Cyberyeti Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Waddell Sid Waddell, commentator who made a huge contribution to putting darts on the sporting map. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 Helen Gurley Brown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 Top Gun director Tony Scott to suicide eta true romance; spy game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 Phyllis Diller, age 95. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 Scott McKenzie - the sound of a bygone age Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 Phyllis Diller, age 95. yes....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 I use to live in the Washington DC area and met Millard Nachtwey there playing in team games in people's homes. He passed on August 3, 2012. Millard was an ACBL National Tournament Director and a casual friend of mine from the time I spend in the DC area. He has served as the director in charge for Fall NABCs for many years, and anyone playing in the Mid-Atlantic Regionals will surely recognize him. Even though I moved away from DC, he always said hi to me, and ask me about my DC area partners when we ran into each other at tournaments around the East coast. He will be missed. (picture below is linked to his short obit on ACBL webpage, full one coming in October 2012 ACBL Bulletin. http://www.acbl.org/assets/images/news/millard.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 ACBL Hall of Famer Kyle Larsen. http://bridgewinners.com/article/view/in-memoriam-kyle-larsen-1950-2012/http://www.acbl.org/news_archive.php?id=797 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulg Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 Neil Armstrong, astronaut, I was nearly eight years old when he landed on the moon and I was allowed to stay up until around 3am for when he took his first steps on the moon. It is hard to explain how compelling a fuzzy picture on an old black and white television was. The space program was amazing to me as a child. Even now, I find it unbelievable that there were people who could have known both the Wright brothers and Neil Armstrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOut Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 Neil Armstrong, astronaut, I was nearly eight years old when he landed on the moon and I was allowed to stay up until around 3am for when he took his first steps on the moon. It is hard to explain how compelling a fuzzy picture on an old black and white television was. The space program was amazing to me as a child. Even now, I find it unbelievable that there were people who could have known both the Wright brothers and Neil Armstrong.My grandfather knew none of those men, but remembered vividly the newspaper accounts of the Wright brothers' flight and then the TV images of Armstrong's first step on the moon. He told me he was astounded that he'd lived to see both of those milestones and said he wondered what things I'd get to see. RIP to both the astronaut and my grandfather. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted August 25, 2012 Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 I was just over 8 years old as well, and when I was a kid I was really into astronomy, so I'm sure I must have watched it and been enthralled. Yet I don't actually have any specific memory of it. I think it's just my generally poor autobiographical memory. WIth any luck I'll live to see men (and women, I imagine) land on Mars, but it's not looking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted August 26, 2012 Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 There was a time when I hoped to see men and women living on Mars - and in the Asteroid Belt, and in the Moon. I don't hold out much hope for that now. "Reach Low Earth Orbit, and you're halfway to anywhere in the Solar System." - Robert A. Heinlein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyman Posted August 26, 2012 Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 Jerry Nelson (aka Count von Count). Arguably gave many of us our bridge beginnings... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Steve Robinson emailed this announcement to DC area bridge players today. CELEBRATION OF LIFE IN HONOR OF MILLARD NACHTWEY Sunday 23 September 2012, 2pm – 4:30pm St. James Episcopal Church, 11815 Seven Locks Road, Potomac, MD As you all are aware, our dear friend Millard Nachtwey, passed awayearlier this month. Millard was a dedicated director, a loyal friend,and a loving partner. In an email sent out to the Mid-Atlantic BridgeAssociation Board, President of the MABC, Fred King, captured what weall have always thought: “As much as we will miss the wonderful work hedid for us, we will also miss him as the fine person that he was.Helpful, friendly and witty, it was always a joy to see him.” Millard’s partner, Doug Grove, would like to invite everyone to come toa Celebration of Millard’s Life on September 23 at St. James EpiscopalChurch in Potomac MD. The Celebration will be held from 2 p.m. until4:30 p.m. In addition to his dedication to bridge — both at work and at play — oneof Millard’s other passions was cooking. In 1993, on the final day ofthe North American Bridge Championships held in Washington, DC, Millardand Doug hosted a reception for all of the tournament directors whoworked that tournament. There is a special section in “the” cookbookfrom that tournament that includes all of the recipes used at thatevent. On September 23, we will replicate a good many of those recipesin Millard’s memory and invite you all to join us for a wonderfulcelebration of all aspects of Millard’s life. Please save the afternoon of September 23 and plan to spend time withDoug and Millard’s friends and family. There will be time set aside fora “formal” tribute to Millard where anyone wishing to speak about him isinvited to do so. We ask everyone who plans to attend to please RSVP to Kathy Hawker byemail khawker@comcast.net, or by phone 410-661-8725 (evenings) or410-299-6970 (cell). If you would like to help with food preparation, site set-up, or siteclean-up, please contact Margot Hennings at margot10bridge@cox.net,703-560-0245 or Mari McColl at mariccoll@aol.com, 703-471-8218. If you would like to speak at this Celebration, please contact JoanLewis at joanlewis@aha.org or 703-538-6034. Please come Celebrate with us and re-live the many good times we allshared with Millard over the years. We look forward to seeing you on the23rd! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulg Posted September 2, 2012 Report Share Posted September 2, 2012 uschiwho (Uschi Husten), one of the friendly stars on BBO. http://neapolitanclub.altervista.org/eng/uschi-usten-has-gone.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted September 2, 2012 Report Share Posted September 2, 2012 Hal David, Broadway and pop music lyricist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted September 3, 2012 Report Share Posted September 3, 2012 http://i.imgur.com/JYFpj.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 No one posted about Sun Myung Moon yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycroft Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 No one posted about Sun Myung Moon yet?Just the Washington Times... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonottawa Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 Sean Smith Vile Rat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 Moon river, wider than a mileI'm crossing you in style some day Andy Williams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggwhiz Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 Ravlene Rankin. She hit notes others only dreamed of. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZypkL0nsbc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/01/01/obituaries/video-lwcommoner/video-lwcommoner-articleLarge.jpg Barry Commoner, a founder of modern ecology and one of its most provocative thinkers and mobilizers, died Sunday in Manhattan. He was 95 and lived in Brooklyn Heights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallyally Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 For those who might remember - from The New York Times "Barbara Ann Scott, who became a Canadian heroine at 19 when she won figure skating gold at the 1948 Winter Olympics, succeeding Norway’s Sonja Henie as the premier women’s skater in a sport Europeans had dominated for decades, died on Sunday at her home on Amelia Island, Fla. She was 84. Scott usually dominated the compulsories, the tracing of figure-eight variations, which accounted for 60 percent of the scoring in her era, but she deftly executed spins and leaps as well. At 13, she became the first female skater to complete a double lutz in competition." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOut Posted October 24, 2012 Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 Paul Kurtz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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