OFFICIAL 2016 APOLYTON CELEBRITY DEAD POOL

[Broken_Erika]

Jerry Springer, former mayor and talk-show host, dead at 79

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainmen...obit-1.6824262

[Uncle Sparky]

[BeBMan]

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-11811290

And as the article sez, he's not only known for his work in music, film, civil rights - he had also specific relevance for Poly ever since he released the Banana Boat Song

RIP

[Uncle Sparky]

Their last post:

[Uncle Sparky]

One of the greats, and probably now banned in most American states.

[Proteus_MST]

RIP Barry Humphries, better knwon as Dame Edna ... who died at the age of 89

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65328507

[Broken_Erika]

Dame Mary Quant: Fashion designer dies aged 93

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65265531

[-Jrabbit]

I was a huge fan back in the 60s. May he RIP.

[Broken_Erika]

Mad Magazine cartoonist Al Jaffee dead at 102

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainmen...obit-1.6806437

[Broken_Erika]

Ben Ferencz, last living Nuremberg prosecutor of Nazi war crimes, dead at 103

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ben-fe...obit-1.6805584

[Uncle Sparky]

The room was humming harder
As the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
The waiter brought a tray...

[Broken_Erika]

Gordon Moore, Intel co-founder and creator of Moore's Law, dies aged 94

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65073812

[-Jrabbit]

Thanks for noticing; it's been this way for the better part of a decade. You may go back to ignoring it now.

[My Wife Hates CIV]

so this thread has turned into 'a anyone you like who died' thread. it's suppose to be celebrity - or at least famous.

[pchang]

Willis Reed, famed Center for the New York Knicks basketball team died today. He was 80 years old.