Notable death

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chemist

General

09 Mar 17

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Linkenheim

Joined: 22 Apr 05
Moves: 667649

04 Feb 20

Daniel arap Moi former Kenyan president (1978-2002)

divegeester

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Moves: 120150

06 Feb 20

Kirk Douglas 1916 - 2020

103 years

Drewnogal

Constant Gardener

The Plot

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Moves: 52998

06 Feb 20

@divegeester said
Kirk Douglas 1916 - 2020

103 years

Quite an age! Don’t plan to be around that long myself personally.

Gertrude

santa cruz, ca.

Joined: 19 Jul 13
Moves: 376505

06 Feb 20

@divegeester said
Kirk Douglas 1916 - 2020

103 years

got more than a fair share of wealth, fame and health

FMF

Joined: 28 Oct 05
Moves: 34587

06 Feb 20

Buddy Cage (February 18, 1946 – February 5, 2020) was an American pedal steel guitarist, best known as a longtime member of the New Riders of the Purple Sage. [wiki]

moonbus

Über-Nerd (emeritus)

Joined: 31 May 12
Moves: 8703

09 Feb 20

Orson Bean

https://apnews.com/c74e551badceefd745bc32d10e4515ff

So sorry to hear of this one, and in a stupid traffic accident, too.

Kegge

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Moves: 139482

09 Feb 20

Andy Gill of Gang of Four

Woofwoof

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09 Feb 20

Robert Conrad
Television star of the 1960s hit "Wild, Wild West".

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chemist

Linkenheim

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18 Feb 20

Jon Christensen famous norwegian drummer

Shallow Blue

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Moves: 12477

19 Feb 20

@divegeester said
Kirk Douglas 1916 - 2020

103 years

Well remembered, long remembered - of course, as long-lived as he was. A good actor, and more importantly, as far as anyone who doesn't know him personally can tell, a good man.

Shallow Blue

Joined: 18 Jan 07
Moves: 12477

19 Feb 20

Mr. Puckett. If you don't know yet, I cannot begin to explain (which is my own failure more than yours), but if you do, you will have shed some tears. Thank you, Abe.

Shallow Blue

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20 Feb 20

Larry Tesler. While working at Xerox PARC, he invented the copy and paste commands.

rookie54

free tazer tickles..

wildly content...

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Moves: 204681

21 Feb 20

@shallow-blue said
Larry Tesler. While working at Xerox PARC, he invented the copy and paste commands.

just read this, and i am sad

Larry Tesler, creator of copy, cut and paste function, dies at 74
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/20/tech/larry-tesler-obituary-copy-paste-trnd/index.html

in creating just this one post i copied and pasted information from one website to this one three times

Suzianne

Misfit Queen

Isle of Misfit Toys

Joined: 08 Aug 03
Moves: 37312

21 Feb 20

@rookie54 said
just read this, and i am sad

Larry Tesler, creator of copy, cut and paste function, dies at 74
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/20/tech/larry-tesler-obituary-copy-paste-trnd/index.html

in creating just this one post i copied and pasted information from one website to this one three times

A fitting memorial.

Very Rusty

Treat Everyone Equal

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Joined: 04 Oct 06
Moves: 633715

21 Feb 20

@shallow-blue said
Larry Tesler. While working at Xerox PARC, he invented the copy and paste commands.

Millions of us use this function daily! May he rest in peace.

-VR