R.I.P. 2014

[urgeok2]

it's a great waste of talent. he had a long career of quality films before him.

but the real shame is the 3 kids. No kid needs to lose a parent to a needle.

[Sculpt]

Originally Posted by neverending

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/29/ar...t-94.html?_r=0


Pete Seeger dead at 94. RIP.

This one hits me hard on a personal level, just as the deaths of Forrest Ackerman, Ray Bradbury and Kurt Vonnegut did. Not just someone who I thought was a great artist, but someone who had a great effect on my life, who I looked up to as a great human being. I'm sad tonight.

To Seeger, singing wasn't just something he could make money at, but a tool to be used to make the world a better place. This cost him a great deal personally, as he fond himself blacklisted from TV snd radio for having been a member of the Communist Party at one point. He never apologized for his beliefs, or his life, and was convicted of Contempt of Congress for telling the House Un-American Activities Committee this:



He founded several programs and foundations, gave away a lot of his own money, and was still winning Grammys as recently as 2011. He never gave up. Mr. Seeger, you were a great inspiration to me. And now you're gone.

Well said, Lee. A good man, and a great American. I played Pete's performances of Turn, Turn, Turn and Where Have All the Flowers Gone on my radio show last Friday. Found my voice upset after each one. Of Pete Seeger, these are the worthy role models.

[hammerfan]

[cheebacheeba]

Just read about that...seems somehow surreal.

[Sculpt]

Not well know was her life after film...

She was appointed Representative to the 24th United Nations General Assembly by President Richard M. Nixon (September – December 1969),[97][98] and was appointed United States Ambassador to Ghana (December 6, 1974 – July 13, 1976) by President Gerald R. Ford.[99] She was appointed first female Chief of Protocol of the United States (July 1, 1976 – January 21, 1977), and was in charge of arrangements for President Jimmy Carter's inauguration and inaugural ball.[99][100] She served as the United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (August 23, 1989 – July 12, 1992), having been appointed by President George H. W. Bush.[33]

[hammerfan]

Ralph Waite, best known for playing the father in The Waltons. Recently, he's been playing Gibbs's father in NCIS.

[newb]

Sid Caesar, a comedic force of nature who became one of television’s first stars in the early 1950s and influenced generations of comedians and comedy writers, died on Wednesday at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 91.

His death was announced by Eddy Friedfeld, a family spokesman.

[hammerfan]

Harold Ramis

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entert...,2259309.story

[MichaelMyers]

Originally Posted by hammerfan

Harold Ramis

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entert...,2259309.story

Terrible loss. Guess no Ghostbusters 4 now.

[hammerfan]

Originally Posted by MichaelMyers

Terrible loss. Guess no Ghostbusters 4 now.

I didn't know there was a Ghostbusters 3.