2023 RIP thread

[opusthepenguin]

Ken Mattingly, famously replaced as Command Module pilot on Apollo 13 (he was exposed to measles but didn't contract them). Played by Gary Sinese in the movie. He later went to the moon on Apollo 18. Age 87.

*Apollo 16

For that matter, there was no Apollo 18.

There was, but the mission was cancelled, along with 19 and 20.

There was an Apollo 18, but NASA has suppressed all information about it. It was a secret DoD mission to deliver a classified payload. The crew encountered extraterrestrials and all of them died.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_18_(film)

Note that while the US government has been unable to suppress this documentary completely, they have been successful in reclassifying the film as fiction and inducing various parties to give it really bad reviews in the hopes that you'll give it a miss. Don't be fooled.

[AFRET CMS]

From today's Washington Post:

Frank Borman, a NASA astronaut who commanded Apollo 8, the first crewed mission to orbit the moon and return safely to Earth, and later as chief executive of Eastern Air Lines piloted the carrier through a turbulent business climate that led to its takeover and eventual demise, died Nov. 7 at a medical center in Billings, Mont. He was 95.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituari ... _headlines

Second Apollo astronaut this week.

[alietr]

Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, at 96.

[Volante]

Marty Krofft of H.R. Pufnstuf, Land of the Lost fame
https://www.avclub.com/r-i-p-marty-krof ... 1851048025

[Robert K S]

Actress Frances Sternhagen, at 93. Zero Archive hits, but she was Cliff Clavin's mom.

[LucarioSnooperVixey]

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger - 100

[reddpen]

Actress Frances Sternhagen, at 93. Zero Archive hits, but she was Cliff Clavin's mom.

She was also Mrs. Marsh on the old Colgate commercials that showed a stick of chalk dunked in green water to depict how fluoride protected your teeth, "but not as fast." Try as I might, I can't find one on the web, just a bunch with some Australian Mrs. Marsh wannabe.

[teapot37]

British author A.S. Byatt, who won the Booker Prize in 1990 for her novel Possession, died on November 16 at age 87.

[alietr]

First woman to serve on the Supreme Court, Sandra Day O'Connor, at 93.

[Peachbox]

Probably more Learned League than Jeopardy! (2 archive hits), but investor Warren Buffett's business partner and Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman Charlie Munger has died at age 99.

[Robert K S]

TV producer extraordinaire and activist Norman Lear, at 101. In addition to his astounding biography, he has on the order of 25 Archive hits and has presented clues, including a category about himself.

[earendel]

Denny Laine, co-founder of the Moody Blues and later a member of Paul McCartney's Wings, age 79, from interstitial lung disease.

[opusthepenguin]

TV producer extraordinaire and activist Norman Lear, at 101. In addition to his astounding biography, he has on the order of 25 Archive hits and has presented clues, including a category about himself.

All 5 broadcast networks will air a tribute to Lear tonight at 8 ET/PT, I guess 7 CT and not sure about MT. I'm also not sure how long it will be. I believe if you're set to record Celebrity Jeopardy!, you'll end up recording the the first hour of this. If you're also recording Celebrity Wheel, you'll get a second hour if there is one.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv ... 235715032/

[Robert K S]

As stated in the article you linked to, the tribute is just a brief title card aired at 8:00 PM.

[AndyTheQuizzer]

TV producer extraordinaire and activist Norman Lear, at 101. In addition to his astounding biography, he has on the order of 25 Archive hits and has presented clues, including a category about himself.

All 5 broadcast networks will air a tribute to Lear tonight at 8 ET/PT, I guess 7 CT and not sure about MT. I'm also not sure how long it will be. I believe if you're set to record Celebrity Jeopardy!, you'll end up recording the the first hour of this. If you're also recording Celebrity Wheel, you'll get a second hour if there is one.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv ... 235715032/

With all due respect, the article says "title card". I can't exactly foresee this running much longer than a minute or so.

[Robert K S]

Although two hours of Norman Lear title card would probably be better television than the average network offerings. (J! and Wheel excepted.)

[MarkBarrett]

TV producer extraordinaire and activist Norman Lear, at 101. In addition to his astounding biography, he has on the order of 25 Archive hits and has presented clues, including a category about himself.

All 5 broadcast networks will air a tribute to Lear tonight at 8 ET/PT, I guess 7 CT and not sure about MT. I'm also not sure how long it will be. I believe if you're set to record Celebrity Jeopardy!, you'll end up recording the the first hour of this. If you're also recording Celebrity Wheel, you'll get a second hour if there is one.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv ... 235715032/

You don't mess with The Masked Singer or Survivor either.

Five seconds:
Norman Lear [with picture]
July 27, 1922 – December 5, 2023

[opusthepenguin]

As stated in the article you linked to, the tribute is just a brief title card aired at 8:00 PM.

Ah. I didn't appreciate the significance of that. Celebrity J! recorders should pick it up automatically then.

[Peachbox]

For a longer retrospective on Norman Lear, check out this American Masters program from 2016.

[mfc248]

Actor Ryan O'Neal, age 82. Probably best known for Love Story, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Academy Award.