______ Passed Away Today, RIP (1 Viewer)

[proteus126]

RIP Christopher Tolkien.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/16/jrr-tolkiens-son-christopher-dies-aged-95

Blinnan in fridu

 

[NutterButter]

Died doing what he loved|

 

[Nick Vermeil]

Died doing what he loved|

What a way to go. 

 

[rogwadd]

Died doing what he loved|

Saw him play many times with the XRays at Night Flight Cafe in Savannah in the early 80s.  RIP Dave.

 

[Osaurus]

RIP Terry Jones. You made me laugh so much. 

 

[Brony]

RIP Terry Jones. You made me laugh so much. 

One of my favorites of the troupe. 

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

RIP TJ

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

One of my favorite Terry Jones skits, with two departed legends. (Jones and Chapman.)

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2rovw3

It splits my gut when Chapman hails a cab, and then Jones starts meticulously looking around the immediate area.

Pure genius 

 

[Henry Ford]

RIP Terry Jones. You made me laugh so much. 

I'd like to imagine that somewhere, right now, someone is fetching him The Comfy Chair.

 

[badmojo1006]

The Queen expressing her sadness of Terry Jones passing

 

[Henry Ford]

Fare thee well, Mr. Creosote.

 

[wikkidpissah]

wOw - my comedy icons are dropping like flies. Imus, Innes, Buck Henry & now the most underrated Python, Terry Jones. wOw. 

but there is one aspect of Terry Jones's career which is non-parreil - his pantomime at the 5:30 point of Owl-Stretching Time is the best in the history of television and as good as any of the silent-film greats. RIP -

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Planters' mascot Mr. Peanut is dead. However he may be reincarnated during the Super Bowl. 

And to think the monocle was just about to make a comeback.

 

[TheIronSheik]

Planters' mascot Mr. Peanut is dead. However he may be reincarnated during the Super Bowl. 

Holy cow.  Are we actually going to get some FUNNY Super Bowl commercials this year?  I feel like it's been decades since we've had funny commercials.  Sad and woke have been the mantra of late.  Remember that one insurance commercial with the dead kids?  Jesus.  

 

[squistion]

Planters' mascot Mr. Peanut is dead. However he may be reincarnated during the Super Bowl. 

Probably for the best at his age (104) as friends close to him said in recent years that he was just a shell of himself.

 

[Don Quixote]

JIm Lehrer  :(

 

[Nipsey]

JIm Lehrer  :(

Oh man. Huge loss.

 

[Henry Ford]

JIm Lehrer  :(

Crazy.  Moderated twelve Presidential debates.

 

[wikkidpissah]

JIm Lehrer  :(

Just when we need more of him.   RIP - 

 

[Henry Ford]

Kobe Bryant.  Helicopter crash today. 

 

[identikit]

Kobe Bryant.  Helicopter crash today. 

https://www.tmz.com/2020/01/26/kobe-bryant-killed-dead-helicopter-crash-in-calabasas/

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Wow.  Mr R was watching the Rockets game.  They announced it when they came back from commercial.  

Wikipedia says his daughter was with him.  How awful.

 

[Eephus]

Planters' mascot Mr. Peanut is dead. However he may be reincarnated during the Super Bowl. 

From Ad Age
 

Planters paused its Super Bowl campaign centered around the fictitious Mr. Peanut’s death following the deaths of Kobe Bryant, his daughter, and seven others in a helicopter crash.

As of Monday, it remained unclear how the brand would proceed with its marketing strategy leading up to and during the Super Bowl.

“We are saddened by this weekend’s news and Planters has paused all campaign activities, including paid media, and will evaluate next steps through a lens of sensitivity to those impacted by this tragedy,” the brand said in a statement Monday.

 

[Jules Winnfield]

Chris Doleman dies at 58

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

58. Way too young. Dude was a sack machine. RIP

#### cancer 

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

RIP Bob Shane

The last founding member of the Kingston Trio.

 

[Tom Servo]

#### cancer 

That's something we can all agree on, GB.

 

[rockaction]

RIP Bob Shane

The last founding member of the Kingston Trio.

M.T.A. is saddened today. R.I.P.

That's something we can all agree on, GB.

Agreed. 

 

[wikkidpissah]

RIP Bob Shane

The last founding member of the Kingston Trio.

He'll never return

No, he'll never return

And his fate will be unlearned

But he will indeed ride forever 'cross the streets of Boston........

RIP -

 

[Tony Jabroni]

Chris Doleman at 58

Tormented me and my Packers for years. 58 is way too young.

 

[[scooter]]

RIP Bob Shane

The last founding member of the Kingston Trio.

He'll never return

No, he'll never return

And his fate will be unlearned

(poor ol' Bobby)

I sang that song at least a thousand times in elementary school, along with "Tom Dooley" and dozens of other songs which were probably staples of the Kingston Trio's set.

 

[NREC34]

Chris Doleman just tweeted about surviving brain cancer 4 days ago. I don’t understand what happened in that soon of a time. 

 

[Big League Chew]

My 14 year old black lab, Duke.  RIP

 

[Eephus]

Chris Doleman just tweeted about surviving brain cancer 4 days ago. I don’t understand what happened in that soon of a time. 

Seizures are a common occurrence for brain cancer patients and can cause sudden death.  I have no idea if this is what happened to Doleman.  RIP

 

[El Floppo]

Chris Doleman just tweeted about surviving brain cancer 4 days ago. I don’t understand what happened in that soon of a time. 

Seizures are a common occurrence for brain cancer patients and can cause sudden death.  I have no idea if this is what happened to Doleman.  RIP

My dad had pancreatic cancer and went in minutes from an embolism, not the cancer itself (which he had only just been diagnosed with)

 

[Leroy Hoard]

My 14 year old black lab, Duke.  RIP

I grew up next to a black lab on each side of the fence. Loved Blue & Pooky like they were my own dogs.

 

[Henry Ford]

My 14 year old black lab, Duke.  RIP

I'm sorry.  I will be made fun of for this and I don't care.

 

[Henry Ford]

I do not believe in "God."  Or "Heaven."  But I have to believe somehow, some way, we get to experience or be a part of the love of the creatures we saved and who saved us once we shuffle off this mortal coil.  I simply can't bear to have lost such a thing forever.

I suppose I hope that I am larger than my contradictions.

 

[Jules Winnfield]

What is this link?

It looks like I inserted the wrong link. It’s corrected now

 

[El Floppo]

Rip Andy Gill, guitarist and cofounder of gang of four. A billion post-punk guitarists owe you their jangly, feedback sound.

Also rip Taliesin school of architecture...frank Lloyd Wright's. Unclear to me what happened with it...some issue between board, dean and accreditation I think. Sad. Strange place and bizarre attempting to ape what the master did...but you could do far worse than that.

 

[Eephus]

Comedian Jack Burns died at age 86.  He had a long career but had his greatest success as half of a comedy team with Avery Schreiber.  He also replaced Don Knotts on the Andy Griffith Show and "fought" with Andy Kaufman on live network television.

 

[krista4]

Also rip Taliesin school of architecture...frank Lloyd Wright's. Unclear to me what happened with it...some issue between board, dean and accreditation I think. Sad. Strange place and bizarre attempting to ape what the master did...but you could do far worse than that.

Aw, that's sad.  I visited the one in Wisconsin last year, and the whole concept seemed so cool.  Seemed like a commune, in a good way.

 

[El Floppo]

Aw, that's sad.  I visited the one in Wisconsin last year, and the whole concept seemed so cool.  Seemed like a commune, in a good way.

I assume both Taliesins FLW culty drink the koolaid facilities are staying open- just the school in AZ on the Taliesin grounds is closing. At least, that's how I'm understanding it.

 

[krista4]

I assume both Taliesins FLW culty drink the koolaid facilities are staying open- just the school in AZ on the Taliesin grounds is closing. At least, that's how I'm understanding it.

No, I'm talking about the school in Wisconsin.  There were schools at both locations.

 

[El Floppo]

No, I'm talking about the school in Wisconsin.  There were schools at both locations.

Oh...I didn't know that- thanks.

I wonder if they're linked or if they're separate entities?

Googling now. Still not clear what went down in AZ

 

[krista4]

Oh...I didn't know that- thanks.

I wonder if they're linked or if they're separate entities?

Googling now. Still not clear what went down in AZ

They're linked (or were); students traveled fairly frequently between the two.  They're both closing.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Comedian Jack Burns died at age 86.  He had a long career but had his greatest success as half of a comedy team with Avery Schreiber.  He also replaced Don Knotts on the Andy Griffith Show and "fought" with Andy Kaufman on live network television.

Jack Burns was a funny guy.  Used to watch Burns & Schreiber all the time.

 

[Osaurus]

Rip Andy Gill, guitarist and cofounder of gang of four. A billion post-punk guitarists owe you their jangly, feedback sound.

Truly a loss. Gill’s influence will never cease.

 

[Osaurus]

They're linked (or were); students traveled fairly frequently between the two.  They're both closing.

Wow. I just saw this. I was lucky enough to walk through their studio at Taliesin last Labor Day weekend. A sad day indeed. 

 

[wikkidpissah]

Jack Burns was a funny guy.  Used to watch Burns & Schreiber all the time.

When he was a young Boston comic, i used to kid Jay Leno that he stole his "serious" voice from Jack Burns. He didn't deny it. RIP -