The Notable Death Thread

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6710457/Hero-NYPD-K-9-dog-named-Caesar-served-Afghanistan-euthanized-battle-cancer.html

NYPD K-9 dog named Caesar died after a battle with cancer (15th of Feb, so a little old). That's literally the only death I've heard of recently that made my eyes water.



An adorable badass, ha.

 

R.I.P. Caesar. Fuck cancer.

 

Hal Blaine died yesterday. One of the greatest session drummers of all time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Blaine#Legacy_and_recognition

 

R.I.P Charlie Whiting.

F1 & FIA are not the same without Charlie.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/47564762

 

According to that Wikipedia article, he was active from 1949 to 2019. That's a seventy-year career. Not many musicians achieve anything like that kind of longevity. My hat's off to Mr. Blaine.

 

Harry ‘Taco’ Bowman, the former international president of the Outlaws motorcycle club concluded his sentence of two life terms plus 83 years with the US Department of Corrections at the Federal Medical Center at Butner, NC March 3. He was 69.

It’s not known if his upbringing led to his life of crime or to his conviction on RICO and murder charges, but Taco Bowman was the product of a Catholic High School in Detroit.

 

The legend has come to its end. Dick Dale, King of the Surf Guitar, is no more. He was 81.

 

He will be missed indeed.

 

Did you know that the guy that sings "Der Kommissar" died in 1998? You learn something new everyday.

 

Rafi Eitan, the man who captured Adolf Eichmann.

And planned the bombing of the Osirak reactor.

And handled Jonathan Pollard.

And probably a ton of other stuff, but the Mossad is pretty tight-lipped.

 

Larry Cohen, director of such cult horror classics as 'It's Alive!' And 'God Told Me To' died March, 23. He was 77.

 

Okay, not sure how notable since I never heard of them before today, but apparently a musical duo calling themselves "Her's" were killed in a car crash this week.

Here's the first song I found:

 

They had a cool sound. Too bad they couldn't make more music

 

Agnes Varda has passed away.

 

Tania Mallet, played Tilly Masterson in Goldfinger died at 77.

 

Dan Robbins, the guy who invented paint-by-numbers, dead at 93.

 

Richard "Dick" Cole, the last crewmember of the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, has died at 103 years old.

 

Rest in peace, Gene Wolfe:

https://www.tor.com/2019/04/15/gene-wolfe-in-memoriam-1931-2019/

https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/sci-fis-difficult-genius

 

Aw, hell, that is upsetting. He was one of my favourite writers. Rest in peace and such.

 

I came to comment on his passing. His story The Death of Dr. Island remains one of my all-time favorites. An utterly masterful piece of work. He also wrote The Island of Dr. Death, but that's a different story.

 

Yes. I was thinking of re-reading that one. It has been a while.

 

For those old enough to remember the Mary Tyler Moore TV show, Georgia Engel dead at 70.

 

Aw, I loved her as Pat on Everybody Loves Raymond, too! The smoking episode and the bird episode were two of my favorites. R.I.P.

 

I was surprised she was only 70. She was younger than I realized when she was on the Mary Tyler Moore show, especially to be dating Ted Baxter.