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ExomatrixTV

26th May 2022, 19:16

No Escape - The Best Movie You Never Saw:

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Welcome to The Best Movie You NEVER Saw, a column dedicated to examining films that have flown under the radar or gained traction throughout the years, earning them a place as a cult classic or underrated gem that was either before it’s time and/or has aged like a fine wine. Based on the column created by Paul Shirey and currently written by Chris Bumbray for JoBlo.com, this video version of the column features narration by Bumbray and editing by Lance Vlcek. For our latest episode, we take a look at the 1994 sci-fi flick, NO ESCAPE, starring Ray Liotta, Lance Henriksen, Stuart Wilson, Kevin Dillon,and Ernie Hudson!

No Escape 1994 SF Movie portraying 2022!

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Ray Liotta Interview - HANNA (2021):

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JoBlo.com sits down with Ray Liotta to discuss his role in the new season of HANNA (2021), how his approach to his character differed from past films, how he views his character, whether there's a difference between his approach to villains on films vs. villains in television, and more!! PLOT: Hanna begins her journey to take down the sinister organization Utrax by destroying it from the inside. With help from her previous nemesis and former-CIA agent Marissa Wiegler as well as agent John Carmichael, Hanna hopes to succeed with her plans. But as new foes begin to suspect her plot, including the mysterious Gordon Evans, could everything she’s worked for be undone? CAST: Esme Creed-Miles, Mireille Enos, Ray Liotta

Shades of Blue Season 3 Trailer (HD) Final Season:

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Every Last Secret - Broken Soldier 2022 Trailer Youtube | Drama Thriller Movie:

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Intense is the word for Ray Liotta. He specializes in psychopathic characters who hide behind a cultivated charm. Even in his nice-guy roles in Field of Dreams (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097351?ref_=nmbio_mbio) (1989) and Operation Dumbo Drop (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114048?ref_=nmbio_mbio) (1995), you get the impression that something is smoldering inside of him. Liotta maintains a steady stream of work, completing multiple projects per year.

Liotta was born in Newark, New Jersey, and was adopted by Mary (Edgar), a township clerk, and Alfred Liotta, an auto parts store owner. He studied acting at the University of Miami, where he became friends with Steven Bauer (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000874?ref_=nmbio_mbio) (Scarface (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086250?ref_=nmbio_mbio) (1983), Thief of Hearts (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088256?ref_=nmbio_mbio) (1984)). He spent his first years acting in TV: Another World (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057731?ref_=nmbio_mbio) (1964), a TV movie and several short-lived series. He broke into movies with the black comedy Something Wild (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091983?ref_=nmbio_mbio) (1986), which garnered him rave reviews. Originally unable to get a reading, he was recommended for the part by Melanie Griffith (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000429?ref_=nmbio_mbio) (then married to Bauer).

After the success Something Wild (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091983?ref_=nmbio_mbio) (1986), he received more offers in the "psycho" vein, but refused them to avoid being typecast. Instead, he made "little movies" like Dominick and Eugene (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095050?ref_=nmbio_mbio) (1988), which earned him standing as an actor's actor, and Field of Dreams (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097351?ref_=nmbio_mbio) (1989), whose success still surprises him. When he heard that Martin Scorsese (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000217?ref_=nmbio_mbio) was casting Goodfellas (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099685?ref_=nmbio_mbio) (1990), he lobbied hard for the part of Henry Hill. The film's huge success brought him wide popularity and enabled him to get star billing in future films, such as Article 99 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101371?ref_=nmbio_mbio) (1992), Unlawful Entry (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105699?ref_=nmbio_mbio) (1992), and Unforgettable (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118040?ref_=nmbio_mbio) (1996).

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Ray Hamel/Zaux and Anne-Marie Cowsill (https://www.imdb.com/search/name?bio_author=Ray%20Hamel%2FZaux%20and%20Anne-Marie%20Cowsill&view=simple&sort=alpha)

source (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000501)

https://whynotnews.eu/pix/Ray-Liotta.png

R.I.P. Ray Liotta (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000501)

Matthew

26th May 2022, 20:16

ExomatrixTV

26th May 2022, 20:23

Set in 2022!

... that is what I already said ;) read again!

cheers,
John 🦜🦋🌳

No.Escape.1994.DVDRip Torrent (https://piratebayproxy.live/torrent/5721151/No.Escape.1994.DVDRip.XviD.AC3-Rx)
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opensubtitles.com/en/movies/1994-no-escape (https://www.opensubtitles.com/en/movies/1994-no-escape) English 🇬🇧
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.srt file must be in the same folder and have the same filename as the .avi file or .mp4 file then using free: VLC Player (https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html) to watch it with subtitles in more than 30+ languages (https://www.opensubtitles.com/en/movies/1994-no-escape#modal-site-language)!

JackMcThorn

26th May 2022, 20:33

I haven't had time to see this film yet, I am just writing about the subtitles.

When I was in sales at a company from around 2oo6 [this isn't new, its been going on for a while] for a few years we had an option to quote products from Prison Industries in the midwest of america.

Prison Industries produced some of the same products as the regular company and sold at a discount because of extremely low labour costs. This was different than just producing license plates or other low labour cost work for pennies on the dollar.

We could quote state and local government [also schools] with these Prison Industries products; therefore state and local government and schools would save a ton of money as the products produced by the main company did not have the same margins. These quotes would not always win the contract as there was competition in the realm of prison industries. This is frustrating to the sales divisions.

The main company would send in technicians to teach the prisoners the manufacturing process and to maintain, install or repair machinery.

It really is a real racket.

Set in 2022!

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Inversion

26th May 2022, 20:47

Set in 2022!

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That year also appears in the 1973 movie Soylent Green.

imdb trivia (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070723/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv)

According to his City of New York Police Department ID card, Detective Thorn was born on October 24, 1980, making him 41 years old in 2022.

Among the crowd that riots when they are told that the rations are over, many individuals are wearing masks covering their mouths and noses, just as it is in 2022 anywhere in the world.

This film's opening prologue states: "The Year: 2022. The Place: New York City. The Population: 40,000,000."

Some plot elements in this movie are becoming true, in the real 2022. With food shortages, overpopulation, poverty, ETC.

In 2013 the company Soylent Nutrition, Inc. began producing a line of meal replacement products under the Soylent brand. As of January 2022, Soylent doesn't contain people.

washingtonpost (https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/01/09/soylent-green-2022-predictions/)
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Matthew

26th May 2022, 21:16

Vicus

27th May 2022, 04:42

There is another film few people know about...a hard, sometimes funny, but very intelligente make it. Liotta acting is superb...

And you go to learn something POWERFULL ! (little clue: about EGO...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YDPR2_Z3e0

Matthew

27th May 2022, 07:11

Musical giant Andy Fletcher from Depeche Mode, rest in peace

Andy Fletcher dies aged 60: Depeche Mode founding keyboardist passes away at UK home
British electro-pop giants mourn death of 'Fletch', who added his synth sounds to band's hits like Just Can't Get Enough and Personal Jesus

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/05/27/andy-fletcher-dies-aged-60-depeche-mode-founding-keyboardist/

Andy "Fletch" Fletcher, the unassuming, bespectacled, red-headed keyboardist who for more than 40 years added his synth sounds to Depeche Mode hits like Just Can't Get Enough and Personal Jesus, has died at age 60.

Depeche Mode announced the death of founding member Fletcher on its official social media pages.

A person close to the band said Fletcher died on Thursday from natural causes at his home in the UK.

"We are shocked and filled with overwhelming sadness with the untimely passing of our dear friend, family member and bandmate Andy 'Fletch' Fletcher," the band's posts said.

"Fletch had a true heart of gold and was always there when you needed support, a lively conversation, a good laugh, or a cold pint."

... (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/05/27/andy-fletcher-dies-aged-60-depeche-mode-founding-keyboardist/)

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Mike Gorman

27th May 2022, 08:13

Vax an element in these deaths you think? People pass away every day, but we are witnessing a major departure of more people who would have expected several more decades life-time I think.

Matthew

27th May 2022, 10:44

avid

27th May 2022, 10:59

Vax an element in these deaths you think? People pass away every day, but we are witnessing a major departure of more people who would have expected several more decades life-time I think.

It's the first thing that comes to mind 😞

Our death notices page in local paper can be up to 3 pages now, worse than winter, much younger folk just dropping, heart attacks, strokes, and loads of donation requests for British Heart Foundation. Loads of sports folk, rugby players, runners etc. Mostly men, but more than usual younger women. Awful.

Inversion

7th July 2022, 19:55

James Caan passed away on 07/06/22 at age 82. He was in The Godfather and has 137 credits on imdb.

imdb (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001001/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1)
dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10992301/Godfather-actor-James-Caan-dies-82.html)

The Hollywood veteran, who played Sonny Corleone in classic hit The Godfather, passed away on Wednesday
A post by his family said they 'appreciate the outpouring of love and heartfelt condolences' from supporters
Tributes flooded in for the star from his adoring fans, with many posting quotes from his role in The Godfather
They were led by Adam Sandler, who said he 'loved him' and added that he 'always wanted to be like' Caan
His death comes just over a month after fellow gangster film star Ray Liotta passed away in his sleep aged 67

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFS_ULAwlDc

Inversion

15th July 2022, 01:17

Ivana Trump passed away at age 73. She's the ex-wife of Donald Trump.

nytimes (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/14/nyregion/ivana-trump-dead.html)

Ivana Trump, the glamorous Czech American businesswoman whose high-profile marriage to Donald J. Trump in the 1980s established them as one of the era’s quintessential New York power couples, died on Thursday at her home in Manhattan. She was 73.

Mr. Trump announced her death in a statement on Truth Social, the conservative social media platform he founded.

The New York City police were investigating whether Ms. Trump fell down the stairs at her townhouse on the Upper East Side, according to two law enforcement officials with knowledge of the matter. One of the officials said that there was no sign of forced entry at the home and that the death appeared to be accidental. A spokeswoman for the city’s chief medical examiner’s office said it would investigate the death.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jmhn4Dlwso

Patient

15th July 2022, 02:52

Vax an element in these deaths you think? People pass away every day, but we are witnessing a major departure of more people who would have expected several more decades life-time I think.

I heard from a close friend about a job site, where the people working are expected to have had 3 doses of the jab, experienced a large number of people collapsing and having seizures and other similar debilitating problems brought on after climbing a few flights of stairs.

The medical staff on site were overwhelmed as at least 10 people had to be sent to hospital. There was estimated to be approximately 100 people. (My friend left the site after being aware of this occurring to 10 people.)

So I am sure that there is a lot more incidents occurring than we are being made aware of.

pyrangello

15th July 2022, 03:40

Watch the obituaries, when they state died unexpectedly , there's red flag number one.and there's plenty these days.

Inversion

25th July 2022, 18:58

Actor Paul Sorvino died at age 83. He was in Law & Order and Goodfellas with 172 credits on imdb.
imdb (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000649/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0)
dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11047389/Goodfellas-actor-Paul-Sorvino-dies-83.html)

July 25 (Reuters) - Actor Paul Sorvino, who played the role of gangster Paulie Cicero in classic mob movie "Goodfellas, has died at the age of 83, a spokesperson for the actor said on Monday.

Sorvino, also known for portraying police sergeant Phil Cerretta on TV series "Law & Order," worked in film and television for more than 50 years.

"I am completely devastated. The love of my life & the most wonderful man who has ever lived is gone. I am heartbroken," his wife Dee Dee Sorvino wrote on Twitter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ghY5JmnyJI

iota

26th July 2022, 08:06

https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/AP22206687892430-e1658779450329.jpg?quality=75&strip=all

David Trimble, a former Northern Ireland first minister who won the Nobel Peace Prize
for being a key architect of the Good Friday Agreement that ended decades of conflict, has died.
AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File

Nobel Peace Prize winner David Trimble dead at 77

NY POST Reports:

"LONDON — David Trimble, a former Northern Ireland first minister who won the Nobel Peace Prize for playing a key role in helping end Northern Ireland’s decades of violence, has died, the Ulster Unionist Party said Monday. He was 77.

The party said in a statement on behalf of the Trimble family that the unionist politician died earlier Monday “following a short illness.”

Trimble, who led the UUP from 1995 to 2005, was a key architect of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement that ended three decades of violent conflict in Northern Ireland known as “The Troubles.”

Keir Starmer, leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party, called Trimble “a towering figure of Northern Ireland and British politics” in a tweet Monday.

The UUP was Northern Ireland’s largest Protestant unionist party when, led by Trimble, it agreed to the Good Friday peace accord.

He was the party’s first leader in 30 years to meet with the Irish premier in Dublin. In 1997, Trimble became the first unionist leader to negotiate with Irish republican party Sinn Fein."

https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/AP22206687874393.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1536

From left, David Trimble Northern Ireland First Minister, US President Bill Clinton, Seamus Mallon Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister, and British Prime Minister Tony Blair on the steps of Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Dec. 13, 2000.
AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File

"Trimble shared the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize with Catholic moderate leader John Hume, head of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, for their work.

He became first minister in Northern Ireland’s first power-sharing government the same year, with the SDLP’s Seamus Mallon as deputy first minister.

But both the UUP and the SDLP soon saw themselves eclipsed by more hardline parties — the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Fein.

Trimble struggled to keep his party together as the power-sharing government was rocked by disagreements over disarming the IRA and other paramilitary groups. Senior colleagues defected to the DUP, Trimble lost his seat in Britain’s Parliament in 2005 and soon after he resigned as party leader. The following year he was appointed to the upper chamber of Parliament, the House of Lords."

https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/AP22206687880042.jpg?=90&strip=all&w=618&h=410&crop=1

President Bill Clinton, left, meets with David Trimble, first minister in the new Northern Ireland government,
at the parliament buildings, in, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Dec. 13, 2000.
Pool photo via AP, file

Northern Ireland power-sharing has gone through many crises since then — but the peace settlement has largely endured.

“The Good Friday Agreement is something which everybody in Northern Ireland has been able to agree with,” Trimble said earlier this year. “It doesn’t mean they agree with everything. There are aspects which some people thought were a mistake, but the basic thing is that this was agreed.”

source: https://nypost.com/2022/07/25/nobel-peace-prize-winner-former-north-island-minister-david-trimble-dead-at-77/

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Inversion

26th July 2022, 17:57

Tony Lee/ELE Dow from Leave It To Beaver died at age 77, two months after a cancer diagnosis. As an interesting sidenote I've heard the Grays being referred to as the Dow & there's also the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA).

I anagrammed (https://new.wordsmith.org/anagram/anagram.cgi?anagram=anthony+lee+dow&language=english&t=500&d=&include=heat&exclude=&n=3&m=&a=n&l=n&q=n&k=1&source=adv) his name using Anthony rather than Tony.

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Heat London Yew (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yew) (Greada Treaty (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?98416-The-Greada-treaty-Beyond/page2&highlight=greada+treaty)) is Gray Data Tree
Oath Newly Done
Endow Only Heat/Hate

imdb (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0235638/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1)
wiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Dow)
dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11050701/Leave-Beaver-star-Tony-Dow-dies-77-two-months-revealing-cancer-diagnosis.html)

Dow's management announced his death at age 77 on Tuesday in Facebook post
Dow, 77, and Lauren, his wife of 41 years, announced he had been diagnosed with cancer earlier in May
Dow played Wally Cleaver in all 234 episodes of Leave It To Beaver from 1957 to 1963
He starred alongside Jerry Mathers and late stars Hugh Beaumont, Barbara Billingsley and Ken Osmond
He also appeared on TV shows including Lassie, Adam-12, Mod Squad, Knight Rider, Charles in Charge and Murder, She Wrote
In later years, he became an in-demand TV director and acclaimed sculptor

Replacement video because the first one went private.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-PSEJLYPCQ

ExomatrixTV

26th July 2022, 19:25

Celebrity Deaths 2021 & 2022 That Mainstream Media Does Not Want To Investigate:

usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/celebrity-deaths-in-2022-stars-weve-lost (https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/celebrity-deaths-in-2022-stars-weve-lost)
abcnews.go.com/US/photos/photos-famous-people-died-2022-82177625/image-paul-sorvino-83-87393272 (https://abcnews.go.com/US/photos/photos-famous-people-died-2022-82177625/image-paul-sorvino-83-87393272)
ew.com/celebrity/stars-we-lost-in-2022 (https://ew.com/celebrity/stars-we-lost-in-2022)
pagesix.com/list/celebrity-deaths-2021 (https://pagesix.com/list/celebrity-deaths-2021)
insider.com/celebrities-who-have-died-this-year-2021-1 (https://www.insider.com/celebrities-who-have-died-this-year-2021-1)
popsugar.co.uk/celebrity/celebrities-who-died-in-2021-48092108 (https://www.popsugar.co.uk/celebrity/celebrities-who-died-in-2021-48092108)

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Imagine in the not so far future there is enough evidence that big part of the celebrity deaths in 2021 & 2022 are mainly caused by injecting toxic (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?113668-Vaccination-Injuries-On-Record-for-Covid19) experimental mRNA "vaccines" & "boosters" with lots of hazardous ingredients that are mostly kept secret (except in Brazil but mainstream media is deafening silent about that fact).

Would anyone in mainstream media investigate that outcome BEFORE it is widely known? ... or do they know they are 100% complicit in keeping the masses ignorant & dumb about the (upcoming) disturbing facts (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?113668-Vaccination-Injuries-On-Record-for-Covid19)?

Imagine if someone really investigates how many of all the celebrities that are mentioned in above 48 min 48 sec video and use the same video but do an overlay stating with each name (when correct): "VAXXED!" or "DOUBLE VAXXED!" or "TRIPPLE VAXXED" or "TRIPLE BOOSTED" etc. etc.

excluding all obvious "regular" deaths like: a car accident or a plane crash or jumping from a high rise building etc.

... and I did not even mention: Recent Cardiac Events Amongst Sports People (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?116806-Recent-Cardiac-Events-Amongst-Sports-People)

All the above plus more horror happens when the masses trust the wrong (corrupt) authorities that have their positions because the mass media refuse to do their jobs correctly.

Meanwhile anyone exposing the truth are: demonized, willfully ignored by MSM, shadow-banned, comment ghosted, buried, cancelled, censored, de-platformed, de-listed in biggest search engines, banned, publicly shamed, deliberately misrepresented, blocked etc. etc.

Normalizing insanity is the new (tunnel vision) credo of the WEF (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?118748-Top-10-Creepiest-Most-Dystopian-Things-Pushed-By-The-World-Economic-Forum) with their Agenda2030 (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?111148-The-Great-Reset) and The Woke (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?115313-There-s-the-Woke-and-the-In-The-Know) Left Loves It!

cheers,
John Kuhles aka 'ExomatrixTV'
July 26, 2022 🦜🦋🌳

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ExomatrixTV

27th July 2022, 14:52

Comedian (32) Warned About Side Effects Of The Injections, And Now He's Dead!

Suddenly and unexpectedly, popular Canadian comedian Nick Nemeroff (https://www.techarp.com/facts/nick-nemeroff-die-vaccine-sads) is no longer alive. His fans are stunned, he was only 32 years old. Interesting detail: Nemeroff spoke out last year about side effects after the vaccine.

He even said he regretted his experimental gene therapy. While the official cause of death has not been released, many fear there may be a connection. His manager said (https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/nick-nemeroff-comedian-dies-1.6503627) he "died in his sleep".

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I wish I could undo it

In February 2021, Nemeroff wrote on Twitter that he had passed the vaccine and that it had a side effect. He explained that the puncture site hurt after vaccination. He then wrote: "I don't recommend taking it and wish I could undo it."

Face Paralyzed

His compatriot Justin Bieber announced last month that he suffers from Ramsey Hunt syndrome, a condition in which part of his face has become paralyzed. It was then speculated on social media that the neurological disorder is a side effect of the corona vaccines.

Mini Stroke And Heart Defect

In March, his wife Hailey Bieber (25) had to go to hospital because of a blood clot in her brain. She had a tia, also known as a mini-stroke. After examination, she was also diagnosed with a heart defect, which was also the cause of the blood clot. She now takes blood thinners every day.

[ Weekly view (https://www.wochenblick.at/kultur/kanada-kabarettist-32-warnte-nach-nebenwirkung-vor-gen-spritze-jetzt-ist-er-tot/) ]

source (https://www.ninefornews.nl/cabaretier-32-waarschuwde-voor-bijwerkingen-van-de-injecties-en-nu-is-hij-dood) (Dutch 🇳🇱 + Multi-Language Options). 🦜🦋🌳

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Standup comedian Nick Nemerov died suddenly on Monday June 27th, 2022. His death was announced on his social media accounts:
instagram.com/p/CfU2BLDJJ_Y (https://www.instagram.com/p/CfU2BLDJJ_Y/)

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No cause of death has been revealed. According to his manager, Morgan Flood of Grand Wave Entertainment, Nick “died in his sleep.”

nypost.com/2022/06/28/comedian-nick-nemeroff-dead-at-32-fans-mourn-sudden-passing (https://nypost.com/2022/06/28/comedian-nick-nemeroff-dead-at-32-fans-mourn-sudden-passing/)

On Feb. 6, 2021 Nemeroff joked about 'regretting' the jab:

"Ok so I got the vaccine and it did have a side effect...the area the needle went into (if I had to describe it I’d say like, on the top part of my upper arm. If that makes sense?) hurt a bit after. Seems ok now but honestly do NOT recommend getting it & wish I could take it back."1357860519026298881
On Aug. 21, 2021 he joked, "So apparently you can still catch Covid even if you are unvaccinated?"

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He tweeted on Aug. 22, 2021, "POV I am an anti vaxxer but only for the booster shot"
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Considering the previous day's tweet, it's almost impossible to determine his actual stance on COVID jabs in general and boosters specifically. He might or might not have gotten a booster shot. He might still have been pro-COVID vaxx, but anti-coercion. Who knows?

Nemeroff's death is another in the category of Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS), which used to be incredibly rare.

With so little information and 16 months since his last known jab, one can only speculate about any relation between his death and the COVID injections. However, since the mass COVID 'vaccination' campaign started, there seems to be a huge and suspicious increase in SADS among young, apparently healthy people. Countless independent facts all point in the direction of the jabs.

pyrangello

27th July 2022, 17:16

This is what we all said when this started , how many boosters before your body says screw you I'm out ! Ole mr. nick doesn't have to worry about that now does he.
33 Dead & Sick Friends Since Our Wedding Only 8 Months Ago. All 33 Vaxxed. A “Vaccine Death & Disease Cluster.”

https://www.theburningplatform.com/2022/07/27/open-your-eyes-this-is-happening-everywhere/
TV presenter Kate McCann keels over in the middle of today’s debate between Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, and TalkTV quickly pulls the broadcast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6JLnGd5MTo&t=31s

iota

27th July 2022, 18:29

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Married father of two Sidney Wolf was fatally hit by a car in Delaware after getting kicked out of a Lyft by the driver.
GoFundMe

Former Gov. Cuomo staffer killed after being ordered out of Lyft

The National Desk reports:

"MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (WJLA) — A former senior policy advisor for ex-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, died Sunday after being ordered out of a Lyft vehicle (https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/md-man-dies-when-lyft-driver-ends-ride-on-highway-police) on an active highway in Dewey Beach, Del., authorities confirmed.

According to Delaware State Police, Sid Wolf, 43, of Gaithersburg, Md. and five of his friends, hired a Lyft shortly before 1:45 a.m. Sunday morning. The group got into a dispute with the Lyft driver while traveling from Dewey Beach back to a residence in Bethany Beach, state police added in a written news release. (https://dsp.delaware.gov/2022/07/24/delaware-state-police-investigating-fatal-pedestrian-crash-2/)

The Lyft vehicle was headed southbound along Coastal Highway when the Lyft driver abruptly ended the ride in the middle of the left lane and ordered all six passengers to exit the vehicle, police shared.

A Toyota Corolla switched into the right lane to avoid rear-ending the Lyft vehicle. The driver of the Corolla did not see Wolf who had just gotten out of the back righthand side of the Lyft and was standing in the active roadway. The Corolla hit and killed Wolf. The five other passengers were uninjured.

Delaware State Police say the driver of the Corolla pulled over and waited for police to arrive, but the Lyft driver fled from the scene "immediately after the crash." Investigators had not located the Lyft driver as of Sunday evening but believed they may have been driving a white Honda Pilot SUV.

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Sidney Wolf, 43, was fatally struck on Coastal Highway (Route 1) at about 1:44 a.m. Sunday.

Family and friends gathered outside the Wolf Family home along Upshire Circle in Gaithersburg Monday evening. Wolf was a husband and father of two young girls.

According to LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sid-wolf-2b72a418/), Wolf worked as the associate director of federal affairs for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-N.Y., from July 2019 until Dec. 2021. In that role, Wolf advocated on behalf of New York state agencies before Congress.

Wolf most recently worked as the re-election campaign manager for Montgomery County Councilmember Sidney Katz (D-District 3). During a Monday Zoom interview with WJLA, Katz explained how Councilmember Andrew Friedson (D-District 1) played hockey with Wolf and made the connection.

I was looking for someone to be a campaign manager," Katz told 7News.

"Sid lived not too far from where I live in Gaithersburg, and he was looking for some work at the time, and we sat down and chatted and we certainly hit it off in a good way."

"Katz and Wolf spoke almost daily for the better part of this year, often multiple times a day. They would occasionally joke about sharing the same first name. Wolf went by "Sid" whereas Katz goes by "Sidney," which made emails, phone calls, and in-person conversations less confusing.

"It was working-together conversations... What just happened? Why did it happen? What are we doing? That kind of thing... He had a good sense of humor. He was a good, down-to-earth... You just enjoyed being with him, having discussions with him."

Katz last saw Wolf on election night, which was Tuesday, July 19. He most recently spoke with Wolf on Friday as election workers continued to count thousands of vote-by-mail ballots at Montgomery College's Germantown campus.

"Everybody is as close as their cell phone and it wasn't like we needed anything done in the area at that point. We'd already picked up our signs from the voting precincts, etc... I sort of had a put-my-feet-up weekend as well."

Councilmember Friedson called Katz on Sunday evening as Katz was having dinner with his family."

And Andrew then texted me and said,

'I hate to be the one to tell you, but this is what happened,'" Katz recalled.

"It was one of those moments that you just hoped it was wrong."

In its initial press release, Delaware State Police stated Wolf was a Clarksburg, Md. resident. Knowing Wolf lived in Gaithersburg, Md., Katz held out hope that it may have been a case of mistaken identity. It wasn't so.

"I did speak with his wife this morning and I mean, it's just heartbreaking. There's just no other way to say it. It's just absolutely heartbreaking," Katz remarked.

WJLA asked Lyft what protocol, if any, drivers are supposed to follow when prematurely terminating a ride. Lyft did not respond with an answer.

“We are heartbroken by this incident," a Lyft spokesperson said in a written statement. "Our hearts are with Mr. Wolf's loved ones during this incredibly difficult time, and we’ve reached out to the ride requester to offer our support. We have permanently removed the driver from the Lyft community and are in contact with law enforcement to assist with their investigation.”

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In a separate written statement, Wolf's family expressed their deep loss and asked for solitude.

“This is an extremely difficult time for our family. The level of shock and pain we feel right now cannot be measured as we continue to grieve. We truly appreciate the outpouring of love and support we’ve received and kindly request that the family’s privacy is respected as we move through this process," the statement read."

Loved ones have established a GoFundMe (https://www.gofundme.com/f/sid-wolf-and-his-family) account for Wolf's wife and two daughters. As of Tuesday afternoon, donations had exceeded $42,000.

"As a result of this generosity, we have increased the fundraising goal. We hope to raise additional funds to support Emerson and Harper's future education needs. Please consider sharing on social media or with anyone in your own network who knows them and might be looking for a way to honor Sid's legacy through support for his family," the GoFundMe account description reads, in part.

Wolf's most recent political work paid off as Councilmember Katz is expected to win the Democratic nomination for his council district, with nearly 61 percent of the current vote. Katz shared that Wolf's passing has reminded him of what is most important in life.

I told my wife, you know, 'I always knew that you're supposed to appreciate every moment of what you're doing, but something like this really brings it home. You need to hug your loved ones every chance that you get.'"

article source: https://thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-news-now/former-gov-cuomo-staffer-killed-after-being-ordered-out-of-lyft-suv-in-dewey-beach-delaware-dewey-beach-kicked-out-of-lyft-andrew-cuomo-new-york-gaithersburg-maryland

https://twitter.com/andrewcuomo/status/1552078815681290240

it seems that daily we are confronted with so many "inexplicable deaths" becoming such a regular occurrence as to generate the term "Adult SID".

FULLY preventable deaths such as this? are truly heartbreaking

how many of us will be left?

and the increase in rage of the people? has a connection been made to their vax status?

this is NOT the world i grew up in

NOR do i recall being subjected DAILY to NON STOP relentless battering to be PROGRAMMED by the MSM

i find this harrassment by MSM to be nothing short of criminal, a crime that NEEDS to STOP

and THEY are impacting ALL of society in a negative manner. in their drive to divide us? they are generating rage

a rage that is having lethal consequences

if moved to? maybe a moment to surround the children now left fatherless and widow with some grace and peace would be an action we ALL can take to counter this

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28th July 2022, 02:14

Actor David Warner died of cancer. He has 228 credits on imdb (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001831/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0).
dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11046039/Titanic-star-David-Warner-dies-aged-80-following-cancer-related-illness.html)

The actor played Spicer Lovejoy in the blockbuster and was also known for roles in films including The Omen, A Christmas Carol and Mary Poppins Returns
His death was confirmed by his family in a statement in which they said he had been ill for the past year and a half
They said: 'Over the past 18 months he approached his diagnosis with a characteristic grace and dignity. He will be missed hugely by us'
Trained at RADA, the actor's on-screen career began in 1962 with roles in the films We Joined The Navy and The King's Breakfast
David left the UK for Hollywood in 1987 and lived there for 15 years, appearing in films including Star Trek V and VI and Planet Of The Apes
More recent appearances include the 2017 romantic comedy You Me And Him and his final role as Admiral Boom in Mary Poppins Returns the following year

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckJgtGhxRxQ

David Hattersley Warner (29 July 1941 – 24 July 2022) was an English actor, who worked in film, television, and theatre. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and after making his stage debut in 1962 he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) with whom he played Henry VI in The Wars of the Roses cycle at the West End's Aldwych Theatre in 1964 before the RSC cast him as Prince Hamlet in Peter Hall's 1965 production of Hamlet. He attained prominence on screen in 1966 through his lead performance in the Karel Reisz film Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment, for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Warner portrayed both romantic leads and villainous characters across a range of media, including The Ballad of Cable Hogue, Straw Dogs, Cross of Iron, The Omen, Holocaust, The Thirty Nine Steps, Time After Time, Time Bandits, Tron, A Christmas Carol, Portrait in Evil, Titanic, Mary Poppins Returns and various characters in the Star Trek franchise, in the films Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country and the Star Trek: The Next Generation two-part "Chain of Command" episode.

In 2001, Warner returned to the stage after a nearly three-decade hiatus to play Andrew Undershaft in a Broadway revival of George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara. In May 2005, at the Chichester Festival Theatre Warner made a return to Shakespeare, playing the title role in Steven Pimlott's production of King Lear. Tim Walker, reviewing the performance in The Sunday Telegraph, wrote: "Warner is physically the least imposing king I have ever seen, but his slight, gaunt body serves also to accentuate the vulnerability the part requires. So, too, does the fact that he is older by decades than most of the other members of the youthful cast."

On 30 October 2005, he appeared on stage at The Old Vic theatre in London in the one-night play Night Sky alongside Christopher Eccleston, Bruno Langley, Navin Chowdhry, Saffron Burrows and David Baddiel.[11] In December 2006, he starred in Terry Pratchett's Hogfather on Sky1 as Lord Downey. And in August 2007, as an RSC Honorary Artist, he returned to Stratford for the first time in over 40 years to play Sir John Falstaff in the Courtyard Theatre revival of Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2 which were part of the RSC Histories Cycle.[12] He is one of the few actors[citation needed] to play Hamlet (RSC), Lear (Chichester Festival Theatre) and Falstaff (RSC).

In February 2008, Warner was heard as the popular fictional character Hugo Rune in a new 13-part audio adaptation of Robert Rankin's The Brightonomicon released by Hokus Bloke Productions and BBC Audiobooks. He starred alongside some high-profile names including cult science fiction actress and Superman star Sarah Douglas, Rupert Degas, The Lord of the Rings actor Andy Serkis, Harry Potter villain Jason Isaacs, Mark Wing-Davey and Martin Jarvis (written by Elliott Stein & Neil Gardner, and produced/directed by Neil Gardner).

Warner died of cancer at Denville Hall in Northwood, London, on 24 July 2022, aged 80.[18] He was diagnosed with the illness eighteen months prior to his death. He died five days before his 81

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31st July 2022, 20:10

Nichelle Nichols (born Grace Dell Nichols) passed away at age 89. She played Uhura in the 1960 TV series Star Trek. imdb (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0629667/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1)
wiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichelle_Nichols)
dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11067089/Nichelle-Nichols-played-Nyota-Uhura-Star-Trek-dies-age-89.html)

Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols passed at age 89 on Saturday night, her son Kyle Johnson announced
'I regret to inform you that a great light in the firmament no longer shines for us as it has for so many years,' he posted to his mother's official Facebook page on Sunda
Nichols became one of the nation's first black women to star in a primetime show after being cast in 1966 as Nyota Uhura on Star Trek
Her contribution to the film industry earned her a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1992

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ7b7NgmDzg

Johnnycomelately

31st July 2022, 20:44

Nichelle Nichols passed away at age 89. She played Uhura in the 1960 TV series Star Trek.

Here is another tribute for Nichelle, from NASA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrYiZVz_Lbk

iota

4th August 2022, 01:00

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The legendary voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers is retiring after 67 seasons and over 9,000 gamess.

Vin Scully Calls Final Baseball Game

ESPN reported:

"Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully, whose dulcet tones provided the soundtrack of summer while entertaining and informing Dodgers fans in Brooklyn and Los Angeles for 67 years, died Tuesday night, the team said. He was 94.

"We have lost an icon," Dodgers president and CEO Stan Kasten said in a statement. "Vin Scully was one of the greatest voices in all of sports. He was a giant of a man, not only as a broadcaster, but as a humanitarian. He loved people. He loved life. He loved baseball and the Dodgers. And he loved his family. His voice will always be heard and etched in all of our minds forever. I know he was looking forward to joining the love of his life, Sandi. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family during this very difficult time. Vin will be truly missed."

Scully died at his home in the Hidden Hills section of Los Angeles, according to the team, which spoke to family members. No cause of death was provided.

"Today we mourn the loss of a legend in our game," Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. "Vin was an extraordinary man whose gift for broadcasting brought joy to generations of Dodger fans. In addition, his voice played a memorable role in some of the greatest moments in the history of our sport. I am proud that Vin was synonymous with Baseball because he embodied the very best of our National Pastime. As great as he was as a broadcaster, he was equally great as a person.

"On behalf of Major League Baseball, I extend my deepest condolences to Vin's family, friends, Dodger fans and his admirers everywhere."

As the longest-tenured broadcaster with a single team in pro sports history, Scully saw it all and called it all. He began in the 1950s era of Pee Wee Reese and Jackie Robinson, on to the 1960s with Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax, into the 1970s with Steve Garvey and Don Sutton, and through the 1980s with Orel Hershiser and Fernando Valenzuela. In the 1990s, it was Mike Piazza and Hideo Nomo, followed by Clayton Kershaw, Manny Ramirez and Yasiel Puig in the 21st century.

"He was the best there ever was," Kershaw said after the Dodgers' game Tuesday night in San Francisco. "Just when you think about the Dodgers, there's a lot of history here and a lot of people that have come through. It's just a storied franchise all the way around. But it almost starts with Vin, honestly."

read full article here: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34338705/vin-scully-iconic-former-los-angeles-dodgers-broadcaster-dies-age-94

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rest in peace sir ..
you leave behind a glorious legacy

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8th August 2022, 00:14

Roger E. Mosley from Magnum PI died at age 83. He has 70 credits on imdb.
imdb (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0608853/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1)
dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11090167/Magnum-P-actor-Roger-E-Mosley-died-83-actor-played-Theodore-TC-Calvin-show.html)

Actor died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after car accident three days ago
His daughter Ch-a said 'he was surrounded by family as he transcended peacefully'
She added: 'We could never mourn such an amazing man. He would HATE any crying done in his name'
Mosley played the role of Theodore 'TC' Calvin on the show from 1980 thru 1988
He had also appeared on TV shows including Hangin' With Mr. Cooper, The Love Boat and Sanford and Son
Mosley had appeared in movies including The Mack, Leadbelly, McQ and A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoNxZrTd2jM

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9th August 2022, 01:01

Olivia Newton-John died after a thirty-year battle with cancer. imdb (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000556/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1)
dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11092929/Olivia-Newton-John-dies-age-73-long-battle-breast-cancer.html)

Olivia Newton-John's death was announced by her husband John Easterling on Facebook on Monday
The actress died at home in southern California, surrounded by her family
'Olivia has been a symbol of triumph and hopes for over 30 years,' Easterling said
It's unclear what the exact cause of her death was but she had been battling cancer since being re-diagnosed
She famously overcame a 1992 cancer diagnosis but the disease returned in 2013 and then again in 2017
In a 2020 interview, she said: 'It's been a part of my life for so long. I felt something was wrong. It's concerning when it comes back, but I thought 'I'll get through it again'
Newton-John represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 before shooting to fame in Grease
The movie propelled her to super-stardom and turned her into an enduring sex symbol
She leaves behind her husband and 36-year-old daughter Chloe Lattanzi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLyVNLEQh70

thepainterdoug

9th August 2022, 01:47

Olivia was wonderful. Im glad she has returned home

thepainterdoug

9th August 2022, 02:15

The United States of America

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9th August 2022, 10:15

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12th August 2022, 18:19

lake

14th August 2022, 15:55

Anne Heche died from injuries she received in the car crash. She was declared braindead, and her organs were harvested.
imdb (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000162/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0)
dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11106819/Anne-Heche-dies-pulled-life-support.html)

Anne Heche was taken off life support today at a hospital in Los Angeles, a week after the crash
The 53-year-old is being mourned by Hollywood including her ex-girlfriend, Ellen De Generes
Heche, who struggled with addiction, was said by police to have been high on cocaine while driving
She plowed her car into the home of Lynne Mishele, leaving the woman with unspecified but serious injuries
Police were investigating felony charges because of the extent of Mishele's injuries
Heche's team yesterday said she was not going to survive; she was declared braindead yesterday
Her family kept her alive on a ventilator while doctors harvested her organs for donation until Friday

I don't know this woman nor the woman she had as a partner (who's show was cancelled not days after the incident .... along with the fact that Heche was making a film about sex trafficking (https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/movies/2022/08/12/62f6810c46163f6f0f8b45bc.html) ) but could someone tell me why a dead body opens closed sheeting and sits up (now I know that a body, due to gasses could 'sit up' but to open the sheeting? I don't know!)

https://i.postimg.cc/HxnfJFdJ/Heche0.jpg

She was, it is said, within the burning car for 45 mins as the firemen could not get to her.

https://i.postimg.cc/x8x8vwbW/Heche.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/ZYVWzdDV/Heche1.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/7YhfHZFD/Heche2.jpg

There are reports of the car screeling as if the brakes were trying to work before it hit the building?

A few videos:

WHAT'S GOING ON? - BODY BAG VICTIM ALIVE WHAT? - ANNE HECHE

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this one has some 911 stuff, I don't know why but there is interesting footage ....

SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE OF ANNE HECHE CAR CRASH

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I don't want to have this thread taken over by this so if the mods could move this post as they see fit .... thanks :)

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14th August 2022, 16:06

https://i.postimg.cc/HxnfJFdJ/Heche0.jpg
That image doesn't depict a burn victim. Her hair and clothes would have been burnt. This is another one of those strange Hollywood deaths.

The dashboard, steering wheel and seats don't look burnt. The impact and airbag would have knocked her out.
dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11085985/Actress-Anne-Heche-gets-wild-crash-LA-drove-blue-Mini-Cooper-garage.html)
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lake

14th August 2022, 19:10

dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11085985/Actress-Anne-Heche-gets-wild-crash-LA-drove-blue-Mini-Cooper-garage.html)
https://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=49428&d=1660493184&thumb=1

I guess that the soft drink plastic bottle (in your image with the label still intact) was not in the car at the time of the fire as it does not look deformed at all?
Also a strange place for it to be unless moved there after the driver had been taken out?

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14th August 2022, 19:14

lake

15th August 2022, 20:57

The force of the foam the fire department sprayed in there could have moved items in the vehicle. Then there's the question if it was modified or hacked to make it accelerate out of control.

True but would the driver have still been in there when the fire department did that and how would a plastic bottle not deform within that heat?

I have no idea about if the car was hacked .... but I have questions about the firemen still wearing what looks to be face masks while taking the 'dead' person (who we don't know was Heche .... may have been someone else from the house?) from the scene?

A slowed down gif

https://i.postimg.cc/Dy2YfbQD/heche2.gif

lake

15th August 2022, 21:03

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15th August 2022, 21:29

Additional question .... Do firemen in the US have a set attire to wear? So that they have given trousers to wear which would be the same for each?

Edit to ask another question .... The first fireman in the gif with a yellow jacket on has no markings on the back of the coat but the next 2 who walk into shot do .... is it normal in the US for some firemen not to have markings on their uniform?

If it was a PSYOP (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_operations_(United_States)#:~:text=Psychological%20operations%20(PSYOP)%20are%20operat ions,organizations%2C%20groups%2C%20and%20individuals.) then there would be operatives who probably have an inventory of different clothing. In the TV series NCIS: Los Angeles they had a wardrobe department so they could impersonate/mimic other professions. They could use generic outfits to simplify things.

lake

15th August 2022, 21:49

Just putting this gif here as any information may help .... it is another angle of the above gif

https://i.postimg.cc/kXnyBqxG/Heche4.gif

Kryztian

30th August 2022, 22:56

Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91
He will be remembered as the father of ‘perestroika’ but also for presiding over the fall of the Soviet Union
https://www.rt.com/russia/558272-gorbachev-dies-soviet-leader/

Mikhail Gorbachev, the first and only president of the Soviet Union, has died at the age of 91, in Moscow.

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His death was reported on Tuesday night by the Central Clinical Hospital, which said in a statement that “Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev died this evening after a serious and prolonged illness.”

According to the news agency TASS, Gorbachev was hospitalized at the very beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, at the request of his doctors, and had been under medical supervision ever since.

A divisive figure, supporters credit him with having played a key part in bringing about an end to the Cold War, while opponents accuse him of aiding in the fall of the Soviet Union and a major loss to Moscow’s prestige and global influence.
Perestroika, glasnost, private business and the presidency

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Born in 1931 into a peasant family in southern Russia, in his teens Gorbachev operated combine harvesters on collective farms. His party career started early in his student years, when he studied law at Lomonosov Moscow State University. His ascent through the ranks was relatively rapid, and in 1985 he became the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, making him the highest ranking official in the USSR.

During his time in office, Gorbachev aimed to re-energize the stalled Soviet economy, which was riddled with inefficiency, overblown defense spending and creeping corruption. He called for urgent reorganization and modernization, but soon expanded his reform to the political and social structure of the whole nation.

The policy of ‘perestroika’ was announced in 1986 as an attempt to reorganize the economy. More of a political movement, the “restructuring” aimed to give more independence to ministries and large state-owned enterprises. It also introduced some free market-style reforms. In 1988, Gorbachev permitted establishing private enterprises in the country for the first time since Vladimir Lenin’s “New Economic Policy” of the 1920s.

https://i.imgur.com/3e5IVI6.jpg

Another policy proclaimed was ‘glasnost'. Gorbachev aimed to bring transparency into society, ease the Communist Party’s control over the media and release political prisoners. This was a radical change, since control over public speech had previously been an essential part of the Soviet regime.

Gorbachev also proposed a constitutional change to move to a presidential system and created a new political body called the Congress of People’s Deputies. The 2,250 members were elected in the Soviet Union’s first semi-competitive parliamentary election. On March 15, 1990, following a vote in the Congress of People’s Deputies, Mikhail Gorbachev became president of the USSR.

Soviet pullout from Afghanistan, end of Cold War

Gorbachev’s foreign policy, also known as the “new thinking,” marked a period of significant improvement of relations between the Soviet Union and Western countries, replacing the era of Cold War hostilities.

In 1986, he announced plans to withdraw Soviet troops from Afghanistan, but it took three more years to complete the pullout.

The Soviet-Afghan war was a major point of criticism for the West. It also cost the Soviet Union at least 15,000 casualties, put additional strains on an already creaking bureaucratic planned economy and filled the country with veterans suffering from combat stress disorders.

The reengagement with the West paved the way for several key disarmament treaties to be signed. Moscow and Washington agreed to dismantle their intermediate-range conventional and nuclear missiles – the very precise weapons that could tempt the military into using nuclear weapons on a limited scale, but still trigger global mutual annihilation. Under Gorbachev, Moscow unilaterally stopped all nuclear tests.

Moscow’s relations with the Eastern Bloc countries also underwent a radical change. Earlier, Soviet troops always served as the final argument, should one of the countries of the Cold War-era Warsaw Pact try to shift its allegiance. But Gorbachev’s liberalization included the right of self-determination for those nations. This was jokingly called the “Sinatra doctrine” after the singer Frank Sinatra, alluding to his song, 'My Way', as countries were allowed to determine their own internal policies. A string of revolutions in 1989 ousted European Communist regimes, and in 1990 West and East Germany reunified as one country.
For his efforts in easing international tensions, Gorbachev was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990.

In a statement accompanying the award, the Nobel Committee said that the president of the Soviet Union had played a “leading role” in the international peace process.

Fall of the Berlin Wall

Gorbachev is also well-known for having played a key role in the fall of the Berlin Wall, the symbol of a split Europe and divided world in the times of the Cold War.

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After the fall of the Nazi regime as a result of World War II, Germany had become two separate countries by 1949. The Federal Republic of Germany (or West Germany) was run by the Western Allies, while the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) was controlled by the Soviet Union. Berlin was located inside East Germany, but it was shared by both West and East Germany, with the Berlin Wall dividing the territories of the two states.

Built in 1961, the wall separated families and loved ones for 28 years. It was eventually toppled on the night of November 9, 1989. During a visit to West Germany earlier in 1989, the Soviet leader declared that every nation can “freely choose its own political and social system” and that Moscow would “respect for the right of all peoples to self-determination.”

The fall of the Berlin Wall marked the dawn of a new age – the end of the Cold War and the bipolar world – and it paved the way for Germany’s reunification in 1990.
Collapse of the Soviet Union

The partial democratization of Soviet society under Gorbachev led to a surge in nationalist and anti-Russian sentiment in most of the 15 Soviet republics. But this drive for independence was not always peaceful. On several occasions, Moscow ordered the use of force against violent riots, as the nationalist course in certain regions was seen as capable of spawning much greater violence in the future if the government failed to act. However, the use of force only caused bigger protests.

The frozen conflicts in ethnic enclaves around the country, such as Nagorno-Karabakh and Trans-Dniester, as well as the 2008 war in South Ossetia, are the legacies of those events.

Amid growing tensions within the USSR, Gorbachev attempted to draft a new union treaty. However, a group of hardline Soviet top officials, who called themselves the State Committee on the State of Emergency, attempted to stage a coup and to remove Gorbachev from power to prevent the signing of the new union treaty.

The coup failed, but it prompted Gorbachev to dissolve the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and to resign as the party’s General Secretary, as well as to dissolve all party departments within the governmental structures, thus effectively ending Communist rule in the USSR and eliminating its primary unifying political force.

The Soviet Union collapsed with dramatic speed during the latter part of 1991, as one Soviet republic after another declared independence. In December 1991, the presidents of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus met near the Belorussian town of Brest and signed the Belavezha Accords, which formally declared the Soviet Union effectively dissolved and established the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in its place.

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Gorbachev initially denounced the move as illegal, but later in the same month acknowledged it and announced his resignation as president.

Controversy, post-Soviet contributions

Gorbachev’s policies made him popular in the West, but in his own country he remains a controversial figure to this day. He is praised by many for his disarmament initiatives, the unification of Germany, instigating the fall of the Iron Curtain and ending the Cold War, as well as for granting Eastern European countries the right to self-determination.

However, the former Soviet leader also faced significant criticism, mostly at home, from those who believe that his policies weakened the Soviet Union and its successor, Russia, and were the major cause of the collapse of the USSR.

Some critics particularly say that, by moving forward with his disarmament initiatives, including the unilateral ones, he undermined the military and industrial might of the Soviet Union, while others accuse him of failing to prevent NATO from expanding further eastwards and eventually reaching Russia’s borders.

After his resignation, Gorbachev created the International Non-Governmental Foundation for Socio-Economic and Political Studies (The Gorbachev Foundation), which is both a research center and discussion platform, as well as an NGO overseeing humanitarian charity projects.

In 1993, at the initiative of the representatives of 108 countries, Gorbachev established Green Cross International, a non-governmental environmental organization, which now has offices in 23 countries around the world.

In 1999, he also became one of the initiators of the Nobel Peace Laureates Summit, which meets every year to discuss global threats, such as violence and wars, poverty, crisis situations in the world’s economy, and the environment, according to the Gorbachev Foundation website.

Between 2001 and 2009, Gorbachev also co-chaired the St. Petersburg Dialogue, an annual Russian-German forum held alternately in both countries and attended by politicians, entrepreneurs, and young people.

The former Soviet leader had also visited around 50 countries since 1992 and been given more than 300 awards, diplomas, certificates of honor, and honorable distinctions, according to the Gorbachev Foundation.

Gorbachev also wrote dozens of books, which have been published in 10 languages.

“I was doing my best in bringing together morality and responsibility to people. It’s a matter of principle for me. It was high time to put an end to the rulers’ wild cravings and to their highhandedness. There were a few things I have not succeeded in, but I don’t think I was wrong in my approach,” he wrote in his political article of faith, published by the Gorbachev Foundation.

https://i.imgur.com/tLAR4WM.jpg

Gorbachev will be buried in Moscow’s Novodevichy Cemetery next to his wife, Raisa, who died in 1999, Tass revealed, citing a source familiar with the family’s wishes.

norman

31st August 2022, 13:24

DIANA – Ritual Sacrifice - August 30th 1997 [ 25 years ago ]

https://rumble.com/v1i0yi9-diana-ritual-sacrifice-of-the-new-world-order.html

TRANSCRIPT - by Alexandra Bruce

Twenty-five years ago, Princess Diana’s car crashed inside the the Pont de l’Alma tunnel in Paris, France.

Her lover, Dodi Fayed died upon impact, along with the driver.

And even though Diana survived, it took about 40 minutes to get her from the car to the ambulance.

The official story is that they were trying to free her from the car but several witnesses say that Diana was conscious and unobstructed.

Photographs show that the backseat of the car was undamaged and witnesses were pleading with the police to open the door and help her.

Once in the ambulance, it took about 40 minutes for them to choose a hospital and when they finally set off, the ambulance drove at a snail’s pace and made several stops, taking about 40 minutes to drive less than 4 miles.

Doctors were turned away. Witnesses were strip-searched. Cameras were confiscated. No evidence was gathered. No blood samples were taken.

And by 3AM, the entire scene would be sprayed down with high-pressure water hoses.

Mercedes wanted to study the wreckage to see why it failed so badly but they were denied.

Diana’s body was taken by the Royal Family, who had her reproductive organs removed [under the watchful eye of Michael Burgess, the Deputy Coroner of the Queen’s Household] before burying her remains.

All 17 cameras along the route of the crash were mysteriously turned off and all radio police frequencies went down.

Witnesses were assaulted and threatened and there was no investigation – not until the inquest 10 years later, which is when most people learned that Diana had penned a note in 1996, saying that someone was going to kill her in a car accident.

This note was concealed for 6 years.

At the inquest, experts agreed that Diana would have survived if they had gotten her to a hospital but the blame was put upon a military-style attack.

According to witnesses, a group of motorcycles, along with a white Fiat Uno worked in concert to crash the car; first, with a blinding flash of light, followed by an explosion fro the front tire of the Mercedes.

During the inquest, a former MI-6 agent, described being shown the very same plan in 1992, for a possible MI-6 assassination of Slobodon Milosevic and claimed it was MI-6 who killed Diana.

Because of all this, the inquest ended with the verdict of ‘unlawful killing’, blaming her death on the mysterious military hit squad.

But the Mainstream Media spun the entire thing to make it sound like it was the paparazzi that caused her to crash, which is demonstrably false.

And while there was no investigation into finding the members of this military hit squad, three years later, the alleged driver of the white Fiaat, who had ties to MI-6 reportedly committed suicide, after being found shot twice in the back of the head and burned inside of his car.

During the inquest, many things were kept from the jury, such as the fact that Diana’s seat belt was found to be defective and evidence of the car being sabotaged.

Interestingly, these things would have brought more suspicion towards Dodi’s father, Mohamed Al-Fayed, who, after turning down repeated offers from the French government to provide security, was solely responsible for Diana’s security detail.

And at the last minute, had them leave their security detail in front of the hotel as a decoy and take a different car. A car that was recently stolen, broken, repaired and never checked by security.

Left with only one security guard, they were also assigned a new driver. Henri Paul had no chauffeur permit, was tied to foreign intelligence services, was seen on camera, signaling to someone just before setting off – had received over 50,000 Francs the day of the crash.

And this was all under the watch of Mohamed Al-Fayed, who is deeply connected to the intelligence community.

He was business partners with one of Lee Harvey Oswald’s handlers and represented the grandfather of Mohamed Atta but none of that was mentioned in the inquest.

Instead, with the help of pop culture agents, such as Howard Stern and Piers Morgan, Mohamed Al-Fayed has provided the world with the cover story: that Diana was pregnant with Dodi’s child and Prince Phillip had her killed because he’s racist, which seems like a strange cover story – that is, if you don’t realize that the entire thing was a Satanic ritual.

Rituals are meant to be witnessed and the death of Diana is steeped in Satanic ritual.

The Royal Family, originally known as the Saxe-Coburg Gotha bloodline changed their name to Windsor to sound more British.

Their inbred family is traced back to Vlad the Impaler, otherwise known as “Dracula” and with several proud Nazis in the family, including Prince Philip.

The Royal Family is obsessed with pagan ritual and all things occulted.

According to the carefully planned breeding of royal bloodlines, the marriage between Diana and Charles was for the Merovingian ancestry of Lady Diana, to be seeded into the Royal Family.

Diana was well aware of this and referred to herself as the “Windsor Brood Mare”.

They were married at St Paul’s Cathedral, owned by the Royal Family and built upon the site of a temple dedicated to the goddess, Diana.

According to occult beliefs, the goddess, Diana was Lucifer’s consort and on August 13th, 1313, they produced a magical daughter named Aradia.

In Freemasonry, this same trio is known as Osiris, Isis and Horus.

This same ritual is shown in the Roman Polanski film, ‘Rosemary’s Baby’, where the innocent virgin is unknowingly recruited by a Satanic cult to mate with Lucifer and spawn a child.

After the birth of Prince William, Diana became a threat to the family. She had major influence and used it to shine a light on the Family’s powerful interests, such as the endless war machine.

Her life was being threatened and she told several friends that the Family was going to kill her.

Less than a month before her death and after a series of affairs, Diana started seeing family friend, Dodi Fayed and on August 31st, the Satanic ritual sacrifice date for the Goddess Diana, Diana of Wales was driven out of the way, past an Egyptian Obelisk and into a tunnel named in dedication to the Goddess Diana.

Inside this tunnel, Diana’s Mercedes crashed into the 13th pillar, where she was kept to bleed to death above a known ancient Merovingian underground chamber for the ritual blood sacrifice worship to the Goddess Diana.

This is the religion of the world’s elite. Prince Phillip said he would like to be reincarnated as a deadly virus to wipe out humanity.

His underling, Maurice Strong co-founded the World Economic Forum with Klaus Schwab.

And Prince Charles, who brags of being related to Dracula co-founded the World Economic Forum’s Great Reset Initiative.

These are the leaders of the so-called New World Order. These monsters are the best that they have.

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Johnnycomelately

3rd September 2022, 05:43

Two weeks before the air races at Reno, the favourite/top-seed Unlimited plane went down shortly after taking off, killing the owner pilot. Sounds like he tried to make the ‘impossible turn’ back to the runway. Even more than Juan Browne (this vid), analysis of this incident is in Dan Gryder’s wheelhouse. If Dan makes a vid about this, I will append it.

RIP. Mr. Smoot (might be pronounced ‘smoat’, if he came from German stock).

Sherman Smoot 'Czech Mate' Yak 11 Fatal Crash Bakersfield 2 Sept 2022
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LINKS:
'Check Mate' Blancolirio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOK__...
Sherman Smoot Interviews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to46c...
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2022 Reno National Championship Air Races: https://airrace.org/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw08...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BsdpCnTJus

Inversion

24th September 2022, 02:59

Louise Fletcher who played Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest passed at age 88.

imdb (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001221/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1)
wiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Fletcher)
dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11244997/Louise-Fletcher-One-Flew-Cuckoos-Nest-passes-away-age-88.html)

Oscar winner Louise Fletcher has died at the age of 88.

The actress' family revealed to Deadline that Fletcher passed away peacefully at her home in Montdurausse, France but did not disclose a cause of death.

She famously played Nurse Ratched in the Miloš Forman-directed 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which also starred Jack Nicholson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faeEnoYcT7w

onevoice

4th October 2022, 17:06

Singer-Songwriter Lorretta Lynn has passed at age 90 (https://nypost.com/2022/10/04/loretta-lynn-coal-miners-daughter-icon-and-country-singer-dead-at-90/):

Loretta Lynn, ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’ icon and country singer, dead at 90

Country music legend Loretta Lynn has died at the age of 90.

The four-time Grammy winner — whose glittering career spanned six decades — passed away Tuesday at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.

Her family confirmed the news in a statement provided to the Associated Press, but did not disclose a cause of death.

Lynn — who was raised in rural Kentucky — became a worldwide sensation with her 1971 track “Coal Miner’s Daughter.”

The singer-songwriter — whose own father worked in a coal mine — used her poverty-stricken Appalachian childhood as the basis for dozens of her other hit songs.

The Country Music Hall of Famer also wrote fearlessly about sex and love, cheating husbands, divorce and birth control — and sometimes got in trouble with radio programmers for material from which even rock performers once shied away.

Lynn’s other hits included “You Ain’t Woman Enough,” “Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind),” and “You’re Looking at Country.”

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Inversion

12th October 2022, 00:23

Angela Lansbury died at age 96 in Los Angeles. Her first movie was Gaslight (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001450/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0) in 1944.

Angela Lansbury (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Lansbury)

dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11305313/How-playing-Americas-Miss-Marple-turned-Angela-Lansbury-richest-woman-TV-history.html)

Jessica Fletcher in 264 episodes of Murder, She Wrote

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUcGKzpzNeI

Casey Claar

12th October 2022, 00:55

Oh, a sad day.. I bumped into her once in a Bed, Bath and Beyond ( in Los Angeles ). She is a true legend.

Inversion

14th October 2022, 17:59

Robbie Coltrane known for his Harry Potter role dies at age 72. His real name is Anthony Robert McMillan and he has 114 credits on imdb (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001059/?ref_=fn_al_nm_0).

dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11316815/Harry-Potter-Cracker-star-Robbie-Coltrane-dies-aged-72.html)

Robbie Coltrane was best known as the star of ITV's Cracker and was the first to be cast in Harry Potter
He also had a hugely successful comedy career before turning to acting, appearing in The Young Ones
Colleagues and friends including Stephen Fry are paying tribute, describing him as a 'unique talent'
Harry Potter author described the actor as 'an incredible talent' as she extended her condolences to his family

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwVbpVXmzvI

Inversion

28th October 2022, 19:18

Jerry Lee Lewis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lee_Lewis) died at age 87 at his home in Memphis. The news of his death was reported a couple of days prior by TMZ (https://www.tmz.com/2022/10/28/jerry-lee-lewis-dead-dies-87-rock-n-roll/). Considering the name of his famous 1957 song Great Balls of Fire his death could represent a go code.

From the first link.

He grew up in an impoverished farming family in Eastern Louisiana. In his youth, he began playing the piano with two of his cousins, Mickey Gilley (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Gilley) (later a popular country music singer) and Jimmy Swaggart (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Swaggart) (later a popular televangelist). His parents mortgaged their farm to buy him a piano.

dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11366315/Jerry-Lee-Lewis-outrageous-rock-n-roll-star-dies-87.html)

Lewis died at his home in Memphis on Friday morning aged 87
He was the last survivor of the rock n roll generation that included Elvis
Once tipped as a successor to Elvis, after 'the King' was drafted into the Army
But career derailed after bigamist marriage to his 13 year-old cousin emerged

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg5IcW5RuAc
wiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Balls_of_Fire)

"Great Balls of Fire" is a 1957 popular song recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis on Sun Records[2] and featured in the 1957 movie Jamboree. It was written by Otis Blackwell and Jack Hammer. The Jerry Lee Lewis 1957 recording was ranked as the 96th greatest song ever by Rolling Stone. The song is in AABA form.[3] The song sold one million copies in its first 10 days of release in the United States making it one of best-selling singles in the United States at that time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT7eqOCL5LY

Satori

29th October 2022, 00:52

My dear 92 year old mother, Emerald Evelyn Looney, died this past week. My siblings and I help usher her onward and upward today. She had a good run at it. Bye mom. I love you.

RunningDeer

29th October 2022, 02:43

My dear 92 year old mother, Emerald Evelyn Looney, died this past week. My siblings and I help usher her onward and upward today. She had a good run at it. Bye mom. I love you.

https://i.imgur.com/YTjZ8p1.jpg

♡

Bill Ryan

4th November 2022, 12:13

Dear Friends, GroovieBean posted this a couple of days ago (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?114252-UFO-Videos--old-new-&p=1525715#post1525715), about ufologist, researcher and artist Jim Nichols. He passed away on 2 January of this year.

Jim was a wonderful man, and a skilled and inspired UFO illustrator, with whom I had the great pleasure of enjoying a very long lunch at the March 2019 Laughlin UFO Conference. That was the first and only time I met him in person.

I was unaware he had died — in hospital, of the covid Delta variant. (Yes, this can kill people if their treatment is the wrong one or if not sufficiently quickly administered.)

In hospital, very sadly, he had little chance. If we'd have known, we could have maybe found a way to help him.

:heart:

Inversion

14th November 2022, 01:55

Mehran Karimi Nasseri aka Lord Alfred has an interesting and bizarre story. He passed recently in the airport of a heart attack. He lived in Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris from 1988-2006 and later returned. His story inspired the movie The Terminal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terminal). He claims to be British and not Iranian. If you watch the video, you can tell there's a level of mental illness and denial.

Dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11422481/Mehran-Karimi-Nasseri-lived-Paris-airport-mini-celebrity-staff-passengers.html)

11/21/16 (29:12)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngNP8ZNutNY

Mehran Karemi Nasseri, who now goes by the name "Sir Alfred", has been living in the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France. For the past twelve years he has been waiting for the document that would allow him to leave. Unlike the story that has been told in the world press of a man trapped in the underground terminals of an airport, dubbed the, "strangest case in immigration history", this documentary examines the life of a man whose only aspiration is to be somebody else.

©2001 Visit Fictionvillestudio.com for more info

Inversion

6th December 2022, 01:59

Kristie Alley is dead at 71 after a battle with cancer. imdb (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000263/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0)

dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11506083/Kirstie-Alley-dead-71-Cheers-stars-heartbroken-children-announce-actress-passed-away.html)

Kirstie Alley has died following a 'battle with cancer,' according to her family
'We are sad to inform you that our incredible, fierce and loving mother has passed away after a battle with cancer, only recently discovered,' a tweet stated
Alley played bar manager Rebecca Howe in Cheers; she also starred alongside John Travolta in Look Who’s Talking among other roles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2waQGhENMo

Kryztian

6th December 2022, 15:33

Here's a recap of 2022 so far.

https://i.imgur.com/7cGJo1N.jpg

Wondering how many of these were vaxxed and how many would still be here if they weren't.

Matthew

11th December 2022, 11:07

Kristie Alley is dead at 71 after a battle with cancer. imdb (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000263/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0)
...

This guy, on rumble as The People's Voice, kicks up some suspicion over things Kirstie Alley said while she was alive.

He also talks about these follow deaths:
- Isaac Kappy
- Paul Walker
- Anne Heche
- Chris Cornell
- Chester Bennington
- DJ Avicii

He goes into detail about Anne Heche, sharing that she was a victim of sexual abuse and vowed to protect children from suffering the same as she had.

Kirstie Alley Vowed To Expose Hollywood Elite Pedophile Ring Before She Died Suddenly
rumble, The People's Voice Published December 7, 2022

https://rumble.com/v1zhaeu-kirstie-alley-vowed-to-expose-hollywood-elite-pedophile-ring-before-she-die.html

https://sp.rmbl.ws/s8/2/2/x/_/j/2x_jh.caa.mp4?u=3&b=0

JackMcThorn

29th December 2022, 20:16

I remember hearing about Pele in grade school.

Brazil great Pele has died at the age of 82.

https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2022/1229/1344125-brazil-great-pele-dies-aged-82/

Patient

29th December 2022, 22:28

I remember hearing about Pele in grade school.

Brazil great Pele has died at the age of 82.

https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2022/1229/1344125-brazil-great-pele-dies-aged-82/

Pele was my inspiration for the game of football (soccer as we in North America call it).

I always wore number 10, his number, and only didn't get to on a couple teams that I played for.

Every time I put on my jersey I would have a look at the number and would think of him.

Kryztian

31st December 2022, 15:24

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, a.k.a. Joseph Ratzinger

Farewell to Benedict XVI: ‘Humble worker in vineyard of the Lord'
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2022-12/pope-emeritus-benedict-xvi-dies-aged-95.html
The 95-year-old Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI passed away on Saturday at 9:34 AM in his residence at the Vatican's Mater Ecclesiae Monastery.

The Holy See Press Office announced that the Pope Emeritus died at 9:34 AM on Saturday morning in his residence at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery, which the 95-year-old Pope emeritus had chosen as his residence after resigning from the Petrine ministry in 2013.

“With sorrow I inform you that the Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, passed away today at 9:34 AM in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican. Further information will be provided as soon as possible. As of Monday morning, 2 January 2023, the body of the Pope Emeritus will be in Saint Peter's Basilica so the faithful can pay their respects."

News of worsening health condition

Already for several days, the health conditions of the Pope Emeritus had worsened due to advancing age, as the Press Office had reported in its updates of the evolving situation.

Pope Francis himself publicly shared the news about his predecessor's worsening health at the end of the last General Audience of the year, on 28 December.

The Pope had invited people to pray for the Pope Emeritus, who was "very ill," so that the Lord might console him and support him "in this witness of love for the Church until the end."

Following this invitation, prayer initiatives sprung up and multiplied on all continents, along with an outpouring of messages of solidarity and closeness from secular leaders.

Funeral plans

During a briefing at the Holy See Press office at midday, the director, Matteo Bruni, told journalists that Pope Francis will preside over the funeral of the Pope Emeritus on 5 January at 9.30 CET in St. Peter's Square.

He added that as from Monday, the body of Benedict XVI will be lying in state in the Basilica so that the faithful who wish to do so may pay their last respects with prayers and a final farewell.

Bruni also said the Pope Emeritus on Wednesday, 28th in the afternoon, received the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick in the monastery at the end of Holy Mass.

And speaking to reporters after the briefing he said Benedict specifically asked that everything - including the funeral - be marked by simplicity, just as he lived his life.

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2022-12/pope-emeritus-benedict-xvi-dies-aged-95.html

Sue (Ayt)

31st December 2022, 16:03

Barbara Walters, pioneering TV journalist who began on ‘TODAY,’ dies at 93

Walters was known in recent years as the co-creator of the hit ABC daytime show “The View,” but older viewers remember her as the first female anchor of a network news program.
Barbara Walters, the pioneering TV broadcaster who blazed a trail for women in a male-dominated medium, died Friday. She was 93.

Her death was confirmed by her representative, Cindi Berger, who said Walters died "peacefully in her home surrounded by loved ones."

"She lived her life with no regrets," Berger said. "She was a trailblazer not only for female journalists, but for all women.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/barbara-walters-pioneering-tv-journalist-began-today-dies-93-rcna42287

Matthew

1st January 2023, 00:02

Remembering Dr Zelenko :heart:

https://twitter.com/kacdnp91/status/1609329109594963968

DNA

1st January 2023, 01:50

norman

11th January 2023, 06:50

Lynette Hardaway, Diamond of Diamond and Silk, dies at age 51
JANUARY 10, 2023

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lynette-hardaway-dies-age-51-diamond-and-silk-donald-trump/

Lynette Hardaway, better known as Diamond of the conservative duo "Diamond and Silk," has died, their social media accounts said Monday. She was 51.

Diamond was a political commentator and vlogger who worked with her sister, Rochelle Richardson, who went by the name Silk. The pair became known for their ardent support of former President Donald Trump. The former president said in a post on his social media site Truth Social that her death is "really bad news" for "ALL Americans."

"Our beautiful Diamond, of Diamond and Silk, has just passed away at her home in the State she loved so much, North Carolina," Trump wrote, adding that her death was "totally unexpected."

A cause of death for Diamond was not given. In November 2022, Diamond and Silk posted on Twitter, "Anyone who believes in the power of prayer please pray for Diamond."

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Diamond and Silk's Facebook page paid tribute to Diamond, calling her a "True Angel and Warrior Patriot for Freedom, Love, and Humanity."

Several Republican lawmakers also commented on Diamond's death.

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz called it "very sad news," while Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert said Diamond was a "wonderful person."

According to Diamond and Silk's book, "Uprising: Who the Hell Said You Can't Ditch and Switch?" Diamond was born on Thanksgiving 1971, and Silk was born earlier that same year in January. They built a platform around their Trump fandom, calling themselves the former president's "most outspoken and loyal supporters." The duo also testified under oath in 2018 about alleged filtering practices on social media platforms. In 2020, Diamond and Silk worked as contributors for Fox News until they were let go by the news organization following COVID misinformation posts, Deadline reported.

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Sue (Ayt)

12th January 2023, 01:13

Guitar legend Jeff Beck dies suddenly at age 78

Jeff Beck, one of the most innovative and influential guitar gods of the 1960s’ British Invasion and the No. 5 entry on Rolling Stone’s ranking of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time, has died suddenly at age 78.

The shocking news — which comes just two months after the eight-time Grammy-winner and two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee wrapped his concert tour with friend Johnny Depp to promote their 2022 collaborative album, 18 — was announced Tuesday by his publicist, Melissa Dragich.
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“On behalf of his family, it is with deep and profound sadness that we share the news of Jeff Beck’s passing,” Dragich’s statement read. “After suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis, he peacefully passed away yesterday [Jan. 10]. His family ask for privacy while they process this tremendous loss.”

Geoffrey Arnold Beck was born June 24, 1944, in Wallington, England, and he became fascinated with the electric guitar at age 6 after hearing Les Paul’s “How High the Moon” on the radio. During and after his stint as a student at Wimbledon College of Art, he moonlighted as a guitarist in various groups like the Nightshift, the Rumbles, and the Tridents, becoming immersed in Britain’s blues/R&B scene thanks to the influence of his friend, Rolling Stones associate Ian Stewart. It was in 1965 that another famous friend, Jimmy Page, whom Beck had first met as a teenager, recommended Beck to replace Eric Clapton in the Yardbirds.

Inversion

13th January 2023, 02:09

Elvis' daughter Lisa Marie Presley died of cardiac arrest at age 54. Her son committed suicide a couple of years ago. TMZ (https://www.tmz.com/2020/07/12/lisa-marie-presley-son-benjamin-keough-dead-dies-suicide-elvis/)

dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11629129/Lisa-Marie-Presley-suffers-cardiac-arrest-rushed-hospital-given-CPR-home.html)

Lisa Marie Presley has died at the age of 54
On Thursday, she suffered a heart attack at the home where she was living
It's believed 'someone administered epinephrine at the scene at least one time'
Presley's ex-husband Danny Keough 'performed CPR until paramedics arrived'
The 54-year-old is the child of King of Rock 'n' Roll Elvis Presley and wife Priscilla
Presley was the heir to her father's fortune

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d42lIURNoUQ

Satori

13th January 2023, 02:43

Very unfortunate indeed. I mean that deeply and sincerely. It strikes me that the Presley family had its share of personal hardships, if not more.

But, of course, as to you conspiracy theorists: Move along. Nothing to see here folks. It’s the gas stoves what done it.

TrumanCash

13th January 2023, 16:23

Casey Claar

13th January 2023, 17:19

Casey Claar

13th January 2023, 17:24

Matthew

13th January 2023, 17:31

I wonder if she had gotten the Frankenshots.

https://www.tmz.com/2023/01/12/lisa-marie-presley-dead-dies-cardiac-arrest/

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/13/lisa-marie-presley-singer-and-daughter-of-elvis-dies-aged-54

I wondered the same thing.
I think we will all, always be wondering the same thing of everyone here forward.

My friend sent me this (https://consciousnessexplorationblog.files.wordpress.com/2023/01/screenshot-2023-01-13-at-7.22.09-am.jpeg)

The rumours are she was double jabbed and double boosted, but the Lisa Marie in the image that's going around, shared above, is reported to be a different Lisa Marie.

Thinking aloud: at this point if they die in the pattern of SADS (that has been increasing) then the reasonable assumption is they are vaccinated. I find it very easy to believe the rumours that she was double jabbed and double boosted.

I'm just as sad for Lisa Marie as I am for Lisa Marie Presley

Casey Claar

13th January 2023, 17:39

Inversion

13th January 2023, 19:55

Evel Knievel's Son Robbie (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Knievel) died of cancer at age 60. I remember watching a documentary on Evel and he said the Evel Knievel stunt toy (www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-H5g9WEqCc) saved the toy industry.

msn (https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/famed-daredevil-stuntman-evel-knievel-s-son-robbie-dead-at-60/ar-AA16jJeT?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=ad46fb27b1a84b55bc450d686965820c)

According to one source who spoke with TMZ, Robbie was placed under hospice care earlier this week.

Evel’s son, who was dubbed "Kaptain Robbie Knievel," followed in his father’s footsteps and was celebrated as a popular motorycle stuntman and daredevil of his own.

Robbie performed his first public stunt at only 8 years old during a performance alongside his father at Madison Square Garden.

He then went on to perform more than 350 death-defying jumps in his daredevil career while setting a whopping 20 world records in the process.

Robbie’s most famous stunt took place when he successfully jumped the fountains at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas in 1989 – a stunning feat even Evel attempted but failed to complete numerous times.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-rOnAAwS7k

Bluegreen

19th January 2023, 03:39

Ken Block ❤ TRIBUTE | (1967 – 2023)

(4:52)
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Johnnycomelately

19th January 2023, 06:49

Ken Block ❤ TRIBUTE | (1967 – 2023)

Quite the performance artist. Kind of inane stuff, but impressive.

Seems it’s the most highly tuned of us, whose bodies are failing. Perhaps the ‘normalcy’ of cooperating with rules, with authority (no not the Eric T. Cartman kind), plays into it. Besides the hurdles of Ken’s technical excellence, imagine the heaps of permissions involved in any of his city stunt productions. RIP.

Bill Ryan

19th January 2023, 10:50

Ken Block ❤ TRIBUTE | (1967 – 2023)

(4:52)
ItPSqaoIayMThat's an amazing video. :facepalm::ROFL: I confess (being a Brit) I'd never heard of Ken Block. His Wiki page is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Block, and he died on 2 January in a snowmobile accident.

:flower:

Matthew

19th January 2023, 12:57

The wiki reports the snowmobile landed on him and crushed him going up a steep slope. I wanted to check that 'snowmobile accident' wasn't code for a health problem while riding a snowmobile but it looks like this is a different type of tragedy. RIP Ken Block.

Inversion

19th January 2023, 23:36

David Crosby from Crosby, Stills & Nash passed at age 81.

David Van Cortlandt Crosby: wiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Crosby)

TMZ (https://www.tmz.com/2023/01/19/david-crosby-crosby-stills-and-nash-dead-dies-81/)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-II0fKxBdU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw9gLjEGJrw

rgray222

20th January 2023, 01:06

Leslie Jordan's cause of death revealed

Leslie Jordan's cause of death has been revealed.

The 67-year-old actor died of "sudden cardiac dysfunction" on Oct. 24, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s office confirmed Thursday.

https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/10/720/405/Leslie-Jordan-death.jpg?ve=1&tl=1

Per the coroner's report, "arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease" was listed as a secondary cause. The manner of death was ruled natural.

Source & to read the full story: https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/leslie-jordan-cause-death-revealed

Brigantia

27th January 2023, 22:23

I was sad to see the obituary of the British actress Sylvia Syms at the age of 89. Growing up with 1950s films on TV in the 70s I always remember her from the classic Ice Cold in Alex. She could have been more widely known worldwide but she wouldn't move to Hollywood on account of her two young children.

The iconic Ice Cold in Alex scene:

Brigantia

12th February 2023, 17:14

Brigantia

16th February 2023, 19:56

I've just had a Thunderbolts Project email that announces the passing of Wallace Thornhill. Very sad to hear that, RIP.

"It is with profound sadness we announce the passing of our friend and colleague, Wal Thornhill. He died peacefully on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, surrounded by family in Canberra, Australia. As the co-founder and chief science advisor of The Thunderbolts Project, Wal will be greatly missed."

Following on from this, there has been a further email to say that the celebration of Wal's life will be live streamed tonight, or in the early hours of the morning, depending on where you live in the world. (I do find it odd that these are live streamed, but apparently it has become a lot more popular now.) The image I've posted gives some times around the world, if you click to enlarge it will give an indication for where you live. The live stream can be accessed here, https://livestream.com/iv/walthornhill

Inversion

19th February 2023, 23:55

Comedian and actor Richard Belzer died at 78.

dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11769183/Law-Order-SVU-Homicide-Life-Streets-star-Richard-Belzer-dies-aged-78.html)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feThcc-HCic

Brigantia

20th February 2023, 16:23

A huge influence on the study of British earth mysteries, ancient sites and legends has departed. I've just learned that Colin Bord passed away last year at the age of 91; together with his wife Janet Bord he undertook extensive research over many decades and published several books. His legacy will never be forgotten.

Kryztian

20th February 2023, 16:24

Comedian and actor Richard Belzer died at 78.

Not just a comedian and actor but also a conspiracy theorist who was interested in the paranormal. He wrote a book on the Kennedy Assassination and I saw him at a meeting which featured Linda Howe, Richard Dolan and Whitely Strieber.

https://d28hgpri8am2if.cloudfront.net/book_images/onix/cvr9781634508520/hit-list-9781634508520_lg.jpg

Inversion

10th March 2023, 15:01

Actor Robert Blake passed at age 89.

msn (https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/robert-blake-controversial-star-of-baretta-and-treasure-of-the-sierra-madre-dead-at-89/ar-AA18r79U?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=9d11e68310ab4496ab24723835a2e9c1&ei=23)

As reported by Deadline on March 9, 2023, Robert Blake has died at the age of 89. The news stems from the controversial actor's niece, Noreen Austin, who shared that he died of heart disease in Los Angeles, California. Among Blake's best-known film credits include "In Cold Blood," "Treasure of the Sierra Madre," and "Corky," to name a few. He also made a name for himself on television, famously playing Anthony "Tony" Baretta on the detective series "Baretta" from 1975 to 1978.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY2rpIuRB3A

pyrangello

10th March 2023, 15:22

Inversion

10th March 2023, 16:04

I remember a story about robert blake where he was in the army and his drill sergeant was chewing his butt. He picked up the his sergeant and threw him out an open window. Use to watch his show Beretta as a kid, fond memories!

I just learned today that he was in the 1948 movie The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. imdb (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040897/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0)

It looks like killing his wife was a learned behavior. wiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Blake_(actor)#:~:text=In%20the%20Red%20Ryder%20series,both%20television%20and%20movie%20roles .)

Blake had an unhappy childhood in which he was abused by his alcoholic father. When he entered public school at age 10, he was bullied and had fights with other students, which led to his expulsion. Blake stated that he was physically and sexually abused by both of his parents while growing up and was frequently locked in a closet and forced to eat off the floor as punishment.[2] At age 14, he ran away from home, leading to several more difficult years.[8] His father died by suicide in 1956.[2]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_Wq_BoSPuQ

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Inversion

17th March 2023, 21:35

Lance Reddick has died at age 60 of reported natural causes. He failed to show up for the premiere of John Wick 4. imdb (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714698/?ref_=nm_mv_close)
dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11873587/Lance-Reddick-dead-60-Wire-John-Wick-star-dies-natural-causes-home-LA.html)

The Wire star Lance Reddick died in his California home on Friday morning, aged 60
Tributes poured in for the 'incredibly talented' actor who is also known for his roles in the John Wick franchise and the Destiny video games
It comes just one day after posting a photo of himself relaxing at home with his dogs on Instagram, having failed to attend a premiere earlier in the week

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzfqmINCkEI

Bill Ryan

27th April 2023, 18:08

https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/58103

DDGeopolitics/58103

onevoice

2nd May 2023, 04:03

Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot has died at 84 (https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canadian-singer-songwriter-gordon-lightfoot-has-died-84-cbc-2023-05-02/)

By Steve Gorman and Dan Whitcomb
https://www.reuters.com/resizer/HVNo9bC0MVdLTdgpr_0wqMkPlbI=/960x0/filters:quality(80)/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/L7U42LO2V5ITZMSRHZOREFHFVI.jpg
Veteran Canadian singer and songwriter Gordon Lightfoot performs at the newly refurbished Massey Hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, November 25, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio

May 1 (Reuters) - Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, best known for folk-pop hits such as "If You Could Read My Mind" and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," died on Monday in a Toronto hospital, it was announced on his official Facebook page.

Canadian news outlets CTV and the CBC cited a family representative, Victoria Lord, as confirming his death. The cause was not immediately available.

Known for his evocative lyrics and melodic compositions, Lightfoot received five Grammy nominations over the years and won 17 Juno awards, Canada's equivalent.

Lightfoot achieved the height of his popularity in the 1970s with songs from albums such as "Sundown," "Summertime Dream" and "Dream Street Rose" that built on his guitar-driven folk roots to produce more rock and pop-oriented songs.

He retained a loyal following in Canada and the United States through extensive concert touring.

Lightfoot's catalog of compositions tops 200 songs, a number of which have been covered by such performers as Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Barbra Streisand and Richie Havens. His "For Lovin' Me" and "Early Morning Rain" became hits for the folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary.

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Bluegreen

2nd May 2023, 04:28

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Kryztian

9th May 2023, 17:03

https://i.imgur.com/E4sOYg3.jpg

New Yorker cartoonist Sam Gross died last Saturday, May 6th at age 89. He was producing great stuff right up until the end.

https://i.imgur.com/lvc9R6n.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/nC92XL0.jpg
"The suggestions are supposed to go in the box."

https://i.imgur.com/eJtpWdo.jpg
"Everything I eat goes straight to my ass."

https://i.imgur.com/XC9UDZj.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/kf1WFJ1.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/fg447EH.jpg
"You are one sick rabbit."

Bill Ryan

20th May 2023, 11:39

I know nothing about American Football, but Wade Frazier has posted (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?10672-WADE-FRAZIER-A-Healed-Planet&p=1558290&viewfull=1#post1558290) that Jim Brown (https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nfl/news/jim-brown-dies-browns-rb-jj-watt-dez-bryant/gbgbuxkkce5eqk2ou4elg7oq) died yesterday. :flower:

https://library.sportingnews.com/styles/crop_style_16_9_mobile_2x/s3/2023-05/Jim%20Brown%20051923.jpg?itok=bno6LGgr

Bill Ryan

20th May 2023, 13:12

I was shocked to read this report by Houman (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/member.php?322-Houman) on his thread. :flower:

RIP

https://saludconlupa.com/media/images/Rashid-Buttar.2e16d0ba.fill-300x300.jpg

The Buttar Family is deeply saddened to announce the passing of Rashid A. Buttar, D.O.

Dr. Buttar passed away on May 18th, 2023, at his home, while spending time with his family.

Dr. Buttar attended Washington University and graduated with a double major in Biology and Theology. He then went on to earn a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences in Des Moines, Iowa.

Dr. Buttar was a retired Major in the US Army. He served with the 5th Special Forces group and the 101st Airborne Division.

He is survived by his three loving children, Sara, (30) Abie, (24) and Rahan (18).

Service arrangements have not yet been made. The family intends to have a private service. The family requests privacy at this time and appreciates your continued support and prayers.

Tintin

20th May 2023, 13:43

For music fans, as I am, it was reported that yesterday the legendary Andy Rourke formerly bass player with The Smiths (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smiths) sadly passed on. For me one of the very great musicians in one of my all-time favourite bands :flower:

Johnny Marr tweeted the following May 19th:

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It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Andy Rourke after a lengthy illness with pancreatic cancer. Andy will be remembered as a kind and beautiful soul by those who knew him and as a supremely gifted musician by music fans. We request privacy at this sad time

Uncut (https://www.uncut.co.uk/news/the-smiths-andy-rourke-has-died-aged-59-142599/) magazine published heartfelt comments from all his previous bandmates:

Morrissey, Johnny Marr and Mike Joyce pay tribute to Andy Rourke

Morrissey:

“Sometimes one of the most radical things you can do is to speak clearly. When someone dies, out come the usual blandishments … as if their death is there to be used. I’m not prepared to do this with Andy. I just hope … wherever Andy has gone … that he’s OK. He will never die as long as his music is heard. He didn’t ever know his own power, and nothing that he played had been played by someone else. His distinction was so terrific and unconventional and he proved it could be done. He was also very, very funny and very happy, and post-Smiths, he kept a steady identity – never any manufactured moves. I suppose, at the end of it all, we hope to feel that we were valued. Andy need not worry about that.”

Johnny Marr:

Andy and I met as schoolboys in 1975. We were best friends, going everywhere together. When we were fifteen I moved into his house with him and his three brothers and I soon came to realise that my mate was one of those rare people that absolutely no one doesn’t like.

Andy and I spent all our time studying music, having fun, and working on becoming the best musicians we could possibly be. Back then Andy was a guitar player and a good one at that, but it was when he picked up the bass that he would find his true calling and his singular talent would flourish.

Throughout our teens we played in various bands around South Manchester before making our reputations with The Smiths from 1982 to 1987, and it was on those Smiths records that Andy reinvented what it is to be a bass guitar player.

I was present at every one of Andy’s bass takes on every Smiths session. Sometimes I was there as the producer and sometimes just as his proud mate and cheerleader. Watching him play those dazzling baselines was an absolute privilege and genuinely something to behold. But one time which always comes to mind was when I sat next to him at the mixing desk watching him play his bass on the song The Queen Is Dead. It was so impressive that I said to myself ‘I’ll never forget this moment.’

We maintained our friendship over the years, no matter where we were or what was happening and it is a matter of personal pride as well as sadness that the last time Andy played on stage was with me and my band at Madison Square Garden in September 2022. It was a special moment that we shared with my family and his wife and soul mate Francesca.

Andy will always be remembered, as a kind and beautiful soul by everyone who knew him, and as a supremely gifted musician by people who love music.

Well done Andy. We’ll miss you brother.

Johnny x

Mike Joyce:

“Not only the most talented bass player I’ve ever had the privilege to play with but the sweetest, funniest lad I’ve ever met. Andy’s left the building, but his musical legacy is perpetual. I miss you so much already. Forever in my heart mate.”

onevoice

20th May 2023, 13:45

Bill Ryan

23rd May 2023, 14:21

Reporting this just for the record.

Rolf Harris: Serial abuser and ex-entertainer dies aged 93

https://bbc.com/news/uk-60393842

Delight

23rd May 2023, 15:55

I am as shocked at his passing as your are. I was inspired when I watched many videos that Dr. Buttar published during the height of Covid-19. He bucked the trend by organizing many meetings that many people attended in person during the period when such public gatherings were discouraged by public officials.

Lots of people for years have been helped by Dr. Buttar. He was a heroic figure in SO MANY ways.

Did you happen to hear his report from when he had a (some kind of plant medicine journey) guided meditation leading to meeting God as he understands God (HERE (https://rumble.com/embed/v2mj788/?pub=mpxgj))? He has also had some other near death encounters. He said he was here for a reason and that he had no fear of death and had actually been resistant to leaving his "being with" God. IMO When we are each meant to release the hold on this life we perceive as us, we WILL.

I don't know Charlie Ward but I liked this video as it addresses the spiritual. Talks about direct relationship with God from here: 30:23. THIS is the legacy Dr. Buttar leaves most of all for me.

CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD WITH DR RASHID BUTTAR & CHARLIE WARD
Truth

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Ravenlocke

24th May 2023, 19:53

https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1661444359001370624

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arwen

28th May 2023, 14:23

I did not know this just found out that Karen Hudes passed away October 27, 2022.

Obituary (https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/falls-church-va/karen-hudes-10985532)

In Loving Memory of Karen Alexandra Hudes
December 20, 1948 – October 27, 2022

My most sincere condolences to the family of Karen Hudes, 73, Former World Bank Senior Counsel for 21 years from 1986 to 2007. I joined her on an interview on Manhattan Cable television a few years ago on Bank related matters. She will be greatly missed. Her work, strong will, dogged determination, tenacity and convictions will remain in the hearts of many for a long time to come. She will be remembered, greater tomorrow than today.

Edward Anthony Shields, CPA, MBA
Former World Bank and IFC Staff
1987 to 2001

One of her earlier interviews with Abby Martin:

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Bill Ryan

17th June 2023, 06:35

RIP Daniel Ellsberg, who passed yesterday. :flower::muscle:

https://zerohedge.com/political/most-well-known-whistleblower-leaker-us-history-dies-92

Most Famous Whistleblower & Leaker in US History Dies At 92

(the long tribute continues (https://zerohedge.com/political/most-well-known-whistleblower-leaker-us-history-dies-92))

Gwin Ru

26th June 2023, 19:22

...

... R.I.P. Carolyn Hamlett...

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Carolyn Hamlett has passed away (https://henrymakow.com/2023/06/june-26---sheeple-stay-in-line.html)

https://askcarolynandloren.wordpress.com/

For those who don't remember Carolyn she helped to expose the Illuminati and wrote a free book called the Doctrine of Demons to help educate people. She died in February 2023. She ran a blog and did many interviews. Her main objective was to expose the New Age movement and generally teach how to break free of false doctrines.

Here is her YouTube Channel that is still up.
https://www.youtube.com/@crhamlett

Here is a New Age Talk she gave in 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ3fPNw7Sh4

Reader- "Carolyn helped me pull away from the New Age way of life and back to Jesus, through listening to her, along with others that stepped in to help guide me."

Articles on this site- Underground Bases Exist (https://www.henrymakow.com/carolyn_hamlett.html?_ga=2.136444793.871266013.1614184867-903648786.1588285733)

https://henrymakow.com/2022/01/Satanic-Depravity-Pervades-US-Government.html (https://henrymakow.com/2022/01/Satanic-Depravity-Pervades-US-Government.html)

onevoice

30th June 2023, 15:50

RIP Alan Arkin, I always enjoyed his movies.

Alan Arkin, Comic Actor With a Serious Side, Dies at 89 (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/movies/alan-arkin-dead.html)

He got laughs and won awards on Broadway in “Enter Laughing” and in movies like “Little Miss Sunshine.” But he also had a flair for drama.

https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/render/00-zSnVUG-KMuW3D8qz8DXI9-8uSZqRN1CqReEEFIERqckVcF0tDHgg0DsXHldxpyB0rnHjCyIZu59oV2we_kMG9A?cn=THISLIFE&res=medium&ts=1688140088

By Robert Berkvist and Peter Keepnews
June 30, 2023
Updated 11:38 a.m. ET
Alan Arkin, who won a Tony Award for his first lead role on Broadway, received an Academy Award nomination for his first feature film, and went on to have a long and diverse career as a character actor who specialized in comedy but was equally adept at drama, died on Thursday in San Marcos, Calif. He was 89.

His son Matthew Arkin said that Mr. Arkin, who had heart ailments, died at home.

Mr. Arkin was not quite a show-business neophyte when he was cast in the 1963 Broadway comedy “Enter Laughing,” Joseph Stein’s adaptation of Carl Reiner’s semi-autobiographical novel about a stage-struck boy from the Bronx. He had toured and recorded with the Tarriers, a folk music group, and he had appeared on Broadway with the Second City, the celebrated improvisational comedy troupe. But he was still a relative unknown.

He did not stay unknown for long.

In a cast that included established professionals like Sylvia Sidney and Vivian Blaine, Mr. Arkin stole the show and won the hearts of the critics. “‘Enter Laughing’ is marvelously funny, and so is Alan Arkin in the principal role,” Howard Taubman wrote in The New York Times.

Mr. Arkin won a Tony. The show ran for a year and made him a star.
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thepainterdoug

30th June 2023, 19:09

Always loved him as an actor with a distinct voice and style.

on another note, remember how covid was going to wipe out so many and especially the elderly ?

so may celebs and notables living well into their early 90ies

it was intubation, the vaccine, not covid.

Kryztian

22nd July 2023, 11:35

Tony Bennett, Jazzy Crooner of the American Songbook, Is Dead at 96
From his initial success at the Paramount in Times Square through his generation-spanning duets, his career was remarkable for both its longevity and its consistency.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/21/arts/music/tony-bennett-dead.html

By Bruce Weber
July 21, 2023
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Tony Bennett, a singer whose melodic clarity, jazz-influenced phrasing, audience-embracing persona and warm, deceptively simple interpretations of musical standards helped spread the American songbook around the world and won him generations of fans, died on Friday at his home of many decades in Manhattan. He was 96.

His publicist, Sylvia Weiner, announced his death.

Mr. Bennett learned he had Alzheimer’s disease in 2016, his wife, Susan Benedetto, told AARP The Magazine in February 2021. But he continued to perform and record despite his illness; his last public performance was in August 2021, when he appeared with Lady Gaga at Radio City Music Hall in a show titled “One Last Time.”

Mr. Bennett’s career of more than 70 years was remarkable not only for its longevity, but also for its consistency. In hundreds of concerts and club dates and more than 150 recordings, he devoted himself to preserving the classic American popular song, as written by Cole Porter, the Gershwins, Duke Ellington, Rodgers and Hammerstein and others.

From his initial success as a jazzy crooner who wowed audiences at the Paramount in Times Square in the early 1950s, through his late-in-life duets with younger singers gleaned from a range of genres and generations — most notably Lady Gaga, with whom he recorded albums in 2014 and 2021 and toured in 2015 — he was an active promoter of both songwriting and entertaining as timeless, noble pursuits.

Mr. Bennett stubbornly resisted record producers who urged gimmick songs on him, or, in the 1960s and early ’70s, who were sure that rock ’n’ roll had relegated the music he preferred to a dusty bin perused only by a dwindling population of the elderly and nostalgic.

nstead, he followed in the musical path of the greatest American pop singers of the 20th century — Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra — and carried the torch for them into the 21st. He reached the height of stardom in 1962 with a celebrated concert at Carnegie Hall and the release of his signature song, “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.” And though he saw his popularity wane with the onset of rock and his career went through a trough in the 1970s, when professional difficulties were exacerbated by a failing marriage and drug problems, he was, in the end, more than vindicated in his musical judgment.

“I wanted to sing the great songs, songs that I felt really mattered to people,” he said in “The Good Life” (1998), an autobiography written with Will Friedwald.

It’s hard to overstate Mr. Bennett’s lasting appeal. He was still singing “San Francisco” — which led many people to think he was a native of that city, though he was actually a through-and-through New Yorker — more than half a century later. He sang on Ed Sullivan’s show and David Letterman’s. He sang with Rosemary Clooney when she was in her 20s, and Celine Dion when she was in her 20s.He made his film debut in 1966, in a critically reviled Hollywood story, “The Oscar,” playing a man betrayed by an old friend. And though he did not pursue an acting career, decades later he was playing himself in movies like the Robert De Niro-Billy Crystal gangster comedy “Analyze This” and the Jim Carrey vehicle “Bruce Almighty.” He was 64 when he appeared as a cartoon version of himself on “The Simpsons.” He was 82 when he appeared on the HBO series “Entourage,” performing one of his trademark songs, “The Good Life.”

A lifelong liberal Democrat, Mr. Bennett participated in the Selma-to-Montgomery civil rights march in 1965, and, along with Harry Belafonte, Sammy Davis Jr. and others, performed at the Stars for Freedom rally on the City of St. Jude campus on the outskirts of Montgomery on March 24, the night before the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the address that came to be known as the “How Long? Not Long” speech. At the conclusion of the march, Viola Liuzzo, a volunteer from Michigan, drove Mr. Bennett to the airport; she was murdered later that day by members of the Ku Klux Klan.

Mr. Bennett also performed for Nelson Mandela, then the president of South Africa, during his state visit to England in 1996. He sang at the White House for John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton, and at Buckingham Palace at Queen Elizabeth II’s 50th anniversary jubilee.

An ‘Elusive’ Voice

He won his first two Grammy Awards, for “San Francisco,” in 1963, and his last, for the album “Love for Sale,” with Lady Gaga, last year. Altogether there were 20 of them, including, in 2001, a lifetime achievement award. By some estimates, he sold more than 60 million records.

The talent that spawned this success and popularity was not so easy to define. Neither a fluid singer nor an especially powerful one, he did not have the mellifluous timbre of Crosby or the rakish swing of Sinatra. If Armstrong’s tone was distinctively gravelly, Mr. Bennett’s wasn’t quite; “sandy” was more like it. Almost no one denied that his voice was appealing, but critics strove mightily to describe it, and then to justify its appeal.

“The voice that is the basic tool of Mr. Bennett’s trade is small, thin and somewhat hoarse,” John S. Wilson wrote in The New York Times in 1962. “But he uses it shrewdly and with a skillful lack of pretension.”

In a 1974 profile, Whitney Balliett, the longtime jazz critic for The New Yorker, called Mr. Bennett “an elusive singer.”

“He can be a belter who reaches rocking fortissimos,” Mr. Balliett wrote. “He drives a ballad as intensely and intimately as Sinatra. He can be a lilting, glancing jazz singer. He can be a low-key, searching supper-club performer.” But, he added, “Bennett’s voice binds all his vocal selves together.”

Most simply, perhaps, the composer and critic Alec Wilder said about Mr. Bennett’s voice, “There is a quality about it that lets you in.”

Indeed, what many listeners (including the critics) discovered about Mr. Bennett, and what they responded to, was something intangible: the care with which he treated both the song and the audience.

He had a storyteller’s grace with a lyric, a jazzman’s sureness with a melody, and in his finest performances he delivered them with a party giver’s welcome, a palpable and infectious affability. In his presentation, the songs he loved and sang — “Just in Time,” “The Best Is Yet to Come,” “Rags to Riches” and “I Wanna Be Around,” to name a handful of his emblematic hits — became engaging, life-embracing parables.

Frank Sinatra, whom Mr. Bennett counted as a mentor and friend, once put it another way.

“For my money, Tony Bennett is the best singer in the business,” he told Life magazine in 1965. “He excites me when I watch him. He moves me. He’s the singer who gets across what the composer has in mind, and probably a little more.”

Mr. Bennett passed through life with as unscathed a public image as it is possible for a celebrity to have. Finding even mild criticism of him in reviews and interviews is no mean feat, and even his outspoken liberalism generally failed to attract vitriol from the right. (An exception was his call, after the drug-related deaths of Michael Jackson, Amy Winehouse and Whitney Houston, for the legalization of drugs, a view loudly denounced by William J. Bennett, the former drug czar, among others.)

With the possible exception of his former wives, everyone, it seemed, loved Tony Bennett. Skeptical journalists would occasionally try to pierce what they perceived as his perfect veneer, but they generally discovered that there wasn’t much to pierce.

“Bennett is outrageous,” Simon Hattenstone, a reporter for The Guardian, wrote in 2002. “He mythologizes himself, name-drops every time he opens his mouth, directs you to his altruism, is self-congratulatory to the point of indecency. He should be intolerable, but he’s one of the sweetest, most humble men I’ve ever met.”

Son of Queens

Anthony Dominick Benedetto was born on Aug. 3, 1926, in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, and grew up in that borough in working-class Astoria. His father, Giovanni, had emigrated from Calabria, in southern Italy, at age 11. His mother, Anna (Suraci) Benedetto, was born in New York in 1899, having made the sea journey from Italy in the womb. Their marriage was arranged. Giovanni and Anna were cousins; their mothers were sisters.

In New York, where Giovanni Benedetto became John, he was a grocer, but beleaguered by poor health and often unable to work. Anna was a factory seamstress and took in additional sewing to support the family. Anthony was their third child, their second son, and the first of any Benedetto to be born in a hospital. Giovanni, who sang Italian folk songs to his children — “My father inspired my love for music,” Mr. Bennett wrote in his autobiography — died when Anthony was 10.

Anthony sang from an early age, and drew and painted, too. He would become a creditable painter as an adult, mostly landscapes and still lifes in watercolors and oils and portraits of musicians he admired, signing his paintings “Benedetto.” His first music teacher arranged for him to sing alongside Mayor Fiorello La Guardia at the opening of the Triborough Bridge (now the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge) in 1936.

For a time he attended the High School for Industrial Arts (now called the High School of Art and Design) in Manhattan, but he never graduated. He dropped out and found work as a copy boy for The Associated Press, in a laundry and as an elevator operator.

“I couldn’t figure out how to get the elevator to stop at the right place,” he recalled. “People ended up having to crawl out between floors.”

At night he performed at amateur shows and worked as a singing waiter. He had just begun to get paying work as a singer, using the stage name Joe Bari, when he was drafted.

He arrived in Europe toward the end of World War II, serving in Germany in the infantry. He spent time on the front lines, an experience he described as “a front-row seat in hell,” and was among the troops who arrived to liberate the prisoners at the Landsberg concentration camp, a subcamp of Dachau.

After Germany surrendered, Mr. Bennett was part of the occupying forces, assigned to special services, where he ended up as a singer with Army bands and for a time was featured in a ragtag version of the musical “On the Town” — directed by Arthur Penn, who would go on to direct “Bonnie and Clyde” and other notable movies — in the opera house in Wiesbaden.

He returned to New York in August 1946 and set about beginning a career as a musician. On the G.I. Bill, he took classes at the American Theater Wing, which he later said helped teach him how to tell a story in song. He sang in nightclubs in Manhattan and Queens.

A series of breaks followed. He appeared on the radio show “Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts,” the “American Idol” of its day. (The competition was won by Rosemary Clooney.) There are different versions of the biggest break in Mr. Bennett’s early career, but as he told it in “The Good Life,” he had been singing occasionally at a club in Greenwich Village where the owner had offered Pearl Bailey a gig as the headliner; she agreed, but only on the condition that Joe Bari stayed on the bill.

When Bob Hope came down to take in Ms. Bailey’s act, he liked Joe Bari so much that he asked him to open for him at the Paramount Theater. Hope had a condition, however: He didn’t like the name Joe Bari, and insisted it be changed. Dismissing the name Anthony Benedetto as too long to fit on a marquee, Hope christened the young singer Tony Bennett.

The Hits Roll In

The producer Mitch Miller signed Mr. Bennett to Columbia Records in 1950; “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” was his first single. Miller was known for his hit-making prowess, a gift that often involved matching talented singers with novelty songs or having them cover hits by others, for which he was criticized by more serious music fans and sometimes by the singers themselves.

By mid-1951, Mr. Bennett had his first No. 1 hit, “Because of You.” That same year, his version of the Hank Williams ballad “Cold, Cold Heart” also hit No. 1; three years after Williams died in 1953, Mr. Bennett performed it in his honor at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.

Other trademark songs followed: “Rags to Riches” in 1953; “Stranger in Paradise,” from the Broadway show “Kismet,” also in 1953; Jule Styne, Betty Comden and Adolph Green’s “Just in Time,” from the show “Bells Are Ringing,” in 1956. That same year, Mr. Bennett was host of his own television variety show, a summer replacement for a similar show that starred another popular Italian American crooner, Perry Como. In 1958, he recorded two albums with the Count Basie band, introducing him to the jazz audience.

In the 1950s, Mr. Bennett toured for the first time, played Las Vegas for the first time and got married for the first time, to Patricia Beech, a fan who had seen him perform in Cleveland. The marriage would flounder in the 1960s, overwhelmed by Mr. Bennett’s perpetual touring, but their two sons would end up playing roles in Mr. Bennett’s career: the older one, D’Andrea, known as Danny, became his father’s manager, and Daegal, known as Dae, became a music producer and recording engineer.

In July 1961, Mr. Bennett was performing in Hot Springs, Ark., and about to head to the West Coast when Ralph Sharon, his longtime pianist, played him a song written by George Cory and Douglass Cross that had been moldering in a drawer for two years. Mr. Sharon and Mr. Bennett decided that it would be perfect for their next date, at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, and it was.

They recorded the song — of course it was “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” — six months later, in January 1962. It won Mr. Bennett his first two Grammys, for best male solo performance and record of the year, and worldwide fame. In “The Good Life,” he wrote that he was often asked if he ever tired of singing it.

“I answer, ‘Do you ever get tired of making love?’” he wrote.

Just five months later, Mr. Bennett performed at Carnegie Hall with Mr. Sharon and a small orchestra. He got sensational reviews — though The Times’s was measured — and the recording of the concert is now considered a classic.

But as the 1960s proceeded and rock ’n’ roll became dominant, Mr. Bennett’s popularity began to slip. In 1969, he succumbed to the pressure of the new president of Columbia Records, Clive Davis, to record his versions of contemporary songs, and the result, “Tony Sings the Great Hits of Today!” — including the Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby” and “Something” — was a musical calamity, a record that Mr. Bennett would later tell an interviewer made him vomit.

His relationship with Columbia soured further and finally ended, and by the middle of the 1970s Mr. Bennett had formed his own company, Improv Records, on which he recorded the first of two of his most critically admired albums, duets with the jazz pianist Bill Evans. (The second one was released on Evans’s label, Fantasy.) Together the two opened the Newport Jazz Festival, which had moved to New York, at Carnegie Hall in 1976.

Improv went out of business in 1977, and without a recording contract Mr. Bennett relied more and more on Las Vegas, then in decline, for regular work. His mother died that year, and the profligate life he had been living in Beverly Hills caught up with him; the Internal Revenue Service was threatening to take his house. His second marriage, a tumultuous one to the actress Sandra Grant, collapsed — she would later say that she would have been better off if she had married her previous boyfriend, Joe DiMaggio — and he had begun using marijuana and cocaine heavily.

One day in 1979, high and in a panic, he took a bath to calm down and nearly died in the tub. In later years he would play down the seriousness of the event, but he wrote about it in “The Good Life,” describing what he called a near-death experience: “A golden light enveloped me in a warm glow. It was quite peaceful; in fact, I had the sense that I was about to embark on a very compelling journey. But suddenly I was jolted out of the vision. The tub was overflowing and Sandra was standing above me. She’d heard the water running for too long, and when she came in I wasn’t breathing. She pounded on my chest and literally brought me back to life.”

Mr. Bennett turned to his older son for help. Danny Bennett took over the management of his career, aiming to have the American musical standards that were his strength, and his handling of them, perceived as hip by a new generation.

Somewhat surprisingly, the strategy took hold. An article in Spin magazine, which was founded in 1985, declared Mr. Bennett and James Brown as the two foremost influences on rock ’n’ roll, and the magazine followed up with a long, admiring profile.

A Career Revival

Encouraged by executive changes at Columbia Records, Mr. Bennett returned to the Columbia fold in 1985. The next year he released the album “The Art of Excellence.” WBCN in Boston became the first rock station to give it regular airplay. Released in the emerging CD format, it spurred the sales of Mr. Bennett’s back catalog as music fans began replacing their vinyl records with CDs.

In 1993, Mr. Bennett was a presenter, along with two members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, at MTV’s Video Music Awards. The next year he gave an hourlong performance for MTV’s “Unplugged” series, which included duets with K.D. Lang (with whom he would later tour) and Elvis Costello. The recording of the show won the Grammy for album of the year.

The revival of Mr. Bennett’s career was complete. Not only had he returned to the kind of popularity he had enjoyed 40 years earlier, but he had also been accepted by an entirely new audience.

He and Mr. Bennett had a contentious relationship. Mr. Bennett resisted his attempts at gimmickry; Miller, who believed that the producer and not the singer was in charge of a recording, applied his authority. Still, together they achieved grand success.

He recorded albums that honored musicians he admired — Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra and Billie Holiday — and he collaborated on standards with singers half, or less than half, his age. On the 2006 album “Duets: An American Classic,” he sang “If I Ruled the World” with Ms. Dion, “Smile” with Barbra Streisand and “For Once in My Life” with Stevie Wonder, and revisited his first Columbia single, “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” with Sting. Five years later, on “Duets II,” his collaborators included Aretha Franklin, Queen Latifah, Willie Nelson and Ms. Winehouse.

As the century changed, he was once again touring, giving up to 200 performances a year, and recording prolifically.

In 2007 Mr. Bennett married a third time, to his longtime companion, Susan Crow, a teacher four decades his junior whom he had met in the late 1980s. Together they started a foundation, Exploring the Arts, that supports arts education in schools, and financed the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, a public high school in Queens.

Mr. Bennett had lived in the same Manhattan apartment, where he died, for most of his adult life, except for a few years in Los Angeles and London, Ms. Weiner, his publicist, said. He is survived by his wife; his sons, Danny and Dae; his daughters, Johanna and Antonia Bennett; and 9 grandchildren.

If there was a magical quality to Mr. Bennett’s life, as suggested by David Evanier in a glowing 2011 biography, “All the Things You Are: The Life of Tony Bennett,” it is encapsulated by a story Mr. Bennett told to Whitney Balliett in 1974.

“I like the funny things in life that could only happen to me now,” he said. “Once, when I was singing Kurt Weill’s ‘Lost in the Stars’ in the Hollywood Bowl with Basie’s band and Buddy Rich on drums, a shooting star went falling through the sky right over my head and everyone was talking about it, and the next morning the phone rang and it was Ray Charles, who I’d never met, calling from New York. He said, ‘Hey, Tony, how’d you do that, man?’ and hung up.”

Paul D.

26th July 2023, 18:07

I've just read the sad news that Sinead O'Connor has passed .
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https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2023/07/26/sinead-oconnor-acclaimed-dublin-singer-dies-aged-56/

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/23198850/sinead-oconnor-dead-singer-dies-aged-56/

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Tintin

26th July 2023, 21:16

thepainterdoug

27th July 2023, 00:22

I saw Sinead live in NYC. She was in a stress and in need and I think after the concert someone had to take her in.
She did an amazing show and certainly touched my life. Sinead had balls and made no apology

Inversion/ this is a very valuable and appreciated thread here

Debra

27th July 2023, 04:26

Sinéad breathed bravery. Extraordinary woman who’s been through more fires in one short lifetime than someone over 10 lifetimes. Incredible voice, too. She was the epitome of truth.

Interesting paragraph in the Guardian:

Religion and spirituality marked her life. On the back of her hand was tattooed “the lion of Judah shall break every chain” and on her chest was a large Jesus tattoo. On her neck was “all things must pass”, another biblical quote.

source (https://amp.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/26/sinead-oconnor-dies-aged-56)

Matthew

28th July 2023, 07:44

Rest in peace Sinead O'Connor. Today the cause of her death was updated: there is no cause of death. An autopsy will be carried out but the London Inner South Coroner’s Court said the result of the autopsy may not be available for several weeks.

*1 www.mirror.co.uk (https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-sinead-oconnor-cause-death-30568307)

Bluegreen

29th July 2023, 04:31

My favorite Eagle. The best songwriter of them all/ RIP Randy Meisner.

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Bill Ryan

8th August 2023, 12:11

Dr Paul LaViolette died last December.... I never knew. :flower: I emailed with him quite regularly, met him once in Greece, and all I can say is that he was a very good man.

Copying two new posts here from his own thread, Dr Paul LaViolette and the Superwave (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?66216-Dr-Paul-LaViolette-and-the-Superwave):

This morning I was intuitively guided to look closer at a book in my library, Beyond the Big Bang (https://wiki.naturalphilosophy.org/index.php?title=Beyond_the_Big_Bang:_Ancient_Myth_and_the_Science_of_Continuous_Creation), by Paul A Laviolette (https://wiki.naturalphilosophy.org/index.php?title=Paul_A_LaViolette).

After perusing the book, I wondered what he was up to now-a-days, and discovered that he passed away this past December. I feel a bit saddened at this discovery, and that somehow I had missed this.

Linking his Memorian Obituary at Starburst Foundation (https://starburstfound.org/astrophysicist-paul-alex-laviolette-phd-has-passed-away/). It's quite long, here's a snippet below.
I've highlighted a couple of keys phrases that have a more personal meaning for me and are probably why he came to mind this morning...

Astrophysicist Paul Alex LaViolette, PhD has passed away
8 November 1947 – 19 December 2022

Paul Alex LaViolette, a Doctorate of Philosophy in Systems Science, was an astrophysicist, an inventor and a philosopher whose thinking was outside the box: a Renaissance Man. Dr. LaViolette was president of the Starburst Foundation under whose aegis he had been conducting interdisciplinary research in physics, astronomy, ecology, climatology, systems theory, psychology and ancient mythology. He is the originator of theories in areas of astronomy, physics, geology, and cognitive psychology which have been published in various professional journals and provide explanations to various thus far inadequately answered questions. His published books and articles explain the theories he has put forth and in them he substantiates each tenant in detail based on extensive, in-depth painstaking research. His book titles include: Genesis of the Cosmos: the Ancient Science of Continuous Creation (first print published as Beyond the Big Bang), Subquantum Kinetics, Earth Under Fire, Decoding the Message of the Pulsar, and Secrets of Antigravity Propulsion which was an Amazon top seller the first year and presents a comprehensive study of advanced propulsion systems propelling unconventional flying objects and classified craft such as the B-2 bomber and other advanced craft such as those seen around Area 51. He had also edited “A Systems View of Man,” essays by systems theorist Ludwig von Bertalanffy. Some of Paul’s books have been published in several languages including but not limited to Greek and Russian. His publications are detailed on his website etheric.com (https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fetheric.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7C610eb9e4716d4a57c10908d58a9be49d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C6365 67324511499948&sdata=LDkRdlq8jpEzesl%2B8m%2BhQLvCpRrlMPKnLXfHaJO2ckI%3D&reserved=0).

Paul served as a solar energy consultant for the UN, the Club of Rome, and the Greek government and had also consulted with Hughes Aircraft Corp. on ways to improve innovation in the company’s work force. He has advised NASA on the advantages of field propulsion technology and participated in the critical review of the Columbia Space shuttle accident.

Paul was a bright light and a pioneer in alternative physics. His talks on the secrets of antigravity, electrogravitics as well as his own theory subquantum kinetics are amazing and very informative. The fact that Peter Laviolette (a hockey player) has a wikipedia entry, but Dr Paul LaViolette does not have one, is a telling indicator that the Cabal does not want the masses to know about him. About a week ago, I checked out his book "The Secrets of Antigravity Propulsion" for a third time.

BTW, for those of you not familiar with Dr Paul LaViolette, in 2009 he had a legendary interview with Mel Fabregas of Veritas Radio where they were disconnected 19 times. Here is Mel's description of the events:
Important News- Mel gets disconnected 19 times during Dr. Paul LaViolette's interview (https://www.etheric.com/LaViolette/sabotage.html)

And here is a post from Project Avalon on the disrupted interview:
Sabotage to Dr. Paul LaViolette's interview with VERITAS (https://projectavalon.net/forum/showthread.php?t=17457)

While I've heard snippets of the 2009 interview with Mel Fabregas, I've never found the whole (interrupted) interview. If anyone has it, please post it and maybe upload it to the Project Avalon Library. Project Avalon has a few things on Dr Paul LaViolette here (https://avalonlibrary.net/?search=LaViolette), but may of his talks are missing.

You will be missed Paul, and I won't forget you.

JackMcThorn

8th August 2023, 17:26

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https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/0808/1398615-sinead-oconnor/

aoibhghaire

8th August 2023, 17:38

I hadn't realised that Paul LaViolette had passed away.

I last spoke to him after my presentation to APEC late last year.

He was explaining his challenges with the scientific community regarding his work.

Similarly, I also explained my challenges within the scientific community.

Sad news!

Aoi

arwen

9th August 2023, 19:01

Legendary Sugar Man singer Rodriguez, 81, has died (https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/breaking-legendary-sugar-man-singer-rodriguez-81-has-died-breaking-news-09-august-2023/)

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Corné van Zyl
09-08-2023 15:07

Legendary Sugar Man singer Sixto Rodriguez has died at the age of 81.

BREAKING – LEGENDARY SUGAR MAN SINGER HAS DIED
Rodriguez was the inspiration behind the Academy Award-winning documentary “Searching for Sugar Man” in 2012.

Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller Rodriguez.

RODRIGUEZ DIED ON TUESDAY

This legendary singer was born in Detroit and released several albums over the years, most of which were flops in the states but were blockbusters overseas. Only in the 2010s he knew how successful they were.

HE WAS 81 YEARS OLD – MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE
“It is with great sadness that we at Sugarman.org announce that Sixto Diaz Rodriguez has passed away earlier today (Tuesday).

“We extend our most heartfelt condolences to his daughters – Sandra, Eva and Regan – and to all his family.

“Rodriguez was 81 years old. May His Dear Soul Rest In Peace.”

Sugarman.org

HE WAS BIGGER THAN ELVIS IN SA
In South Africa, he’d been bigger than Elvis.

Rodriguez had been in declining health and it was unclear where he died. His death was confirmed by his daughter, Regan.

All South Africans of my generation literally grew up with Rodriguez's album "Cold Fact" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esG4gK-pieA&list=PL2IchvXqOz1Fvfi1gNTw2uZQ26AZzcJNb) - he was the very voice of our tormented souls.

https://imgs.search.brave.com/XNfWGfjXjhXacT0VyMZryrqtNZK9URbjU8jiheXVpPU/rs:fit:500:0:0/g:ce/aHR0cHM6Ly9pYTgw/NDcwMS51cy5hcmNo/aXZlLm9yZy8zL2l0/ZW1zL0FsYnVtRGVG/YW1pbGlhMDU1L1Jv/ZHJpZ3Vlel9Db2xk/RmFjdF8xOTcwLmpw/Zz9jbnQ9MA

It was the most extraordinary phenomenon, as we all assumed he was famous worldwide and had no idea till much later that he was shafted and unrecognised in his own country. We were under sanctions, under boycott, shunned by the world, and no internet in those days (1970) so we did not know - we just knew he somehow oddly expressed the very essence of the despair in our souls.

RIP, Maestro.

pyrangello

9th August 2023, 19:50

I just bought that movie 3 weeks ago , great movie about Rodriquez.

Artemesia

10th August 2023, 02:45

Just felt to memorialize two people who were important in my own journey and were interconnected with one another as well. Here is a small link from my friend Mike Clelland (author of The Messengers, Owls,
Synchronicity and the UFO contactee, whose book a few of my own owl/contact stories appear in)

The first is ET sculptor and starseed advocate/ground crew earth artist in residence, the phenomenal Cynthia Crawford. She and I spoke on the phone in 2013 after Khris Neal’s death, I had reached out to her because she and Khris had been in contact many times and after his murder his beloved Arcturian sculpture by Cynthia, which he had consulted me about paint adjustment techniques just weeks before we had to ‘go radio silent’ because of the threats gangstalking our team of mk/black projects surivors had endured. The connectivity between Cynthia, Khris - both now passed on from 3D embodiment - and myself and Mike Clelland, whom I have met up with for coffee and super woo conversation a few times now as we both quite randomly landed in towns just an eagle soar from one another, is very curious indeed.

Journey well Cynthia. Your art was an inspiration and was a driving force in creating my own version of an Arcturian and an Andromedan as seen on my Project Avalon Avatar. In great hopes that the 3D earth surface human internet is accesible on the plasma lightships, may you see my nod in your direction and know that the artist in residence that Cynthia was was greatly admired!

http://hiddenexperience.blogspot.com/2017/09/cynthia-crawford-had-passed-on.html

And my dear friend Khris Neal.

https://www.suttonmemorialhome.com/obituaries/khristan-neal

https://clandestineragerevealed.wordpress.com/contact-congress-about-mk-ultra/

Kryztian

18th August 2023, 18:47

Lee Speigel Obituary, Veteran Journalist

Lee Speigel Obituary, Death Cause – It is with a heavy heart that we acknowledge the passing of veteran journalist Lee Speigel. As news of his departure reaches us, we are reminded of his significant contributions to the field of journalism and his pioneering efforts in promoting serious discourse around the UFO subject. Lee Speigel’s legacy as a journalist extends far beyond the realm of conventional news reporting. He stood out for his dedication to investigating and discussing a topic that was often marginalized or dismissed – UFOs. In a time when few dared to explore this subject with depth and rigor, Lee fearlessly ventured into uncharted territory, carving a path for serious discussion and exploration of the unknown.

https://i.imgur.com/U0NwoPQ.jpg

His commitment to UFO research and journalism undoubtedly left an indelible mark on the landscape of Ufology. His work paved the way for increased awareness, understanding, and open conversations about an enigmatic and often misunderstood subject. Lee’s contributions have been instrumental in shifting the narrative and elevating the discourse surrounding UFOs. Beyond his journalistic prowess, Lee Speigel’s influence extended to his role as a media pioneer.

His dedication to shedding light on the UFO phenomenon and his willingness to engage with the subject matter on a profound level have inspired countless individuals, researchers, and journalists alike. His fearless pursuit of truth and his determination to bring clarity to complex topics set a standard for responsible journalism and open-minded exploration. As we remember Lee Speigel, let us honor his legacy by continuing to foster meaningful conversations, engage in rigorous research, and approach the unknown with curiosity and respect.

His impact on the field of Ufology and journalism serves as a testament to his dedication, passion, and unwavering commitment to uncovering the truth. Our deepest condolences go out to his family, friends, and colleagues during this difficult time. May Lee Speigel’s memory be a source of inspiration for all those who continue to explore and question the mysteries of our world. Rest in peace, Lee, your contributions will be remembered and celebrated in the history of Ufology.

https://funeralobitsmemorial.com/lee-speigel-obituary-veteran-journalist-lee-speigel-has-died/

Inversion

1st September 2023, 22:27

Mohamed Al-Fayed died at age 94. His wiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Al-Fayed) page says he died on the 08/30/23. His son Dodi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodi_Fayed) died on 08/31/97.

dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12471661/Mohamed-Al-Fayed-dies-age-94-Former-Harrods-Fulham-FC-owner-passes-away-26-years-day-son-perished-car-crash-Princess-Diana.html)

Mohamed Al-Fayed, the self-made billionaire who owned Harrods and Fulham FC, has died - almost 26 years to the day after his son was killed alongside Princess Diana in a car crash in Paris.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twMTI3Y11Z8

Inversion

5th September 2023, 19:13

Gary Wright who sang Dream Weaver dies at age 80 from Parkinsons and dementia.

dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12480435/Gary-Wright-singer-songwriter-known-hit-Dream-Weaver-playing-George-Harrison-dies-80-Parkinsons-Dementia-struggle.html)

Wright is best known for influential all-keyboard album The Dream Weaver (1975)
After that hit, he moved into world and new age music, as well as film scoring
Wright also played keyboards on George Harrison's classic All Things Must Pass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=somFqnaREY8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgCWgfwlk0M

ThePythonicCow

5th September 2023, 20:27

From https://jimhumble.co/special-announcement/:

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Special Announcement

September 5, 2023 @12am ET

It is with deep emotions that we announce the passing of Jim Humble, a remarkable inventor, author and humanitarian, who passed on peacefully on September 1, 2023 at the age of 90.

Jim Humble was born on December 27, 1932 in the US State of Alabama. He led an interesting life that was full of challenges and contributions to mankind that continue to impact millions around the world. He lived a very humble life that matches his name—he was always ready to give to those in need.

In his early years he was involved in engineering which he carried through to his mid-life as an expert in mining. His creative mind led to various inventions and books on the topic. In 1996, his mining career took an unexpected turn toward the world of health when a team of men working on his expedition came down with malaria. All he had with him at the time were some water treatment drops that he offered to the sick men. To everyone’s surprise, they quickly improved after taking a few drops.

This experience inspired Jim to research how one of the world’s greatest plagues could so easily be stopped. He discovered that the water treatment drops he used in the jungle was sodium chlorite and that when taken internally in very small amounts would convert to just enough chlorine dioxide to kill malaria parasites. During the months that followed, in his travels through the jungle, he helped many others recover from malaria and other illnesses. When Jim himself came down with a bad case of malaria, he went into the city to be tested, wanting to document the fact that he indeed had malaria. Sure enough he was malaria positive and he promptly took his own drops. In a few short hours, after feeling much better, he took a second test which read malaria negative. Jim walked out of the clinic, stood on the sidewalk, and said to himself, “I’ve got to take this to the world.” And so, his greatest journey began.

He nicknamed his discovery MMS (chlorine dioxide) and wrote numerous books on the subject that have been translated into many languages.

Jim Humble’s legacy is that he had the will and the determination to freely give his discovery to the world, and as a result, millions of lives have been changed. Through his efforts many health uses of chlorine dioxide have been brought to light worldwide.

Jim was deeply burdened with the current plight of mankind and the blatant manifestation of evil in the world. He was a firm believer in the spiritual realm, and acknowledged that there were powers that must be defeated. He has now transitioned to the other side, to join in the fight for freedom from a new vantage point.

Jim’s wish and wise counsel for others through the years has always been:

Take your maintenance dose of chlorine dioxide (MMS) daily.
Do some daily jumps to strengthen your bones.
Always do the right thing.
And, help one another.

Before his passing, he was insistent that we must “Be careful!”. He said, “Be careful, because if you aren’t you might screw up. Be careful about what’s happening around you. You gotta be careful both physically and spiritually, so you’ll be ok. Like soldiers we have to always be on watch.”

We are not saying goodbye to our dear Jim, because we know that he lives on—there are no “Goodbye’s…” Only, “’Til we meet again…” In recent years his closing words in interviews were most often, “Get my book, read it, learn about MMS (chlorine dioxide), tell your friends, tell other people, and use MMS (chlorine dioxide) for maintenance.”

If you wish to pay tribute to his great man… join us in endeavoring to do as he taught and lived—spread the word about Jim’s incredible discovery—it may save lives!

Respectful public comments can be left below where you can share your experiences, thoughts, and feelings about Jim and his life’s work:

thepainterdoug

5th September 2023, 20:45

Wonderfully said !!

Inversion

25th September 2023, 23:16

Actor David McCallum has died at age 90. He's best known for being in NCIS and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. He has 131 works listed on imdb (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564724/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_8_q_David%2520McCallum).

msn (https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/david-mccallum-star-of-hit-tv-series-the-man-from-u-n-c-l-e-and-ncis-dies-at-90/ar-AA1hffTq?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=c6116ff8fbe8476b94753a6383920508&ei=7)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor David McCallum, who became a teen heartthrob in the hit series "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." in the 1960s and was the eccentric medical examiner in the popular "NCIS" 40 years later, has died. He was 90.

McCallum died Monday of natural causes surrounded by family at New York Presbyterian Hospital, CBS said in a statement.

“David was a gifted actor and author, and beloved by many around the world. He led an incredible life, and his legacy will forever live on through his family and the countless hours on film and television that will never go away,” said a statement from CBS.

Scottish-born McCallum had been doing well appearing in such films "A Night to Remember" (about the Titanic), "The Great Escape" and "The Greatest Story Ever Told" (as Judas). But it was "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." that made the blond actor with the Beatlesque haircut a household name in the mid-'60s.

The success of the James Bond books and films had set off a chain reaction, with secret agents proliferating on both large and small screens. Indeed, Bond creator Ian Fleming contributed some ideas as "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." was being developed, according to Jon Heitland's “The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Book.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NgOIekAd7U

Sue (Ayt)

26th September 2023, 03:44

Terry Kirkman, the Association singer and founding member, dies at 83

Singer-songwriter Terry Kirkman, a founding member of the 1960s folk-rock band the Association, has died. He was 83.

Kirkman’s death was confirmed on Sunday through a statement on the Association’s official Facebook page: “We’re saddened to report that Terry Kirkman passed away last night, RIP Terry. He will live on in our hearts and in the music he so brilliantly wrote.”

The group consisted of a large ensemble of vocalists and instrumentalists known for their intricate vocal harmonies.

The Association released their debut album “And Then… Along Comes the Association” in 1966, featuring such hits as “Cherish” and “Along Comes Mary.” Other albums include “Renaissance,” “Insight Out,” “Birthday” and “Stop Your Motor.”

Kirkman wrote a number of songs for the Association, including “Cherish,” Everything That Touches You,” “Requiem for the Masses” and “Six Man Band.” The band was nominated for six Grammy Awards, including three for “Cherish”: contemporary rock and roll group performance, performance by a vocal group and contemporary rock and roll recording.
https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-360w,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2023-09/230925-terry-kirkham-mb-1240-cfe95e.jpg
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/terry-kirkman-association-singer-founding-member-dies-83-rcna117140

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Jamie

28th September 2023, 14:14

Harry Potter actor Sir Michael Gambon dies aged 82

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66949848

The actor Sir Michael Gambon has died aged 82, his family has said.
He was best known for playing Professor Albus Dumbledore in six of the eight Harry Potter films.
The Dublin-born star worked in TV, film, theatre and radio over his six-decade career. He won four Baftas.
His widow Lady Gambon and son Fergus said their "beloved husband and father" died peacefully in hospital with his family by his side, following a bout of pneumonia.

https://images.lbc.co.uk/images/606348?crop=16_9&width=660&relax=1&format=webp&signature=72_7hYwOBhJ5qskKXcIyw9HyYto=

Kryztian

29th September 2023, 15:15

Longest-serving female US senator dies at 90
Dianne Feinstein was considered a trailblazer of women’s political issues
https://www.rt.com/news/583771-us-oldest-senator-dies/

https://mf.b37mrtl.ru/files/2023.09/l/6516d0cc85f54002d50bfb35.jpg

Dianne Feinstein, whose three decades in the US Senate made her the longest-serving female senator in history, has died at the age of 90, it has been confirmed by a family member.

Initial reports have not yet indicated the cause of death.

Feinstein, who had for several months faced questions about the state of her health, was the oldest member of the US Senate and had last taken part in a vote as recently as Thursday.

In April, the former San Francisco mayor was admitted to the hospital after experiencing what was referred to as a “minor fall” in her home.

Feinstein had indicated her intention to retire at the end of next year but resisted calls from fellow lawmakers to step down amid growing concerns about her ability to perform her role.

Following the announcement of her planned retirement next year, US President Joe Biden called Feinstein a “passionate defender of civil liberties” and commended her for her “strong voice for national security policies that keep us safe while honoring our values.”

Feinstein’s death will give California Governor Gavin Newsom an opportunity to appoint a replacement to serve the remainder of Feinstein’s term. In March of 2021, Newsom said that he had identified “multiple” potential replacements and suggested that he intended to appoint a black woman to the role.

The 90-year-old had been absent from the US Capitol for almost three months earlier this year following a diagnosis of shingles. Feinstein assumed a lighter work role upon her return to the legislature and was frequently seen using a wheelchair in Washington. The elderly Feinstein was often accused of displaying confusion during interviews and in committee hearings or votes in the latter part of her political career.

A report published by the San Francisco Chronicle in April 2022 contained comments from anonymous Democratic colleagues who expressed concerns about Feinstein’s mental acuity. In response, Feinstein said that her ability to govern remained strong but acknowledged that she was experiencing an “extremely painful and distracting period” as her husband, the late financier Richard Blum, fought cancer.

Inversion

29th September 2023, 20:12

Longest-serving female US senator dies at 90
Dianne Feinstein was considered a trailblazer of women’s political issues
https://www.rt.com/news/583771-us-oldest-senator-dies/

Here's a Wikipedia list (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_by_longevity_of_service) of the longest serving US senators. There's a disproportionate number of Democrats as if signifying a blood line. Joe Biden is on the list with 36 years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXIJGlq7bMU

Inversion

5th October 2023, 02:52

Solomon Berg (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?105732-Kerry-Cassidy-s-Project-Camelot-Interviews&p=1516204&viewfull=1#post1516204) who was one of Kerry Cassidy's whistleblowers has died.

projectcamelotportal (https://projectcamelotportal.com/2023/10/02/major-solomon-berg-has-died/)

…I HAVE SOME VERY SAD NEWS.. MY WHISTLEBLOWER MAJOR SOLOMON BERG HAS DIED… I was contacted by a secret connection and I understand he died from a fast acting form related to the BIOWEAPON called Covid19. He was a wonderfull man and a very lovely soul. HE WILL BE MISSED. I have no further information except that the person who contacted me assured me this is true information and sent a recording of his funeral which i cannot access. MUCH LOVE AND MANY THANKS TO THE BRAVE SOLOMON BERG…I firmly believe the dark side KILLED HIM as he was on the run for his life in his last communique with me…. SEE BELOW FOR THE EXCELLENT INTERVIEWS I DID WITH HIM.

THIS LINK SHOULD CONTAIN ALL 3 INTERVIEWS WITH MAJOR SOLOMON BERG. THEY CONTAIN VERY HIGH LEVEL DISCLOSURES ABOUT ET VISITATION, OUR SECRET SPACE PROGRAM AND THE SQUATCH AND YETI WHO LIVE AMONG US.

https://projectcamelotportal.com/wp-content/uploads/THE-AMBASSADOR-MAJOR-SOLOMON-BERG-copyV2-640x360-1.jpg

Gwin Ru

21st October 2023, 14:13

...

... In Memoriam: Pierre Lescaudron (https://www.sott.net/article/485265-In-Memoriam-Pierre-Lescaudron#)

Sott.net (https://www.sott.net/article/485265-In-Memoriam-Pierre-Lescaudron#)
Fri, 20 Oct 2023 11:54 UTC

à bientôt (https://en.bab.la/dictionary/english-french/until-we-meet-again#translations-fr1)

https://www.sott.net/image/s34/690263/large/Pierre_Lescaudron.jpg (https://www.sott.net/image/s34/690263/full/Pierre_Lescaudron.jpg)

We are deeply sad to announce that a core member of the Sott.net and Cassiopaea.org team, Pierre Lescaudron, has passed from this life, leaving us, and all of you who knew and loved him, feeling a profound loss.

From the day he joined our team some 14 years ago and literally up until the day he chose to pass, Pierre was a charming, positive, dedicated and insightful contributor to our work, both online and in the real world, where he served as a skilled mentor to many.

Pierre reserved his greatest enthusiasm and effort for his attempts to better understand the fundamental nature of our reality, the hidden history of our planet and what essential part we, as human beings, play in the 'grand scheme' of things.

While Pierre's list of achievements are too many to detail in full here, the following provides a sample of his work and commitment.

Bonne route Pierre, et à bientôt!

Books by Pierre Lescaudron Books, (Amazon.com links, English only.)

[...]

Paul D.

21st October 2023, 18:30

Bobby Charlton has died .

Text :
The great Bobby Charlton dies - I met him in TV days. Lovely, lovely man. I watched him in awe as a young footballer. He was the Rolls Royce, Best the Ferrari, and with Denis Law were the most fantastic club team I ever saw. Football legend. Once seen, impossible to forget.

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https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12989195/sir-bobby-charlton-man-utd-and-england-legend-dies-aged-86

OOMPH ! 22 SECS.

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Inversion

21st October 2023, 23:41

Tom Horn who was a guest on Coast-to-Coast AM and a prolific author passed away.

Books (https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/thomas-horn/237766/)

C2C (https://www.coasttocoastam.com/guest/horn-tom-6725/)

Long time television and radio personality, author and publisher, Thomas Horn, serves as the Chief Executive Officer of SkyWatchTV. At the dawn of the Internet, Horn launched two news services where coverage of latest-breaking news and information on cutting-edge stories covering religion, discovery, and the supernatural through in-depth investigative reports led to his network of writers being referenced and interviewed by the biggest names in broadcasting, including: Coast to Coast AM, the LA Times Syndicate, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, FOX, Time, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, BBC, MSNBC, Michael Savage, SciFi Channel, History Channel, Hannity & Colmes, Sid Roth’s “It’s Supernatural”, The Jim Bakker Show, Celebration Daystar TV, FaithTV, WorldNetDaily, NewsMax.com, White House Correspondents, and dozens of other newsmagazines and press agencies around the globe.

10/20/23

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGL13N5Eyw4

Johnnycomelately

24th October 2023, 04:22

Bobi, a Portuguese dog. Worlds oldest ever (Guinness), at 31 years and 165 days.

Reminds me of Mara, lots of fresh air and off-leash time, and lots of love from his fam.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10042786/worlds-oldest-dog-bobi-dead-age-31 (https://globalnews.ca/news/10042786/worlds-oldest-dog-bobi-dead-age-31/)

https://globalnews.ca/video/embed/10044759.mp4

Bruce G Charlton

24th October 2023, 13:31

Bobby Charlton was the hero of my childhood - especially since my dad went to the same school (Bedlington Grammar) and was born and raised in the village next-door to Ashington - and we were convinced (and told people) that he was a not-too-distant relative - because of having the same surname and a close family resemblance.

Sadly, I much later had my family tree traced back to 1750 - and the last claim turned out to be untrue!

Open Minded Dude

25th October 2023, 20:38

Philosopher and author. Highly intelligent and eloquent man. He is now said to have been a 'light in the darkness' during the covid 'pandemic'. He even wrote a book about the Covidian cultists called "The Cult". He'll be missed.

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Inversion

29th October 2023, 01:30

Tintin

30th October 2023, 09:28

Matthew Perry from the series Friends was found dead on his property of an apparent drowning in a hot tub.

imdb (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001612/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_1_nm_7_q_matthew%2520perry)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAWxoSeqU5k

:flower:

When I was ever anywhere near a television during the period 'Friends' ran (1994 through 2004) - not a lot at all! - when I was I'd sometimes check in on this show, and the Chandler character was my favourite.

Damn man, he's my age, 54 :facepalm: That feels so young still.

Here's a paragraph that I've just seen in The Guardian obituary for Matthew, and this for which he should be posthumously garlanded :bigsmile:

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He grew up mainly in Ottawa when his mother returned to her home country and eventually became press secretary to the then prime minister, Pierre Trudeau. In 2017, Perry revealed that he and another pupil at Rockcliffe Park elementary school had beaten up Justin Trudeau, Pierre’s son and current Canadian premier. Trudeau responded on Twitter (now X): “I’ve been giving it some thought, and you know what, who hasn’t wanted to punch Chandler? How about a rematch @MatthewPerry?”

Bruce G Charlton

30th October 2023, 12:11

wrt Matthew Perry - Talented but relentlessly self-destructive; yet another victim (I guess) of the (nearly-always) corrupting effects of life as a child actor/ star.

DNA

30th October 2023, 14:41

wrt Matthew Perry - Talented but relentlessly self-destructive; yet another victim (I guess) of the (nearly-always) corrupting effects of life as a child actor/ star.

That's a negative.
He was a very vocal pro vaxer for the covid variety.
All initial reports said he died from a heart attack.
They then changed that to died in a hot tub and you fill in the answers.

norman

22nd November 2023, 15:30

On this day, 60 years ago

https://t.me/insiderpaper/23909
insiderpaper/23909

Ravenlocke

30th November 2023, 02:08

https://x.com/BBCBreaking/status/1730042659576656146

1730042659576656146

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1730042023884075390

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Ravenlocke

30th November 2023, 02:13

https://x.com/RollingStone/status/1730042573043974603

1730042573043974603

https://x.com/washingtonpost/status/1730040628766257247

1730040628766257247

https://x.com/business/status/1730042790531223685

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Ravenlocke

30th November 2023, 02:18

Text:
Heinz Alfred Kissinger was born on May 27, 1923, in Fürth, Germany, and immigrated to the #UnitedStates in 1938, escaping Nazi rule. He became American in 1943 and fought in the US Army during WWII.

#Kissinger had the blood of at least 3 million people on his hands as he helped extend the Vietnam War, assist with genocides in Cambodia, East Timor, and Bangladesh, further escalate civil conflicts in southern Africa, and support coups and death squads across Latin America.

He was never indicted or convicted for any of his crimes

https://x.com/MayadeenEnglish/status/1730047277970903165

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Bluegreen

30th November 2023, 02:29

So the evilest human on the planet is dead

Lord have mercy on his soul

Vicus

30th November 2023, 14:04

Heinz Alfred Kissinger ...

:flame::flame::flame: BURN IN HELL DEMON!!! :flame::flame::flame:

Bluegreen

2nd December 2023, 01:29

RIP Shane MacGowan. May the grace of God be with you.

"If I Should Fall From Grace With God"

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'He kept me going through homesickness, loneliness and guilt’: Guardian readers on Shane MacGowan
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/dec/01/readers-on-shane-macgowan-pogues

Rawhide68

2nd December 2023, 02:59

Rawhide68

2nd December 2023, 09:38

My response to H Fkn Kissinger

Finaly!, the most evil man who has walked on this earth since Stalin and Hitler.

He had a deal with the devil 100 years of life to do evil, and I truly hope he ends up were he belongs:roll:.

Tintin

2nd December 2023, 09:57

Shane MacGowan was more than a singer, he made me realise I was alive back in the days
He put out some decent poetry if my mind serves me right.

He got a new set of teeth, and a wife who loved him in the end, what more can you ask for?
RIP My friend !

Watch this docu about him
Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan

I have it on my harddrive if Avalon Forum want me to share it?

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Yes please :rose:

I saw the Pogues live in 1990. Shane was admittedly going through a really torrid time then.

A true talent. He apparently got a scholarship to the prestigious Westminster school in London on account of his literary talent which was evident from his writings which were in turn searingly insightful, and unfeigned. A man who seemed difficult to some but always left them really liking him which speaks to his natural warmth under that rebellious veneer.

The Red Roses For Me album remains my favourite of their (The Pogues) work. I actually have it on vinyl somewhere (mum's loft).

RIP Shane, and thanks for sharing your talent with us :bowing:

muxfolder

5th December 2023, 05:41

So the evilest human on the planet is dead

Lord have mercy on his soul

And these people are almost always those who live long long lives.

muxfolder

5th December 2023, 05:45

Hermoor

12th December 2023, 01:27

thepainterdoug

12th December 2023, 01:42

many amazing people getting out

Bill Ryan

12th December 2023, 21:42

Nobody expects the road to be a smooth one.

With respect, the following news is best expressed by Kerry Icke's father:

https://davidicke.com/2023/12/11/my-wonderful-beautiful-daughter-kerry-passed-away-today-in-hospital-on-the-isle-of-wight-this-afternoon-after-a-stoic-battle-against-a-long-illness/

:heart:More from David about Kerry Icke. :heart:

https://davidicke.com/2023/12/12/we-went-today-to-one-of-kerrys-favourite-spots-on-the-isle-of-wight-where-she-used-to-swim-in-the-sea-every-morning-until-her-illness-prevented-it

We went today to one of Kerry’s favourite spots on the Isle of Wight where she used to swim in the sea every morning until her illness prevented it

https://davidicke.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RAINBOW.jpg

As we arrived, a massive rainbow appeared and cast its arc across the water. Perfect. She was once here. Now she’s EVERYWHERE. My family’s deep gratitude to you for all the vast outpouring of love for our daughter. She was so loved and always will be.

She will be smiling to see that she was trending on Twitter/X with her passing when she remembers how she always shunned the limelight to stay in the background. ‘I was cracking up’, she will say.

We love you, darling, and miss you so much.

thepainterdoug

13th December 2023, 02:49

Id like to mention this beautiful innocent young woman Lizbeth Medina, gone at 16 , someone has to.. Im sure you can look up the details if you wish

Ewan

15th December 2023, 19:23

RIP Shane MacGowan. May the grace of God be with you.

'Fairytale of New York' played at Shane MacGowan's funeral

Now that's the way to go...

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Inversion

23rd December 2023, 02:00

Ian Punnett who hosted Coast-to-Coast AM passed away yesterday.

Video in the link: wibw (https://www.wibw.com/2023/12/22/kab-hall-fame-broadcaster-professor-dies-63/)

C2C (https://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/ian-punnett-march-3-1960-december-21-2023/)

Ian Punnett March 3, 1960 - December 21, 2023

December 22, 2023

It is with deep sadness that we share the news that Ian Punnett passed away from a brief illness yesterday. His keen intellect and delightful sense of humor will be deeply missed. Since 2000, Ian has, in various incarnations, been a valued host of Coast to Coast AM, including regular weekend hosting duties, his own spin-off show Coast to Coast LIVE with Ian Punnett, a podcast entitled Vaudeville for the Frightened, and most recently twice a month hosting duties.

I’ve had the privilege of producing for Ian these past 24 years, and I will miss our friendship and the professional collaboration. Every conversation behind the scenes was as lively and entertaining and everything we strive for on the air. Ian was great radio personified.

Ian co-hosted rock morning radio shows on WXLP in the Quad Cities on then-rock music station WKDF in Nashville, Tennessee in the early-to-mid-1990s, was also morning man on WMJY in Long Branch, New Jersey. He moved to talk radio at WGN in Chicago in 1994 and then Atlanta, Georgia in 1997 to host a nightly talk show. In Minneapolis-St. Paul, Punnett hosted the morning show (6-10 am) on KTMY-FM. It was known as Ian & Margery, and was co-hosted by his wife, Margery.

While working full-time in radio, Ian completed a Master of Divinity degree from Columbia Theological Seminary in Atlanta. In 2017, he completed his PhD at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, part of Arizona State University. In 2018 he joined the faculty of the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Kansas State University as a professor of practice and chief operator of the award-winning KSDB-FM. He co-edited and wrote Moving Sounds: A Cultural History of Car Radio (2019) from Peter Lang Publishing and two chapters for Praeger’s Religion and Technology Series: How Religions are Embracing Virtual Media, Social Networks, and Mobile Devices (Vol. II) (2019). He was the author of several books, including How to Pray When You’re Pissed at God from Random House, Toward A Theory of True Crime (2018) from Routledge, and the trade book, A Black Night for the Bluegrass Belle (2017), as well as two children’s books written to raise money for canine charities, Dizzy the Mutt with the Propeller Butt and Jackula the Vampire Dog.

He is survived by his wife, Margery Punnett, and two sons.

--Lisa Lyon
Executive Producer, Coast to Coast AM

pyrangello

23rd December 2023, 03:10

I use to listen to Ian way back when I was listening to coast to coast, always enjoyed his dialog, he was one of the good ones. Fond memories .

Mike

23rd December 2023, 04:04

I use to listen to Ian way back when I was listening to coast to coast, always enjoyed his dialog, he was one of the good ones. Fond memories .

Same. Coast was a really important part of my evolution. It was such a treat to listen to those episodes late into the night, and Ian was great. Sad to hear about his passing. I was always excited when I heard his voice, because he was so good.

P.S. I just got nostalgic enough to sign up for an online Coast acct. Scrolled some of the classic episodes, and I can't wait to listen to a few.

arwen

24th December 2023, 13:56

JANET OSSEBAARD - narrator of the Fall of the Cabal series.

She disappeared in November 2023, and lots of rumors and unconfirmed reports of her death by suicide. I could not find anything legitimate but now her life partner, Cynthia, has confirmed it in this 3 minute video. Very sad.

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Tintin

31st December 2023, 13:27

Bill Ryan

31st December 2023, 13:38

Tintin

31st December 2023, 13:58

John Pilger very sadly passed yesterday December 30th :flower:

He was a total legend, almost peerless, absolutely brilliant and very humane. He'll be greatly missed :flower:

Guardian UK news story here (https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/dec/31/john-pilger-campaigning-journalist-dies-aged-84)It's a huge loss. :flower: John Pilger had unimpeachable integrity, and was one of the few remaining giants of modern journalism.

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Absolutely :highfive: I have to say there are few who had his ability to practise 'educare' - the ability to draw out from his interviewees just exactly what he sought. Very gifted and if anything an inspiration to any would-be journalists in the art of how to deliver your questions for maximum return :rose:

arwen

31st December 2023, 15:14

Fully agree Tintin and Bill. He was an outstanding human being on all counts - a brilliant journalist and scholar, with heart, integrity and compassion - a very rare beacon of sanity and wisdom to the world. He will indeed be sorely missed. :flower:

As an indicator of the widespread respect for him, even the BBC did a decent write-up of him (https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/9CA1/production/_132179004_gettyimages-463217765.jpg.webp).

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/9CA1/production/_132179004_gettyimages-463217765.jpg.webp

Brigantia

31st December 2023, 15:37

Sad news from Ireland, from Thomas Sheridan; Fintan Dunne has passed. Fintan's website and forum is still up, for how long remains to be seen. He had done some very interesting interviews in the past that can still be accessed on his website. https://breakfornews.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=1

"Fintan Dunne - Slán Leat...go fóill
The Recent Loss of One of Ireland's Legendary Independent Journalist
Dec 31

I was saddened to hear that Fintan Dunne of BreakforNews passed away. He was one the first people to interview me when I was starting out. One of Ireland best independent journalists."

Ewan

31st December 2023, 17:21

John Pilger very sadly passed yesterday December 30th :flower:

He was a total legend, almost peerless, absolutely brilliant and very humane. He'll be greatly missed :flower:

Guardian UK news story here (https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/dec/31/john-pilger-campaigning-journalist-dies-aged-84)

The word legend often gets overused, but Pilger definitely qualifies as a worthy recipient of the title. I personally credit John Pilger with being the man that set me on the road to awakening. Twenty six years old and about to board a long haul flight to Australia I saw this book called "Tell Me No Lies" and bought it on a whim. It was read cover to cover twice long before I got to Melbourne.

I do hope all his works get archived securely, they're important.

Ravenlocke

31st December 2023, 17:47

Text:
Our dear dear John Pilger has left us. He was one of the greats. A consistent ally of the dispossessed, John dedicated his life to telling their stories and awoke the world to the greatest injustices. He showed great empathy for the weak and was unflinching with the powerful. John was one of Julian’s most vocal champions but they also became the closest of friends. He fought for Julian’s freedom until the end.

“We are all Spartacus if we want to be”, he wrote in his last published piece. This was John, challenging us until the end. Let’s always seek to rise to the challenge. Thank you, dear friend.

https://consortiumnews.com/2023/11/09/john-pilger-we-are-spartacus/

https://x.com/Stella_Assange/status/1741424632371020052

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Ravenlocke

31st December 2023, 17:51

https://x.com/RealScottRitter/status/1741479550582751338

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Bill Ryan

31st December 2023, 19:00

A most wonderful tribute was paid to John Pilger in the opening 4 minutes of his video update today (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQKE-Bb--YE) by Alexander Mercouris, speaking so eloquently as he always does, without any notes or text.

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Tintin

31st December 2023, 21:34

John Pilger very sadly passed yesterday December 30th :flower:

He was a total legend, almost peerless, absolutely brilliant and very humane. He'll be greatly missed :flower:

Guardian UK news story here (https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/dec/31/john-pilger-campaigning-journalist-dies-aged-84)

The word legend often gets overused, but Pilger definitely qualifies as a worthy recipient of the title. I personally credit John Pilger with being the man that set me on the road to awakening. Twenty six years old and about to board a long haul flight to Australia I saw this book called "Tell Me No Lies" and bought it on a whim. It was read cover to cover twice long before I got to Melbourne.

I do hope all his works get archived securely, they're important.

Bless you. That was a lovely share. As a slightly geeky librarian type perhaps we can make that happen :flower:

Ravenlocke

1st January 2024, 01:30

https://x.com/flakyfarseer/status/174144319504350846

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grapevine

5th January 2024, 14:54

BREAKING: Kate Garraway's husband dies after long battle with health complications

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyyRGt3pkuM
Derek Draper, former political adviser and husband of TV presenter Kate Garraway, has died after several years of serious health complications, This will probably mean more to UK readers, but Derek's continued health battle has been well publicised in the UK press since he contracted Covid 19 at the beginning of the pandemic, from which he never recovered.

Inversion

6th January 2024, 22:13

David Soul (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Soul) best known for Skarsky & Hutch died at age 80.

dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12930687/David-Soul-tributes-flood-Starsky-Hutch-star-dies-aged-80-bright-light-inspiration.html)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW1uvPg07Hc

Open Minded Dude

9th January 2024, 15:27

FRANZ ("THE KAISER") BECKENBAUER

Germany has lost the 'Kaiser' (King, Emperor) of football.

I am not that old to remember a lot from his World Cup win as a player in 1974 but of the second win as a coach in 1990 I have a lot of fond memories, it was a legendary tournament with many great games. Still part of my childhood's and youth's treasured memories.

He also was a true 'gentleman', a really nice guy. Highly likeable everywhere. Almost no big scandals.

Therefore besides 'Kaiser' they also called him the 'Lichtgestalt' (Shining Light) of the German football. He was loved around the world as a great sports ambassador for Germany being and making friends with everyone everywhere.

Really sad he left us.

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Brigantia

9th January 2024, 21:11

A sad day for sport, I was sorry to read this morning of the passing of Franz Beckenbauer, one of the greats.

It also brought the news of the passing of JPR Williams, one of rugby's greats who was captain of the Wales team. From the BBC (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/67912287):

"Wales and British and Irish Lions rugby legend JPR Williams has died at the age of 74.

The former London Welsh, Bridgend and Barbarians full-back was synonymous with Wales and the Lions' glories of the 1970s.

Williams captained Wales and Bridgend, winning 55 caps for his country.

During historic triumphant Lions tours to New Zealand in 1971 and 1974 in South Africa, Williams accumulated eight Test caps.

A statement from the Williams family said: "JPR died peacefully today at the University Hospital of Wales surrounded by his loving wife and four children, after a short illness, bravely battling bacterial meningitis.

"The family request privacy at this difficult time."

Williams won three Five Nations Grand Slams - in 1971, 1976, and 1978. He stepped away from international rugby in 1981, but continued to play rugby on occasion before finally retiring in 2003.

Williams' death was announced by Bridgend Ravens - formerly known as Bridgend - on social media.

"Bridgend Ravens are devastated to announce the passing of JPR Williams," they said.

"One of Bridgend's most decorated-players and an icon of world rugby, JPR served the club most recently as club president. Our thoughts are with JPR's family and friends at this sad time."

Former Wales captain Jonathan Davies described Williams as an "absolute legend".

"Not many people can go by their initials and he was known as JPR," he told BBC 5 Live Sport.

"I remember watching him growing up. He was an absolute rock in defence with the tackles he made.

"If you wanted anybody behind you at full-back, I could not think of anybody better.

"When he was with the 1974 Lions in South Africa, when the fights broke out, he kept running in from full-back to punch the forwards. He was perhaps the most competitive bloke I have ever come across.

"He was ferociously competitive. It is very sad, he was just a great rugby player and an incredible character.

"Whenever you mention who were the greatest full-backs in any era, you hear about the greats like Serge Blanco and Christian Cullen, JPR is always in the mix."

The British and Irish Lions called Williams "one of the greatest ever" players to wear their shirt and "a man who inspired so many"."

Brigantia

12th January 2024, 18:36

British radio legend DJ Annie Nightingale has died, she was such a presence in my youth and female DJs were a rarity back then.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67955757

"BBC Radio 1 DJ Annie Nightingale, the station's first female presenter, who went on to become its longest-serving host, has died at the age of 83.
Nightingale joined the station in 1970 and remained the only woman on the line-up for 12 years.
She was known for her passion for a wide range of music, championing everything from prog rock and punk to acid house and grime.
She remained on air until late last year with Annie Nightingale Presents.
Nightingale was also known for co-hosting BBC Two music show The Old Grey Whistle Test."

arwen

12th January 2024, 19:16

Gonzalo Lira has died

US journalist jailed and 'tortured' by Ukraine has died – family (https://www.rt.com/news/590559-gonzalo-lira-dead/)

RT
12 Jan, 2024 17:54

https://mf.b37mrtl.ru/files/2024.01/m/65a17d1785f5401fa328ac42.png

Extract:

Chilean-American blogger Gonzalo Lira has died in a Ukrainian prison, his family said on Friday.

“I cannot accept the way my son has died. He was tortured, extorted, incommunicado for 8 months and 11 days and the US Embassy did nothing to help my son. The responsibility of this tragedy is the dictator Zelensky with the concurrence of a senile American President, Joe Biden,” his father Gonzalo Lira Sr. wrote in a note published by The Grayzone.

Lira Senior also reached out to X host Tucker Carlson, confirming the death of his son in Ukrainian custody. He had spoken to Carlson about the case in early December.

His son Lira, 55, used to live in Kharkov and blog as ‘CoachRedPill,’ but switched to YouTube commentary after the conflict with Russia escalated in February 2022. He was arrested by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) last May and accused of “discrediting” the Ukrainian leadership and the military.

Lira resurfaced in late July with a series of posts on X (formerly Twitter), revealing his torture in jail and attempts of the SBU to extort him for money. He said he was trying to flee to Hungary and seek asylum. Then he disappeared again.

Two days later, a source confirmed to RT that Lira had been caught and imprisoned by Ukrainian authorities. He has not been heard from since.

According to a handwritten note Lira’s sister received on January 4, he had severe health problems caused by pneumonia and a collapsed lung, which began in mid-October. The prison authorities only acknowledged the issue on December 22, and he was supposed to undergo surgery. The note was provided to The Grayzone by Lira Senior.

(Full article embedded in title link above)

Sue (Ayt)

28th January 2024, 02:48

Melanie, singer-songwriter at Woodstock and on 1970s hits, dies at 76
Melanie Safka, who won sudden fame as a 22-year-old folk singer playing for hundreds of thousands of people on the first night of the Woodstock Festival in 1969 and followed it up with a string of heartfelt and sometimes quirky hits, died Jan. 23 at 76.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/01/25/melanie-singer-songwriter-woodstock-obituary-died/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/4ZOTPQ4FZ3PTC4ZRUZEDXTXAKI_size-normalized.JPG&w=650

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thepainterdoug

28th January 2024, 03:06

she made the world a better place

Johnnycomelately

28th January 2024, 08:10

Melanie, singer-songwriter at Woodstock and on 1970s hits, dies at 76]

I had never heard of Melanie, so I searched and found a vid of her singing at Woodstock. Song was Birthday of the Sun. Not much music moves me nowadays, but that had lots going on. Reminded me of the ‘greats’ (Zeppelin, Beatles, Hendrix and the others) mastery of song structure, key changes, rhythm that breathes.

It wasn’t a YouTube vid, so can’t embed. I confess I didn’t notice/get the lyrics, was focussed on the overall sound.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peopleandplaces/melanie-at-woodstock/vi-BB1hdeqe

I’ve missed Wayne Gretzky’s whole career, Nirvana and John Prine and other sounds until way late, lots of stuff. But it’s sure nice to find great stuff that I missed.

Am thankful for her example, little as I know now/yet. Same class of messenger IMO as that band that played on the J. Hendrix flick Rainbow Bridge, soundtrack to the ‘hippies’ clips.

Not RIP, because that expression is heavily weighted, but how about DIP? “Divert In Peace”, yeah? We’ll all get together again, one day.

Inversion

3rd February 2024, 02:00

Carl Weathers who was in Rocky, Predator and The Mandalorian passed away.

List of works: imdb (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001835/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1)

dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13039387/Carl-Weathers-dies-aged-76-Rocky-actor-passes-peacefully-sleep.html)

Carl was an exceptional human being who lived an extraordinary life. Through his contributions to film, television, the arts and sports, he has left an indelible mark and is recognized worldwide and across generations.

'He was a beloved brother, father, grandfather, partner, and friend.'

Former professional football player Weathers shot to worldwide fame playing heavyweight champion of the world Apollo Creed in 1976's Rocky.

02/02/24 (2:30)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEstn4jvTh8

Brigantia

5th February 2024, 17:41

The last of the Dad's Army platoon has departed; Ian Lavender has died just a few days before his 78th birthday.
https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/ian-lavender-dead-dads-army-private-pike-b1137117.html

I would guess that "Don't tell him, Pike" is fondly remembered by those who grew up with this classic series:

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Satori

6th February 2024, 13:38

Toby Keith, the American country western musician, died yesterday evening of stomach cancer at the age of 62. RIP.

thepainterdoug

8th February 2024, 18:51

How has this gone un noticed? Mike Gill killed
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/mike-gill-carjacking-what-we-know-about-former-trump-official-who-died-days-after-shot-in-rampage

Open Minded Dude

20th February 2024, 14:59

After recently with Franz Beckenbauer, here's another hero of 1990 (and my childhood) who today has passed away. And yes, it was another sudden heart attack (already mentioned in that thread but he deserves a mention here, too).

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Just like Goetze in 2014 - also with 1-0 against Argentina (for the 4th World Cup title) - he was the scorer for our 3rd World Cup title 14 years earlier.
Concededly, the validity of this very penalty was more than 'questionable', but another clear foul in the box before that had not been not granted, so it was only fair as a kind of concession, moreover since Germany was the far better team on that day anyway. A deserved win in the end. Oh those sweet childhood memories.

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Inversion

28th February 2024, 22:20

Actor/comedian Richard Lewis has died at age 76 of a heart attack and he had Parkinson's disease.

dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13137815/Richard-Lewis-dead-76-Curb-Enthusiasm-star-passes.html)

Richard Lewis has died at the age of 76 after a years-long battle with Parkinson's disease, it has been confirmed
The Curb Your Enthusiasm star Lewis - who is survived by his wife Joyce Lapinsky - had an illustrious career in Hollywood as an actor, writer, and comedian
Variety confirmed Lewis had passed due to a heart attack
David shared a heartbreaking tribute to his 'brother' Lewis, saying: 'He had that rare combination of being the funniest person and also the sweetest.
'But today he made me sob and for that I’ll never forgive him'

02/28/24 (0:45)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO8eWsOyCSo

DNA

29th February 2024, 05:12

How has this gone un noticed? Mike Gill killed
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/mike-gill-carjacking-what-we-know-about-former-trump-official-who-died-days-after-shot-in-rampage

Yeah this looks like a hit.
Has the democratic party fallen to the level of organized crime?

Bill Ryan

16th March 2024, 12:35

I was rather shocked to read this. :flower:

Famed Everest Documentarian David Breashears Dies at 68

https://explorersweb.com/david-breashears-dies

https://cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Breashears22.jpg

The mountaineering community has lost a luminary.

David Breashears died at 68 on March 14 at his home in Massachusetts, Outside reported (https://twitter.com/outsidemagazine/status/1768715647716839590). Friends said he died of natural causes, and his family submitted a statement to the outlet.
It is with great sadness that we share the news that our beloved David passed (of natural causes) this morning. He was a brother, father, friend, colleague and a caring, passionate advocate of adventure, exploration and the health of our planet. We are heartbroken by this loss and respectfully request privacy at this difficult time.
A venerated climber and photographer, Breashears earned his best-known success as the director of the 1998 IMAX film Everest.

His relationship with the mountain proved enduring. He first summitted Everest in 1983 and claimed its first repeat ascent by an American in 1985. His rescue efforts in the 1996 Everest disaster (https://explorersweb.com/everest-opera/) (which informed the 2008 Frontline documentary Storm Over Everest) highlighted his contributions to climbing.

In all, Breashears summitted world’s tallest peak five times.

Along with numerous documentaries, Breashears’ film credits included Cliffhanger, Seven Years in Tibet, and even David Lee Roth’s Just Like Paradise (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg3NkkOvMkY) music video (which featured the famous Yosemite route Heaven).

His nonprofit, GlacierWorks, uses science, art, and storytelling to highlight climate change in the Himalaya.

Inversion

1st April 2024, 22:55

Louis Gossett Jr. passed on 03/29/24 at age 87. He was in the mini-series Roots in 1977 and has 200 works to his credit on imdb (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001283/?ref_=nmbio_ov).

dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13254611/Louis-Gossett-Jr-Roots-star-Leslie-Uggams-tribute-death.html)

03/31/24 (1:25)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Swvo9zLsQE

Sue (Ayt)

5th April 2024, 05:31

World's oldest man, Juan Vicente Pérez, dies aged 114

Guinness World Records is saddened to learn of the death of the world's oldest man Juan Vicente Pérez (Venezuela, b. 27 May 1909) at the age of 114.

He would have turned 115 next month.

His death was confirmed by Freddy Bernal, the governor of Táchira, Venezuela, where Juan lived.

Juan was announced as the oldest man living at 112 years and 253 days, as of 4 February 2022.
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/Images/juan-perez-in-a-wheelchair_tcm25-768242.jpg

He attributed his longevity to "working hard, resting on holidays, going to bed early, drinking a glass of aguardiente every day, loving God, and always carrying him in his heart."

Juan Vicente was married to Ediofina del Rosario García for 60 years until her passing in 1997. Together, they established a family of 11 children, consisting of six sons and five daughters.

More at Link (https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2024/4/worlds-oldest-man-juan-vicente-perez-dies-aged-114-768238)

onevoice

10th April 2024, 16:08

UK Nobel Prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs dies age 94 (https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/09/world/peter-higgs-physicist-nobel-winner-dies-scn/index.html)

https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/gettyimages-187744393.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_653,w_1160,c_fill/f_webp
The late physicist Peter Higgs stands in front of a photograph of the Large Hadron Collider at the Science Museum's "Collider" exhibition in November 2013, in London. Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

(London) — Physicist Peter Higgs, whose theory of an undetected particle in the universe changed science and was vindicated by a Nobel prize-winning discovery half a century later, has died aged 94, the University of Edinburgh said on Tuesday.

The discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012 at the CERN research centre near Geneva was widely hailed as the biggest advance in knowledge about the cosmos for over 30 years, and pointed physics towards ideas that were once science fiction.

“For me personally it is just the confirmation of something I did 48 years ago, and it is very satisfying to be proved right in some way,” the British scientist told Reuters at the time.

“At the beginning, I had no expectation that I would still be alive when it happened.”

Edinburgh University, where Higgs held a professorial chair for many years, said he had passed away peacefully on Monday at home following a short illness.

“Peter Higgs was a remarkable individual — a truly gifted scientist whose vision and imagination have enriched our knowledge of the world that surrounds us,” said Professor Sir Peter Mathieson, the university Principal and Vice-Chancellor.

Higgs described himself as “incompetent” in the physics laboratory at school and at first preferred maths and chemistry. But inspired by quantum physicist Paul Dirac, who had attended the same school, he went on to specialise in theoretical physics.

What came to be known as the Higgs boson would solve the riddle of where several fundamental particles get their mass from: by interacting with the invisible “Higgs field” that pervades space.

That interaction, known as the “Brout-Englert-Higgs” mechanism, won Higgs and Belgium’s Francois Englert the Nobel prize in physics in 2013. Englert’s collaborator Robert Brout died in 2011.

‘An incredible thing’

In 1964, Higgs’ first paper on the model was rejected by an academic physics journal at CERN as being “of no relevance to physics”. His revised paper, although published weeks after Englert and Brout’s, was the first to explicitly predict the existence of a new particle.

“Over a weekend … I gradually realised that I knew two things that had to be brought together,” he said. “I had to go back to my office on the Monday and check that I hadn’t made a mistake about this.”

The tantalising vision promised to fill a gap in the “Standard Model” — the basic theoretical framework of physics — if only the particle’s existence could be proven.

For nearly three decades, physicists at CERN and at Fermilab in Chicago replicated the “Big Bang” by smashing particles together, hoping to glimpse the Higgs boson in the resulting mini-explosions.

CERN’s massive Large Hadron Collider finally proved to be the sledgehammer needed to crack the nut, and in 2012 two experiments there independently found the Higgs boson.

Englert and Higgs were in the packed auditorium at CERN to hear the announcement of the discovery, while hundreds of thousands watched online.

“We have reached a milestone in our understanding of nature,” CERN Director General Rolf Heuer said, to a roar of applause.

Higgs, clearly overwhelmed, his eyes welling up, told his fellow researchers: “It is an incredible thing that it has happened in my lifetime.”

‘What award?’

The Higgs boson completed the Standard Model, but fully understanding it is a work in progress. Its discovery allowed theoreticians to turn their attention to the vast portion of the universe that remained unexplained, as well as esoteric ideas such as the possibility of parallel universes.

An atheist, Higgs loathed the nickname “the God particle,” which headline writers frequently bestowed on the boson that bore his name.

He had strong views on what was good and bad about science and resigned from a movement for nuclear disarmament when it began campaigning against the harnessing of nuclear energy.

In 1962 Higgs married Jody Williamson, an American linguist and nuclear disarmament campaigner, who died in 2008. They had two sons.

Higgs was modest about his achievements and shy of the media. In an interview on the Nobel prize website, he recounted how, on the morning that the 2013 Nobel announcement was due, he had anticipated media attention and taken steps to avoid it.

He left his house in Edinburgh, where he was emeritus professor at the university, and went for a walk around the harbour, and then to lunch and an art exhibition.

On his way home, a former neighbour congratulated him on his award.

“I said: ‘What award?’” he recalled, chuckling.

Reporting by Robert Evans and Tom Miles, additional reporting by Farouq Suleiman; editing by Pravin Char and Mark Heinrich

Inversion

11th April 2024, 15:46

O.J. Simpson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._J._Simpson) died of cancer at age 76. His jersey number with the Buffalo Bills & San Franscico 49ers was 32.

He was in a episode of Dragnet (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdmfF5l_gv8) that aired on 10/03/68 as if a tell of the event on 06/12/94.

An excerpt from Dragnet '67: Episode 3 (Community Relations - DR-10). Season 3, Episode 3 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragnet_(1967_TV_series))

"The satisfaction you'd receive from helping your fellow man.... of being a vital, important member of your community. Maybe those things are important to you... maybe they're not."

imdb (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001740/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_6_nm_2_q_oj%2520simpson)

dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13297835/OJ-Simpson-dies-aged-76.html)

OJ Simpson has died aged 76 after a short battle with prostate cancer.

The notorious murder suspect, who was later found civilly liable for the deaths of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman passed away surrounded by his family at his home in Las Vegas on Wednesday night.

Simpson became one of the most infamous figures in America after he was charged with the murders in 1994.

04/11/24 (1:16)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HzQkiBBWxQ

Bluegreen

20th April 2024, 04:49

We've lost Dickey Betts

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https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/18/entertainment/dickey-betts-death/index.html

Sue (Ayt)

27th April 2024, 04:23

Mike Pinder, last original Moody Blues member, dies months after bandmate Denny Laine
https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/2022/01/13/USATODAY/usatsports/imageForEntry13-3Or.jpg?width=660&height=371&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp
The last original member of The Moody Blues has died.

Keyboardist Mike Pinder died at 82 on Wednesday in Northern California, according to his family, the band and guitarist John Lodge, who lives in Naples, Florida.

Pinder follows original singer and guitarist Denny Laine, who died in Naples last year.

"Very sad news, the last of the original lineup of the Moody Blues has passed away," wrote Laine's widow Elizabeth on Instagram Wednesday. "He is now reunited with Denny, Ray, Graeme and Clint; what a joyous reunion that must be."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/04/25/mike-pinder-moody-blues-dead/73453647007/

Inversion

5th May 2024, 17:14

Actor Bernard Hill who played King Théoden in Lord of the Rings & Captain Smith in the Titanic has passsed away at age 79. He has 130 credits to his name on imdb (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0384060/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1).

dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13384743/Bernard-Hill-dies-Titanic-Lord-Rings-Titanic-star-passes-away.html)

Hill had first become familiar to many in the UK for his emotive and bold performance as Yosser Hughes in the 1980s drama Boys from the Blackstuff, a role that also brought him to the attention of Hollywood.

His passing comes hours before he was due to return to TV in Martin Freeman drama The Responder, which airs on BBC One tonight.

Tributes have been paid to the thespian, with praise for his 'incredible talent' and a career that saw him 'blaze a rail across the screen'.

Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama, said: 'Bernard Hill blazed a trail across the screen, and his long-lasting career filled with iconic and remarkable roles is a testament to his incredible talent.

05/05/24 (1:26)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2yF6PTudv4

Paul D.

12th May 2024, 18:41

Roger Corman has died at the grand old age of 98.
I absolutely love his work.Top three film guys for me.

53067

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/may/12/roger-corman-obituary
https://www.nme.com/news/film/roger-corman-the-king-of-cult-cinema-dies-at-98-3755491
https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/roger-corman-10-essential-films

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Inversion

18th May 2024, 01:14

Dabney Coleman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dabney_Coleman) has died at age 92. He has 179 works to his credit on imdb (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001056/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_3_nm_4_q_dabney%2520cloeman).

dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13431447/Dabney-Coleman-dead-92-Yellowstone-9-5-acting-legend.html)

Dabney Coleman has passed away at age 92, it has been confirmed.

The acting legend who most recently starred in Yellowstone as the father of Kevin Costner's character John Dutton, was best known for his roles in classic movies 9 to 5, Tootsie and On Golden Pond.

Other notable roles include The Towering Inferno, WarGames and the series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman as Merle Jeeter and The Slap Maxwell Story, as well as starring as Commodore Louis Kaestner on Boardwalk Empire.

05/17/24 (2:12)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP5fKEXYkIY

Inversion

24th May 2024, 18:41

Morgan Spurlock from the Documentary Super Size Me died of cancer at age 53.

Bizarre pattern: The Entertainment Industry (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?118881-The-Entertainment-Industry&p=1615084&viewfull=1#post1615084)

05/24/24 (0:38)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyQEMPspBsA

thepainterdoug

26th May 2024, 14:44

onevoice

26th May 2024, 17:18

Pro Golfer Grayson Murray, dead at 30. no cause of death mentioned The answer is in the omission .
https://people.com/golfer-grayson-murray-dead-30-two-time-pga-tour-winner-8654052

I was wondering about the golfer's cause of death when it was announced yesterday. It seemed sudden for someone who was 30 years old. In the article you referenced, there is a clear indication of the cause:

He also dealt with poorly-timed injuries throughout his career, including a scooter accident in Bermuda in 2022, and spoke candidly about having anxiety and depression that he once said made it difficult for him to get out of bed.

“I just thought I was a failure,” he said, per USA Today. “I thought I had a lot of talent that was just a waste of talent.”

At USAToday (https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/2024/05/26/grayson-murray-cause-of-death-revealed-parents-statement/73862594007/), his family said the cause of the death is suicide:

Golfer Grayson Murray's parents reveal his cause of death in emotional statement

https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/487dd4f32bbb9ad1228c3b85ca7d1fb6d56a8114/c=0-100-599-699/local/-/media/2018/12/11/USATODAY/USATODAY/636801427009785381-steve-gardner.png?width=48&height=48&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webpSteve Gardner USA TODAY

The golf world received a stunning blow on Saturday with the death of rising PGA Tour star Grayson Murray at the age of 30.

On Sunday, May 26, his parents – Eric and Terry Murray – revealed their son's cause of death in an emotional statement released on social media.

"Life wasn't always easy for Grayson, and although he took his own life, we know he rests peacefully now," the statement shared by the PGA Tour read.

The family said they spent the last 24 hours "trying to come to terms with the fact that our son is gone." Having to come to terms with their loss and share it with the public, they said, "it's a nightmare."

onevoice

20th June 2024, 21:39

Donald Sutherland Dies: Revered Actor In ‘Klute’, ‘Ordinary People’, ‘MASH’, ‘Hunger Games’ & Scores Of Others Was 88 (https://deadline.com/2024/06/donald-sutherland-dead-1235978933/)
By Erik Pedersen
https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-1177212098.jpg?w=681&h=383&crop=1Donald Sutherland in 2019

Donald Sutherland, the beloved actor who starred in scores of films from The Dirty Dozen, MASH and Klute to Animal House and Ordinary People to Pride & Prejudice and The Hunger Games franchise and won an Emmy for Citizen X, died Thursday in Miami after a long illness. He was 88.

The 2017 Honorary Oscar recipient also is the father of Emmy-winning 24 and Designated Survivor actor Kiefer Sutherland and veteran CAA Media Finance exec Roeg Sutherland. CAA confirmed the news to Deadline.

In some of his most well-known roles, he perfected a laconic, wry and dead-serious delivery. Such was the case for characters including the cool-headed amateur murder investigator John Klute, opposite Jane Fonda’s terrified and erratic call girl Bree Daniels in Klute; as Hawkeye Pierce in the film MASH, where he played opposite Elliott Gould’s cut-up Trapper John; and in Nicolas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now as skeptical John Baxter, who does not believe the claims of wife Laura (Julie Christie) that their recently dead daughter is reaching out from the other side.

In one early change-of-pace characterization, Sutherland played a sadistic fascist in Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1976 epic 1900, in which his character gleefully swings a child by the heels, bashing the boy’s head against a wall.

Born on July 17, 1935, in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, Donald Sutherland amassed some 200 film and TV credits spanning more than 60 years, from guesting on episodes of 1960s series including Suspense, The Avengers, Court Martial and The Odd Man to last year’s Paramount+ drama Bass Reeves. His big break in movies came with Robert Aldrich’s star-packed 1967 World War II drama The Dirty Dozen, playing misfit felon Vernon Pinkley opposite Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, George Kennedy, Telly Savalas and others. A big hit in theaters, it remains a seminal American war movie.

His next big role was as Capt. Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce in Robert Altman’s 1970 Korean War dramedy MASH. The alternatively harrowing and hilarious film earned five Oscar nominations including Best Picture, winning for Ring Lardner Jr.’s biting screenplay, and fueled the 1972-83 CBS series in which Alan Alda played Hawkeye.
https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/MASH-movie.jpg?resize=740,400Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould in ‘MASH,’ 1970

Sutherland followed that with another star-laden war movie, 1970’s Kelly’s Heroes, playing Sgt. Oddball alongside Clint Eastwood, Don Rickles, Savalas and others. That led to perhaps his biggest star turn, in the 1971 Alan J. Pakula crime drama Klute. He played opposite Fonda as New York gumshoe John Klute, who is hired to find a chemical company executive who has disappeared. Fonda won her first Oscar for the role, and Andy Lewis & Dave Lewis were nominated for their Original Screenplay.

https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Klute.jpg?resize=740,400Donald Sutherland and Jane Fonda in ‘Klute,’ 1970

Inversion

21st June 2024, 00:34

Donald was in Invasion of the Body Snatchers with Leonard Nimoy in 1978 and in a remake called The Puppet Masters in 1994.

imdb (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000661/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1)

06/20/24 (2:53)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTH3Pxab4B8

Inversion

11th July 2024, 17:15

Shelly Duvall who was in the 1980 movie The Shining (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining_(film)) died at age 75 of complications from diabetes.

dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13624369/shelley-duvall-dead-shining-actress.html)

imdb (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001167/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_1_nm_7_in_0_q_shelly%2520duv)

07/11/24 (0:45)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U17FmLHo1ek

Ravenlocke

14th July 2024, 01:43

https://x.com/TMZ/status/1812220237254717626

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Ravenlocke

14th July 2024, 01:47

https://x.com/MailOnline/status/1812224425778938151

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ExomatrixTV

15th July 2024, 13:47

https://istihbaratveanaliz.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/image001371.jpg?w=1400 (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/rumble.com/search/all?q=Dr. Robert Duncan)

David Rubble (https://facebook.com/defrod) quote:

"I have tried through every means to reach out to Dr. Robert P. Duncan (https://rumble.com/search/all?q=Dr.%20Robert%20Duncan) and have been unsuccessful. Others state a welfare check was performed Friday and Dr. Duncan has passed. We are waiting for further confirmation, but out of the many of us who were close to him, no one can get a hold of him. He will be greatly missed by many around the world. He was personally a motivation to me to prove him wrong about not being able to do anything against the projects he used to work in, and he was happy when someone finally did. I even got the attention of DARPA in the process. He has and will continue to motivate my life and quest to help others. We lost a great one, but the rest of us are still here for you and will be until the end.

*Update* Another confirmation. A local establishment he frequents was contacted and confirmed.

unquote

source (https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3482138552046848&id=100007522128917)

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The Matrix Deciphered by Dr. Robert Duncan:

projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?56002-Must-Read-The-Matrix-Deciphered-by-Dr-Robert-Duncan (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?56002-Must-Read-The-Matrix-Deciphered-by-Dr-Robert-Duncan)

DARPA Insider Dr. Robert Duncan says Scientists are on the verge of a Cataclysmic Discovery:

projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?99031-DARPA-Insider-Dr-Robert-Duncan-says-Scientists-are-on-the-verge-of-a-Cataclysmic-Discovery&highlight=Duncan (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?99031-DARPA-Insider-Dr-Robert-Duncan-says-Scientists-are-on-the-verge-of-a-Cataclysmic-Discovery&highlight=Duncan)

Bases Lectures - Robert Duncan Intelligent Systems of Control:

projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?86219-Bases-Lectures-Robert-Duncan-Intelligent-Systems-of-Control (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?86219-Bases-Lectures-Robert-Duncan-Intelligent-Systems-of-Control)

CIA-DARPA Whistleblower Dr. Robert Duncan Coast to Coast Interview ~ Dec 5th.2006:

projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?80202-Ex-CIA-Engineer-Dr-Robert-Duncan-explains-how-directed-weaponry-works-on-targeted-individuals (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?80202-Ex-CIA-Engineer-Dr-Robert-Duncan-explains-how-directed-weaponry-works-on-targeted-individuals)

Dr. Robert Duncan on Mind Control - AMAZING info!

projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?68746-Dr.-Robert-Duncan-on-Mind-Control-AMAZING-info- (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?68746-Dr.-Robert-Duncan-on-Mind-Control-AMAZING-info-)

Dr. Robert Duncan | Neurotechnologies: Voices in Heads, Hive-Minds, Neural Influence | Aug 2020 (https://odysee.com/@RamolaDReports:8/dr-robert-duncan-neurotechnologies:e)

Robert P. Duncan (Timothy Emmerson Lord) Facebook: facebook.com/robert.p.duncan (https://www.facebook.com/robert.p.duncan)

>>> rumble.com/search/all?q=Dr. Robert Duncan (https://rumble.com/search/all?q=Dr.%20Robert%20Duncan) :dog:

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Does anyone have better confirmation on this?

cheers,
John 🦜🦋🌳

I-yYIwKiY6Q

0:00:00 The Ethics of Neuroweapons and Neuro-Technologies
0:02:59 Positive Applications of Neurotechnologies
0:08:10 More Applications
0:13:27 Other Neuro-Technologies
0:15:53 The Dark Side of Weaponized Neuro-Technologies = Neuroweapons
0:18:52 Definitions of Dial-in Lethality. Neuroweapons and Audio Perceptions
0:35:36 Hacking the Human Mind
0:43:23 Human Research and Experimentation
0:46:24 Modernized MK-Ultra research (neurohacking)
0:50:33 Brain-Nome, Brain Project, Cognitive Models
0:55:01 Military and Intelligence Gathering
0:58:59 Remote Interrogation and No Touch Torture
1:00:16 S.A.T.A.N. = Silent Assassinations Through Adaptive Neural Networks
1:03:54 Warning to Humanity
1:15:47 Demonstrable Effects of Parameters of Synthetic Intelligence Networks
1:23:21 A.I. (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?102409-A.I.-is-Progressing-Faster-Than-You-Think-) in the Middle Attack Architecture

Dr. Robert Duncan - DARPA Intelligent Systems of (Mind) Control:

https://hugh.cdn.rumble.cloud/video/s8/2/A/I/4/O/AI4Ol.gaa.mp4

Part of the team who developed Voice of God (Voice Projection) technology and more. Dr. Duncan left DARPA (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Advanced_Research_Projects_Agency) - in this lecture, we can sense his animosity on the application use of (A.I. (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?102409-A.I.-is-Progressing-Faster-Than-You-Think-)) mind control technologies.

source (https://rumble.com/v3898re-dr.-robert-duncan-darpa-intelligent-systems-of-mind-control.html)

Inversion

18th July 2024, 21:27

Bob Newhart (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Newhart) passed at age 94. His first listed work on imdb (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0627878/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1) is Hell is for Heroes in 1962 and the last is Young Sheldon in 2020. He became popular in 1960 from standup comedy.

dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13649117/Bob-Newhart-dead-94-Legendary-comedian-Elf-star-passes-away.html)

His accolades include three Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award.

He famously starred as Papa Elf in 2003 Will Ferrell comedy, Elf and played Susan Mayer's stepfather Morty Flicker in Desperate Housewives in 2005.

Landing his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 1962 for his comedy variety show - The Bob Newhart Show - he would finally scoop the accolade in 2013 for his role as Arthur Jeffries/Professor Proton on The Big Bang Theory.

07/18/24 (0:42)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxySLLZNEfg

Paul D.

20th July 2024, 14:24

Ray Reardon, snooker legend, has passed at 91.

I realise that readers outside the U.K. may not have heard of Ray Reardon but in the snooker world, which is my world, he is a legend. Not my favourite style of player t.b.h. especially as he was competing against Alex 'Hurricane ' Higgins when I was a kid , polar opposites :)But he was unarguably an all time great, 6 time world champion ! An important pioneer of the modern game.

https://www.thetimes.com/article/be5ad6ea-77cf-4156-9463-0457eaa6a4ca?shareToken=ce3a8b769da678e6201aee83c338a36a

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Bill Ryan

30th July 2024, 20:23

I thought this was very poignant, and although the names here will be unknown to most readers I felt it deserved a post on this thread.
I have climbed many mountains, and now I have become afraid of them. They scare me because now I know the danger under my feet.
That was a recent quote from Japanese mountaineer Kazuya Hiraide, widely acknowledged as one of the finest climbers of this century.

With a highly able but less well-known partner, Kenro Nakajima, he was attempting a new route on the sheer west face of K2. Two motionless bodies were spotted by helicopter a few days ago, but it was too high for the helicopter to attempt a rescue. And any rescue from base camp was impossible because of the extreme difficulty of the terrain. There was nothing that could be done.

Kazuya Hiraide (right), with his friend Kenro Nakajima. :flower:

https://explorersweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_0772-1-1.jpg

Tintin

7th August 2024, 09:59

Wow. I've not long returned from Oxford so am playing catch up with all sorts of news.

Very sad to have heard of the passing of Graham Thorpe, a truly gifted English cricket batsman - he was 55; that's way too young :flower:

The Guardian obituary was published here (https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/05/graham-thorpe-former-england-cricketer-dies-aged-55) on Monday, August 5th

Graham Thorpe, former England cricketer and coach, dies aged 55

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Bruce G Charlton

7th August 2024, 13:12

I agree, Graham Thorpe was the shining light in England's Test match team of the 1990s; our only solidly world class player over a long stretch, and always a pleasure to watch at his work.

By the highest standards, he was not one of "the greats" - as was his replacement at number four Kevin Peterson, or Joe Root who came after.

But Thorpe was probably the only England player that could reasonably have been picked for a combined England-Australia eleven over the stretch of a few Ashes. He was one of a handful that dealt with the threat of Murali, Warne and Kumble (although Murali came back to domination after he developed his doosra).

Tintin

7th August 2024, 13:21

..Graham Thorpe was the shining light in England's Test match team of the 1990s; our only solidly world class player over a long stretch, and always a pleasure to watch at his work

100% Bruce :highfive: He was my favourite player in the England team during that whole period. Funny how things develop over time. I remember being quite shocked at him not being selected for the 2005 Ashes series, to be replaced by a relatively unknown young upstart in Kevin Pietersen. Well, we know what happened next....

Here's some of his masterful stroke-play, from the vaults:

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Inversion

19th August 2024, 22:44

Retired talk show host Phil Donahue passed at age 88. He met his wife on his show in 1977.

dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13758927/Marlo-Thomas-tribute-husband-Phil-Donahue-death.html)

Marlo Thomas has paid tribute to her late husband, talk show legend Phil Donahue.

The host of The Phil Donahue Show passed away at the age of 88 on Sunday, while surrounded by relatives, including his actress wife, at his home.

08/19/24 (2:06)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj13rukUZUQ

Inversion

10th September 2024, 00:31

James Earl Jones who was the voice of Darth Vader has died at age 93.

list of his works: imdb (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000469/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_8_in_0_q_james%2520ea)

dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13831633/james-earl-jones-tribute-darth-vader-star-wars-mark-hamill.html)

The news of James Earl Jones' passing has reverberated through Hollywood and fan communities alike, leaving many in deep mourning.

The legendary voice behind iconic characters like Darth Vader in Star Wars and Mufasa in The Lion King died on Monday, Sept. 9, at the age of 93 in his home in Dutchess County, NY.

An EGOT winner and a towering figure in entertainment, Jones' impact on film, television, and theater was profound.

09/09/24 (2:19)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNebqZjR5Wk

04/18/17 (5:18)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTWRXkYtzMM

Satori

10th September 2024, 02:09

Denise/Dizi

10th September 2024, 02:43

Dr Robert Duncan's facebook page has been wiped clean.. If true that he has passed, may he rest in peace as a hero to humanity.

ThePythonicCow

10th September 2024, 04:51

Dr Robert Duncan's facebook page has been wiped clean.. If true that he has passed, may he rest in peace as a hero to humanity.

I presume you refer to the Robert Duncan who was the author of several books, including "Project: Soul Catcher: Secrets of Cyber and Cybernetic Warfare Revealed"

When I searched just now for him, I got the following recent hits, stating that he died, apparently on July 8, 2024.

CIA Mind Control Whistleblower Dr. Robert Duncan found dead 8th July 2024, Murdered with Directed Energy Weapons? (July 21, 2024) (http://whitetv.se/mind-control-mk-ultra.html)
Unfortunately for millions of Mind Control victims all over the world, ex CIA whistleblower on directed energy weapons, Dr. Robert Duncan, passed away 8th July 2024. That is a huge loss for the millions of Targeted individuals all over the world.

DoUCWhatGodSees? (X.com, July 25, 2024) (https://x.com/Awnye5/status/1831432555775848952)
DEDICATED TO ROBERT P. DUNCAN Taken out July 8, 2024

Don't Speak News Exclusive: Inside the Military’s Secret Undercover Army (July 28, 2024) (https://dontspeaknews.com/2024/07/28/exclusive-inside-the-militarys-secret-undercover-army-newsweek/)
These are the people that help target you as Dr. Robert Duncan (RIP) told us about in his book Project Soul Catcher.

MKZINE Podcast EPISODE 26: What is Gangstalking? (Aug 5, 2024) (https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-26-what-is-gangstalking--60927485)
This episode is dedicated to the late, Dr. Robert Duncan, who recently passed away and had extensively researched and written about mind control technologies

MKZINE Podcast EPISODE 28: The Matrix Deciphered Chapter 1 - written by Dr. Robert Duncan and narrated by Elana Freeland (https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-28-the-matrix-deciphered-chapter-1-written-by-dr-robert-duncan-and-narrated-by-elana-freeland--61082318)
Robert Duncan was a key source on the mechanics of a program he called Project Soulcatcher

Denise/Dizi

10th September 2024, 05:06

Thank You so much! I have been looking at some of his old works, and he knew a lot of truths... A terrible loss for truth for certain..

Harmony

10th September 2024, 05:15

Dr Robert Duncan's facebook page has been wiped clean.. If true that he has passed, may he rest in peace as a hero to humanity.

Also here on PA we have this thread (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?56002-Dr-Robert-Duncan-CIA-Mind-Control-whistleblower/page7) on Robert Dunan and there are a few posts about his passing starting here. (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?56002-Dr-Robert-Duncan-CIA-Mind-Control-whistleblower&p=1622872&viewfull=1#post1622872) post #138.

Dr Robert Duncan, CIA Mind Control whistleblower (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?56002-Dr-Robert-Duncan-CIA-Mind-Control-whistleblower/page7)

Mark (Star Mariner)

10th September 2024, 11:32

Darth Vader died today at the ripe old age of 9300.

Technically, the other Darth Vader -- there were two (well three, but that's not relevant here).

The guy on screen, wearing the Darth Vader suit, was British actor (and sort of a local hero round these parts) David Prowse (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Prowse). He voiced the original lines in the movie, through the face mask and everything, and I believe they were originally going to stay in the film. Unfortunately, George Lucas thought that Prowse's thick Bristol accent wasn't quite in keeping with the persona of Darth Vader!
:laughs:

Jones would later be brought in to lend his voice to the character.

James Earl Jones: a sad loss indeed. Great actor, legendary voice.

Kryztian

27th September 2024, 15:22

R.I.P. Maggie Smith :flower:

Maggie Smith, Oscar-winning star of stage and screen, dies aged 89
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/sep/27/maggie-smith-oscar-winning-star-of-stage-and-screen-dies-aged-89

In a career that began in the 1950s, her roles ranged from Desdemona to Miss Jean Brodie, Virginia Woolf and Minerva McGonagall

Maggie Smith, the prolific, multi-award-winning actor whose work ranged from The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie to Harry Potter to Downton Abbey, has died aged 89.

The news was confirmed by her sons Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens in a statement. They said: “She passed away peacefully in hospital early this morning, Friday 27 September.

“An intensely private person, she was with friends and family at the end. She leaves two sons and five loving grandchildren who are devastated by the loss of their extraordinary mother and grandmother.

“We would like to take this opportunity to thank the wonderful staff at the Chelsea and Westminster hospital for their care and unstinting kindness during her final days.

“We thank you for all your kind messages and support and ask that you respect our privacy at this time.”
Jane Bown's portrait of Dame Maggie Smith, Actress
Maggie Smith: the magisterial star of Harry Potter and Downton had the courage and talent to do absolutely everything
Read more

Smith’s gift for acid-tongued comedy was arguably the source of her greatest achievements: the waspish teacher Jean Brodie, for which she won an Oscar, prim period yarns such as A Room With a View and Gosford Park, and a series of collaborations on stage and screen with Alan Bennett including The Lady in the Van. “My career is chequered,” she told the Guardian in 2004. “I think I got pigeonholed in humour … If you do comedy, you kind of don’t count. Comedy is never considered the real thing.” However, Smith also excelled in non-comedic dramatic roles, performing opposite Laurence Olivier for the National Theatre, winning a best actress Bafta for The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, and playing the title role in Ingmar Bergman’s 1970 production of Hedda Gabler.

article continues at: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/sep/27/maggie-smith-oscar-winning-star-of-stage-and-screen-dies-aged-89

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Ravenlocke

29th September 2024, 23:43

https://x.com/pam_windsor/status/1840518651641741816

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https://x.com/RollingStone/status/1840517023941455929

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https://x.com/KTrain939913/status/1838691165375197369

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Moemers

30th September 2024, 02:42

iirc David Icke says Kristofferson is Reptilian but RiP tho cause he rocked in Blade

Inversion

2nd October 2024, 17:42

Frank Fritz from the TV show American Pickers passed at age 60. He left the show due to declining health and had a stroke in 2022.

dailymail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13916221/frank-fritz-final-days-american-pickers-death.html)

The 60-year-old died on Monday night in hospice care in Davenport, Iowa, after suffering years of declining health, which triggered his departure from the hit show in 2021.

The reality star suffered a stroke in his Iowa home in 2022, with a source close to Fritz telling The Sun that his health had been 'getting worse' in recent times.

10/01/24 (1:59)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f2XLcvdkRs

RunningDeer

2nd October 2024, 19:18

Ravenlocke

11th October 2024, 00:38

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My mom, Ethel Skakel Kennedy, passed peacefully into Heaven this morning. She was 96. She died in Boston surrounded by many of her nine surviving children and her friends. God gave her 34 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, and the energy to give them all the attention they required. He blessed her with a rich and eventful life. Even as she declined in recent months, she never lost her sense of fun, her humor, her spark, her spunk, and her joie de vivre. She wrung joy from every moment, but for 56 years she has spoken with yearning of the day she would reunite with her beloved husband. She is with him now, with my brothers David and Michael, with her parents, her six siblings, all of whom predeceased her, and her “adopted” Kennedy siblings Jack, Kick, Joe, Teddy, Eunice, Jean, Rosemary, and Patricia. From the day she met my father, her new family observed that she was “more Kennedy than the Kennedys.” She was never more enthusiastic about the afterlife than when she considered that she would also be reunited with her many dogs, including 16 Irish setters — all conveniently named “Rusty.”

The cognitive dissonance that allowed her to keep two inconsistent truths in her heart at the same time without budging made my mother a collection of irreconcilable convictions. Among these was her ironic combination of deep — nearly blind — reverence for the Catholic Church and irreverence toward its clerics. She was at once starstruck by America’s presidents, all of whom she came to know personally, and at the same time skeptical of government and toward all figures of authority. She balanced her contempt for pretension and hypocrisy with a boundless tolerance for error and mistakes in others.

God also endowed her with a perpetual attitude of gratitude that fueled her taste for adventure and an irrepressible buoyancy in a life beset by a continuous parade of heartbreaking tragedies. Her sunny optimism eventually brought my shattered father back to life following the assassination of his brother and then helped her children to thrive after her husband’s assassination five years later.

Among her most defining qualities were moral and physical fearlessness. She was a peerless equestrian and held the high jump record on horseback, jumping 7′9″ on a Quarter Horse. Critics named her among the best female amateur tennis players, and she was a competitive diver. But she did every sport well — from football to skiing, waterskiing and kayaking. Her disciplined stoicism and her deep faith in God enabled her to endure over ten years of pregnancy without complaint. She also suffered the murders of her husband and Uncle Jack, and the early deaths of two of her children. Various air crashes killed both of her parents, her brother, her sister-in-law, and her nephew John. She never enjoyed flying, but her worry never stopped her from boarding a plane. While giving short shrift to her own monumental suffering, she always showed intense compassion for others.

My mother invented tough love, and she could be hard on her children when we didn’t live up to her expectations. But she was also intensely loyal, and we always knew that she would stand fiercely behind us when we came under attack by others. She was our role model for self-discipline, for resilience, and for self-confidence. She deeded to each of her 11 children her love of good stories, her athleticism, her competitive spirit, and the deep curiosity about the world, and the intense interest in people of all backgrounds, which caused her to pepper everyone she met — from cab drivers to presidents — with a relentless cascade of questions about their lives. She also gave us all her love of language and for good storytelling. I credit her for all my virtues. I’m grateful for her generosity in overlooking my faults.

https://x.com/RobertKennedyJr/status/1844500399950123206

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Kryztian

17th October 2024, 22:07

Francesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber, a.k.a. Mitzi Gaynor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitzi_Gaynor)
September 4, 1931 – October 17, 2024

Her work speaks so much better than the words of any obituary columnist.

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ExomatrixTV

29th October 2024, 22:01

Steve Harley Cockney Rebel Sebastian:

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steveharley.com (https://www.steveharley.com)

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Steve Harley has died (R.I.P.) Sunday, 17 March 2024

The singer’s daughter Greta said today (SUN):

”We are devastated to announce that our wonderful husband and father has passed away peacefully at home, with his family by his side
“The birdsong from his woodland that he loved so much was singing for him, and his home has been filled with the sounds and laughter of his four grandchildren.
“Stephen, Steve, Dad, Grandar, Steve Harley - whoever you know him as, his heart exuded only core elements. Passion, kindness, generosity, and much more, in abundance.
"Steve took enormous comfort from all of his fans’ well wishes during his battle, and would want to thank you all deeply for your love and support throughout his career."
"We know he will be desperately missed by people all over the world, and we ask that you respectfully allow us privacy to grieve.”

source (https://www.steveharley.com/latest-news/1096-steve-harley-has-died.html)
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Cockney Rebel IMDb (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2218208/)

In the autumn of 1973, Cockney Rebel released their debut single Sebastian, led by Steve Harley. The song, taken from the album The Human Menagerie, was praised for its enchanting melodies and poetic lyrics. We remember the musical legacy of Steve Harley, who has died at the age of 73, by looking back at the story behind Sebastian.

Steve Harley is known as the singer and co-founder of the British pop group Cockney Rebel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Harley_%26_Cockney_Rebel). Before he became successful with the band, Harley played on the streets. He played his music in the London Underground stations, including the song Sebastian. But unfortunately he did not get rich from it: "My guitar case was always empty. Nobody wants to give me money. They wanted to hear traditional folk music," the singer says in the documentary Sebastian Busking .

From metro station to studio

Fortunately, success comes his way. Producer Neil Harrison arranges a studio and Harley records the song Sebastian together with a 40-piece orchestra and a 24-piece choir. "I remember tears in my eyes. I was just 22 years old and 6 months earlier I was still standing in the subway stations. Normally I was alone with an acoustic guitar in a subway station and suddenly I was standing in a studio with an orchestra and a choir. They made it so beautiful. It had a powerful effect on me", says Harley. Despite the fact that the band originally comes from England, it does not become a hit there. The song does blow over to the Dutch charts where it stays in the Top 40 for 11 weeks.

'It just tastes good'

But what exactly does the song Sebastian mean? This is something that no one knows, not even Steve Harley. He says: "It's like most poetry, it's a beautiful word. It just tastes good." While writing the song, he is under the influence of LSD. The singer later explains how this affects him: "LSD creates so much unhappiness and so much imagery, so much madness and chaos and then so much peace if you were lucky."
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In Memoriam: Steve Harley:

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I was in my early & late teens (being born in 1966) playing this song during so many of my life advantures between late 1970s & early 1980s ... carrying my portable stereo "gettoblaster/soundblaster" 2x25 Watt Speakers with inside Eight "Size D" LR20 1.5V "heavy duty" Alkaline batteries (https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/shopping?q=tbn:ANd9GcQM3rwcJMX8C3Yu2wp-Bk6RRG1HaftZmffrc7987OiqMJ3HKuE7Tvtlh67yD_s8N10K-7wVvhwICRufLDgoVcbhjMrdm79EQiCsF0hrkoUj0GluGaoXOqSbHg) tuning in on AM, FM & SW Radio (https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-differences-between-AM-FM-and-SW-radio) & 2 cassette-decks!

Listening to that song again brings back so many vivid memories, I can only cry ... So powerful song!

Having a childhood experience (going outside almost every day playing with friends in my neighbourhood) without smartphones and absolutely no internet! ... being nature was the connection!

cheers,
John 🦜🦋🌳

Inversion

30th October 2024, 01:28

Teri Garr died at age 79. She was in an episode of Start Trek, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Young Frankenstein. List of her works on imdb (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000414/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_4_nm_4_in_0_q_teri%2520gar).

MSN (https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/teri-garr-the-offbeat-comic-actor-of-young-frankenstein-and-tootsie-has-died/ar-AA1t9n10?ocid=msedgntp&pc=DCTS&cvid=50677fbc77cd4c06a41ff080f525111a&ei=12)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Teri Garr, the quirky comedy actor who rose from background dancer in Elvis Presley movies to co-star of such favorites as "Young Frankenstein" and "Tootsie," has died. She was 79.

Garr died Tuesday of multiple sclerosis “surrounded by family and friends,” said publicist Heidi Schaeffer. Garr battled other health problems in recent years and underwent an operation in January 2007 to repair an aneurysm.

Admirers took to social media in her honor, with writer-director Paul Feig calling her “truly one of my comedy heroes. I couldn’t have loved her more” and screenwriter Cinco Paul saying: “Never the star, but always shining. She made everything she was in better.”

10/29/24 (0:41)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6nGGx3QjYY

10/10/23 (3:54)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlkViGqaBTk

Bluegreen

5th November 2024, 00:24

RIP musician and producer Quincy Jones

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Best known for his iconic work with Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, and many, many others, he was the driving force behind pop princess Lesley Gore's hitmaking years of the sixties. Doubtful if any of the young 1963 record buyers knew that what they were buying was a musical collaboration between a lesbian and a black man.

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Bill Ryan

22nd November 2024, 22:35

Scott Bennett has been featured in quite a few videos shared by Avalon members. :flower:

https://rt.com/news/608075-rt-scott-bennett-dies

Scott Bennett dies aged 46

American political commentator Scott Bennett has died of pancreatic cancer at age 46, his friends and family said on Friday.

A former US army psychological warfare officer, Bennett provided political commentary to RT and other media outlets. He also travelled to Donbass in 2023 to witness the situation on the ground firsthand.

RTD aired a documentary (https://www.rt.com/shows/documentary/593144-us-officer-donbass-diary/) detailing his journey to Donetsk and other frontline cities titled “Frontline Diary of an American Officer.”

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Frontline Diary of an American Officer
(https://www.rt.com/shows/documentary/593144-us-officer-donbass-diary/)
In 2014, the analyst authored the book ‘Shell Game: a Military Whistleblowing Report to Congress’, which focused on former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and then Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner granting permission for an arms sale to Qatar. Weapons sold as part of that deal ended up in the hands of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS), according to Bennett.

In June 2024, Bennett visited (https://iz.ru/1716654/2024-06-22/byvshii-ofitcer-armii-ssha-stal-svidetelem-ataki-vsu-na-belgorodskuiu-oblast) the Russian border region of Belgorod, where he witnessed the Ukrainian shelling of the village of Saltykovo. At that time, he condemned what he called an attack on civilians.

The following month, he prepared a report to the US Congress, accusing Ukrainian forces and foreign fighters of “systematically” and “intentionally” targeting civilians in Belgorod Region and Donbass.

“Non-military targets are being attacked, irreparably damaged or destroyed, and civilians are being intentionally murdered as a result,” Bennett said in his report, accusing the Biden administration of making the US a “legally culpable party to international war crimes” through its support of Kiev’s actions.

In his report, Bennett also stated that he faced “death threats and threats of violence” from the Ukrainian government, military personnel, and media over the course of his investigation. He also allegedly received similar threats from American and NATO “elements and agents” backing Kiev’s cause.

The analyst published his report on Telegram as well, and accompanied it with a message saying that he was not “suicidal in any way.” “If anything happens to me it will be in order to try and bury this report,” he wrote.

Ravenlocke

22nd November 2024, 23:44

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THE RELENTLESS TRUTH-SEEKER: REMEMBERING SCOTT BENNETT

The main focus of Scott Bennett's work was to expose the hidden truths behind geopolitical events and shed light on the harsh realities of modern conflicts. Bennett authored numerous interviews and analyses for Sputnik, and we invite you to explore some of his most impactful contributions:

🔻Sevastopol beach attack with US ATACMS missiles is a crime against humanity

🔻Why is the West spreading the "Russian threat" propaganda?

🔻"Putin is exactly right": On arming countries hostile to the US

🔻 "The American people are clueless about the evil unleashed in our name"

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1860088995926966441

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🚨‼️US PATRIOT & RELENTLESS TRUTH-SEEKER: SPUTNIK PUNDIT SCOTT BENNETT PASSES AWAY

Scott Bennett, a former US Army Special Operations officer, psychological warfare expert, whistleblower and Sputnik pundit, passed away on Thursday, November 21 in Walnut Creek, California. He was 46.

Bennett's colleagues and friends shared the sad news, expressing their deep grief over the loss of an American patriot, truth-seeker, and relentless advocate for peace.

Scott's comrades-in-arms revered him as a distinguished officer in the US Army’s elite Special Operations Forces, while international reporters highly valued his advice and analyses on pressing geopolitical issues.

As a whistleblower, Bennett never feared to speak the truth and expose those in power who violated their obligations to high office. He repeatedly warned about the growing escalation in Ukraine, viewing the conflict as a proxy war led by US elites and a subservient Kiev regime against Russia.

In 2023, Bennett traveled to Donbass to see the situation firsthand and share his knowledge with Americans, who he believed were misled by the US corporate press about the ongoing conflict and Washington's role in it.

In a September interview with Sputnik, Bennett warned that the US Deep State would do whatever it takes to prevent Donald Trump from immediately shifting to negotiations to settle the Ukraine crisis if he won in November.

💬"The Democrat establishment and national security/military-industrialist deep state in America is trying to tie [the Ukraine] conflict against Russia around Donald Trump’s neck," he said at the time. He had no doubts that Russia would eventually prevail: "The military mathematics shows very clearly the overwhelming victory that will inevitably come to Russia," he told Sputnik.

💬Bennett also raised his voice against Israel's war in Gaza, denouncing it as genocide against Palestinians. "The Israeli government is trying to erase the Palestinian people and all memory of Gaza like chalk drawings from the blackboard,” he told Sputnik back in April.

The legacy of this fearless warrior and sincere man with a big heart will remain in the memory of his family, friends, colleagues, and millions of readers around the globe.

arwen

18th December 2024, 15:54

TODAY 12.18.2024. SEAN DAVID MORTON HAS PASSED OVER (https://projectcamelotportal.com/2024/12/18/today-12-18-2024-sean-david-morton-has-passed-over/)

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TODAY 12.18.2024. OUR BELOVED FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE SEAN DAVID MORTON HAS DIED BUT LIVES ON IN SPIRIT AND SOUL AND NO DOUBT WILL RETURN..

Bill Ryan

19th December 2024, 20:32

Copying this sad announcement posted by leaveoftrees on the Leunig thread: (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?110648-Leunig&p=1647660&viewfull=1#post1647660)

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Michael Leunig, Australian cartoonist, dies aged 79

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During his final days, Leunig was surrounded by his children, loved ones, classical music and sunflowers, his studio announced on social media

The Australian cartoonist Michael Leunig has died aged 79, his studio has announced on Instagram.

“The pen has run dry, its ink no longer flowing — yet Mr. Curly and his ducks will remain etched in our hearts, cherished and eternal,” the post on Thursday night read.

“Michael Leunig passed away peacefully today, in the early hours of December 19, 2024. During his final days, he was surrounded by his children, loved ones, and sunflowers — accompanied as ever, by his dear old friends, Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven.”

Leunig was born in East Melbourne in June 1945. He said his political consciousness intensified when he received a notice for military conscription in 1965 during the Vietnam War. He was rejected for service due to being deaf in one ear.

Leunig had drawn cartoons for the Age newspaper since 1969, before his contract was ended by the outlet in August this year, after 55 years.

In 1999 Leunig was declared a national living treasure by the National Trust for his contributions to Australian culture.

In recent years, Leunig’s views critical of “no jab no play” policies for vaccination, that were sometimes apparent in his cartoons published in the Age, drew controversy, while a cartoon depicting a young mother as “too busy on Instagram” to look after her child brought a rebuke from his sister, Mary.

His parting of ways with the publication he worked for over 50 years was a bitter one, with the cartoonist telling the Australian: “It’s almost embarrassing now to say that I worked for The Age, it’s become like a tacky tabloid.”

Leunig said on his blog after his contract was ended that although it would require him to tighten his belt, he was looking forward to the next chapter.

“I have been refreshed and granted a precious new chapter of life in which to plant trees, to paint pictures, to talk to the birds and kangaroos, to harvest my own vegetables and avocados, to appreciate all those who have helped and encouraged me, to be with friends and loved ones, to get on with the memoir and various projects; to be surprised and changed, to be grateful, to listen to music and birdsong, to grow, to wonder, to die… and of course, to be a funny old grandfather in the garden.”

His last cartoon was published on his website at the end of August.

Casey Claar

20th December 2024, 16:35

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Michale's last cartoon ( not a cartoon! ) / message. Website >>
https://www.leunig.com.au/works/recent-cartoons

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Ravenlocke

29th December 2024, 21:48

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grapevine

7th January 2025, 21:48

Shigemi Fukahori, Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor who campaigned for peace, dies aged 93
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https://metro.co.uk/2025/01/05/peace-campaigner-survived-nagasaki-atomic-bomb-dies-age-93-22296834/

January 5th 2025
"A survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing who turned his horrifying experience into a foundation for peace campaigning has died aged 93.

Shigemi Fukahori passed away at a hospital in Nagasaki, south-western Japan on Friday, the Urakami Catholic Church said today.

Local media reported that Shigemi died of old age.

Speaking about the bombing to Japan’s national broadcaster NHK in 2019, he said: ‘On the day the bomb dropped, I heard a voice asking for help.

‘When I walked over and held out my hand, the person’s skin melted. I still remember how that felt.’

As part of his efforts to encourage global goodwill, he often addressed students, hoping they take on what he called ‘the baton of peace’.

Up to 246,000 people are estimated to have died after the US dropped atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, the only time such weapons have ever been used outside of military tests.

The Catholic church that announced his death is about 500 metres from the spot where the bomb fell on on 9 August.
This sits near the Nagasaki Peace Park, widely seen as a symbol of hope and peace as its bell tower and some statues survived the blast.

Mr Fukahori was 14 when the US dropped the bomb which killed tens of thousands, including his family.

Japan surrendered days later, ending the Second World War and the country’s nearly half-century of aggression across Asia.

At the time, Mr Fukahori worked at a shipyard about two miles from where the bomb landed.

For years he was unable to talk about what happened, not only because of the painful memories but also because of how powerless he felt.

But around 15 years ago, he became more outspoken after meeting a man who experienced the bombing of Guernica in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War when he was also 14 years old.

The shared experience helped Mr Fukahori open up."

Bluegreen

8th January 2025, 00:31

Mike Rinder, Ex-Scientologist, Emmy-Winning Whistleblower, Dies at 69

Mike Rinder, a former senior executive with the Church of Scientology who later pivoted to criticizing the controversial religious organization publicly with a blog, a podcast and a docuseries co-starring ex-member Leah Remini, has died. He was 69.

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The Emmy winner posted about his own impending death Sunday on his personal blog, announcing that the missive — titled “Farewell” — would be the last post on his website.

“I have shuffled off this mortal coil in accordance with the immutable law that there are only two certainties in life: death and taxes,” his message said, adding, “I rest in peace.”

“My only real regret is not having achieved what I said I wanted to — ending the abuses of Scientology, especially disconnection and seeing [my son] Jack into adulthood,” the whistleblower wrote. “If you are in any way fighting to end those abuses please keep the flag flying — never give up.”

Published 6th January 2025 by Nardine Saad – LA Times
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2025-01-06/mike-rinder-dead-scientology-whistleblower

Sue (Ayt)

8th January 2025, 07:34

Peter Yarrow of folk-music trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies at 86

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter best known as one-third of Peter, Paul and Mary, the folk-music trio whose impassioned harmonies transfixed millions as they lifted their voices in favor of civil rights and against war, has died. He was 86.

Yarrow, who also co-wrote the group’s most enduring song, “Puff the Magic Dragon,” died Tuesday in New York, publicist Ken Sunshine said. Yarrow had bladder cancer for the past four years.

“Our fearless dragon is tired and has entered the last chapter of his magnificent life. The world knows Peter Yarrow the iconic folk activist, but the human being behind the legend is every bit as generous, creative, passionate, playful, and wise as his lyrics suggest,” his daughter Bethany said in a statement.

During an incredible run of success spanning the 1960s, Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers released six Billboard Top 10 singles, two No. 1 albums and won five Grammys.

more:
https://apnews.com/article/peter-yarrow-dies-paul-mary-767c223e40c243199b0d0875e29a5efc

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"Yarrow frequently explained that the song is about the hardships of growing older and has no relationship to drug-taking.[14][15] He also said that the song has "never had any meaning other than the obvious one" and is about the "loss of innocence in children."
Link (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puff,_the_Magic_Dragon#:~:text=Yarrow%20frequently%20explained%20that%20the,loss%20of%20innocence%20 in%20children.%22)

(a little ironic that he passed the same day of the LA area fires beginning, with a fire-breathing dragon and the loss of childhood innocence theme")

Ravenlocke

8th January 2025, 18:35

ThePythonicCow

8th January 2025, 23:01

See also:

Dr. Hervé Hugon passed away on 13 November 2024,
two days short of his 72nd birthday, in Paimpol, Côtes-d'Armor, France. (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?124103-Dr.-HERV---HUGON-1952--2024----Obituary-N--crologie)

Sue (Ayt)

11th January 2025, 22:45

Legendary Soul Singer Sam Moore, Half of Sam & Dave, Dies at 89

Moore was best known as half of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame soul duo behind "Soul Man" & "Hold On, I'm Coming."

Sam Moore, half of the seminal duo Sam & Dave, died Friday (Jan. 10) in Coral Gables, Fla. The cause of death was complications from surgery. He was 89.

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Moore, who was revered by artists including Bruce Springsteen, Phil Collins, Garth Brooks and Jon Bon Jovi, had an instantly recognizable tenor, first heard on such call-and-response classics as Sam & Dave’s 1960s hits “Hold On, I’m Coming” and the Grammy-winning “Soul Man,” both of which reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B Singles chart, as well as “I Thank You” and “When Something Is Wrong with My Baby.” The duo, who performed at Martin Luther King Jr.’s memorial concert at Madison Square Garden following his assassination in 1968, was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 by Billy Joel.
https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/sam-moore-dead-1235874461/

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Kryztian

15th January 2025, 04:10

UFO Researcher Legend D. Robert Wood Has Passed
January 11, 2025 * Fernanda Pires * MUFON News
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t is with profound sadness that I announce the passing of my father Dr. Robert (Bob) M. Wood, who left us on August 26, 2024, at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach, California, due to cardiopulmonary arrest. He was 96 years old. A memorial service to celebrate his remarkable life will be held at the United Methodist Church in Costa Mesa, California, on Sunday, September 29th, at 2 PM.

Dr. Wood was a man of extraordinary intellect, integrity, and curiosity, whose contributions to the fields of aerospace engineering and UFO research have left an indelible mark on both scientific and ufological communities. Born on April 4, 1928, in Ithaca New York, Bob’s journey through life was characterized by a relentless pursuit of knowledge and a deep commitment to uncovering the truths that lie beyond our immediate understanding.

Academic and Professional Achievements

Bob Wood‘s academic journey began with a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Colorado in 1949. He furthered his education by earning a Ph.D. in Physics from Cornell University in 1953. His early career saw him working for General Electric Aeronautics and Ordnance, followed by a two-year stint in the U.S. Army at Aberdeen Proving Ground. In 1956, he joined Douglas Aircraft, which later became McDonnell Douglas and eventually Boeing, where he spent an impressive 43 years.

During his tenure in the aerospace industry, Dr. Wood was involved in numerous groundbreaking projects. His work included the thermodynamics of missile cooling, managing independent research and development projects, antigravity research and investigations, designing radars to discriminate between Soviet ballistic missiles and their decoys, and contributing to the Space Station’s development. He also played a pivotal role in promoting the Delta launch vehicle as NASA’s workhorse for orbital payloads.

UFO Research and Contributions

Dr. Wood‘s interest in UFOs began in the late 1960s when he led a proprietary project aimed at understanding how UFOs “worked.” This “Boys in the Back Room” (BITBR) project employed the late Stanton Friedman and had funding of $4.5 million in today’s dollars. Ultimately this blossomed into a lifelong passion, and upon his retirement in 1993, he became deeply involved in the forensics of authenticating the Majestic-12 UFO trove of documents. He collaborated closely with his son, Ryan S. Wood, and together they made significant strides in the field.

Bob was a long-time Director of Research for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) and served on the Board of Directors for MUFON the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization. He was also a counselor for the Society for Scientific Exploration and a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics since 1947. His scholarly contributions included authoring numerous articles on UFOs and the groundbreaking 1968 AIAA talk “Giant Discoveries of Future Science”. He authored, edited and contributed to several books—Alien Viruses, Selected by Extraterrestrials by fellow Douglas Aircraft employee Bill Tompkins, and the Encyclopedia of Flying Saucers by Vernon Bowen.

Personal Life and Legacy

On June 11, 2000, Bob married Lynda Sardou Gagliano in Costa Mesa, California. Their union was a testament to his belief in love and companionship, and they shared many happy years together. Bob was also a dedicated member of his community, actively participating in Rotary International, Toastmasters International, Newport Beach Exchange Club and an active member of the United Methodist Church.

Dr. Wood‘s legacy extends beyond his professional achievements. He was a mentor, a friend, and a guiding light to many. His work in UFO research was not just about uncovering the unknown but also about fostering a sense of wonder and curiosity in others. He believed in the importance of scientific integrity and the pursuit of truth, values that he instilled in all who had the privilege of knowing him.

A Life Celebrated

The memorial service at the United Methodist Church in Costa Mesa will be an opportunity for family, friends, colleagues, and admirers to come together and celebrate the life of a man who dedicated his life to pushing the boundaries of human knowledge. It will be a time to share stories, reflect on his contributions, and honor the legacy of Dr. Robert M. Wood.

Dr. Robert M. Wood‘s passing is a significant loss to the scientific and UFO research communities. However, his legacy will continue to inspire future generations of researchers and enthusiasts. His life’s work serves as a reminder that the pursuit of knowledge is a noble endeavor, one that can lead to profound discoveries and a deeper understanding of the universe we inhabit.

Rest in peace, Dr. Bob. Your contributions to science and your unwavering quest for truth will never be forgotten.

His son, Ryan S. Wood.

Kryztian

16th January 2025, 19:49

David Lynch, Auteur Drawn to the Dark and the Dreamlike, Dies at 78
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/david-lynch-blue-velvet-mulholland-drive-1236110711/
With such hallucinogenic masterworks as 'Eraserhead,' 'Blue Velvet,' 'Mulholland Drive,' 'Twin Peaks' and 'The Elephant Man,' he often left more questions than answers.

David Lynch, the writer-director whose films and TV series including Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks portrayed a seemingly bucolic America, only to reveal it as teeming with the mysterious and macabre, has died. He was 78.

Lynch’s death was announced on his Facebook page:

“It is with deep regret that we, his family, announce the passing of the man and the artist, David Lynch. We would appreciate some privacy at this time. There’s a big hole in the world now that he’s no longer with us. But, as he would say, ‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.’ … It’s a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way.”

In August, he revealed that he was suffering from emphysema after many years of smoking and that he couldn’t leave home for fear that he would get COVID-19.

Nobody who saw Lynch’s works could mistake them for anyone else’s. Unlike other leading auteurs, he didn’t belong to a movement or fit easily into a genre; while his pictures echoed the mindset of a Luis Buñuel or a Salvador Dalí — critic Pauline Kael called him “the first populist surrealist” — and were influenced by such film noir landmarks as Billy Wilder’s Sunset Blvd., they were sui generis; his creations, in fact, appeared timeless, strangely disconnected from any particular era or place, which made them all the more startling and disturbing.

These were horror stories that mixed the monstrous with the mundane, that emerged from a landscape of dreams or nightmares, their happy endings doing nothing to erase the discomfort they left behind. They were as perplexing as any drawing of M.C. Escher, as haunting as any Grimms fairy tale, only far harder to decipher — which sometimes led skeptics to wonder whether even Lynch had the key to unlocking them. Few doubted the power of his vision and imagination, though naysayers questioned his logical thread.

While the filmmaker could occasionally descend into self-parody, critics’ groups included his major pictures on lists of the most important movies of the past century. In a 2012 poll of nearly 900 experts, Sight & Soundmagazine ranked Mulholland Drive (2001) at No. 28 and Blue Velvet (1986) at No. 69.

There was, however, a notable discrepancy between Lynch’s international standing and his domestic reputation: none of his films is featured in the American Film Institute’s most recent ranking of the 100 greatest movies, published in 2007.

Nor was the Academy always supportive: nominated for four Oscars (as director for Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive and 1980’s The Elephant Man, which also garnered him an adapted screenplay nom), Lynch was finally accorded an honorary Academy Award in 2019.

Like the only other modern American filmmaker to rank above him on the Sight & Sound list, Francis Ford Coppola (whose Apocalypse Now ranked 14th while The Godfather came in 21st), Lynch was that rarity in Hollywood: an artist who eventually turned his back on the art form he had mastered.

While he revisited his celebrated 1990-91 ABC series Twin Peaks with 2017’s disappointing Twin Peaks reboot for Showtime, his filmic output sputtered in the final decades and seemed to halt for lengthy stretches following his last feature, Inland Empire (2006).

Later in his life, Lynch drew more attention for a 17-minute short, 2017’s What Did Jack Do?, in which he played a detective interrogating a monkey, than for anything else he had done recently on film. That endeavor seemed as much a sly joke as an artistic statement.

Instead, after the panned Inland Empire, he devoted himself to his paintings (an interest that had preceded film) and two other primary endeavors: a coffee-making business and transcendental meditation, the Buddhist practice he had embraced in his late 20s.

“Everything in me changed when I started meditating,” he reflected in his unusual 2018 memoir, Room to Dream (co-written with Kristine McKenna), which alternated third-person and first-person chapters. “Within two weeks of starting, Peggy [his first wife, Peggy Lentz] comes to me and says … ‘Your anger. Where did it go?'”

David Keith Lynch was born in Missoula, Montana, on Jan. 20, 1946. His father, Donald, was a research scientist and his mother, Edwina, an English teacher; their work led them to move frequently, from Montana to Idaho to Washington state to Virginia.

Never a stellar student, Lynch was shaped by the Boy Scouts, and in later years, many of those who knew him expressed surprise at the contradiction between his mild manners and the eruptions of violence and profanity in his art.

Anyone searching to explain Lynch’s work through his upbringing would have trouble. “My parents were so loving and good,” he wrote in his memoir. “They’d had good parents, too, and everybody loved my parents. They were just fair.” He added that “a lot of who we are is just set when we get here. They call it the wheel of birth and death, and I believe we’ve been around many, many times.”

After dropping out of several colleges (including Boston’s School of the Museum of Fine Arts and New York’s Cooper Union), Lynch was working as an artist and printmaker in 1966 when he made his first film, the four-minute short Six Men Getting Sick (Six Times). That and other early efforts led him to win a place at the AFI, which had just opened a Los Angeles-based conservatory that would subsequently rank among America’s finest film schools.

Enrolled alongside an unrivaled collection of students that also included Terrence Malick and Paul Schrader, Lynch spent the next several years making his first feature, Eraserhead (1977), a dystopian vision shot in black and white. Adored and abhorred in equal measure, the movie became a cult favorite, playing at midnight screenings in art houses across the country; no less a figure than Stanley Kubrick proclaimed it one of his favorite films.

Eraserhead improbably landed Lynch his first feature proper, The Elephant Man, when Mel Brooks (its equally improbable producer) fell in love with the director’s esoteric work. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (renamed John Merrick in the picture), Elephant Man told the story of a grotesquely deformed 19th century freak show performer (played by John Hurt) who’s discovered and cared for by an enlightened surgeon (Anthony Hopkins).

Lynch was still new to the profession of director and quirky enough that at one point the mercurial Hopkins allegedly tried to have him fired. “Hopkins wasn’t openly hostile, but he was aloof,” remembered producer Jonathan Sanger, “and one day he called me into his dressing room and said, ‘Why is this guy getting to direct a movie? What has he done? He did one little movie. I don’t understand this.'”

When Hopkins flew at Lynch and demanded, “Just tell me what you want!,” Lynch recalled that “this anger comes up in me in a way that’s happened just a couple of times in my life. It rose up like you can’t ****in’ believe — I can’t even imitate the way I was yelling, because I’d hurt my voice. I screamed some stuff at him, then screamed what I wanted him to do, and [actress] Wendy Hiller turns to Tony and quietly says, ‘I would do what he says.’ So he did.”

On-set difficulties were forgotten when the movie proved a terrific critical hit, earning eight Oscar nominations (though it failed to win a single one).

That was as close to mainstream Hollywood acceptance as Lynch would ever get, and he was burned by his next venture, a big-budget adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi novel Dune. After a year and a half of production in Mexico, editing got underway in Los Angeles.

“It was horrible, just horrible,” he explained. “It was like a nightmare what was being done to the film to make this two-hour-and-17-minute running time that was required. Things were truncated, and whispered voice-overs were added because everybody thought audiences wouldn’t understand what was going on.”

Lynch didn’t so much blame producer Dino De Laurentiis as himself. “I always knew Dino had final cut on Dune,” he wrote, “and because of that I started selling out before we even started shooting … It was pathetic is what it was, but it was the only way I could survive.”

The movie was panned by critics when it opened in 1984 and seemed likely to bring a sudden end to Lynch’s meteoric rise, only for him to be redeemed by his fourth feature, Blue Velvet.

Taking its title from the classic Bobby Vinton song, Blue Velvet used one of Lynch’s favorite narrative tropes — the detective story — to follow a naive young man (Kyle MacLachlan) as he sets out on a voyage of discovery triggered by a cut-off ear. His exploration leads him to a sexually abused lounge singer (Isabella Rossellini, cast after Helen Mirren turned down the role) and the deadly, perverse and menacing thug who keeps her under his control (Dennis Hopper).

Hopper’s villain, Frank Booth, a man driven to paroxysms of sexually fueled rage made all the more terrifying by the oxygen mask with which he covers his face, heightening his desires as he chokes off his air supply, remains arguably the most petrifying bad guy ever to grace an American film, one on the same iconic level as Hopkins’ own Hannibal Lechter in the more mainstream horror-thriller The Silence of the Lambs.

When Hopper first discussed the part, he told Lynch, “I have to play Frank Booth because I am Frank Booth.” Answered Lynch, “That’s good news and bad news.”

But it wasn’t just Hopper who made the movie so memorable; it was also the director’s sheer skill at narrative, not least when he has his over-curious lead break into the singer’s home and hide in her closet, where his voyeurism matches the director’s own — only to be upended when the singer, whom he has observed naked, holds him at knifepoint and makes him disrobe, too.

This was the kind of virtuoso filmmaking Lynch had never displayed before and perhaps would never do again (with the arguable exception of Mulholland Drive). It made stars of MacLachlan, Rossellini and Laura Dern (as MacLachlan’s wholesome girlfriend) and became the most talked-about movie of 1986.

The New York Times‘ Janet Maslin called it “an instant cult classic. With Eraserhead, Elephant Man and Dune to his credit, Mr. Lynch had already established his beachhead inside the realm of the bizarre, but this latest venture takes him a lot further. Kinkiness is its salient quality, but Blue Velvet has deadpan humor too, as well as a straight-arrow side that makes its eccentricity all the crazier. There’s no mistaking the exhilarating fact that it’s one of a kind.”

That one-of-a-kindness may have won plaudits, but it also led to a puritan backlash, especially for Rossellini, who was lambasted for taking the kind of role that would have shamed her mother, Ingrid Bergman — an ironic critique, given that Bergman had been equally condemned when she left her husband and ran off with Roberto Rossellini.

Adding to the layers of irony, Lynch in turn left his own wife, Mary Fisk, for Rossellini, with whom he would have a yearslong liaison. (Married four times, he is survived by his last wife, Emily Stofle, and four children, including filmmaker Jennifer Lynch.)

Lynch’s foray into television with Twin Peaks proved an even greater sensation. The horror-mystery once more centered on a detective — played by MacLachlan — who teams with a fellow FBI agent (Michael Ontkean) to investigate the murder of homecoming queen Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee). Its spooky view of the fictional, eponymous town in Washington was rendered all the more haunting by Angelo Badalamenti’s score, and the mysteries upon mysteries of the plot generated endless speculation (and some irritation) among fans.

While often cited as one of the greatest TV shows of all time, Twin Peaks lost steam when Lynch left in the middle of the series to shoot Wild at Heart — the 1990 Cannes Palme d’Or winner that starred Dern and Rossellini alongside Nicolas Cage — and he later blamed season two’s weakness on his relative lack of involvement, compared to that of co-creator Mark Frost.

“Mark got the recognition he wanted with the second season, when he was sort of in charge,” said agent-turned-executive Tony Krantz. “David wasn’t happy with the scripts, though, and there were storylines he hadn’t pre-approved. It was like, ‘Hey, wait a minute, you’re misperceiving the dream that made the first season of Twin Peaks so great. You’re mimicking and making faux versions of them.'”

The series was canceled in its second season; still, Lynch revisited it many times, not just with a feature (1992’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me) but also the 2017 series, with little critical or commercial success.

Twin Peaks marked both the apogee of Lynch’s career as a popular influencer and a turning point in his ability to tap into the zeitgeist. Nothing he did again had quite the same ripple-effect through society, including his two immediate follow-up features, Lost Highway (1997) and The Straight Story (1999). The former never caught on with audiences, who found its story incoherent, while the latter, a road trip movie starring Richard Farnsworth, was better-received critically but also failed financially, despite landing its lead an Oscar nomination.

Those who had begun to find Lynch’s work gimmicky were shocked and even awed when he leaped back with the film many consider his masterpiece, or at least Blue Velvet‘s equal: Mulholland Drive. Starring Naomi Watts as a budding actress who’s newly arrived in Los Angeles, the 146-minute drama follows her as she forms a friendship with another young woman (Laura Elena Harring), who has become an amnesiac following a horrific car accident that’s left her for dead.

The project was something of a miracle, having begun as another TV series that was killed by ABC. It was only after the extraordinary efforts of Lynch’s friend, executive producer Pierre Edelman, that the venture was resuscitated a year and a half after the pilot was filmed in spring 1999. That protracted break may have helped Lynch gather his thoughts: he managed to cobble together his original cast and shoot an additional 18 pages, rounding out the plot and giving his mystery a coherence that Twin Peaks had lacked.

Again, the director used his favorite film structure, an investigation of sorts, as the two women attempt to learn about the amnesiac’s mysterious past, leading them into an ever-stranger world peopled by thugs, murderers, singers and filmmakers (including Justin Theroux in a spectacular turn as a narcissistic director).

If the movie at times teetered on the edge of the ridiculous — with some strangely over-the-top acting — Lynch left no doubt about its deliberateness; that was made clear in a dazzling “scene within a scene,” when Watts auditions for a role in a bad movie — one that Lynch staged to be not only dramatically mesmerizing but also heart-stoppingly real.

What is real, what is false? What is imagined, what is true? What is acted, what is genuine? These were just some of the questions Lynch posed in his most artistically and philosophically complex work, one that has been the subject of speculation ever since.

“When I saw [Mulholland Drive] the first time,” Harring once observed, “I thought it was the story of Hollywood dreams, illusion and obsession. It touches on the idea that nothing is quite as it seems, especially the idea of being a Hollywood movie star. The second and third times I saw it, I thought it dealt with identity. Do we know who we are? And then I kept seeing different things in it …

“There’s no right or wrong to what someone takes away from it or what they think the film is really about. It’s a movie that makes you continuously ponder, makes you ask questions. I’ve heard over and over: ‘This is a movie that I’ll see again,’ or, ‘This is a movie you’ve got to see again.’ It intrigues you. You want to get it, but I don’t think it’s a movie to be gotten. It’s achieved its goal if it makes you ask questions.”

Long after Lynch finished his last film, the questions still linger.

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