Dead Celebrities Thread

[vetran]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...s-aged-98.html

not famous but he should be!

D-Day veteran who single-handedly saved a Normandy village by firing at German soldiers from a church bell tower is hailed a 'true war hero' as tributes flood in after his death aged 98

• Lance Bombardier Les Pring landed on Gold Beach as a 22-year-old in 1944
• He made a defiant last stand in St Honorine to hold off Nazi re-occupation
• Later received Military Medal for his 'disregard for his own safety' and was given hero's welcome open return in 2017
• The D-Day hero died surrounded by family at his Bath, Somerset home aged 98

[NickFitz]

Ex-US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright dies - BBC News

[vetran]

The Gift of GIF!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-COVID-19.html

'The GIF was the thing he was most proud of': Stephen Wilhite, creator of the internet reaction phenomenon, dies at 74 after battling COVID-19

• The innovative computer scientist died on March 14, his wife Kathaleen confirmed on Wednesday
• He is survived by a son, four stepchildren, 11 grandchildren and three great grandchildren, according to his obituary
• Wilhite started his glittering career at the online service provider CompuServe, where he developed the Graphic Interchange Format in 1987
• It'd later become an internet phenomenon in the early 2010s known as the GIF
• 'He invented GIF all by himself - he actually did that at home and brought it into work after he perfected it,' his wife said
• According to his obituary, 'even with all his accomplishments, he remained a very humble, kind, and good man'

[DoctorStrangelove]

Che lives!

Er, no he doesn't coz this chap shot him:

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/mario-ter-...142555652.html

Successfully on the 2nd burst.

[SimonMac]

Taylor Hawkins: Foo Fighters' drummer dies aged 50

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60884259

[ladymuck]

Taylor Hawkins: Foo Fighters' drummer dies aged 50

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60884259

During a tour, too. Ouch

[SueEllen]

During a tour, too. Ouch

It's the rock n roll lifestyle!

[vetran]

It's the rock n roll lifestyle!

allegedly what was his drug of choice?

[ladymuck]

allegedly what was his drug of choice?

He did have a heroin overdose in 2001 that put him in a coma for two weeks

[DoctorStrangelove]

He did have a heroin overdose in 2001 that put him in a coma for two weeks

So he came close to the 27 thing then. .