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Post by jimsteel on Mar 12, 2018 10:29:34 GMT -5
 Hubert de Givenchy -- the legendary fashion designer to celebs like Audrey Hepburn and Jackie Kennedy -- has died at his home near Paris. Givenchy died in his sleep Saturday night, according to his longtime partner, designer Philippe Venet. Hepburn famously wore Givenchy's designs in several of her movies, including "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "Sabrina" -- and she went on to become an ambassador for his brand. |
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Post by jimsteel on Mar 12, 2018 18:43:37 GMT -5
  Floyd Carter Sr., one of the remaining Tuskegee Airmen and NYPD veteran, dies at 95 Floyd Carter Sr., one of the last of the Tuskegee Airmen, dedicated his remarkable life to serving his country and his city. The decorated veteran of three wars and 27 years with the NYPD died Thursday at age 95, leaving a long legacy as a groundbreaking hero pilot and a city police detective. Carter, who simultaneously rose through the ranks of the U.S. Air Force Reserves and the police, was honored in 2007 with the Congressional Gold Medal by President Bush for breaking the color barrier in Tuskegee. |
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Post by TTX on Mar 12, 2018 19:51:50 GMT -5
Wide definition of celebrity here but RIP anyways and thanks for what he did for the country.
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Post by jimsteel on Mar 13, 2018 12:30:34 GMT -5
 Craig Mack, New York rapper on Diddy's Bad Boy label, dead at 46 Craig Mack, the Long Island rapper who found fame on Sean "Diddy" Combs' Bad Boy Records in the mid-1990s, has died at age 46, his producer confirmed to the Daily News. Mack — who launched to hip-hop acclaim with the platinum hit “Flava in Ya Ear” in 1994 before being overshadowed by fellow artists such as the Notorious B.I.G. — died of heart failure at a hospital near his Walterboro, S.C., home Monday. |
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Post by jimsteel on Mar 13, 2018 23:05:19 GMT -5
 Scientist Stephen Hawking has died aged 76 Scientist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76, a spokesman for his family has said. Professor Hawking's children, Lucy, Robert and Tim said in a statement: "We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today. "He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years. "His courage and persistence with his brilliance and humour inspired people across the world. "He once said, 'It would not be much of a universe if it wasn't home to the people you love.' The world famous physicist and cosmologist was the subject of the 2014 film The Theory Of Everything, which starred Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones. He also performed several cameos in the US comedy series The Big Bang Theory. Hawking contracted motor neurone disease in 1963 and was given two years to live but he went on to study at Cambridge and became one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Albert Einstein. He was given more than a dozen honorary degrees and was awarded the CBE in 1982. |
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Post by TTX on Mar 14, 2018 5:12:46 GMT -5
amazed at all his accomplishments. RIP.
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Post by jimsteel on Mar 14, 2018 9:40:14 GMT -5
 Nokie Edwards, the Ventures' Lead Guitarist, Dead at 82 Nokie Edwards, whose guitar playing in the Ventures helped define surf rock and earned the group a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, died on Monday. He was 82 years old. "Nokie Edwards passed away today after several months battling an infection after hip surgery this past December," says a statement on the band's website. "The Ventures family feels this loss very deeply: Nokie has been part of the Ventures' history for almost six decades and helped to shape the early Ventures' sound and the success of their career." The Ventures hit Number Two in 1960 with the propulsive classic, "Walk Don't Run." Even though the single was an instrumental, it was so successful that the band recorded a new version in 1964 that also became a top 10 hit. The band scored another major hit four years later when their brassy theme for the police procedural Hawaii Five-O reached Number Four. The Ventures released three gold-certified albums – The Ventures Play Telstar and the Lonely Bull, Golden Greats and Hawaii Five-O – and at one point they had five albums in the top 100 simultaneously. |
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Post by jimsteel on Mar 14, 2018 9:41:53 GMT -5
 Jim Bowen: Comedian and former Bullseye host dies at 80 Broadcaster and comedian Jim Bowen, best known for hosting darts-based game show Bullseye in the 1980s and '90s, has died at the age of 80. His wife Phyllis confirmed the news to BBC Radio Lancashire. The former deputy headmaster, who lived in North Lancashire, began his career as a stand-up comedian on the club circuit in the 1960s. He became a household name when he began presenting Bullseye in 1981. The Sunday tea time show ran for 14 years. It attracted 17.5 million viewers at its peak and involved three pairs of contestants - with a "thrower", who would throw the darts, and a "knower", who would answer general knowledge questions. |
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Post by TTX on Mar 14, 2018 10:27:27 GMT -5
Really enjoyed The Ventures. RIP.
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Post by jimsteel on Mar 14, 2018 11:03:09 GMT -5
 Actor Steve Reevis of ‘Fargo,’ ‘Dances With Wolves’ dies at 55 |
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