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Kylie

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I thought I'd start a thread where we can commemorate authors and other admired celebrities who have passed away (rather than starting a separate thread for each).

 

I'm sad to report that Colleen McCullough, the well-known Australian author of The Thorn Birds and many other books, has passed away at the age of 77. :(

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This has been coming for a while now; his announcement last year that he had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was the warning shot across the bows, but it's none the less a very sad day.

 

I stopped off for a pint on my way home tonight (as I usually do on a Friday) and I had to stop reading Twitter a couple of times because a 40+ man shouldn't start crying in a pub (people get concerned for their safety, and start thinking someone is about to go postal . . .).

 

To a point I have Nimoy, along with the rest of the Star Trek cast and crew, to thank for getting me into reading.  When I was growing up I barely read anything, but I got interested in Star Trek in my mid-teens and in those days, at the dawn of home video and with no iPlayer etc. the only way to experience Star Trek was to read the novels that Titan were busily turning out.  Spock was a huge part of that, and it was Nimoy's performance that made the character and I'm glad that in his later years he came to view Spock as being more of a blessing than a curse.  To a point, I'm not sure how much I am mourning the passing of Nimoy and how much I am mourning the passing of Spock, but I can think of worse legacies for someone to leave.  He was a part of something that inspired many to be better and do better and for his influence on my life I thank him.

 

LLAP, Mr. Nimoy.

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As the man himself might have said: Bugger.

 

I did wonder if something was up the other day, when I noticed his Twitter account has been silent since Christmas (there were also some comments on his daughter's feed as well).

 

This sucks.

 

Lots.

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