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Posted: **Thu Mar 28, 2002 4:53 pm**

Rather than posting all new threads when someone famous dies (they seem to be dropping like flies lately) I’ve made this topic. From now on we can just look here instead. So R.I.P. Milton Berle 93, Billy Wilder 95, Duddley Moore 66, and Randy Castillo 51.

Posted: **Thu Mar 28, 2002 5:00 pm**

Isn't this gonna be a happy place!

Good idea though.

Posted: **Thu Mar 28, 2002 5:08 pm**

To Uncle Miltie...

"He made us laugh, he made us cry." - A manic-depressive

Posted: **Thu Mar 28, 2002 5:28 pm**

Originally posted by Rob-hin
Isn't this gonna be a happy place!

Hey it could be!

We can celebrate the lives of dearly departed, remembering all the good times they've given us, etc. Laughing and crying, life and death. This has got to be the most emotionally powerful thread ever (as long as it stays reasonably on topic).

Posted: **Thu Mar 28, 2002 5:31 pm**

Personally, I'd still rather post separate topics for people who die. I don't want to recognize a cemetary; I want to acknowledge an individual. Do what you will, but so will I.

Posted: **Thu Mar 28, 2002 5:47 pm**

Originally posted by fable
Personally, I'd still rather post separate topics for people who die. I don't want to recognize a cemetary; I want to acknowledge an individual. Do what you will, but so will I.

Ah, so you're focusing more on a wake for the respected dead rather than the obits themselves.

That's fine. I just felt there've been a lot of these death threads and that it would help to condense them a bit (especially since there have been a number of celebrity deaths recently). I guess I'm just a coldhearted pragmatist lacking in sentiment.

Posted: **Thu Mar 28, 2002 6:04 pm**

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Kayless

Ah, so you're focusing more on a wake for the respected dead rather than the obits themselves.

Exactly. It's not the facts that matter to me, but the effects they've had on the people they've touched.

That sounds a lot more squishy than I would have liked.

Posted: **Thu Mar 28, 2002 10:43 pm**

Originally posted by fable

It's not the facts that matter to me, but the effects they've had on the people they've touched. That sounds a lot more squishy than I would have liked.

Aww, you sound just like a care bear fable. (You can be Deathbear).

Back on topic, here are some obit links (not that I'm morbid or anything).

Posted: **Sat Mar 30, 2002 5:17 pm**

The Queen Mother has died at the age of 101. Rest in peace. You can find out more about her life here.

Posted: **Fri Apr 19, 2002 12:20 am**

R.I.P.Thor Heyerdahl, the Norwegian adventurer who crossed the Pacific on a balsa log raft, died Thursday night, relatives said. He was 87. You can find out more here.

Posted: **Fri Oct 25, 2002 8:20 pm**

R.I.P. actor Richard Harris Dies at 72. The world (Harry Potter fans especially) mourns his loss. You can find out more about his life here

Posted: **Fri Oct 25, 2002 8:22 pm**

Originally posted by Kayless
R.I.P.Thor Heyerdahl, the Norwegian adventurer who crossed the Pacific on a balsa log raft, died Thursday night, relatives said. He was 87. You can find out more here.

Thor Heyerdahl died? The same man who did the Ra II and Kon Tiki voyages...from Africa to North America? The same guy who attempted to make a different theory from the Beringia Land Bridge one?

Posted: **Fri Oct 25, 2002 8:27 pm**

Originally posted by The Z
Thor Heyerdahl died? The same man who did the Ra II and Kon Tiki voyages...from Africa to North America? The same guy who attempted to make a different theory from the Beringia Land Bridge one?

Thor's been dead for six months now.

It was fairly well publicized. I guess you just missed it.

Posted: **Fri Oct 25, 2002 8:40 pm**

Oh.....*Smacks self on head...

*....er...carry on then...

Posted: **Fri Oct 25, 2002 9:00 pm**

Yes, back to all the fun of the obit thread!

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