Scott DeWar
Prof. Emeritus-Supernatural Events/Countermeasure
just saw the same thing and was getting ready to to post this.
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Estelle Balet has died.
http://www.cnn.com/videos/sports/2016/04/20/estelle-balet-snowboarder-dies-orig.cnn
http://www.cnn.com/videos/sports/2016/04/20/estelle-balet-snowboarder-dies-orig.cnn
Richard Lyons has died.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/richard-lyons-negativland-founder-dead-at-57-20160421
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/richard-lyons-negativland-founder-dead-at-57-20160421
freyar
Extradimensional Explorer
Walter Kohn, physicist/chemist and 1998 Nobel laureate in chemistry, passed away Tuesday evening at the age of 93. His prize-winning work is the basis for pretty much all of quantum chemistry (quantitative understanding of how electrons are distributed in molecules and how molecules are put together) and a major influence on the development of supercomputing. Obituary is here.
On a personal note, I was just starting grad school at his university when the won the prize, which he handled with more humility and grace than the handful of other laureates I've seen up close. While I didn't work in his field, I witnessed him stop (on the spur of the moment) to talk to and teach other graduate students, even though he was retired and undoubtedly busy with the flood of requests that tend to come with the Nobel. He also continued riding the bus to work after winning the prize. Just a really down-to-earth, generous person, so much less pretentious than many less-justified individuals. The world is a little worse off every time we lose someone like him.
On a personal note, I was just starting grad school at his university when the won the prize, which he handled with more humility and grace than the handful of other laureates I've seen up close. While I didn't work in his field, I witnessed him stop (on the spur of the moment) to talk to and teach other graduate students, even though he was retired and undoubtedly busy with the flood of requests that tend to come with the Nobel. He also continued riding the bus to work after winning the prize. Just a really down-to-earth, generous person, so much less pretentious than many less-justified individuals. The world is a little worse off every time we lose someone like him.
GrayLinnorm
Explorer
Guitarist Lonnie Mack, who is credited with influencing Stevie Ray Vaughan among others, died yesterday. He was 74.
Michelle McNamara has died.
https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/news/michelle-mcnamara-writer-wife-patton-oswald-dies-230224134.html
https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/news/michelle-mcnamara-writer-wife-patton-oswald-dies-230224134.html
Scott DeWar
Prof. Emeritus-Supernatural Events/Countermeasure
Age 29 . . . sigh.
GrayLinnorm
Explorer
R&B singer Billy Paul, best known for the #1 hit "Me and Mrs. Jones", died today of pancreatic cancer. He was 81.
Sean Murphy has died.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-b...hy-dead-unexpectedly-at-age-27-173523916.html
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-b...hy-dead-unexpectedly-at-age-27-173523916.html
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