Deaths of famous people (2025)

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Peter Yarrow, of Peter, Paul, and Mary at 86. Paul is the last surviving member (unless you play their records backwards and find out that he actually died in the 1960's).

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Peter Yarrow, of Peter, Paul, and Mary at 86. Paul is the last surviving member (unless you play their records backwards and find out that he actually died in the 1960's).

He graduated from Cornell in 1959...

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https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/01/brian-matusz-passes-away.html

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https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/01/brian-matusz-passes-away.html

Wow. Much too young.

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The original Soul Man is gone:
https://apnews.com/article/obituary-sam-moore-bcdf09de45e2475a8c016d30b4297709

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The legendary Bob Uecker has died at age 90.

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The legendary Bob Uecker has died at age 90.

He didn't die. He just moved to a different seat.

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He didn't die. He just moved to a different seat.

Probably just a bit outside...

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Probably just a bit outside...

there's currently a single miller lite can sitting at the base of his statue at Miller Park.

[Natsinpwc]

Probably just a bit outside...

One of the classic movie lines of our times.

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One of the classic movie lines of our times.

that and "I must be in the front row" are quoted quite a bit.

Really nice tribute from mlb.com:

[Slateman]

Uuuuuuuek!!

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Filmmaker David Lynch. Man, rough day.

I never realized that Lynch played John Ford at the end of The Fabelmans.

[English Natsie]

I was going to include a clip from the legendary 'Eraserhead', but they're blocked for embedding.

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Via Jay Jaffe:

You know, I signed with the Milwaukee Braves for $3,000,” Uecker once said. “That bothered my dad at the time because he didn’t have that kind of dough to pay out. But eventually, he scraped it up.”