IN REMEMBRANCE--2025

[Dannyalcatraz]

Swedish singer Karin Glenmark has died. She was 73.

She did the theme for Mio my Mio, a film based by one of Astrid Lindgren's books. It starred Cristopher Lee and a very young Christian Bale.



She also famously saved a concert with the Chess-ensemble as Barbara Dickson had taken ill behind the stage.

She was a rare talent.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Bob Trumpy has passed.

NFL Player and Trailblazing Broadcaster Dead at 80

Bob Trumpy, the legendary Bengals tight end and sports radio broadcaster, has died at 80. The Bengals announced the tragic news on Sunday (via The State Journal Register). Trumpy was taken out of Utah in the 12th round of the 1969 draft. He played 10 seasons for Cincinnati, collecting 4,600...

www.yahoo.com

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Mod Note:

I’ve mentioned this before, but this thread is NOT for grave dancing. That includes emoji use. Some decorum please: you don’t have to eulogize anyone mentioned here, but if you don’t like a particular person getting announced here, keep it to yourself.

 

[Gradine]

If anything, threads like these help to remind us just how short and precious our limited time on this Earth truly is.

May we all endeavor to leave this world better than we found it, or at the very least, live our lives such that our ultimate passing does not necessitate calls for decorum.

Be good to each other, out there.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Marshal Kneeland has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Dallas Cowboys' Marshawn Kneeland found dead in apparent suicide, police say

Kneeland, 24, was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound following a police chase, officials said. The Collin County Medical Examiner's Office will determine cause and manner of death.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[pukunui]

Lee Tamahori, Kiwi director of such films as Once Were Warriors and Die Another Day, has passed away at 75.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

British actress Pauline Collins (Upstairs Downstairs, Shirley Valentine) died Wednesday. She was 85.

 

[Hriston]

Peter Weiss, trailblazing human rights attorney, has died at the age of 99.

 

[trappedslider]

James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97

James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died. The breakthrough — made when the brash, Chicago-born Watson was just 24 — turned him into a hallowed figure...

www.yahoo.com

 

[aco175]

Paul Tagliabue the former commissioner of the Professional America Football League (NFL). He was 84.