Well known personalities who have passed away recently (Renamed)

[pmccarthy]

I watched the movie The Conclave on a plane two weeks ago. Highly recommended, an imaginative story about what happens behind the scene when the pope dies.

[facthunter]

AS Popes go this one was Nice. He died of a stroke AND Heart attack. and kept working till the end. Vance had a disagreement with him. (naturally)  Trumps LOT sees Empathy as "Suicidal".  Nev

[old man emu]

I think that atheists would find it ironic that a person who spent his life in an effort to gain admittance to the Kingdom of God, would be mourned for getting his entry ticket. 

[facthunter]

He's mourned because he is not around to further bless us with his good works and will be missed.  PS I'm an atheist.  He exerted a good influence, empathy and caring for the earth and the needy and scorned "Show and wealth". His coffin is a simple wood box  and he won't be buried in the Vatican  but a nearby Italian churchyard.. He questioned Trumps  "claimed" Christianity based on what HE did. Reasonable?  Nev

[old man emu]

It's not wrong to mourn the loss of a member of our community, especially one who showed leadership in so many ways. I was trying to point out that death for him might be a joyous thing, but for us it is a loss.  

[facthunter]

If He believes in the New Testament and HAS behaved a lot better than many others maybe but ALL have fallen short of the Glory of god so by Christ's sacrifice he could reasonably expect to go to Heaven and the Requiem Mass should help avoiding Purgatory even for a short time. I think he lived by what HE believed in.  Nev

[red750]

Cricketer Keith Stackpole has died aged 84, from a suspected heart attack.

[red750]

Gerard Kennedy. actor best known for his roles in early television series, in particular the espionage series including Hunter and the police procedural Division 4. Kennedy also appeared in film roles during a career that spanned 50 years in the industry, has passed away at the age of 93.

 

[red750]

Virginia Giuffre, who was trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein as a teen, has died by suicide after troubling Instagram posts. 

 

Her family confirmed her death in a statement to NBC News, saying: 'It is with utterly broken hearts that we announce that Virginia passed away last night at her farm in Western Australia.

 

'She lost her life to suicide, after being a lifelong victim of sexual abuse and sex trafficking.

 

Giuffre claimed she was sexually abused by Prince Andrew at the behest of Epstein's associate, jailed British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, when she was just 17.

 

The Duke of York has denied the allegation, as has Maxwell - who is a convicted sex offender - while Epstein died in a New York prison in 2019.

[Jerry_Atrick]

One can only imagine the hell sufferers of this abuse go through.. As I recall, the Queen ended up paying her £12m to stop a civil case from going to court to protect her son. Although this was hailed as a victory to Giuffre, it probably shows any of these compensatory vcitories, which includes a tacit admssion from the Queen that her alleged favourtie sone was more likely than not to have lost the case, are very hollow to the victims. May she rest in peace.

 

 

[red750]

Ruth Buzzi, the frumpy comedian on Rowan and Martin's "Laugh In", has died at the age of 88. She was in hospice care suffering fro Alzheimer's disease.

 

 

 

 

 

[red750]

Do you believe in the hereafter? Then you know what I'm here after. - Artie Johnston.

[onetrack]

When I first started in earthmoving, I knew a rough, tough and crusty old WW2 Veteran, who was a local Shire Council Foreman - and his version, which possibly predated WW2, was the message to any girl - "Do you believe in the hereafter? Because if I don't get what I'm here after, you'll still be here after I'm gone!"

[red750]

Another Aussie cricket legend has passed away.

 

Ashes legend Bob Cowper, has passed away at the age of 84.

 

Cowper died on Saturday morning after a long fight with cancer. 

 

The talented batsman is survived by wife Dale and two daughters Olivia and Sera.

 

Cowper notched up 27 Tests between 1964 and 1968, scoring 2061 runs at 46.84 including an impressive five centuries.

 

Cowper was the first cricketer to score a triple-century Down Under during the 1965-66 Ashes series - an epic 12-hour innings that helped Australia retain the Ashes.

 

The left-hander played his final Test in 1968 during an Ashes Tour, retiring at just 28 to follow a career in business. Cowper went on to be a stockbroker and merchant banker.

[red750]

The footy world is in mourning over the death of AFL legend Robert Walls, who won grand finals as a player and coach before ending his life using voluntary assisted dying laws on Thursday morning, aged 74.

 

Walls - who had been fighting a rare form of cancer - was a giant figure at Carlton, where he won the 1968, 1970 and 1972 flags as a player, before going on to lead the Blues to another grand final win as coach in 1987.

 

He played 218 games for the club from 1967 to 1978 before switching to Fitzroy, and led the Blues as coach from 1986 to 1989.

 

He was diagnosed with the rare and aggressive cancer acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2023 after noticing warning signs shortly before the grand final that year.

[Jerry_Atrick]

Adam Selwood, ex-afl start and twin brother of Troy Selwood who died months earlier has also passed away: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-17/former-west-coast-adam-selwood-dies-months-after-twin-troy/105304924

[red750]

George Wendt, who played Norm Peterson in Cheers has passed away on 20 May 25. It is understood he died in his sleep at home. He was 76.

 

[ClintonB]

I used to enjoy cheers, I watched a show a few weeks ago called the inside man with ted danson as the lead. it was funny for an american show.

currently watching the original english version of Ghosts. 

[red750]

Former tennis star Jelena Dokic's father and former coach, Damir Dokic, has died on May 16.