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Fatalities 2025

^^^ I trust you mean Steven Spielberg?
Marvin Levy was well known in Hollywood; 96 is a good old age. RIP, sir, with condolences to all who knew and loved you.
 
Actor Nicky Katt, probably best known for “Dazed and Confused” and “Boston Public,” has died at 54. No details have been released.

RIP, Mr. Katt, and thanks for sharing your talents. Condolences to your fans, family, friends and loved ones.
 
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Actor Nicky Katt, probably best known for “Dazed and Confused” and “Boston Public,” has died at 54. No details have been released.

RIP, Mr. Katt, and thanks for sharing your talents. Condolences to your fans, family, friends and loved ones.
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Circling back to add that Mr. Katt appears to have taken his own life. Sad, all the way around.
 
Last year we lost Peter Marshall and Chuck Woolery. Now, the “King of Game Shows,” Wink Martindale, has passed at 91, presumably of natural causes.

RIP, Mr. Martindale, and thanks for your creativity and infectious smile. Condolences to your fans, friends, family and loved ones.
 
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Actress Michelle Trachtenberg has died at 39; a cause of death is pending, and no criminality is suspected. Way too young.

RIP, Ms. Trachtenberg, and thanks for sharing your talents. Condolences to your fans, friends, family and loved ones.
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Circling back on this entry to add her cause of death. Ms. Trachtenberg’s death was ruled natural causes as a result of complications from diabetes. :(
 
Jean Marsh OBE, the wonderful British actress passed away on the 13th, aged 90.

Most famous for being Rose Buck the Parlour Maid in the TV Series Upstairs Downstairs (1971 - 1975) which she co - created; receiving many awards including the Emmy for best actress in 1975.
Spent 3 years in the US prior, including Much Ado about Nothing on Broadway.
Appeared in many movies and TV shows.
Cleopatra, Hitchcock's Frenzy, The Eagle has Landed, Willow, Jayne Eyre, The Changeling and Fatherland.
She appeared in early episodes of the The Twilight Zone, The Saint, Dr. Who etc

An icon of her era. Long remembered and very sadly missed.

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www.theguardian.com

Jean Marsh obituary

Actor and co-creator of the classic 1970s television series Upstairs, Downstairs
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

www.nytimes.com

Jean Marsh, Actress Who Co-Created ‘Upstairs, Downstairs,’ Dies at 90

She not only helped develop the hit 1970s show, but also acted in it, and had a decades-long career in film, TV and theater.
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Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio), the first Pope from Latin America (though he was the son of Italian immigrants) has died at 88 after a year or more of troubled health issues. No specific cause of death was announced.

RIP, with condolences.

apnews.com

Pope Francis reached out to migrants and the LGBTQ+ community, but also drew unusual opposition

Pope Francis was the first pope from the Americas, the first Jesuit pontiff and the first to take the name of Francis, after St. Francis of Assisi.
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PitCarver said:
I'm not a Catholic but I feel a deep loss at the death of the Pope.
Rumors, and speculation, have been around since he was proclaimed Pope that he was the last Pope in a midevil prophecy.

www.euronews.com

Vatican doomsday prophecy resurfaces amid Pope Francis’ illness

According to a 900-year-old book in the Vatican, 'Judgement Day' may be upon us soon, and Pope Francis might be the last leader of the Church.
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I had not heard of that particular prediction, which is not really that surprising since there are so many of them. What is odd to me is that time and time again people continue to predict the end of the world even though none of the past predictions has come true. (Maybe they didn't study history and that's why they are repeating it?) ;)

In the past I've always kind of thought that predictions about the end of the world were rather tied to Christianity, so only two thousand-ish years old. But even the Assyrians made such predictions and that was almost three thousand years before Christ.

As a Christian, I personally think things have to get much, much worse before God is going to wrap it all up, but I have nothing to base that on other than opinion.

Still, I do like good fiction, which is why I have many times enjoyed this Clarke short story since I first read it ca. 1977: The Nine Billion Names of God. (That link will download a copy of it in PDF, and I highly commend it to everyone.)
 
The Catholic Church has a lot of problems they try and cover up. As a Catholic myself I wish they would make some changes, like for one allowing priests to get married. The church says, no because you're married to the church. Last time I checked priests are human beings and have the same urges we all do. Allowing priests to marry would not eliminate the problem of young boys being sexually molested, but would surely cut down on the number of cases.
 
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