I'm still trying to figure out how I feel about this one. He sure wasn't my hero, but he wasn't a villain, either, and that seems increasingly rare in the Republican party...
Burt Reynolds was the first celebrity I ever saw in Los Angeles. I could never see the appeal and never found him attractive, but when I saw him in person it became obvious to me why other people might. In person, he looked like a “movie star” and radiated that indefinable thing that made him stand out from every other human on Wilshire Boulevard that day, times ten. You couldn’t take your eyes off him, whether you found him attractive or not. ETA: And true to his old-school movie star training, he was friendly to everyone on the street. R.I.P.
Not sure if this is this forum's usual forte, but rapper Mac Miller died yesterday of an apparent overdose. He was 26.
This may be premature, but the Mars Opportunity rover went into hibernation on June 10th, 2018 due to a dust storm. The storm ended in late August, but Opportunity hasn't been heard from for more than 100 days. If it has indeed ceased function, it lasted over fourteen years beyond its designed lifespan of 90 sols (around 92 earth days), roughly equivalent to a human being ("threescore and ten) living around 4000 years.
Of course the conspiracy theory nuts say it's running fine, it just found something the government doesn't want to admit to, so by claiming it went off line they don't have to show anything. Maybe they found the forwarding address card listing earth as our new habitat.
John Cunliffe, the creator of Postman Pat. He also wrote and appeared in the first season of Rosie and Jim. He actually passed away on the 20th, but it was confirmed by his family yesterday.
https://www.npr.org/2018/10/04/654282422/juan-romero-busboy-who-cradled-dying-rfk-dies-at-68 You know all those pictures of the Robert Kennedy assassination? The young man in those photos who was holding the dying presidential candidate has himself passed away.
There’s no such thing as a male duck. All ducks are female, the males of the species is called a drake.
I don't think it's actually true, so... maybe "things I thought I knew that I didn't know" or whatever that thread is called?
Since it has not been mentioned. Charles Aznavour, a French-Armenian singer And perhaps one of the more famous singer within the francophonic scene died a few days ago on the 1 October. It is s few days late, but there we go.
Jazz great, sax player Sonny Fortune died at Mount Siani Hospital, NY, due to complications after a series of strokes back in September. He was 79.
Infamous Boston mobster Whitey Bulger was found dead in prison, he was 89, a ripe old age for someone in his line of work. ETA: News now reports that Whitey may not have died of natural causes; he may have had some help
I literally just heard about this this morning while catching up on my back issues of Asimov's. Such a shame.
