2024-They died this year

[Bazza]

Clarence 'Bud' Anderson, Last World War II Triple Ace, Didn't Stop Flying Till Age 90 | Military.com

www.military.com

Best fighter pilot Chuck Yeager ever saw

 

[oskie]

Clarence 'Bud' Anderson, Last World War II Triple Ace, Didn't Stop Flying Till Age 90 | Military.com

www.military.com

Best fighter pilot Chuck Yeager ever saw

Here's a link to Bud Anderson's website: To Fly and Fight

Fascinating history of this war hero and his planes.

 

[Bamaro]

Ivan Boesky, 87.

 

[OakMtn4Bama]

Clarence 'Bud' Anderson, Last World War II Triple Ace, Didn't Stop Flying Till Age 90 | Military.com

www.military.com

Best fighter pilot Chuck Yeager ever saw

Amazing career. RIP

 

[Crimson1967]

Jim Otto, #00

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/20/1252613087/jim-otto-dies-mr-raider-hall-of-famer-oakland

 

[Toddrn]

Richard Foronjy, Convicted Criminal Turned Character Actor, Dies at 86

Richard Foronjy, who spent more than eight years in prison before he turned to acting and appeared in such films as Serpico, Midnight Run, Repo Man and Carlito’s Way, died Sunday, his family announced...

www.yahoo.com

 

[TexasBama]

Morgan Spurlock, Director of ‘Super Size Me,’ Dies at 53

The documentarian, who took on the fast-food industry in 2004 with his Oscar-nominated film, lost a battle with cancer on Thursday.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[crimsonaudio]

Hall of Famer Bill Walton, 2-time champ at UCLA and in NBA, dies

Bill Walton, who won two NCAA titles with UCLA and two NBA championships during a Hall of Fame career, died Monday at age 71 after a prolonged battle with cancer.

www.espn.com

 

[Bazza]

Doug Ingle, Iron Butterfly Founder Who Sang and Co-Wrote ‘In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida,’ Dies at 78

Doug Ingle, founder of Iron Butterfly, died at age 78. The band's 'In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida' was the title track of an LP that spent 81 weeks in the top 10.

variety.com

 

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[Crimson1967]

Marian Robinson, mother of former First Lady Michelle Obama.

source:%20BBC%20News
https://search.app/qffAGLb7A9MAuvjC8

 

[OakMtn4Bama]

Parnelli Jones (1933–2024), 1963 Indy 500 winner



He could drive anything. RIP

 

[pelleas]

Y'all are usually pretty comprehensive, but you missed a good one:

Professor Jürgen Moltmann dies, aged 98

THE German theologian Professor Jürgen Moltmann, who was widely read in English translation, died on...

www.churchtimes.co.uk

 

[crimsonaudio]

Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, killed in plane crash

Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state.

www.actionnews5.com

 

[Bamaro]

 

[crimsonaudio]

Wow, Josh Maravich dead at 42.

Former LSU player Josh Maravich, son of Pete, dead at age 42

Former LSU basketball player Josh Maravich, son of late Hall of Fame basketball player Pete Maravich, has died at age 42, the university announced Saturday night.

www.espn.com

 

[OakMtn4Bama]

Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, killed in plane crash

Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state.

www.actionnews5.com

He had an amazing life. RIP

 

[OakMtn4Bama]

‘First Mama’ of Alabama football, Norma Rutledge, dies in Tuscaloosa
https://1819news.com/news/item/first-mama-of-alabama-football-norma-rutledge-dies-in-tuscaloosa

Whole family was Crimson to the core. RIP

 

[CrimsonTheory]

RIP Jerry West, The Logo.

 

[Bazza]

RIP Jerry West, The Logo.