2023 RIP Thread

[Bazza]

Denny Laine of Wings and Moody Blues dies at 79

The acclaimed singer and guitarist died Tuesday morning after health setbacks from interstitial lung disease, his wife wrote on social media.

www.nbcnews.com

Laine died "peacefully" Tuesday morning at his home following "health setbacks" from interstitial lung disease, his wife, Elizabeth Hines, shared on his Facebook page.

"I was at his bedside, holding his hand as I played his favorite Christmas songs for him. He’s been singing Christmas songs the past few weeks and I continued to play Christmas songs while he’s been in ICU on a ventilator this past week," she wrote.

 

[Crimson1967]

Lear was also a WWII vet and served as a gunner on a bomber. Was awarded the Air Medal and flew on 52 missions. Which is 52 more than John Wayne served on.

 

[Bamaro]

Ryan O'Neal,82, RIP

 

[Toddrn]

Ryan O'Neal,82, RIP

Ryan O’Neal, Star of ‘Love Story,’ ‘What’s Up, Doc?’ and ‘Paper Moon,’ Dies at 82

Ryan O’Neal, the boyish leading man who kicked off an extraordinary 1970s run in Hollywood with his Oscar-nominated turn as the Harvard preppie Oliver in the legendary romantic tearjerker Love Story, has died. He was 82. O’Neal died Friday, his son Patrick O’Neal, a sportscaster with Bally...

www.yahoo.com

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Vic Davalillo, 2-time pennant winner with Dodgers, dies at age 84 - True Blue LA

Vic Davalillo was a talented MLB player who, at age 38, helped the Dodgers make a sensational comeback in Game 3 of the 1977 NLCS.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Frank Wycheck threw one of the most famous passes in NFL history not thrown by a QB.

So sad.

Former Tennessee Titans tight end Frank Wycheck, part of Music City Miracle, dies at 52

Frank Wycheck, who played tight end for the Tennessee Titans from 1995-2003, died Saturday after falling at his home in Chattanooga.

www.tennessean.com

 

[Con]

Frank Wycheck threw one of the most famous passes in NFL history not thrown by a QB.

So sad.

Former Tennessee Titans tight end Frank Wycheck, part of Music City Miracle, dies at 52

Frank Wycheck, who played tight end for the Tennessee Titans from 1995-2003, died Saturday after falling at his home in Chattanooga.

www.tennessean.com

Way too young.

 

[TexasBama]

Frank Wycheck threw one of the most famous passes in NFL history not thrown by a QB.

So sad.

Former Tennessee Titans tight end Frank Wycheck, part of Music City Miracle, dies at 52

Frank Wycheck, who played tight end for the Tennessee Titans from 1995-2003, died Saturday after falling at his home in Chattanooga.

www.tennessean.com

He apparently had several concussions in his playing career

Frank Wycheck replaced by Dave McGinnis for Titans radio broadcasts this season

The Titans have announced that Frank Wycheck will not participate in the team's radio broadcasts this season, but that he plans to return in 2018.

www.tennessean.com

 

[jthomas666]

Andre Braugher, RIP. Damnit.

André Braugher Dies: Star Of ‘Homicide: Life On The Street’, ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ & Other Series And Films Was 61

André Braugher, the Emmy-winning star of series including Homicide: Life on the Street, Men of a Certain Age and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, died at 61.

deadline.com

 

[DzynKingRTR]

Andre Braugher, RIP. Damnit.

André Braugher Dies: Star Of ‘Homicide: Life On The Street’, ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ & Other Series And Films Was 61

André Braugher, the Emmy-winning star of series including Homicide: Life on the Street, Men of a Certain Age and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, died at 61.

deadline.com

Dang. Just saw this. He was an amazing actor.

 

[crimsonaudio]

Dang. Just saw this. He was an amazing actor.

Was just about to post the same thing. And young, ouch.

 

[OakMtn4Bama]

Bill Burgess former Jax State icon died. Won a DII national championship in the 90’s IIRC. In the state HOF. RIP

 

[CrimsonTheory]

Andre Braugher, RIP. Damnit.

André Braugher Dies: Star Of ‘Homicide: Life On The Street’, ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ & Other Series And Films Was 61

André Braugher, the Emmy-winning star of series including Homicide: Life on the Street, Men of a Certain Age and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, died at 61.

deadline.com

Loved him in Glory.

RIP Andre Braugher.

 

[Bazza]

Was just about to post the same thing. And young, ouch.

Only 61. He will be missed.....

I bought the 7 season DVD series of "Homicide: Life on the Street" during the hurricanes of 2004-5, so I'd have something to watch on my DVD player while waiting for Spectrum cable to be restored.

What a great actor though.....

 

[Crimson1967]

Rick Burgess former Jax State icon died. Won a DII national championship in the 90’s IIRC. In the state HOF. RIP

His name was Bill Burgess. Rick is his son that is part of the Rick and Bubba Show.

 

[OakMtn4Bama]

George McGinnis (1950–2023), Hall of Fame basketball great
https://www.legacy.com/news/celebri...nnis-1950-2023-hall-of-fame-basketball-great/

He could ball! RIP

 

[CrimsonTheory]

Eric Montross, 52, dies of cancer. Darn good player.

 

[OakMtn4Bama]

1. Notable Deaths 2023: Music
   Remembering Harry Belafonte, Tony Bennett, Tina Turner, Burt Bacharach, Jimmy Buffett, Gordon Lightfoot, Wayne Shorter, David Crosby, Sinead O’Connor, Robbie Robertson, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Ahmad Jamal, Jeff Beck, Tom Verlaine, Lisa Marie Presley, Shane MacGowan and many others who died in 2023.
   
   Dec. 18, 2023
2. 
   
   Notable Deaths 2023: Books
   Remembering Cormac McCarthy, Milan Kundera, Louise Glück, Robert Gottlieb, Martin Amis, Kenzaburo Oe, A.S. Byatt, Russell Banks, Victor S. Navasky, Anne Perry, Jonathan Raban, Charles Simic and many others who died in 2023.
   
   An amazing loss of talented people. RIP

 

[crimsonaudio]

Jim Ladd, longtime Los Angeles rock radio DJ, dies at age 75

Jim Ladd, the disc jockey and producer who championed classic rock for decades and interviewed many of the rock era's top artists in his Los Angeles studios, has died. He was 75.

abc7.com

 

[Bamaro]

Founding Dixie Chicks member Laura Lynch was killed in a car crash in West Texas on Friday evening, her cousin Michael Lynch confirmed to CBS News.

Details of the crash were not immediately known.

An upright bass player, Lynch founded the band alongside three other women in 1989, including sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer, according to the band's biography on Country Music television. The group recorded three albums together before Lynch left and was replaced by Natalie Maines, creating the current trio of Maines, Maguire and Strayer.