Dead Celebrity (Part 2)

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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/turkish-us-based-cleric-gulen-has-died-media-says-2024-10-21/

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Itā€™s very British of the Guardian to assume WW2= Nazis.

As far as I know the code talkers operated exclusively in the Pacific theatre.

Kinsel enlisted with the US marines in 1942, serving in their ninth regiment and third division during the battle of Iwo Jima against Japan. The code whose development Kinsel aided played a vital role in ensuring the security of operations that the American military conducted during campaigns in Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal and Okinawa, said a Navajo nation news release announcing his death.

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Did they never watch Bridge on the River Kwai or Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence? Maybe Empire of the Sun? I think I could forgive them for never having seen It Ainā€™t Half Hot Mum considering the usual problems with 1970s comedies.

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Looks like the subs have listened to you.

Navajo code talker who helped allies win second world war dies aged 107

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Oh no!

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I just saw that.

:metal::pleading_face:

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Unsung medical technology hero:

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This is local to Detroit and Michigan.

Rob Kress was a beloved weatherman but back in the early 90s he got Lyme disease and he faded away with occasional updates.

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Johnny Weissmuller is the original but Ron Ely wasnā€™t too bad in the 60s.

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I thought someone may have posted this already. Very sad to hear this. :pensive:

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Jack Jones has been around forever.

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Hadā€¦.

Boy, that song does not land anymoreā€¦just like him calling her a WAC. All credit to the service men in the audience who started a roar of disapproval on her behalf!

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wow, 75. that seem particularly long lived for such a competitor in that type of sport.

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