The train incident gave me the willys. My dad was killed by a train.

"All~this~world~is~but~a~play.Be~thou~a~joyful~player!"

"The man who used 16-inch feet-shaped carvings to create tracks that ignited the ``Bigfoot'' legend has died. He was 84.

Ray L. Wallace's family admitted his role in the creature myth after his death Nov. 26 from heart failure."

We should really put Anne Rice's husband (that someone else mentioned) in this thread.

Also, Peg Philips (Ruth-Anne from Northern Exposure) died earlier this month.

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John Rawls, a great political philosopher, died. Happened last week or the week before.

JP

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A great man is he who does not lose his child's heart.
~Mencius

my grandfather today. i hope you are happier where you are now.

Sorry to hear that, Davyd.
Are you OK? Were you close?

i am okay. we were not close. we lived in the same house for about ten years. but even so, i just hope that he is at a better place now.
thank you though.

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Apprivoise moi...

Sorry to hear about your loss, Davyd.

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Sorry to hear that, Dayvd.

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Gabriel

I'm so sorry, Dayvd. *hugs*

~That Theatre Chick, aka Amy of the Lost Ark

"Brody: Oh yes, the Bible speaks of the Ark leveling mountains and laying waste entire regions. An Amy who carries the Ark before her is invincible."

thank you, everyone. i do think it's for the better. he was in a lot of pain. and i had a bit of warning from my family.

I've been in your shoes this year Dayvd and lost my Grandpa too. He use to live with us when I was little. My condolences.

"All~this~world~is~but~a~play.Be~thou~a~joyful~player!"

Sorry for your loss Dayvd. Has anyone heard Fare Thee Well by the Indigo Girls? That song always makes me cry.

Fare thee well, my bright star
I watched your tail-light
blaze into nothingness
You were long gone before I ever got to you
before you blazed past this address

It's actually a broken heart song. But I suppose at the core of it, it's really about loss.

Stay safe, all.

Yes, fare thee well is a good song.

My sympathies, davyd. I think I understand a little. My Oma and Great-Aunt (third grandma) both died somewhat slowly of cancer. Their death wasn't a surprise, but a release. *hugs, if you don't mind*

remember to breathe.

"Impossible is only a word"
-Cirque du Soleil

(~hugs~) thank you again.

OH MY GOD!

Joe Strummer is Dead!!

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Former Clash frontman Joe Strummer is dead. He was 50.

A spokesperson for the star, one of the most influential rock artists of all time, confirmed he died at his home yesterday. He is thought to have suffered a heart attack.

A posting on his official site today (December 23) reads: "Joe Strummer died yesterday. Our condolences to Luce and the kids, family and friends."

A post mortem is expected tomorrow.

Born John Graham Mellor in Ankara, Turkey in 1952 the son of a British diplomat, he began his musical career playing with rock standards covers band the 101ers. He put together The Clash in the mid-70s with Mick Jones, bassist Paul Simonon and drummer Topper Headon in west London, helping the band emerge as one of the most important to burst from the 1976 punk explosion. Always political and edgy, public school educated Strummer and Jones swapped song-writing and singing duties within the band.

Their third album, 'London Calling', a double LP, was widely seen as their finest and still continues to be hailed as one of the all-time great rock releases.

After the Clash's split in the early 1980s, Strummer continued making music with a variety of projects, including a stint with the Pogues. His most recent band is Joe Strummer and the Mesceleros.

Strummer also flirted with a brief film career appearing in Jim Jarmusch's 'Mystery Train' and Alex Cox's 'Straight To Hell'.

Strummer had always turned down many lucrative offers to reunite The Clash.

However, in recent weeks, rumours had grown that some sort of comeback was in the offing.

- Michael

That's really freaky - I just listened to London Calling last night for the first time in years. Obviously I hadn't heard about Strummer's death yet; I just had a hankerin' to listen to the album...

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