The Dead Thread 2024

[LynahFan]

King Harald V of Norway.

Because the Grim Reaper is still not listening, taking the wrong head of state.

So now who does Trump beg for Nobel Prizes???

(don't make me post it)

 

[ticapnews]

 

[MissThundercat]

 

[SonofSouthie]

Gloria Steinem, fierce feminist trailblazer, dies

A pioneering activist and journalist, Steinem was one of the women’s liberation movement’s most outspoken advocates.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[SonofSouthie]

https://www.mlb.com/news/former-red-sox-manager-joe-morgan-dies

 

[state of hockey]

Barry Melrose, 70.

 

[MissThundercat]

Barry Melrose, 70.

His mullet belongs in the Hall of Fame.

 

[boblav1]

Barry Melrose, 70.

https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/49886334/barry-melrose-former-player-coach-espn-analyst-dies

 

[jericho]

Barry Melrose, 70

 

[SonofSouthie]

California-born costume designer Bob Mackie dies at 87

From Hollywood studios to Palm Springs, Bob Mackie helped define generations of entertainment style.

www.usatoday.com

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Funny, I thought he was already dead.

 

[Kepler]

Edith Head (b. 1897) has proteges who are still relevant in 2026. That's a legacy.

I think that most people don't realize motion pictures are not "fashion." So many people say to me, "Isn't it lovely to be a fashion designer and dress these beautiful stars?" That is not what happens. I get a script, and the script says, "In this film, Grace Kelly is playing a princess, she's beautiful, and she has fabulous clothes." The next script says, "Grace Kelly is a middle-aged, dowdy housewife"... so you do dowdy clothes. I can do tacky clothes, dowdy clothes, sexy clothes, horrible clothes... anything the world should want—male, female, or animals... Costume design is like theater. Costume design is to tell a story. It has nothing to do with fashion at all, unless it is a fashion picture.

Fun fact about Bob Mackie -- he was Mattel's costume designer for Barbie.

 

[The Freds]

Pop Artist Peter Max has died at 86.

 

[MissThundercat]

Gerritt Graham. Character actor who voiced Franklin Sherman on The Critic, among other roles.

"I didn't ask to be secretary of the balloon doggies. The balloon doggies DEMANDED it!"

 

[jericho]

Duncan Sheik went from “Barely Breathing” to not breathing, 56

 

[MissThundercat]

Duncan Sheik went from “Barely Breathing” to not breathing, 56

Booooo. He had some other good music besides that one song.

 

[SonofSouthie]

Giants mourn loss of former GM and Ring of Honor inductee Ernie Accorsi

Ernie Accorsi, who became only the second general manager inducted into the Giants Ring of Honor and was instrumental in bringing Tom Coughlin and Eli Manning to the franchise, passed away peacefully Saturday while surrounded by the love of his family. He

www.giants.com

 

[Kepler]

Duncan Sheik went from “Barely Breathing” to not breathing, 56

I never heard of him. Am I old and out of it* or was he not particularly famous?

* I mean, of course I am, but is that why I never heard of him?

 

[Bronco]

I never heard of him. Am I old and out of it* or was he not particularly famous?

* I mean, of course I am, but is that why I never heard of him?

He was never that big. I only knew that one song.

 

[jericho]

He was never that big. I only knew that one song.

After that he pretty much left the pop world, but he went on to have a great career writing songs for Broadway musicals