Dead Thread 2021 -- If you're reading this, it isn't you.

[Scarlet]

Nooooo! That's too bad.

 

[rufus]

Also, one of my favorite actors, David Warner.

 

[The Sicatoka]

Paul Sorvino

Sgt. Frank Cerreta and Det. Lenny Briscoe both gone now.

So is Det. Joe Fontana.

 

[WeAreNDHockey]

Beaver's older brother Wally.

 

[French Rage]

Beaver's older brother Wally.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92xYH5aZnzU

 

[joecct]

Beaver's older brother Wally.

Per the Boston Globe;

Update: Actor Tony Dow is still alive, his family said. His death was erroneously posted Tuesday morning to his Facebook page. Dow's family said that while Tony is "not doing well, he has not yet passed."

https://t.co/dXyUIjOg2G

Cue Monty Python

 

[Ralph Baer]

Per the Boston Globe;

Update: Actor Tony Dow is still alive, his family said. His death was erroneously posted Tuesday morning to his Facebook page. Dow's family said that while Tony is "not doing well, he has not yet passed."

https://t.co/dXyUIjOg2G

Cue Monty Python

Dare I post that Tony Dow has indeed passed away on Wednesday.

 

[joecct]

Another icon of my youth

Bill Russell, 88.

 

[Ralph Baer]

OTOH, today is apparently the day that George Jetson was born.
https://twitter.com/beyonddc/status/1553795554395754496

 

[Kepler]

Another icon of my youth

Bill Russell, 88.

Guh.

You can count the number of athletes who were a great man on one hand.

Bill Russell was a great man.

Ironic that the most effective, no prisoners anti-racist in American sports played his career in the most racist city in America.

 

[Proud2baLaker]

Nichelle Nichols, 89

 

[Kepler]

Nichelle Nichols, 89

RIP, friend from my youth.

I remember being about 8 or 9 and wishing I could hang out with Uhuru, she was so cool.

 

[rufus]

Bet Russell had her.

 

[dxmnkd316]

Gah. Not uhura. :-(

 

[walrus]

Guh.

You can count the number of athletes who were a great man on one hand.

Bill Russell was a great man.

Ironic that the most effective, no prisoners anti-racist in American sports played his career in the most racist city in America.

https://twitter.com/galvalaylow/sta...teen-dies-four-critically-hurt-163716602.html

 

[joecct]

And the hat trick is complete

Actress Pat Carroll, 95. She may be best remembered as the voice of Ursula in "The Little Mermaid".

 

[Kepler]

https://twitter.com/galvalaylow/sta...teen-dies-four-critically-hurt-163716602.html

Perfect. Thank you.

 

[Spartanforlife4]

Vin Scully, 94.

 

[Slap Shot]

Vin Scully, 94.

How about that?! Whoa, Nelly!

Trying to channel the Common Man

 

[SonofSouthie]

Guh.

You can count the number of athletes who were a great man on one hand.

Bill Russell was a great man.

Ironic that the most effective, no prisoners anti-racist in American sports played his career in the most racist city in America.

Being a tad melodramatic aren't ya? I don't recall any lynching's in Boston, or Selma to Montgomery marches, civil rights workers being murdered or even a Massachusetts Burning movie.