Celebs are still dropping off....

[Lee]

A Friend told me that the singer Marie Fredriksson had passed a few days back. RIP you made some beautiful songs that will always be remembered

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50730052

[Raid]

Syd Mead, designer of so many futures, has died aged 86.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syd_Mead

[Achtung Englander]

[Hatredsheart]

Syd Mead, designer of so many futures, has died aged 86.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syd_Mead

Had a book of his art since my teen years, bugger. A true visionary.

[Medicine Man]

The world's another charlatan lighter as Derek Acorah dies...



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50991908

[Wrathbone]

Christopher Tolkien.

https://time.com/5767594/christopher-tolkien-obituary/

Genuinely saddened by this. He was every bit as remarkable as his father and his contributions and development of Tolkien's work cannot be overstated.

RIP.

[Strudel]

Eh, he always struck me as a cumudgeon who never got over the fact his father was a much better writer than he was, and spent all his time trying to "protect the legacy" rather than letting people actually see how the sausage was made.

I certainly didn't wish him dead or anything but I felt he impeded more than he facilitated access to his father's work.

[Wrathbone]

He was certainly highly protective of the works, which is understandable given pretty much his entire life from childhood was dedicated to them. I only really got a sense of how much input he had in The Hobbit and LOTR after reading Tolkien's letters, and while it would be a huge stretch to call him a co-author, he played a massive and vital part in the writing of those books. And of course were it not for him, the tales of Middle Earth would have ended with JRR Tolkien.

[Hatredsheart]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51209197

[Wrathbone]

That's a huge loss. One less Python in the world makes it a duller place.

[Sly Boots]

This one really hurts

RIP Terry

[arqueturus]

What a fucking shame.

This is not something I usually say as I look at the age of someone and consider whether their life has been cut short.

77 is a good innings but it's denied us someone who's wit would have only got better if not for dementia.

I'm going to link to this hear in case anyone missed it - it's from a long time ago (not really considering Terry Jones looks hail and well)

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/1 ... on-reprise

[Lee]

Noooo RIP

[Medicine Man]

Dementia. Yet another bastard the human race has to contend with.

[Rusty]

So sad.