R.I.P.s

[Mike from Boston]

One of the greats, Don Rickles 90

Actor Comedian and Insult King

Kelly's Hero's and Casino among other movies

[Tal]

https://www.facebook.com/hope.n.hate/ph ... 54/?type=3

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Aurelio Grossi, the last surviving member of the Italian anti-fascist volunteers who went to Spain, has passed away at home.

[Mike from Boston]

Didn't know this guy, but the obit is pretty good.

Irishman Dies from Stubbornness, Whiskey

Chris Connors died, at age 67, after trying to box his bikini-clad hospice nurse just moments earlier. Ladies’ man, game slayer, and outlaw Connors told his last inappropriate joke on Friday, December 9, 2016, that which cannot be printed here. Anyone else fighting ALS and stage 4 pancreatic cancer would have gone quietly into the night, but Connors was stark naked drinking Veuve in a house full of friends and family as Al Green played from the speakers. The way he died is just like he lived: he wrote his own rules, he fought authority and he paved his own way. And if you said he couldn't do it, he would make sure he could.

Most people thought he was crazy for swimming in the ocean in January; for being a skinny Irish Golden Gloves boxer from Quincy, Massachusetts; for dressing up as a priest and then proceeding to get into a fight at a Jewish deli. Many gawked at his start of a career on Wall Street without a financial background - but instead with an intelligent, impish smile, love for the spoken word, irreverent sense of humor, and stunning blue eyes that could make anyone fall in love with him.

As much as people knew hanging out with him would end in a night in jail or a killer screwdriver hangover, he was the type of man that people would drive 16 hours at the drop of a dime to come see. He lived 1000 years in the 67 calendar years we had with him because he attacked life; he grabbed it by the lapels, kissed it, and swung it back onto the dance floor. At the age of 26 he planned to circumnavigate the world - instead, he ended up spending 40 hours on a life raft off the coast of Panama. In 1974, he founded the Quincy Rugby Club. In his thirties, he sustained a knife wound after saving a woman from being mugged in New York City. He didn't slow down: at age 64, he climbed to the base camp of Mount Everest. Throughout his life, he was an accomplished hunter and birth control device tester (with some failures, notably Caitlin Connors, 33; Chris Connors, 11; and Liam Connors, .

He was a rare combination of someone who had a love of life and a firm understanding of what was important - the simplicity of living a life with those you love. Although he threw some of the most memorable parties during the greater half of a century, he would trade it all for a night in front of the fire with his family in Maine. His acute awareness of the importance of a life lived with the ones you love over any material possession was only handicapped by his territorial attachment to the remote control of his Sonos music.

Chris enjoyed cross-dressing, a well-made fire, and mashed potatoes with lots of butter. His regrets were few, but include eating a rotisserie hot dog from an unmemorable convenience store in the summer of 1986.

Of all the people he touched, both willing and unwilling, his most proud achievement in life was marrying his wife Emily Ayer Connors who supported him in all his glory during his heyday and lovingly supported him physically during their last days together.

Absolut vodka and Simply Orange companies are devastated by the loss of Connors. A "Celebration of Life" will be held during Happy Hour (4 p.m.) at York Harbor Inn on Monday, December 19.

In lieu of flowers, please pay open bar tab or donate to Connors' water safety fund at www.thechrisconnorsfund.com.

[Mike from Boston]

J. Geils, 71

Guitarist for the J. Geils Band. One of the great live bands of all time. Another Rock and Roll Hall of Fame travesty that the Geils band isn't in the Hall.

Got to meet him once at a friends wedding. He had a couple of side projects and he was in the wedding band, pretty cool. Nice guy RIP.

[Low D]

J. Geils, 71

Guitarist for the J. Geils Band. One of the great live bands of all time. Another Rock and Roll Hall of Fame travesty that the Geils band isn't in the Hall.

Got to meet him once at a friends wedding. He had a couple of side projects and he was in the wedding band, pretty cool. Nice guy RIP.

His blood runs cold...

[Low D]

The world's oldest person - and last born in the 19th century - Emma Morano of northern Italy, has died at 117.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/emma-moran ... -1.4071898

[Tal]

Mr Fitzpatrick, 60, was originally from Belfast and had played with Aslan and Van Morrison, The Blades etc.

[Low D]

Mr Fitzpatrick, 60, was originally from Belfast and had played with Aslan and Van Morrison, The Blades etc.

Patrick Fitzpatrick, incidentally, which must win some sort of award for most irish name of all time.

The independent article mentions that Aslan singer Christy Dignam is also fighting cancer himself.

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment ... 35898.html

[Mike from Boston]

Aaron Hernandez, 27

Former NFL NE Pats star, convicted murderer but just acquitted of two other murders. Hung himself in his jail cell.

[Mike from Boston]

Erin Moran, 56

Actress best know for playing Joanie Cunningham in Happy Days. Life was tough on Erin.

[Mike from Boston]

Mike Mantenuto, 35

Actor, Hockey player and US Army Green Beret

Very sad news. I played pickup hockey a few times with Mike. He was neighbors with one of the guys who played with us. He told us he had made a movie about the 1980 Olympic Team, but at the time we had no idea he had a huge role as Jack O'Callahan in a movie with Kurt Russell (Miracle). The guy who ran our pickup hockey told him not to come after a few weeks, because he was way too good to play with us. He was a nice kid. Very Sad. RIP.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/gr ... li=BBnb2gh

[Tal]

Alessandro Alessandroni, who has died aged 92, was an Italian composer and musician, associated in particular with the cinema;



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Only just heard,(18 March 1925 – 26 March 2017) .

[Tal]

Peter Noble, has died at the age of 72.
Burnley , Newcastle United ,Blackpool ,Swindon Town and Consett

Read more at: http://www.burnleyexpress.net/sport/foo ... -1-8530671
Read more at: http://www.burnleyexpress.net/sport/foo ... -1-8532086

[Mike from Boston]

Powers Boothe, 68

Actor-Emmy award winner for portraying Jim Jones (Guyana Cult). Southern Comfort and Red Dawn among some of his films.

[Welshie]

Rhodri Morgan, Wales First Minister and strong supporter of Welsh Devolution.
Why is it that the very small number of politicians I actually respect and like (not necessarily support politically) are dying.
RIP
Cheers
Aled