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RIP Tyrus Wong
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 6:55 am
by earendel
Art director for Disney's Bambi, another casualty of 2016, died December 30th.
Re: RIP Tyrus Wong
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 7:03 am
by Estonut
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?
Re: RIP Tyrus Wong
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 8:17 am
by earendel
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
Re: RIP Tyrus Wong
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 12:49 pm
by Estonut
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?
Re: RIP Tyrus Wong
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 1:31 pm
by earendel
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.
Re: RIP Tyrus Wong
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 2:14 pm
by TheConfessor
You're both right, but two rights don't cure a Wong.