Thu May 05, 2011 3:41 am   Reply with quote         

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Choules

Last combat veteran of World War One has died.

Claude Choules, who joined the navy in the UK at the age of 14 during WWI, and who was responsable for the defense of an important harbor in Australia during WWII, retired after 40 years of active duty. Lived to be 110 years old, and has died on May 4th. R.I.P.

His work made him a pacifist.

Claude is survived as WWI Veteran by Florence Green (110 UK) and Jozef Kowalski (111 Poland).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_surviving_veterans_of_World_War_I

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Thu May 05, 2011 4:00 am   Reply with quote         

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/04/BAHD1JBSK5.DTL&tsp=1

Jackie Cooper, child actor and later director - also known as the editor of the Daily Planet in Superman, has died.

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http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severiano_Ballesteros

Golf will never be the same again....

Mon May 09, 2011 8:13 am   Reply with quote         

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/walker-brothers-founder-john-dies-2641016.html

John Walker of the Walker Brothers has died.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eAxCVTMJ-I - The Sun ain't gonna shine anymore.

Mon May 09, 2011 2:09 pm   Reply with quote         

The mummified body of Yvette Vickers; the titular character in "Attack of the 50-Foot Woman"; was found in her home.

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Mon May 09, 2011 2:28 pm   Reply with quote         

Mon May 09, 2011 3:09 pm   Reply with quote         

vokaris wrote:

TofuTheGreat wrote:

The mummified body of Yvette Vickers; the titular character in "Attack of the 50-Foot Woman"; was found in her home.

This was already covered by PVS on the previous page.
Somehow "Attack of the 50-foot Mummy" was the first thing that came to mind.

Didn't see it before. Just read the article today. Sorry PVS!

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Fri May 20, 2011 3:38 pm   Reply with quote         

RIP Randy "Macho Man" Savage.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/05/20/florida.wrestler.dead/

Fri May 20, 2011 4:05 pm   Reply with quote         

bsoholic wrote:

RIP Randy "Macho Man" Savage.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/05/20/florida.wrestler.dead/

He was a trip for sure, I never followed pro-wrestling, but that guy was always on the edge.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53hiHAkK6KA&feature=related

Sun May 22, 2011 9:41 am   Reply with quote         

bsoholic wrote:

RIP Randy "Macho Man" Savage.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/05/20/florida.wrestler.dead/

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Mon May 23, 2011 6:34 am   Reply with quote         

Damn, Macho Man died?

Fri May 27, 2011 9:50 pm   Reply with quote         

RIP Jeff Conaway

Sat May 28, 2011 1:47 am   Reply with quote         

RIP Gil Scott-Heron
I posted this in the music thread a while back.

'Me And The Devil'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OET8SVAGELA