Actress Ja’net Dubois is no longer experiencing good times.
I just saw that news, but the AP says no one knows how old she was.
I’m just posting so that this thread comes up in searches again.
But in the spirit of contributing something: Oh dear, she was a delight.
Not too sure if the guy who invented the cut, copy, and paste functions we use on computers is ‘celebrity’ enough for this thread, but that guy? He just died:
https://gizmodo.com/larry-tessler-modeless-computing-advocate-has-passed-1841787408/amp
I salute you, Larry Tessler! You made my life easier rather than harder, and for that I am thankful! RIP.
I salute you, RIP. Larry Tessler! You Larry Tessler made my life easier, and for that I am thankful! RIP. I salute you, Larry Tessler!
rather than harder
He’s not just the president, he’s also a member of the Straight Dope Death Pool.
Hair Club for Men founder Sy Sperling dies in Florida at age 78.
You couldn’t bother to cut and paste his name? Shame!
Here, I got it.
The advent of the personal computer wasn’t just about
available to everyone, it was also about making them ac
lacking a computer science degree. Larry Tesler, who p
a household name like Steve Jobs or Bill Gates, but his c
and mobile devices easier to use are the highlight of a l
computing.
Born in 1945 in New York, Tesler went on to study comp
and after graduation he dabbled in artificial intelligenc
a deeply concerning tool) and became involved in the a
movements, with companies like IBM as one of his deser
job at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) wher
PARC is famously known for developing the mouse-drive
all take for granted, and during his time at the lab Tes
word processor called Gypsy that is best known for coin
“paste” when it comes to commands for removing, dupl
text.
I guess we all do weird things from time to time, but, yeah, that is quite weird.
RIP
O De’Ath, where is thy sting? 
Well, we *are *in strange aeons.
Someone popped a smoking cap into Pop Smoke (AKA Bashar Barakah Jackson).
THAT was an awesome read; thanks!
From the article:
Um…he was riding a rocket like Slim Pickens and didn’t launch the parachute in time. I think you have enough facts to prove Total Idiot right there.
Slim Pickens was riding a bomb, not a rocket.
Riding a rocket in the same manner as Slim Pickens rode a bomb.