Notable Deaths of 2025

12_Gauge_Chimp · July 18, 2025, 10:32:21 AM

Quote from: NT2C on July 18, 2025, 09:36:44 AMReported by Sierra Hotel Aeronautics on Facebook:

QuoteWe are saddened to report that Felix Baumgartner, Austrian skydiver and BASE jumper known for his 14 October 2012 jump from a helium balloon at an altitude of 119,431 feet — during which he set world records by reaching an estimated top speed of 843.6 mph (Mach 1.25), becoming the first person to break the sound barrier without a vehicle — has died in a fatal paragliding accident while flying over Porto Sant'Elpidio, Italy.
Felix flew west today at 56 years of age.

From what I understand, Felix had a medical episode while piloting a powered paraglider, attempted to make an emergency landing and hit a small wooden hut near a pool at a local camping area.

echo83 · July 18, 2025, 04:53:07 PM

Quote from: 12_Gauge_Chimp on July 18, 2025, 10:32:21 AM
Quote from: NT2C on July 18, 2025, 09:36:44 AMReported by Sierra Hotel Aeronautics on Facebook:

QuoteWe are saddened to report that Felix Baumgartner, Austrian skydiver and BASE jumper known for his 14 October 2012 jump from a helium balloon at an altitude of 119,431 feet — during which he set world records by reaching an estimated top speed of 843.6 mph (Mach 1.25), becoming the first person to break the sound barrier without a vehicle — has died in a fatal paragliding accident while flying over Porto Sant'Elpidio, Italy.
Felix flew west today at 56 years of age.

From what I understand, Felix had a medical episode while piloting a powered paraglider, attempted to make an emergency landing and hit a small wooden hut near a pool at a local camping area.

Makes sense. I think it's cosmically unfair to survive a free fall from space only to die in a paragliding accident. Dude was really something else...

NT2C · July 21, 2025, 01:15:33 PM

Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who starred as Theo on Cosby Show, dies in drowning at 54

12_Gauge_Chimp · July 21, 2025, 06:12:07 PM

Quote from: NT2C on July 21, 2025, 01:15:33 PMMalcolm-Jamal Warner, who starred as Theo on Cosby Show, dies in drowning at 54

From the sound of it, it's possible he got caught in a riptide.

aikorob · July 22, 2025, 01:41:37 PM

Breaking news -----Ozzy
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/ozzy-osbourne-dead-76

Lambykins · July 22, 2025, 02:05:24 PM

Quote from: aikorob on July 22, 2025, 01:41:37 PMBreaking news -----Ozzy
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/ozzy-osbourne-dead-76

I just saw this on my news feed and it hit me HARD.
Mama, he's coming home.

12_Gauge_Chimp · July 22, 2025, 02:21:38 PM

Quote from: Lambykins on July 22, 2025, 02:05:24 PM
Quote from: aikorob on July 22, 2025, 01:41:37 PMBreaking news -----Ozzy
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/ozzy-osbourne-dead-76
I just saw this on my news feed and it hit me HARD.
Mama, he's coming home.

Ozzy was a big part of my teenage years, so this hit me pretty hard as well.

Rest in peace, Ozzy. Now you can go make music with Randy Rhoads again.

https://youtu.be/K0siYUjV9UM?si=Pur7pq850eqjwSg8

aikorob · July 24, 2025, 11:06:28 AM

Hulk Hogan..............2025 is taking NO prisoners

https://www.tmz.com/2025/07/24/hulk-hogan-dead/

Lambykins · July 24, 2025, 11:14:49 AM

Quote from: aikorob on July 24, 2025, 11:06:28 AMHulk Hogan..............2025 is taking NO prisoners

https://www.tmz.com/2025/07/24/hulk-hogan-dead/

What a f*cking week....

NT2C · July 24, 2025, 11:22:53 AM

Brother... oh brother.

NT2C · July 24, 2025, 01:30:33 PM

Kenneth Washington, Last Surviving Main Cast Member of 'Hogan's Heroes,' Dies at 88

12_Gauge_Chimp · July 24, 2025, 02:16:09 PM

Quote from: aikorob on July 24, 2025, 11:06:28 AMHulk Hogan..............2025 is taking NO prisoners

https://www.tmz.com/2025/07/24/hulk-hogan-dead/

Ok, this one really hurts me.

When I was a kid, Hulk Hogan (and later on to a slightly lesser extent, The Undertaker) was my favorite wrestler and I used to wish he was my dad instead of the one I actually had.

ETA: Since Death is apparently on a roll, someone check on Rick Flair and make sure he's still kicking.

aikorob · July 24, 2025, 02:21:23 PM

Ol' Grim is putting in overtime

Chuck Mangione
https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2025/07/24/chuck-mangione-dies-famed-trumpeter-and-composer-was-84/85357708007/

Lambykins · July 24, 2025, 05:53:02 PM

Damn....just ...damn. So that's a lot in one week...starting with Connie Francis...
I seriously don't want to see the news tomorrow.

Lambykins · July 24, 2025, 06:36:01 PM

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/golden-earring-founder-george-kooymans-dies-77-124031605
George Kooymans, age 77. Co-founder of Golden Earring.
Grim Reaper seems to be going after musicians hard-core.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msg-inxE8NU

majorhavoc · July 24, 2025, 07:39:24 PM

Quote from: aikorob on July 24, 2025, 02:21:23 PMOl' Grim is putting in overtime
Chuck Mangione
https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2025/07/24/chuck-mangione-dies-famed-trumpeter-and-composer-was-84/85357708007/

Yeah, no shit. This is getting seriously depressing ...

12_Gauge_Chimp · July 24, 2025, 09:25:31 PM

I'm starting to think if the Grim Reaper takes Keith Richards next, the apocalypse will soon be upon us.

NT2C · July 24, 2025, 10:07:22 PM

Quote from: 12_Gauge_Chimp on July 24, 2025, 09:25:31 PMI'm starting to think if the Grim Reaper takes Keith Richards next, the apocalypse will soon be upon us.

But Valhalla will have an awesome band.

12_Gauge_Chimp · July 24, 2025, 11:41:11 PM

Quote from: NT2C on July 24, 2025, 10:07:22 PM
Quote from: 12_Gauge_Chimp on July 24, 2025, 09:25:31 PMI'm starting to think if the Grim Reaper takes Keith Richards next, the apocalypse will soon be upon us.
But Valhalla will have an awesome band.

True.

I can only imagine the tunes Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads are making now that they've been reunited.

NT2C · July 25, 2025, 10:28:04 AM

I'mma get a big roll of the good bubble wrap and head to Willie Nelson's place. Who's with me?