2020 Deaths.

Started by Techno, 11 January 2020, 07:24:48 AM

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Techno

Sad to start this one already.  :(

Neil Peart, the drummer (and lyricist) from 'Rush'.

"I have memory and awareness,
but I have no shape, or form,
as a disembodied spirit,
I am dead and yet unborn.

I have passed into Olympus,
as was told in tales of old.
To the city of immortals,
marble white and purest gold."

Phil  :(

O Dinas Powys

Quote from: Techno on 11 January 2020, 07:24:48 AM
Sad to start this one already.  :(

Neil Peart, the drummer (and lyricist) from 'Rush'.

"I have memory and awareness,
but I have no shape, or form,
as a disembodied spirit,
I am dead and yet unborn.

I have passed into Olympus,
as was told in tales of old.
To the city of immortals,
marble white and purest gold."

Phil  :(

Agreed, very sad news  :(
(I know, even though it's fantasy  :o  ;)  )

Techno

Derek Fowlds........of Yes Minister/Prime Minister, Heartbeat and Basil Brush fame, aged 82. :(

Cheers - Phil

Steve J

Loved him in the 'Minister' series and I didn't know he married leslie Judd of Blue Peter fame.

Also Christopher Tolkein passed away a day or so ago, aged 95.

FierceKitty

Bernard's gone? That's a sad loss - one couldn't help liking the character.
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mollinary

Quote from: FierceKitty on 17 January 2020, 01:12:00 PM
Bernard's gone? That's a sad loss - one couldn't help liking the character.

Agreed, on all points!
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Shecky

Historian Dennis Showalter passed away recently.

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/colorado-springs-co/dennis-showalter-8982461

He wrote extensively on WWI and WWII but is also known for, "Frederick the Great, A Military History"


mollinary

Quote from: Shecky on 18 January 2020, 04:43:58 AM
Historian Dennis Showalter passed away recently.

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/colorado-springs-co/dennis-showalter-8982461

He wrote extensively on WWI and WWII but is also known for, "Frederick the Great, A Military History"

That is really sad news. As well as writing a fine history of Frederick's wars, he also wrote an excellent book on the Wars of German Unification, and a splendid and ground breaking history of the impact of industrialisation on warfare 'Railroads and Rifles'. Also knowledgeable on the ACW, he was one of the few historians who bridged the Atlantic in his 19th century studies.
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Techno

Awww....**** :(

"Willum" our oldest horse has just had to be 'put to sleep'....

We think he had a heart attack or stroke....His hind legs wouldn't work.
Dear old thing, he was.....A thoroughbred that reaches the age of 32 hasn't done too badly, so we don't feel too bad...(We'll still miss him though.)

Cheers - Phil  :(






Orcs

Quote from: Techno on 19 January 2020, 08:21:44 PM
Awww....**** :(

"Willum" our oldest horse has just had to be 'put to sleep'....

We think he had a heart attack or stroke....His hind legs wouldn't work.
Dear old thing, he was.....A thoroughbred that reaches the age of 32 hasn't done too badly, so we don't feel too bad...(We'll still miss him though.)

Cheers - Phil  :(

Sorry to here that Phill.   He probably got to that age from all the pampering Von gave him.






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Duke Speedy of Leighton

Oh mate,
Condolences to you and Von.

Sorry
You may refer to me as: Your Grace, Duke Speedy of Leighton.
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paulr

Condolences to Von and you >:<
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Westmarcher

Sorry to read that, Phil.  Age 32 sounds like a good innings for a horse. I'm sure he had a decent life with you guys.
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