Death announcements for persons of note

[euclid]

German football legend Franz Beckenbauer dies aged 78.

Cheers Euclid

[Terre]

The actor Ian Lavender has died, aged 77. (February 2nd.)

The last of the original cast of 'Dad's Army'.

Don't Tell Em Pike!

Forever "Pike"

[Warenwolf]

Louis Gossett, film actor with career from 50s to 00s, died today.

https://nypost.com/2024/03/29/entertain ... ies-at-87/

[chew-ie]

rip, Jaffa

[berth]

Missed this: Peter Higgs, theoretical physicist and predictor of the Higgs boson, has died, aged 94.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68774853

[Vertigo 7]

OJ Simpson kicked the bucket. Womp womp.

[jlehtone]

Roger Corman, the “King of the Bs”, left us after 98 years. https://apnews.com/article/roger-corman ... 9d4b881645

[Terre]

Robert Heath Dennard has died, aged 91.

Inventor of DRAM.

[jlehtone]

Gordon Bell dies at 89. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/21/tech ... -dead.html

The designer of minicomputers, prototypes of "PC".

[burger1]

Actor Bob Newhart has died at age 94.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/b ... -1.7268308

[berth]

James Earl Jones, US actor, most(?) famously the voice of Darth Vader, has died at 93.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce81rkg87w8o

[matthewfarmery]

May he rest in peace, his Dark Vadar voice was awesome. Shame that he didn't get the credit that he deserved until much later in his career.

May the Force be with you

[Observe]

President Jimmy Carter dead at the age of 100. May he rest in well-deserved peace.

[Stu Austin]

Rest in peace peanut man.

stu

[Stu Austin]

Peter Yarrow, folk singer of Peter, Paul and Mary has died at age 86. Rest in Peace.

stu

[euclid]

John Sykes (Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake) died from cancer age 65. RIP

Cheers Euclid

[birdtable]

Marianne Faithfull ,,, 30 - 1 - 2025. A feast for the eyes and the ears. A girl very much of my generation.. Sadly gone.

[fiksal]

Gene Hackman and pianist wife Betsy Arakawa found dead at home with their dog
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/f ... ife-dog-95

[matthewfarmery]

RIP, he was a fine actor. and RIP to his wife as well. I remember him in The Poseidon Adventure. Great film if no one has seen it. He really played that part well. So will be missed.

[fiksal]

Indeed, said to see go like this. What happened there...