RIP someone or another

[purk]

I was just listening to Melisa and Mountain Jam on my drive to Florida earlier today.  RIP Gregg...you are truly transcendence.

Edited May 28, 2017 by purk

[Dusty Chalk]

 

[Pars]

RIP Gregg...

this year seems like a continuation of last year

[guzziguy]

RIP Gregg.

[jp11801]

Man this sucks, RIP Gregg. I have seen the ABB more times than any other band and they never failed to hit the note! Man 69 is just too damn young to go. 

 

 

[morphsci]

RIP Gregg, Roger and the victims in Manchester. Fuck 2017 and fuck stupid terrorist Fucks!

[HemiSam]

RIP, Gregg.  Eat a Peach...countless listens to that gem.

This one seems befitting.  Godspeed....

HS

[Craig Sawyers]

RIP John Noakes. He is probably only known to Brits of a certain age, but he was one of the presenters on a Children's magazine programme called Blue Peter in the 60's and 70's, and was a must watch (it is still running!)

Noakes was known as a high risk guy - on one show he climbed Nelson's column with the pigeon shit cleaning team. Up a set of wooden ladders, including an overhang at the plinth. With no safety gear, harness, hard had etc - and wearing the 70's fashion statement of bell bottomed trousers.

Died at age 83 after a battle with Alzheimers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40083025

And this has the Nelson's Column sequence.

[TMoney]

Adam West 

[HemiSam]

Oh no....  Iconic figure in my early years.  So good at that twisted role and series.  Worked for me in the early '70's.

Godspeed, Adam...

HS

[Craig Sawyers]

Oh bugger. Adam West. More recently the voice of Mayor Adam West in Family Guy.

RIP Batman

[swt61]

RIP Adam West

[guzziguy]

The best Batman ever.  RIP Adam West.

[robm321]

^ Yes. RIP Adam West.

[Dusty Chalk]

 

[sbelyo]

Godspeed Adam

[Knuckledragger]

88 years is a pretty damn good run.  Adam West was one of those dues who became cooler the older he got.  

[skullguise]

RIP Adam West.....and yeah, he got even better with age.  I think he both took himself too seriously AND was self-deprecating all at once.

[Wmcmanus]

Sad news, RIP, Caped Crusader. You sure had me believing.

Batman trio (with Burt Ward Julie Newmar) 2015 with some random dude who seeks celeb pics standing in back.

 

Edited June 11, 2017 by Wmcmanus

[Craig Sawyers]

RIP the 12 confirmed dead in an horrendous fire in a 24 storey block of flats in London. Fire broke out in one flat, and rapidly spread to others. A refurbishment was complete a couple of years ago, including an external cladding, which turned out to be flammable. No sprinklers, single stairwell. Not in a third world country - in London.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/14/fire-24-storey-grenfell-tower-block-white-city-latimer-road-london

Many dozens in hospital, the rest escaped in night attire.

[Hopstretch]

Terrible. An absolute scandal.

Yesterday was not a good news day anywhere.

[Dusty Chalk]

 

[Craig Sawyers]

Death toll has risen to 17, and likely to rise significantly further (some floors are still smouldering with local fires still burning). 37 in hospital with 17 in critical care.

Astonishingly there seems to be no good data about how many people were in the building.

[swt61]

So sad and so avoidable. I hope that contractor does prison time!

[Craig Sawyers]

Apparently the contractor had that block of flats on their website as a selling point for their services. They have since removed it.

Someone, or possibly several will be prosecuted for certain. And since this is "social housing" it is managed by a company wholly owned by Kensington council. So heads will also roll in public office too. A litany of corner cutting, incompetence, and not enough money.

Currently getting on for a hundred not accounted for, although to date only 17 have been confirmed - the news just gets worse.