Frank D. Robinson, founder of Robinson Helicopter Company arguably the most successful civilian helicopter manufacturer in history.
Also…
Surprisingly looks like no one had him. He looked like low hanging fruit a few years ago and I think a bunch picked him then he just kept hanging.
Börje Salming, Hall of Fame defenceman for Toronto and Detroit has passed away at 71. He was diagnosed with ALS earlier in the year.
Irene Cara
So I guess she’s not gonna live forever.
And she had just signed up to take those flying lessons.
I check Wikipedia’s front page each night for obits. Quite often ones reported here are not mentioned there (tho I can click on the comprehensive list if so desired)-I don’t recall seeing Greg Bear listed, for example. Maybe because of the Anglo bias of Wikipedia?
I actually heard “Fame” the other day, and was wondering what she was doing now.
She’s gonna make it to heaven.
[Homer Simpson]
[S]he lied to me through song! I hate when people do that!
[/Homer Simpson]
Albert Pyun, director of Cyborg and Nemesis, died last night.
He was 69 years old. His wife posted on Facebook.
Here is a link.
Clarence Gilyard, the computer whiz who helped Hans Gruber hack into the vault in Die Hard, has died. He was in many other things, but I will always first think of him from Die Hard.
Age: 66
Jiang Zemin, who was on my list for many years(starting almost 20 years ago), did die today.
No, he was no longer on my list.
He was 96, so I had pulled him from my list at some point in the past few years.
Don’t forget, tonight at midnight I’ll be putting up the thread for 2023!!!
I await that!
Yay! I’ve actually been working on my list all year this time around.