunch of washed up performers from old movies or who sang old-timey music, I remember thinking.  Now I understand 

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Clint is 95
Shatner is 94