(OT) Death Notices

[wcoastphan]

I'm not a basketball fan, but this is worthy of "semi-famous"

video here

[LoneStarPhan]

Art Donovan

Former DT with the Baltimore Colts. Hall of Fame. Popular late night TV guest.

[kalasfan]

George Duke

[tom81]

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Karen Black (July 1, 1939 – August 8, 2013) was an American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter. She is known for her appearances in such films as Easy Rider (1969), Five Easy Pieces (1970), The Great Gatsby, Rhinoceros and Airport 1975 (all 1974), The Day of the Locust, Nashville, (both 1975), and Alfred Hitchcock's final film, Family Plot (1976).

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[kalasfan]

Eydie Gormé

[Lawman]

Actress Lisa Robin Kelly, a star of TV's "That '70s Show," has died, according to her agent.

[EastFallowfield]

Elmore Leonard

[Chonogo]

Actress Lisa Robin Kelly, a star of TV's "That '70s Show," has died, according to her agent.

huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/1 ... ostpopular

A cause of death for actress Lisa Robin Kelly will not be revealed for another two months, despite the fact that an autopsy has already been performed, CNN reports.

Is the bolded normal in these circumstances? Seems like a long time to get a cause of death.

[Lucky_Beagle]

Actress Lisa Robin Kelly, a star of TV's "That '70s Show," has died, according to her agent.

huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/1 ... ostpopular

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A cause of death for actress Lisa Robin Kelly will not be revealed for another two months[/quote]

, despite the fact that an autopsy has already been performed, CNN reports.

Is the bolded normal in these circumstances? Seems like a long time to get a cause of death.

IIRC it often takes a couple of months for drug reports to come back...I would guess they can be speed dialed if needed, but this is consistent with what I recall in waiting for official toxiology reports. Someone please correct me if I am thinking wrong on the subject.

[bkox]

Long time MLB umpire Frank Pulli

[zambonir]

Long time MLB umpire Frank Pulli

Aw. Local (Lehigh Valley) guy. Very nice man. Got me my first signed baseball (Tom Underwood). I'm sure there will be much more in the Easton and Allentown papers.

[el-pietro]

Irish poet Seamus Heaney at the age of 74.

Heaney is someone everyone in Ireland is ffamiliar with as his poems are taught right throughout your school life.

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[tom81]

Muriel Siebert, a Determined Trailblazer for Women on Wall Street, Dies at 84

[el-pietro]

bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23920336
David Frost, aged 74, probably most famous for his Richard Nixon Interviews.

[bkox]

Tweet from the AP:

BREAKING: Former heavyweight champion Ken Norton has died, his son said. He was 70.

[SCPhillyPhan]

This is not the usual kind of obit posted here, but this gentleman was an American hero who happens to be from my part of the world and I thought I should share. He deserves it.

with strong Horry County roots dies in apparent drowning

His last assignment was commanding general, combined field Army, Republic of Korea/United States, assigned to defend the DMZ from Camp Red Cloud Korea.

As director, Vaught stood with Carter and other top national security officials in the White House Situation Room to scrutinize classified plans to end the Iranian hostage crisis. The mission was to rescue 53 American hostages who had been held since the previous November.
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For months he led a group of elite soldiers from various branches of the military through training exercises to prepare for the rescue mission, which grew more urgent – and captured more of America’s attention – with each passing day. A series of misfires, including a helicopter crash that killed eight American soldiers, ensured the failure of what would come to be known as one of the biggest blunders of Carter’s presidency.

In 1985, Vaught chaired a study group sponsored by the American Security Council. The group produced and sent the “Peace through Strength” proposal to the White House. President Ronald Reagan adopted the idea and used it to neutralize and eliminate the Soviet Union without firing a shot.

[Lawman]

Author Tom Clancy, whose novel, "The Hunt for Red October" propelled him to fame, fortune and status as a favorite storyteller of the American military, has died, according to sources with his publisher and family. He was 66.

[tom81]

Author Tom Clancy, whose novel, "The Hunt for Red October" propelled him to fame, fortune and status as a favorite storyteller of the American military, has died, according to sources with his publisher and family. He was 66.

He also was very successful at video games. In addition to many hours reading his books and watching movies based upon them I probably spent days playing Ghost Recon with my friends. abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=20451179&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

[SeferKoheleth]

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, former Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel and arguably the greatest arbiter of Jewish law since the 16th century. 850,000 attended his funeral (more than 10% of all Israel), on just 5 hours notice.

He also, unfortunately, said a number of things that were misunderstood or misreported, especially over the past few years as age took its toll on his once great mind.

[kalasfan]

Scott Carpenter