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

[evil_physics_witchcraft]

One of my former colleagues, and friends, passed away today. I am very sad.

My condolences.

Thanks.

[ab_grp]

I'm sorry for your loss, EPW.  Take care. 

[AmLitHist]

My sympathies, EPW.

James Caan (who will always be Sonny Corleone to me), at age 82.

[hmaria1609]

My sympathies, EPW.

James Caan (who will always be Sonny Corleone to me), at age 82.

I remember his time as a casino owner in the popular TV show "Las Vegas" on NBC.

[kaysixteen]

Walmart and a number of buildings around here have put their flags into half-staff the last two days--- anyone have any idea why?

[namazu]

Walmart and a number of buildings around here have put their flags into half-staff the last two days--- anyone have any idea why?

Due to the July 4 mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, in which at least 7 people were killed.

[mamselle]

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been assassinated:

    https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/07/08/world/japan-shinzo-abe-shooting

RIP.

M.

[secundem_artem]

Ivana Trump

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/14/nyregion/ivana-trump-dead.html

I'll leave this without comment, as much as I may want to opine.

[mamselle]

Claes Oldenberg:

   https://www.cnn.com/style/article/claes-oldenburg-artist-death/index.html

Someone who believed size matters...

RIP
M.

[AmLitHist]

The wonderful actor Paul Sorvino, at age 83.

Three movie mobsters gone in recent months:  Sorvino, James Caan, and Ray Liotta.  RIP all.

[kaysixteen]

Tony Dow.

Who would not have wanted to be a Cleaver?

[hmaria1609]

British actor David Warner
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/25/entertainment/david-warner-actor-death-omen-titanic-cec/index.html
He started with the Royal Shakespeare Co.
I remember his roles in "Star Trek" and "Titanic"

[Langue_doc]

The wonderful actor Paul Sorvino, at age 83.

Three movie mobsters gone in recent months:  Sorvino, James Caan, and Ray Liotta.  RIP all.

RIP, Paul Sorvino. I still watch old episodes of Law and Order--just love the repartees between Phil Cerreta and Mike Logan. He was a good cop.

[paultuttle]

Eric Flint died at the age of 75 on July 17, per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Flint.

Among other achievements, he was a noted writer of speculative fiction (which is typically classed with science fiction and fantasy in most bookstores and libraries).

His most famous series starts with his novel 1632, which asks the interesting question of what would people from a small town in West Virginia do, around the turn of the 21st century, if they suddenly found themselves transported almost 400 years in time and across the Atlantic to the middle of Germany, during the Thirty Years War (in the eponymous year). For instance, how would they survive the various endemic diseases, what system(s) of government would they institute, how would they interact with the people and governments of that time, and what technological advances would they be able to promulgate, centuries earlier than when those advances and inventions occurred in their own historical timeline?

Interestingly, he identified strong writers very early on among his fanbase and encouraged them to become co-authors and independent authors via multiple strategies (e.g., creating online spaces where the 1632-based alternate history could be discussed and formalized into canon, soliciting short stories from his fanbase and then collecting the best into published collections, and inviting the strongest writers to co-write novels advancing various storylines in the 1632 series). Few have done more in democratizing the writing process in the speculative fiction area.

He will definitely be missed.

[clean]

Nichelle Nichols (Lt Uhura on Star Trek) died today
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/star-trek-legend-nichelle-nichols-has-died-at-89/ar-AA109ZTl?cvid=726b4c711e144809a1af52dbc754635c

First inter racial kiss.  Black woman officer on a 1960s TV show. 

"A beloved icon of the science-fiction franchise, Nichols' casting as a prominent character in a position of authority was unprecedented and radical for a TV show that first aired in 1966. Her character's kiss with William Shatner's Captain James Kirk also broke ground for being one of the first interracial kisses ever aired on television. After the original series ended, Nichols worked with NASA to recruit women and people of color as astronauts and continued to act, appearing onstage and in films like Snow Dogs and the TV series The Young and the Restless. Still, throughout her life, she remained devoted to Star Trek and was a fixture at fan conventions well into her 80s."