Rest in Peace thread.

[Chip and Chase]

This is for my good friend Trent. I’m not sure if this is the appropriate thread to put it in.
He was my mate for over 30 years. And the song below is very much how it went. We had both purchased our first homes. Then I found out he played acoustic guitar. And I’d grill the poor bloke Friday afternoons with, "I’ll supply the booze, you supply the tunes!"
And could he play! But my favourite was always Paul Kellys "to her door". Sadly life followed art in the next 20 years. He took his own life yesterday. He is not the first mate that has in my life. All I can come up with atm, is communication, communication, communication. RIP Trent.....this is for you my brother......

Sorry to hear that mate, also more sorry to hear he's not the first. It's a terrible thing to go through and send you best wishes. Great song choice by the way, brings back some memories for me of a different nature. Envious of Trent if he could pull off a good Paul Kelly cover. Take care

 

[globaleagle]

Chuck Yeager, 'Right Stuff' test pilot who broke sound barrier, dead at 97

Chuck Yeager, 'Right Stuff' test pilot who broke sound barrier, dead at 97

Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles 'Chuck' Yeager, the Second World War fighter pilot ace and quintessential test pilot who showed he had the 'right stuff' when in 1947 he became the first person to fly faster than sound, has died. He was 97.

www.ctvnews.ca

Chuck Yeager, the steely "Right Stuff" test pilot who took aviation to the doorstep of space by becoming the first person to break the sound barrier more than 70 years ago, died on Monday at the age of 97.

 

[Chip and Chase]

Chuck Yeager, 'Right Stuff' test pilot who broke sound barrier, dead at 97

Chuck Yeager, 'Right Stuff' test pilot who broke sound barrier, dead at 97

Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles 'Chuck' Yeager, the Second World War fighter pilot ace and quintessential test pilot who showed he had the 'right stuff' when in 1947 he became the first person to fly faster than sound, has died. He was 97.

www.ctvnews.ca

Chuck Yeager, the steely "Right Stuff" test pilot who took aviation to the doorstep of space by becoming the first person to break the sound barrier more than 70 years ago, died on Monday at the age of 97.

Wow, would have picked him to have already gone into orbit. Fair innings

 

[wombatgc]

Thankyou to all who responded. I know it’s not easy to come up with the words. There really is nothing that will heal the pain except time.

Thankyou for acknowledging Trents loss.
Here are some telling numbers pertaining to suicide. The LBGTI one is a big kick up the arse for me.And the fact on average 135 people are impacted by just one suicide.

Suicide Statistics​

• Eight Australians die every day by suicide. That’s more than double the road toll.
• 75% of those who take their own life are male.
• Over 65,000 Australians make a suicide attempt each year.
• In 2018, 3,046 Australians took their own life.
• Suicide is the leading cause of death for Australians between the ages of 15 and 44.
• The suicide rate in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is twice that of their non-Indigenous counterparts.
• People in rural populations are 2 times more likely to die by suicide.
• LGBTI+ community members experience significantly higher rates of suicide than the rest of the population.
• For each life lost to suicide, the impacts are felt by up to 135 people, including family members, work colleagues, friends, first responders at the time of death.
• Males aged 85 and older experience the highest age-specific rate of suicide.
• Same-gender attracted Australians are estimated to experience up to 14 times higher rates of attempted suicide than their heterosexual peers.
• 1 in 4 Australians are lonely and have no-one to speak to. Lifeline is here to listen.

'I've got help and I've got through it': WA Opposition Leader reveals he was diagnosed with depression

Recently appointed WA Liberal leader Zak Kirkup says he has been treated for depression after being diagnosed last summer, saying he wants to help "shine a light" on what he calls "a very personal experience".

www.abc.net.au

 

[Captain Moondog]

Just heard Mungo MacCallum died. A real character and a fixture in the Brunswick Hotel
beer garden for many years.

Mungo MacCallum, veteran journalist and commentator, dies aged 78

Tributes are flowing for veteran Australian political journalist and commentator Mungo MacCallum who has died aged 78.

thenewdaily.com.au

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Just heard Mungo MacCallum died. A real character and a fixture in the Brunswick Hotel
beer garden for many years.

Mungo MacCallum, veteran journalist and commentator, dies aged 78

Tributes are flowing for veteran Australian political journalist and commentator Mungo MacCallum who has died aged 78.

thenewdaily.com.au

Yep go down to Brunswick for a week each year and have often seen him there.

 

[globaleagle]

Star Wars actor who played Boba Fett dead at 75

Jeremy Bulloch had little screen time in the original trilogy, but his character became a cult favourite

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/jeremy-bulloch-death-1.5846529

As the Mandalorian bounty hunter Boba Fett, Bulloch made off with a frozen-in-carbonite Han Solo in 1980's The Empire Strikes Back, then zoomed around the desert of Tatooine in a jet pack in 1983's Return of the Jedi.

"Today we lost the best bounty hunter in the galaxy," Billy Dee Williams, whose Lando Calrissian appeared in key scenes with Bulloch in the films, said on Twitter.

Mark Hamill tweeted that Bulloch was "the quintessential English gentleman."

 

[Captain Moondog]

Leslie West , who's left?

He made it to 75 though. Felix Pappalardi ( on bass in this vid) was shot by his wife.

 

[globaleagle]

Dawn Wells dies

The 'Gilligan’s Island' star - who played Mary Ann Summers in the 1960s sitcom - passed away in Los Angeles on Wednesday morning (30.12.20) due to complications related to coronavirus,

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Sad news. Now Ginger is the only one left

 

[Chip and Chase]

Masada Iosefa - played NSW cup for us back in 2014 or so. Died in a quad bike accident

Masada Iosefa dies in quad-bike crash: Tributes flow for Samoan hooker

The NRL and Samoan rugby league communities are in mourning following the tragic death of former Penrith and Wests Tigers hooker Masada Iosefa after a quad-bike accident near Darwin.

www.nrl.com

33 is too young

 

[globaleagle]

Rest in Peace Alex Pullin

Australian Olympic snowboarder Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin dead aged 32

Australian Olympic snowboarder Alex "Chumpy" Pullin dies in a spearfishing accident at Palm Beach on the Gold Coast.

www.abc.net.au

The world snowboarding cross champs were on today and they mentioned Alex's passing.

I felt sad.

 

[wombatgc]

‘Heart of Australian music ripped out’: Michael Gudinski dies aged 68

The founder and chairman of Mushroom Group died in his sleep on Monday night.

www.smh.com.au

 

[globaleagle]

Bunny Wailer, reggae luminary and last Wailers member, dies aged 73

Jamaica's Prime Minister declares a "great loss for Jamaica and reggae" as Bunny Wailer, one of the people credited with popularising reggae music, passes away.

www.abc.net.au

Bunny Wailer, the legendary Jamaican reggae singer who founded the Wailers with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh and was the last surviving founding member, has died in hospital after suffering a stroke. He was 73

 

[Captain Moondog]

RIP Doug Parkinson

 

[wombatgc]

RIP Doug Parkinson

RIP Doug Another musical pioneer gone.

 

[grassy]

RIP Doug Parkinson

Remember Doug well. Used to go and see him and the Leon Berger Band at the surrey Hills Muso's club in Sydney back in 82 and remember speaking with him once Backstage one night about playing music. Very demanding performer with a strong voice and one of Australia's great singers. Wow great days.

 

[Captain Moondog]

Remember Doug well. Used to go and see him and the Leon Berger Band at the surrey Hills Muso's club in Sydney back in 82 and remember speaking with him once Backstage one night about playing music. Very demanding performer with a strong voice and one of Australia's great singers. Wow great days.

He was an old Collaroy boy and member of the boadriders club. Local legend.

 

[globaleagle]

Actor George Segal died on March 25th.

• The goldbergs
• Just shoot me

more recently but a ton of other work.

I liked his acting.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/george-segal-obit-1.5961446

 

[globaleagle]

We all know about Tommy R....

Also:

Prince Phillip, and

Rapper DMX both passed away.