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09 Mar 17 15:52

moonbus

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30 Dec 19 22:23

Neil Innes

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50948921

Shallow Blue

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03 Jan 20 19:13

@moonbus said
Neil Innes

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50948921

Seventh Python, Ron Nasty and Urban Spaceman.

(and yes, that's him as First Monk)

(and f&#k, those lyrics are more intelligent than any they are parodying, especially Dylan's!)

Never was his like.

Suzianne

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03 Jan 20 19:38

David Stern, commissioner of the NBA for 30 years (1984-2014).

On December 12, 2019, Stern suffered a brain hemorrhage and underwent emergency surgery. He died in Manhattan on January 1, 2020, at age 77.

moonbus

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03 Jan 20 19:41

@Suzianne

BTW, we missed a couple from 2019. Did you see that D.C. Fontana passed away? She wrote some of the best original Star Trek scripts, and edited many others.

Suzianne

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03 Jan 20 19:47

@moonbus said
@Suzianne

BTW, we missed a couple from 2019. Did you see that D.C. Fontana passed away? She wrote some of the best original Star Trek scripts, and edited many others.

Oh, no!

I hadn't heard. 🙁

moonbus

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03 Jan 20 20:35

@Suzianne

D.C. Fontana obituaries.

https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2019-12-05/d-c-fontana-star-trek-writer-dead

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/d-c-fontana-who-helped-shape-star-trek-its-first-n1095211

Paul A Roberts

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03 Jan 20 20:40

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-50979463

Qasem Soleimani.

Could be the most notable death of the 21st century. Commencing World War 3.

Ponderable

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10 Jan 20 09:00

Mike Resnick
a Titan in the Science Fiction world has died aged 77

rookie54

free tazer tickles..

wildly content...

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11 Jan 20 02:51

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i am certified

rookie54

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11 Jan 20 03:03

i just found out that neil peart
drummer for the progressive rock group rush
died of brain cancer 1/7/2020

my heart is breaking

this is almost nine minutes, and worth listening

rest in peace

FMF

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11 Jan 20 03:18

@rookie54 said
i just found out that neil peart
drummer for the progressive rock group rush
died of brain cancer 1/7/2020

When I was at school, the kids who liked Rush, generally, struck me as being a little bit more cerebral and more musical than kids who liked bands like Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Nazareth, Camel, Deep Purple etc. I was more into Bowie, Wyatt, Zappa, Talking Heads, The Who.

R.I.P. Neil: thanks for the excellent drumming and excellent lyrics, although I only really came to realize how excellent they were when I was back cataloguing in the 90s there somewhere when my music appreciation was no longer tribal.

Very Rusty

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11 Jan 20 10:34

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Most Canadians in the Maritimes and across most of the country would know this man.

John Crosbie dead at 88 | CBC News - CBC.ca
https://www.cbc.ca › news › canada › john-crosbie-obituary-1.5413882

DescriptionJohn Carnell Crosbie, PC OC ONL QC was a provincial and federal politician who served as the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Wikipedia
Born: January 30, 1931 (age 88 years), St. John's
Spouse: Jane Furneaux (m. 1952)
Parents: Chesley Crosbie
Children: Ches Crosbie, Michael Crosbie, Beth Crosbie
Education: London School of Economics and Political Science (1956–1957), MORE
Books: No Holds Barred: My Life in Politics