The RIP Thread

[rod]

2023 was a tough year on celebrities.

 

[Brownwind]

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2023 was a tough year on celebrities.

Yep. Famous for a moment then gone the next.

 

[oldngray]

Comedy legend Shecky Greene dead at 97

Shecky Greene, the comedy legend known for his decades of work in Las Vegas and working relationships with Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley, has died at age 97.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Wally]

 

[over9five]

Yep. Famous for a moment then gone the next.

Yup, but people will see them for centuries on TV. The rest of us will be forgotten in 5 years....

 

[Darmark7]

Yup, but people will see them for centuries on TV. The rest of us will be forgotten in 5 years....

Most Famous people won’t even be know very long. How many famous people from the 1920s and 1930s does anyone know? Ask anyone 30 or younger about any famous person from the 1940s or before and I would be surprised if 1% could name any one.
My wife and I have had this conversation and after 3 generations, and for sure after 4, you are probably totally forgotten by your family. It is sad.

 

[rod]

I took care of a small cemetery (mowed & clean up) after I retired for 14 years. I can tell you that without a doubt ---after 2 years your spouse and kids will slow down on the flowers and nick knacks they put out on Memorial Day and during the year. After 2 years you will be lucky if just your spouse visits you. After your spouse is gone your kids "may" hit the gravesite on Memorial Day for a few years-- but don't count on it. As far as your grand kids go you are forgotten the day they plant you. I've seen this scenario happen dozens of times during my time at the cemetery. Don't let your families waste a lot of money on a fancy funeral---Everyone is soon forgotten.

 

[oldngray]

I took care of a small cemetery (mowed & clean up) after I retired for 14 years. I can tell you that without a doubt ---after 2 years your spouse and kids will slow down on the flowers and nick knacks they put out on Memorial Day and during the year. After 2 years you will be lucky if just your spouse visits you. After your spouse is gone your kids "may" hit the gravesite on Memorial Day for a few years-- but don't count on it. As far as your grand kids go you are forgotten the day they plant you. I've seen this scenario happen dozens of times during my time at the cemetery. Don't let your families waste a lot of money on a fancy funeral---Everyone is soon forgotten.

I don't want no fancy funeral.

Just one like old King Tut.

 

[UnionStrong]

I don't want no fancy funeral.

Just one like old King Tut.

Funky Tut?

 

[rod]

I don't want no fancy funeral.

Just one like old King Tut.

 

[oldngray]

Frank Ryan, last Browns QB to win a championship, dies at 87

Ryan was an accomplished quarterback and an accomplished mathematician, both during and after his NFL career.

www.yahoo.com

 

[Babagounj]

Last of wartime SAS 'originals': Major Mike Sadler dies aged 103

Major Mike Sadler was among the first men recruited by David Stirling, the founder of the British Army's elite Special Air Service regiment, in 1941.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Darmark7]

David soul of Starsky and Hutch gone.

 

[Babagounj]

David soul of Starsky and Hutch gone.


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Found love with a wife 30 years his junior.

 

[Wally]

David soul of Starsky and Hutch gone.


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Rumor has it he told his doctor, "Don't Give Up On Us".

 

[Covemastah]

Rumor has it he told his doctor, "Don't Give Up On Us".

Are you playing here all week !

 

[Wally]

Found love with a wife 30 years his junior.

His Sole-mate?

 

[Operational needs]

David soul of Starsky and Hutch gone.


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Starsky and Hutch was a great show.

 

[Brownwind]

Rumor has it he told his doctor, "Don't Give Up On Us".

Sing it Wally…. Sing it seventies style

 

[over9five]

I took care of a small cemetery (mowed & clean up) after I retired for 14 years. I can tell you that without a doubt ---after 2 years your spouse and kids will slow down on the flowers and nick knacks they put out on Memorial Day and during the year. After 2 years you will be lucky if just your spouse visits you. After your spouse is gone your kids "may" hit the gravesite on Memorial Day for a few years-- but don't count on it. As far as your grand kids go you are forgotten the day they plant you. I've seen this scenario happen dozens of times during my time at the cemetery. Don't let your families waste a lot of money on a fancy funeral---Everyone is soon forgotten.

Agreed, tell people the exact thing. Graveyards are a waste of space. After your kids stop visiting, you lie there for eternity with no one visiting or remembering you.