[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroo_Onoda"]Hiroo Onoda[/URL]
World :deadhorse:ing champion 1945 - 1974.
And world Hide and Seek champion for the same time period.

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;364798][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroo_Onoda"]Hiroo Onoda[/URL]
World :deadhorse:ing champion 1945 - 1974.
And world Hide and Seek champion for the same time period.[/QUOTE]Onoda finished second: [CODE]Only private [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teruo_Nakamura"]Teruo Nakamura[/URL], arrested on 18 December 1974, held out for longer.[/CODE]

[QUOTE=sdbardwick;364802]Onoda finished second:[/QUOTE]He was [COLOR="White"]co-[/COLOR]champion for the period that I stated (notice, no month or date).

[URL="http://www.astronomy.com/news/2014/01/astronomy-popularizer-john-dobson-dies"]John Dobson[/URL]:down:
From wiki: "best known for the Dobsonian telescope, a portable, low-cost Newtonian reflector telescope. The design is considered revolutionary since it allowed amateur astronomers to build fairly large telescopes."
I have seen a commercial prototype of one that had a mirror of ~1m.

[URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25923852"]Pete Seeger.[/URL] :paul::down:

Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967–2014)
 

[url]http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304626804579358943360702878[/url]

Heini Halberstam, co-author of an influential book on sieve theory:
[url]http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jan/30/heini-halberstam-obituary[/url]

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;365306][URL="http://www.astronomy.com/news/2014/01/astronomy-popularizer-john-dobson-dies"]John Dobson[/URL]:down:
From wiki: "best known for the Dobsonian telescope, a portable, low-cost Newtonian reflector telescope. The design is considered revolutionary since it allowed amateur astronomers to build fairly large telescopes."
I have seen a commercial prototype of one that had a mirror of ~1m.[/QUOTE]

Indeed- his popularization of the Dobsonian mount literally put much larger mirrors within the reach of amateurs like me. Thanks to him, I have an 18-inch telescope that I can single-handedly load up, take out into the desert away from the city lights, and set up for a night of observing. Never could have dreamed of that much glass before Dobson.

Norm

A REAL Holly legend passes away
 

Shirley Temple Black died at age 85 of natural causes.

She will live forever as the precocious, curley-haired, extremely talented little girl.

tServo beat me to it - here is a [url=www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/11/us-shirley-temple-idUSBREA1A0LD20140211?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews]Reuters obit[/url] for Shirley Temple. The Good Ship Lollipop has sailed its last.

I am much more familiar with the work of her first husband, 50s/60s creature-feature star John Agar, a staple of shows like MST3K dedicated to paying snarky homage to the B-grade SciFi genre.

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I am much more familiar with the work of her first husband, 50s/60s creature-feature star John Agar, a staple of shows like MST3K dedicated to paying snarky homage to the B-grade SciFi genre.[/QUOTE]

John Agar: Zapp Brannigan with even less personality. My favorite MST3K sendup
of John's work is "The Mole People". Pure excrement ! Mike & the 'bots shred
him mercilessly.

But getting back to Shirley, 2 standout scenes: in "The Little Colonel", she does
a tap dance up a set of stairs with"Mr Bojangles" Bill Robinson that is a masterpiece.
In "Captain January" she and Buddy Ebsen are in sailor outfits on this dock
and they do a dance together. The contrast of a tall, gangly guy with a short
girl is magic since they are both so accomplished and they use their
height difference to advantage.