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1st Big Name of the Year, Passes Away
« on: January 11, 2016, 10:28:33 AM »
1st one of the year......

David Bowie.  only 69 years young, Cancer sux!   RIP!

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Re: 1st Big Name of the Year, Passes Away
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2016, 11:12:23 AM »
2. Alan Rickman (Snape) :'(
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Re: 1st Big Name of the Year, Passes Away
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2016, 03:59:34 PM »
Yeah, and he was also 69 and also passed from cancer!

Also, apparently a musician named Lemmy passed at age 69 from cancer recently.

This is super unreal.

PS: I still haven't gotten my head around losing Alan Rickman; I think it's gonna take me a few days to process.

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Re: 1st Big Name of the Year, Passes Away
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2016, 06:11:42 AM »
And now Grizzly Adams - Dan Haggerty, at 74.
RIP bearded one.. :(
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Re: 1st Big Name of the Year, Passes Away
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2016, 07:36:00 AM »
and Gilligan  :'(
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Re: 1st Big Name of the Year, Passes Away
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2016, 07:53:07 AM »
David Margulies,  Ghostbusters, The Sopranos,  and Broadway shows....


AND we havent mentioned losing Craig Strickland, they found him this year in Oklahoma after a hunting trip went bad in December.....

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Re: 1st Big Name of the Year, Passes Away
« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2016, 07:55:07 AM »
and Gilligan  :'(

Bob Denver died in 2005.

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Re: 1st Big Name of the Year, Passes Away
« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2016, 07:13:32 PM »
Celine Dion lost her husband last week or so, then 2 days ago, her brother passed away..

Rough start for the entertainers this year.

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Re: 1st Big Name of the Year, Passes Away
« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2016, 08:37:20 AM »
and Gilligan  :'(

Are you talking our own Gilligan from this fan site?
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Re: 1st Big Name of the Year, Passes Away
« Reply #9 on: January 18, 2016, 02:14:06 PM »
NOT ME!  I'm still here!   ;D

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Re: 1st Big Name of the Year, Passes Away
« Reply #10 on: January 18, 2016, 04:47:40 PM »
Just announced on Facebook.....

Glenn Frey, founder of The Eagles, age 67...

MAN!!   losing some good ones this year.. Going to be a heck of a Jam session in Heaven...!!!>.....
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Re: 1st Big Name of the Year, Passes Away
« Reply #11 on: January 18, 2016, 05:15:16 PM »
NOT ME!  I'm still here!   ;D

Best news I've heard all year!
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Re: 1st Big Name of the Year, Passes Away
« Reply #12 on: January 18, 2016, 06:07:48 PM »
My wife finally got to see the Eagles last Summer in Little Rock, it was my second go around. It appears to have been his second to last Eagles performance. Thanks for the incredible catalog of music that will continue to heard and sung for decades to come.

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Re: 1st Big Name of the Year, Passes Away
« Reply #13 on: January 18, 2016, 06:50:37 PM »
I saw the Eagles in Little Rock in 1995. Fantastic show!
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Re: 1st Big Name of the Year, Passes Away
« Reply #14 on: January 18, 2016, 10:10:35 PM »
The jam session in Heaven just got even larger:

Dale 'Buffin' Griffin, drummer for Mott the Hoople, age 67, Alzheimer's
Gary Loizzo, lead singer of the American Breed, age 70, cancer
Dallas Taylor, drummer for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, age 66, "complications of viral pneumonia and kidney disease"
"Mic Gillette, renowned trumpet and trombone player and founding member of the legendary Oakland funky soul band Tower of Power", age 64, heart attack

Additionally:  ‘Iron’ Mike Sharpe, Canadian WWE wrestler, age 64, "number of health issues in recent years"

These are the announcements I saw when I searched "death" on Facebook. I wasn't expecting to see so many.