RIP: In Memoriam Thread

[Liberty City]

 

[Faulkner]

[All My Shadows]

Lulu Roman, Star of TV’s ‘Hee Haw’ Over a Nearly Quarter-Century Run, Dies at 78

I'm a very unashamed "Hee Haw" fan, and Lulu to me is one of the quintessential faces associated with the show. There have been so many meaningful celebrity deaths in the last month that I've barely had enough time to really react, but I made it a point to watch a few episodes yesterday afternoon/evening in her honor.

[Liberty City]

 

[DRW50]

So sad.

https://deadline.com/2025/05/jill-sobule-dies-house-fire-66-1236383414/

[Faulkner]

Link to the official announcement on her Facebook account:

https://www.facebook.com/100052018909496/posts/pfbid031y2oHoqXMuMCSZg1RToxEVH37UZCvGmrp6JhGBQXoGCv3X6mwouwxATxHF5PtvTJl/?app=fbl

[janea4old]

the AP account of Ruth Buzzi said she'd had Alzheimer's for 10 years? -- they are quoting her facebook as saying that.

Now her facebook says this:
Ruth Buzzi 
July 24, 1936 – May 1, 2025
Ruth Buzzi died peacefully in her sleep at home in Texas.
She was in hospice care for several years with Alzheimer’s disease.
Memorial arrangements by Lacy Funeral Home, Stephenville, Texas to be announced.
Her family requests donating to Alzheimer’s research (www.alz.org) in lieu of flowers.
https://www.facebook.com/RealRuthBuzzi/posts/pfbid031y2oHoqXMuMCSZg1RToxEVH37UZCvGmrp6JhGBQXoGCv3X6mwouwxATxHF5PtvTJl 

(the reference to ten years is not there)




A few hours before her death was announced, her husband posted onto her facebook this:
https://www.facebook.com/RealRuthBuzzi/posts/pfbid02hxSLCXSKM62DHE72RFXeY8s8M4PXeAcDJGkhfnTLKVNVpZqSYmAREpr7W7RgDhUzl
This is Ruth Buzzi‘s husband writing on her page.  She asked me to thank all of you for being so good to her for so many years.  She wants you to know she probably had more fun doing those shows than you had watching them.    Because of health issues, she’s must withdraw from writing, but she will still be reading and enjoying your posts.  
If you've met Ruthie and had a picture taken with her, please post it below.   If you have a great memory from her career that you enjoyed — a special comedy sketch, or a moment that made you laugh — share that with us.
Ruthie loves you.

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Ruth's twitter was active recently
There's more info on @slick jones page here
https://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/55788-soap-hoppers-the-soap-actors-and-roles-thread/page/380/#comment-1869080
 

Edited May 2 by janea4old

[Wendy]

Rest in peace, Ruth Buzzi! Laugh In was before my time, but from the clips I have come across on YouTube, she was a very funny lady.

Prayers to her loved ones.

[Classic Cars 425]

Not a Celebrity 

https://ewnews.com/minister-of-foreign-affairs-remembers-rodney-moncur-as-national-figure/

Bahamian Former Senator and Radio Show Host Rodney Moncur dead at 68 yesterday 

[DRW50]

Laugh-In was also before my time, but I loved watching her when Nick at Nite and TV Land ran repeats. She was also on Sesame Street for years. So vibrant. One of those people I've never heard bad word of.

Sorry to hear that.

[Khan]

Same here.

Edited May 3 by Khan

[Classic Cars 425]

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Got another sad news from the Bahamian community (not a celebrity) 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DJMSrYCgyes/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Former Bahamian Senate President J Henry Bostwick, Husband of former 1st Bahamian Female Cabinet Minister Dame Janet Bostwick is dead yesterday on his 86th birthday. 

 

Thanks and for those who've aren't familiar with the talk shows in The Bahamas on this thread here, his talk show named The Freedom March with Dr Rodney Moncur that airs on ILTV and The Beat 103.5 FM Nassau every weekday afternoons. IIRC, he suffered a illness before he died. 

Here's the link for his final taping of the show before his death:

https://ewnews.com/this-is-powerful-rodney-moncurs-final-sign-off/

[Classic Cars 425]

Found it on YT from Inside Edition 

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MTV's Floribama Shore Kirk Medias is dead at 33 years old. 

[Classic Cars 425]

Update

Pope Leo XIV has been elected as the new head of the catholic church and the 1st American ever to be elected to Vatican City

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/new-pope-conclave-day-two-05-08-25

 

[Contessa Donatella]

I am loathe to gatekeep but why is the new pope being chosen posted here? RIP In Memoriam thread is for those who have died. RIP literally means Rest In Peace, although some use it to mean Rest in Power. Either way the issue is death.