In Remembrance--2011

[Truth Seeker]

Former Toei topper dies

Former Toei topper Shigeru Okada, who oversaw production of the studio's iconic samurai and yakuza pics through its 1950s and 1960s heyday, died
on Monday of pneumonia in Tokyo at age 87.

Born in Hiroshima in 1924, Okada joined the predecessor to Toei soon after graduating from the University of Tokyo in 1947.

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[Truth Seeker]

Belgian cyclist Wouter Weylandt dies in Giro crash

Belgian cyclist Wouter Weylandt died Monday after a high-speed downhill crash at the Giro d'Italia, the first death in a major cycling race in 16 years.

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[Truth Seeker]

RIP: Carlos Trillo

Prolific Argentinean comics writer Carlos Trillo has passed away at age 68. According to reports, he was traveling in London with his wife when he began to feel unwell and was taken to the hospital where he died.

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[Dannyalcatraz]

Former NBA player dies at age 34.

Ex-Michigan star Robert ‘Tractor’ Traylor found dead at 34 - The Dagger - NCAABBlog - Yahoo! Sports

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

"Plus Size" model and actress Mia Amber Davis dead at age 36:

"Road Trip's" Mia Amber Davis Dies at 36 - omg! news on Yahoo!

 

[Truth Seeker]

German-born playboy Gunter Sachs kills himself aged 78

Gunter Sachs - the German-born billionaire, art collector and former husband of Brigitte Bardot - has killed himself at the age of 78.

Sachs's family said he shot himself at his chalet in the Swiss resort of Gstaad last Saturday.

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[Dannyalcatraz]

Cornell Dupree, guitar sideman to numerous musical legends- including Stevie Ray Vaughan, Miles Davis and Aretha Franklin- has died at age 68.

Cornell Dupree Jr., a master of many guitar styles, dies at 68 | Obituaries | News from ...

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Norma Zimmer, the Champagne Lady from The Lawrence Welk Show, died Tuesday. She was 87.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Ron Springs, former Dallas Cowboy, dies at age 54 after being in a coma for several years.

Former Cowboy RB Ron Springs, 54, dies after four-year coma | Dallas Cowboys News - Sports News for Dallas, Texas - SportsDayDFW

 

[Truth Seeker]

Skatalites' drummer Knibb dies in Jamaica at 80

Lloyd Knibb, an influential Jamaican drummer who played with The Skatalites and helped develop the ska beat, has died, his wife said Friday. He was 80.

Enid Knibb said her husband died from liver cancer late Thursday.

He had been receiving treatment in the U.S. but returned to Jamaica this week, she said.

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