RIP

[rogue]

Dean Stockwell, actor. Best known for playing Al on Quantum Leap and Doctor Yueh (1984 Dune)

[tServo]

Max Cleland, former senator from Georgia, died at 79.
Despite losing both legs and an arm in Vietnam, he lost his bid for re-election in 2002 as
republicans impugned his patriotism because they claimed he was soft on terrorism.
The personal attack was believed to have been the work of Karl Rove.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Cleland

[xilman]

FW de Klerk: South Africa's former president dies at 85

[Dr Sardonicus]

A Texas A&M student injured at Astroworld has died, bringing the death toll to 9

HOUSTON - A 22-year-old college senior who was critically injured at the Astroworld festival in Houston has died, the family's lawyer said Thursday, making her the 9th person to die in a crowd surge after fans pushed toward the stage during a performance by headliner Travis Scott.

Bharti Shahani died Wednesday, attorney James Lassiter said during a news conference.

[Dr Sardonicus]

Glen de Vries

HAMPTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - A man who traveled to space with William Shatner last month was killed along with another person when the small plane they were in crashed in a wooded area of northern New Jersey, according to state police.

The one-time space tourist Glen M. de Vries, 49, of New York City, and Thomas P. Fischer, 54, of Hopatcong, were aboard the single-engine Cessna 172 that went down Thursday.

[pinhodecarlos]

Wilbur Smith: Popular Zambian-born author dies aged 88

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-59278275

[xilman]

Originally Posted by pinhodecarlos

Wilbur Smith: Popular Zambian-born author dies aged 88

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-59278275

I think you will find that he was born in Northern Rhodesia.

Zambia didn't exist 88 years ago.

[Dr Sardonicus]

Originally Posted by xilman

I think you will find that he was born in Northern Rhodesia.

Zambia didn't exist 88 years ago.

In fairness to pinhodecarlos, he faithfully copied the headline of the BBC story. The correct information,

Born in January 1933 in Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia, he devoured tales from Rider Haggard and John Buchan as a child.

is about ten paragraphs down in the story.

[Dr Sardonicus]

Ezra Blount

HOUSTON (AP) — A 9-year-old Dallas boy has become the youngest person to die from injuries sustained during a crowd surge at the Astroworld music festival in Houston.

Ezra Blount of Dallas died Sunday at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, family attorney Ben Crump said.

Ezra was placed in a medically induced coma after suffering serious injuries in the Nov. 5 crush of fans during a performance by the festival's headliner, rapper Travis Scott

[richs]

Originally Posted by Dr Sardonicus

Ezra Blount

The father should be prosecuted for child abuse.

[Stargate38]

No he shouldn't. It wasn't the father's fault. It was whoever trampled him.