Though already mentioned elsewhere, I again report the passing, early last week, of my aunt, age 96, the last of our clan of her generation. She and her husband, who lived to be 91, were among the best people I've known, real "salt of the earth" folk. (We had little to do with the rest of the clan, for reasons it is not my place to divulge.) My brother and I attended the visitation, service, and burial yesterday, 17 Feb 2024. A three-plus hour drive each way, in freezing temps! We also attended an after-burial clan get-together/lunch, held at what has been, from as far back as I can remember up until now, my aunt and uncle's home. I've many fond memories of visits there during my youth. It somehow seemed much larger back then. My cousin, their son, a playmate of mine back in the day, now looking every inch the elder citizen, says they'd like to keep the home in the family . . . if possible.

Attendance at all these events was noticeably less than at my uncle's burial some years back, which is to be expected with the older generations of our clan fading away at an ever-increasing rate. I myself was in doubt of being able to attend up until the last minute, due to a nasty lung-related ailment I've suffered from off and on since a few days before Christmas last.

Sorry for your loss, sending virtual hugs!

Sorry hear of your loss. Hope your ailment gets better soon.

Sorry to hear, Decrepit. Yah as we get older, we start to go one by one.



This is amazing, someone keeps track of this.

Khajiit sends you his condolences.

So sorry to hear that D.

So sorry and condolences, Decrepit.

RIP Donald Sutherland. I think I will celebrate him and his positive waves by watching Kelly's Heroes.

The last thing I saw him in was that dreadful The Hunger Games movie. The first one. Didn’t see the others. I feel like that’s a shame because he was a good actor.

I enjoyed all the Hunger Games movies. Donald Sutherland was outstanding as the evil president.

Khajiit really put his foot in his mouth with that hot take

If you don't like it, you don't like it. No big deal. I tried watching a number of the other Teen/YA sci fi serieses in the 2010s like 5th Wave, Maze Runner, etc... and just could not get into them either. I think the HG movies and novels really hit for me is because they have such a strong focus on oligarchy, class, and the exploitation of the masses. It is also where I first learned about the tactic of the double tap in warfare. I only found out later the the CIA had been doing it for years with drone strikes.

NOOOOO!!!! James Earl Jones passed today!

That is sad to hear. His voice alone deserved its own zip code. Or IMDB page, or something.

Indeed.

Nieeeeeeen!!!

A weird one today. Actor Gene Hackman, his wife, and their dog were found dead in their home. Carbon monoxide poisoning maybe?

Oh and Michelle Trachtenberg (Harriet the Spy, Buffy TVS) passed yesterday. That one also took me by surprise. She was younger than I am!

Both of those stink. Michelle in Euro Trip was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥.

Carbon monoxide is certainly no joke. A buddy of mine and his wife had a close call with that. They were waking up with headaches and he had the foresight to call a HVAC company about it and the tech found an 8" long crack in their furnace. Could have been very bad.

That Gene Hackman one, that's sus deluxe. From what I've read there isn't any indication of Carbon Monoxide or any gas leaks.
If it wasn't that I can only guess Gene died of natural causes, then his wife found him dead and decided to take her and their dog's life via overdose to be with him in death.

Being out of commission for so long with health woes, I'm late to the game here, so what I have to share might be old news. Regardless . . . this video, by a Hospice Nurse, has a different take on the Hackmans' deaths.

Last I heard from the Sherrif guy, his wife actually died first of some kind of heart issue caused by a virus from rodents, and Gene Hackman had Alzheimer’s and couldn’t take care of himself basically. The dog was locked in a kennel and died of dehydration.

Such a tragic end to such a great actor .

Welp, 2025 claims another. RIP Val Kilmer. I had heard that his health was poor so perhaps his passing wasn’t as surprising as it could have been, but still…

He has been fighting cancer for years, so it is not a surprise. Though it looks like it was pneumonia that got him. Sad to see him go.

Ironically, he would pass away on April the first, when I heard about his passing, I thought it WAS an April fool's joke bad sadly it wasn't. RIP Val Kilmer and thank you for the memories T_T.

This one was a real bummer to see. Someone in an Elder Scrolls meme-posting group on Facebook shared a screenshot from the Oblivion Remastered credits that memorialized Noah Nelson. He's the new voice actor for the male Orcs, but he also voiced them in Skyrim, like the librarian at the College of Winterhold. My first callback when I first heard him in Skyrim was Tohru from the cartoon series Jackie Chan Adventures, where he started off as a villain but later became a good guy.

Weirdly, though, I couldn't find anything about his passing online. But it seems the screenshot was legit. So, if he has passed, RIP, Noah Nelson. He is THE male Orc voice to me.

Yeah I really liked that they changed to his voice for the male Orcs in the remaster. Nothing against the guy who did the voice for the Nords and Orcs in Oldblivion, but I like that they gave each race a unique voice actor.