Notable death

@shallow-blue said
Something I've not seen mentioned anywhere: does the tiger survive them both? They're pretty long-lived, for felines.

the tiger named Montecore, died in 2014 at the age of 17

@lemondrop said
the tiger named Montecore, died in 2014 at the age of 17

A greater loss than either of them.

GM Gildardo Garcia, Colombia

Phil Spector.

@moonbus said
Phil Spector.

What a strange character he was, so creative but also so troubled?

@drewnogal said
What a strange character he was, so creative but also so troubled?

creepy

@lemondrop said
creepy

Yes, violent and dangerous. Should have been under a psychiatrist / psychologist long before his death.

@drewnogal said
What a strange character he was, so creative but also so troubled?

Was he a murderer?

@torunn said
Was he a murderer?

He died in prison for shooting an actress who he’d brought to his mansion a few hours before. He made a habit of firing off guns and once held one to the head of Debbie Harry and a few other people in the arts.

@torunn said
Was he a murderer?

yes

@drewnogal said
He died in prison for shooting an actress who he’d brought to his mansion a few hours before. He made a habit of firing off guns and once held one to the head of Debbie Harry and a few other people in the arts.

Yeah, not sure if it was actually premeditated, but it certainly fell under "you knew this was gonna happen one day and yet you insisted on being a nutcase" culpability. Murder by not caring at the very least.

@shallow-blue said
Yeah, not sure if it was actually premeditated, but it certainly fell under "you knew this was gonna happen one day and yet you insisted on being a nutcase" culpability. Murder by not caring at the very least.

So no sad feelings over him.

@torunn said
So no sad feelings over him.

his trial made for good television
watched it all
he died where he belonged

Dündar Ali Osman

Not that I had heard about him previously, but I was surprised to learn that there is still a Turkish Sultan in waiting...and that Erdogan brought him in from Syria...

RIP free improv guitarist John Russel.