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Coptic Pope Shenouda III dead at 88

“Cairo (CNN) -- Coptic Pope Shenouda III, the spiritual leader of Egypt's Coptic Christian community for nearly four decades, died Saturday, according to the head of the Egyptian General Coptic Association. He was 88.

"Shenouda III suffered renal failure ... due to the diabetes he endured for years," Sheif Doss told CNN.

The leader of the Coptic Christian community for 38 years, Shenouda was in poor health off and on for many years. He traveled to the United States to undergo medical tests last year.

Egypt's population is roughly 9% Coptic Christian, according to the U.S. State Department.

The Christian minority has been the target of a number of high-profile attacks in the past several years, including the bombing of a major church in Alexandria last January that left at least 21 people dead…”

 

  I saw an interview with him on TV back a year or so ago.  He seemed like a pretty neat guy.  He also talked about the problem his church had in Egypt. 
  It is sad that people of the Book can not live in peace and love with each other.

Bush impersonator dies at 48

(CNN) – Steve Bridges, an actor best known for impersonating then-President George W. Bush at the 2006 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, died last week at the age of 48, his manager said Sunday.

Bridges' portrayal of Bush was replayed around the world following the 2006 event, which was most notable because the real president was standing right next to Bridges on stage.
According to Bridges' website, the actor also appeared as former President Bill Clinton and current President Barack Obama.

A statement from Bridges' manager said the actor returned from performing in Hong Kong and complained of feeling "super jetlagged."

"A message left for Mr. Bridges on Friday went unanswered," the statement said. "Bridges' maid discovered his body in his Los Angeles home Saturday morning, March 3, 2012. The exact cause of death is unknown at this time."

Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart

“(CNN) -- Andrew Breitbart, a well-known conservative blogger, has died, his attorney said Thursday. He was 43.

Joel Pollak, editor-in-chief and in-house counsel for Breitbart's website, Breitbart.com, confirmed his death.

Breitbart was the first to post the infamous Twitter photos of U.S. Rep Anthony Weiner last year, in which the congressman appeared barechested and in his underpants. Weiner eventually stepped down amid the scandal…”

 

  I am surprised and shocked.  I commented about him many times here and I never had a kind word to say for the asshole.  He was a world class creep.  I do feel sorry for his wife and children.  I am sure they loved him and will miss him.
  No one should die at age 43.  Fox News under their coverage is saying he died of “natural causes” and I find that hard to believe. 

  Less than a month ago he was outside the CPAC meeting in a drunk rage screaming at Occupy Protesters.  So, at the very least, he had a big time drinking problem.  I wonder about what sort of drugs he was doing and maybe mixing with alcohol. 

  How gay is blogger Andrew Breitbart? 

  Is Andrew Breitbart Gay?

  The two links above are from this site ShowMeBlog.  There are at least eight blog posts about him here on ShowMeBlog.  None of the post were good things about him.  I am not sure there was anything good to say about the guy.

  Here is what Wikipedia has to say about Andrew Breitbart. 

 

  The right wing hate site RedState.Com posted the following just now on their hate site:

 

“It’s always tough to lose a friend. It’s exponentially tougher when that friend leaves behind a wife and four children, who will no longer have their husband and father in their lives, and who should remain in all our prayers.

Add to that just how huge a figure Andrew Breitbart had become in the conservative movement, and you will begin to understand just how big a loss we all suffered last night, when we lost a giant…”

The Monkees’ Davy Jones dead at 66

“(CNN) -- Davy Jones, whose charming grin and British accent won the hearts of millions of fans on the 1960s television series "The Monkees," died Wednesday, according to the Martin County, Florida, sheriff's office. He was 66.

A witness told authorities he was with Jones in Indiantown, Florida, when Jones "began to complain of not feeling well and having trouble breathing," the sheriff's office said in a statement.

Jones was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said.

A Martin County law enforcement source with knowledge of the case said Jones apparently suffered a heart attack…”

 

  I admit to watching the TV show “The Monkees” a few times.  You got to remember there was not much on TV back at that time.  So I saw Davy Jones and knew the name. 
 

“Death

On the morning of 29 February 2012, Jones was found dead at his Indiantown, Florida home at the age of 66. His publicist, Deborah Robicheau, announced that Jones had suffered a massive heart attack in his sleep.^[12]Jones is survived by his widow Jessica and four daughters.^[13]”

Whitney Houston dead at 48

“Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer, actress, producer, and model. Houston was the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records.^[3] Her list of awardsincludes 2 Emmy Awards, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among a total of 415 career awards as of 2010. Houston was also one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 170 million albums, singles and videos worldwide.^{[4][5]…”    Wikipedia on Whitney Houston}

Ben Gazzara dead at 81

“Biagio Anthony Gazzarra (August 28, 1930 – February 3, 2012), known as Ben Gazzara, was an American film, stage, and Emmy Award winning television actor and director…”

 

Ian Abercrombie actor dead at age 77

“Ian Abercrombie (11 September 1934 – 26 January 2012) was an English actor, best known for playing Alfred Pennyworth inBirds of Prey. He appeared as Elaine Benes' fastidious boss, Justin Pitt during the sixth season of Seinfeld, and later as an even more fastidious butler on Desperate Housewives.

Life and career

Abercrombie was born on 11 September 1934 in Grays, Essex, England.^[1] He began his theatrical career during the Blitz in World War II. After his footwork years during which he earned Bronze, Silver and Gold medals in stage dancing, he performed in London, Scotland, Holland and Ireland. He moved to the United States aged 17.^[1] He made his American stage debut in 1955 in a production of Stalag 17 with Jason Robards and Jules Munshin. Many plays in summer stock, regional and off-Broadway followed in a variety of theatrical offerings, from revues to Shakespeare (in a particularly low period, he worked as a magician's assistant for $10 a performance).

In 1957, he was drafted into the Army and stationed in Germany as part of Special Services, where he directed the continental premiere of Separate Tables. In the United States, he went to California for a backers' audition, which went nowhere but he began a long film and television career. He received awards^{[clarification needed]} for his work in Sweet Prince with Keir Dullea;Teeth N'smiles; A Doll's House with Linda Purl; and The Arcata Promise, opposite Anthony Hopkins. He received acclaim for the one-man show, Jean Cocteau - A Mirror Image.

He shared two roles with actor Clive Revill. Revill was Alfred Pennyworth in early episodes of Batman (1992), a role Abercrombie played in the television series Birds of Prey (2002). Revill was also the first actor to play Palpatine, in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980). Abercrombie portrayed the character in the animated Clone Wars series and film. He is the second actor with the name Ian to portray Palpatine: The first was Ian McDiarmid who played Palpatine in 5 of the 6 Star Wars films as well as Lego Star Wars: The Video Game, Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron.

Abercrombie was known to cult film audiences as Wiseman in the comedy horror film Army of Darkness (1993). He guest-starred in many television series such as The Nanny, Wizards of Waverly Place, Airwolf, Babylon 5, and NewsRadio. He portrayed evil chancellor Palpatine in the film The Clone Wars (2008) and reprised his role as Palpatine in the television adaption and its two spin-off video games: Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes and Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels. On radio he was heard in several productions of the Hollywood Theater of the Ear.^{[citation needed]} Abercrombie voiced Ambrose in 2011's Oscar-nominated Rango. He also portrayed Ganthet in Green Lantern: The Ani­mated Series, completing his work on the latest episode of the Cartoon Network show just before his death.^[2]

Death

Abercrombie died in Hollywood, California on 26 January 2012, aged 77, from a fatal heart attack. He is survived by his wife, Gladys.^[1]”

Robert Hegyes has died

Robert Hegyes (pronounced Hedges; May 7, 1951 – January 26, 2012) was an American actor best known for his portrayal of Epstein on the 1970s American sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter.

  Photo on the left is Robert Hegyes in October of 2008. 
He died yesterday at age 60.
  On January 26, 2012, after suffering from chest pains at his Metuchen, New Jersey home, Hegyes died from an apparent heart attack at John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Edison, New Jersey.^[1][3] He was 60 years old.

Looking at the Obituaries

  I try and catch up on the obituaries from The Kansas City Star.  I lived in the Kansas City area from 1941 until 2000.  I wish the newspaper had all the obituaries online for searching.  They like, I am sure, other papers use a service (www.legacy.com) and if a death is not current you get kicked over to the service where you have to pay to get the information.
  One day my name will be in the obituaries.  Some other person will be looking and see my name and being saying “oh I remember him.” 
  I can remember my father reading the newspaper at home and telling my mother that someone passed away and they would remember the person.  At the time I was thinking they knew a lot of dead people.  I understand now.  You reach a certain age and people you knew start ending up in the obituaries.

  The newspapers may soon be in the obituaries!  There may soon be no more printed newspapers.  Everything will be online.  I hope all the old obituaries will be online someplace were you do not have to pay to look up one.
  Maybe the AARP could work out some deal.  You have an AARP membership and you get access to all obituaries.

  If you read obituaries you sort of get a feeling for our nation and of the history of our nation.  You see a lot of great stories about a lot of great normal people.
  I wonder what you will think when you read obituaries 50 years from now.
 
  I see that Maurice Francis Perll M.D. passed away on January 6th of 2012.  He was on the staff of all the hospitals that I worked at from St. Joseph Hospital (old location) on. 
  I remember the name but I can not put a story to him.  He was an Orthopaedic doctor.  But his partner Donald Kirk Piper M.D. I had a lot contact with and talked to many times.  I did not know he had passed away until I read this Perll obt.    
  Doctor Piper was very nice.  He had a fancy car when I worked at the old St. Joseph Hospital (72 to 75).  I forget the name but it was one you noticed and could not miss. He would pull into the doctor’s parking lot and have his radio going loud.  He often would sit in his car and listen to the radio.  Often the PBX operator would call out to the parking lot guard shack and ask if Doctor Piper was here yet.  Then I would go over to his car and tell him that the operator was asking about him and he had call or something.  He was always very nice and would thank me and go on into the hospital.
  The morning that I came into work and my friend John’s blood was on the ground in the parking lot he is one of the doctors that when he pulled in I went over and told him and showed him John’s blood and I told him that I had just talked to the hospital administrator and he laughed and said he was not going to do anything about it.  (I had told the administrator a few months before that the hospital needed to get us bullet proof vests and put up a gate between the church parking lot and the doctor’s parking lot.  I told him then if they did not do that we would have another officer shot.  It did happen again.)  When I told Doctor Piper he said something to the effect of “Jim I will take care of it.”  He went right into the hospital and went right to the office of the administrator.  He had to line up because I sent every doctor on the medical staff to the administrator’s office! The assist administrator came out a few minutes later and told me the hospital WAS going to get us vests and would put up a gate.  I stayed until they did that and then gave two weeks notice and went to work at TLH because I knew my name was on a list with a big red circle around it.

Jessica Joy Rees - “never ever give up”

Jessica Joy Rees

  

“RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. (AP) - A 12-year-old Southern California girl who started a blog and a Facebook page to raise awareness about child cancer has died of a brain tumor.
Jessica Joy Rees was diagnosed in March. Her family says her 10-month battle with cancer ended Thursday.
The Orange County Register reports (http://bit.ly/yJwyF3) that Jessica was mourned by tens of thousands of people on Facebook.
Jessica began her blog after she became sick, with posts that described her feelings and urged readers to pray for children with cancer.
The seventh-grader always signed off with the acronym "NEGU" (NEE'-goo), short for "never ever give up." Jessica and her father, Erik Rees, also started a foundation to raise money for pediatric cancer research.

Copyright © 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.”

 

 

“IN LOVING MEMORY…

On January 5, 2012 Jessie earned her angel wings after her ten month fight with brain cancer. Her courageous legacy will go on forever as the amazing team of compassionate people known at TeamNEGU continue to spread hope, joy and love to kids fighting life altering medical conditions. You can join TeamNEGU at www.teamnegu.org. “