[URL="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/leonard-cohen-obituary"]Leonard Cohen[/URL]
Beloved singer, song writer, poet, novelist. Age 82. Fare Well, Wherever You Fare, Leonard. The world is a poorer place without you.

[QUOTE=kladner;446965][URL="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/leonard-cohen-obituary"]Leonard Cohen[/URL]
Beloved singer, song writer, poet, novelist. Age 82. Fare Well, Wherever You Fare, Leonard. The world is a poorer place without you.[/QUOTE]
NYT Obit:
[url]http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/11/obituaries/leonard-cohen-dies.html?emc=edit_na_20161110&nlid=42307956&ref=cta[/url]

[QUOTE=kladner;446965][URL="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/11/leonard-cohen-obituary"]Leonard Cohen[/URL]
Beloved singer, song writer, poet, novelist. Age 82. Fare Well, Wherever You Fare, Leonard. The world is a poorer place without you.[/QUOTE]First item on the BBC radio news this morning, with a lengthy session after the bulletin. Also top item on the BBC news web site, with a [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37946654"]link to other material[/URL], including an obit.

He was always much more appreciated outside the benighted States.

[URL="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/leon-russell-renowned-songwriter-and-musician-dead-at-74-w450174"]Leon Russell[/URL]
Bad couple of weeks, here.

Gwen Ifill
 

[URL="http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/11/why-gwen-ifills-death-is-so-tragic"]Gwen Ifill[/URL].

[url]http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/remembrances-gwen-ifill/[/url]

[url]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pat-mitchell-/remembering-gwen-ifill_b_13011172.html[/url]

[URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-38114953"]Fidel Castro[/URL]

The Brady Bunch's [url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001341/]Florence Henderson[/url]

RIP Chapecoense football team
This is a stark reminder of the Munich crash for me as I am a United supporter.
[URL]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3981034/Colombia-authorities-say-responding-plane-crash.html[/URL]

[QUOTE=henryzz;448030]RIP Chapecoense football team
This is a stark reminder of the Munich crash for me as I am a United supporter.
[/QUOTE]

I was reminded of the Uruguayan rugby team that crashed in the Andes in the 1970s.
There were family members on board as well as the team.
About 1/3 survived.

A pretty decent movie called "Alive" was made about the disaster.

[URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/38162497/inventor-of-the-big-mac-dies-aged-98"]Michael "Jim" Delligatti , the inventor of the Big Mac[/URL]