Non-Celebrity Death that Bummed You Out the Most

richlevy · 02-01-2008, 08:57 PM

From here

I always find it interesting and sad when people like this die and pop up for one brief moment in the press. Mr. James sounds like an amazing guy.

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Jimmy James, P.O.W. Plotter of Escapes, Is Dead at 92

By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN
Published: January 31, 2008
Jimmy James, a British flier in World War II obsessed with escape plots during his five years in German captivity, most prominently the breakout portrayed in the movie “The Great Escape,” died Jan. 18 in Shrewsbury, England. Mr. James, who lived in Ludlow, England, was 92.

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“I was just a guy who wanted to get home; I was no hero,” The Birmingham Post quoted Mr. James as saying. But his unrelenting will to be free brought him Britain’s Military Cross for gallantry in 1946.
Mr. James was “one of the last great links with a period of history that continues to exert a fierce grip on the popular imagination,” The Independent newspaper said upon his death.
The most storied escape occurred on the night of March 24, 1944, when 76 Allied prisoners, mostly airmen from Britain and the Commonwealth nations, tunneled out of Stalag Luft III. Mr. James and another prisoner had overseen the hiding of soil displaced by the tunnel digging, supervising its placement underneath seats in the camp’s theater, where the captives had put on shows. Mr. James was the 39th man to escape through the tunnel.

monster · 02-01-2008, 10:51 PM

Any child deaths through parent cruelty or stupidity/ignorance

-like the British couple who dehydrated their baby by feeding it mashed potato and gravy (from a packet, lots of salt....)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/404667.stm

the sad thing is, this is not the story I was thinking of -I couldn't find a link to that one.

.....way to kill this thread, monster.....

Rhianne · 02-02-2008, 09:24 PM

Next door's dog.

The cats around here run wild now. God I fucking hate cats.

TheMercenary · 02-03-2008, 12:28 PM

The death of this child bummed me out. People should have to take a test and get a license to breed.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/01/31/....ap/index.html

Cloud · 02-03-2008, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

. . . People should have to take a test and get a license to breed.

been saying that for years.

Radar · 02-03-2008, 08:18 PM

The non-celebrity death that bummed me out the most was that of my grandmother... Virginia Corcoran. She was a wonderful woman. She was the matriarch of our family and was the glue that held the family together. When she died, the family fell apart.

02-01-2008, 10:51 PM	#2
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Any child deaths through parent cruelty or stupidity/ignorance -like the British couple who dehydrated their baby by feeding it mashed potato and gravy (from a packet, lots of salt....) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/404667.stm the sad thing is, this is not the story I was thinking of -I couldn't find a link to that one. .....way to kill this thread, monster..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-03-2008, 12:28 PM	#4
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	The death of this child bummed me out. People should have to take a test and get a license to breed. http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/01/31/....ap/index.html __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

02-03-2008, 08:18 PM	#6
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	The non-celebrity death that bummed me out the most was that of my grandmother... Virginia Corcoran. She was a wonderful woman. She was the matriarch of our family and was the glue that held the family together. When she died, the family fell apart. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

02-02-2008, 09:24 PM	#3
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	Next door's dog. The cats around here run wild now. God I fucking hate cats.

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