Re: Re: Recent deaths of people who don't need their own threads Part 2.

by Nightjar Mon 12 Sep 2022 - 19:15

Bridget the Midget.

by Butterfield Tue 13 Sep 2022 - 0:45

I always thought she seemed like a lovely actress.

by Fangirl Three Tue 13 Sep 2022 - 6:53

<Grange Hill cliffhanger sting>

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Tue 13 Sep 2022 - 12:25

Jean-Luc Godead has GoDead.

Sorry.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue 13 Sep 2022 - 18:42

I thought he died about 30 years ago. shifty

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Thu 15 Sep 2022 - 10:28

Ramsey Lewis died a couple of days ago

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat 17 Sep 2022 - 19:51

Henry Silva.

https://twitter.com/joe_dante/status/1570948150088515584

by Nightjar Sat 17 Sep 2022 - 19:59

He was like the handsome, considerably less scary, version of Reggie Nalder. scared

by Nightjar Fri 23 Sep 2022 - 13:23

Hilary Mantel has died! bawl

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/sep/23/hilary-mantel-author-wolf-hall-dies

by Nightjar Fri 23 Sep 2022 - 15:36

I am genuinely quite bereft.

She was a brilliant writer - by turns, powerful, profound and scholarly and acerbic, biting and mischievous - a major cultural figure and an important voice and presence intrinsic to the social fabric and intellectual wellbeing of this nation.

An authentic latter day great.

There never was another like her before and there won't be another again.

sigh

by cosmictanya Fri 23 Sep 2022 - 21:19

I came here tonight to offer my condolences to Nightjar over the loss of Ms Mantel.

by Nightjar Fri 23 Sep 2022 - 22:25

Well, thank you, CT.

Hilary Mantel was quite the colossus.

A major cultural figure and an important social voice.

Physically, a tiny woman, wracked by decades of poorly/wrongly diagnosed chronic illness she was instead an intellectual heavyweight in the making all along (from childhood) who persevered and persevered and again and again.

Her novels are all of the novels and genres.

Latterly, of course, the

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat 24 Sep 2022 - 10:06

https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1573489590131838976

by Nightjar Sat 24 Sep 2022 - 10:26

by Nightjar Sat 24 Sep 2022 - 16:11

Pharaoh Sanders has died! gasp

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/24/jazz-legend-pharoah-sanders-dead-at-81

Tribute commentary? shifty

by Nightjar Tue 27 Sep 2022 - 17:21

It would seem that John McVicar has died.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/26/john-mcvicar-obituary

Tribute commentary? shifty

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Tue 27 Sep 2022 - 17:32

5'6"* of "I ain't flipin' eating that"

Or whatever it was he said in the film, it's been decades since I watched it.

* And it's always the short ones that are the problem. blah blah

by Butterfield Thu 29 Sep 2022 - 2:28

Judging by what's trending on Twitter - and as listed on Wikipedia's deaths - Coolio has died! gasp

by Butterfield Thu 29 Sep 2022 - 2:30

Rapper Coolio, known for hits including "Fantastic Voyage" and "Gangsta’s Paradise," has died at the age of 59, his manager confirmed Wednesday evening.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/rapper-coolio-dead-59-rcna49916

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coolio

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu 29 Sep 2022 - 7:07

He's another one that I thought had died 20 years ago. shifty

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