Obituaries for 2016

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  • Golem #417

    I have seen this done successfully elsewhere.

    It is a collective thread for obituaries when the poster chooses to not post a specific thread on the passing of a particularly person. A new thread is started at the beginning of each year.

    It is strictly up to the individual posters’ preference as to whether or not they wish to post passings to the collective thread, or to give the passed person a thread of his own.

    Golem #418

    Bob Elliott, the Deadpan Half of Bob and Ray Comedy Team, Dies at 92

    Bob Elliott, who as half of the comedy team Bob and Ray purveyed a distinctively low-key brand of humor on radio and television for more than 40 years, died on Tuesday at his home in Cundy’s Harbor, Me. He was 92.

    His death was confirmed by his son Chris Elliott, the actor and comedian, who said his father had had throat cancer.

    Mr. Elliott and his partner, Ray Goulding — Bob was the more soft-spoken one, Ray the blustery, deep-voiced one — were unusual among two-person comedy teams. Rather than one of them always playing it straight and the other handling the jokes, they took turns being the straight man.

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    Golem #658

    Sam Spence, longtime composer for NFL Films, has died

    Sam Spence, whose energetic, muscular musical compositions were an integral part of NFL Films’ celebration of pro football, died Saturday morning at a nursing center in Lewisville…

    His son, Kim Spence, said the fact that Spence died on the eve of the 50th Super Bowl reflected his flair for the dramatic…

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