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alaska congressman don young

― mookieproof, Saturday, 19 March 2022 02:04 (four years ago)

also (american) football analyst john clayton

― mookieproof, Saturday, 19 March 2022 02:10 (four years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvXRaSvxmqg

― mookieproof, Saturday, 19 March 2022 02:13 (four years ago)

rip the greatest ponytail in sportscasting

― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 19 March 2022 04:05 (four years ago)

one of the best ads they ever ran

― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 20 March 2022 21:02 (four years ago)

Yeah by all accounts a real genuine and nice man, heard nothing but good things about him

― frogbs, Sunday, 20 March 2022 23:46 (four years ago)

Madeleine Albright, 84.

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/23/politics/madeleine-albright-obituary/index.html

― Alba, Wednesday, 23 March 2022 18:33 (four years ago)

Oh shit

― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 23 March 2022 18:35 (four years ago)

I feel like I've heard her punditry fairly recently

― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 23 March 2022 18:36 (four years ago)

Kissinger manages to outlast yet another monster.

― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 23 March 2022 19:04 (four years ago)

Peter Goddard--anyone with any connection to Toronto in the '70s or '80s will know him.

https://www.torontomike.com/2022/03/peter-goddard-dead-at-62/

― clemenza, Thursday, 24 March 2022 23:33 (four years ago)

https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/23/22992066/stephen-wilhite-gif-creator-dies

Inventor of the gif. Soft g for life.

― peace, man, Friday, 25 March 2022 00:40 (four years ago)

Aoyama Shinji, director of Eureka

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FOtgqmPVgAQkoaB?format=jpg&name=large

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 25 March 2022 17:21 (four years ago)

Taylor Hawkins, of the Foo Fighters

― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 26 March 2022 03:18 (four years ago)

https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/taylor-hawkins-foo-fighters-drummer-dead-at-50-20220326-p5a86r.html

― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 26 March 2022 03:19 (four years ago)

Wow, RIP

― Agnes, Agatha, Germaine and Jack (Willl), Saturday, 26 March 2022 03:23 (four years ago)

Denise Coffey, British comedienne and actress. Should have been a Python.

― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Saturday, 26 March 2022 17:57 (four years ago)

do not adjust yr set was my first tv fave, bcz of her :(

i would watch it on the staff TV at the place mum and dad then worked: we didn't even own a TV yet (so it must have been the first season)

― mark s, Saturday, 26 March 2022 18:14 (four years ago)

Yeah, ditto. I passed my "Adjust" dvd set onto the kids back in the day. I got it back now they both doing uni.

― Mark G, Saturday, 26 March 2022 18:19 (four years ago)

One for very limited appeal outside of me and Tom D I suspect, and very much one from the 'people who you thought were dead' file, but Mary Lee - Scottish variety act, singer, comic and unfortunately probably only remembered as the wife of Jack Milroy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Lee_(singer)

― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Sunday, 27 March 2022 08:12 (four years ago)

Philip Jeck, electronic music and sound artist.

Jon and Mike are deeply saddened to tell you that Philip Jeck died peacefully on Friday after a short illness. Please read more here... https://t.co/JIPfW90hV1 @philipjeck #philipjeck pic.twitter.com/852tfGKoBg
— Touch (@touchmusic) March 27, 2022

― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 27 March 2022 17:37 (four years ago)

aw man, no way

― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Sunday, 27 March 2022 17:46 (four years ago)

The Dansette King will spin the 78s no more :(

― ban slug pellets now (Matt #2), Sunday, 27 March 2022 18:40 (four years ago)

fucking hell, Mira Calix!

https://www.facebook.com/9075937685/posts/10158988128342686/

― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 28 March 2022 17:12 (four years ago)

oh ffs no

― a spectre is haunting your mom (Noodle Vague), Monday, 28 March 2022 17:20 (four years ago)

DAMN

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 28 March 2022 17:21 (four years ago)

wtff

― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 28 March 2022 17:26 (four years ago)

Fuck. RIP

― groovypanda, Monday, 28 March 2022 18:34 (four years ago)

Wow. I knew her solo work superficially but her version of “In a Beautiful Place in the Country” with Oliver Coates is one of my favourite tracks of all time.

― assert (MatthewK), Monday, 28 March 2022 19:07 (four years ago)

Oh no! Truly awful news with an undercurrent of’what HAPPENED?!?’

― the thin blue lying (suzy), Monday, 28 March 2022 20:09 (four years ago)

Having lost a classmate last week aged 51, my immediate guess is a cancer of some kind, but I've no idea.

― assert (MatthewK), Monday, 28 March 2022 23:45 (four years ago)

Richard Moore, cycling journalist, author and host of The Cycling Podcast

A message from The Cycling Podcast. https://t.co/zZ3O0XaxTx pic.twitter.com/fFjI87v51h
— The Cycling Podcast (@cycling_podcast) March 30, 2022

― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 30 March 2022 09:57 (four years ago)

reeling from that - he was only 49. him, birnie and friebe had such a great interplay - it was like eavesdropping on friends chatting about your favourite sport, replete with gentle ribbing

rest in peace, RM

― im zelenky (||||||||), Wednesday, 30 March 2022 12:18 (four years ago)

oh no! thats terrible news. rip

― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 30 March 2022 15:05 (four years ago)

i really loved the Cycling Podcast, def added to the enjoyment of the Tour De France every year. I had been meaning to read his book too :(

― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 30 March 2022 15:31 (four years ago)

yeh I'm gutted by this, he (and Lionel and Daniel) was a constant companion over the years via the podcast.
his book Slaying the Badger is amazing, one of the best sports books I've read.

― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 30 March 2022 15:34 (four years ago)

beautiful piece
https://derailleur.substack.com/p/on-richard-moore

― im zelenky (||||||||), Wednesday, 30 March 2022 15:46 (four years ago)

Not a surprise but hell, 33 is way too young https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/mar/30/the-wanted-singer-tom-parker-dies-from-brain-cancer-aged-33

― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 30 March 2022 16:49 (four years ago)

Tabby Shaw of the Mighty Diamonds. RIP

― Tim, Wednesday, 30 March 2022 21:09 (four years ago)

Awful news.

― politics is about vibes and the vibes are off (stevie), Wednesday, 30 March 2022 21:22 (four years ago)

Wow that is horrible to learn about.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 30 March 2022 23:25 (four years ago)

Patrick Demarchelier

― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 1 April 2022 02:57 (four years ago)

C.W. McCall, ‘Convoy’ Country Singer, Dead at 93

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/cw-mccall-convoy-dead-obit-1302155/

― nickn, Sunday, 3 April 2022 02:10 (four years ago)

Gee, I had no idea he was 47 when “Convoy” hit

― Josefa, Sunday, 3 April 2022 02:24 (four years ago)

https://www.bionicdisco.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Midland_CBs_CW_McCall_Popular_Science_May_1976-290x400.jpg

― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 3 April 2022 02:32 (four years ago)

Estelle Harris

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/estelle-harris-dead-seinfeld-toy-story-1235124023/

― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 3 April 2022 03:28 (four years ago)

Can't believe this was her first episode...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0GuecuiOH8

― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 3 April 2022 03:50 (four years ago)

Aw that’s too bad. She is so great in the show.

― Sam Weller, Sunday, 3 April 2022 11:33 (four years ago)

damn. RIP, a legend

― Karl Malone, Sunday, 3 April 2022 17:03 (four years ago)

Still bemused that McCall having that hit, as well as the earlier ad spot popularity, was the inadvertant foundation of the full Mannheim Steamroller empire.

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 3 April 2022 17:24 (four years ago)

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