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Re: Ad astra: another passing.
Jay-bird #3740 09/15/09 03:28 AM
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That comes as a surprise, I thought she was well gone blush

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Jay-bird #3746 09/15/09 04:41 AM
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We already have one thread specifically devoted to death.
Must we endure another?


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Hal Itosis #3751 09/15/09 08:19 AM
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Ahhh as I recently discovered, she ain't dead yet! blush blush shocked

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Hal Itosis #3752 09/15/09 08:57 AM
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sorry thought that is where it was going.... since it is a wrong post I never should have posted it...do not know how to cancel it

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Re: Ad astra: another passing.
Jay-bird #3755 09/15/09 10:37 AM
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If you are timely (within 24 hours of posting), there will be an Edit button at the bottom of your original post. Click it and then select the option to delete the post.


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Jay-bird #3759 09/15/09 01:09 PM
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You could request that your post be added to the other thread, and this thread removed by a moderator or administrator.

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Re: Ad astra: another passing.
jchuzi #3766 09/15/09 03:58 PM
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tks jon its hell to get old


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tks to you also Gregg


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donikatz #3891 09/17/09 12:31 AM
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Henry Gibson of Laugh-In fame.

He also played the gay Nazi in the first Blues Brothers movie.

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Larry #3911 09/17/09 03:29 AM
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Mary of Peter, Paul, and


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donikatz #4346 09/26/09 01:09 AM
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The great pianist Alicia de Larrocha.


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jchuzi #4404 09/27/09 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted By: jchuzi
The great pianist Alicia de Larrocha.


I had the privilege of meeting her when I was a student around 1971 (Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville). My piano teacher at the time, Ruth Slenczynska, was a good friend of hers. Both women are very tiny, less than five feet tall. But boy could they whip that Steinway D into submission. Miss Slenczynska, now living in New York, is now around 84 and is suffering from macular degeneration I hear. Laroccha was 86

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donikatz #4421 09/28/09 01:27 AM
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Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and language maven William Safire (79) died in Rockville, MD of pancreatic cancer.


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alternaut #4436 09/28/09 09:48 AM
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You beat me to it.
The Times never let on that he was even ailing; he was just "on hiatus".
Given his diagnosis, I am impressed that he carried on with his Sunday Magazine column until just a couple weeks ago.
He will certainly be missed.

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donikatz #4649 10/03/09 03:36 PM
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Fighter for tolerance and freedom, and last surviving leader of the '43 and '44 Warsaw uprisings, cardiologist and atheist Marek Edelman (90) died of 'old age' in Warsaw, Poland.


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Re: Ad astra: another passing.
Gregg #4932 10/13/09 12:55 PM
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Has Death taken another Holiday?

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Gregg #4936 10/13/09 04:03 PM
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Hardly, (s)he's only paying selective attention... shocked smirk


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Gregg #4947 10/13/09 06:55 PM
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Late on this one, but:

Irving Penn, icon of fashion & celeb photography


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Jay-bird #4986 10/14/09 08:15 PM
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Captain Lou Albano, wrestling icon


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donikatz #4987 10/14/09 08:18 PM
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Bruce Wasserstein, dealmaker and my boss's boss's boss's boss's boss. Best wishes to the Wasserstein family.


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donikatz #5229 10/23/09 11:49 AM
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Soupy Sales, Slapstick Comedian, Dies at 83

From today's NY Times

It seems that every day brings another "end of an era". Are we feeling old yet?

And, unreported in the obit, there was of course the equally infamous episode, albeit unknown/unseen to the TV viewing world at the time, with the totally naked woman behind the door, as a prank on Soupy, who was sincerely taken aback but never truly speechless. That bit, with a couple of different camera angles, has been broadcast in at least one retrospective of the Soupy Sales Show.


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grelber #5689 11/09/09 12:27 AM
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Vitaly Ginsburg , 93, famous Russian physicist, Nobel prize winner (2003).
Beside being a great scientist, he was a well-known and vocal atheist, and a fighter against clericalization of Russian society.

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Originally Posted By: macnerd10
Vitaly Ginsburg , 93, famous Russian physicist, Nobel prize winner (2003).
Beside being a great scientist, he was a well-known and vocal atheist, and a fighter against clericalization of Russian society.

Okay. The wiki also says:
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Ginzburg identified himself as a secular Jew, and following the collapse of communism in the former USSR, he was very active in Jewish life, especially in Russia, where he served on the board of directors of the Russian Jewish Congress. He is also well known for fighting anti-Semitism and supporting the state of Israel.

So, color me confused.

I'm not sure why these obituaries are getting more and more obscure, and why the word "atheist" seems to matter so much (at this point). The dude is dead, so -- as far as that goes -- he's finally finding out what's what right now. Anyway, the word atheist seems to be overloaded somewhat. Was he anti-God or was he anti-establishment-who-claim-to-be-God's-representatives-on-Earth? [i.e., sounds more like a social/political/religious matter than one of philosophical/spiritual/metaphysical concern.] A n y w a y.

So what's next... do we start declaring whether these dead folks were straight or gay? How many partners they had? Hmm, haven't any "famous" Devil worshipers died around here yet?

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Hal Itosis #5693 11/09/09 09:03 AM
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This is really ridiculous this time. Ginsburg's Jewish interests were not that public but his fight against clerics who wanted to introduce the Church's beliefs and rituals to schools and every avenue of society's life really was. Not so many people so openly declared war on Church establishment. He also was a fighter against charlatans in science and self-proclaimed gurus who kind of became more numerous lately in certain countries including Russia.
To answer your question, he was a non-believer as well.

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