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  • SIS_HQSIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters
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    Chuck Mangione dead?! His songs were relaxing, RIP.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    M_Balje wrote: »
    Remember him from The A-team and Gremlins 2.





    Thunder in Paradise was a fun show...

    Patrick Macnee appeared in the show along side Hogan and Jack Lemmon's son.
  • TracyTracy
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    Weird thing Bubba said Hogan was dying but people thought it was just Hogan lying again , Hogan was known to stretch truth , just see Jim Cornette video
    RIP HH
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    RIP David Rendall, opera singer. Below are the homages of his son Huw Montague Rendall and his son's fiancée Elisabeth Boudreault:

    On the 21st July 2025 our dear Dad , David Rendall passed away peacefully in the New Forest surrounded by his family. The wealth of love and generosity, compassion and patience this great man gave the world will be sorely missed. His love continues to remain and fill us all and guide us all through this painful time. Tonight, at Glyndebourne, a place we all call our musical home, we will dedicate the performance of Le Nozze di Figaro in his memory. Dad, every note I sing from now until I join you, will hold you in its core. ❤️ thank you friends, colleagues and fans for your hundreds of messages of best wishes. ❤️
    We lost our dear David on Monday, and his departure has left a deep hole in our hearts.

    I had the luck of being part of his family, but also of studying with him. David took me under his wing and turned me around when I needed it most. He had this rare and unforgettable gift: he sang with his eyes. The real magic happened in that quiet moment before he even made a sound—I was always in awe of it. And then, his voice—pure, golden, and unmistakably his—poured out and went straight to your heart (popping high C’s well into his seventies!). That kind of singing can’t be taught; it comes from the soul.

    We don’t see many singers like him today, but I recognise that same light and truth in Huw every time he steps on stage.

    I’m so grateful that life has granted me a second family—one that I love deeply, and that welcomed me as one of their own. We will all miss David enormously and will cherish the memories, the joy, and the legacy he leaves behind.

    Tonight’s performance of Le Nozze di Figaro will be dedicated to David, who paved the way for us here at Glyndebourne. We’ll do our best to sing it in his image: glorious, witty, full of heart—and of course, a little bit naughty. Just the way he would have liked it.
  • RevelatorRevelator
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    Macho Man Randy Savage cut a promo on Hulk Hogan in 1989 that might be the greatest thing to ever come out of professional wrestling. The heat could melt your screen:

  • GerardGerard
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    British singer Cleo Laine has passed away,aged 97 :

    https://variety.com/2025/music/news/cleo-laine-dead-jazz-singer-british-actress-1236470470/

  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
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    RIP Cleo Laine and Hulk Hogan.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited July 30 Posts: 26,276
    Revelator wrote: »
    Macho Man Randy Savage cut a promo on Hulk Hogan in 1989 that might be the greatest thing to ever come out of professional wrestling. The heat could melt your screen:


    'Grand standing and hotdogging' this promo is legendary, Macho was often shoot promo on Hulk.

  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
    edited July 27 Posts: 9,353
    Tom Lehrer, Harvard mathematician and prolific writer of satirical songs in the 1950s and '60s, died at the tender age of 97. Maybe his best-known song (there was a dispute with the late Viennese artist Georg Kreisler about who wrote it first) is this one.

    Tom Lehrer waived his copyright on his entire repertoire on his website, https://tomlehrersongs.com/. If you haven't heard about him, check him out.

    Here's also his obit in the NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/arts/music/tom-lehrer-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Zk8.yTfL.uHZ_76u3TH6s&smid=url-share
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    RIP Pierre Foglia. My favourite, and maybe the greatest Québec journalist.

    https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/2025-07-29/1940-2025/foglia-est-mort-mon-vieux.php
  • BondBond
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    Great tribute to the late Richard Kiel, among other actors, in the 2025 sequel Happy Gilmore 2.

    Screenshot-2025-07-30-17-30-52-71-f9ee0578fe1cc94de7482bd41accb329.jpg

    Loved his character in the original film even more than I loved him as Jaws.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
    edited August 3 Posts: 5,133
    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/loni-anderson-dead-wkrp-in-cincinnati-1236336519/

    She was talented and beautiful. Also, WKRP is one of the most underrated shows ever.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Crap. RIP Loni Anderson. WKRP was one of my favorite shows. :(
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited August 4 Posts: 26,276
    Loni Anderson I know mainly through one of my favorite actors Burt Reynolds.

    R.I.P. Loni
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    'WKRP in Cincinnati' was a wonderful show.
    R.I.P. Loni Anderson
  • ringfire211ringfire211
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    Mathis1 wrote: »
    'WKRP in Cincinnati' was a wonderful show.
    R.I.P. Loni Anderson
    Three’s Company was a much better show. Loni auditioned for the part of Chrissy but Suzanne Somers got the part instead.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
    edited August 4 Posts: 5,133
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgkrm00y6rgo


    Dame Stella Rimmington - former head of MI5
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    MaxCasino wrote: »
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgkrm00y6rgo


    Dame Stella Rimmington - former head of MI5

    *Rimington.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    Jim Lovell, commander of the "Apollo 13" mission and played by Tom Hanks in the eponymous movie, died at the tender age of 97. His most famous words were actually NOT "Houston, we have a problem", but "Houston, we've had a problem", and he was only repeating what his fellow astronaut Jack Swigert had said a moment before. The movie changed the tense of the quote to present because they thought present perfect ("we've had this problem [for some time]") didn't make it sound urgent enough.
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
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    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    Jim Lovell, commander of the "Apollo 13" mission and played by Tom Hanks in the eponymous movie, died at the tender age of 97. His most famous words were actually NOT "Houston, we have a problem", but "Houston, we've had a problem", and he was only repeating what his fellow astronaut Jack Swigert had said a moment before. The movie changed the tense of the quote to present because they thought present perfect ("we've had this problem [for some time]") didn't make it sound urgent enough.

    Yeah, me and other space geeks noted that when the movie was released!
    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/science/space/james-a-lovell-jr-dead.html?smid=url-share

    While Lowell is mostly known for Apollo 13, I must note that he flew three other missions - each critical in the "before this decade is out" reach for the moon.
    1. Gemini 7 (December 1965) - the first long duration crewed spaceflight (almost 14 days with Frank Borman) and the first to carry out the rendezvous of two spacecraft (with Gemini 6A)
    2. Gemini 12 (November 1966) - achieved the first fully successful spacewalk in history (with Buzz Aldrin)
    3. Apollo 8 (December 1968) - the first crewed mission to the moon (orbited 10 times with Frank Borman and Bill Andres).

    As I posted over on BlueSky: The term *legend* is used far too commonly today IMO – often for people that are mostly famous for … simply being famous. Lowell was a legend in the traditional sense, a person known for their accomplishments and for being gracious in the wake of their role in history. There are far too few people like this today and we are poorer for it.

    Also noted, that of the 24 men that flew to the moon, Mr. Lowell's death means that there are only five remaining (Buzz Aldrin - Apollo 11, Fred Haise - Apollo 13, David Scott - Apollo 15, Charlie Duke - Apollo 16, Jack Schmitt - Apollo 17).

    I remember crying at the conclusion of the 1998 HBO mini-series "FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON" - shedding tears now as well.


    RIP to Lowell and all the others. May others - in the coming years - build upon your legacies.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    I was sad to hear of the death of the original British TV and radio "shock jock" James Whale this week, aged 74, after a long battle with cancer.

    I was also sad to hear of the death of Dame Stella Rimington, the first female Director General of MI5, aged 90. She was of course the influence behind Judi Dench being cast as the first female M in the James Bond films.
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    Rest in peace Jim Lovell. I had the pleasure and honor of going to the Kennedy Space Center just a few months ago, where I was wowed by the accomplishments of Lovell and so many other brilliant people who made space travel possible. It was such a moving experience, and I highly recommend anyone who hasn't gone to go there if they can.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
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    Sad news to learn of the passing of Jim Lovell.

    RIP
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