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Notable Passings and other milestones

Steve and Donald "Duck" Dunn were the guitar and bass on almost every hit out of Memphis' Stax Records during the 1960s.

Willie Clarence Hall Booker T's drummer was also in the Blues Brothers and played on dozens of Stax recording sessions.
 
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Frank Gehry, one of the most influential architects of the last century, has died aged 96.
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Very sad! I got to see the Disney Concert Hall under construction, meaning I got to see the structural steelwork underneath those flowing surfaces. I was amazed (but not really) to learn that his team used the same software package that is used to design airliners and other airplanes.
 
I think the last thing he did was a Radio 4 whodunnit series set around an old folks home.

I listened, as I remember it was quite good.
 
A "developing story" from ABC News:
The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating two deaths at a home that property records show belongs to director Rob Reiner in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles, sources told ABC News. A man and woman were found deceased inside the home, the Los Angeles Fire Department confirmed to ABC News. Their ages were reported as 78 and 68 years old. ABC News article link
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Rob Reiner is 78 years old, his wife Michele is 68.

Rob Reiner?
 
This is horrible...
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Police investigate apparent homicide at home of Rob Reiner after 2 are found dead - Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles police are investigating an apparent homicide at the Brentwood home of Rob Reiner, where two people were found dead Sunday afternoon.

The bodies of a 78-year-old man and a 65-year-old woman were found the home in the 200 block of Chadbourne Avenue, according to Police Capt. Mike Bland.

Law enforcement sources confirmed to The Times that there was no signs of forced entry into the home.
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Rob Reiner and His Wife Michele Were Killed by Their Son (Exclusive Sources)

Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were found dead in their Los Angeles home on Sunday, Dec. 14. Authorities responding to a medical aid call around 3:30 p.m. discovered their bodies
Multiple sources tell PEOPLE that the killer was the couple's son, Nick Reiner
Nick Reiner previously spoke publicly about his long battle with drug addiction and periods of homelessness
Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were killed by their son, Nick, multiple sources confirm to PEOPLE.
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Eric Idle
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Rob Reiner was a lovely man. I spoke to him last night for over an hour. I always enjoyed his company. I met him at his Dad's in 1975. He was telling me about fiming at Stonehenge and his thoughts for the future. This is so awful. I shall miss him. A clever, talented and very thoughtful man. So awful
 
I had to have someone tell me who he was, even though he directed one of my favourite movies. I very, very rarely pay attention to directors. Name a movie and I will undoubtedly fail to tell you who directed it.

Unless it's, you know, Star Wars, or one of Spielberg's.
 
arthwollipot said:
I had to have someone tell me who he was, even though he directed one of my favourite movies. I very, very rarely pay attention to directors. Name a movie and I will undoubtedly fail to tell you who directed it.

Unless it's, you know, Star Wars, or one of Spielberg's.
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He also played Michael "Meathead" Stivic, Achie Bunker's liberal son-in-law on the iconic 70s sitcom "All In the Family".
 
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