Notable death

Neil Innes

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50948921

@moonbus said
Neil Innes

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50948921

Seventh Python, Ron Nasty and Urban Spaceman.

YouTube (and yes, that's him as First Monk)

YouTube (and f&#k, those lyrics are more intelligent than any they are parodying, especially Dylan's!)

YouTube

Never was his like.

David Stern, commissioner of the NBA for 30 years (1984-2014).

On December 12, 2019, Stern suffered a brain hemorrhage and underwent emergency surgery. He died in Manhattan on January 1, 2020, at age 77.

@Suzianne

BTW, we missed a couple from 2019. Did you see that D.C. Fontana passed away? She wrote some of the best original Star Trek scripts, and edited many others.

@moonbus said
@Suzianne

BTW, we missed a couple from 2019. Did you see that D.C. Fontana passed away? She wrote some of the best original Star Trek scripts, and edited many others.

Oh, no!

I hadn't heard. 🙁

@Suzianne

D.C. Fontana obituaries.

https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2019-12-05/d-c-fontana-star-trek-writer-dead

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/d-c-fontana-who-helped-shape-star-trek-its-first-n1095211

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-50979463

Qasem Soleimani.

Could be the most notable death of the 21st century. Commencing World War 3.

Mike Resnick
a Titan in the Science Fiction world has died aged 77

i am certified

i just found out that neil peart
drummer for the progressive rock group rush
died of brain cancer 1/7/2020

my heart is breaking

this is almost nine minutes, and worth listening
YouTube

rest in peace

@rookie54 said
i just found out that neil peart
drummer for the progressive rock group rush
died of brain cancer 1/7/2020

When I was at school, the kids who liked Rush, generally, struck me as being a little bit more cerebral and more musical than kids who liked bands like Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Nazareth, Camel, Deep Purple etc. I was more into Bowie, Wyatt, Zappa, Talking Heads, The Who.

R.I.P. Neil: thanks for the excellent drumming and excellent lyrics, although I only really came to realize how excellent they were when I was back cataloguing in the 90s there somewhere when my music appreciation was no longer tribal.

Most Canadians in the Maritimes and across most of the country would know this man.

John Crosbie dead at 88 | CBC News - CBC.ca
https://www.cbc.ca › news › canada › john-crosbie-obituary-1.5413882

DescriptionJohn Carnell Crosbie, PC OC ONL QC was a provincial and federal politician who served as the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Wikipedia
Born: January 30, 1931 (age 88 years), St. John's
Spouse: Jane Furneaux (m. 1952)
Parents: Chesley Crosbie
Children: Ches Crosbie, Michael Crosbie, Beth Crosbie
Education: London School of Economics and Political Science (1956–1957), MORE
Books: No Holds Barred: My Life in Politics

Neil Peart

Buck Henry


https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51046145

david olney
singer/songwriter/composer

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/19/us/david-olney-death/index.html