More celebrities passing

[thebeave]

I'm getting pretty bummed that my childhood/teen year movie & TV icons are checking out en masse the last few years, it seems. Makes me feel old and long for past days. Clint Eastwood and William Shatner can't be far behind. Those will be bummers for sure.

I liked those guys too. But Shatner’s old man voice has become annoying, and Eastwood is a right winger who wrecked Carmel , so … c’est La vie, c’est la mort. I don’t have personal relationships with either of them, just liked some of their work. They don’t have to keep producing to make me happy. Not everyone has to be Willy Nelson.

How did Eastwood wreck Carmel? Among other things, he bought the Mission Ranch land that was slated to be developed into a bunch of condos and shit. He put a nice restaurant and hotel there with views of the pasture and sheep. Its a beautiful spot.

 

[Elixir]

Its a beautiful spot.

It is. It was more so in the 60s.

 

[thebeave]

Its a beautiful spot.

It is. It was more so in the 60s.

Would you rather be looking at a bunch of condos in 2025 (if not for CE)?

 

[Elixir]

Its a beautiful spot.

It is. It was more so in the 60s.

Would you rather be looking at a bunch of condos in 2025 (if not for CE)?

I guess that’s a point but I don’t really know - it’s not accessible to me like it was.
I couldn’t even physically go some of those places even if it was.
If it was condos, maybe more people would be enjoying it instead of passing out drunk on Swiz’s doorstep?
I remember paddling down the coast a way on a longboard, and it was SO wild. I was maybe 14, and we paddled out north of a little surf break, we paddled and drifted South, caught a couple of waves but the paddle out was too brutal and the waves were closing out in mush so we just kept going to where my friend’s dad picked us up. It was hours, and miles of crazy coastline… it wouldn’t be like like that now no matter what no matter who the mayor was. Eastwood is easy to point at because he was first to break a lot of ground. But I still like his acting! Nobody better at his characters!

 

[Thomas II]

Claudia Cardinale

 

[GenesisNemesis]

Jane Goodall.

Jane Goodall, renowned chimpanzee researcher and animal advocate, dies at 91

"Dr. Goodall's discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world," the Jane Goodall Institute said in a Wednesday statement.

www.nbcnews.com

Bracing for Attenborough's passing.

 

[laughing dog]

Jane Goodall.

Jane Goodall, renowned chimpanzee researcher and animal advocate, dies at 91

"Dr. Goodall's discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world," the Jane Goodall Institute said in a Wednesday statement.

www.nbcnews.com

Bracing for Attenborough's passing.

Ms Goodall was a quiet voice of sanity and reason for conservation and climate change.

 

[southernhybrid]

Jane Goodall.

Jane Goodall, renowned chimpanzee researcher and animal advocate, dies at 91

"Dr. Goodall's discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world," the Jane Goodall Institute said in a Wednesday statement.

www.nbcnews.com

Bracing for Attenborough's passing.

Ms Goodall was a quiet voice of sanity and reason for conservation and climate change.

I just read about her death, a life well lived is the best way I can think of to describe Jane Goodall. And, it's so cool that she was on a tour giving speeches up until the last day of her life. Wow! What an amazing woman she was! Let me add that I saw her on one of the late night shows last year and when asked what her favorite animal was, she said, "Dogs". Yes. Dogs are the best!

 

[Politesse]

One of the last of the gentle, humble, knowledgeable advocates who dominated the public image of science in last quarter of the 20th. In her wake -and Sagan's - I fear we are sailing into more savage times.

 

[Thomas II]

 

[Politesse]

The guy behind her is just like, "so... we're gonna be here for a while or what?"

 

[robnisch]

MSN

If you watch old British shows you will know this lady.
Patricia Routledge.

 

[gmbteach]

MSN

If you watch old British shows you will know this lady.
Patricia Routledge.

Loved that show… Mrs Bucket - sorry pronounced ‘Bookay’

 

[ZiprHead]

MSN

If you watch old British shows you will know this lady.
Patricia Routledge.

Loved that show… Mrs Bucket - sorry pronounced ‘Bookay’

"You people..."

 

[ZiprHead]

Moody Blues bassist, co-lead vocalist and songwriter John Lodge has died "suddenly and unexpectedly" aged 82.

 

[Ruth Harris]

Moody Blues bassist, co-lead vocalist and songwriter John Lodge has died "suddenly and unexpectedly" aged 82.

Big, big loss in the music world. The Moody Blues is probably my favorite all time band, and John Lodge was a big part of the reason.

I still love listening to "Days of Future Passed".

Ruth

 

[southernhybrid]

Moody Blues bassist, co-lead vocalist and songwriter John Lodge has died "suddenly and unexpectedly" aged 82.

I wouldn't mind going suddenly and unexpectedly around age 82 or 83 or 84. It's not dying, it's suffering that most of us older adults worry about.

 

[ZiprHead]

Moody Blues bassist, co-lead vocalist and songwriter John Lodge has died "suddenly and unexpectedly" aged 82.

I wouldn't mind going suddenly and unexpectedly around age 82 or 83 or 84. It's not dying, it's suffering that most of us older adults worry about.

Can it really be considered "unexpected" when you get to 82?

 

[spikepipsqueak]

Yeah. Relatively healthy, active for age, most of your marbles still rolling freely - gone. That's unexpected.

That's what I want, too.


Expected. Cancer, Parkinson's, MND, strokes, heart conditions, a whole bunch of deteriorations that make your life miserable, regardless of age.

I know a man who is about 98. Plays bridge, plays table tennis, still drives. If he went in the next week that would be unexpected.


Sorry to hear about both Patricia Routledge and John Lodge but we have to get used to such news.

 

[Elixir]

Moody Blues bassist, co-lead vocalist and songwriter John Lodge has died "suddenly and unexpectedly" aged 82.

I wouldn't mind going suddenly and unexpectedly around age 82 or 83 or 84. It's not dying, it's suffering that most of us older adults worry about.

Can it really be considered "unexpected" when you get to 82?

There are tables that will tell you your average life expectancy based on your current age, but expectations themselves are held by people.
On average, the younger you are the older you expect to be when you die. Up to a point. After which it’s “if I knew I would live this long I would have taken better care of myself “.