Rest In Peace, show your respects to those who have passed away.

Thunderpussy

Sorry to hear about your sad news FoxRox.

FoxRox

Thank you @Thunderfinger and @Thunderpussy.

Dragonpol

Sorry to hear about your grandfather, @FoxRox. My thoughts are with you at this difficult time.

fire_and_ice

FoxRox wrote: »

My grandfather will be dying very soon. This news hurts me worst in how it is affecting my mother, who had a very good, strong relationship with him - her father. I love him, but it's nothing close to the bond they held since she was a child. No one in my life is more special than my mother, and to see her go through this is the worst.

Sorry to hear mate, all you can do is be a rock for your mother and work through it together

FoxRox

Thank you @Dragonpol and @fire_and_ice. I appreciate the encouragement.

fire_and_ice

FoxRox wrote: »

Thank you @Dragonpol and @fire_and_ice. I appreciate the encouragement.

Keep positive, make the best of the time you have.

mcdonbb

@FoxRox ...you have of support here. I can relate to loss and loosing. My mom has early stage Alzheimer's. Sincere encouragement.. PM's welcome here too

patb

Thunderpussy

RIP Greg Lake.

Creasy47

Astronaut/former U.S. senator John Glenn has passed away:

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/08/astronaut-and-us-senator-john-glenn-has-died-according-to-ohio-state-university.html

Dragonpol

Creasy47 wrote: »

Astronaut/former U.S. senator John Glenn has passed away:

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/08/astronaut-and-us-senator-john-glenn-has-died-according-to-ohio-state-university.html

Sad news. The death of a space pioneer.

Gerard

Sorry, but Johyn Glenn was never on the Moon. He was, however, the first american to go round the Earth. Which, even if he was not the first american in space (Alan Sheppard and Virgil Grissom had beaten him to that) was still a remarkable achievement.

Thunderpussy

RIP John Glenn, who I think was the oldest astronaut.

Thunderfinger

Thunderpussy wrote: »

RIP John Glenn, who I think was the oldest astronaut.

That he was. So far.

timmer

Keith Emerson shot himself in the head for some reason, earlier this year. With Lake passing today, only drummer Carl Palmer remains from the famous rock trio.
Suddenly I have hankering to listen to Brain Salad Surgery, or just buy the album, once and for all.
I don't actually own any ELP but I always liked their sound.

Dragonpol

Gerard wrote: »

Sorry, but John Glenn was never on the Moon. He was, however, the first american to go round the Earth. Which, even if he was not the first american in space (Alan Sheppard and Virgil Grissom had beaten him to that) was still a remarkable achievement.

Ah, my mistake. I always thought he was and didn't research it properly. Still a big achievement though.

patb

Not that I need it, but an excuse to watch The Right Stuff again.

"I don't know what you could say about a day in which you have seen four beautiful sunsets."
John Glenn

Ludovico

RIP Jacques Cinq-Mars. WWII veteran, concentration camp survivor after being captured in Dieppe and legendary Montreal police officer.

MooseWithFleas

Peter Vaughan actor died at age 93. He has been most recently featured in Game of Thrones as Maester Aemon. A lengthy career spanning seven decades. RIP.

Creasy47

Actor Alan Thicke has passed away at the age of 69:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/13/alan-thicke-dies-69-report/

jake24

Sh*t. Just when this year couldn't get any worse. R.I.P Alan Thicke.

Master_Dahark

God damn, 2016 isn't done yet! RIP

Gerard

And here, we lost a part of my childhood : Jean-Claude Deret, creator of the TV series "Thierry la Fronde", where he played the villainous Florent, and also father of french actress Zabou Breitman, who passed away aged 95.

leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/tv/jean-claude-deret-createur-de-thierry-la-fronde-est-mort-13-12-2016-6450303.php

ToTheRight

RIP Alan Thicke :( One of the great TV theme song writers as well as TV dads.

Gerard

Bernard Fox, AKA Dr. Bombay in "Bewitched", died yesterday, aged 89.

hollywoodreporter.com/news/bernard-fox-dead-bewitched-actor-who-played-dr-bombay-was-89-956294

Dragonpol

Gerard wrote: »

Bernard Fox, AKA Dr. Bombay in "Bewitched", died yesterday, aged 89.

hollywoodreporter.com/news/bernard-fox-dead-bewitched-actor-who-played-dr-bombay-was-89-956294

Sad news. Bernard Fox was in Columbo twice in different roles.

QuantumOrganization

RIP Bill Usery http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/15/us/bill-usery-dead-labor-secretary.html?_r=0

jake24

Henry Heimlich, inventor of the "Heimlich Manoeuvre" has died aged 96:

https://www.google.ca/amp/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/38351903?client=ms-android-rogers-ca

Master_Dahark

Zsa Zsa Gabor has died at age 99 after suffering a heart attack. 2016 is a bitch

jake24

And just one day shy of 100. R.I.P.