Frank Thornton 'Captain Peacock' Dies

A good write up here.

http://news.msn.com/obits/are-you-being-served-actor-frank-thornton-dies

Rick Majerus Passes Away at 64

Rick Majerus, who had only one losing record in 25 seasons of coaching college basketball, has died. He was 64.

Majerus had a history of heart problems and said last month that he would not be returning to Saint Louis University because of his cardiac condition.

John Huntsman, a longtime friend of Majerus, confirmed in a statement that Majerus died of heart failure in a Los Angeles hospital.

Majerus had an overall record of 517-216 at four colleges, including a stellar 323-95 mark at Utah from 1989-2004. In five seasons at Saint Louis the Billikens were 95-69. He began his career at Marquette, his alma mater, in 1983 and also coached at Ball State from 1987-89.

As someone that grew up on the outskirts of Milwaukee, I'll always remember Majerus as the colorful coach of Marquette back in the early 1980s. 

He was a coach that was always had a great quote or two.  My favorite was after a big win at Louisville when he was at Marquttee and in th postgame news conferece he was so ecited, he said he was "going to eat every rib in Lousiville."

He probably did.

TV Legend Schwartz Dies at 94

He was one of the most interesting men in the television industry for decades.

I'm talking about Scherwood Schwartz.

Sherwood Schwartz, who created "Gilligan's Island" and "The Brady Bunch," two of the most affectionately ridiculed and enduring television sitcoms of the 1960s and '70s, died Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 94.
His death was announced by the Archive of American Television.

Mr. Schwartz weathered dismissive reviews to see his shows prosper and live on for decades in syndication. Many critics suggested that they were successful because they ran counter to the tumultuous times in which they appeared: the era of the Vietnam War and sweeping social change.

Give or take a month or so, the original network run of "The Brady Bunch" coincided with two major upheavals in U.S. society. The show, about a squeaky-clean blended family in California, began in 1969, shortly after Woodstock, and ended in 1974, soon after President Richard Nixon's resignation following the Watergate scandal.

Sherwood Charles Schwartz was born in Passaic, N.J., on Nov. 4, 1916. He grew up in Brooklyn and was a premed student at New York University. After receiving his bachelor's degree, he moved to Los Angeles to attend graduate school at the University of Southern California, but the master's he earned in biological sciences was never put to use.

After World War II, during which Mr. Schwartz wrote for Armed Forces Radio, he became a writer for "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet," which was then on the radio. He made the transition to television in the 1950s with the sitcom "I Married Joan" and "The Red Skelton Show," for which he became head writer. In 1961 he shared an Emmy Award with his brother, Skelton and two other writers for the show.

Mr. Schwartz's survivors include his wife, Mildred; three sons, Donald, Lloyd and Ross Schwartz; and a daughter, Hope Juber.

'Macho Man' Randy Savage Dies in Car Accident

Accoring to media reports, Randall Poffo, better known as wresting great Macho Man Randy Savage, has died.

According to the site, Randy's brother, Lanny, said he suffered a heart attack while he was driving around 9:25 this morning and lost control of his vehicle.  Yes, Macho Man's brother is "Leaping" Lanny Poffo.

He veered across a concrete median, through oncoming traffic and "collided head-on with a tree."

Savage was transported to Largo Medical center, where he died from his injuries, according to the report.

Savage, who grew up near Sarasota, Fla., was a minor league baseball outfielder in the Cincinnati Reds farm system in his earlier years.

He also played minor league ball for St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago White Sox.

Savage enjoyed one of the longer careers in professional wrestling; winning numerous titles, faking multiple retirements, holding grudges in high profile feuds and even enjoying time as a color commentator when he wasn't busy in the ring.

He was 58 and is survived by his wife of only one year, Lynn Payne.

Here is a classic Macho Man interview with Mean Gene.

114-year Old Man Dies

The world's oldest man, who once said "you're born to die", has passed away at the age of 114 in the US.

Walter Breuning, a retired railworker, died on Thursday at a Montana hospital, according to nursing home spokeswoman Stacia Kirby.

He was 27 days younger than the world's oldest person, Besse Cooper.

Mr Breuning had lived at the Rainbow Senior Living retirement home since 1980 and attributed his long life to eating only two meals a day for the past 35 years.

Born in the town of Melrose, Minnesota, on September 21, 1896, Mr Bruening moved to Great Falls in 1918, where he found work with Great Northern Railway and remained there for 50 years.

He married co-worker Agnes Twokey, who died in 1957 after 35 years of marriage. The couple did not have any children and Mr Breuning never remarried.

Retiring in 1963, aged 67, he stuck to his philosophy and continued to work as a manager and secretary for Shriners, a position he held until he was 99-years-old.

In recent years, Mr Breuning also attracted a following, appearing on News Hour with Jim Lehrer in 2009 and participating in a question-and-answer segment in the magazine Men's Journal.

He was officially listed in the Guinness Book of World Records 2011 edition as the world's oldest living man.