The Notable Death Thread

I always liked Daffodil Lament, but I admit I went for the first link YouTube gave me.

 

Ursala LeGuin

 

I was literally just about to post this.

 

Oh, damn. That's a sad one.

 

Yes, that one hurt. Her work was truly inspired.

 

I just heard about her death. She was a very gifted writer and one of my dad's favorites. I know he'll be sad to hear of her death as well.

Forgot to add that my parents live near Portland, so the fact that she was a local writer makes this even sadder.

 

Sad. She was one of few literary idols I had that were still alive.

 

Very sad to hear this. She was a giant in sci-fi, and her Steering the Craft is a great book on writing.

 

Connie Sawyer, the oldest working actress in Hollywood /oldest active member of SAG, has passed away at age 105. She had acting credits up to 2014.

http://people.com/movies/connie-sawyer-hollywoods-oldest-working-actress-dies/

 

Mark E Smith (((

 

Dang, yo. Music's taken one hell of a hit these past months.

 

Naomi Parker Fraley, the woman thought to be the inspiration of the Rosie the Riveter poster, passed away on January 20 at age 96.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-naomi-parker-fraley-rosie-the-riveter-dies-20180124-story.html

 

This one hit hard, for sure.

 

F. Scott Fitzgerald. Guy died in his 40s. Imagine if he made it to his 60s or 70s and wrote more work in his later years. That would've provided a lot of inspiration for future generations.

But, more recent. Hitchens. Funny, I don't know if it's a good thing or a sad thing that I can't think of any more recent people to put on here that are really noteworthy. It could just be I don't know, but I guess I'm thinking in terms of people who are somewhat mainstream. As OP said, people who've entered our public consciousness. I'm sure there are notable people in smaller circles that would fit the bill.

 

Mort Walker, creator of Beetle Bailey

 

Ingvard Kamprad died last night.

I hope I won't have to introduce him any further.

 

Nooooooooo! John Mahoney, who played Frasier's dad on Frasier. Just got the alert. Age 77. RIP.

ETA: From the Hollywood Reporter: He was a medical magazine editor who quit his day job at almost age 40 to study acting. Won a Tony, a Theatre World Award, and got two Emmy nominations. Impressive!

 

Shoot, forum was on holiday and I forgot, but Billy Graham has moved on.

 

Yes, heard this just recently on the news, he so nearly reached a hundred.

 

For those of us above a certain age, Major Winchester has died.

 

Sad, not only has Alan Alda lost his greatest foil, but I'm starting to suspect I'm getting close to being over a certain age.

 

Roger Bannister, the first person to break the four-minute mile.

 

Amy Lee, singer for Evanecence, is NOT dead, should anyone come across that headline. Tuesday someone posted ‘R.I.P. Amy Lee’ on the band’s facebook page, and.... well, leave it to silly people to blow it up into something it’s not.

 

Stephen Hawking is dead:

 

This one sucks.