Obituaries

[B-Man]

FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC REP. ALCEE HASTINGS DIES AT 84.

 

“Hastings was a 15-term congressman, civil rights lawyer and Florida’s first black federal judge, though he was ultimately impeached after ten years of service over allegations of bribery and perjury.”

 

 

[B-Man]

RIP: Charles Coolidge, Oldest Medal of Honor Recipient, Dies at 99.

 

A harrowing World War II firefight in France brought him the nation’s highest decoration for valor.

A park, a highway and a museum are named in his honor.

 

[Koko]

1 hour ago, B-Man said:

RIP: Charles Coolidge, Oldest Medal of Honor Recipient, Dies at 99.

 

A harrowing World War II firefight in France brought him the nation’s highest decoration for valor.

A park, a highway and a museum are named in his honor.

 

 

Yes, but did anyone bother to check his Twitter history before awarding him the Medal of Honor or naming those things after him?

[Uncle Joe]

37 minutes ago, Koko said:

 

Yes, but did anyone bother to check his Twitter history before awarding him the Medal of Honor or naming those things after him?

The woke left is doing its best to misconstrue his tweets with Calvin's.

[Nanker]

Prince Phillip has passed. He was 99. 

[B-Man]

On the above.

 

 

[B-Man]

 

Rap legend DMX, a pinnacle of the '90s and 2000s hip-hop scene, dies at 50 after heart attack

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/04/09/dmx-hip-hop-legend-dies-50-after-heart-attack/7074550002/

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Longtime Pirates Usher Phil Coyne Dies At 102

 

 

[B-Man]

Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff dies in prison

Associated Press, by Michael Balsamo & Tom Hays

Original Article

[leh-nerd skin-erd]

On 3/30/2021 at 10:07 PM, B-Man said:

G. Gordon Liddy, Watergate mastermind, dead at 90 - AP News

https://apnews.com › article › richard-nixon-g-gordon-l...

 

47 mins ago — Liddy, a former FBI agent and Army veteran, was convicted of conspiracy, burglary and illegal wiretapping for his role in the Watergate burglary, which led to the ...

 

Tried to warn you, bout Gino and Daddy G...

[B-Man]

 

Very sad news..........

 

Helen McCrory: Peaky Blinders actress dies aged 52 ... - BBC

https://www.bbc.com › entertainment-arts-56770593

 

33 mins ago — Bafta, the British film and TV academy, wrote: "We're sad to hear of the death of actor Helen McCrory. As well as fearless Polly Gray in Bafta-winning Peaky Blinders, she was in 2007 Best Film Bafta winner The Queen, amongst many other films and TV shows."

 

[B-Man]

Felix Silla, Cousin Itt on 'The Addams Family,' Dies at 84

Felix Silla, who worked inside a body-length hairpiece, behind a pair of sunglasses and underneath a bowler hat in his guise as the mumbling Cousin Itt on the 1960s ABC comedy The Addams Family, has died. He was 84.

Silla, a longtime Las Vegas resident, died Friday after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his friend Gil Gerard, his co-star on the 1979-81 NBC series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, reported on Twitter.

Silla's face went unseen on The Addams Family, as the robot sidekick Twiki on Buck Rogers and when he was a hang-gliding Ewok in Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi (1983).

 

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RIP: Walter Mondale, Jimmy Carter’s vice president, dead at 93.

 

 

 

 

 

[KD in CA]

RIP Fritz.

 

’84 is when I started hating liberals.

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[B-Man]

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who orbited the moon during the first surface landing, has died at age 90

 

 

 

[Sherpa]

Collins......A truly great man.

[B-Man]

Johnny Crawford, Young Star of 'The Rifleman,' Dies at 75
hollywoodreporter.com ^ | April 29, 2021 | Mike Barnes

 

Johnny Crawford, the original Mouseketeer who starred as the young son of the Civil War veteran portrayed by Chuck Connors on the 1958-63 ABC series The Rifleman, died Thursday, it was announced. He was 75.

In 2019, it was revealed that Crawford had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, and a GoFundMe campaign organized by Paul Petersen — the advocate for former child actors and onetime star of The Donna Reed Show — was set up to help the family deal with expenses.

Crawford was 12 when he appeared for the first time as Mark McCain, son of the widower Lucas McCain, on The Rifleman. The Four Star Television series, set in the New Mexico Territory with storylines crafted by Sam Peckinpah, ran for five seasons, from September 30, 1958, to April 8, 1963, and then for decades in syndication and reruns.

 

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[CarpetCrawler]

My favorite show when I was a kid, back when it was cool to play cowboys and Indians.

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RIP: ‘Steel Magnolias’ and ‘Moonstruck’ actress Olympia Dukakis dies at 89.