Obituary Thread, famous people, places & events.

[Jeepnokc]

Robert Blake passes at 89

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/09/enter...ath/index.html

[Laramie]

Willis Reed, Hall of Fame Center for Champion Knicks, Dies at 80


Born: 1942, Lincoln Parish, LA
Died: March 21, 2023

New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/21/s...reed-dead.html

[Jeepnokc]

Michael Lerner passes away at 81

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/09/enter...ath/index.html

[Jersey Boss]

Al Jaffee, cartoonist and illustrator extrodinaire passed at 102 years of age. Noted for inventing the "foldout" for Mad Magazine.

Al Jaffee, longtime Mad magazine cartoonist, dead at 102 | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/al-jafee-...4abcb0daa5d571

[Martin]

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wow... i had no idea that guy was still alive.

[Brett]

Dame Edna Everage has Died

[Bowser214]

I hate to hear she's passed on. I didn't realize how old she was.. She was so hilarious! I can't believe Carol Burnet will be celebrating her 90th birthday!

[Jeepnokc]

Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian singer-songwriter whose hits included “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” and “Sundown,” died Monday at 84, his spokesperson told CNN.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/01/enter...ath/index.html

[Jeepnokc]

The lights go out at Rosie's Bar. Eileen Saki, actress who played Rosie in MASH has passed at 79 RIP

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv...ie-1235478405/

[Jersey Boss]

JIM BROWN, R.I.P.

https://apnews.com/article/nfl-jim-b...1ae8d8dd0a6aaa
Only the G.O.A.T. NFL running back, one of the best NCAA lacrosse players and 3 sport stars at Syracuse.
Not to mention civil and social activist and movie star.
A great individual on many stages. The nation and world lost a great man.

[Laramie]

Sunrise: November 26, 1939 - Sunset: May 24th 2023

[Bill Robertson]

Two of the biggest icons of their trade gone in the last week. Sad. Yeah we often have people pass as we get older. But Jim Brown and Tina Turner were absolutely one of a kind in what they did.

[Laramie]

Pat Robertson

Sunrise: March 22, 1930 - Sunset: June 8, 2023

Television: The 700 Club (1966–2021)

Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson was an American media mogul, religious broadcaster, political commentator, presidential candidate, and Southern Baptist minister. Robertson advocated a conservative Christian ideology and was known for his involvement in Republican Party politics.

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[oktxatty]

Is this obituary thread for famous OKC people or just any famous person? Not sure why an obituary in this thread for someone in Hollywood or Cleveland, Ohio or whatever is relevant to OKC Talk unless there is an OKC connection. Doesn't bother me personally, just asking.

[Laramie]

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[Jersey Boss]

Ted "Unabomber" Kacynski was found dead in his cell. He was 81 years old. Cause of death not revealed

[Laramie]

Michael Jackson (1958- June 25, 2009)


George Armstrong Custer (1839 – June 25, 1876)

[Laramie]

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Famous July 16 Deaths: https://playback.fm/death-date/july-16

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[Laramie]

Sunrise: November 27, 1940 - Sunset: Jul 20, 1973 (age 32)


Oklahoma's Chuck Norris reflects . . .

[OKCisOK4me]

Nm, I noticed it was just July 20th anniversary of a death 50 years ago...not today... BL legend

[Laramie]

Emmett Till:

Born: July 25, 1941, Chicago, IL - Died: August 28, 1955, Drew, MS

Emmett Louis Till was an African American boy who was abducted, tortured, and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 at the age of 14, after being accused of offending a white woman,

This Day in History; https://www.history.com/this-day-in-...of-emmett-till

[Mountaingoat]

Sinead O'Connor dead at 56. A talented but unhappy and troubled person.

[Jersey Boss]

Michael Jackson (1958- June 25, 2009)


George Armstrong Custer (1839 – June 25, 1876)

A chomo and a mass murderer being recognized on this thread?
Do better.

[fortpatches]

A chomo and a mass murderer being recognized on this thread?
Do better.

A slight aside, I just listened to the podcast episode on Buffalo Calf Road Woman on "What really happened".

In 2005 Northern Cheyenne storytellers broke more than 100 years of silence about the battle. They were sworn to keep the oral history regarding the battle a secret. They credited Buffalo Calf Road Woman (the heroine of the Battle of the Rosebud where she won the name "Brave Woman") with striking the blow that knocked Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer off his horse before he died. (Custer also went through something like 17 horses. His horses were very unlucky and were frequently killed).

[TheTravellers]

A chomo and a mass murderer being recognized on this thread?
Do better.

To be fair, Jackson made some great music but was a horrible person, like Sinatra (and others). I've had to learn to separate the art from the person, which is hard to do sometimes.