RIP Thread... pile them up in here

John Lyle, an original "Tuskegee Airman" dies at 98.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/john-jack-lyle-legendary-tuskegee-airmen-dies-98/?fbclid=IwAR

 

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/15/entertainment/carol-channing-dead/index.html

 

She's still alive ??? I thought she died years ago.

 

that's my line. i got confused between phyllis diller and carol channing.

 

One was a self deprecating comedienne and the other was "Diamonds are a girls best friend." What's to confuse?

 

May not be the usual celebrity post here but thought he deserved mention due to his service:


Only 9 Navajo Code Talkers Were Left. Sadly, That Number Just Fell
Alfred K. Newman has died in New Mexico at age of 94

http://www.newser.com/story/269980/dwindling-navajo-code-talkers-lose-one-of-their-own.html

 

But, happily, Alfred E. Newman is still alive.

 

What me worry ??

We're showing our age here guys.

 

loved MAD MAGAZINE as a kid. funny as all hell.

 

You sick bastard !!!!

Oh wait.

Me too.

 

Speaking of Comics........remember these guys......Fat Freddys Cat was Hilarious.

 

Shroom shine. That was one of my favorite issues.

 

Wish I still had some of the old issues. I must have had 'em as far back as 1972 or so.

 

R&B singer James Ingram, who collected two Grammy Awards and a pair of No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hits over his decades-long career, has died at age 66.

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/8495601/james-ingram-dead-obituary

 

Julie Adams, Damsel in Distress in 'Creature From the Black Lagoon,' Dies at 92.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/julie-adams-dead-creature-black-lagoon-actress-was-92-1047543

 

Stewart Adams, the inventor of Ibuprofen, at 95

http://www.legacy.com/news/celebrit...rt-adams-1923-2019-inventor-of-ibuprofen-used

 

wow - when in need, I have Advil on standby ! Thanks Mr. Adams.

 

Frank Robinson, MLB's first black Manager and HOF'er, dead at age 83.

 

First player to have earned MVP in both leagues.