Had no idea the old boy was still alive. Thanks for posting this. I remember loving his 1969 novel The Dueling Machine in my early teens. It was pitched perfectly to my adolescent nerd brain, complete with a chaste romance. I read it several times and couldn't understand why it wasn't optioned by Hollywood and turned into a movie. That's still a possibility, guys! With today's CGI, it wouldn't even have to cost that much.trainman wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 1:05 am Science fiction author and editor Ben Bova, at age 88.
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It's somehow out of copyright, so have at it, Hollywood: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/30796/30 ... 0796-h.htm
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Ben Bova was the original editor of Omni, a very influential part of My Trivia Childhood. Rest in peace.opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 1:31 amHad no idea the old boy was still alive. Thanks for posting this. I remember loving his 1969 novel The Dueling Machine in my early teens. It was pitched perfectly to my adolescent nerd brain, complete with a chaste romance. I read it several times and couldn't understand why it wasn't optioned by Hollywood and turned into a movie. That's still a possibility, guys! With today's CGI, it wouldn't even have to cost that much.trainman wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 1:05 am Science fiction author and editor Ben Bova, at age 88.
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Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, former President of France from 1974 to 1981, has died at the age of 94 from complications linked to COVID-19:
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Here is an article that includes a video of him singing at the CMAs last month.cinemaniax7 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 12, 2020 4:07 pm Charley Pride, Country Music’s First Black Superstar, Dies of COVID-19 at 86
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There are already allegations that this performance is how he caught it.Bamaman wrote: ↑Sat Dec 12, 2020 4:09 pmHere is an article that includes a video of him singing at the CMAs last month.cinemaniax7 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 12, 2020 4:07 pm Charley Pride, Country Music’s First Black Superstar, Dies of COVID-19 at 86
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K.T. Oslin, a three-time Grammy-winning country singer and songwriter, has died after battling Parkinson’s Disease and being diagnosed with COVID-19 a week earlier. She was 78.
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Armando Manzanero, Legendary Mexican Singer/Songwriter, Dies at 85 After COVID Diagnosis
UPDATE: The Associated Press reports that Manzanero was hospitalized with COVID-19 in December. but his publicist says he died of complications from a kidney problem.
UPDATE: The Associated Press reports that Manzanero was hospitalized with COVID-19 in December. but his publicist says he died of complications from a kidney problem.
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Dawn Wells, best known for playing Mary Ann on "Gilligan's Island," at age 82. (Variety link)
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Ginger is all alone on the island.trainman wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 2:25 pm Dawn Wells, best known for playing Mary Ann on "Gilligan's Island," at age 82. (Variety link)
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As noted by MarkBarrett in the study guide thread: Phil Spector, murderer who also did some music production work, at age 81.
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Second paragraph of the New York Times obituary, for one: "The cause was complications of Covid-19, his daughter, Nicole Audrey Spector, said. He was taken to San Joaquin General Hospital in French Camp, Calif., on Dec. 31 and intubated in January, she said."cinemaniax7 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:52 pm Everything I've read says Phil Spector died of natural causes. Are you certain about the COVID connection?
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COVID is a natural cause.cinemaniax7 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:52 pmEverything I've read says Phil Spector died of natural causes. Are you certain about the COVID connection?
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That is true, by common definition, but that label certainly lacks death-certificate type precision.
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Former CNN host Larry King, 87, has died after being hospitalized with COVID-19.
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Chef Toshiro Kandagawa, perennial "Iron Chef" challenger, has died at age 81. NHK reports cause of death is likely COVID.
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