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RIP Tyrus Wong

#1 Post by earendel » Wed Jan 04, 2017 6:55 am

Art director for Disney's Bambi, another casualty of 2016, died December 30th.
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Re: RIP Tyrus Wong

#2 Post by Estonut » Wed Jan 04, 2017 7:03 am

earendel wrote:Art director for Disney's Bambi, another casualty of 2016, died December 30th.
The guy was 106. Is he really a "casualty" of that supposed celebrity-killing year?
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#3 Post by earendel » Wed Jan 04, 2017 8:17 am

Estonut wrote:
earendel wrote:Art director for Disney's Bambi, another casualty of 2016, died December 30th.
The guy was 106. Is he really a "casualty" of that supposed celebrity-killing year?
casualty
noun | ca·su·al·ty |\ˈka-zhəl-tē, ˈkazh-wəl-, ˈka-zhə-wəl-\

1 archaic: chance, fortune <losses that befall them by mere casualty — Sir Walter Raleigh>
2: serious or fatal accident
: disaster
3
a: a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
b: a person or thing injured, lost, or destroyed
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Re: RIP Tyrus Wong

#4 Post by Estonut » Wed Jan 04, 2017 12:49 pm

earendel wrote:
Estonut wrote:
earendel wrote:Art director for Disney's Bambi, another casualty of 2016, died December 30th.
The guy was 106. Is he really a "casualty" of that supposed celebrity-killing year?
casualty
noun | ca·su·al·ty |\ˈka-zhəl-tē, ˈkazh-wəl-, ˈka-zhə-wəl-\

1 archaic: chance, fortune <losses that befall them by mere casualty — Sir Walter Raleigh>
2: serious or fatal accident
: disaster
3
a: a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
b: a person or thing injured, lost, or destroyed
OK. Was he injured, lost, or destroyed?
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#5 Post by earendel » Wed Jan 04, 2017 1:31 pm

Estonut wrote:OK. Was he injured, lost, or destroyed?
We often say "we lost so-and-so" when referring to a death, so, yes, he was lost.
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Re: RIP Tyrus Wong

#6 Post by TheConfessor » Wed Jan 04, 2017 2:14 pm

You're both right, but two rights don't cure a Wong.
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