Jon Zazula died at 69. Interesting guy. He had a record store in the Route 18 Flea Market in Old Bridge NJ. He decided to start a record label from the store. It started when they received a cassette from an unsigned band called Metallica. Megaforce Records also signed acts like Anthrax, Ministry and Kings X.
Jon Zazula Dies: Cofounder Of Influential Megaforce Records Was 69 – Deadline
Legendary basketball coach Bill Fitch dead at 89.
Monica Vitti will not get her chance of moving off of Hatchie’s alternate list for next year’s active list.
Wow… I shall savor this moment.
Lata Mangeshkar, Bollywood singer and star who recorded more songs than the Beatles and Rolling Stones combined, passed away at 92.
Josh Nuemann 22 dies in plane crash in Iceland
He was skateboarder/youtuber for those who don’t know who he is (FWIW I do think he meets the SDMB “celebrity” definition, he was just someone I was unfamiliar with)
Brian
And at the final gong…
Mel Mermelstein, holocaust survivor and testifier who took on the Institute for Historical Review, a holocaust denier, and won.
Also…
And…
People will stop asking about this guy, now.
This one hits hard. I’ve known Doug professionally for decades and been to his office/studio/compound in western Massachusetts several times. Having recently moved to the Boston area, I was expecting I might go out and see him again sometime. I had no idea he was so ill, but the last time I saw him was more than two years ago.
Although the word “visionary” is highly overused, there is no better description for Trumbull, who was still working on innovative technologies involving high frame rate, virtual sets, real-time composting, etc., as of the last time I was in touch, about a year ago.
And he was a great guy; modest and unassuming in all my dealings with him.
Here’s a picture I took in his office on my last visit, in July 2019. He’s in the background; if you’ve seen his movie Brainstorm, you might remember the high-tech helmet that was featured in the film.
This one really sucks. Although never a star, Gerald Williams was a great role player and great on defense. A good teammate and good person. Cancer sucks.
Destinee Lashaee, the first transgender star of My 600lb Life, has died at 30.
Musician Ian McDonald, co-founder of King Crimson and Foreigner has died at 75.
I shouldn’t have read that article. Now I have the song “Head Games” as an earworm, but since this is the Straight Dope board, it’s been replaced with “Thread Games”.
Spanish actress Isabel Torres has died from lung cancer at age cincuenta y dos, or 52.