SchnookoLoly

Nick Cordero, Canadian Broadway star, passes away after 95 days in hospital after complications from contracting coronavirus, including sepsis and a leg amputation. He was 41 and leaves behind a wife and 1 year old son. Very, very sad.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainmen...dway-1.5638577

mikelincs

Jack Charlton, 85, you may have heard of him, he played a bit of football in his time, and was a manager for a while.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53373542

SchnookoLoly

Kelly Preston, wife of John Travolta, age 57 after a two-year fight with breast cancer - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53387236

Naya Rivera (who played Santana Lopez on the show Glee) - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53397318 - Age 33 (Seriously, Glee curse much??)

sharkus

Grant Imahara of Mythbusters / The White Rabbit Project, age 49 - https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53401026

scrubbedexpat091

Regis Philbin has died at 88

scrubbedexpat091

I honestly thought he was already dead, but apparently not. Wilford Brimley has died at 85.

https://globalnews.ca/news/7245852/w...A7rC7hQ8C_PZEQ

SchnookoLoly

No one posted while I was away, but this was absolutely all over the place - Chadwick Boseman, best known for playing King T'Challa in Marvel's Black Panther, died last week at the age of 43 after a 4-year battle with cancer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53934118

I'm a huge Marvel fan, and this was completely shocking, and even more sad as you read the tributes pouring in about what a man he was. 2020 sucks. (Black Panther director Ryan Coogler released a very lovely statement that is worth reading: https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/30/enter...ent/index.html)


Also today, former Indian president Pranab Mukherjee after being diagnosed with COVID-19, age 84: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-53732458

Atlantic Xpat

So Herman Cain, erstwhile Trump supporter and businessman died at the end of July after attending the Tulsa rally and not wearing a mask. Sad. Predictable but not worth noting other than for the fact that he appears to be tweeting from beyond the grave. Or rather whoever (family, employees?) who has access to his twitter account is continuing to tweet covid/conspiracy crap even though it was, covid, an believing the conspiracies that actually killed him.

beckiwoo

Diana Rigg - 82

Dame Diana Rigg: Actress dies aged 82 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54106509

mikelincs

RIP Emma Peel,

DaveLovesDee

Alan Minter, 69

https://www.skysports.com/boxing/new...d-dies-aged-69

DaveLovesDee

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Justice, 87. RIP.

https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news...tes/index.html

mikelincs

A terrible day for women's equality in the US RIP RBG

SchnookoLoly

Dear 2020. WE GET IT. You can stop now.

Oakvillian

surely RBG can't be the first points-scoring death of the year? Or is it simply that this year's so crappy that nobody's dared claim the points they won earlier in the season...