Notable death

Daniel Kahneman

Nobel Laureate; some here might have read: "Thinking. Fast and lsow"

I did learn a few things from him (via the book).

To put an end to this thread, I'm waiting to post the notable death of Death itself, and hopefully before I die.

@pettytalk said
To put an end to this thread, I'm waiting to post the notable death of Death itself, and hopefully before I die.

Are you looking for it to happen in the Donne way, or in the Alhazred way?

@pettytalk said
To put an end to this thread, I'm waiting to post the notable death of Death itself, and hopefully before I die.

By the time that happens, you won't need to post about it here.

Louis Gossett Jr, the first black man to win an Oscar for best supporting actor, dies at 87

https://news.sky.com/story/louis-gossett-jr-the-first-black-man-to-win-an-oscar-for-best-supporting-actor-dies-at-87-13101956

Igor Rausis, former Grandmaster who achieved notoriety for cheating using a smartphone on the toilet.

@ponderable said
Igor Rausis, former Grandmaster who achieved notoriety for cheating using a smartphone on the toilet.

I read the newspaper on the toilet.🤔👍

@great-big-stees said
I read the newspaper on the toilet.🤔👍

To be accurate he wasn't actually 'on' the toilet, he was hiding in the toilet.

@the-gravedigger said
To be accurate he wasn't actually 'on' the toilet, he was hiding in the toilet.

Even worse.😲

Juan Vicente Pérez 113 years old.

Oldest living man for some time before his death. He hailed from Venezuela.

Joe Flaherty of SCTV “fame”.

@ponderable said
Daniel Kahneman

Nobel Laureate; some here might have read: "Thinking. Fast and lsow"

I did learn a few things from him (via the book).

OMG...Just started reading that book yesterday. It's NOT light reading. Daniel and his partner Amos Tversky were brilliant.

@rookie54 said
Louis Gossett Jr, the first black man to win an Oscar for best supporting actor, dies at 87

https://news.sky.com/story/louis-gossett-jr-the-first-black-man-to-win-an-oscar-for-best-supporting-actor-dies-at-87-13101956

Noooooooo!

I hadn't heard.

@ponderable said
Juan Vicente Pérez 113 years old.

Oldest living man for some time before his death. He hailed from Venezuela.

He was 114, very nearly 115.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oldest-man-guiness-world-records-juan-vicente-perez-dies-venezuela-before-115th-birthday/

Joe Viera

founder of the Internationale Jazzwoche Burghausen (and a notable saxophon player apart from that)