Notable death

@rookie54 said
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
[youtube]LWRMOJQDiLU[/youtube]

rest in peace

Amazing.

Hermann Heidegger (adopted) son of the famous philosopher and the Custodian of Heideggers legacy.

Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell. (Animal Farm, 1984, and many more.)

Terry Jones of Monty Phython

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51209197

@ponderable said
Terry Jones of Monty Phython

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51209197

😢

Basketball legend Kobe Bryant, 41, one of five people killed in a California helicopter crash.

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Bryant’s 13 year old daughter died with him, along with members of her basketball team and their parents.

IMO, noting Bryant’s death does not detract from the others who died, but his name is widely known, and I think it reaches a collective community reminding a large number of humans that life is so unpredictable and precious.

Tomorrow marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp reminding the world of the survivors, the liberators, those who died there, and the atrocities that have occurred and are occurring in our time.

May we use these memorials as reminders that we each have the choice and capacity to be more human.

Nicholas Parsons, long-time presenter of BBC Radio 4's Just a Minute. 1923-2020, 96 years old and still working on the show he himself started in 1967.

@shallow-blue said
Nicholas Parsons, long-time presenter of BBC Radio 4's Just a Minute. 1923-2020, 96 years old and still working on the show he himself started in 1967.

Aaw......😢 Had no idea he was 96 with him still doing the show.

What a great life!

Paul Farnes dies at 101.

Paul was the last remaining ‘ACE’ (pilots credited with bringing down 5 or more enemy aircraft) of the Battle of Britain.

There are now apparently only two remaining survivors of “The Few” who fought to defend the skies above southern England and the English Channel against the Luftwaffe.

Source: Telegraph.

Andy Gill, Gang of Four

"This is so hard for us to write, but our great friend and Supreme Leader has died today.

Andy’s final tour in November was the only way he was ever really going to bow out; with a Stratocaster around his neck, screaming with feedback and deafening the front row.

His uncompromising artistic vision and commitment to the cause meant that he was still listening to mixes for the upcoming record, whilst planning the next tour from his hospital bed.

But to us, he was our friend - and we’ll remember him for his kindness and generosity, his fearsome intelligence, bad jokes, mad stories and endless cups of Darjeeling tea. He just so happened to be a bit of a genius too.

One of the best to ever do it, his influence on guitar music and the creative process was inspiring for us, as well as everyone who worked alongside him and listened to his music. And his albums and production work speak for themselves. Go give ‘em a spin for him…"

Love you mate.

John, Thomas and Tobias
GANG OF FOUR

@fmf said
Andy Gill, Gang of Four

"This is so hard for us to write, but our great friend and Supreme Leader has died today.

Andy’s final tour in November was the only way he was ever really going to bow out; with a Stratocaster around his neck, screaming with feedback and deafening the front row.

His uncompromising artistic vision and commitment to the cause meant that he was sti ...[text shortened]... themselves. Go give ‘em a spin for him…"

Love you mate.

John, Thomas and Tobias
GANG OF FOUR

That is so sad. I am a great fan of Gang of Four.

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Mike Hoare aka Mad Mike

A well known figure from the wars in Kongo in the 60's