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Yitzock, we are 
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Ah, OK. Thank you, Harriet.
I do know about how the pendulum was used to prove that the earth rotated, but I didn't know the name attached to it.
Clueing for looks.
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Authors Harper Lee and Umberto Eco have both passed away in the last few days
To Kill a Mockingbird and The Name of the Rose are two great books I read in my formative years.
Eco is dead? Nooooo....! 
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Such a brilliant mind! I can´t believe it...
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Now I REALLY want to read Foucault's Pendulum!
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- gently69
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Oh, I missed that. Really sad. 
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Both really sad. The Name of the Rose is a stunning book. I absolutely loved reading it- devoured it voraciously actually.
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Sir George Martin was a legend!
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Indeed he was.
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And now also Jon English. Not sure if anyone here have heard about him, but he was an English-born Australian musician and actor who became very popular in Norway after starring in the tv series "Against the Wind". He was my very first celeb crush, I was 13 years old.
I guess it's a sign of growing old, when more and more of your old heroes pass away.
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Just googled him, Vhanja. I know him from the Australian TV series "All together now" that was on German TV, too.
Have to tell my father, he loved that show.
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I just heard on the news that the relativly famous German jazz singer Roger Cicero died. I wasn't a fan but liked his music and I am a bit shocked about this. He was just 45 years old. Very sad. 
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I wasn't a fan of him but it's still shocking. No cancer this time, but equally horrible, a stroke,
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No fan of him but a bit shoked as well. So unexpected and sad.
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RIP Ronnie Corbett
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- besleybean
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Clever, funny and lovely man...lived to a good age.
I'm possibly more of a Barker girl.
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Douglas Wilmer, one of Sherlock Holmes actors, passed away. What a pity! 
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I know, very sad...
But a beautiful tribute from Mark.
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You know what? This year can go right to hell.
Legendary Music Icon Prince Dead At 57
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This year has been unreal for those we've lost so far and it's still only April!
Mark paid a wonderful tribute to the lovely Victoria Wood yesterday and now Prince has gone.
Loved him.
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