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    <title>topic Re: 'Remembering The Stars/Legends We've Lost in 2023' (various articles) in Leisure &amp; Lifestyle</title>
    <link>https://community.aarp.org/t5/Leisure-Lifestyle/Remembering-The-Stars-Legends-We-ve-Lost-in-2024-various/m-p/2532823#M13473</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;Laudible and appreciated sentiment &lt;a href="https://community.aarp.org/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/22700976"&gt;@KellytheBelly&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I would like to add something.&amp;nbsp; When PBS first started running the shows The Story Of... and Finding Your Roots I enjoyed them.&amp;nbsp; Over time I tired of them though.&amp;nbsp; I found myself thinking, "Okay fine...another celebrity...honestly I'd rather see a well done episode about some of the people who have been a much greater influence on my life, but aren't celebrities,".&amp;nbsp; Most of them are teachers and coaches, but also a couple bosses and close friends....Family members don't count 'cuz I already know them.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2024 11:29:04 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>EricC28201</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2024-01-01T11:29:04Z</dc:date>
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      <title>'Remembering The Stars/Legends We've Lost in 2024' (various articles)</title>
      <link>https://community.aarp.org/t5/Leisure-Lifestyle/Remembering-The-Stars-Legends-We-ve-Lost-in-2024-various/m-p/2532756#M13467</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;What a year [2024]. So many losses.&amp;nbsp;&lt;FONT size="1 2 3 4 5 6 7"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":pensive_face:"&gt;😔&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":wilted_flower:"&gt;🥀&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; Rest in peace.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":wilted_flower:"&gt;🥀&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="2"&gt;Not necessarily meant for the living...&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="2"&gt;'May your days be many and your troubles be few. May all God's blessings descend upon you. May peace be within you. May your heart be strong. May you find what you're seeking wherever you roam, and the insight to know when you're going too far. May you have love that never ends.' / 'May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind always be at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, and rains fall soft upon your fields.'&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="2"&gt;&lt;EM&gt;'Until we meet again.'&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;'&lt;STRONG&gt;Remembering the big screen celebrities, music legends, cultural pioneers and those who left indelible memories on the public consciousness&lt;/STRONG&gt;.'&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":sparkles:"&gt;✨&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;A href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_deaths_by_year#2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Deaths in 2024&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;FONT size="1 2 3 4 5 6 7"&gt;[Wiki]&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":sparkles:"&gt;✨&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;A href="https://www.essence.com/gallery/celebrity-deaths-2024/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Remembering The Stars We Lost In 2024&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;FONT size="1 2 3 4 5 6 7"&gt; [source: Essence/essence.com]&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":sparkles:"&gt;✨&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;A href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/obituaries/notable-deaths.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;2024 Notable Deaths&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;FONT size="1 2 3 4 5 6 7"&gt; [The New York Times/nytimes.com]&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":sparkles:"&gt;✨&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;A href="https://www.usatoday.com/celebrity-deaths" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Celebrity Deaths 2024&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;FONT size="1 2 3 4 5 6 7"&gt;[USA Today/usatoday.com]&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="1 2 3 4 5 6 7"&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="forever in our hearts.gif" style="width: 480px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.aarp.org/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/88249i96B4F89A9A7B667E/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;amp;px=999" role="button" title="forever in our hearts.gif" alt="forever in our hearts.gif" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Rest in peace ii.gif" style="width: 480px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.aarp.org/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/88250iD81BF9CAD2F7E384/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;amp;px=999" role="button" title="Rest in peace ii.gif" alt="Rest in peace ii.gif" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":pensive_face:"&gt;😔&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="1 2 3 4 5 6 7"&gt;cc: &lt;A href="https://community.aarp.org/t5/Rock-N-Roll/Birthdays-Deaths-and-other-announcements/m-p/2585929/highlight/true#M26047" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Rock N' Roll - Birthdays, Deaths and other announcements&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jan 2025 00:15:30 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.aarp.org/t5/Leisure-Lifestyle/Remembering-The-Stars-Legends-We-ve-Lost-in-2024-various/m-p/2532756#M13467</guid>
      <dc:creator>KellytheBelly</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2025-01-04T00:15:30Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: 'Remembering The Stars/Legends We've Lost in 2023' (various articles)</title>
      <link>https://community.aarp.org/t5/Leisure-Lifestyle/Remembering-The-Stars-Legends-We-ve-Lost-in-2024-various/m-p/2532823#M13473</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Laudible and appreciated sentiment &lt;a href="https://community.aarp.org/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/22700976"&gt;@KellytheBelly&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I would like to add something.&amp;nbsp; When PBS first started running the shows The Story Of... and Finding Your Roots I enjoyed them.&amp;nbsp; Over time I tired of them though.&amp;nbsp; I found myself thinking, "Okay fine...another celebrity...honestly I'd rather see a well done episode about some of the people who have been a much greater influence on my life, but aren't celebrities,".&amp;nbsp; Most of them are teachers and coaches, but also a couple bosses and close friends....Family members don't count 'cuz I already know them.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2024 11:29:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.aarp.org/t5/Leisure-Lifestyle/Remembering-The-Stars-Legends-We-ve-Lost-in-2024-various/m-p/2532823#M13473</guid>
      <dc:creator>EricC28201</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2024-01-01T11:29:04Z</dc:date>
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