RIP Thread

[gilesgoat]

I am surprised nobody mentioned Grant Imahara death ...

Despite I wasn't a "super fan" of Mythbusters I've seen quite a few episodes, some were really cool, I always found the "trio" Grant, Bellecci, Byron even a bit more interesting than Jamie and Adam.

I found a bit shocking he died so suddenly and so young.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53401026

Anyway "with all the nerds on this forum" no mention of him ?

Eh .. life can be strange .. may he rest in peace

I only found out a couple of hours ago myself - been having a bit of a "news avoidance day" cos it was all getting me a bit too down.

Really sorry to hear this - by far my favourite of the build team on Mythbusters, and I quite enjoyed the White Rabbit Project shows he did with the other ex-Mythbusters as well.

Super-young, but aneurysms can hit anytime, I guess.

RIP...

.. to add "more" I got quite shocked when I read this too ( had NO idea ) .. must be said "certainly a way to go you'll be remembered" ...

I remember her, I know she left for "various reasons" : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessi_Combs

Combs died on August 27, 2019 after crashing a jet-powered car while breaking a land speed record as part of the North American Eagle Project on a dry lake bed in the Alvord Desert, Oregon. The crash was caused by a failure of a front wheel, likely caused by hitting an object in the desert, which caused the front wheel assembly to collapse at a speed of 522.783 mph (841.338 km/h). The official cause of death was determined to be "blunt force trauma to the head" occurring prior to the fire that engulfed the race vehicle after the crash."

.. wow ... at 841.338 Km/H while driving a jet powered car .. don't think many can go like that ...

[F-ZeroOne]

i used to watch "MythBusters" quite a bit, so yeah, rather shocked by the news.

[rowan]

Diana Rigg. I always liked her in anything I've seen, not your typical Donny lass, I was surprised when I first learnt she was from there.

[Foozwah]

Diana Rigg. I always liked her in anything I've seen, not your typical Donny lass, I was surprised when I first learnt she was from there.

One of the first crushes I ever had was seeing her in OHMSS - think I was about eight or nine years old at the time, when I watched it on telly with my dad.

Loved her in the Avengers too, and was blown away many (many) years later to realise she was Olenna Tyrell in GoT.

RIP.

[F-ZeroOne]

And now Michael Lonsdale, the man who played Hugo Drax in"Moonraker":

[Foozwah]

And 2020 claims another... Ron Cobb, artist and designer on BTTF, the original Conan (including designing Conan's father's sword and the "Atlantean" sword), Dark Star, Alien, Star Wars, The Last Starfighter, Total Recall, Firefly, etc.

Passed away last night in Sydney, aged 83, from Lewy body dementia-related complications.

Remembering Ron Cobb

RIP

[tufty]

Just found out that Toots Hibbert passed away on Sept 11. Fuck you, COVID-19.

[RedOktober]

[rowan]

Bad news about Toots x

[gilesgoat]

Nooooo

.. well ok .. he had quite an age ..

QUINO is dead .. the creator of Mafalda

For me Mafalda "it's always been a big thing of my youth" .. a little "unknown fact" is that I really LOVE Mafalda strips, so much I've read them so many times I could say I ALMOST "know ALL of them by memory", I mean I know all the gags in the strips and there are quite a few of them that are "my favorites"

There's the one about "The Savonex" the one about "the famous jazz trumpet player" the one about "there are more stars than what we need" and many others .. ah yes and of course the famous "Nervo Calm pills" that seems made into a real product.

If you never seen or heard of Mafalda you should have a look, those were the times when internet did not exist and stuff was quite much different.

But yes .. Mafalda is "something you can not forget" .. rest in peace Quino, maybe it's a good thing you've been spared the days to come here ...

[edit] - for the non-initiated

https://stryptor.herokuapp.com/mafalda/10-081

https://stryptor.herokuapp.com/mafalda/ ... xt=savonex

https://stryptor.herokuapp.com/mafalda/ ... rompetista

https://stryptor.herokuapp.com/mafalda/06-007

*sigh*

[PFVA]

I saw that yesterday. He was 88 years old.

I love Mafalda. I bought the entire series last year at the book fair.

[Portland]

EVH.

Been battling throat cancer for a while.

Eruption required in tribute.

[WiteWulf]

Lost for words

[rowan]

Just read that & thrapped Hot for Teacher loud.

It's a bit random but the first time I ever tried to get in touch with Llamasoft was around 29-30 years ago when I wrote to Jeff and wanted to know all about what format the music was in Defender 2 on Amiga 'cause I couldn't work out how to rip it.
Anyway, fast forward to about a year or 2 ago and by complete chance something led me to listen to that song by EVH and stone the crows, it's the original of the D2 music.

Anyway RIP. Whilst I don't know his stuff well & it isn't exactly my cup of tea, no denying his talent.

[Foozwah]

He had been extraordinarily lucky to have made it this far, in many ways. Given the previous cancer 20 years ago, then factor in a lifetime of heavy smoking, alcoholism and several decades of coke usage.

Still, an absolute gun guitarist, especially on the original "six pack" of VH albums with Roth. Those two may have rubbed one another the wrong way pretty much from the start, but neither was ever as good without the other.

RIP EVH.