Rest In Peace

[Maybenaut]

Michael K. Williams, actor who played Omar Little on The Wire, died today.


https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny ... story.html

[Notaperson]

Michael K. Williams, actor who played Omar Little on The Wire, died today.


https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny ... story.html

Sad to learn of this. Omar is practically a legend.

[filly]

Everything you need to know about life is in The Wire.

[humblescribe]

Sam "Bam" Cunningham of Santa Barbara, SC, and the NE Patriots passed away yesterday at 71.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... er-dies-71

He was truly a remarkable person in addition to a grand football player.

[Mrich]

Michael Constantine, the father in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", has died aged 94:

https://www.thenationalherald.com/archi ... 4-3210133/

I saw him last weekend on a rerun of the old series "The Fugitive", but I think of him as the high school principal in the 1970s series "Room 222".

[MN-Skeptic]

Michael Constantine

The online stories about his death talk about his role as the father in My Big Fat Greek Wedding but - my! - he appeared in so many television shows over the years.

Ninja'd.

[poplove]

Michael Constantine was one of our clients when I worked at the answering service in Hollywood (1971-72). He was really nice every time I talked to him. I had to work the swing shift on my 18th birthday and he called in for his messages. He asked how I was doing and I told him it was my birthday and was unhappy that I had to work. He said something like that's too bad and we finished up the call. About a half hour later he called back and sang me "Happy Birthday." I was really thrilled he would do something like that for me. I loved him ever since.

[MsDaisy]

Michael Constantine was one of our clients when I worked at the answering service in Hollywood (1971-72).

RIP Michael

[mojosapien]

The Story of GG Allin

[mojosapien]

The Story of Jesus Christ Allin

[mojosapien]

Noone visits his Catholic grave in Hooksett these days except his mom

[AndyinPA]

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireSto ... a-79883619

CHICAGO -- Former U.S. Sen. Adlai Stevenson III of Illinois has died at his home on Chicago's North Side. He was 90.

His son Adlai Stevenson IV, who confirmed the Illinois Democrat died on Monday, said his father had dementia.

Before his health declined, Stevenson kept active organizing presentations and speakers for the Adlai Stevenson Center on Democracy in Libertyville, Illinois. He also worked on the family farm in Hanover, Illinois, raising cattle, growing corn and hay for their feed, and chopping wood.

“He just faded away,” his son said.

[Chilidog]

I was testing out an old camera a few years back and took this shot of the Adlai Stevenson II home in Mettawa, Illinois.

[poplove]

Norm MacDonald has died "after a long and private battle with cancer"

The influential comedian and former 'SNL' Weekend Update anchor was 61

https://deadline.com/2021/09/norm-macdo ... 234833212/

[raison de arizona]

Norm MacDonald has died "after a long and private battle with cancer"

The influential comedian and former 'SNL' Weekend Update anchor was 61

https://deadline.com/2021/09/norm-macdo ... 234833212/

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[Estiveo]

[RTH10260]

Home computing pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair dies aged 81
Creator of the landmark ZX Spectrum and the less commercially successful C5 died after a long illness

Haroon Siddique
Thu 16 Sep 2021 18.18 BST

Sir Clive Sinclair, the inventor and entrepreneur who was instrumental in bringing home computers to the masses, has died at the age of 81.

His daughter, Belinda, said he died at home in London on Thursday morning after a long illness. Sinclair invented the pocket calculator but was best known for popularising the home computer, bringing it to British high-street stores at relatively affordable prices.

Many modern-day titans of the games industry got their start on one of his ZX models. For a certain generation of gamer, the computer of choice was either the ZX Spectrum 48K or its rival, the Commodore 64.



https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ ... es-aged-81

[AndyinPA]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/ob ... 8a951d56c3

LOS ANGELES — Jane Powell, the bright-eyed, operatic-voiced star of Hollywood’s golden age musicals who sang with Howard Keel in “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” and danced with Fred Astaire in “Royal Wedding,” has died. She was 92.

Powell died Thursday at her Wilton, Connecticut, home, longtime friend Susan Grander said. Granger said Powell died of natural causes.

[Fortinbras]

Melvin van Peebles, age 89

https://www.vulture.com/2021/09/godfath ... 1632363224

[raison de arizona]

Sad obit, so unnecessary.

Candace Cay Ayers
JUNE 28, 1955 – SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Obituary of Candace Cay Ayers
Springfield, IL-Candace Cay (Kruger) Ayers, 66, of Springfield, passed away on September 3, 2021 at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, IL. She was preceded in death by more than 4,531,799 others infected with covid-19. She was vaccinated but was infected by others who chose not to be. The cost was her life.

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituar ... s-10337034

[AndyinPA]

Right on point, though.

[Luke]

(Just holding a spot here for Corey Lewandowski for when John Odom gets done with him.)

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Trashelle Odom, the wife of Idaho construction executive John Odom, alleges that Lewandowski repeatedly touched her, including on her leg and buttocks, and spoke to her in sexually graphic terms. Odom said that Lewandowski “stalked” her throughout the evening.
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Trashelle Odom was one of about two dozen major Republican donors at the Sunday dinner, which was held at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino’s Benihana restaurant. Odom was seated next to Lewandowski during the gathering, part of a four-day conference held by Victoria’s Voice Foundation, a charity devoted to combating substance abuse. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, to whom Lewandowski serves as an informal adviser, was also among the dinner’s attendees.

According to a statement provided by an Odom family attorney, Lewandowski allegedly remarked on the size of his genitalia, described his sexual performance and showed Odom his hotel room key. After the incident, Odom told people that Lewandowski repeatedly spoke about sex while using expletives.

Attendees also observed Lewandowski growing physical with Odom.

“Mrs. Odom stated that over the course of the dinner, Mr. Lewandowski tried to hold her hand, and she pushed his hand away. He touched her leg, and she moved it away. He grabbed her napkin off her lap and tried to touch her leg again, and she pulled her dress over her leg, to move his hand away and cover her skin,” Odom’s attorney wrote in the statement.

“He touched her back and she tried to get away,” the statement continued. “He described an area where he was sore from a workout, on the side of his butt, but he demonstrated this by touching her there—on the upper side of her rear end. Lewandowski tried to touch her approximately 10 times, and Mrs. Odom always rebuffed him.”

Odom left the room but was soon followed by Lewandowski, who remarked that she had a “nice ass,” according to the statement from her attorney and another attendee who heard the comment. Lewandowski also “threw his drink at Mrs. Odom, and it landed all over her shoe and the bottom of her dress,” and “called her stupid,” her attorney stated.

One event attendee who spoke with POLITICO said that Odom gave a detailed retelling of the incidents afterward, describing how she grew fearful for her personal safety as Lewandowski described incidents of violence that took place earlier in his life.

Odom and her husband are relative newcomers to the Republican donor scene, and she told the attendee that she felt intimidated by Lewandowski’s claims that he has control over the former president’s orbit and can determine the fate of those around Trump.

Lewandowski said no candidate receives the president’s endorsement without Lewandowski’s approval, Odom told the attendee.

In the statement from Odom’s attorney, Lewandowski is alleged to have said “repeatedly that he is very powerful and can destroy anyone,” and that he “is close with President Trump and can get anyone elected or can take anyone out.”

“Corey was verbally and physically aggressive and forceful,” Odom alleged in a statement. “I was fearful for my physical safety.” She continued: "I was also fearful that Corey has the power to destroy and ruin everything my husband and I have been working on in our business, personal and charitable endeavors.”

Two of the people present for the dinner described Odom as appearing uncomfortable, and three attendees said Lewandowski appeared to be intoxicated. Photos of the dinner reviewed by POLITICO show Odom posing for selfies with attendees. Several photos showed Lewandowski just above her right shoulder, with his tongue sticking out of his mouth.

Odom then left the restaurant for an after-dinner party in the hotel’s lavish Verona Sky Villa, where witnesses described a chaotic scene. One person who interacted with Odom recalled seeing her in tears and pleading for help. By this time, she had been joined by her sister and stepson, who had accompanied her to Las Vegas.

Attendees said Odom retreated to the other side of the bar with her sister and stepson when Lewandowski came to the villa. Lewandowski followed her, at which point several other attendees tried to shield Odom from him, shepherding her to another part of the bar, according to three people who were present. According to Odom’s attorney, “Corey then moved around the bar with them” and continued “to try to touch Mrs. Odom.”

Attendees said Odom and Lewandowski left the party separately. Odom told one person and later recounted to the family lawyer that she had feared for her physical safety staying at the hotel that evening, because her room was located next to Lewandowski’s. She also told those people she timed her departure the next day to ensure she did not cross paths with him.

It is not the first time Lewandowski has been accused of unwanted touching. In late 2017, singer Joy Villa filed a police report alleging the former Trump campaign manager slapped her buttocks during a holiday party at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Lewandowski was also charged with battery in 2016 after yanking the arm of a reporter, Michelle Fields, at a Trump event. The charges were later dropped, but Lewandowski claimed the incident never happened before video emerged confirming that it did.

The 48-year-old Lewandowski has long been one of Trump’s top lieutenants. He was fired from his role as presidential campaign manager before Trump was nominated at the Republican National Convention in 2016, but he has remained a key figure in Trump’s inner circle, serving as an informal adviser and one of his most prominent surrogates.

A Trump spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment, though word of the incident has shaken the former president’s inner circle, several people familiar with the discussions said.

After Trump lost the 2020 election, he personally tapped Lewandowski to helm the main pro-Trump super PAC, Make America Great Again Action.

The perch has given Lewandowski access to some of the Republican Party’s biggest donors — a list that includes Trashelle Odom and her husband. The couple has donated $100,000 to the super PAC, according to two of the people familiar with the matter.

But those close to the Odoms said the couple would ask for their money to be refunded unless Lewandowski’s ties to the super PAC were severed, which happened late Wednesday night.

“I love my wife, and I want accountability now,” John Odom, Trashelle’s husband, said in a statement. “We are exploring our legal options at this time to make sure [Lewandowski] cannot harm anyone else.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/2 ... ons-514650

[Fortinbras]

Tommy Kirk, former Disney child star ("Old Yeller", "The Hardy Boys", "Merlin Jones"), dumped by Disney at age 20 because gay, died at age 79.

[Chilidog]

Hey "Fort.!"

Longtime no see.

[Lani]