RIP Thread

[Gaucho]

Isn't Gaucho obsessed with Bardot? Or am I thinking of someone else.

Obsessed? No, not really.

[ajh2298]

R.I.P.


Former Pittsburgh Mayor Sophie Masloff at the age of 96.

[Sam's Drunk Dog]

:( Scratch my back with a hacksaw

[columbia]

Masloff, 71, who recently called the Grateful Dead the "Dreadful Dead" and the group's fans "Deadenders," asked Three Rivers Stadium officials about an upcoming concert by "The How."

"Not The How, The Who," said George Whitmer, the stadium authority's chairman.

"The who?" Masloff asked.

"Yes," Whitmer replied.

"Is there a Who group and a How group?" Masloff asked. "Somebody asked me the other day if The How was coming here."

"What the hell is The How?" said state Sen. Eugene Scanlon, who, like Masloff, is an authority member.

"There isn't a group called The How as far as I know," said Gerald Baron of Spectacor Management, which runs the stadium.

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RIP, Sophie.

[penny lane]

May the Angels lead ~
After the pens beat the north stars, Sophie made it to the airport to welcome them home.

My Mum who have been dead for over 10 years was involved in Pgh ward politics. She got to meet Mayor Masloff on various occasions; good , but sad memories.

[FreeCandy44]

Wasnt she one of the first to suggest a baseball only stadium was crucial for the Pirates to stay in town? RIP

[JS©]

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15:01 Mayor Masloff gets booed at the Cup celebration.

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[PghSkins]

RIP Sophie

First female and Jewish mayor of Pittsburgh, still only one of either.

[llipgh2]

I loved Sophie. Under her little Jewish grandmother guise was a very saavy politician.

And yes, she is the first to note the Pirates needed a new ballpark. Glad she lived long enough to see it happen.

[FreeCandy44]

BREAKING: ‘SNL’ announcer Don Pardo has passed away at 96 -@CBSRadioNews #RIPDonPardo

[canaan]

BREAKING: ‘SNL’ announcer Don Pardo has passed away at 96 -@CBSRadioNews #RIPDonPardo

bummer. RIP

[PensFanInDC]

Dude was still recording his voice overs for SNL from his home in AZ through the last season finale. Amazing. What a voice.

RIP

[canaan]

Actor Richard Attenborough dies at 90 http://frakingfilms.net/2014/08/24/acto ... ied-at-90/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Gaucho]

Didn't know he was David's brother. RIP.

[Dickie Dunn]

RIP. What a career he had as an actor and director.

[PensFanInDC]

Spared no expense. RIP.

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

what a triumvirate of films for him: Roger Bartlett in the Great Escape, director of Gandhi and then John Hammond in Jurassic Park.

[PensFanInDC]

Wait....HE was roger in The Great Escape?

mind = blown

[columbia]

Wait....HE was roger in The Great Escape?

mind = blown

Yep...so good in that.

[MRandall25]

Wait....HE was roger in The Great Escape?

mind = blown

Yeah, I had to Google that. Honestly didn't even make the connection.

[eddysnake]

Come on guys

[PensFanInDC]

I mean, a lot of actors are recognizable later in life for their younger roles. I didn't even think about it because I had only really recognized him with a beard.

[MRandall25]

I mean, a lot of actors are recognizable later in life for their younger roles. I didn't even think about it because I had only really recognized him with a beard.

And grey hair.

[tifosi77]

Robin Williams...... what a concept. -- Billy Crystal

Full disclosure, I wept openly.

[PensFanInDC]

Robin Williams...... what a concept. -- Billy Crystal

Full disclosure, I wept openly.

....what?