In Memoriam

[4saken1]

Sad news for Star Wars fans.......

https://www.theguardian.com/film/201...dies-star-wars

The British actor who played R2-D2 in the Star Wars films has died at the age of 81 after a long illness.

[Tami]

Barbara Gibb, mother of the Bee Gees, dies aged 95

Bee Gees, one of my favorite music groups from the 1970's/1980's. Shame that she had to see three of her children die before her. That can't be easy on any parent.

[Gryphon]

RIP Gene Wilder

[Tami]

Beat me too it, still...

Gene Wilder, Star of 'Willy Wonka' and Mel Brooks Classics, Dies at 83

he was always one of my favorites. RIP

[MyriVerse]

Very sad. Thanks for all the laughs.

[Carabas]

Well, that sucks.
Come on, 2016... What did we ever do to you?

[The Darknight Detective]

Loved him from the time I first saw him as Willy Wonka back in the '70s.

RIP

[Kirby101]

That's a hard one for me, loved him in everything. Including Quackster Fortune and Haunted Honeymoon.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

From Willy Wonka, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles and many other films, Gene Wilder was fantastic. Rest in peace, sir.

[numberthirty]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports...829-story.html

Mr. Fuji of pro wrestling fame dies at 82

World Wrestling Entertainment says the former star wrestler and manager Harry Fujiwara, better known as Mr. Fuji, has died at age 82. An obituary posted on WWE's website Sunday said Fujiwara died that morning. The obituary doesn't say where he died or list a cause of death. The WWE hasn't responded to a request for comment from The Associated Press.

Fujiwara starred as a tag team champion in the ring before shifting into a bad guy manager role in the 1980s. "Magnificent" Don Muraco, Yokozuna and George "The Animal" Steele were among those he managed. He was known for his trademark tactic of throwing salt into the eyes of opponents.

He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2007.

Given the nature of that article, I hope this might be some sort of a mistake.

[Ken Ashcroft]

Barbara Gibb, mother of the Bee Gees, dies aged 95

Bee Gees, one of my favorite music groups from the 1970's/1980's. Shame that she had to see three of her children die before her. That can't be easy on any parent.

Kinda strange the brothers dying in reverse from youngest upwards. Now oldest brother, Barry is the only one left.

[Tami]

Kinda strange the brothers dying in reverse from youngest upwards. Now oldest brother, Barry is the only one left.

Strange and very sad. They all went far too young.

[RoboCop]

Kinda strange the brothers dying in reverse from youngest upwards. Now oldest brother, Barry is the only one left.

And yesterday was his 70th birthday.

[Tami]

'Sound of Music' actress Charmian Carr dies at 73

LOS ANGELES - Charmian Carr, the actress best known for portraying the eldest von Trapp daughter in Rogers & Hammerstein’s “The Sound of Music,” has died. She was 73.

[codystarbuck]

WP Kinsella, author of Shoeless Joe, the inspiration for the movie Field of Dreams, passed away at 81. hell of a writer and following the death of playwrite Edward Albee. A sad week for literature.