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Lil' Buck Sinegal, Blues Hall of Fame guitarist, dead at age 75, on Monday, June 10, 2019, at Lafayette, Louisiana.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/14/a...ion=Obituaries

https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/...ame/803734002/

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06-15-2019 , 03:34 PM

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geeze, I thought he had died long ago....96 is pretty damn good

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06-17-2019 , 11:11 AM

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Gloria Vanderbilt, heiress, fashion designer, mother of Anderson Cooper, dead at age 95, on Monday, June 17, 2019, in New York City.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/17/s...bilt-dead.html

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06-17-2019 , 03:03 PM

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Way more to Gloria than one would suspect

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...22c_story.html

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06-17-2019 , 04:25 PM

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Way more to Gloria than one would suspect

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...22c_story.html

Yes. She was the great granddaughter of Kill-Cavalry Kilpatrick, insane Union cavalry leader beloved by all for bringing the wrath of God to the benighted South -- which also explains Gloria as much as anything does.

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06-17-2019 , 04:34 PM

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06-20-2019 , 08:35 AM

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Charles Reich died at age 91 on June 15, 2019, at San Fransisco, California.

The WaPo obit captures the celebrity that he had in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and the derision that followed.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...=.50d633d5b75b

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06-20-2019 , 10:23 AM

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That Greening book Charlie wrote is worth burning. Shows how smart people can be just as easily Bamboozled as anyone else.

Last edited by Zeno; 06-20-2019 at 10:37 AM.

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06-21-2019 , 02:05 AM

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Jim Pike, the lead singer of 1960s group, The Lettermen, age 82, died on June 9, 2019, at Prescott, Arizona.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/20/a...ion=Obituaries

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06-23-2019 , 12:59 AM

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That Greening book Charlie wrote is worth burning. Shows how smart people can be just as easily Bamboozled as anyone else.

Imo that book caused a lot of misery for boomers who believed it and used it as an excuse to never grow up. Without getting into politics, it's caused even more misery for the country.

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06-23-2019 , 07:49 PM

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Judith Krantz, a popular novelist, died at age 91, on Saturday, June 23, 2019, at Bel Air, Los Angeles.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/23/o...gtype=Homepage

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07-01-2019 , 05:10 PM

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(Rereading the thread title, this guy probably doesn't qualify as a celebrity. But, whatever!)

George Rosenkranz, chemist, died on 6/23 at the age of 102.

Back in the 1950s…

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...he and his colleagues had developed cortisone, a steroid that quickly was embraced as a wonder drug, overriding the aches and pains of arthritis and swollen joints.

But that’s not all…

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A few months later, the team synthesized a hormone known as norethindrone, which was originally intended to help pregnant women avoid miscarriages. Further experiments showed it also inhibited ovulation.

Thus accidentally inventing “the pill” and igniting a sexual revolution.

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07-01-2019 , 05:22 PM

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RIP Tyler Skaggs - LA Angels pitcher 27. Not sure yet what the cause is but this is really sad.

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07-01-2019 , 05:23 PM

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wait, what???

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07-01-2019 , 05:41 PM

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wait, what???

The news just broke, tonights LAA game cancelled

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07-01-2019 , 05:47 PM

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He just pitched on Saturday! Struck out 4...he's my favorite Angels pitcher.....goddammit. ****ing tragic.

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07-02-2019 , 12:15 PM

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Wow, I can see the resemblance to Anderson Cooper.

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07-02-2019 , 11:19 PM

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Lee Iacocca, father of the Mustang and the K car, dead at age 94, at Bel Air, California, on Tuesday, July 2, 2019.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/02/o...occa-dead.html

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07-02-2019 , 11:27 PM

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I think he used to do the commercials too.

RIP Mr. Iacocca.

The Mustang!!!

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07-02-2019 , 11:44 PM

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Dominic

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Christ, thought he died decades ago

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07-03-2019 , 01:19 PM

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Christ, thought he died decades ago

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geeze, I thought he had died long ago....96 is pretty damn good

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what the hell? I thought he was dead 30 years ago

That seems to happen to you a lot, lol.

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07-03-2019 , 02:12 PM

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RIP Lee, I had assumed he had been dead for years too. I read his book back in the 80's and remember it as being very entertaining and informative.

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07-03-2019 , 02:40 PM

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RIP Arte Johnson of Laugh In fame. Verrrrrry Interesting

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07-03-2019 , 02:53 PM

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That seems to happen to you a lot, lol.

the older I get!

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