RIP: To remember those lost to us, whether close or at large

[clean]

The Department Chair that hired me 21 years ago died the day after Christmas.  I had emailed him about New Years and again about the start of the term, and no reply. He was famous/notorious for replying within hours! 

I did a search of his name and his obituary was the first thing to pop up.   No one had notified the university, so I had to take care of that. I dont know what the university does if/when notified.

The dean that first hired me also died!  He died the first week of January. He and the chair worked very closely together and were instrumental in getting us to the position we are in now.  To have them both die within 10 day...

[AmLitHist]

Jean Carnahan, straight-talking US Senator from Missouri. She was appointed to fill her husband's term after he'd won election posthumously, following a plane crash.

[fleabite]

The Department Chair that hired me 21 years ago died the day after Christmas.  I had emailed him about New Years and again about the start of the term, and no reply. He was famous/notorious for replying within hours! 

I did a search of his name and his obituary was the first thing to pop up.   No one had notified the university, so I had to take care of that. I dont know what the university does if/when notified.

The dean that first hired me also died!  He died the first week of January. He and the chair worked very closely together and were instrumental in getting us to the position we are in now.  To have them both die within 10 day...

That is very sad, clean. I am sorry for your double loss.

[hmaria1609]

Actor Carl Weathers at age 76

[secundem_artem]

Wayne Kramer - Guitarist for the legendary MC5. 

"Kick out the jams muthafvkas!"

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/arts/music/wayne-kramer-dead.html

[Bbmaj7b5]

Wayne Kramer - Guitarist for the legendary MC5. 

"Kick out the jams muthafvkas!"

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/arts/music/wayne-kramer-dead.html

A real one.

[clean]

Country Music Singer Toby Keith  at 62  (stomach cancer).

[Langue_doc]

Country Music Singer Toby Keith  at 62  (stomach cancer).

Link to the NYT obit.

[namazu]

Seiji Ozawa. (obit from WBUR)

[Myword]

Actor Ryan O'Neill, aged 82.

I was a big fan. An underrated actor. Starred in Barry Lyndon, one of my alltime favorites, A masterpiece of art

[Myword]

I saw both, but only after I had read the novels. I also remember seeing "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" with Richard Buton.

Here is the obit: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/13/books/john-le-carre-dead.html

Incidentally, one of the clues in NYT's Monday crossword (the online edition is released Sun evening) is on John Le Carre.

One of my favorites is "Call for the Dead"--short, tight, and gripping.

The Tailor of Panama   read it twice and great movie with Brosnan and Jamie Lee Curtis, Geoffrey Rush
A satire on the CIA intelligence

[secundem_artem]

Canadian former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney at 84.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/29/world/canada/brian-mulroney-dead.html

The slimiest sack of merde to ever inhabit 24 Sussex Avenue. We were still living in The Great White North when Muldoon became PM.  As I recall, his nickname was "lint" because when George HW Bush put his hand in his pocket, he'd come out with lint.

I remember going into a bookstore and there was a paperback with Muldoon on the cover.  Somebody had scratched the eyes out.

He was elected to Parliament with what I believe was the biggest majority ever.  By the time he left, the Tories were left with a half dozen seats and hoping Kim Campbell could right the ship.  The results were 15 years in the wilderness as the Tories tried to wipe off the stink off from they guy.

[statsgeek]

My section-mate, who took me under his wing when I re-joined a community band for the first time in years this past fall.  Yesterday's first rehearsal without him was hard but cathartic. 

[namazu]

The leader of the congregation in which I grew up.  He was there from my birth through my wedding and beyond.  He was a good guy, and will be missed.

[kaysixteen]

Mulroney's death has been commented on by many Canadians and those knowledgeable about Canada, and he does not seem to have evoked neutral views in more or less anyone.   What really is the truth about him and his admin/ policies?