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Different Drummer

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48. Betty White would have to be at the top of my list.

Mon Dec 16, 2024, 06:02 PM

Dec 2024

I was pulling hard for her to make it to 100, but she just missed it. For the same reason, Larry Storch is also on my list due to his being an almost-centenarian. Others on my list:

Rosalyn Carter
Olivia de Havilland
Norman Lear
Frank Gorshin
Carl Reiner
Farrah Fawcett (Cancer took her far too soon)
John Lennon
Kurt Cobain
Chris Cornell (Soundgarden/Audioslave)
Chester Bennington (Linkin Park)
Cliff Burton (Metallica)
Layne Staley (Alice in Chains)

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That one still hurts Macrophylla Dec 2024 #20

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Richard Wright of Pink Floyd The Madcap Dec 2024 #9

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Princess Diana Jilly_in_VA Dec 2024 #12

Oh yes. milestogo Dec 2024 #13

Yes!!! This might be the biggest one in this thread. It certainly was the most shocking. LeftInTX Dec 2024 #76

Her funeral was the weekend after I had my wisdom teeth removed Lulu KC Dec 2024 #77

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Me, too. mosingr Dec 2024 #69

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Same, even though I didn't know his music until 12 years after he passed! Elessar Zappa Dec 2024 #22

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Betty White would have to be at the top of my list. Different Drummer Dec 2024 #48

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I would like to add James Gandolfini to the list. Borogove Dec 2024 #66

In no order.... electric_blue68 Dec 2024 #72

Oh yeah, John Lennon's was a huge shock. LeftInTX Dec 2024 #75

I was listening to one of our big NYC rock stations when the news broke.... electric_blue68 Dec 2024 #89

I was broke and working at a shitty job. Didn't have TV or anything. LeftInTX Dec 2024 #90

Woah. I wonder why they didn't say anything... electric_blue68 Dec 2024 #92

They would not speak to me period! If you said Hi to them, they would not look at you. LeftInTX Dec 2024 #97

That's terrible! Sorry you went through that! electric_blue68 Dec 2024 #98

My Mom's reaction to his death is one of my earliest, clear memories happybird Dec 2024 #99

Your list and Anthoney Bourdain. I've read a book or two, but I can't watch shows yet. marble falls Dec 2024 #73

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Bollywood superstar diva, Sridevi. Drowned in a bathtub. No drugs. No fowl play. LeftInTX Dec 2024 #74

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Bourdain. Robin Williams. Princess Diana was shocking because applegrove Dec 2024 #88

Prince Drum Dec 2024 #91

A few celebrity deaths that I never got over Niagara Dec 2024 #93

I have a few. OldBaldy1701E Dec 2024 #94

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Maybe Van Halen ProfessorGAC Dec 2024 #95