January 2023 Obituaries

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January 2023 Obituaries

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December's thread is locked so I'm posting this here even though she passed on December 29th.

Former Madonna University president, Sister Rose Marie Kujawa, dead at 79.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/forme ... 7430daf0ef
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The threads should be kept open for a few days after the new month.

R.I.P. to Anita Pointer of "The Pointer Sisters", who died on 12/31/22 after a battle with cancer at the age of 74.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/01/obit ... -dead.html
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Jochs wrote:
Mon Jan 02, 2023 6:02 pm
The threads should be kept open for a few days after the new month.

R.I.P. to Anita Pointer of "The Pointer Sisters", who died on 12/31/22 after a battle with cancer at the age of 74.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/01/obit ... -dead.html
Saw Anita and her sisters in Las Vegas in the early 1990's. You could have powered an entire city with the energy those talented girls exuded in those performances.

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Jochs wrote:
Mon Jan 02, 2023 6:02 pm
The threads should be kept open for a few days after the new month.

They shouldn't be locked. Sometimes we don't hear of a celebrity's passing until days after...or maybe it just gets overlooked.
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RIP racer Ken Block. Known for his Gymkhana videos, the dude had unreal car control skills. For some reason it didn’t translate to winning much on the racetrack but the dude was super talented and built an entire brand off of his skills. Snowmobile accident took him out.

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In the future this thread will be left open a few days longer after the last day of the month
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Adam Rich, 'Eight is Enough' star, dead at 54
The 'Eight Is Enough' cast included Dick Van Patten as Tom Bradford, father to 8 children
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/a ... ar-dead-54
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R.I.P. former foreign affairs newsman, Bernard Kalb. He died today at the age of 100.
https://www.wxxinews.org/2023-01-08/ber ... ied-at-100
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RIP Legendary guitarist Jeff Beck, 78, from meningitis.

Name an artist/band/group and chances are he’s played with them at some point or another. You can do the 6 degrees of separation with his name for anyone, much like Kevin Bacon.

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Not a person, but "Dirt," Nevada Northern's shop cat died at the age of 15.
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R.I.P. Lisa Marie Presley, who died today after suffering cardiac arrest. She was 54.
https://www.tmz.com/2023/01/12/lisa-mar ... ac-arrest/
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Jochs wrote:
Thu Jan 12, 2023 9:00 pm
R.I.P. Lisa Marie Presley, who died today after suffering cardiac arrest. She was 54.
https://www.tmz.com/2023/01/12/lisa-mar ... ac-arrest/
You were all over that one!
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J T wrote:
Thu Jan 12, 2023 9:15 pm
Jochs wrote:
Thu Jan 12, 2023 9:00 pm
R.I.P. Lisa Marie Presley, who died today after suffering cardiac arrest. She was 54.
https://www.tmz.com/2023/01/12/lisa-mar ... ac-arrest/
You were all over that one!
I saw it on Facebook from a WNDU facebook page. WNDU is reporting it first. Tomorrow, "First, Fast, and Accurate" WSBT will report it as breaking news.
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Robbie Bachman, drummer for Bachman-Turner Overdrive, dead at 69
Robbie Bachman played in the band Bachman-Turner Overdrive with his brother Randy
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/r ... ve-dead-69
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Famed Daredevil & Stuntman Evel Knievel's Son Robbie Dead At 60
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment ... aa2c479754
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Georgia football player Devin Willock, staff member Chandler LeCroy killed in car crash
Willock was 20 and LeCroy was 24
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/georgia- ... -car-crash
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Another famous person I never heard of
Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress, dead at 95
Lollobrigida's industry rival was another Italian actress, Sophia Loren
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/g ... ss-dead-95
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AARR wrote:
Mon Jan 16, 2023 12:17 pm
Another famous person I never heard of
Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress, dead at 95
Lollobrigida's industry rival was another Italian actress, Sophia Loren
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/g ... ss-dead-95
I just remember Lola Brickada from The Flintstones.
https://www.b98.tv/video/wilma-the-maid/
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Here’s an interesting one. RIP Lucile Randon, thought to be the world’s oldest person, at 118.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/world/ ... 073785002/

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David Crosby of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash/Young is dead at 81.

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