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[URL="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/26/us/barbara-hillary-dead.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur"]Barbara Hillary, First Black Woman to Reach the Poles, Is Dead at 88[/URL]
I'd say she had an impressive bucket list
[QUOTE]Barbara Hillary, the first black woman on record to reach the North Pole, which she did at the age of 75, and the first to reach the South Pole, at the age of 79, died on Saturday in a hospital in Far Rockaway, Queens. She was 88.
Her death was announced on her website. A post on her Twitter account said her health had been declining in recent months. She had breast cancer in her 20s and lung cancer in her 60s.
It was not until 1986 that any woman had reached the top of the world, with Ann Bancroft, a physical education teacher and explorer from Minnesota, becoming the first. The first black man there was Matthew Henson, who, along with Robert E. Peary, set foot on the North Pole in 1909.
Ms. Hillary had retired from a 55-year career as a nurse when, seeking adventure, she went dog-sledding in Quebec and photographed polar bears in Manitoba. She then learned that no African-American woman had ever made it to the North Pole and challenged herself to become the first, though she had no funding and no organization behind her and had lost 25 percent of her breathing capacity from surgery for her lung cancer.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=Tami;4707087][URL="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/26/us/barbara-hillary-dead.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur"]Barbara Hillary, First Black Woman to Reach the Poles, Is Dead at 88[/URL]
I'd say she had an impressive bucket list[/QUOTE]
I say so. I can't imagine myself doing any of the things this woman did.
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[QUOTE=Tami;4707087][URL="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/26/us/barbara-hillary-dead.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur"]Barbara Hillary, First Black Woman to Reach the Poles, Is Dead at 88[/URL]
I'd say she had an impressive bucket list[/QUOTE]
Impressive indeed! Rest in peace, Madam Hillary!
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[URL="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/nov/27/the-mortal-instruments-actor-godfrey-gao-dies-on-set-aged-35"]Canadian-Taiwanese actor and model Godfrey Gao passed away today, at age 35 while filming on set.[/URL]
[img]https://images.dailyhive.com/20191126195917/godfrey-gao.jpg[/img]
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Goodbye big bird and Oscar.
[video=youtube;qJ8ZQZUsnAU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ8ZQZUsnAU[/video]
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[QUOTE=Gaastra;4724291]Goodbye big bird and Oscar.
[video=youtube;qJ8ZQZUsnAU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ8ZQZUsnAU[/video][/QUOTE]
As someone who was part of Sesame Street's first class back in 1969 (not to mention a huge fan of the earlier [I]Bozo's Big Top[/I] that he was also part of), this is a very sad day for me.
RIP
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Hum, no one posted this yet about René Auberjonois. When I was a teen and Star Trek Deep Space Nine first came on I recognized him immediately as the guy from Benson, even under all that make up amazingly enough (It was the same with Brent Spiner too actually, he was the guy from Nigh Court). Anyway, I remember being amazed by his role as Odo on DS9 and I was like Now THATS a GOOD actor. RIP.
[url]https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/rene-auberjonois-actor-featured-in-star-trek-and-altman-films-dies-at-79/2019/12/08/3f59c822-1a0d-11ea-b4c1-fd0d91b60d9e_story.html[/url]
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[video=youtube;Env5DPtZylo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Env5DPtZylo[/video]
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rene was also a very prolific VA.
to my knowledge, he's the only person who's acted on "super friends" the 80s superman cartoon, BTAS, STAS, "justice league", and "young justice". he's been a part of animated DC cartoons for over 4 decades.
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This really makes me sad. I loved Rene on DS9 and Boston Legal. I knew he did some voice work with DC and was always thrilled when I heard him. He is the kind of actor that made everyone around him better. I will miss him.
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Goodbye Roxette.
[video=youtube;8fGLiIvKKys]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fGLiIvKKys[/video]
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Robert Walker, Jr. has passed. Son of legends, great character actor.
[url]https://deadline.com/2019/12/robert-walker-jr-dies-star-trek-actor-and-son-of-hollywood-stars-was-79-1202802504/[/url]
Farewell Charlie X, the original kid with anger issues:
[video=youtube;ArtUzO35XVU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArtUzO35XVU[/video]
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[URL="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/10/roxette-singer-marie-fredriksen-dies-aged-61"]Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson dies aged 61[/URL]
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[QUOTE=myownlittleusername;4727627][URL="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/10/roxette-singer-marie-fredriksen-dies-aged-61"]Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson dies aged 61[/URL][/QUOTE]
Man this one hurts.....
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[URL="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/danny-aiello-actor-who-excelled-as-blue-collar-heavies-and-hotheads-dies-at-86/2019/12/13/b9f973de-1dbe-11ea-8d58-5ac3600967a1_story.html"]Danny Aiello, actor who excelled as blue-collar heavies and hotheads, dies at 86[/URL]
[QUOTE]Danny Aiello, a late-blooming actor who memorably portrayed blue-collar heavies and hotheads in films such as “The Godfather: Part II,” “The Purple Rose of Cairo” and “Do the Right Thing,” and who played against type as a middle-aged mama’s boy in “Moonstruck,” died Dec. 12 at a hospital in New Jersey. He was 86.[/QUOTE]