Aw, that really sucks! We not only lost a guy with a really cool name but one of the smarter people of the world.

layne staley of alice of chains was found dead this weekend


can't say i'm surprised

Well then, now that I'm fully reminded of my own mortality, I think I'm going to go out and LIVE really well today. I only wish my someone special wasn't out of town until Wednesday. *sigh*

I heard on the radio this morning that Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopez from TLC died in a car crash last night.

Meadra

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, a controversial member of chart-topping American R&B trio TLC, has been killed in a car crash in Honduras, according to a spokeswoman for her record label.


No other details of Lopes' death, which happened on Thursday, were supplied by Laura Swanson, a representative of Arista Records in New York.


The lineup of TLC, whose hit songs included "No Scrubs" and "Waterfalls," was rounded out by Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas and Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins.


Lopes, who was in her early 30s, made the headlines in 1994 after she was arrested for burning down the house of then-boyfriend, former Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Andre Rison.


TLC's most recent album, 1999's "FanMail" topped the U.S. pop album charts for five weeks, and won the Grammy for best R&B album the following year.

Neil just mentioned (April 28th blog) that
George Alec Effinger is dead, one of the authors in the Sandman Book of Dreams

"Seven Nights In Slumberland"

Linda Lovelace, said by some to be the world's first true porn star. Appeared in 'Deep Throat' and later went on to speak out against porn.

R.I.P.

Is this the big year of death, or what?

-SLASH-

I'm posting this for my niece, age seven.

The unfortunate death of Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes.

RIP

(Damn! Should have read the earlier posts see how long news takes to reach Aus?!)

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seattle slew

http://espn.go.com/horse/news/2002/0507/1379099.html

Old news, but still painful: Joey Ramone (aka Jeffrey Hyman) in 2001.

Which Dave Thomas???? Wendy's Founder or the comedian???

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Old news, but still painful: Joey Ramone (aka Jeffrey Hyman) in 2001.

Which Dave Thomas???? Wendy's Founder or the comedian???

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Wendy's founder.

Meadra

Otis Blackwell
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/020507/80/cygib.html

Great Balls of Fire.....

george sidney dies aged 85
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/variety/20020506/people_variety/sidney_1

Bruce Pelz, August 11, 1936 - May 9, 2002

Fanzine Archivist, Fanhistorian, Fellow of NESFA, LAcon (1972 Worldcon) Chair, Noreascon Two (1980 Worldcon) Fan GoH, "The Elephant," Fandom's Institutional Memory, a structural member of the foundation of sf/f and conrunning fandom,

and a friend who will be much missed.
http://www.lasfs.org

Davey

This thread seemed the most relevant place for an article on obituary writing styles: http://slate.msn.com/?id=2065827

stephen jay gould
http://www.msnbc.com/news/754908.asp?0dm=N11LT

...and more on him: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/21/obituaries/21GOUL.html (obituary);
http://prelectur.stanford.edu/lecturers/gould/ (bibliography, reviews, commentary, excerpts);
http://www.skeptic.com/04.1.sherm-gould-iv.html (1996 interview);
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1151 (an essay “Darwinian Fundamentalism”, 1997)

We're all poorer for this loss.

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Dave Berg, the long time cartoonist for Mad Magazine's "The Lighter Side of..." died recently.
It could be sappy, but it remained for years as one of the most consistently funny parts of one of the most inconsistently funny magazines of our time.

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Dave Berg, the long time cartoonist for Mad Magazine's "The Lighter Side of..." died recently.
It could be sappy, but it remained for years as one of the most consistently funny parts of one of the most inconsistently funny magazines of our time.

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I'm sorry to hear that. "the lighter side of..." was not one of my favorites when very young (i think because it lacked celebrity charicatures, violence, foul language, and images of vomit/poo/other bodily functions.) i remember that my mom would actually flip to berg's section every month and read it, ignoring the rest. years later when i reviewed my old stack of mad mags i realized just how talented berg was. subtle and old-fashioned, they don't make 'em like that anymore. his talent will be missed.

The lady who wrote the original Nancy Drew books died yesterday. http://www.thewmurchannel.com/entertainment/1485338/detail.html

Meadra