[fill in the blank] Just Died! — Page 4

From Les Claypool's Facebook page:

Hello everyone,

I am sad to report that my little nephew Matthew Pierce who has come to be known as Baby Matthew has passed on from complications related to his more than two year struggle with infant's leukemia. He passed this evening (Friday, February 8 ) just after 7pm pacific time at St. Jude's Hospital in Memphis Tennessee.

My heart aches for my Brother Ron, his wife Aimee and his kids Isaiah, Noah and Lilly. It has been an extraordinarily tough road for my Bro and his family and I want to thank everyone that has reached out to help them over the past couple years. The amount of support they have received has been phenomenal and very touching.

Matthew was a tough little guy who beat the odds for much longer than anyone every thought. Because of him and his tenacious struggle, there has been more knowledge accumulated in the procedures of how to treat Infant's Leukemia and the potential for survival is that much greater. Even though he was just a tot, he has done a great service to those future children that may be misfortunate enough to contract this mysterious and deadly disease.

Thank you all once again for your kind thoughts and generosity.

Les Claypool

OK, guys, you know what - this thread is so depressing - every time I get that email that someone posted in this thread, I'm like OMG, who died now? And usually it's someone I've never even heard of before. I was just gonna unsubscribe and go back to traditional media for my obituaries but then I read the linked article about Mr. Vlahos and found it so interesting that I decided to stay subscribed.

Bingowings said:

Richard Briers 79.

:(

I have no idea why, but I just burst out into uncontrollable crying at this news. Mortality sucks.

Bingowings said:

A really bad week for Roobarb fans :-(

Bob Godfrey 91.

I was just talking about him today, it's odd finding this out now.

I used to love Roobarb as a child, I used to watch it a lot when I was sick and had to stay at home. A lot of creative people that I grew up either watching, or watching their work are dying lately. Like I said before, mortality sucks.

Bingowings said:

Richard Collins, 98

It's the English Andy Griffith.