Fifth Avenue Forum

Posted: **Tue Jan 16, 2018 2:05 pm**

SOB!!!!
Dan Gurney passed away this afternoon

I missed this.....

Posted: **Wed Jan 17, 2018 11:38 am**

Mrs Tif's mom passed away overnight. They were estranged for many decades (there was even discussion about whether or no to invite her to our wedding ten years ago), so her passing is more weird and awkward than it is sad in our house. But the whole thing is prompting a fair bit of introspection. My dad died a few years ago, but I literally had zero relationship with him, so it was abstract (my mom told me about it via text). This is the first of our parents to die where there was an actual relationship and connection with the person, albeit one that had eroded to next to nothing some time ago.

Posted: **Wed Jan 17, 2018 11:39 am**

My condolences

Posted: **Wed Jan 17, 2018 11:42 am**

Sorry tif. It's rough.

Posted: **Wed Jan 17, 2018 11:46 am**

My condolences, tif.

Posted: **Wed Jan 17, 2018 11:53 am**

Give our best to Mrs. Tif

Posted: **Wed Jan 17, 2018 1:57 pm**

Sorry to hear that tif

Posted: **Wed Jan 17, 2018 2:21 pm**

My condolences to Mrs. Tif and you, Tif.

Posted: **Wed Jan 17, 2018 4:47 pm**

Thanks to all, it is much appreciated.

Posted: **Wed Jan 17, 2018 4:49 pm**

Peace and sympathy, tif.

Posted: **Wed Jan 17, 2018 5:12 pm**

My condolences, tif. For what it's worth, estrangement is more common than people think:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/20/well ... ement.html

Posted: **Wed Jan 17, 2018 5:30 pm**

Thanks for that share, Tico. That was an interesting read, and backs up a lot of the anecdotal stuff Mrs Tif has told me about. (And to a lesser extent, my own experience with my family)

Posted: **Thu Jan 18, 2018 5:02 pm**

So, the lead singer of The Cranberries died? I missed that one.

Posted: **Thu Jan 18, 2018 5:21 pm**

So, the lead singer of The Cranberries died? I missed that one.

yes this news has lingered and she is a zombie and so forth

edit: wait...is that in waaaaaay bad taste? crap

Posted: **Thu Jan 18, 2018 5:25 pm**

So, the lead singer of The Cranberries died? I missed that one.

She's spoiled, mate.

Posted: **Thu Jan 18, 2018 5:28 pm**

You guys are tough.

(They should rename the band to "The Craisins")

Posted: **Fri Jan 19, 2018 11:54 pm**

****. Found out tonight that the dude who trained me for my first IT job committed suicide right before Christmas.

****

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2018 1:04 am**

Tom Petty‘s family has revealed the iconic rocker died of an accidental drug overdose.

In a statement posted on the late singer’s website Friday evening, his family said the 66-year-old had been using a number of medications, including opioid pain medication Fentanyl.

Petty died of “multi-system organ failure” caused by “mixed drug toxicity,” according to the autopsy report, released on Friday by the Los Angeles County Coroner. During an examination on Oct. 3, the medical examiner found fentanyl, oxycodone, temazepam, alprazolam, citalopram, acetylfentanyl and despropionyl fentanyl. Petty was also suffering from coronary artery atherosclerosis and emphysema.

That’s a helluva lot of painkillers.

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2018 9:03 am**

The family said he’d learned that his hip was completely broken the day he died, and that he was trying to combat the immense amount of pain involved with that (and bad knees as well).

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2018 10:49 am**

Speaking of fentanyl...

"Lead Singer of the Cranberries Dolores O'Riordan died of Fentanyl poisoning Monday, said a source in the London Police Department. Authorities found counterfeit fentanyl near the 46 years old rocker's bed.

"The source added that an official cause of death will probably have to wait for a toxicology report. He added that suicide and a deliberate overdose are suspected."

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/ge ... rdose.html

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2018 10:50 am**

****. Found out tonight that the dude who trained me for my first IT job committed suicide right before Christmas.

****

Sorry you hear that

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2018 11:19 am**

My condolences @tifosi77

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42758189

RIP Chef!

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2018 1:11 pm**

Namesake of the Bocuse d'Or competition. Difficult to quantify his impact on the world of fine dining; he practically invented nouvelle cuisine.

Posted: **Sun Jan 21, 2018 11:41 am**

RIP the mother on Peyton Place at 93, Dorothy Malone:

Posted: **Sun Jan 21, 2018 11:50 am**

Those things would put an eye out.