Author Topic: Deaths of Famous People (2019) (Read 10023 times)

mitlen · « **Reply #400:** September 22, 2019, 04:42:13 PM »

Local guy. He was a character:

https://wtop.com/inside-wtop/2019/09/former-wtop-political-analyst-mark-plotkin-dies/

DCFan · « **Reply #401:** September 22, 2019, 07:06:07 PM »

Quote from: mitlen on September 22, 2019, 04:42:13 PM

Local guy. He was a character:

https://wtop.com/inside-wtop/2019/09/former-wtop-political-analyst-mark-plotkin-dies/

72 is pretty young in this day and age. What did he die from?

mitlen · « **Reply #402:** September 22, 2019, 07:58:24 PM »

Quote from: DCFan on September 22, 2019, 07:06:07 PM

72 is pretty young in this day and age. What did he die from?

Not sure. I couldn't find anything in the main media stories.

GburgNatsFan · « **Reply #403:** September 23, 2019, 09:28:35 AM »

That he was. I had not heard much from him in the last 10 years. That could be my changing listening habits,though.

Quote from: mitlen on September 22, 2019, 04:42:13 PM

Local guy. He was a character:

https://wtop.com/inside-wtop/2019/09/former-wtop-political-analyst-mark-plotkin-dies/

mitlen · « **Reply #404:** September 23, 2019, 03:07:57 PM »

Quote from: GburgNatsFan on September 23, 2019, 09:28:35 AM

That he was. I had not heard much from him in the last 10 years. That could be my changing listening habits,though.

Back in the 80s, I'd listen to him, Derrick McGinty and then Kojo Nnamdi on the DC Politics Hour on Fridays (IIRC). That could turn into a slug fest. Plotkin took no prisoners.

Articles indicate he was fired (banned) from local radio about 10 years ago.

EDIT: Later update from the POST:

"His friend and former colleague Mark Segraves, a reporter at WRC (Channel 4), said that Mr. Plotkin “had been ill for some time” but did not provide further details. D.C. police, who found Mr. Plotkin at his home Sunday after receiving a welfare call, said no foul play is suspected. A spokeswoman with the medical examiner’s office, Beverly Fields, said the cause and manner of death had not yet been determined."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/mark-plotkin-dc-political-commentator-and-statehood-champion-dies-at-72/2019/09/23/4a519a70-de0d-11e9-be96-6adb81821e90_story.html

mitlen · « **Reply #405:** September 29, 2019, 11:06:28 AM »

I was a big fan as a youngster:

Howard “Hopalong” Cassady, who won the 1955 Heisman Trophy at Ohio State, led the Buckeyes to the national championship in his junior year and played in the National Football League, died Sept. 20 in Tampa. He was 85.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/howard-hopalong-cassady-1955-heisman-trophy-winner-at-ohio-state-dies-at-85/2019/09/20/0f593b94-dbc4-11e9-bfb1-849887369476_story.html

DCFan · « **Reply #406:** September 29, 2019, 11:16:48 AM »

Quote from: mitlen on September 29, 2019, 11:06:28 AM

I was a big fan as a youngster:

Howard “Hopalong” Cassady,

I was a fan of the TV show.

mitlen · « **Reply #407:** September 29, 2019, 11:24:35 AM »

Quote from: DCFan on September 29, 2019, 11:16:48 AM

I was a fan of the TV show.

Me too.

I have some pictures of me and my sister dressed up with the big black cowboy hats and six shooters.

DCFan · « **Reply #408:** October 04, 2019, 01:08:58 PM »

Diahann Carroll, 84.

varoadking · « **Reply #409:** October 04, 2019, 05:09:35 PM »

Quote from: DCFan on October 04, 2019, 01:08:58 PM

Diahann Carroll, 84.

Pretty slow on the ninja there, DC...

skippy1999 · « **Reply #410:** October 04, 2019, 05:19:04 PM »

Quote from: DCFan on October 04, 2019, 01:08:58 PM

Diahann Carroll, 84.

Aw I'd no idea she was that old. I remember my mom thought she was the most gorgeous woman ever, well her and Mary Tyler Moore which that one I never understood lol

mitlen · « **Reply #411:** October 04, 2019, 06:32:46 PM »

Quote from: skippy1999 on October 04, 2019, 05:19:04 PM

Aw I'd no idea she was that old. I remember my mom thought she was the most gorgeous woman ever, well her and Mary Tyler Moore which that one I never understood lol

Your mom was half right. I don't get MTM either.

DCFan · « **Reply #412:** October 04, 2019, 08:40:53 PM »

Quote from: varoadking on October 04, 2019, 05:09:35 PM

Pretty slow on the ninja there, DC...

What ninja?

Mathguy · « **Reply #413:** October 04, 2019, 10:06:59 PM »

I do have to admit Dianne Carroll was the first lady I really had the hots for

Quote from: skippy1999 on October 04, 2019, 05:19:04 PM

Aw I'd no idea she was that old. I remember my mom thought she was the most gorgeous woman ever, well her and Mary Tyler Moore which that one I never understood lol

imref · « **Reply #414:** October 06, 2019, 07:51:14 AM »

Ginger Baker, 80

mitlen · « **Reply #415:** October 06, 2019, 10:39:44 AM »

Quote from: imref on October 06, 2019, 07:51:14 AM

Ginger Baker, 80

White Room is one of my favorite drum and bass driven tunes. What a character.

DCFan · « **Reply #416:** October 06, 2019, 11:32:25 AM »

Mods - merge the Redskins thread into this one.

GburgNatsFan · « **Reply #417:** October 06, 2019, 07:07:41 PM »

Quote from: DCFan on October 06, 2019, 11:32:25 AM

Mods - merge the Redskins thread into this one.

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #418:** October 06, 2019, 09:35:55 PM »

Speaking of characters. Rip Taylor.

imref · « **Reply #419:** October 17, 2019, 07:34:54 AM »

Rep Elijah Cummings of Maryland

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #420:** October 17, 2019, 02:10:51 PM »

Quote from: imref on October 17, 2019, 07:34:54 AM

Rep Elijah Cummings of Maryland

spoke at work a few years ago. Told a joke about how he sometimes folks come up, want to get pictures with him, give him respect, then say "It is an honor to meet you, Representative Lewis."

mitlen · « **Reply #421:** October 17, 2019, 05:50:34 PM »

Quote from: imref on October 17, 2019, 07:34:54 AM

Rep Elijah Cummings of Maryland

I was kind of stunned that he was only 68. I thought he was closer to Lewis, Hoyer and Pelosi.

wj73 · « **Reply #422:** October 17, 2019, 09:43:46 PM »

Quote from: mitlen on October 17, 2019, 05:50:34 PM

I was kind of stunned that he was only 68. I thought he was closer to Lewis, Hoyer and Pelosi.

I also thought he was mid to late 70’s. But he’d had a hard life and myriad health issues, all of which can age a person.

mitlen · « **Reply #423:** October 18, 2019, 11:33:25 AM »

Quote from: wj73 on October 17, 2019, 09:43:46 PM

I also thought he was mid to late 70’s. But he’d had a hard life and myriad health issues, all of which can age a person.

I've seen a few videos of him (since his passing) with a walker and folks helping him move about. When he was at the podium or even talking to the people during the riots, his demeanor wasn't that of a man with health "issues". Indeed, health issues can slow ya down. Rest in Peace, Mr. Chairman.

DCFan · « **Reply #424:** October 20, 2019, 06:49:07 PM »

https://sports.yahoo.com/veteran-mlb-umpire-eric-cooper-dead-at-52-203439209.html

MLB ump Eric Cooper dead at 52.