Global RIP thread

[acockasian]

A nice and respectful eulogy, though Tim was an administrative specialist (a clerk), not a combat soldier. I bent a few elbows with him, and he was a good guy. RIP, GI. We will raise a few in your memory.

 

What I really admired about him was after his daughter became so famous he changed clothing a bit, suits more often, but his personality remained the same.

 

In the mid-80s I was somewhere near Victory Monument trying to get a taxi and Wanchai pulled saw me and pulled over. Did not know him well then. Spent a while driving around listening to the Doors. Will never forget that....you can't just drop someone off when "Riders on the Storm" is starting.

 

Used to see him at his apt in Patpong and run into him at his house in Bang Na a few times a year for many, many, many years. He never had a bad thing to say about anyone and was a sincerely positive person.

 

Now I regret the last time he and I talked I did not tell him what a sincerely good person I thought he was.

[The_Munchmaster]

FBF has received word that Tim “Wanchai†Young has passed away. A resident of Bangkok for almost 40 years, Tim died peacefully on Monday evening. Randy and others from Goldfingers were alerted and called the medics but nothing could be done.

The cremation is planned for Tuesday, August 13 at a temple in Chaeng Wattana, northern Bangkok. We don’t know complete plans yet but there may be a bus leaving from Goldfinger that morning and I’m sure there will be a wake of sorts at the Finger that evening.

Latest word is that folks are coming from Chiang Mai, Udon, Sakhon Nakhon, Pattaya, and the US. It might be a good time to remember Tim and reunite with some old friends.

[update]: It appears that there will be a prayer service at the temple on Sunday, aimed mainly at Farangs, and there will be a wake at Goldfingers on Tuesday after the cremation.

Tim’s eulogy may be found here.

More here as we learn.

 

He died 6 weeks ago!

[acockasian]

He died 6 weeks ago!

 

I was just told so pasted the link.. He knew so many people on this board surprised nobody heard it or posted it if they had.

[The_Munchmaster]

A few did post at the time.

[Flashermac]

Tom Clancy Dead: Celebrated Thriller Author Dies at Age 66

 

 

American author Tom Clancy died Tuesday night in a Baltimore hospital at age 66, Publishers Weekly first reported via Twitter.

 

"He was a thrill to work with," Ivan Held, the president of Putnam, told The New York Times.

 

A cause of death has not yet been revealed.

 

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Tom Clancy studied literature at the Loyola College in Baltimore and was originally an insurance salesman before becoming famous for writing technically detailed espionage and military science books.

 

He is responsible for best-selling books such as "The Hunt for Red October," "Patriot Games," "Clear and Present Danger," and "The Sum of All Fears" — all of which were adapted into major Hollywood films.

 

Seventeen of his novels were No. 1 New York Times best-sellers, including his most recent, "Threat Vector," which was released in December 2012.

 

In 1996, Clancy co-founded the video game developer Red Storm Entertainment and has had his name on several of Red Storm's most successful games.

 

Red Storm was later bought by publisher Ubisoft Entertainment for an undisclosed sum.

 

In 2002, Forbes wrote, " Clancy can produce a guaranteed bestseller just by writing two words: his name."

 

"When it comes to leveraging his brand across multiple channels, he is positively protean," Forbes continued, noting his income at the time made him the tenth-best earner on Forbes Celebrity 100 list for 2002. His net worth today is reported to be around $300 million.

 

Clancy had been a lifetime supporter of conservative and Republican causes in America, a member of the National Rifle Association since 1978, and was part-owner of the Baltimore Orioles.

 

His next book, “Command Authority,†is planned for publication on December 3.

 

 

http://finance.yahoo...ExSLHAAslHQtDMD

[huumlaar]

Too young, didn't like his books that much, read a few and only found Red October interesting, interesting man though,

[cavanami]

Read all his books. Good writer, IMO.

Good story lines start with Clark/Ryan and on to their children.

 

 

RIP.

[Flashermac]

Vietnam's Gen Giap dies at 102

 

 

HANOI - Vo Nguyen Giap, the brilliant and ruthless self-taught general who drove the French out of Vietnam to free it from colonial rule and later forced the Americans to abandon their grueling effort to save the country from communism, has died.

 

At age 102, he was the last of Vietnam's old-guard revolutionaries.

 

Giap died Friday evening in a military hospital in Hanoi where he had spent close to four years growing weaker and suffering from long illnesses, a government official and a source close to Giap said.

 

Both spoke on condition of anonymity because his death had not been formally announced.

 

Giap was a national hero whose legacy was second only to that of his mentor, founding President Ho Chi Minh, who led the country to independence.

 

The so-called "red Napoleon" stood out as the leader of a ragtag army of guerrillas who wore sandals made of car tires and lugged their artillery piece by piece over mountains to encircle and crush the French army at Dien Bien Phu in 1954.

 

The unlikely victory, which is still studied at military schools, led not only to Vietnam's independence but hastened the collapse of colonialism across Indochina and beyond.

 

Giap went on to defeat the US-backed South Vietnam government in April 1975, reuniting a country that had been split into communist and noncommunist states. He regularly accepted heavy combat losses to achieve his goals.

 

"No other wars for national liberation were as fierce or caused as many losses as this war," Giap told The Associated Press in 2005 in one of his last known interviews with foreign media on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, the former South Vietnamese capital.

 

"But we still fought because for Vietnam, nothing is more precious than independence and freedom," he said, repeating a famous quote by Ho Chi Minh.

 

 

http://www.bangkokpo...iap-dies-at-102

[huumlaar]

Just landed in Han Noi

[Flashermac]

We expect on the spot reports.