RIP Thread

[Geezer]

To the moon, Alice...

Sheila MacRae, Alice of 1960s version of "The Honeymooners," passes away:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/arts/ ... .html?_r=0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

One of the greatest shows ever

[Geezer]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/03/09/bi ... dies-at-0/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Another one of the greatest generation. Their contribution will never be matched

[Dickie Dunn]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/03/09/bi ... dies-at-0/
Another one of the greatest generation. Their contribution will never be matched

RIP. From the article, I didn't know Babe Heffron died in December. They're all passing too quickly anymore.

[FreeCandy44]

William Clay Ford RIP...

[PensFanInDC]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/03/09/bi ... dies-at-0/
Another one of the greatest generation. Their contribution will never be matched

RIP. From the article, I didn't know Babe Heffron died in December. They're all passing too quickly anymore.

I volunteer with Spirit of '45. WW2 vets and all of that generation are dying at such a fast rate. We are trying to get as many of their stories as we can, while we can.

[Digitalgypsy66]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/03/09/bi ... dies-at-0/
Another one of the greatest generation. Their contribution will never be matched

[tifosi77]

Just heard about Wild Bill this morning.... so sad.

[columbia]

Jake Powers, who operates a Band of Brothers tour company in Grafton, Mass., said Guarnere worked behind the scenes to ensure that his comrades received the recognition they deserved.

Amy relation to Shifty?

[penny lane]

Retweeted by Pittsburgh news now
Wild Bill Guarnere ‏@wbguarnere 47m

Wow! What an honor for WBG! http://www.post-gazette.com/news/state/ ... 1403110212" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; …

Salute to Bill Guarnere.

[Lt. Dish]

Retweeted by Pittsburgh news now
Wild Bill Guarnere ‏@wbguarnere 47m

Wow! What an honor for WBG! http://www.post-gazette.com/news/state/ ... 1403110212" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; …

Salute to Bill Guarnere.

Indeed. <-- not a facepalm but quiet reflection

[Lt. Dish]

Fraulein Helga of "Hogan's Heroes" dies at 76. (There was no good segue from the previous post, so here it is.)

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/cyn ... d=22879147" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[blackjack68]

Chumlee from Pawn Stars death hoax going around.

Don't believe the hype.

[newarenanow]

http://www.nbcnews.com/#/news/us-news/v ... ies-n52876" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Whether or not it was really him, another from the Greatest Generation is gone.

[JS©]

Glenn Edward McDuffie, the young sailor who can be seen in one of the most iconic photos from the end of World War II, has died in Dallas, according to family members. The WWII vet was 86.



Mr. McDuffie was 18 when he was captured in the famous kiss photo with nurse Edith Shain. She died in 2010 at the age of 91.

Mr. McDuffie spent 50 years in Houston before moving in 2009 to North Texas to live with his daughter, Glenda Bell, his only living offspring, after his health began to decline. Mr. McDuffie collaborated with Houston Police Department forensic artist Lois Gibson in 2007 to prove that he was the sailor sharing that lusty kiss with Shain in Times Square on Aug. 14, 1945. The kiss was captured by the famous Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt on V-J Day.

Gibson, who has done numerous reconstructions of crime victims' faces using only a skull, carefully studied the bone structure of all 11 men who had claimed to be the sailor before coming to her conclusion that the sailor was Mr. McDuffie.

http://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/Gl ... 319121.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[PensFanInDC]

I spent a good amount of time with Edith. According to her she's not sure who it was. Then again Edith was only mostly sure it was her in the picture.

No matter. That photo sums up an entire world's emotion on that day.

[dodint]

The entire world?

[PensFanInDC]

The entire world?

Come on bro. Even some people in Germany and japan were glad the war was over.

[Rylan]

[dodint]

Yeah, I get that. But I doubt they were standing in the street throwing their hats in the air and making out with nurses. Folks in London, Nagasaki, and Berlin standing among their ruins would probably be feeling a quiet relief that borders closer to grieving than euphoria. The US was perhaps the only country in the world to come out of WWII better than it went in.

[blackjack68]

RIP David Brenner. Philly comedy icon.

[dodint]

[viva la ben]

I always loved his appearances on The Howard Stern Show.

RIP

[Froggy]

I actually met him once back in like 2002. He was shopping in the store I worked in. Seemed like a good guy.

[slappybrown]

Yeah, I get that. But I doubt they were standing in the street throwing their hats in the air and making out with nurses. Folks in London, Nagasaki, and Berlin standing among their ruins would probably be feeling a quiet relief that borders closer to grieving than euphoria. The US was perhaps the only country in the world to come out of WWII better than it went in.

Very well said.

[Sam's Drunk Dog]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_in_Europe_Day" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_over_Japan_Day" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Maybe not in Berlin or Japan but pretty much everywhere else.