Famous lives lived...

KC · 05-03-2018, 10:34 PM

University of Alberta's only Nobel laureate remembered - Edmonton - CBC News
Excerpt:

The University of Alberta is mourning physicist Richard Taylor, an alumnus who won a Nobel Prize for groundbreaking research that proved the existence of subatomic particles called quarks for the first time.

"In physics, it's one of the biggest results ever," said Jim Pinfold, a physics professor at University of Alberta who knew Taylor personally.

"The fact that he managed to explain what made up most of the matter in the universe, it's just absolutely incredible.

"This rather humble native son of Alberta."

Taylor died at his home in California near the Stanford University campus on Feb 22. He was 88. ...”

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmont...arks-1.4562580

**kkozoriz** · 06-03-2018, 01:43 PM

A minor role. And he's more of a musician by far than an actor. The Grammys would be the appropriate place to remember him. Not every person ever in a movie gets remembered at the Oscars.

**overoceans** · 06-03-2018, 05:00 PM

Originally Posted by Edmonton PRT

I remember him in True Grit with John Wayne

And in The New Age, as the yuppie Peter Weller's contemptuous father. Secondary role without a lot of screen time, but he played it well.

(Since this is carried over from the last page, it's Adam West we're talking about.)

(EDIT: Sorry, I guess it was Glenn Campbell who was in True Grit? West was in The New Age, though.)

**kkozoriz** · 07-03-2018, 03:06 PM

Here's a list from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that covers a lot more people than made it onto the broadcast. And Adam West is right up front.

http://oscar.go.com/news/oscar-highl...rs-in-memoriam

**envaneo** · 08-03-2018, 01:52 AM

Alice Cooper and Glen Campbell were neighbors and friends.

**North Guy66** · 13-03-2018, 10:57 PM

Physicist Stephen Hawking dead at age 76

p.s...I am now the ultimate ruler of the Universe.

**RichardS** · 14-03-2018, 09:27 AM

I woke up to see if this was posted in Famous Lives Lived...and it was..

The sad comment on the state of things is that this post...on this person...was buried under more political cr....I will just stop there...

This is a physicist who helped us understand just how big the universe is, and just how small we are. Yes, he was a flawed man. Yes, he could be bitter. But, he was human. Like Carl Sagan, the world is not poorer with his passing, it is far richer that he was here. The knowledge, vision, and strength he demonstrated will inspire people for generations to come. In a world where people spend hours yelling at each other over anything and everything, people like Hawking are continually lighting the path to let us understand just how miniscule our problems really are.

I am celebrating the accomplishments rather than mourning the death.

**North Guy66** · 14-03-2018, 10:21 AM

Saw this on twitter:

Stephen Hawking was born January 8, 1942, on the 300th anniversary of Galileo's death. He died today, March 14th, on the anniversary of Einstein's birth. Time is circular - no beginning, no end.

https://twitter.com/warrenleightTV/s...90507708112896

**Edmonton PRT** · 14-03-2018, 10:41 AM

I know that Professors at the UofA in the Physics and Cosmology Department who have worked with him personally are saddened by the loss. He lived far longer than expected and was proof that the body may be broken but the mind is truly phenomenal.

**H.L.** · 14-03-2018, 11:51 AM

A brilliant mind has left us. It really is astounding how long he lived with such a ravaging disease. He died on the day of Einstein's birth, which is somewhat fitting.

May he rest in peace.

**North Guy66** · 18-03-2018, 09:59 PM

Former Alberta culture minister Mary Jean LeMessurier dies age 88

Former Alberta culture minister and Order of Canada medal recipient Mary Jean LeMessurier has died aged 88.

LeMessurier became one of the first women to serve in the Alberta cabinet when she was appointed culture minister by Peter Lougheed after winning the Edmonton-Centre seat in 1979.

http://edmontonjournal.com/news/loca...er-dies-age-88

**Drumbones** · 18-03-2018, 10:11 PM

Canadian comedian Mike MacDonald dies at 62
The renowned comedian died at an Ottawa hospital due to heart complications

**North Guy66** · 27-03-2018, 10:00 PM

4-time Grey Cup champ James 'Quick' Parker dead at 60

Former DL standout still owns the single season CFL record for sacks with 26.5

Former CFL defensive line standout James "Quick" Parker died on Tuesday, the BC Lions have announced. He was 60.

Parker won three Grey Cups with the Edmonton Eskimos (1980, 1981,1982) and again with the Lions in 1985.

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cf...uary-1.4596300

One of my favorite all-time Eskimo.

**Barry N** · 02-04-2018, 09:50 AM

Winnie Mandela....

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/02/afric...ntl/index.html

**kkozoriz** · 02-04-2018, 09:53 AM

Steven Bochco, Creative Force Behind 'Hill Street Blues,' 'L.A. Law' and 'NYPD Blue,' Dies at 74

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...creator-741199

**Drumbones** · 04-04-2018, 01:17 PM

Bev Munro of CFCW fame. 89

**SP59** · 04-04-2018, 09:42 PM

Is he the guy who announced who "The Big Wheel Trucker of the Day" was?

**Drumbones** · 05-04-2018, 12:30 PM

In all likelihood. He announced a lot there. I remember Cowboy Bevs Funtime as a kid. Parents would phone in their kids birthdays and he would congratulate you and tell you where your gift was hidden and other kids programming. Then he had the band Bev Munro and the Babysitters and do a lot of engagements around the city. I think he had his day in Nashville too.

**McBoo** · 06-04-2018, 03:56 PM

Or infamous life still being lived:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmont...gton-1.4607429

**Drumbones** · 06-04-2018, 05:43 PM

How about he moves back to Edmonton. Katz hires him on to bring the cup back to this city, five or six times would be cool. They make some kind of a deal with ATB for repayment of funds owing. We already know he's the only man that can do it just give him carte Blanche. lol

**kkozoriz** · 06-04-2018, 07:09 PM

He'd sell McDavid and then blow the proceeds of that on some scam, get rich quick scheme.

**Drumbones** · 06-04-2018, 07:38 PM

...and end up locked up in Drum and costing us $100,000 per year to keep him. Ok, let California worry about him.

**Admin** · 07-04-2018, 06:18 PM

The Humboldt hockey team tragedy deserves its own thread.

**Spudly** · 12-04-2018, 12:43 AM

Mitzi Shore, Comedy Store owner, dead at 87

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/11/enter...ary/index.html

The 1970s and '80s were an especially fertile and defining period for standup, and Shore was a key gatekeeper, showcasing performers like Letterman, Jay Leno, Robin Williams, Jerry Seinfeld, Richard Pryor, Garry Shandling, and Roseanne Barr. The holy grail for comics was parlaying that into an appearance on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson.

**envaneo** · 15-04-2018, 03:38 AM

Art Bell dead at 72

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ta...2c4ffe94f386c3

**The_Cat** · 15-04-2018, 08:18 PM

R. Lee Ermey, 74

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NP8y63Ms4o

**cnr67** · 15-04-2018, 11:51 PM

Originally Posted by envaneo

Art Bell dead at 72

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ta...2c4ffe94f386c3

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-p...-idUSKBN1HL15G

**envaneo** · 16-04-2018, 03:33 AM

Ever since 630 Ched pulled Coast to Coast am from its programing, Ched has lost my support. You Tube uploads the previous Coast show from the night before. Coast to Coast am has some pretty legit guests and some flakey ones as well.

Thanks for the link.

**cnr67** · 16-04-2018, 07:33 PM

Night Court' star Harry Anderson, 65, found dead in home
https://www.cp24.com/entertainment-news/night-court-star-harry-anderson-65-found-dead-in-home-1.3887757
http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/harr...65-1202754949/

**RichardS** · 17-04-2018, 08:51 AM

Wow...I'm starting to feel like the old guy looking in the obits every morning to see if my name is in there...

wait...I am the....

**Edmonton PRT** · 17-04-2018, 09:01 AM

"I don't mind going to weddings and funerals, as long as they are not my own..."

Tom Waits

**kcantor** · 17-04-2018, 09:23 AM

Originally Posted by RichardS

Wow...I'm starting to feel like the old guy looking in the obits every morning to see if my name is in there...

wait...I am the....

you’re not the old guy doing that... at least not yet.

**RichardS** · 17-04-2018, 10:10 AM

^wait...didn't I see your name on Page 12?

...oops...that was the City section... false alarm!

**Drumbones** · 17-04-2018, 10:34 AM

I'm another one. Must still be alive though, the article gave me thoughts of Marki Post.

**howie** · 17-04-2018, 12:06 PM

In the words of the late Johnny Winter:

"Ev'ry now and then I guess it's kinda hard to tell,
but I'm still alive and well."

**howie** · 17-04-2018, 12:35 PM

Matthew Mellon, cryptocurrency mogul, at 54.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43800610

**Sonic Death Monkey** · 17-04-2018, 06:35 PM

former First Lady Barbara Bush, 92

**cnr67** · 17-04-2018, 06:48 PM

Originally Posted by Sonic Death Monkey

former First Lady Barbara Bush, 92

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/17/u...bush-dead.html

**RichardS** · 17-04-2018, 07:26 PM

The Burger King is dead...or at least its founder, David Edgerton...90 yrs old

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/tops...cid=spartandhp

**JordanGalhanth** · 20-04-2018, 11:12 AM

Barbara Bush, 92.

EDIT: Late to the news. By a ton.

**howie** · 20-04-2018, 11:43 AM

^ Dead people don't mind.

**Edmonton PRT** · 20-04-2018, 11:59 AM

Then why would they roll over in their graves?

**Alex.L** · 20-04-2018, 12:47 PM

AVICII (a swedish EDM DJ, for all the old-timers) found dead in a hotel room at 28yrs old. You might know his most famous song "Wake Me Up"

**ralph60** · 20-04-2018, 01:56 PM

/\I just got his album "True" on vinyl a couple of weeks ago, it's a great album. He took EDM to a different level.

**howie** · 20-04-2018, 09:33 PM

Originally Posted by Edmonton PRT

Then why would they roll over in their graves?

I don't know that they do, never been in one. Have you?

**envaneo** · 21-04-2018, 04:31 AM

I've been in grave situations before

**overoceans** · 21-04-2018, 02:44 PM

I don't think I had ever heard of this guy before. I gather he did some notable buildings in Calgary and points southward.

**Sonic Death Monkey** · 21-04-2018, 03:50 PM

Verne Troyer, 49
https://globalnews.ca/news/4159537/verne-troyer-dead/

**Barry N** · 22-04-2018, 03:19 PM

Ron Hayter.... 81
http://edmontonjournal.com/news/loca...r-dies-aged-81

**RichardS** · 22-04-2018, 03:19 PM

Ron hayter has passed

**RichardS** · 22-04-2018, 03:22 PM

Ha...same time...but Ron definitely was an interesting gentleman when you got to know him...

**The_Cat** · 22-04-2018, 03:33 PM

Very classy councilor, and a great ambassador for Edmonton.

**H.L.** · 22-04-2018, 03:57 PM

Originally Posted by RichardS

Ron hayter has passed

I really liked Mr Hayter, it was never any trouble to phone him, or email him. Unlike McKeen, this guy was very good at his job

**Sonic Death Monkey** · 29-04-2018, 09:37 PM

Karl Toft, 81

**North Guy66** · 30-04-2018, 09:46 PM

Former Oilers video coach and practice goalie, Brian Ross 53.

Gord Miller, TSN:

Friends since high school, Brian Ross and I both wound up in sports, Brian with the Oilers for 30+ years as their video coach, practice goalie and in player development. He died today of cancer at 53, already missed by all of us who were lucky enough to know him. Love ya, buddy.

https://twitter.com/GMillerTSN/statu...04132747612160

**Sonic Death Monkey** · 13-05-2018, 04:57 PM

Clare Drake, 89

**BalancedOP** · 14-05-2018, 12:17 PM

Margot Kidder, 69, Canadian actress stared as Lois Lane in the superman movies of the 80-90. In Montana, no cause at this time.

**kkozoriz** · 14-05-2018, 12:43 PM

KC · 14-05-2018, 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by BalancedOP

Margot Kidder, 69, Canadian actress stared as Lois Lane in the superman movies of the 80-90. In Montana, no cause at this time.

She was even in Wojeck

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margot_Kidder

**Spudly** · 15-05-2018, 11:26 AM

Tom Wolfe, Pyrotechnic ‘New Journalist’ and Novelist, Dies at 88https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/15/obituaries/tom-wolfe-pyrotechnic-nonfiction-writer-and-novelist-dies-at-88.html

Tom Wolfe, an innovative journalist and novelist whose technicolor, wildly punctuated prose brought to life the worlds of California surfers, car customizers, astronauts and Manhattan’s moneyed status-seekers in works like “The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby,” “The Right Stuff” and “Bonfire of the Vanities,” died on Monday in a Manhattan hospital. He was 88.

**North Guy66** · 02-06-2018, 08:20 PM

Founder of McBain Camera chain passes away at 94

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Ross McBain, founder of the McBain Camera store chain, has died at the age of 94.

Born in May 17, 1924, McBain grew up and lived in Edmonton.

He founded McBain Camera in 1949, which grew to eight locations from the single store on 101 Street – and he continued going to work until a month before his passing.

He was the founding president of the Better Business Bureau; past president of Northlands, the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce, and the Alberta Aviation Council; and has served as direct of the Edmonton Eskimo Football Club, along with a number of other organizations.

https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/founder-...t-94-1.3951899

**norwoodguy** · 03-06-2018, 04:34 AM

^
Pretty astounding that McBain has persisted and survived as a bricks and mortar business despite all of the changes in the retail landscape. Even before the internet McBain had to survive all of its other competitors, some with deeper pockets and a larger footprint. A lot of businesses that sold camera and photography gear have come and gone in the city: Saveco, Kits Camera, Astral Photo, Blacks, Japan Camera, Consumers Distributing, Acme, and others that I have forgotten. Plus the chain stores like Futureshop, Bestbuy and London Drugs. And unlike some of its larger competitors McBain only sells photographic gear.

**Edmonton PRT** · 04-06-2018, 09:18 PM

Do one thing and do it well...

**norwoodguy** · 05-06-2018, 02:16 AM

Ex San Francisco 49er receiver Dwight Clark has died at the age of 61 from ALS. He is famous for the "The Catch" that he made at the back of the endzone of a pass from a scrambling Joe Montana that won the 1981 NFC championship game against the Dallas Cowboys.

Sportsnet

**Sonic Death Monkey** · 05-06-2018, 12:16 PM

Kate Spade, 55
Suicide

**H.L.** · 05-06-2018, 12:24 PM

Damn! It's such a shame she had nobody to turn to..

**North Guy66** · 08-06-2018, 08:03 AM

Anthony Bourdain, 61

Found dead in France from apparent suicide.

**Edmonton PRT** · 08-06-2018, 08:12 AM

Super sad to hear the news. Great show and sounded like a nice guy. Traveled the world and it was his oyster but it hid a darkness within. Lots of drug use in his past and one questions how that affects his thoughts. Sorry to see him go.

**H.L.** · 08-06-2018, 10:21 AM

I'm in shock. I loved his show. Both he and Kate Spade leave young children behind..so very sad.

**Drumbones** · 09-06-2018, 11:29 AM

The younger sister of Queen Maxima of the Netherlands has died at her home in the Argentine capital, reports say.

Inés Zorreguieta was 33 and is understood to have taken her own life.

She was bridesmaid at her sister's wedding to then Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander in 2002 and is godmother to their youngest daughter, 11-year-old Princess Ariane.

KC · 09-06-2018, 11:37 AM

Originally Posted by H.L.

I'm in shock. I loved his show. Both he and Kate Spade leave young children behind..so very sad.

They were both fully capable of thinking through the consequences of their actions so I have to assume that they weighed the various outcomes and chose the option they wanted the most.

**RichardS** · 09-06-2018, 01:58 PM

I don't know if it is that simple KC...

**kkozoriz** · 09-06-2018, 03:27 PM

Originally Posted by KC

Originally Posted by H.L.

I'm in shock. I loved his show. Both he and Kate Spade leave young children behind..so very sad.

They were both fully capable of thinking through the consequences of their actions so I have to assume that they weighed the various outcomes and chose the option they wanted the most.

Yeah, because suicide is a logical and rational decision, never taken on the spur of the moment or when a situation seems hopeless. People sit down and work out the pros and cons and then make a fully informed decision to hang themselves.

Happens all the time.

**Dialog** · 09-06-2018, 04:01 PM

My Bourdain hypothesis? Accidental.

**H.L.** · 09-06-2018, 04:10 PM

Originally Posted by Dialog

My Bourdain hypothesis? Accidental.

He used a belt, from the hotels housecoat..

Plus, he was apparently known for having dark days of depression

**H.L.** · 09-06-2018, 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by KC

Originally Posted by H.L.

I'm in shock. I loved his show. Both he and Kate Spade leave young children behind..so very sad.

They were both fully capable of thinking through the consequences of their actions so I have to assume that they weighed the various outcomes and chose the option they wanted the most.

Obviously you have never been extremely depressed to the point that you want out, if you think they were capable at this time of thinking about their children, you are wrong..

KC · 09-06-2018, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by H.L.

Originally Posted by KC

Originally Posted by H.L.

I'm in shock. I loved his show. Both he and Kate Spade leave young children behind..so very sad.

They were both fully capable of thinking through the consequences of their actions so I have to assume that they weighed the various outcomes and chose the option they wanted the most.

Obviously you have never been extremely depressed to the point that you want out, if you think they were capable at this time of thinking about their children, you are wrong..

If it was at all contempted then certainly they would have thought about their children. Then they made a decision. It may not be one the average person is comfortable with, or understands, but a lot of people act in their own interests on all kinds of other issues, so why not this?

**H.L.** · 09-06-2018, 04:52 PM

Originally Posted by KC

Originally Posted by H.L.

Originally Posted by KC

Originally Posted by H.L.

I'm in shock. I loved his show. Both he and Kate Spade leave young children behind..so very sad.

They were both fully capable of thinking through the consequences of their actions so I have to assume that they weighed the various outcomes and chose the option they wanted the most.

Obviously you have never been extremely depressed to the point that you want out, if you think they were capable at this time of thinking about their children, you are wrong..

If it was at all contempted then certainly they would have thought about their children. Then they made a decision. It may not be one the average person is comfortable with, or understands, but a lot of people act in their own interests on all kinds of other issues, so why not this?

I'm not going to debate this with you, I adore my children, but when I tried to kill myself, I didnt give them a thought, I just wanted the hurt, the pain to end..

KC · 10-06-2018, 10:27 AM

Well, some severe problems reflected here (see below) but the derogatory label that comes to my mind is supreme *******. Addicts deserve compassion and treatment. Addicts that casually and repeatedly put other innocent lives at risk need to be prevented from doing so if they don’t do so themselves. If by mid-life one does something extremely stupid I’d expect it to only happen once, at most twice, and then some introspection, recognition, empathy among other basic mature human thinking should kick in.

Anthony Bourdain was ‘regularly suicidal’ after end of first marriage
By Michael Kaplan

https://pagesix.com/2018/06/09/antho...249.1528563304

**Sonic Death Monkey** · 10-06-2018, 11:32 AM

Danny Kerwin (early Fleetwood Mac), 68

**Sonic Death Monkey** · 21-06-2018, 11:29 AM

Koko the gorilla, 46
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/k...715701?cmp=rss

KC · 21-06-2018, 10:27 PM

Originally Posted by Sonic Death Monkey

Koko the gorilla, 46
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/k...715701?cmp=rss

“National Geographic
✔
@NatGeo
Koko the gorilla, who appeared on our cover, could chat, tease, and even argue with scientists using sign language. She has died at the age of 46.

7:09 AM - Jun 21, 2018“

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44559261

**H.L.** · 21-06-2018, 11:01 PM

Bless her.She was so smart!

**North Guy66** · 25-06-2018, 10:15 PM

Another hard rocker bites the dust.....

Pantera Drummer Vinnie Paul Dies at 54

Vinnie Paul, drummer for Pantera, Damageplan and Hellyeah, has died at the age of 54, according to his label and a post on Pantera’s Facebook page. No cause of death was disclosed.

https://variety.com/2018/music/news/...54-1202855888/

**Drumbones** · 26-06-2018, 09:32 AM

June 25; Richard Harrison, known as "the Old Man" on cult reality show Pawn Stars has died at the age of 77. Harrison's death was confirmed by his son and co-star on the History channel show, Rick Harrison, who called his father his "hero"

**Spudly** · 27-06-2018, 11:52 AM

Joe Jackson, musical family patriarch, dead at 89

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/27/enter...bit/index.html

KC · 28-06-2018, 11:46 AM

Originally Posted by norwoodguy

^
Pretty astounding that McBain has persisted and survived as a bricks and mortar business despite all of the changes in the retail landscape. Even before the internet McBain had to survive all of its other competitors, some with deeper pockets and a larger footprint. A lot of businesses that sold camera and photography gear have come and gone in the city: Saveco, Kits Camera, Astral Photo, Blacks, Japan Camera, Consumers Distributing, Acme, and others that I have forgotten. Plus the chain stores like Futureshop, Bestbuy and London Drugs. And unlike some of its larger competitors McBain only sells photographic gear.

Interesting life story:

Civic booster Ross McBain developed successful chain of camera stores | Edmonton Journal

“A pediatric unit at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital is named for him in honour of his donations.”

http://edmontonjournal.com/news/insi...-camera-stores

**kkozoriz** · 28-06-2018, 02:50 PM

Harlan Ellison, 84.

Ellison was one of the most respected and venerated authors in the speculative fiction world. He was the recipient of eight Hugo Awards, four Nebula Awards of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, five Bram Stoker Awards of the Horror Writers Association, two Edgar Awards of the Mystery Writers of America, two World Fantasy Award from annual conventions, and two Georges Méliès fantasy film awards.

https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/27...es-away-at-84/

**Paul Turnbull** · 29-06-2018, 07:39 PM

Harlan Ellison was a huge deal and a huge influence in the SF world as well as being a hugely divisive figure. Here three pieces by the people placed best to talk about him, his peers.

Neil Gaiman: Harlan Ellison
John Scalzi on the famously curmudgeonly and irascible Harlan Ellison
Cory Doctorow: RIP, Harlan Ellison

**kcantor** · 29-06-2018, 09:00 PM

^
^^
one of my favourite lines attributed to ellison was and still is “the two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity” although not necessarily in that order.

**kkozoriz** · 06-07-2018, 10:37 PM

Steve Ditko, 90

Artist Steve Ditko, who co-created Spider-Man and Doctor Strange with Stan Lee, has died at age 90.

The New York Police Department confirmed his death to The Hollywood Reporter. No cause of death was announced. Ditko was found dead in his apartment on June 29 and it is believed he died about two days earlier.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/am...was-90-1125489