Character actor Jack Kehler has died at 75.
Author Patricia McKillip (Forgotten Beasts of Eld) has written her last tale.
ETA: Back in February. Oops.
Re-edit on McKillip: Locus confused her birthdate with her death date. She died May 6th. Yeesh. Don’t editors exist anymore?
David Walden, inventor of the Interface Message Processor, the backbone of every packet-switched network that in modern parlance we call a “router”. An invention so fundamental to networking that amongst the publications of internet standards (i.e. RFCs) it’s number one in the series.
Also,
@phungi, I could be mistaken, but I believe you forgot to add Registered_at_Last’s points in for George Perez.
God DAMNIT. She was one of my very favoritist writers. No one wrote like she did.
Thanks… the accent over the é was the culprit:
| Rank | Player | Score | Picks(Unique) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | phungi | 211 | 4(1) |
| 2 | Happy_Lendervedder | 169 | 3 |
| 2 | Registered_at_Last | 169 | 3 |
| 4 | jeezums | 148 | 3 |
| 5 | RobotDevilDog | 137 | 3 |
| 6 | Captain_Klutz | 104 | 2 |
| 6 | imthjckaz | 104 | 2(1) |
| 6 | Reindeer_Flotilla | 104 | 2 |
| 9 | candide | 102 | 2 |
| 10 | It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery | 100 | 2 |
| 10 | Little_Nemo | 100 | 2 |
| 10 | Mahaloth | 100 | 2 |
| 10 | Maus_Magill | 100 | 2 |
| 10 | RTFirefly | 100 | 2 |
| 15 | WolfpackJeep | 89 | 2(1) |
| 16 | GIGObuster | 81 | 2 |
| 17 | Catamount | 73 | 2 |
| 18 | ataraxy22 | 67 | 1 |
| 18 | Bayaker | 67 | 1 |
| 18 | Hoopy_Frood | 67 | 1 |
| 18 | Kitten_Mitten | 67 | 1 |
| 18 | Loach | 67 | 1 |
| 18 | Queen_Anne_s_Lace | 67 | 1 |
| 18 | Superdude | 67 | 1 |
| 25 | irritant | 33 | 1 |
| 26 | vivalostwages | 18 | 1(1) |
| 27 | commasense | 13 | 2(1) |
| 27 | Hatchie | 13 | 1(1) |
| 29 | gkster | 6 | 1 |
| 29 | gwendee | 6 | 1 |
| 29 | teelabrown | 6 | 1 |
| 32 | zadscmc | 5 | 1(1) |
| 33 | Baker0 | 2(2) |
Although it’s been a very long time since I read her I feel the same.
Bob Lanier, former #1 draft pick who played center for the Pistons and Bucks, has blocked his last shot at age 73.
The Kareem Abdul Jabbar portion from Airplane.
Joey: Wait a minute! I know you. You’re Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. You played basketball for the Los Angeles Lakers.
Murdock: I’m sorry son, but you must have me confused with some-one else. My name is Roger Murdock. I’m the co-pilot.
Joey: You are Kareem! I’ve seen you play. My dad’s got season tickets.
Murdock: I think you should go back to your seat now Joey. Right Clarence?
Capt. Oveur: Nahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, he’s not bothering anyone, let him stay here.
Murdock: But just remember, my name is ROGER MURDOCK. I’m an airline pilot.
Joey: I think you’re the greatest, but my dad says you don’t work hard enough on defence. And he says that lots of times, you don’t even run down court. And that you don’t really try… except during the playoffs.
Murdock: The hell I don’t!! ( grabs Joey by collar ) LISTEN KID! I’ve been hearing that crap ever since I was at UCLA. I’m out there busting my buns every night. Tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes.
Obviously no one gets points for this, and it’s way too late for the 2020 death pool at this point, but it was announced last week that Alfred C. Baldwin III, lookout man for the Watergate burglaries, died over two years ago.
Just as a final note about Naomi Judd:
According to Ashley Judd, it was a self-inflicted gunshot that killed Naomi.
I notice the Valora Noland wasted 20 points in late March. She gave up acting after appearing in the Star Trek episode Patterns of Force, because being asked to sally about in a Nazi uniform was just too much for her.
Ruby Ridge survivalist Randy Weaver survives no more.
Not really a celebrity, but celebrity-adjacent. Trevor Noah’s grandmother Gogo dead at 95. It was a pointless death.
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the UAE did not come down for breakfast this morning.
Robert McFarland, disgraced Reagan staffer.
my comments redacted, as this is not the Pit
Damn, I like him in the things I saw him in. Especially Tremors.
Doesn’t he have a home to go to?