The R.I.P. thread

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Remember him well from Game For A Laugh and the hilariously bad Going For Gold.

My condolences to his family and friends.

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Michelle Trachtenberg, who played Dawn in Buffy The Vampire Slayer, has died aged 39.

From other reports, it sounds like she had been battling liver disease. Tragically young.

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He made the BBC.

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:pleading_face:

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Ah, damn. One of true greats, amazing actor. Still, at least he lived a long and fulfilled life. Rest in peace.

Gene Hackman has died.

Thatā€™s not unexpected at his age, but his wife was found dead with him. Police donā€™t suspect foul play.

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Yeah, him, his wife, and their dog. No foul play suspected, suggests to me a gas leak of some sort. Very sad for the surviving family to lose the whole group in one day

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RIP to all who passed away in the last few days

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Didnā€™t realise Gene Hackman is already 95. RIP

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Itā€™s possibly a thing with actors that you always picture them as the age they were when you see them in films. I was surprised to find out that Michael Caine is 91.

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He is, but not a lot of people know that.

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Yeah, I saw a picture of Gene Hackman a couple of months ago as he looked then on one those articles asking readers to guess who he was. I didnt recognise him, forgetting how old he actually was.

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Very strange for the wife and dog to die too. If foul play ruled out, sounds like a gas leak, carbon monoxide or something. Sad business.

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Never liked losing and could get quite sulky if he got a question wrong but now he has the answer to the one question everyone has asked since the dawn of time.

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https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2025/0301/1499643-poet-writer-and-broadcaster-pat-ingoldsby-dies-aged-82/

Rest in Peace. A truly lovely man.

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I think most of us would have grown up with Pats Hat and Pats Chat.
RIP

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Another talented one gone!
RIP Angie Stone.

https://x.com/_DJShort/status/1895902012824547663?t=25044AyI8oElCH60bw7U_g&s=09

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Bought a couple of his poetry books from him when he used to sell them on Grafton St back in the day. Seemed like a nice guy, had his demons of course.

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We will have all seen the works of this guy. Started out as a coal mining engineer at 16yrs of age in Scotland, then took up painting as a hobby when he was still only a young 21yr old.
One reason I followed his story with interest, was when he said some of paintings were lifted from lines in a song he liked. Amongst other, Leonard Cohen song titles were copied onto his paintings.

Anyway, RIP to Jack Vettriano aged 73yrs youngā€¦
whose works brought colour and imagery to the dark world we find ourselves in.

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Take This Waltz.

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