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

[mamselle]

I add my condolences to others', e_p_w.

I also just found out about the death of dancer Marge Champion, 101, on October 21 of this year.

   https://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/story/entertainment/2019/09/03/woman-who-served-model-disneys-snow-white-turns-100/2199361001/

   https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2020-10-23/marge-champion-famed-dancer-of-hollywoods-golden-age-dies-at-101

I met her briefly in 1973; her insights and energy had a pivotal effect on my work in the liturgical arts.

Her graciousness and courage in the face of several setbacks throughout her life were exemplary.

RIP--and find one of those clouds to keep dancing on, Marge.

M.

[kaysixteen]

Geoffrey Palmer, 93, the estimable British actor who played Lionel Hardcastle on 'As Time Goes By', one of the very best TV series ever made anywhere.

[Parasaurolophus]

My sick colleague (whose courses I took over) has died.

I didn't know her for long, nor did I know her well, but I'm very sorry she's gone.

[ab_grp]

My sick colleague (whose courses I took over) has died.

I didn't know her for long, nor did I know her well, but I'm very sorry she's gone.

I'm sorry to hear about your colleague.  These losses are hard no matter what.  Take care.

[clean]

Charlie Pride has died of Covid.

[mamselle]

Charlie Pride has died of Covid.

Also Carol Sutton.

   https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/12/us/carol-sutton-coronavirus-death/index.html

M.

[Harlow2]

John la Carre of pneumonia.  A writer whose plain but elegant writing brought into being a remarkable world for those of us born in the shadow of WW 2.

[Langue_doc]

RIP. I enjoyed and still enjoy his novels, especially the George Smiley ones.

[mamselle]

RIP. I enjoyed and still enjoy his novels, especially the George Smiley ones.

I just watched the "Soldier, etc"  series this past summer, have read others.

Detail and settings were vivid, characters deep, even unto themselves. A dimensional world.

M.

[Langue_doc]

Was that the one with Alex Guinness? There's also the follow up, "Smiley's People".

[mamselle]

Was that the one with Alex Guinness? There's also the follow up, "Smiley's People".

Yes, I saw both. In fact, I saw "Smiley's People" first, then looked up the predecessor, it was so good.

M.

[Langue_doc]

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.

[mamselle]

Someone else agrees:

   https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/12/the-achievement-of-john-le-carres-tinker-tailor-soldier-spy/617383/

It's somehow encouraging to think that our good work can live after us....at least in some cases.

M.

[statsgeek]

StatSpouse's aunt and a former colleague's wife (suddenly) this week, plus two members of my extended family in the past month.  And let me just say that Zoom funerals are barely better than nothing. 

[Harlow2]

So sorry, Statsgeek. Losses, especially compound ones, are difficult enough without physical presence of those who can share in the grief.