In Remembrance--2011

[Dannyalcatraz]

Robert Pierpoint, veteran reporter for CBS, has died.

Longtime CBS correspondent Robert Pierpoint dies - Yahoo! TV

 

[Rabulias]

It's like the old Arabic curse, "May you live in interesting times" is in full force these days...

While the application is truly universal, I thought that was known as the Chinese Curse?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Its old enough that there are probably many cultures that lay claim to it...or get blamed for it!

I've always heard it in context of Arabic, though.

 

[jmucchiello]

Its old enough that there are probably many cultures that lay claim to it...or get blamed for it!

I've always heard it in context of Arabic, though.

I've never heard it as Arabic and wikipedia only discusses it's potential Chinese origins and somewhat debunks them: May you live in interesting times - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It is probably actually an English proverb.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Antoine Montant found dead:

Speed-flying champion Antoine Montant found dead in French Alps

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Tom Keith, a longtime sound effects man who did creaking doors, clucking chickens and more on A Prairie Home Companion, died Sunday after collapsing at his home. He was 64.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Dorothy Howell Roham, the mother of Hillary Clinton, died today. She was 92.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Gilbert Cates, the longtime producer of the Academy Awards, died today. He was 77.

 

[Thunderfoot]

Tom Keith, a longtime sound effects man who did creaking doors, clucking chickens and more on A Prairie Home Companion, died Sunday after collapsing at his home. He was 64.

*creeeaaaakkk* *thump* *shrrrrt, shrrrrt, shrrrrt* He would have wanted to be buried that way. I'll miss you Tom.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Playboy Playmate Cynthia Myers, who costarred in Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, died yesterday. She was 61.