RIP

MagsJ · February 20, 2020, 6:47am

…an unnecessary loss of a life through suicidal, of a now accumulating number of many.

I only wish that she had stayed strong and got herself through this testing time, as… like with all things, it would have passed. The judge is probably a misogynistic prick, in not dropping a case that was withdrawn. Is that even permissible?

On a side note: I didn’t know that she had gone white-blonde… a big departure from her usual brunette and honey brown combination. Much prettier without make-up too… it happens to some.

promethean75 · February 27, 2020, 12:39am

I’m not sure the news media has covered Coby Bryant’s death enough yet. I’d like every major network to continue doing so for the next seven months.

Arcturus_Descending · March 3, 2020, 3:10pm

Karpel Tunnel:

I can’t say I felt strongly about Kobe Bryant. I recognize his greatness on the court and he seemed to be potentially a decent guy off court - which is not necessarily common, since you have to be obssessed to get a very specific set of skills like he did. Horrible that his daughter died with him, as such things are horrible when they happen to anyone, poor or rich, skilled or not.

But I have been thinking that part of the horror of this event - apart from the star identification and worship - is that he had it made compared to pretty much everyone. He was incredibly rich. We was loved. He had managed to make the hard transition from sport to his next phase of life, not easy. He had things he wanted to do and was passionately engaged in (it seems) and he had a family that seems to having been going well.

So, what we see is someone who had managed to lift himself out of all the shit we deal with.

And yet, he gets smacked down, dead.

So, it puts all our struggles in a context where no one is safe. We know this of course in the thinky bits of our brainpans, but this kind of death brings it home. It’s certainly no worse a death than someone who is less famous and skilled, but it highlights how even the most driven, organized, talented, skilled, flexible, loved person has not (at least seemingly) extricated him or herself from

the core situation.

I think that is the underlying shock for those who did not specifically know or worship him or were not particularly interested in basketball. How unsafe we are, if even the kings can be flyswatted out of existence. (if that’s what death is)

It would be very similar for me if Michael Jordan died. I have little feeling for him. Some famous basketball players would carry a bit more weight. Like Magic Johnson, say. Muhammad Ali did from the sports world. Musicians stand a much greater chance of affecting me if I loved their work. I felt quite sad when Robin Williams died and I realized it was not because I was especially a fan - I wasn’t - but through parts of his performances he called up and archetype of a caring father gestalt. I have no particular sense either way that he was one, but piece of different performance raised the presence of this, and this is what I mourned

since we are at least in large part hallucinating these famous people we do not know.

Heath Ledger, Phillip Seymor Hoffman, Stanley Kubrik, and others, some dying like Kobe fairly young some not, also affected me, though around the loss of talent or someone who, ongoing, deepened my experience of life. Likewise writers and other artists.

they included Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna, a budding basketball player who was ready to follow in her father’s footsteps; baseball coach John Altobelli, his wife, Keri, and their basketball-playing daughter Alyssa; mother and daughter Sarah and Payton Chester; Mamba Academy basketball coach Christina Mauser; and pilot Ara Zobayan.

There were six adults in that helicopter and every time I think about it, I am capable of becoming very angry. Does anyone understand why???

MagsJ · March 3, 2020, 3:53pm

Because 6 is too many for a helicopter, and in doing so sealed their own fate?

I thought of this, when watching the story break on the news, but our thoughts can’t save them now.

Arcturus_Descending · March 3, 2020, 4:07pm

Perhaps not for the type of helicopter which it was but that is not what angers me and breaks my heart…that is not what I am referring to.
How often do we act with stupidity and not with common sense!
I believe that that is what sealed their fate.
If only…

MagsJ · March 3, 2020, 4:37pm

In what way stupid and senseless… for them?

It seems the whole world is thriving on doing that… good call, Arc.

MagsJ · March 13, 2020, 12:56pm

RIP the current toll count of Covid-19 victims, and hope that the current combative measures slows-down and halts the spread of the virus. [-o<

promethean75 · March 22, 2020, 7:57pm

Y’all ain’t even gonna say any words for Kenny Rogers?

Because of Kenny Rogers alone, we know when to hold em… know when to fold em… know when to walk away… and know when to run. But how easily you forget this wisdom and show no appreciation for the man who brought it to us.

iambiguous · March 22, 2020, 8:09pm

And then for us Vietnam vets…

youtu.be/2ChPI5pAet8

And of course…

youtu.be/dooSFIvLn-Y

promethean75 · April 3, 2020, 8:59pm

Bill Withers has passed away and will no longer be available to lean on.

MagsJ · April 4, 2020, 2:38am

Lol Prom… yes, RIP Bill [-o< …ain’t no more sunshine now you’re gone.

MagsJ · April 4, 2020, 12:15pm

RIP shoe designer extraordinaire, Sergio Rossi [-o<

Italian Shoe Designer Sergio Rossi Dies of Coronavirus Complications at 84

promethean75 · April 4, 2020, 2:48pm

There’s material here for a clever pun. Let’s see who can figure one out.

Your line is ‘walk a mile in my shoes’. You gotta work that into some kind of contextual relevance to his death.

Example: I could say nobody would be able to feel his pain unless they walked a mile in his shoes, but technically…

(Shoe salesman… hundreds if not thousands have walked in his shoe)

MagsJ · April 7, 2020, 11:02am

RIP Honor Blackman [-o<

Honor Blackman was an English actress, widely known for the roles of Cathy Gale in The Avengers, Bond girl Pussy Galore in Goldfinger, Julia Daggett in Shalako and Hera in Jason and the Argonauts. She is also known for her role as Laura West in the ITV sitcom The Upper Hand. Wikipedia

Died: April 2020, Lewes Trending
Born: 22 August 1925, Plaistow, London

MagsJ · April 7, 2020, 11:04am

RIP Black the Ripper… cause of death yet unknown [-o<

Dean West, better known by his stage name Black the Ripper, was a British hip hop and grime MC, rapper, entrepreneur, and cannabis activist from London, England. He ran his own record label, Dank of England, which has expanded into a clothing line and marijuana accessory company. Wikipedia

Died: 6 April 2020 Trending
Born: 28 December 1987, Edmonton, London
Albums: Married to Marijuana, Motivated Stoner, MORE
Genres: British hip hop, Grime
Record labels: Black Magic Entertainment, Independent, Dank Of England, Dank Of England Records

MagsJ · April 12, 2020, 5:12pm

Another legend bites the dust… rest in peace Sir Stirling Moss, who died today from a long illness [-o<

MagsJ · April 29, 2020, 9:25pm

Rest in peace Irrfan Khan, who died after a long battle with cancer. [-o<

Meno2 · May 9, 2020, 2:25am

Roy Horn of ‘Siegfried and Roy’ duo dies of COVID-19 complications

Rest in peace

MagsJ · May 9, 2020, 4:05pm

Little Richard
American singer-songwriter

Richard Wayne Penniman, better known as Little Richard, was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Wikipedia
Born: 5 December 1932, Macon, Georgia, United States
Died: 9 May 2020
Full name: Richard Wayne Penniman

Songs
Good Golly Miss Molly
Rock And Roll Rebellion: Rebels Without A Cause · 2006

Long Tall Sally
Here’s Little Richard · 1957

Rip It Up
Let the Good Times Roll · 1973

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Meno2 · May 9, 2020, 9:37pm

youtu.be/4iWGVBIlBjA

Benn to the same bar Little Richard and Johnny Mathis went a decade or so ago.