Desipio Message Board

Hiroo Onoda.

[Edit.--Speaking of which, "You may have to live on coconuts. If that's the case, live on coconuts!"]

[Edit 2.--This would have been much better as "He couldn't build a tank out of coconuts...," I suppose. Selah.]

José Sulaimán Chagnón.

Run Run Shaw.

Phil Everly, of COPD complications.

Those who stubbornly stick to the same choices year upon year will no doubt be reinforced in their habits by this news.

Frances Margaret Parsons, worldwide activist for the education of deaf children and total communication.

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You know, I think I might have picked Joseph Paul Franklin in the past as well. The title is admittedly obscure. This should help.

Larry Lujack, per WGN-AM.

I think I was only one year off on Tom Laughlin.

I seem to be on a roll: The world is rid of Sylvia Browne.

I do believe I'm on the board with Doris Lessing.

So, given the entirely timely death of Jess Franco, I found myself looking for the often-omitted biting-off-dong scene that I thought occurred at the beginning of "Vampyros Lesbos." This must instead have been "Les avaleuses," but it's ultimately of little concern, as I've seen both before, and I imagine everyone's familiar with the basic concept in any event.

This, on the other hand, has the potential to skyrocket in value.

Shit, Jess Franco died in April.

Creator of the relentlessly 12-step-pushing "Magnificent Obsession," which features vastly more annoying music, drawn from a seemingly bottomless pit of pathos, than his other program, Jim Nayder.

The Tribune reports:

Quote"Annoying music is a train wreck," Nayder told the Tribune. "You don't want to see it but you can't look away." [Actually, Jim, I rather easily can.]

Reruns still air weekends on WBEZ."Magnificent Obsession" started in 1992 and also remains a WBEZ staple, although Nayder had not produced a new episode since 2012, according to WBEZ CEO Torey Malatia.

No doubt these shambling zombies will continue to pollute the airwaves for years to come.

Hilary Koprowski, creator of the first oral polio vaccine.

James D'Adamo. Regrettably, he's survived by his son Peter, who is still pushing the same rubbish.

Alvin Lee.

OK, I have stolen obtained series 1–9. It's been quite a while; indeed, I had forgotten about the fake commercials mid-episode early on. I'm two episodes in. It's simply beautiful. Go steal obtain it at your first opportunity.

Richard Briers.

Nicholas Johnson, the force behind Big Dead Place, unquestionably the best Antarctica blog going, took his own life shortly after last Thanksgiving.