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In Memoriam: Carl Weathers

This is the way. May you be in good hands, maybe even magic ones.
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In Memoriam: Akira Toriyama

He's now moved onto the Other World.
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Is it okay to post obituary posts on meta for those who never were on a Sci-Fi or Fantasy work?

In a word, no. Per page zero of the Tour. Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for science fiction and fantasy enthusiasts. It's built and run by you as part of ...
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Here's to the next great adventure, Michael Gambon

I imagine he has boarded a train and gone "on".
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RIP James Earl Jones, a voice that will live forever

The guy was an amazing actor, not just for his voice. He made saying the alphabet into an event.
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Roger Corman, legendary (B movie) filmmaker, has died

I want to say this: I grew up watching Corman's films. I had hoped, although this was not very realistic, to meet him one day, but time was not on my side in this. Corman worked with small budgets but ...
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In Memoriam: Peter Schickele

As a child, I attended many P. D. Q. Bach concerts, whenever his tour came to town. As a teen, I also saw went to one of his much more serious concerts, where he presented a much more balanced mix of ...
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Is it okay to post obituary posts on meta for those who never were on a Sci-Fi or Fantasy work?

Valorum mentioned that "any relevant connection" is enough to post an obituary here on SFF Meta. This is in fact the current practice. For example, we have obituaries for Christopher Plummer,...
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In Memoriam: Peter Schickele

Sorry to hear that. I met him once--we have the same alma mater, and he played a concert there while I was a current student, some 25 years ago. I presented him with a homemade instrument which he ...
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RIP James Earl Jones, a voice that will live forever

The voiceovers do belie how many major roles he had in acting, but there's no denying his voice was both iconic and very prone to narrative. David Letterman often had him reading funny things with a ...
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RIP Donald Sutherland

Last survivor of The Dirty Dozen, I am pretty sure and he was one of the youngest -- probably one of the extras could be still around. I am wrong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Cooper
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In Memoriam: Peter Schickele

I got his music (so long ago it must have been vinyl) as a birthday gift.
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