RIP Thread

[Irvine511]

RIP The freedom to buy the health insurance or light bulbs of your choice according to your needs.

And welcome to the freedom to actually be able to afford health insurance and not go bankrupt because you have cancer!

 

[PhilsFan]

RIP The freedom to buy the health insurance or light bulbs of your choice according to your needs.

Please stop spamming this thread and use it for its intended purpose.

 

[Pearl]

My great granduncle didn't die in WW2 so I would have to wait a few extra seconds for my room to light up.

I think I'm detecting sarcasm here?

 

[the iron horse]

Phil Everly

Phil Everly's Son Jason Remembers His Rock Pioneer Dad: Exclusive | Music News | Rolling Stone

 

[the iron horse]

Ariel Sharon

‘The Lion of God’ former Israeli PM Ariel Sharon dead at 85 | Roonte!

 

[the iron horse]

BBC News - Pete Seeger: US folk singer and activist dies aged 94

 

[anitram]

Pete Seeger was a legend.

Down through the centuries, this trick has been tried by various establishments throughout the world. They force people to get involved in the kind of examination that has only one aim and that is to stamp out dissent.

 

[Diemen]

Saw this exchange from when he was questioned for communist leanings pretty telling of the man's character. A true legend, and patriot in the truest sense of the word:

Mr. SEEGER: I am not going to answer any questions as to my association, my philosophical or religious beliefs or my political beliefs, or how I voted in any election, or any of these private affairs. I think these are very improper questions for any American to be asked, especially under such compulsion as this. I would be very glad to tell you my life if you want to hear of it.
[...]
I feel that in my whole life I have never done anything of any conspiratorial nature and I resent very much and very deeply the implication of being called before this Committee that in some way because my opinions may be different from yours, or yours, Mr. Willis, or yours, Mr. Scherer, that I am any less of an American than anybody else. I love my country very deeply, sir.

Chairman WALTER: Why don’t you make a little contribution toward preserving its institutions?

Mr. SEEGER: I feel that my whole life is a contribution. That is why I would like to tell you about it.

Chairman WALTER: I don’t want to hear about it.

 

[the iron horse]

Pete Seeger interview with Beliefnet on God, religion, and the songs that lift his spirits. - Beliefnet.com

 

[the iron horse]

His portrayal of Truman Capote in the 2005 film was brilliant. Sad news.
Philip Seymour Hoffman dead: Capote actor found dead in New York flat after 'drug overdose' - Mirror Online

 

[the iron horse]

Buren Fowler

Drivin' N Cryin' » Van Buren Fowler (1959-2014)

 

[the iron horse]

"Arthur Smith, a country musician known for the hit “Guitar Boogie” and for “Feuding Banjos,” a bluegrass tune that became “Dueling Banjos” in the film “Deliverance,” died on Thursday at his home in Charlotte, N.C. He was 93."

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/09/arts/music/arthur-smith-dies-at-93-wrote-dueling-banjos.html?_r=0

 

[the iron horse]

Tommy Ramone, last original member of the Ramones, dies at 62 | Fox News

 

[the iron horse]

Johnny Winter
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/18/a...ies-at-70-virtuosic-blues-guitarist.html?_r=0

 

[the iron horse]

Sad news

Oscar winner Robin Williams dies at 63

 

[the iron horse]

Raiders Leader Paul Revere Dead at 76 | Rolling Stone

 

[the iron horse]

Cream bassist Jack Bruce dies - CNN.com