I’m not a participant in the game, but I read recently that John Haynes, the creator of Haynes car repair manuals died.
I probably have bought a half dozen manuals in my life. YouTube and Google are probably just as informative these days, but before the internet Haynes manuals were the go-to for backyard mechanics.
He wrote A LOT.
His Brotherhood of War series was prominent in every PX since the 80s. That’s where I picked them up. The heroes were a little too heroic, too handsome, too rich. But he also made them likable and engaging and you wanted to see what happened next.
Like I said I liked that he explored the areas of history that aren’t covered too well in history. Some of which he was directly involved in. BoW dealt a lot with what the military was doing between WWII and Korea. He wrote about the infancy of Army aviation after the Air Force was formed. He wrote about the beginning steps of special operations. All while telling the stories of multiple families.
On a military page I follow someone said their father had a copy of the book that dealt with Army Aviation. The book was filled with scribbled notes about the real events and actual names of those involved. The entire book was based on fact but you didn’t need to know that to enjoy it.
In many ways he could be considered a hack. He certainly had a formula. But that formula worked.
For a number of years his son has been co-authoring with him. I think it shows. His later series weren’t as interesting to me.
It must have been a kiss of death.
George Mendonsa dead at age 95.
More like a kiss of life, since he lived to be 95 and she lived to be 92.
Consumer advocate David Horowitz-dead at age 81.
The fashion world mourns Karl Lagerfeld, aged 85
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/fashion-icon-karl-lagerfeld-dies/news-story/0017866fcba9bf8e1df300038ba3e508
No reason you can’t post to the thread anyway. I lurked, then I threw in a few comments, then I got sucked into playing. This is the sixth year I’ve submitted a list, so I guess that makes me a regular now. 
Here is a side challenge. See if you can find a picture of Lagerfeld smiling.
He’s read his last label.
Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe just passed away, leaving behind 8 points.
1 CAMJAY77 163 3 1
1 Registered at Last 163 3 1
3 amarinth 71 1 0
3 bowler girl 71 1 0
3 candide 71 1 0
3 Happy Lendervedder 71 1 0
3 Hoopy Frood 71 1 0
3 Its Not Rocket Surgery 71 1 0
3 Jeeps Phoenix 71 1 0
3 Little Nemo 71 1 0
3 Mahaloth 71 1 0
3 phungi 71 1 0
3 Queen Annes Lace 71 1 0
3 RTFirefly 71 1 0
3 The Kraken 71 1 0
16 Cazzle 33 2 2
17 GuanoLad 12 1 1
18 zadscmc 8 1 1
19 commasense 3 1 1
Dick Churchill has escaped life.
Ah, safely in the 20th place!
No more monkeying around for Peter Tork
Hey, hey! That’s sad.
Especially since I didn’t have him on my list.
I’m a Tork-griever…
I saw his corpse, now,
I was actually thinking earlier this week about which Monkee would be the next one to go. I had suspected that it would be Mickey Dolenz. No real reason for it.
Heart wrenching news.
I’m still in last place! Yay! Maybe all my nonagenarians and centenarians will make it another full year!