el "Verano de la Muerte" continúa
 

[url]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_walter_cronkite[/url]

That is unfortunate. All the wrong people go too early. I would exchange Rush Limbaugh for Walter...

[QUOTE=Primeinator;181473][B]All [/B]the wrong people go too early. [/QUOTE][U][I]Some[/I][/U] would dispute with you about MJ, and Billy Mays for that matter.

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;181481][U][I]Some[/I][/U] would dispute with you about MJ, and Billy Mays for that matter.[/QUOTE]

Okay, true. The world "all" may not have been the best word to use.

[QUOTE=Primeinator;181473]That is unfortunate. All the wrong people go too early. I would exchange Rush Limbaugh for Walter...[/QUOTE]

Too early? The man was 92 years old! WTF!

[QUOTE=axn;181484]Too early? The man was 92 years old! WTF![/QUOTE]

92 is old...but time is relative and any time is too soon for someone that is well liked.

Nice name for the thread, Uncwilly (or shall I call you "Uncy Will" :razz:)!

You forgot Farrah Fawcett, the blond angel... :smile:

Luigi

[url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/madonna/news/second-man-dies-after-madonna-show-stage-collapse--61991670]second man dies after madonna show stage collapse[/url]

[url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-dallas-mckennon18-2009jul18,0,310596.story?track=rss]Voice of Gumby dies at 89[/url]

[URL="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8157128.stm"]Oldest WWI veteran dies aged 113[/URL]

[url]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090722/ap_on_en_tv/us_obit_taco_bell_dog[/url]

[QUOTE]el "Verano de la Muerte" continúa[/QUOTE]

Looks like the gerbils are at it again...

[quote=Primeinator;182294]Looks like the gerbils are at it again...[/quote]
[QUOTE][I]Last fiddled with by ewmayer on 22 Jul 09 at 06:08 PM Reason: In memoriam, a subtle change in the thread title [/I][/QUOTE]Nope, it's ewmayer.

"Pro Wrestler"
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien_Steele[/url]

A boxer, from injuries suffered boxing
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Antonio_Nazareth[/url]

Famous author
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_McCourt[/url]

Another 110+ fellow
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Patch[/url]

Another boxer, the heat got him
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Leduc[/url]

Race car driver, from a race
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Surtees[/url]

Actor, vehicle accident
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasmine_Belmadi[/url]

[URL="http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Tilting_train_derails_in_Croatia,_six_dead"]Tilting train derails in Croatia, six dead[/URL]

[URL="http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Iranian_plane_crashes_on_runway,_17_dead?curid=129746"]Iranian plane crashes on runway, 17 dead[/URL]

[URL="http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/65-year-old_woman_arrested_over_the_death_of_two_Mexican_wrestlers?curid=129669"]65-year-old woman arrested over the death of two Mexican Midget wrestlers[/URL]

[URL="http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Former_U.S._Presidential_candidate_Gene_Amondson_dies_following_a_stroke?curid=129598"]Former U.S. Presidential candidate dies[/URL]

[URL="http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Foxconn_employee_commits_suicide_over_missing_iPhone_in_China?curid=129614"]Foxconn employee commits suicide over missing iPhone in China[/URL]

[URL="http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/9_year_old_girl_reported_to_be_latest_US_Swine_Flu_death"]9 year old girl reported to be latest US Swine Flu death[/URL]

Honourable mentions:
[URL="http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Torchwood_star_John_Barrowman_in_high_speed_crash?curid=129526"]Torchwood star John Barrowman in high speed crash[/URL]

[URL="http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Rupert_Grint,_Harry_Potter's_%22Ron_Weasley%22,_recovers_from_H1N1_swine_flu_virus"]Rupert Grint, Harry Potter's "Ron Weasley", recovers from H1N1 swine flu virus[/URL]
Anything to pub the movie.

Remember the good ol' days, when no one died in summer?

[QUOTE=cheesehead;183027]Remember the good ol' days, when no one died in summer?[/QUOTE]

Um .. no!

[quote=cheesehead;183027]Remember the good ol' days, when no one died in summer?[/quote]

Wasn't that 4 billion years ago?

Yet another [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_(cat)"]beloved public servant[/URL] laid low by the grim reaper during this horrid season.

[URL="http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/22_killed_as_heavy_rain_hits_Panzhihua,_China"]22 killed as heavy rain hits Panzhihua, China[/URL]

And lest we forget the other victims of this ill fated time:
[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_G._Mayer,_Jr."]Oscar G. Mayer, Jr.[/URL]

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_McNamara"]Robert McNamara, US "minister"[/URL]

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_McNair"]Steve McNair, athelete, gunned down[/URL]

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Malden"]Karl Malden, actor, Kojak[/URL]

[URL="http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/news/professor-brian-goodwin"]Brian Goodwin, math guy[/URL]

[URL="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/17/2009-07-17_motivational_speaker_strangled_after_3_am_trip_to_east_harlem.html"]Jeffrey Locker strangled[/URL]

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam_Fairhurst"]Liam Fairhurst, child that turned his misfortune into help for others[/URL]

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Batters"]Dave Batters, Canadian MP[/URL]

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Travalena"]Fred Travalena, the voice of....everyone[/URL]

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gale_Storm"]Gale Storm, 3 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[/URL]

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasmine_(singer)"]Yasmine, Flemish singer and more, 37[/URL]

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Gallup"]Alec Gallup, polester[/URL]

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Pardo"]Carlos Pardo, race car driver, during race[/URL]

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Marsters"]Nathan Marsters, 29, hockey player[/URL]

[URL="http://www.soccer365.com/english_premiership/story_31709170745.php"]Sir Bobby Robson[/URL]

[url]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_obit_corazon_aquino[/url]

[URL="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090804/ap_on_re_as/as_china_plague"]Plague kills 3rd man in sealed-off Chinese town[/URL]

[SIZE="1"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"][COLOR="White"][sub]no I don't feel guilty about the quint posting[/sub][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]

Canada too.
 

[URL="http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Stage_collapse_at_Canadian_%22Big_Valley_Jamboree%22_kills_one,_and_seriously_injures_four_others"]Stage collapse at Canadian "Big Valley Jamboree" kills one, and seriously injures four others[/URL]

The animals aren't even safe.
 

[URL="http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25887443-661,00.html"]Sam the koala loses battle for survival after illness[/URL]

[URL="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090806/ap_en_mo/us_obit_hughes"]'80s teen flick director John Hughes dies in NYC[/URL]

[URL="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090808/ap_on_re_us/us_hudson_mid_air_collision"]Plane, copter collide over Hudson River, killing 9[/URL]

Bad weekend,

[URL="http://www.autosport.be/news/2009/08/09/KartingThomasKnopperVerongelukt"]Thomas Knopper 19 racing driver[/URL]

[URL="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8191861.stm"]Daniel Jarque 26, football captain[/URL]

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jone_Railomo"]Jone_Railomo 28, rugby player[/URL]

[URL="http://nmisscommentor.com/2009/08/08/mike-seeger-musician-new-lost-city-ramblers-folklorist-has-died/"]Mike Seeger (Pete Seeger's musician brother)[/URL]

The summer continues to be bad for musicians:
[URL="http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Christian_band_MercyMe's_tour_bus_in_fatal_collision_with_car_in_Indiana?curid=130413"]Christian band MercyMe's tour bus in fatal collision[/URL]

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Morakot_(2009)"]1/2 a villiage's population is gone in a mudslide caused by Typhoon Morakot.[/URL]

[URL="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8195092.stm"]Eunice Kennedy Shriver[/URL]

[URL="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090811/sc_afp/franceenvironmentwateralgae_20090811110951"]Seaweed kills horse, injures rider.[/URL]

What the summer takes, the summer gives.
 

[URL="http://www.wtvr.com/ktla-newton-john-boyfriend,0,4334616.story"]Olivia Newton-John's Missing Boyfriend Resurfaces[/URL]

Four years after being presumed dead, Patrick McDermott, has reportedly resurfaced.

[URL="http://new.music.yahoo.com/les-paul/news/guitar-legend-inventor-les-paul-dies-at-age-94--61992735"]Guitar legend-inventor Les Paul dies at age 94[/URL]

[url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/12/hawking_british_and_alive/]Investors Business Daily "Shocked" When Informed that Stephen Hawking is British and not Dead[/url]

[URL="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090813/ap_en_mo/us_obit_quade_3"]Character actor John Quade dies at 71[/URL]

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Taggart"]second-oldest man in the United Kingdom and the oldest man in Scotland dies[/URL]

[quote=Uncwilly;185361][URL="http://new.music.yahoo.com/les-paul/news/guitar-legend-inventor-les-paul-dies-at-age-94--61992735"]Guitar legend-inventor Les Paul dies at age 94[/URL][/quote]

RIP
[URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdrHVwJKrJM&feature=channel[/URL]

etc
More to come in the Music thread

David

[quote=ewmayer;185380][URL="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/12/hawking_british_and_alive/"]Investors Business Daily "Shocked" When Informed that Stephen Hawking is British and not Dead[/URL][/quote]

USA slagginig off the NHS (and lamenting the compassionate
release of the supposed Lockerbie bomber) is top news here ATM.
(Les Paul gets attention too),

I guess that medal Obama gave Stephen Hawking the other day,
and his voice made him seem more American than he is:smile:

[QUOTE=davieddy;185527]USA slagginig off the NHS[/QUOTE]Please stay on topic. Death during this summer.

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;185540]Please stay on topic. Death during this summer.[/QUOTE]

I accept the blame for this one ... after all I posted a story which was merely about "false rumors of hypothetical demise". I actually intended to post the "E's not dead yet ... 'e might recover..." Hawking link in the "news which make you go 'wtf'?" thread, but once I realized my mistake, I left it here because it seemed oddly appropriate.

I apologize unreservedly for any distress I may have caused the thread regulars.

[QUOTE=ewmayer;185552]I accept the blame for this one ...
I left it here because it seemed oddly appropriate.[/QUOTE]
That one is ok.

The link to u-toob was quite iffy, though.

BTW, I am generally avoiding war deaths and those of terrorism and non-first world tranport accidents.

[quote=Uncwilly;185540]Please stay on topic. Death during this summer.[/quote]
Is it possible to remove your head from your anus without fatal surgery?

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kennedy_(ice_hockey)"]Ted Kennedy dead at 83[/URL]
[SIZE="1"][COLOR="Silver"]the ice hockey player[/COLOR][/SIZE]

[URL="http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Aerosmith_cancel_remaining_tour_dates_after_on_stage_accident"]Aerosmith cancel remaining tour dates after on stage accident[/URL]Close, oh so close, but no cigar. What is it this year with stages and injuries and death?

It's just a stage the're going through.

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_R._Bridges]Campbell Bridges, discoverer of tsavorite, is stabbed and dies[/url]

davieddy: It's Uncwilly's thread.

[URL="http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0817/rta.html"]Amateur Irish cyclist Paul Healion has been killed in a crash[/URL]

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Reimers"]Ed Reimers[/URL], actor, "in good hands with Allstate", Admiral Fitzpatrick in Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles".

[URL="http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Accident_at_Russian_hydroelectric_plant_kills_ten"]Accident at Russian hydroelectric plant kills ten[/URL], 60+ injured, more missing. Russia's biggest hydroplant.

[URL="http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gSLS6cNXfFQ3ymuHwI-NWDsAGsmA"]Russian jets collide, and commander of stunt team dies.[/URL]

[URL="http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/basketball/other_nba/view.bg?articleid=1191148&srvc=sports&position=recent"]European league basketball player Lavelle Felton, 29, shot.[/URL]

[URL="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1618779/20090814/lit.jhtml"]'Lit' drummer Allen Shellenberger, 39[/URL].

Not a good season to be a younger musician or athlete.

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Dae-jung"]Kim Dae-jung, South Korean leader[/URL], oh dear.

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Novak"]Robert Novak[/URL], would a "plumber" have helped him with his leak?

Missed this one earlier:
[URL="http://www.roadbikeaction.com/fly.aspx?layout=content&taxid=69&cid=2066"]Oleksandr Shapoval, 19, Ukrainian cyclist, race accident.[/URL]

[URL="http://www.times.co.sz/index.php?news=10095"]Tiffany Simelane, 21, Miss Swaziland 2008, suicide [/URL]:unsure:

[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8209372.stm[/url]
Hildegard Behrens, opera singer, dies at the age of 72.

[URL="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/tourism/disney/orl-bk-disney-death-081709,0,6075527.story"]3rd employee death at Disneyword during summer[/URL]
Happiest place on earth????:cry:

[URL="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/6073703/Champion-aerobatic-pilot-Vicki-Cruse-dies-in-air-crash.html"]Vicki Cruse, 40, aerobatic pilot, air show accident[/URL]

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;185595][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kennedy_(ice_hockey)"]Ted Kennedy dead at 83[/URL]
[SIZE="1"][COLOR="Silver"]the ice hockey player[/COLOR][/SIZE][/QUOTE]

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kennedy]The other Ted Kennedy[/url]

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Mikhalkov"]Sergey Mikhalkov[/URL], 96, Russian poet, he wrote the national anthem of Russia/Soviet Union 3 times.

[URL="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/wire/chi-ap-bkc-gramblingdeath,0,7384186.story"]Henry White[/URL], 21, American college basketball player, after falling ill during practice.
It has been a harsh summer for atheltes.

FWIW, updates on past enrollees.
Billy Mays, drugs, not natural causes, nor injury from a plane incident.
[URL="http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-jackson-alive-video,0,6873553.htmlstory"]Michael Jackson, alive????[/URL]

[QUOTE=99.94;186587][url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8209372.stm[/url]
Hildegard Behrens, opera singer, dies at the age of 72.[/QUOTE]

Here's the [url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/20/arts/music/20behrens.html]New York Times[/url] obituary.

I remember seeing her in the memorable [url=http://www.amazon.com/Wagner-Nibelungen-Levine-Metropolitan-Complete/dp/B00006L9ZT/ref=pd_bxgy_m_text_b]PBS broadcasts[/url] of the wonderful (music- rather than lavish-staging-emphasizing) James-Levine/Metropolitan-Opera production of Wagner's [i]Ring[/i] cycle in the early 1990s - fabulous stuff. Apparently her dedication to [i]The Ring[/i] eventually cost her her voice...

Well, obviously [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_South_Carolina_Learjet_60_crash"]last year[/URL] didn't work out:
[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Goldstein"]Adam Goldstein (DJ AM), 36, American club disc jockey[/URL]

IIRC either he or Barker was traveling with Aaliyah and was to have been on the overcrowded flight.

[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Chapman,_Baroness_Chapman"]Nicola Chapman, Baroness Chapman, 48, British People's Peer[/URL]
[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanel_(dog)"]Chanel, 21, American dachshund, world's oldest dog[/URL]

[URL="http://fire.lacounty.gov/FFMemorial.asp"]Fire Captain Tedmund "Ted" Hall and Firefighter Specialist Arnaldo "Arnie" Quinones[/URL]
in an [URL="http://www.inciweb.org/incident/1856/"]arson caused wild fire.[/URL]
:cry::down:

A few final entries:

[URL="http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/57607317.html"]Ron Raikes, 61, former American politician, farm accident[/URL] Respect the farmer.
[URL="http://kgmb9.com/main/content/view/20841/76/"]Jesse Mahelona, 26, American football player, car accident.[/URL] reminds me why I gave up my atheletic career.
[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Rogallo"]Francis Rogallo, 97, American aeronautical inventor[/URL] (father of hang gliding)

I [U]believe[/U] this closes out the summer of death.

One final late entry:
[URL="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090911/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_oldest_person"]World's oldest person dies in Los Angeles at 115[/URL]

[quote=Uncwilly;189536]One final late entry:
[URL="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090911/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_oldest_person"]World's oldest person dies in Los Angeles at 115[/URL][/quote]
Why would this be "late"? After all, [i]el verano[/i] doesn't officially end until the 22nd. :smile:

[QUOTE=mdettweiler;189555]Why would this be "late"?[/QUOTE][url]http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/late#Adjective[/url] def #5

[QUOTE=mdettweiler;189555]Why would this be "late"? After all, [i]el verano[/i] doesn't officially end until the 22nd. :smile:[/QUOTE]Late, as in the late Dentarthurdent. It's a sort of threat, you know.

Can we start posting again when it is summer in the southern hemisphere?

[QUOTE=Flatlander;189584]Can we start posting again when it is summer in the southern hemisphere?[/QUOTE]It won't be (cue dramatic music and Vincent Price voice) "[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="3"][B][COLOR="DarkRed"]The Summer of Death[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]" then.
Only 2009 NHS qualifies.


but then again it is a free net.

[quote=Uncwilly;189572][URL]http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/late#Adjective[/URL] def #5[/quote]
Duh, should have remembered that. :rolleyes: I guess I was a little confused by your reference to "a final few entries" in the post above that. :smile:

Just to be morbid in this morbid thread,
how many did we lose?

[quote=davar55;189598]Just to be morbid in this morbid thread,
how many did we lose?[/quote]
Michael Jackson, Walter Kronkite, Billy Mays, Farah Fawcett, 3 more, Gidget (dog), [URL="http://www.mersenneforum.org/showpost.php?p=182986&postcount=14"]7 more[/URL], [URL="http://www.mersenneforum.org/showpost.php?p=183008&postcount=15"]28 more[/URL], Sybil (cat), [URL="http://www.mersenneforum.org/showpost.php?p=183212&postcount=20"]36 more[/URL], 6 more, Sam (koala), 16 more, 640-732 in Typhoon Morakot, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, a horse, Les Paul, [URL="http://www.mersenneforum.org/showpost.php?p=185389&postcount=35"]3 more[/URL], Ted Kennedy (ice hockey player), Campbell Bridges, 74-75 dead in hydro power accident, 10 more to finish out page 1 (at 50 posts/page), 9 more, Chanel (world's oldest dog), 4 more to end.
Lesse here...
assuming lowest in the unknowns, humans only:
14+28+36+6+16+1+1+3+2+10+9+4+640+74=844
assuming highest in the unknowns, humans only:
14+28+36+6+16+1+1+3+2+10+9+4+732+75=937
animals: 5

[URL="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090915/ap_on_en_mo/us_obit_swayze"]Patrick Swayze[/URL] dies at 57
Just rented the Ghost for the kids to see. Aw well.

[URL="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090915/ap_on_en_mo/us_obit_swayze"][/URL]

The final entries (deaths after Sept 20 are not in the "Summer of Death")

[URL="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32886244/ns/entertainment-music"]Mary Travers, "Peter, Paul, and Mary"[/URL]
[URL="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-henry-gibson17-2009sep17,0,5650124,full.story"]Henry Gibson, actor, comedian, poet[/URL]

(All of the following where on the same day and proves that atheltes and autos don't mix.)
Iosif Amanatidis, 24, Greek volleyball player, traffic collision.
Mario Beltrán, 23, Colombian footballer, car accident.
Herman Córdoba, 19, Colombian footballer, car accident.
Grigoris Kilitzidis, 22, Greek volleyball player, traffic collision.


This is it.
Means this is it.

Don't forget [URL="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/18/AR2009091803728.html"]Irving Kristol[/URL], one of the architects of the neoconservative movement.

And by the way, the equinox is not until September 22, 9:18 pm UT, 5:18 pm EDT.

Some somber summer of summations.

Although not in the summer, [URL="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005261/"]Brittany Murphy[/URL], 32, alum of Kids Incorporated and star of Uptown Girls, King of the Hill, Little Black Book, etc. :cry:

[quote=Uncwilly;199475]Although not in the summer,[/quote]
At least we've got through the winter solstice.

[URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-BshPidce4[/URL]

RIP Mr deVille

Love,
David