Tonight I heard from our Baroness that in today's helicopter crash near North Fork, a gentle man I knew by the name of Thomas; Lord Thomas of St. Brenden's according to the OP, was killed when it went down. Here is his photoTo me, he was the master of baklava, as that was the first incredible pastry of his I enjoyed. He was good at all sorts of ( Read more... )

This Saturday was not a good day for my friends.

As some may know, my friend Craig (docryder) lost his father that day after various illnesses had him in and out of the hospital. Craig is doing ok, as is his family, and they are working on making plans for his memorial and wake later this week ( Read more... )

has passed on, near the end of my birth day, so I won't forget the date. He was at peace, and surrounded by those he loved... what more could be asked.

docryder posted the info from this board ( Read more... )

Eartha Kitt has died.

Fare well, to a woman with a purr to make your heart skip a beat. You remain an inspiration to many, including me. You will always remain in my memories.

CNN, HuffPost.

I am surprised that only one of my friends has mentioned her passing. Majel Barrett Roddenberry passed away on Thursday morning of leukemia.

My husband had seen it on Digg and mentioned it to me that night.

Her voice will be missed. But she will live on in many reruns of all the series she was involved in.

LA Times
The Independent (UK)

To my father, a WWII vet (where he ended up in Japan and met my Mom), to the many other veterans in this wonderful country, I want to thank you all for all you have done on behalf of freedom & country.

To those who wondered what happened earlier this week that saddened me, here is the young man's obituary as posted by a close friend of the family ( Read more... )

I just heard the news from sca-garb of the death of a woman whose research I respected in the costuming world.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0318/dunleavym.html?rss
National Museum's Dunleavy dies
Tuesday, 18 March 2008 17:15The death has been announced of Máiréad ( Read more... )

An interesting article on the early years of wargaming, in reference to Gary Gygax and his death ( Read more... )

With thanks to many of the LJ friends who posted about his passing ( Read more... )