@billhike posted:Prince Philip.
Sad to see this, but not unexpected. He always seemed the most down to earth royal. RIP.
Hey I beat brucehayes!
Bernie Madoff, if there was a hell he'd be resting in it.
Felix Silla of the Addams family
@flwino posted:Felix Silla of the Addams family
He was not just any family member--he was It.
Hester Ford, the oldest living American. 116 years of age.
Not anymore
Pio Boffa of Pio Cesare passed away last night due to covid complications =(
@Rothko posted:Not anymore
😂 👏🏼
NY Times: "Burt Pugach, Protagonist of a Strange Tabloid Love Story, Dies at 93
In 1959, he had his lover blinded. When he got out of prison, he married her. He called their relationship 'a storybook romance.'”
The 2007 weird documentary about them, Crazy Love, (co-directed by Fisher Stevens) is worth seeking out.
@sunnylea57 posted:@Rothko posted:Not anymore
😂 👏🏼
Someone said (it may have been a comedian) that the 117 year old French nun that survived COVID was insulted that God did not want to meet her.
Walter Mondale, 93
@g-man posted:Pio Boffa of Pio Cesare passed away last night due to covid complications =(
Sad, met him about 15 years ago at a wine dinner. I've been a big fan of his wines ever since. Their single vineyard barbara is one of the best I've ever had.
Shock G.
I though we would have to put the EPL league here
Astronaut Michael Collins
@flwino posted:Astronaut Michael Collins
Oh no! I enjoyed his book. Finally read it in 2019. Godspeed.
Wow. Eli Broad, who changed the face of modern LA.
Laurent Vaillé, founder of Grange des Pères, Friday April 30, apparently of an accident on the farm. He was only 57 years old. Apparently frosts with temperatures dropping to -12 resulted in the loss of this year's entire crop as well.
I've always loved Grange des Pères. I've always thought it was one of the purest definition of a cult wine there was. Small, under the radar, hard to get and wonderful.
Olivia Dukakis [sp]
The sad life of Tawny Kitaen ends at age 59.
Architect Helmut Jahn, hit while riding a bicycle in St. Charles. I can't tell you how important his career was to me during the 80s as a volunteer for the Chicago Architecture Foundation. Some of my favorite, lesser known works, include the not obvious until pointed out, Evanston office building with a nod to Wrigley Field, the U of C Chiller Plant and believe is or not the Student Resrouce Center at the College of Dupage.
And how many times has billhike driven by the big N?
@The Old Man posted:Architect Helmut Jahn, hit while riding a bicycle in St. Charles. I can't tell you how important his career was to me during the 80s as a volunteer for the Chicago Architecture Foundation. Some of my favorite, lesser known works, include the not obvious until pointed out, Evanston office building with a nod to Wrigley Field, the U of C Chiller Plant and believe is or not the Student Resrouce Center at the College of Dupage.
And how many times has billhike driven by the big N?
Surely hundreds, and I’ve also seen it from hiking at nearby Herrick Lake forest preserve. Big loss for the architectural world, though 81 and still riding a bicycle is a pretty decent run. I wonder what the draw to St. Charles is for non-local celebrities. Thinking Donnie Wahlburg and Brian Wilson.
The indispensable Norman Lloyd at 106. "The sleeve! Tell them to hurry."
@The Old Man posted:The indispensable Norman Lloyd at 106. "The sleeve! Tell them to hurry."
Oh no! I thought he’d last forever.
@sunnylea57 posted:Oh no! I thought he’d last forever.
I was stunned to read this in the LA Times this morning about Hitchcock's TV show, “While Hitchcock oversaw production, Lloyd and fellow producer Joan Harrison were largely responsible for the creative quality of that show." This is a quote from Mark Quigley, manager of research and study center for the UCLA Film and Television Archive and it's not remotely true. Hitchcock was mostly a figurehead in the show who came in to do the intros and the outros. He did direct a number of episodes but he was hardly involved with the day to day operation of the show--he was busy making his greatest movies including Vertigo, North by Northwest and Psycho.
Paul Mooney. Very sad, loved him for his honesty.
Charles Grodin. Always liked him in The Lonely Guy. Many of the exchanges between he and Steve Martin seemed to be classic improvisation. Example:
"I worry I'm losing my hair. You know who has good hair? Bums. You never see a bald bum."
Max Mosley of F1 Fame & FIA
Gavin macLeod.
B.J. Thomas
F. Lee Bailey, what an asshole.
Was disbarred and rightfully so… we used to call him flea bailey
Ned Beatty. Pretty good actor.
Champ
Donald Rumsfeld. It is rare that I am not sad that someone has parted this earth but sad he did not face the consequences of his actions.
Director Richard Donner at age 91.
"NHL goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks dead from fireworks accident, medical examiner's office says."
Yep, playing with fireworks. We had a teenager blow off part of his hand at the skate park in my neighborhood.
@The Old Man posted:"NHL goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks dead from fireworks accident, medical examiner's office says."
Yep, playing with fireworks. We had a teenager blow off part of his hand at the skate park in my neighborhood.
The hockey player wasn’t playing with the fireworks; he was trying to get away from them.
I guess he was sitting in a hot tub. I would hope that charges will be filed.
Robert Downey Sr., father of the actor and director of a few strange and usually unsuccessful movies. I saw Putney Swope in the theater on a bad date. Has anyone else every seen it?
"Father Joe Carroll, a cheerful Catholic priest whose 40-year devotion to helping the homeless raised tens of millions of dollars and turned him into a San Diego icon, died Saturday night after a lengthy battle with diabetes. He was 80."
One of San Diego's most important figures.