In Memoriam

[PRlady]

RIP Seiji Ozawa

Renowned Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa has died, aged 88

The world-renowned conductor, best known for his long-standing relationship with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, has died at the age of 88.

www.classicfm.com

John Williams wrote this tribute to him in 1999

Seiji Ozawa and John Williams reunite at the 2023 Matsumoto Festival in Japan

Happy Birthday to John Williams who turned 92 yesterday.

Believe it or not, my mom took me to a concert he guest-conducted in the ‘60s and I developed a giant crush on Seiji. OMG was he charismatic. A great life.

 

[skipaway]

Kenyan Marathon World Record Holder Dies with Coach in Auto Accident

 

[Aceon6]

He was planning on trying for a sub 2 hour time this April in Rotterdam

 

[overedge]

Damo Suzuki, the vocalist of the great uncategorizable group Can, has passed away https://www.theguardian.com/music/2...e-us-some-of-the-1970s-most-exotic-rock-music

 

[Vagabond]

Bob Edwards.

https://www.npr.org/2024/02/12/165681524/bob-edwards-dead-Edward's.

I wouldn't say that I woke up to him, but I did drive to work listening to him.

 

[Cachoo]

Aleksei Navalny, Russian Opposition Leader, Dies in Prison at 47

The Kremlin’s fiercest critic, whose work brought arrests, attacks and a near-fatal poisoning in 2020, had spent months in isolation.

www.nytimes.com

Too young and I understand that his supporters have all sorts of questions about his death.

 

[once_upon]

Aleksei Navalny, Russian Opposition Leader, Dies in Prison at 47

The Kremlin’s fiercest critic, whose work brought arrests, attacks and a near-fatal poisoning in 2020, had spent months in isolation.

www.nytimes.com

Too young and I understand that his supporters have all sorts of questions about his death.

I think the world too.

 

[Cachoo]

I am willing to bet most of us don’t know him but we should: RIP

Charles Sallis, 89, Dies; Upended the Teaching of Mississippi History

He collaborated on a textbook so unsparing in its review of the state’s grim past that it was barred from schools almost as soon as it appeared.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Vagabond]

Wilhelminia Fernandez Wiggins, the Diva of Diva

New York Times obituary (gifted, llink valid for two weeks)

“Diva,” in fact, would be Ms. Fernandez’s only film role. In interviews, she said that she had never any desire to be an actress, believing that the static environment of a film set was no substitute for the electricity of the stage.

This was fitting for the her character in Diva, Cynthia Hawkins, who refused to let her voice be recorded.

She married Ormond Fernandez, a mail carrier

The protagonist of Diva is a mail carrier.

Lexington Herald-Leader Obituary

1987 Radio Interview with Bruce Duffie

Diva, Opening Scene

I saw Diva twice during its two-year run in Paris and was lucky enough to see WFW as Leonora in a production of Il Trovatore. Happy memories.

 

[once_upon]

It's gifted. What a remarkable life

Hydeia Broadbent, H.I.V. and AIDS Activist, Dies at 39 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/....omei.YXq_CEGKZR9R&smid=nytcore-android-share

 

[BittyBug]

Flaco, the Eurasian Eagle owl who was freed from his enclosure at New York's Central Park Zoo by a vandal, and who went on to live a life of freedom in NYC for a little over a year, has died from an apparent window strike. WCS will perform a necropsy to confirm the cause of death.

Flaco, Escaped Central Park Zoo Owl and Defier of Doubts, Is Dead

Let loose by an act of vandalism, the Eurasian eagle-owl died after apparently striking an Upper West Side building, according to the zoo.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Winnipeg]

Too bad it was the eagle and not the vandal.

 

[sk9tingfan]

An update as to Flaco's probable cause of death:

https://twitter.com/gpgomez/status/1761597931935736049

But now refuted:

Initial Necropsy Findings for Flaco Are Consistent with Death Due to Acute Traumatic Injury

New York City, Feb. 24, 2024 – The following statement was released by Central Park Zoo: Bronx Zoo pathologists performed a necropsy today on Flaco, the Central Park Zoo’s Eurasian eagle owl, who died yesterday evening after reportedly colliding with a Manhattan building. The initial f

newsroom.wcs.org

 

[Buzz]

R.I.P.

Star Trek actor Kenneth Mitchell is dead after battle with ALS

Star Trek actor Kenneth Mitchell has died at 49-years-old after a five-year battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, his family has confirmed.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[skatingguy]

R.I.P.

Star Trek actor Kenneth Mitchell is dead after battle with ALS

Star Trek actor Kenneth Mitchell has died at 49-years-old after a five-year battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, his family has confirmed.

www.dailymail.co.uk

I think he might be most recognizable for his role in the post-apocalyptic drama Jericho.

 

[vgerdes]

R.I.P.

Star Trek actor Kenneth Mitchell is dead after battle with ALS

Star Trek actor Kenneth Mitchell has died at 49-years-old after a five-year battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, his family has confirmed.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Damn. Far too young. I really, really hope a cure for ALS is found in my lifetime. Such a horrific disease.

R.I.P.

Chris Gauthier, of Once Upon a Time and Eureka, Dead at 48

Chris Gauthier of TV's 'Once Upon a Time' and 'Eureka' has died at age 48.

tvline.com

Gauthier “passed suddenly and unexpectedly following a short illness,” his manager told TVLine.

I loved Eureka, always will remember "Vincent"

I loved him in Eureka and Once Upon a Time. What's with all these people dying in their 40s? Ugh.

 

[text_skate]

R.I.P.

Chris Gauthier, of Once Upon a Time and Eureka, Dead at 48

Chris Gauthier of TV's 'Once Upon a Time' and 'Eureka' has died at age 48.

tvline.com

Gauthier “passed suddenly and unexpectedly following a short illness,” his manager told TVLine.

I loved Eureka, always will remember "Vincent"

 

[Kasey]

Rest in peace, Richard Lewis

 

[Cachoo]

Rest in peace, Richard Lewis

I loved him with Jaime Lee Curtis in “Anything but Love” for the few seasons it was on. RIP

 

[Buzz]

R.I.P.

Mac Sinise, the son of “Forrest Gump” actor Gary Sinise, has died at the age of 33 following a long illness with a rare form of cancer, his family has announced.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/28/entertainment/gary-sinise-son-mac-death-scli-intl/index.html

 

[my little pony]

rest in power Iris Apfel!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/03/01/iris-apfel-fashion-dead/

 

[icie]

Flaco, the Eurasian Eagle owl who was freed from his enclosure at New York's Central Park Zoo by a vandal, and who went on to live a life of freedom in NYC for a little over a year, has died from an apparent window strike. WCS will perform a necropsy to confirm the cause of death.

Flaco, Escaped Central Park Zoo Owl and Defier of Doubts, Is Dead

Let loose by an act of vandalism, the Eurasian eagle-owl died after apparently striking an Upper West Side building, according to the zoo.

www.nytimes.com

There was a memorial service for Flaco. RIP noble owl.

MSN

 

[once_upon]

I always wanted a "poodle skirt" in high school, but mom thought it was frivolous

Juli Lynne Charlot, Creator of the Poodle Skirt, Dies at 101 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/04/fashion/juli-lynne-charlot-dead.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

 

[VALuvsMKwan]

Singer and actor Steve Lawrence has passed.

Steve and his late wife Eydie Gorme were one of the most talented and successful couples in show business.

Steve Lawrence, Grammy-Winning Pop Stylist and Actor, Dies at 88

His late wife, singer Eydie Gormé, was his "partner onstage and in life" for more than 55 years.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[MacMadame]

'Dragon Ball' creator Akira Toriyama dies at 68

The manga series started in 1984 and is an international million-seller that was turned into hugely popular anime series, video games and films.

apnews.com

 

[Wyliefan]

Singer and actor Steve Lawrence has passed.

Steve and his late wife Eydie Gorme were one of the most talented and successful couples in show business.

Steve Lawrence, Grammy-Winning Pop Stylist and Actor, Dies at 88

His late wife, singer Eydie Gormé, was his "partner onstage and in life" for more than 55 years.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

He did a lot of Carol Burnett Show episodes. She has a sweet post up. https://www.instagram.com/p/C4OwRfavQ98/?igsh=bTBobTAybW9nd3kz

 

[Cachoo]

'Dragon Ball' creator Akira Toriyama dies at 68

The manga series started in 1984 and is an international million-seller that was turned into hugely popular anime series, video games and films.

apnews.com

His death is causing a stir at another site where I post. I honestly had never heard of him but he is treated with reverence by those posters. RIP

 

[MacMadame]

His death is causing a stir at another site where I post. I honestly had never heard of him but he is treated with reverence by those posters. RIP

I have fond memories of watching Dragon Ball Z with my son. It was a fun show.

 

[BittyBug]

I am very sorry to report that multi-instrumentalist and composer extraordinaire, Karl Wallinger, of the Waterboys and World Party, has died at the far too young age of 66.

Karl Wallinger, songwriter and frontman of World Party, dies at 66

Welsh-born musician and composer also played with the Waterboys and worked on Sinéad O’Connor’s debut album

www.theguardian.com

“One of the finest musicians I've ever known”: Karl Wallinger, guitarist and singer of World Party, dies at 66

A highly-regarded multi-instrumentalist and arranger, Wallinger was also a key early member of the Waterboys

www.guitarworld.com

Karl Wallinger of World Party has died, aged 66

Karl Wallinger of World Party, a former member of the Waterboys, died on Sunday, confirms publicist

www.loudersound.com

He was a genius songwriter, with a voice that alternated between sounding like Mick Jagger and Bob Dylan. I had the pleasure of seeing him in the late 90's in a very small club and he was amazing - just an insanely talented musician.

 

[Buzz]

Hungry Eyes is one of my favourite songs from the 80s. R.I.P.

Raspberries Lead Singer Eric Carmen Dead at 74

Eric Carmen, known as the lead singer of the Raspberries, has passed away at the age of 74.

www.tmz.com