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Discussion Boards => Thaddeus Boyd's Panel of Death => Topic started by: Mongrel on February 27, 2008, 04:42:03 PM
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Buckley (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080227.wbuckleyu0227/BNStory/International/home)
Kinda miss him already. In spite of it all, he really was hard to dislike, especially later than life.
In my case, it was the National Review cruise that really warmed me to the old bastid.
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I'm rather upset that Death has cheated me of my vengeance yet again.
Also that the cause of death was NOT autoerotic asphyxiation.
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Corrupt Arizona governor Evan Mecham (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_mecham).
I was just talking about him (http://brontoforum.us/index.php?topic=117.msg2463#msg2463).
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...you people elected him entirely based on his near-perfect resemblance to Alfred E. Neuman, didn't you?
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..."You people"? He was elected when I was FOUR YEARS OLD.
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So was the rest of the state, apparently.
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I actually remember my preschool teachers, that year, joking between each other that they should change the "You'll go down in history! (Like George Washington!)" lyric at the end of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer to "Like Ev Mecham!"
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You remember that from preschool? That's some Adrian Monk shit right there.
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IT IS MY BLESSING
IT IS MY CURSE
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I have all sorts of weird episodic memories from my young life. I'm certain my first memory is from my third birthday, and in it, I speak in Spanish briefly to someone.
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It's time...leaving the Internet forever. It was fun hanging out with you guys.
Keep a watch out for news regarding the West Coast, boats, and explosives. That'll be me.
Hi NSA.
:smile:
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Do you have the ninja boots?
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buh wha DON'T DO WHATEVER YOU'RE THINKING OF YOU MADMAN
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He's doing it to the West Coast, it'll be fine.
...oh wait :fuckoff:
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Isn't there anything we can do? Get his IP, call -anyone- on his head to keep him from doing something retarded?
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Uh... are you serious?
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Aww, the guy from Road House got cancer. (http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/theampersand/archive/2008/03/03/159448.aspx)
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Uh... are you serious?
Just last week he released a flash game that was basically a sketchbook of unfinished projects. Now he erases all his posts and gives farewells. Yeah, I'd say I'm serious.
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I'm pretty sure this isn't that serious.
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Honestly, guys. This is the friggin' internets. Try to keep a healthy skepticism about claims like that.
On the off (.2%) chance that someone making a claim like that was telling the truth, what the hell are we supposed to do, considering we have zero personal information anyway?
And that's about all the typing that that drama's worth.
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That's... That's no good. I thought the guy made lots of good posts.
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Gary Gygax (http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/03/04/obit.gygax.ap/index.html) rolled consecutive 1s on a fort save.
At least he won't have to see where 4E winds up, I guess.
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Wonder if he dropped any good loot.
Was that funny enough? Wasn't sure which joke to go with. The internet seems to be engorged with RP death jokes.
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The best one I've read is "I guess this calls for 1d6 minutes of silence."
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Variation from der Bronto:
Gary Gygax is dead. Let us all gather into a fifteen-foot radius and observe 1d6 rounds of silence.
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He'll be critically missed.
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From the Woot blog (http://www.woot.com/Blog/BlogEntry.aspx?BlogEntryId=4118):
1. “Quick! Someone cast Raise Dead!”
2. “Don’t worry – he’s just playtesting the Astral Plane for the next edition.”
3. “He’s gone the way of Star Frontiers.”
4. “Analysts warn of a free-fall in Mountain Dew futures.”
5. “In the next town, you meet a stranger named Barry Bygax.”
6. “Now who will lead our young people to Satan?”
7. “With his last breath, he cursed the name of Marlon Wayans.”
8. “I wonder how they’ll divide up his XP.”
9. “Pallbearers, make a Bend Bars/Lift Gates roll.”
10. "At least he didn't live to see Disney's Greyhawk On Ice."
11. “Lorraine Williams is behind this somehow, I just know it.”
12. “The worlds of adventure gaming, fantasy fandom, and van painting will never be the same.”
13. “When I heard, I cried 2d10 tears.”
14. “Is there anything in the will about electrum?”
15. “Heart condition? Wow, I always thought it’d be owlbears that got him.”
16. “Suddenly, nobody in Heaven wants to hang out with Marilyn Monroe on Friday night.”
Penny Arcade made a comic about it yesterday, too.
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And now, some euphemisms:
When referring to Gygax's death, you can say he:
1) Started a new character sheet.
2) Is looking for a ninth-level cleric.
3) Failed his save vs. death magic.
4) Is food for purple worms.
5) Immediately became an NPC.
6) Finished the Doritos.
7) Has gone pips up.
8) Is pushing up shriekers.
9) Cashed in his gold pieces.
10) Took the first step to lichdom.
11) Went ethereal.
12) Kicked on the end of a spear.
13) Didn't make his system shock roll.
14) Bought the farm in Hommlet.
15) Is taking a dice nap.
16) Has gone to meet Zagyg.
17) Rolled his last natural 20.
18) Went against the giants.
19) Joined the gaming table invisible.
20) Is sleeping with the sahuagin.
21) Drew the Void.
22) Ended the campaign.
23) Kicked the dice bag.
24) Retired Mordenkainen.
25) Got screwed by the DM.
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I got up to number four and immediately thought "Rot grubs, you fool!" which, if anything, proves that I need to stop encouraging my fellow nerds.
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Sweet Jesus, this is endless. Remind me never to do anything that's popular to nerds, ever.
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baiter :sarcasm:
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Sweet Jesus, this is endless. Remind me never to do anything that's popular to nerds, ever.
Too late, considering your job. It's "Brentai's party ran out of Phoenix Down" until something better comes along.
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"Brentai has rejoined the Lifestream."
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Brentai's space in the Party Select screen has been taken.
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SPOILER: [spoiler]Brentai dies.[/spoiler]
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Director Anthony Minghella (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hcWljhx-_W_aVyJ31Jjr06QC_dKwD8VG2U900) (Talented Mr. Ripley, Cold Mountain) @ age 54.
A cosmic absurdity that Colin & Greg Strause live on.
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In before Arthur C Clarke.
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ha... I just came here to post about that.
If I had a hat, I'd be holding it in my hands right now. That boy was truly one of the greatest.
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So the "My favorite recently-deceased sci-fi authors" queue grows by one. More books to read and/or reread. Maybe I'll watch 2001 this weekend.
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I have a higher opionion of that man than any other science-fiction writer who's prime years were during the 40's to the 70's. And that's a lot of competition.
If you can think of a classic clichéd science fiction story, it was probably originally an Arthur C. Clarke short story.
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Wired's Clarke Elegy (http://www.wired.com/culture/art/news/2008/03/clarke_elegy) quotes a handful of sci-fi authors, including professional douchebag Harlan Ellison, who starts off with a tangent about how much he hates the expression "sci-fi". (Which is fair, because Clarke was hardly immune to tangents himself. Did anybody read 3001? Remember the circumcision tangent, or the bit about how people who write viruses are the scum of the Earth?) Best part:
Arthur really did not like stupid people, but he would always talk to them as if they were Nobel laureates. I asked him where he got the patience, and he would answer that it's not nice to kick cripples.
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Now we may get the guns from his hands (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7332960.stm)
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He's gone to the big Soylent Green factory in the sky. :sadpanda:
i cant be the only one who liked that movie
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:MENDOZAAAAA: THEY FINALLY DID IT!
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[Insert joke referring to cold dead hands and taking guns thereof]
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But we... we already...
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd145/Brentai/MSX_Campbell.png) TIME PARADOX!
Dude, why are you in 8-bit?
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd145/Brentai/MSX_Campbell.png) TIME PARADOX!
Okay, okay, I get it.
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He who pulls the gun out of Charleton Heston's dead hands shall be the next president of the NRA.
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But if the gun breaks, will they have to get another one from the Rambo of the Lake?
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(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd145/Brentai/MSX_Campbell.png) Yes.
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Ollie Johnston, last of the Nine Old Men. (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gQEVsnYz7DkzKQBtLPySm4JKqNEgD902IKT81)
Johnston worked as an assistant animator on "Snow White," became an animation supervisor on "Fantasia" and "Bambi" and animator on "Pinocchio."
He was especially proud of his work on "Bambi" and its classic scenes, including one depicting the heartbreaking death of Bambi's mother at the hands of a hunter. That scene has brought tears to the eyes of generations of young and old viewers.
"The mother's death showed how convincing we could be at presenting really strong emotion," he remarked in 1999.
Johnston's other credits included "Cinderella," "Alice in Wonderland," "Peter Pan" "Lady and the Tramp," "Sleeping Beauty," "101 Dalmatians," "Mary Poppins," "The Jungle Book," "The Aristocats," "Robin Hood" and "The Rescuers."
HT: Steve Murphy (http://the-5th-turtle.blogspot.com/2008/04/ollie-johnston-95-classic-disney.html).
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It's time...leaving the Internet forever. It was fun hanging out with you guys.
Keep a watch out for news regarding the West Coast, boats, and explosives. That'll be me.
Hi NSA.
:smile:
hey whatever happened to that dude
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who gives a flying shit
goddamn moron too proud to ask for help and too self-important to keep his suicide to himself
deserved whatever the fucker gave himself
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Well, in the case of shutting the fuck up, he did delete nearly all of his messages.
Surprised Sydney Pollack's passing hasn't been brought up. Here is a terribly written, but informational piece on him. (http://www.moviecitynews.com/columnists/wilmington/2008/080527_pollack.html)
And actually writing about it, I find that I don't wish to write or speak on it any further. This one isn't going down smooth for me.
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Another one from the "I didn't know he was still around" file: Harvey Korman (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hxBvjVQLAF5ZNdJatfx_DsIrmEIwD90VRNEO0).
"Land: see 'snatch'."
(Moved thread to Real World, which I assume Kazz intended to do since he put "obits" in the board description.)
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Bo Diddley (http://www.theage.com.au/world/bo-diddley-rocks-rhythm-king-dies-20080603-2laq.html).
Didn't know he was still around either.
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I myth him already. (http://www.sfwa.org/news/2008/rasprin.htm)
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Two Star Trek related deaths:
Joseph Pevney (http://film.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/0,,2283190,00.html), director of
(http://www.70disco.com/images/tribble3.jpg) and
(http://bp2.blogger.com/_hSfsdm_529w/Rthmir86rLI/AAAAAAAAACw/ALwMpIrh9RI/s400/city_edge_final.jpg)
Alexander Courage (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/31/arts/television/31courage-1.html?ref=arts)
We shall never hear a fanfare the likes of his again...
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Tim Russert. (http://www.wtop.com/?sid=1421678&nid=25) Heart Attack. Age 58. In The Studio. Holy Shit.
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Oh wow.
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Stan Winston. (http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2008/06/in-memoriam-sta.html) Age 62. Multiple Myeloma. How totally unfair. He was like the R-Rated Jim Henson.
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Well, hell. Nows as good a time as any to watch Aliens for the first time, I guess.
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George Carlin dies at 71 due to heart failure. (http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN2339172520080623)
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Was literally watching him earlier today. Fuck, that's a bummer.
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:sadpanda:
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Saw that just now.
Fuck.
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Woah, I did not know that.
:sadpanda: indeedy.
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Ah, damn.
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=jCljFYn3zTY
A personal favorite.
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The real tragedy of George Carlin is that anything he says is 1000% less funny if he's not right there saying it. And now he won't say anything else.
Are three :sadpanda: s appropriate? I don't care.
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Think deadfalwell thoughts. Thinkdeadfalwell thoughts. Think deadfalwell thoughts.
:sadpanda:
D'oh!
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=gz4LQNJ0JZg
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fuck. :(
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I guess the joke's on us.
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Well great, just fucking great. I really enjoyed Carlin.
Lifted from Slashdot comments
Well fuck. Who's going to call everyone on their bullshit now?
And suddenly, Jon Stewart feels millions of expecting gazes turn towards him, as he mutters unto himself "Oh, fuck."
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Saw this news when it broke, but it finally registered with me just now.
Guh.
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A personal favorite.
I just realized he says he's biodegradable.
Heh heh.
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It gets better.
That particular HBO special is titled Life is Worth Losing.
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Michael Turner. (http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16988)
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(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll8/TedMelnick82/Liefeld.jpg) There can be only one!
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It's been a bad damn couple of years for comic book people.
:dead:: Hey, Stan? Carmine? Tick. Tock.
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Jesse Helms.
...Not going to pretend I have anything nice to say about him.
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Tony Snow. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080712/ap_on_re_us/obit_snow)
All I know about him, I learned from Ze Frank. Which is to say he was an apologist and spin doctor.
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Tragically ludicrous or ludicrously tragic? (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/04/arts/television/04bozo.html)
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And just the other day I was wondering if anybody remembered who Krusty was meant to be a parody of.
Now the children will never knooooooow...
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And just the other day I was wondering if anybody remembered who Krusty was meant to be a parody of.
Rusty Nails (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty_Nails)?
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My uncle David drown to death yesterday. They found his body a little over an hour ago. I'm tired.
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Damn.
I'm sorry man. :(
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Sorry. Sounds like it's been a hard couple of years for your family. My best, and hope it gets better from here.
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Bernie Mac @ Age 50 (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gxU6PJjRqPOON16dBrcLCWEHcIXgD92ERUC80)
Of... Pneumonia?
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Mac wrote about having a poor childhood — eating bologna for dinner
Wait, that's not normal?
...oh.
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Issac Hayes (http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/10/hayes.obit/index.html)
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;________________;
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I'm guessing a Scientology/Thetians joke would be in very poor taste right now.
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I'm guessing a Scientology/Thetians joke would be in very poor taste right now.
Don't make me thetian you.
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OH. I was wondering why there was a piece on him on the news when I walked in.
I suppose I should do some sort of Shaft-parody in his honor, but I don't think I have it in me right now.
...trust me, I just tried. Can't quite get it worthy enough.
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A friend on IRC just pointed this picture out to me
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa72/Majorwontons/soul_men.jpg)
:ohshi~: :ohshi~: :ohshi~:
:ohshi~: :ohshi~: :ohshi~:
:ohshi~: :ohshi~: :ohshi~:
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no no it's okay
frank miller's only killing his career
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WaPo (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/10/AR2008081002550.html) has the best piece I've seen on Bernie Mac.
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Wonder Woman trailer. (http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810036252/video/9069426)
I can't be the only one who sees the "suiting up" bit in the beginning and thinks of, well...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsGfMX-6XaM
(Skip to 3:50 or so in; NSFW.)
(EDIT: You know, you can totally see Taarna's bush when she gets out of the water, but it's nowhere to be seen when she's sporting that G-string thing. Does the movie perhaps skip over the ritualistic shaving prior to the ritualistic donning of the mystic warrior garb?)
Gee, I hate to bear bad tidings, but the key animator for the Taarna sequence, Gary Mooney, passed away the day you posted that, Thad.
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...
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...THEN IT WAS A LOVING TRIBUTE, DAMMIT
...I'd say "I need to watch Heavy Metal again", but I still haven't gotten around to watching 2001 again since Clarke died.
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Well, heck. Toss in Predator, Escape From New York, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and make it a tribute marathon.
If you're feeling masochistic, you could even try Mr. 3000.
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...Who was in Predator? Or are you talking about Stan Winston?
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Yeah, it was Stan Winston.
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Stan Winston was in Predator? What part did he play?
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The Predator.
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Don't worry, not announcing any new deaths, just more on the old ones:
Hughley gives Mac a tribute in his act. (http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/2008/08/15/20080815hughley-CP.html)
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IN A WORLD, WHERE ONE MAN'S VOICE HAS BEEN HEARD BY ALL (http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/09/64990/index.html)
:sadpanda:
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Oh man, and it seems like just yesterday when we all got to see his mysterious face in that Geico commercial.
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Bill Melendez (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/arts/television/05melendez.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin), Peanuts animator and voice of Snoopy; age 91.
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It's not quite a person dying, but the guy who wrote it died before it went on stage.
Rent closes its Broadway run. (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/features/5989317.html)
Thad, what's your opinion?
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Not really grist for the obit thread.
It had a good run. It's sorta seemed to lose its relevance over the years, though possibly erroneously given the current economy and recent studies showing that the AIDS rate in America is a lot higher than we thought.
It's more one of those things that's a fond memory from high school than something I'd have to go see if I had the opportunity (though I DID catch it on Broadway when I went a few years back).
Anyway. Things like this come and go. It'll still tour. Cats is still touring.
I tend to prefer musical comedies to musical dramas, because people singing instead of talking is inherently funny.
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I've noticed that when I post here its usually not nationally famous people, just my family. At this rate I'm going to be out of family in the next five years... or dead. My dad's wife (step mom) died this morning. She was sick for a long time.
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sry bro
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Damn.
:(
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Last week, Richard Wright (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7617363.stm).
I feel for you, Joxam.
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Condolences, Joxam.
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Sorry to hear that, Joxam.
I lost a good friend last week who out of nowhere had a brain anurysm and died.
He was 22.
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Paul Newman (http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20199694,00.html)
:sadpanda:
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I'll eat a bag of popcorn in his honor.
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Well, I guess on the bright side, this time it's NOT a family member you're announcing.
He had a good run. Pity it had to end with cancer instead of a more peaceful way to go.
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I'll chug a bottle salad dressing in his honor.
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I'll pour salad dressing over a bowl of popcorn and wash it down with lemonade.
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Spaghetti!
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There are many actors who I appreciate for the quality of their work, but few that I like because of the flavour of their acting (sort of like the good version of "So-and-so always just plays himself in a movie"). Paul Newman was the person that comes to mind when I think of the few actors I like in that way.
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i think of christopher walken
but paul newman was good too
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I guess all they've got now is the CG version (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081002/ap_en_tv/obit_peters_jr).
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Dolemite. (http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081020/dolemite-comedian-rudy-ray-moore-dies.htm)
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Studs Terkel at 96. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/31/AR2008103102872.html?hpid=topnews)
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Madelyn Dunham (http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE4A26GV20081103), Barack Obama's grandmother.
He has just signed legislation that will outlaw Cancer forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.
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(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd145/Brentai/66xly6r.png) Okay.
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Michael Crichton (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/05/print/main4575403.shtml). Apparently he had cancer but kept it quiet.
ER outlives its fucking creator.
:sadpanda:
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Noooo! I liked some of his books!
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Wasn't his last book about how global warming was a myth perpetrated by the liberal media to frighten the public for some nefarious purpose?
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That was the one before the last (State of Fear). The last one (Next) was about the ramifications of genetic engineering and big corporations owning your DNA.
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Bettie Page (http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-page12-2008dec12,0,5310709.story)
:;_;:
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Bettie Page (http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-page12-2008dec12,0,5310709.story)
:;_;:
Wow, reading her obituary, her life was pretty crappy all around.
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Yeah, I'm kind of surprised that she had such a rotten life. Not that I expected her upbringing to be sunshine and lollipops, mind you. It takes an uncommon person to agree to be photographed tied up in their underwear while someone gives them a spanking.
In other news, Van Johnson. (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a1fJ9uXYuJIw&refer=us)
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It takes an uncommon person to agree to be photographed tied up in their underwear while someone gives them a spanking.
Well, it used to before Bettie Page anyway.
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Mark Felt, AKA Deep Throat. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/19/AR2008121900056.html?hpid=topnews?hpid=topnews)
"Patriot" isn't a word I throw around that often. But the man was a patriot in the truest sense. He shed light in one of the darkest periods of American history, not for glory or for money or power but because America is a nation of laws and not men.
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A nation of laws where everybody fundamentally distrusts the legislators and lawyers.
:facepalm:
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Wait, how long was that guy on his deathbed?
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Maddie Blaustein (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-12-16/pokemon-voice-actress-maddie-blaustein-passes-away), voice of Meowth. Turns out she was also a Second Life 3D modeller, and at one point, Adam Blaustein (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maddie_Blaustein).
Majel Barrett Roddenberry (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i213af1e960abb3d853279dce0cd33c23), computer voice on Star Trek.
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I'll shed a tear for Nurse Chapel and breathe a sigh of relief for Lwaxana Troi.
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VHS: 1977 - 2008 (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-vhs-tapes22-2008dec22,0,5852342.story)
Goodnight, analog prince.
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Maddie Blaustein (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-12-16/pokemon-voice-actress-maddie-blaustein-passes-away), voice of Meowth. Turns out she was also a Second Life 3D modeller, and at one point, Adam Blaustein (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maddie_Blaustein).
Priest (http://www.phonogram.us/blogs2/dpdc/2008/12/maddie.html) has a pretty good post dedicated to her. Pre-op, she was his assistant when he was editor of the Spidey books.
The comments are worth reading too -- at least the one from JN, who knew her in those days too.
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VHS: 1977 - 2008 (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-vhs-tapes22-2008dec22,0,5852342.story)
Goodnight, analog prince.
Whu... I haven't seen a VHS tape since 2003! Except if you count looking for mama's hidden porn!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p98qDna341Q
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:sadpanda:
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...I think we need a new :oh:
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Eartha Kitt (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/25/AR2008122500870.html?hpid=moreheadlines).
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Harold Pinter (http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-me-pinter26-2008dec26,0,4970533.story).
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Eartha Kitt (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/25/AR2008122500870.html?hpid=moreheadlines).
That's so very trrrrrrragic.
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Eartha Kitt (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/25/AR2008122500870.html?hpid=moreheadlines).
That's so very trrrrrrragic.
::(:
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don't you think i'm already ashamed of myself damn you
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:;-(: :disapprove: :serious: :humpf:
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John Travolta's 16-year-old (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/03/us/03travolta.html?ref=us).
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John Travolta's 16-year-old (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/03/us/03travolta.html?ref=us).
I don't see why this should be news at all.
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tethans to blame
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Everyone's in a rush to link it to Travolta or the Church. I'd be about as pleased with that as anyone, but man can all you guys at least try to conceal your sick sense of vindication?
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The church DOES have a history of letting people with mental illnesses die rather than give them proper treatment...but I'm guessing that's probably not what happened in this case. Otherwise they wouldn't be asking for an autopsy.
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What's a scientological funeral ceremony like, anyway?
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Corpse auction.
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Stooge's guitarist Ron Asheton (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j5jMR8oKNjdD2lBQRVK3z5R-L9hQD95HV1800)
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:khaaan: Khaaaaaa- (http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b79139_ricardo_montalban_tvs_mr_roarke_treks.html)
:oh:
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NO KHAAAAAAAAAN!
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:wheeeee: GUITIERREEEEEEEEEEEZ!
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Cry with me, CRY WITH ME! ;_;
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:MENDOZAAAAA: MENDOZAAAAA
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Patrick McGoohan (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090115.wmcgoohan0115/BNStory/Entertainment/home)
Sorry Buge :sadpanda:
EDIT: This reminds me once again that I've really been thinking of buying The Prisoner box set. The problem is that I never see it on sale. :/
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/buge/prisonerani.gif)
Be... be seeing you... :;_;:
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Well, he's not a free man either anymore.
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John Updike.
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(http://www.streamingoldies.com/content-images/twim/TheTrio.jpg)
Fifty years ago today.
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The daaayyyy the musssiic.... died.
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Co-founder of Habitat for Humanity. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090203/ap_on_re_us/obit_fuller)
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James Whitmore (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitmore) :;_;:
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Ed Sullivan (http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0928.html).
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I don't get it.
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I ... was linked it as a current event and didn't check the date at the top? derp.
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He's rocked the hill for the last time. (http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/20/socks.obit/index.html) :sadpanda:
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Philip Jose Farmer (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-obit-farmer,0,5906330.story).
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Paul Harvey. (http://www.startribune.com/obituaries/40487577.html)
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Disney comics (http://dcf.outducks.org/viewtopic.php?pid=5942), possibly.
Possibly this is the wrong thread. Probably I'm the only person here who cares. Fuck you, it's tragic to me.
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That is pretty sad, actually.
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To put it another way, which might better highlight the situtation:
It is more than a little bit likely that the works of Carl Barks will never be published again.
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Ron "Time Cop" Silver. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/15/actoractivist-ron-silver-_n_175142.html)
Excellent performance during his stint on The West Wing.
:painful: Then we found out he wasn't acting.
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(http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo22/driftycity/neeson.gif) I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have a soul. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for those like you. If you let my wife go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.
:dead: Good luck.
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Albatross18. (http://a18.ogplanet.com/a18_close.asp)
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Arise, arise, Golfers of Pangya! Fell deeds awake: fire and slaughter! Iron shall be shaken, wood be splintered! Putt now, putt now! Putt to Ntreev!" (http://www.ntreev.net/News/AnnouncementsView.aspx?no=47)
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Oh, well shit. I still have some Astros in my account.
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Yeah, I know it is supposed to be restarted and I hope it does. I was trying to find games that ran on my netbook and it would be perfect, since you don't need a mouse for most things.
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...gotta tell you guys, I'm not thrilled with all the video game/comic book/etc. posts going in a thread about actual human beings dying. Do try to keep a little perspective, eh?
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I agree with the sentiment, though if I were to actually keep perspective I'd have to admit that things I like dying tend to affect me more than people I don't know.
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Marilyn Chambers. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090413/ap_en_mo/obit_chambers)
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The acting CFO of Freddie Mac. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8012527.stm)
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Bea Arthur (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6392217.html)
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sage for cancer killing bea. :sadpanda:
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Danny Gans. (http://www.fox5vegas.com/news/19341870/detail.html)
Not that I ever saw the guy, but his giant poofy chest was on Every. Single. Billboard in Las Vegas growing up. It's a bit like if one day the mountains just disappeared (or insert whatever piece of landscape seems constant and unchanging wherever you live.)
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Dom DeLuise (http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/custom/wire/sns-ap-us-obit-deluise,0,5997640.story)
In all fairness, I can't believe the guy even made it to 75, but still... :sadpanda:
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:ohshi~:
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Wayne Allwine (http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2009/05/20/wayne-allwine-tribute.aspx)
(http://disneyheaven.com/images/WaltDisney/MickeyMouse-Sad.jpg)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gASY7Lj5GPQ
Remember, Caine. Even in death, you still live in the memories of others.
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Rumor: He mastered Hung Fu. (http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/739/whats-the-story-on-autoerotic-asphyxiation)
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Not that there's any story about it or anything, but WTF? Famous woodworker Sam Maloof is dead? Dang.
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The original eternal sidekick. (http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gk_RSueJ5jZFO18t3x5Nk_ci1FBQ)
...can only imagine Carson standing at the gates, smiling and saying "What took you so long, Eddy?"
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Not to mention having the best damn belly laugh ever.
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...No, that's Jabba the Hutt.
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CUN KUTAAAAAAAAAA JOHNNY!
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Farrah Fawcett is finally dead. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/25/AR2009062500438.html)
I mean, how sad. Farrah Fawcett is dead.
Of butt cancer.
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I think it's sweet that she married Ryan O'Neal on her deathbed.
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And possibly Michael Jackson. (On my iPhone, google "Michael Jackson heart attack"
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Yeah, the rumours are really flying on that one. It's pretty much confirmed that he's been rushed to hospital with a heart attack, but beyond that it's wild reports left and right.
I'm sure we'll find out by tonight.
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TMZ is saying he's dead, others are saying that TMZ is saying he's dead. Seems pretty probable at this point.
Guess he got enough.
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Death not confirmed by any sort of reliable source (like, not TMZ). As it stands he just happens to be in the hospital for something he didn't pay for in advance.
EDIT: Slightly more reliable sources put his status as "in a coma", which is a bit easier to swallow.
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For some reason, I don't give a frak about the guy.
Not as much as the Right Honorable Romeo LeBlanc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rom%C3%A9o_LeBlanc) really..
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Wait, but it only comes in threes!
McMahon, Fawcett, Jackson...
:mahboi: Your guy doesn't count! He can't!
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What about Carradine?
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Oh FFFFFFFFFFF- :HUGE:
WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE
CARRADINE'S PERFECT ORGASMIC DEATH SPARKED A CHAIN REACTION WHICH WILL CONSUME EVERYBODY STARTING WITH THE MOST FAMOUS
Don't worry. You guys probably still have a few years.
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Billy Mays kicked the Oxyclean bucket. (http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/article1014018.ece)
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I'm betting on Charlie Kaufman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_kaufman) as the next 50-year-old celebrity to kick it.
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Nope, it's a football player. (http://views.washingtonpost.com/theleague/nflnewsfeed/2009/07/mcnair-reportedly-shot-and-killed.html)
Not that he was 50, but.
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Robert Strange McNamera (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/architect-of-vietnam-war-dies/article1207693/)
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Oscar Mayer, hopefully they use the weinermobile as a hearse (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/08/oscar-mayer-dead_n_227932.html)
Taps to be played entirely on weinerwhistle at funeral
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Then he will be ground up and fed to pigs.
What? It's the circle of life.
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I can't believe we missed this one: David Eddings. (http://www.sffworld.com/news/614.html)
His books were okay. Not rewarmed Tolkien like Terry Brooks or Robert Jordan or philosophy tracts like Terry Goodkind. Decent fantasy about knights and wizards and stuff.
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(http://s101.photobucket.com/albums/m78/yoji_00/th_spittake.jpg) I just read Pawn of Prophecy last year...
Any other famous/semi-famous people wanna just drop dead in the next week or two?
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So, uh, Walter Cronkite.
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And that's... the way it is. :sadpanda:
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I thought he died last year! But apparently that was Peter Jennings. :shrug:
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The reality now matches the symbolism.
Anyway, here's some of the highlight reel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K8Q3cqGs7I&
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwaA-hbvYF8&
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Interesting you mention the Lunar landing, since it's the 40th anniversary today.
Also,
World's Oldest Man (http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/18/oldest.vet.dead/index.html)
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The guy who wrote Angela's Ashes. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090720/ap_on_en_ot/us_obit_mccourt)
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Les Lye, the guy behind You Can't Do That on Television dies. (http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090722/OTT_Les_Lye_090722/20090722/?hub=OttawaHome) :;_;:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhaHLoK3CF4
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John Hughes died? Sadness.
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Karmic backlash for The Breakfast Club, perhaps?
Awful joke aside, he seemed like a good fellow and a good American. Our loss.
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Les Paul
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Wow. That actually makes me very sad.
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Ted Kennedy (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/us/politics/27kennedy.html?_r=1&hp)
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James Wyatt: loving father, hard worker, and kind soul. He was my uncle, and he always did right by me.
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Ah damn, that's awful Thad.
My condolences. :;_;:
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Sorry to hear.
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I'm very sorry, Thad. I'm quite close to several of my uncles, and I'd hate to lose any of them. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help.
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For a second I thought it was this guy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Wyatt_(game_designer)).
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For a second I thought it was this guy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Wyatt_(game_designer)).
It might be.
Anyway, you can add my condolences to the pile, Thad.
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Reading Rainbow (http://blogs.nerve.com/scanner/2009/08/28/rip-reading-rainbow/)
:oh: :imagination: :gameover:
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File that under "I didn't know it was still alive."
Still, reading the entire article, especially the quote, is a good way to make yourself explode.
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:;_;:
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But don't take my word for it
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RIP Chanel (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090901/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_world_s_oldest_dog)
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Thanks for the condolences, fellas. I'm doing all right. Still a little overwhelmed, but doing all right.
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And here I was thinking Garrison Keillor would be next after that stroke. Looks like I'm wrong this time (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iI6rYwtW5ttJYhJ51d_aPbnBpDkQD9ANDLN80). (translation: WTF Patrick Swayze??)
...they're just dropping like flies.
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He'd been unwell for a long time, now. They thought he might be pulling through, but apparently not.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SLWzZoDmhg
:;_;:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-aUj4dRm-o
:itsmagic:
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Mary Travers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t4g_1VoGw4
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(http://www.simpsoncrazy.com/content/pictures/homer/HomerSimpson46.gif): Seven!
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Looks like Yoshito Usui, creator of Crayon Shin-Chan, died in a hiking accident (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aO22LAYnIXqw).
Never saw Shin-Chan, but it looks like a lot of people are upset.
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By the by, I'm surprised no one posted William Safire's death to our little ticker thread here.
That my friends was the very last of the Conservative pundit crowd with any redeeming value to them (his english-language etymological studies, in case you were wondering).
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Irving Penn (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/arts/design/08penn.html)
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Lou Albano, 76, is now in Hospice care, which is never a good sign.
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Lou Albano, 76, is now in Hospice care, which is never a good sign.
If he goes I declare everyone to do the mario.
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Lou Albano, 76, is now in Hospice care, which is never a good sign.
If he goes I declare everyone to do the mario.
(http://i630.photobucket.com/albums/uu23/Bon_Bon_2009/scruffy-1.jpg) (http://i630.photobucket.com/albums/uu23/Bon_Bon_2009/scruffy-1.jpg) (http://i630.photobucket.com/albums/uu23/Bon_Bon_2009/scruffy-1.jpg) (http://i630.photobucket.com/albums/uu23/Bon_Bon_2009/scruffy-1.jpg) (http://i630.photobucket.com/albums/uu23/Bon_Bon_2009/scruffy-1.jpg)
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Lou Albano's actually dead. (http://kotaku.com/5381520/live+action-mario-dead-at-76)
:;_;: See that? That is an important part of my childhood crying.
I'm...I'm going to go take one step, and then again. And then I'm going to go buy those DVDs. :sadpanda:
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:sadpanda: :sadpanda: :sadpanda: :sadpanda: :sadpanda: :sadpanda: :sadpanda: :sadpanda:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp6pBbLw820
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Quote from CNN's obit
Albano became a cartoon in 1989, when he was the voice of Mario "Jumpman" Mario for 17 episodes of "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!" according to the Internet Movie Database.
That is some hardcore research, Mr. Obituary Writer.
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Brittany Murphy. (http://www.tmz.com/#ixzz0aFxNLUSy)
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Am I missing something significant about her career, or is it just a slow news day? I mean, she's on the front page of CNN.com, and I'm pretty sure Captain Lou didn't get that kind of treatment.
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She's been in actual movies and was the voice of Luann Platter on King of the Hill. Also she was only 33. She wasn't a significant actress, but it's still tragic when someone dies young.
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Kim Peek
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Photographer Dennis Stock (http://www.pdnpulse.com/2010/01/dennis-stock-photographer-of-iconic-james-dean-images-dies-at-81.html) at 81 from cancer
He had a rich and varied career and is best known for his iconic photos of James Dean.
(http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw8tl39yLu1qa0a67o1_400.jpg)
(http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw8tnuXrIp1qa0a67o1_500.jpg)
(http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw8tqfETvA1qa0a67o1_500.jpg)
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J.D. Salinger (http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/books/01/28/salinger.obit/index.html)
In other news, I was shocked to hear he was still alive up to this point.
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I wasn't aware he was still alive.
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His literary agent has my last name! :nyoro~n:
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Howard Zinn and Zelda Rubenstein. :;_;:
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The most interesting thing about Salinger's life is the reports in multiple obits that he left a vault full of unpublished work.
I'm hoping it's true and we get to see it. If there's one book in the lot that's half as good as Catcher, that'll be an amazing thing to see. If, instead, he left merely the ravings of a genius who'd become unhinged, then that would be intriguing itself. Hell, even if it's a stack of Terminator fanfic (http://www.theonion.com/content/news/new_terminator_movie_brings_j_d), I'd like to see just what the hell he was up to all those years.
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Does anyone remember OMC?
I thought not. Anyway, their frontman, Pauly Fuemana, died.
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The most interesting thing about Salinger's life
...did somebody put the "death=life" filter back on, or did I actually get those two things confused?
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don't look now but
your life might be directed by m. night shamalama
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVdnqEyToqg
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Corey Haim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corey_Haim).
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Peter Graves (http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b171677_peter_graves_star_of_mission_impossible.html?utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=imdb_tv-movies)
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He's watching Gladiator movies in heaven, now.
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He's accepted... a new mission.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy0Gd2-GdOI
:;_;:
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Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXUqOaxUDLQ
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Oh wow. I didn't know Peter Graves went to the University of Minnesota.
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Alex Chilton (http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/mar/17/memphis-musician-alex-chilton-dies/)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNKSs1J38EA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pte3Jg-2Ax4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrXM7fKKlR0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTSJYZyouek
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yeah, god damn. alex chilton. i thought that guy was immortal
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All I knows is that's all I'm listening to tomorrow.
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Robert Culp. (http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/star+Culp+dies+after+fall+head+trauma/2725114/story.html)
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Freedom. (http://www.freerepublic.com)
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Freedom. (http://"http://www.freerepublic.com")
Read more at conservativedatingsite.com
:lol: :whoops: :glee: :whoops: :lol:
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Frank Frazetta (http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/05/10/frank-frazetta-rip/)
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/buge/reaction/frazetta071.jpg)
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WHAT?!
AW FUCK.
Heard things were getting ugly over his way. Fights over his estate, his kids fighting over his paintings (and possibly stealing some, depending on who you believe), claims he was demented. The article claims things had been patched up, though I hadn't heard that elsewhere yet.
Bad times regardless.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCG3kJtQBKo
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I can't decide which is worse. This year or last year.
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This will only accelerate.
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RIP Dio
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What she said (http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=10662055).
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Fuck...
He was really only 67?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyu17C05jkw
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He's riding tigers with Jesus now.
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Dio and Frazetta dying in the same month is unacceptable. Who's next, Lou Ferrigno?
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basically may is the month that metal died. Watch for falling axes.
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Throwing up the horns in silent tribute.
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Gary Coleman (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/28/gary-coleman-dead-diffren_n_593120.html).
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Damn. As of an hour ago, that was still a "He's in the hospital" story.
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fuck gary coleman
i am drunk
but i said it and i am sticking to it
he's like this never ending tradgety of comedy that you somehow are not allowed to dislike because he is a little person
this is not a good reason to give somebody free reign to never be amusing ever
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that said, 40ish is way too young for anyone to die
and this sucks
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Didn't he prtty much spend the last twenty years of his life making fun of the first twenty?
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Like Michael Jackson, he's gone somewhere where people will finally just leave him the fuck alone.
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Five replies and not one of you made a what you talking bout joke?
For shame.
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Whatchoo talkin' bout Mario (http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/jan/07/dennis-hopper-dies-74)
(Dennis Hopper, aka Bowers on the SMB Movie, dies)
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(http://factoidz.com/images/user/dennishopperapocalypsenow.gif)
What are they gonna say, man, when he's gone, huh? 'Cause he dies when it dies, man, when it dies, he dies... What are they gonna say about him? What, they gonna say he was a kind man? He was a wise man? He had plans? He had wisdom? Bullshit, man!
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Jeeze. I really liked Dennis Hopper.
The obvious question now is, who is going to be #3?
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An American Carol deleted scene (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFgP4prZHq8#)
An American Carol - ACLU Zombies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyesNstdG04#)
The obvious question now is, who is going to be #3?
Hard to say ...
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Art Linkleter died on the 26th. Which came on the heels of Dio. Who came on the heels of Frazetta. Fuck, I hate the "Celebrities Die in Threes" shit.
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The month isn't over yet. ::(:
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The wife guessed Clint Eastwood - given that these things usually tend to increase in magnitude, this seems a likely one.
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Martin Gardner (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Gardner), famed mathematician and all around coolguy dead at 96.
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The obvious question now is, who is going to be #3?
Rue McClanahan.
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No, too literal, try again.
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In way worse news than anything else on Earth ever at least for anyone in Houston with taste buds, Darawan Charoenrat (http://culturemap.com/newsdetail/06-04-10-a-houston-original-kanomwans-beloved-thai-nazi-dies/) died. Not only was his food absolutely unbelievable, but once you got to know him enough that he would do more than grunt noncommittally at you he was kind of an awesome guy.
Also people called him that pretty much because if you weren't ready with your order when he got to your table, he being the only person who would take your order, then he'd leave and wait on every other person in the restaurant before coming back to you. At least he didn't actually ban you from the restaurant.
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Thai restaurant owners are basically the best everywhere.
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Breakfast sausage will never be the same (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iQA6ZCbk6z4_A_cAAjeAGL9MlBhQD9GAPUC80).
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You mean they were actually named after a guy? My world is in upheaval.
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Senator Robert Byrd
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Uh... was he a good guy or a bad guy?
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Robert Byrd Barbaric (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V95eGgZbrU#)
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Right-wing comment trolls will only bring him up every single time somebody mentions the Southern Strategy for two more years, then.
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Harvey Pekar (http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/BillyBlack/news/?a=19969)
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George Steinbrenner (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/baseball/steinbrenner-dead-at-80/article1638149/)
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I just learned that Type O Negative frontman Peter Steele (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Steele) died last August. 48, heart failure. A smart, funny man, by all accounts I'm aware of; apparently he had been cleaning up his act for a while. Were I not sober myself, I would raise a glass of red wine in his name. I owe that band much of my very favorite music.
Type O Negative-Haunted (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R11CHOLiBA#)
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Ted Stevens (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/former-us-senator-ted-stevens-killed-in-alaska-plane-crash/article1667913/)
There's a boatload of bad jokes in there, but I don't really feel like making any of them.
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At first I thought "oh yeah, he was old", but then I heard it was a plane crash and was like "whoa"
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Satoshi Kon, (http://www.uk-anime.net/newsitem/Director_Satoshi_Kon_passes_away.html) director of Tokyo Godfathers, Millennium Actress and Perfect Blue.
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(http://www.deviantart.com/download/123368049/Emoticon__Sad_Face_by_Nockor.jpg)
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I just read that today and I feel so sad :(
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Apparently the movie he was working on The Dream Machine will still be finished
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Charles S. Roberts (http://grognews.blogspot.com/2010/08/rip-charles-s-roberts.html)
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[ur=http://grognews.blogspot.com/2010/08/rip-charles-s-roberts.html]Charles S. Roberts (http://grognews.blogspot.com/2010/08/rip-charles-s-roberts.html)[/url]
Some vile curr is sabotaging your shit Büge.
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Fixed. He was the Father of Modern Wargaming and the founder of Avalon Hill.
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Bright young provincial cabinet minister from Québec dies mere hours after resigning. (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/claude-bchard-dies-hours-after-resigning-from-quebec-cabinet/article1698612/)
I've heard of people being kept alive by work or great projects, and dying within a few days after they can't go on or finish their task, but hours?
Damn.
FAKE EDIT: You can move this to the Canada thread if you figure it belongs there instead. I dunno.
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Greg Giraldo has OD'd.
While he was too mean for my tastes, he was good in small doses, and it's always sad to see a successful stand up comedian die.
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It's how you know they were a successful stand-up comedian.
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Tony Curtis (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/actor-tony-curtis-dies/article1734114/)
Chalk this one up to the "He was still alive?" category.
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Greg Giraldo has OD'd.
While he was too mean for my tastes, he was good in small doses, and it's always sad to see a successful stand up comedian die.
woah hey i see what you did there
^5 little buddy
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I am ashamed and embarrassed to say that I knew almost nothing about Billy Diamond prior to his obituary. (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/billy-diamond-saviour-of-the-dammed/article1750661/)
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Benoit Mandelbrot (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2370954,00.asp)
He's survived by two children, though, so rest assured that he is in fact a replicating system.
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Alex Anderson (http://www.avclub.com/articles/rip-alex-anderson-creator-of-rocky-and-bullwinkle,46819/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=avclub_rss_daily), creator of Rocky and Bullwinkle (the characters, not the show, which was of course done by Jay Ward).
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Paul the Psychic Octopus (http://www.todayonline.com/World/EDC101027-0000089/Paul,-World-Cups-psychic-octopus,-is-not-done-yet-,,,)
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Dino De Laurentiis. (http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=29455)
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Space Battleship Yamato producer Yoshinobu Nishizaki (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-11-07/yamato-anime-producer-yoshinobu-nishizaki-passes-away)
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He fell off a boat called the Yamato.
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It's like ray-eee-ain on your wedding day.
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>The Nish died
Well I guess that 70 years of cocai
>drowned
oh.
Well.
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Didn't he own a boat called the Yamato? And then fell off another, entirely other ship named Yamato.
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I suspect 'Yamato' is the most common name for a boat in Japan for obvious reasons. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yamato)
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Leslie Nielsen (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/actor-leslie-nielsen-dies-at-84/article1816710/)
:OoO: :;_;:
I didn't even realize he was that old.
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Leslie Nielsen (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/actor-leslie-nielsen-dies-at-84/article1816710/)
:OoO: :;_;:
Surely this can't be true.
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It is true.
And don't call me Shirley.
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If we were to say that every death from now on is just a parody of Leslie's, it'll still be the most tasteful thing related to Nielsen in the last couple of decades.
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That better not be a crack against Surf Ninjas.
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Irvin Kershner, director of Empire Strikes Back (http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iOIofoyzOkgDBBZ4-VhX6Skft5SA?docId=CNG.a95bb30ea4283751b06342aa399dde9a.5f1)
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I didn't even realize he was that old.
Yeah, white hair or no I wouldn't have figured him for 54 in Airplane.
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Elizabeth Edwards. (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/08/us/08edwards.html?partner=rss&emc=rss)
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Captain Beefheart. (http://www.avclub.com/articles/rip-captain-beefheart,49232/)
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Blake Edwards. (http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-blake-edwards-20101217,0,5648848.story)
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Captain Beefheart. (http://www.avclub.com/articles/rip-captain-beefheart,49232/)
Holy shit! :(
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Pete Postlethwaite. (http://ca.news.yahoo.com/britains-press-association-says-actor-pete-postlethwaite-dies-20110103-020801-643.html)
:loser:
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I was coming here to post that.
There are few actors whose deaths I'd call a loss, but his is definitely one of them.
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I learned that Major Richard Winters from Band of Brothers was a real person.
And that he died today. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12158637)
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"Sarge" Shriver (http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20110119sarge_shriver_founder_of_peace_corps_dead_at_95/)
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Jack LaLanne (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/24/sports/24lalanne.html)
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Too bad he's dead, but that guy was kind of an elitist douche.
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:wat:
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Brian Jacques (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-12380763), author of the books of my childhood I feel most conflicted about anymore.
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Kenneth Mars (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/young-frankenstein-actor-kenneth-mars-99482)
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;________;
"Today Broadvay! Tomorrow...." *gestures*
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Joanne Siegel (http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/02/15/joanne-siegel-rip-lois-lane/).
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Dwayne McDuffie (http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/02/22/dwayne-mcduffie-r-i-p/).
God DAMN it.
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God fucking damnit. The Timm-McDuffie-Dini trinity is broken. Guess I have to make up a new fucking nerd religion now... Unless he rises from the grave over the weekend.
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When Marvel promised a death every quarter, they weren't fucking around.
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The Brigadier. (http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/02/22/nicholas-courtney-passes-this-demands-a-five-round-salute/)
...well, at least he lived a full life. Sad, but not tragic.
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Another name from the DCAU, who died a month ago and sort of flew under the radar: Boyd Kirkland (http://www.comics101.com/comics101//?mode=project&action=view&project=Comics%20101&chapter=323).
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Tura Satana (http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/mar/11/tura-satana-obituary)
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Wow, she led an interesting life.
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Nate Dogg. (http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1659986/nate-dogg-dead.jhtml)
warren g regulate (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckOULenKxiQ#)
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Michael Gough. (http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsmoviecricket/51453031-66/batman-gough-michael-british.html.csp)
Also, one we missed last week: Hugh Martin (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8384039/Hugh-Martin.html), the man who wrote "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas."
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Knut (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/europe/beloved-polar-bear-knut-died-berlin-zoo-says/article1948508/)
:sadpanda:
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Elizabeth Taylor. (http://winnipeg.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110323/elizabeth-taylor-obit-110323/20110323/?hub=WinnipegHome)
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Wow, nobody commented on the death of Elizabeth Taylor.
Anyway, Roger Abbott. (http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/28/air-farces-roger-abbott/) We've lost two pillars of the Royal Canadian Air Farce in recent memory. Who will take up the mantle once Luba Goy and Don Ferguson have shuffled off this mortal coil?
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I don't think I ever saw anything Taylor was in... she always struck me as having been known far more by the last generation than ours.
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yeah, I doubt our kids will give a shit when Brad Pitt dies or whatever
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Kinda! Yes! Exactly!
79's a good run in my book.
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The thing about Liz is that she was in a lot of movies that were really big when they came out, but didn't stand up to the test of time. There are lots of old actors that people today know well, but that's because at least some of the movies they were in are now considered big classics.
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof? Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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I said "a lot", not "exclusively".
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Elisabeth Sladen. (http://splashpage.mtv.com/2011/04/19/doctor-who-news-elisabeth-sladen-sarah-jane-smith/)
No. The universe has to move forward. Pain and loss, they define us as much as happiness or love. Whether it’s a world, or a relationship… Everything has its time. And everything ends.
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Elisabeth Sladen. (http://splashpage.mtv.com/2011/04/19/doctor-who-news-elisabeth-sladen-sarah-jane-smith/)
No. The universe has to move forward. Pain and loss, they define us as much as happiness or love. Whether it’s a world, or a relationship… Everything has its time. And everything ends.
Cancer? Had no idea she was suffering from cancer.
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Yeah, me neither. Sounds like she managed to keep it quiet.
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Ah, the Edward G. Robinson strategy.
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According to CNN, Osama Bin Laden. Guess who just got re-elected?
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That hot girl from Road Trip (http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/05/rip_mia_amber_davis.php)
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Randy Savage (http://www.tmz.com/2011/05/20/randy-savage-car-accident-macho-man-dead-dies-died-killed-wwe-wrestler-florida/)
Macho Man - Dig It (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UoChk5pZIQ#)
<@Cait> [May20|09:58:17] <Alchabest> he's not dead he's just the world champion rapturer
<@Cait> [May20|09:58:20] <Alchabest> he got there first
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Ultimate Macho Man Promo: Cream of the Crop (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr0BljPKksM#)
Dial M For Monkey - Rasslor (Macho Man Randy Savage) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JsdDCq1-I8#)
Macho Madness enters the Danger Zone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q6hRZ1f9PY#)
SGC2C: Piledriver (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chwmQKADOrI#)
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BONESAW IS READY to go to heaven
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Looks like God's got him for THREE MILLENIA. Three millenia of...playtime!
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More clips, plus details (http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/05/20/former-wrestler-randy-savage-dead-in-car-crash-tmz/)
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Jack Kevorkian.
And no, he didn't.
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The inventor of Mad Libs died today of a Fart attack. He was pronounced butts at Cedars-Sinai memorial fartatorium in Poop City, USA. He was 6.
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Clarence Clemons. (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304451504576394594196460886.html?mod=googlenews_wsj)
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Ryan Dunn. (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2005872/Ryan-Dunn-dead-Jackass-star-34-killed-crash-Porsche-explodes.html?ito=feeds-newsxml)
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Honestly did not see that one coming.
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Neither did he, apparently.
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EXCLUSIVE - Ryan Dunn's Final Jackass Stunt (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hVOf0SQY3U#)
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Ryan Dunn (http://www.webpronews.com/jackass-ryan-dunn-dies-roger-ebert-slams-him-on-twitter-2011-06/)
Edit: TA beat me to it.
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...Jesus Christ, Envy.
...can we just ban Envy for a couple days the next time he does something stupid like this?
Yes. Yes we can.
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Wait... what did Envy do?
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I just think he's overdue for some negative reinforcement for doing things like, for example, not reading the four most recent posts in a thread he's about to post in.
It's a one-day posting ban. Nothing serious.
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If Thad was truly a vengeful
god admin his response to Mongrel would've been another ban.
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Well, Mongrel did the same thing Envy did, true. But I think that Envy does it with every other post so...
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Gene Colan. (http://thecliffordmethod.blogspot.com/2011/06/gene-colan-1926-2011.html)
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Damn.
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Peter Falk (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/television/peter-falk-who-starred-as-columbo-on-tv-has-died-at-83/article2074547/)
:(
Guess there won't be that one last thing.
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Betty Ford (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/former-first-lady-betty-ford-dies-at-age-93/article2092124/)
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Amy Winehouse (http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/07/24/amy-winehouse-dead-after-drink-and-drugs-binge-115875-23292300/)
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Cause unknown but I'll gve you thre guesses.
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They tried to make me go to rehab and I said no, no, no.
:/
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Two weeks after Betty Ford? Well played, Winehouse, well played.
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Hey, she had the same birthday as me.
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I just think he's overdue for some negative reinforcement for doing things like, for example, not reading the four most recent posts in a thread he's about to post in.
It's a one-day posting ban. Nothing serious.
Technically, since you took something away from him to change behavior by making him stop doing something, it'd be negative punishment.[/psych]
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They tried to make me go to rehab and I said no, no, no.
Probably because she knew that it would be fatal. (http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1668182/amy-winehouse-alcohol-withdrawal.jhtml)
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Well, three bottles of Jack a day IS how Lemmy stays alive.
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Well, that and the cigarettes. He and Slash are actually in a long term drinking and smoking contest. Lemmy has a considerable lead, but Slash has the Hat.
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So what's keeping Kieth Richards's body moving? Necromancy? A pact with Rama-Krishna?
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Much like Montgomery Burns, all of the drugs in his system are in perfect balance, essentially canceling each other out.
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Actually, in Keef's case, I think it might be Necromancy after all.
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So what's keeping Kieth Richards's body moving? Necromancy? A pact with Rama-Krishna?
He has a Lazarus Pit at the bottom of the basement.
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Jack Layton (http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20110822/ndp-leader-jacklayton-obit/).
(Cross-posted to News from the North)
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Michael Hart (http://boingboing.net/2011/09/08/rip-project-gutenberg-founder-michael-hart.html), founder of Project Gutenberg and inventor of the eBook.
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Andy Whitfield (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/12/arts/television/andy-whitfield-star-of-spartacus-series-dies-at-39.html), dude from Spartacus. Cancer. Damn it, that guy was hells of awesome in Spartacus.
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Christian Weston Chandler's dad (http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailyprogress/obituary.aspx?n=robert-franklin-chandler&pid=153539600). Christian Weston Chandler is a Sonic-obsessed autistic guy who the Internet thinks is fair game to troll.
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Wait, Chris-chans actual name is Chris Chandler? Wiggy.
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His actual name is Christopher. He changed it when a guy in a mascot suit called him Christian by mistake, and he got confused and decided that must be his new name. He's very suggestible and once smashed his PS3 for a hoax offer of money.
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Wait, Chris-chan's dad was eighty-four?!
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Steve Jobs (https://www.apple.com/stevejobs/)
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...wow.
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It's tragic, but I'm a little annoyed that most news sources (including ones I use, like Hacker News) (http://news.ycombinator.com) are just going to be saturated to uselessness for a week or so.
I suspect Steve Jobs would have been annoyed, too.
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It's tragic, but I'm a little annoyed that most news sources (including ones I use, like Hacker News) (http://news.ycombinator.com) are just going to be saturated to uselessness for a week or so.
What better opportunity for the NYPD to forcibly remove the Wall Street protesters?
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I dunno about tragic. I'm not going to celebrate, but I ain't gonna weep either.
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It's tragic, but I'm a little annoyed that most news sources (including ones I use, like Hacker News) (http://news.ycombinator.com) are just going to be saturated to uselessness for a week or so.
I suspect Steve Jobs would have been annoyed, too.
Can't possibly be as fucking bad as when the iPad came out.
Never mind. The top 20 stories all have his fucking name in them. Might have to use HN filtered against "steve," "jobs," and "apple (http://feeds.feedburner.com/hacker-news-filtered)."
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Also today, Fred Shuttlesworth (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/fred-l-shuttlesworth-courageous-civil-rights-fighter-dies-at-89/2011/10/05/gIQAO73lOL_story.html) -- the guy who told Martin Luther King he should maybe consider bringing his protests to Birmingham.
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Derrick Bell, father of Critical Race Theory.
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Dennis Ritchie. (http://www.i-programmer.info/news/82-heritage/3184-dennis-ritchie-co-creator-of-unix-and-c-has-died.html)
Bad week for computer dudes.
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"I hope they malloc'd a place for him in heaven."
I wish I could remember where I saw that.
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Smoot of Gwar (http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/133209498.html)
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Andy Rooney. (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/us/andy-rooney-mainstay-on-60-minutes-dead-at-92.html)
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Smokin' Joe Frazier. (http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/07/sport/joe-frazier-obit/?hpt=hp_t1)
Didn't expect Ali to outlive him.
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Yeah well, nobody expected Ozzy to outlive Dio either, and yet here we are.
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Bil Keane. (http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2011_11_09.html#021578)
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Mick Anglo. (http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/11/10/mick-anglo-passes/)
So is there a third comic book creator coming, or does Smokin' Joe count?
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Maybe now Marvel will publish his work.
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So is there a third comic book creator coming, or does Smokin' Joe count?
Mark Hall (http://www.avclub.com/articles/rip-mark-hall-cocreator-of-danger-mouse,65428/) (of Cosgrove Hall) fits the theme a bit better.
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Well-Manicured Man (http://www.avclub.com/articles/rip-john-neville-star-of-the-adventures-of-baron-m,65510/)
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Anne McCaffrey. (http://io9.com/5862031/rip-anne-mccaffrey-creator-of-pern-and-other-classic-books)
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That.. actually made my heart sink a little. I remember reading the story "The ship who sang" and it's still one of my favorites and the most formative of my opinion of sci-fi and transhumanism concepts. I have always intended to read the series, but my book collection parallels my video game collection in size and not getting completed.
If you excuse me, I have to grab every single one of the books off amazon now.
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"It’s a proven fact that a single anal sex experience causes one to be homosexual. The hormones released by a sexual situation involving the anus being broached, are the same hormones found in large quantities in effeminate homosexual males. For example, when I was much younger I knew a young man who was for all intents and purposes, heterosexual. He was mugged, and involved in a rape situation involving a tent peg. This one event was enough to have him start on a road that eventually led to him becoming effeminate and gay."
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...are...are you saying that heterosexuality is dead? Your statement is confusing.
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TA is doing you all the service of reminding you not to bother mourning the homophobic lunatic.
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You know what? Fuck off. She wrote a good book.
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So did Orson Scott Card, but it doesn't stop him from being a homophobic lunatic.
Course, I'm not aware of McCaffrey writing an entire book around the premise that you shouldn't sugar-coat obituaries. So maybe "Don't mourn the homophobic lunatic" is less appropriate for her than it will be for him when he eventually dies.
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well, ok, fair
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Curious thing about that Anne McCaffrey quote on homosexuality: I can't find a source for it. There's vague references on a few websites to a blog post with a Q & A transcript, but that blog is missing, and there are very few other transcripts with that quote. I can't find a primary source, and one website just makes reference to a vague fanzine (http://fanlore.org/wiki/The_Tent_Peg_Statement). No scans, no official word from McCaffrey and not even a name to the source. It's also one of the single most ridiculous quotes I've ever heard, and sounds like the "I'd rather black people not buy my clothes" quote you see attributed to just about every fashion designer.
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"I'd rather black people not buy my clothes"
... unless you're Naomi Campbell, Iman, Tyra Banks or Alek Wek.
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reportedly it's because republishing the contents of the interview was a sure-fire way to get a nasty letter from mccaffrey's lawyers for years, and she eventually made that whole quote's point sound less completely insane in a later interview ("renewable air force"). was originally a pointless tangent about why green dragons chose riders that were either women or total queens.
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I only knew about her from her book "The ship who sang" so anything else about the author is unknown to me.
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Well, out of context it could very well be a call for mass anal infiltration.
In that case, I'm way the hell ahead of you, Anne McCaffrey.
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I'm just amused about the idea of transmissible homosexuality. Better not get a prostate exam any time soon guys.
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I'm just amused about the idea of transmissible homosexuality.
That's how everyone in Hamlet got it. (http://io9.com/5838157/orson-scott-cards-hamlet-not-as-good-as-shakespeares-version)
Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with Orson Scott Card?
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Here is a thing: Social acceptance of homosexuality is relatively new! Medical and scientific explanations of homosexuality have been really fucking wrong in the past! Older people may have developed views based on the knowledge of their time! Just because your Uncle Bob still talks about niggers doesn't mean he can't have been a decent human being for most of his life and it doesn't mean you can't be sad he's dead!
I'm a little sad that I have to explain this, but at least one of the people is Norondor who is only being inflammatory as a misguided persona!
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Well, sure. And Neil Gaiman, at least, says that Anne McCaffrey was a very nice person.
Card really is a dick, though. But he's still alive.
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!!!!!
THANK you, Mr. Stan Lee.
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I'm just amused about the idea of transmissible homosexuality.
That's how everyone in Hamlet got it. (http://io9.com/5838157/orson-scott-cards-hamlet-not-as-good-as-shakespeares-version)
Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with Orson Scott Card?
He's Mormon.
He was actually very nice and fairly charming when I met him in person, but then I was a teenager seeking an autograph and we didn't discuss his beliefs on homosexuality.
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It's not a persona, but I was out of line.
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A wonderful person died today, her name was Cindy. She was the wife of a local card shop owner and a major part of my high school life was spent in that shop after school and every Friday night. This was certainly not what I expected to wake up to.
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Sorry to hear it, Envy. Condolences.
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Ricky Garduno, (http://dummcomics.com/2011/12/07/ricky/) author of 1930 Nightmare Theatre
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Harry Morgan (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/TV/emmy-winning-actor-harry-morgan-who-played-col-potter-on-televisions-mash-dies-135182468.html)
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I'm surprised to hear he was still alive, and saddened by the loss.
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I was pretty surprised myself that he was still alive.
That show was a pretty big part of my childhood, and he was always one of my favourites. But then I've always liked the old seemingly-cranky characters.
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Jerry Robinson (http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=35811), creator of Robin and the Joker and one of the most important people in comics history.
I saw the touring exhibit of Zap! Pow! Bam! The Superhero: The Golden Age of Comic Books (http://zappowbam.weebly.com/zap-pow-bam-blog.html) a few months back, and quite a lot of it was original art from Jerry's personal collection. This was a guy who understood comics were important, were art, back when people still saw them as literally trash -- many of his originals are things he showed up at the printer's to rescue rather than letting them be thrown away after use.
He was one of the earliest people to preserve and share the history of the medium. What a guy.
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Joe Simon. (http://ifanboy.com/articles/joe-simon-1913-2011/)
This is a sad week for comics.
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Ah fuck. At least he got that book out.
Not looking forward to finding out who the third will be.
EDIT: Well that was quick: Eduardo Barreto (http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/12/15/longtime-dc-artist-eduardo-barreto-rumored-deceased-at-57/). Doesn't have nearly the standing of Robinson or Simon, of course, but on the whole it's sadder to lose a man in his fifties to disease than a man in his late eighties or nineties to old age.
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Vaclav Havel (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/europe/vclav-havel-czech-playwright-and-president-dead-at-75/article2275281/)
Holy shit.
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Doubling back to Joe Simon, Evanier's finally got a tribute up:
Once when I told him my lady friend would be joining us, he arrived with flowers for her. To this day, she often reminds me that Joe Simon brought her flowers and that I never do. My defense is that I'm just not as classy as Joe Simon. Which is true. Odds are you aren't as classy as Joe Simon, either.
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Joe Bodolai (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/television/former-snl-writer-joe-bodolai-dead-at-63/article2284422/)
Most of us will probably know him as the co-writer of Wayne's World.
That's really a rough way to go though. Suicide by antifreeze at Christmas. Damn.
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Here's his last blog post. (http://qualityshows.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/if-this-were-y0ur-last-day-alive-what-would-you-do/)
His last few tweets on his twitter account for the world to see as well. (http://twitter.com/joebodolai)
His last youtube activity (http://youtube.com/qualityshows) was three weeks ago.
I've read his blog, and his twitter. I know of no other active outlets. But it just seems on the 23rd he just crashed. He hadn't used twitter for almost two weeks, he suddenly posts this (http://twitter.com/#!/joebodolai/status/150390881600548864). The above mentioned blog post was posted on the 23rd. Blog post went up, he became super active on twitter. Stayed up all night to keep twittering (The reason why I say this is because his last post is on the 24th. Meaning it rolled over at midnight and his death wasn't discovered until two days later. 26th at 1:30 PM)
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Man, Acadian Driftwood quotes... I know that song way too well to not feel that a bit in the gut. :(
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He failed to beat his alcoholism, gave up, and killed himself.
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Oh wow. That's just... He even said "Goodbye."
That's heartwrenching.
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Missed this one last week: Jack Goldman, founder of Xerox PARC (http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2011/12/jacob-goldman-founder-of-xerox-parc-dies-at-90.ars).
Goldman's leadership in forming PARC—and his hiring of George Pake to head the center— led to the development of a number of technologies later exploited by Apple, Microsoft and others, including the laser printer. object-oriented programming, Ethernet, the mouse pointing device, and the graphical user interface. While Xerox never effectively capitalized on developments like the Alto PC—the first networked personal computer—PARC's work inspired the development of the Macintosh and the Windows operating systems.
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So... he invented the internet?
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Cheetah (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/8980394/Cheetah-the-chimpanzee-star-of-Tarzan-movies-of-the-early-1930s-dies-at-the-age-of-80.html).
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Bob Anderson (http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=32771), stuntman and swordmaster.
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Cheetah (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/8980394/Cheetah-the-chimpanzee-star-of-Tarzan-movies-of-the-early-1930s-dies-at-the-age-of-80.html).
Probably not.
Evanier had two posts on the subject, the first (http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2011_12_28.html#021883) spending a few paragraphs on the subject (and dropping a name I hadn't heard in years, Paul Castiglia, who used to be editor of the Sonic comic and was quite engaged with the fandom of the day -- Evanier knows EVERYBODY) and the second just linking a Hollywood Reporter article (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cheetah-death-fake-tarzan-chimpanzee-276704).
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Yeah, it struck me as a little odd that Cheetah was 30+ years past the average for a chimp, and even the media seemed to have this tone of 'we wouldn't be posting this fakey fake story if it wasn't such a slow news week'
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Etta James. (http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-etta-james-20120121,0,1608543.story)
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Don Cornelius, creator of Soul Train. (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/arts/music/don-cornelius-soul-train-creator-is-dead-at-75.html) Shot; possible suicide.
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Florence Green, the last surviving WWI veteran (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9066371/Last-surviving-veteran-of-First-World-War-dies-aged-110.html)
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Well that's a strange name for a ma- oh wait it's a wom- OH MY GOD THAT BEARD :barf:
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That's what happens when your ovaries fail. There's an old lady that comes into my store who seems to be working on a 'stache.
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See also: younger women with PCOS.
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Whitney Houston
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Ever heard of providing a link you dumb motherfucker (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20120211/us-obit-whitney-houston/)
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Expect everybody to get real stupid for the next couple months.
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And I had just gotten that goddamn song out of my head
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I guess that "cleaned up and away from that nut Bobby Brown" come back isn't going to happen. Man, only 48. She looked like she was in her fifties for years. Not trying to be nasty, it's just sad she burned out like that.
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At the time of posting there was no evidence, other then Whitney Died. Nothing besides Whitney has Died. So what's the difference between saying it and posting a link that leads to the same exact phrase.
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Then say that.
Or wait until there's more information. It's not like you're a reporter under pressure to get the story out the door before the other networks scoop you.
That said, "dumb motherfucker" is more than a little disproportionate, Lyrai.
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John Severin (http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2012/02/14/rip-john-severin/), of EC's celebrated Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat. No further info as yet, but dude was 90 so I imagine that has something to do with it.
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Holy shit, John Severin?
FYI, He was also Cracked's primary long-feature artist for most of it's print run.
Whenever I saw new stuff by him, I was always amazed he was still even alive, but this is sad news nonetheless.
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More from Evanier's blog. (http://www.newsfromme.com/2012/02/14/john-severin-r-i-p/)
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Even Jack Kirby used to say that when he had to research some historical costume or weapon for a story, it was just as good to use a John Severin drawing as it was to find a photo of the real thing.
That's as good a summary of his body of work as can be.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/us/john-fairfax-who-rowed-across-oceans-dies-at-74.html?_r=3&pagewanted=all (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/us/john-fairfax-who-rowed-across-oceans-dies-at-74.html?_r=3&pagewanted=all)
At 13, in thrall to Tarzan, he ran away from home to live in the jungle. He survived there as a trapper with the aid of local peasants, returning to town periodically to sell the jaguar and ocelot skins he had collected.
He later studied literature and philosophy at a university in Buenos Aires and at 20, despondent over a failed love affair, resolved to kill himself by letting a jaguar attack him. When the planned confrontation ensued, however, reason prevailed — as did the gun he had with him.
In Panama, he met a pirate, applied for a job as a pirate’s apprentice and was taken on. He spent three years smuggling guns, liquor and cigarettes around the world, becoming captain of one of his boss’s boats, work that gave him superb navigational skills.
Chuck Norris now has to find a way to become immortal, otherwise he's going to face John Fairfax.
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So he was literally james bond.
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Not an obit (yet), but Daniel von Bargen shot himself in the head, survived, and called 911 (http://www.azcentral.com/ent/celeb/articles/2012/02/23/20120223seinfeld-daniel-von-bargen-suicide.html).
He's diabetic and the suicide attempt followed his being notified that he would need to have several toes amputated.
Maybe we can split this into an assisted suicide thread, because I am absolutely in favor of giving people a safe, comfortable means of choosing to die when their health fails, rather than undergo painful procedures and degraded quality of life. And if von Bargen had been given that option, maybe he wouldn't have shot himself.
Seriously, I'm not advocating suicide (outside the parameters I set above), but if you're going to kill yourself, don't use a gun. If you think your life is already so bad it's not worth living, imagine how much worse it would be if you survived a gunshot to the head.
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Even if assisted suicide was absolutely legal, I don't think getting your toes amputated is a good enough reason for it.
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It's not like diabetics get their toes amputated and then they're all better and live normal healthy lives, dude.
If you've already hit a point where they're cutting bits off you, you are looking at a long, agonizing slide.
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I have a second uncle (or whatever. Second cousin's dad) accidentally shot himself in the face with a shotgun and lived with minor motor damage. His son tried to commit suicide by shooting himself in the face and lived. A couple years later he tried to hang himself and then the rope broke.
Think he finally killed himself a few years ago. But hey!
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That's dedication.
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Jan Berenstain (http://boingboing.net/2012/02/27/jan-berenstain-co-creator-of.html)
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right in the childhood. :sadpanda:
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Davy Jones, apparently, though there isn't much info as yet and every article I'm seeing is just quoting TMZ.
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http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/29/davy-jones-monkees-heartthrob-dies-at-66/?ref=arts (http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/29/davy-jones-monkees-heartthrob-dies-at-66/?ref=arts)
confirmed.
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Breitbart. (http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/01/politics/breitbart-obit/index.html)
It is a surprise.
And in the interest of not immediately saying terrible things about the recently-deceased, I'll leave it at that. Be civil, guys.
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::(:
You really take the joy out of gloating over the dead.
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Huh "Natural Causes" at 43?
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Pure speculation but I'm assuming that means "heart attack".
Still pretty damn young for it.
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Well, this is horrible third-hand rumour, but a fellow I know who used to work for DARPA and is now with a think-tank told me this morning that Breitbart "had a Hitchensian reputation with the bottle in the wonk community".
Grain of salt and all that.
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Breitbart. (http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/01/politics/breitbart-obit/index.html)
It is a surprise.
And in the interest of not immediately saying terrible things about the recently-deceased, I'll leave it at that. Be civil, guys.
You have no idea how hard it is to not gloat. Good thing I have twitter!
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http://newsjunkiepost.com/2012/03/01/conservative-outrage-over-breitbart-death-comments-are-disingenuous/ (http://newsjunkiepost.com/2012/03/01/conservative-outrage-over-breitbart-death-comments-are-disingenuous/)
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EDIT: STOP MOVING THE DAMN POSTS WHEN PEOPLE ARE REPLYING TO THEM GOD :rage:
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http://newsjunkiepost.com/2012/03/01/this-guy-are-sick/ (http://newsjunkiepost.com/2012/03/01/conservative-outrage-over-breitbart-death-comments-are-disingenuous/)
Fair enough. People who criticize gross comments about Breitbart but didn't criticize the same sort of comments FROM Breitbart are utter hypocrites.
I still don't think "But Breitbart did it!" is a good defense of any sort of behavior whatsoever, though.
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Ralph McQuarrie. (http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/03/03/star-wars-visionary-ralph-mcquarrie-has-passed-away-aged-82/)
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We'll never see his like again.
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Sheldon Moldoff (http://www.newsfromme.com/2012/03/03/sheldon-moldoff-r-i-p/).
- Shelly Moldoff was one of the artists who worked on the historic Action Comics #1 (1938) which featured the first appearance of Superman. He didn’t work on the Superman material in that issue but he did have artwork in what some call the most important comic book ever published. And he was the last surviving person who did.
- Shelly Moldoff worked as an assistant and ghost artist to Bob Kane on the earliest Batman stories that appeared in Detective Comics.
- Shelly Moldoff drew the cover of Flash Comics #1 (1940) which introduced the original Flash to the world.
- Shelly Moldoff drew the cover of All-American Comics #16 (1940) which introduced the original Green Lantern to the world.
- Shelly Moldoff was the artist of the original Hawkman feature beginning with the character’s fourth appearance and continuing for several years.
- Shelly Moldoff was by some accounts the inventor of the horror comic book, having proposed the idea to EC Comics publisher William Gaines before Gaines came out with his own Tales From the Crypt.
- Shelly Moldoff was the ghost artist for Bob Kane on the Batman comic book stories and covers that Kane allegedly drew between 1953 and 1967. He also worked for DC Comics directly, often as an inker of covers on all their key titles including the Superman books.
- Shelly Moldoff also worked for Kane as the main artist/designer of the animated TV series, Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse.
- Shelly Moldoff was a very nice man and as you can tell, a very important person in the history of the American comic book.
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Robert Sherman, songwriter for Disney. (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-57391552-10391698/its-a-small-world-songwriter-robert-sherman-dies-at-86/)
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Peter Bergman of Firesign Theater. (http://boingboing.net/2012/03/09/firesign-theaters-peter-berg.html)
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(http://i.imgur.com/P9Nkq.gif)
1938-2012 (http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/comic-book-artist-moebius-dies/story-e6frf7jx-1226296034288)
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No.
No fucking way.
Ah.
FUCK.
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Confirmed by the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/17327374)
EDIT: Man, literally YESTERDAY, they did an peice on him on the Sailor Twin site that bemoaned how his work has been handled in North America; how his best work had been basically unavailable since the mid 90's and that none of his work from the past 15 years was available in the US at all.
I agreed and cynically added a comment that it would probably take his death to get the ball rolling on proper reprints here in North America.
FUCK.
I actually had no idea his health was so poor. He did a staggering amout of mind-altering substances early in his career, but had been Mister Clean Living for years now, though I think he was still partaking of the occasional joint, etc.
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:(
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ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
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Oh man seriously!? Holy fuck.
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good ridd
no sorry i can't even joke :( feels bad man
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Rest in peace, Peter Bergman (http://http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-peter-bergman-20120310,0,6089210.story)
I'll never be able to see the Firesign Theater live now. It's a sad day.
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The Moebius tributes are pouring in. I like Gaiman's (http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2012/03/remebering-moebius.html). Appropriately, it has a Moebius painting of Death.
Robot 6 (http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2012/03/the-comics-industry-remembers-moebius-a-true-master-of-everything-comics/) has excerpts from a bunch of different sources. Worth reading.
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Here's a gallery of Moebius with everybody (http://conversazionisulfumetto.wordpress.com/2012/03/11/un-moebius-fra-gli-altri/).
The Moebius tributes are pouring in. I like Gaiman's (http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2012/03/remebering-moebius.html). Appropriately, it has a Moebius painting of Death.
I liked the tribute that Tony Diterlizzi (http://diterlizzi.com/home/jean-giraud-moebius/) did. It's pretty touching.
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Oh man, that picture of him with Hugo Pratt (the guy who did Corto Maltese), or the barefoot Abbey Road-esque shot.
Also the DiTerlizzi story is incredible.
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Josie DeCarlo (http://www.newsfromme.com/2012/03/14/josie-decarlo-r-i-p/), widow of Dan and, per Archie Comics, totally not the inspiration for Josie of and the Pussycats fame.
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Earl Scruggs (http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2012/01/steve-martin-earl-scruggs.html), one of the founding fathers of bluegrass and a true American original.
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Oh shit I would never have guess he was still alive. :(
Of course, Lester Flatt died in '79. Scruggs must've been ancient.
EDIT: Okay he was 88, not quite ancient but pretty well along.
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RIP Edd Gould (1988-2012) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkEvbOsr138#ws)
Apparently this guy was some big internet celebrity, I guess? Like Egoraptor or Harry Partridge.
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Bingu wa Mutharika, President of Malawi (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17636393) (maybe)
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Thomas Kinkade (http://www.startribune.com/nation/146506285.html)
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I used to work in a print & framing store years ago, so Kincade's stuff was always around. I was geniunely surprised to hear he'd died so young... I'd have figured he was much older.
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I always thought his title of "Pinter with Light" seemed a bit too self-important, since his work seemed to crib a lot from impressionism.
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Well, he was a Christian Fundie, sooooo...
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well then, let's just tiptoe around that
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I don't understand why? I mean, I don't think it had anything to do with his death if that's what you mean, unlike his alcoholism which might go a long why to explain how he died of 'natural causes' at 54. He was not someone I liked artistically and someone I don't think I'd like socially, however I can say I think he died too young and I feel for his family.
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I'm not sure Christian fundamentalism permits the assertion that anyone dies "too young" or that God's (ultimate?) plan can be subverted.
Don't know if that's ever a consolation to mourners though.
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I don't understand why? I mean, I don't think it had anything to do with his death if that's what you mean, unlike his alcoholism which might go a long why to explain how he died of 'natural causes' at 54. He was not someone I liked artistically and someone I don't think I'd like socially, however I can say I think he died too young and I feel for his family.
I think Buge was just agreeing to drop his complaint about the fellow's overstuffed and self-awarded title.
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Actually I was hoping to avoid the inevitable awkward debate over a dead person's beliefs/deeds that seem to pop up around here. I stand by my feelings about his work.
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guys it's fine to make light of his death
it's what he would have wanted
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It's the spirit of the comment that counts.
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Given his professed beliefs I am sure he is overjoyed to be dead, and I congratulate him on making it to heaven.
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I hate Thomas Kincade's works with a passion because back when I worked at the bookstore, I often had to man the calendar store and that job had me standing in a corner, surrounded by calendar's with his paintings on them, and not move unless one of the three customers that day asked me to walk to a different part of the store. There's only so long you can stare at a pastel house by a body of water before something inside you breaks.
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Mike Wallace (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/60-minutes-journalist-mike-wallace-dies-at-age-93/article2395279/)
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Given his professed beliefs I am sure he is overjoyed to be dead, and I congratulate him on making it to heaven.
Yes, I too am glad that he is dead. For him, I mean.
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Mike Wallace (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/60-minutes-journalist-mike-wallace-dies-at-age-93/article2395279/)
The guy had balls.
The difference between him and the raft of current pundits is one of bullshit: Wallace used bluntness to cut through it, while your typical Fox News/Clear Channel pundit uses bluntness to pile on more of it. Wallace asked potentially-offensive questions to seek out the truth; pundits of today ask potentially-offensive questions because they don't care about the truth and want to support the narrative they've already constructed.
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Well, that's why Wallace was a journalist and those other idiots are just pundits.
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Gee, some days, I wish I could land a sweet gig spewing nonsense to the tune of millions of dollars.
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Commodore founder Jack Tramiel (http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2012/04/09/computer-legend-and-gaming-pioneer-jack-tramiel-dies-at-age-83/)
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This is actually a premature posting, but it looks like Levon Helm has very little time left (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/music/levon-helm-of-the-band-in-final-stages-of-cancer/article2406182/?from=sec375).
;__;
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Up On Cripple Creek - The Band (The Band 5 of 10) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EisXJSsULGM#)
Amazing drummer, Amazing singer and didn't have a problem doing both at once.
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Dick Clark (http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/obit/story/2012-04-18/dick-clark-dies-at-82/54390716/1)
:(
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I didn't think it was possible. I'm sad now.
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It's like losing an old clock that's been there since you were born. Suddenly, you miss him a lot.
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Dick Clark stood up for a lot of artists early on. He recognised talent, supported talent, and was talented himself. Credit where it's due.
Up On Cripple Creek - The Band (The Band 5 of 10) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EisXJSsULGM#)
Amazing drummer, Amazing singer and didn't have a problem doing both at once.
Best description of Levon Helm I ever heard: "The only drummer who can make you cry."
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Wait, he was from THAT "The Band"? D:
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Seriously, and speaking as someone who can play piano and sing simultaneously, playing a full drum kit while singing is hard as fuck.
Plus The Band is awesome anyway.
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The Band - Twilight (early alternate track) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BECnlzcL_E#)
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Dick Clark (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-57415954-10391698/dick-clark-dead-at-82/)
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Sad about his death, but I certainly am glad his reanimated form went down so quickly.
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Levon's gone.
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Oh my god guys, did you hear Dick Clark died?
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I heard that every 365 days he is brought back to life, and only a Belmont can defeat him.
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Nexts
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Charlie Colson (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/charles-colson-nixon-hatchet-man-turned-prison-preacher-dies/article2410110/)
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MCA (http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beastie-boys-co-founder-adam-yauch-dead-at-48-20120504)
There are not enough ::(: s
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Warning - while you were typing...
Sad news. The Beastie Boys were great, he was young, and cancer is a shitty way to go.
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Forever rocking the sure shot.
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Mairice Sendak (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/books/maurice-sendak-author-of-where-the-wild-things-are-dead-at-83/article2426001/)
::(:
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It's rare that I hear an obit and actually say "Oh, shit" out loud.
Where the Wild Things Are was my favorite book when I was little. It's the book I learned to read with.
My sister-in-law named her son Max.
I'm sure Sendak would be lovably cranky that all anyone is talking about is Where the Wild Things Are, because indeed he did a whole lot more. But there's a reason that's the one everybody remembers.
And if anyone missed Colbert's interview with him from a few months ago, do yourself a favor and pull it up. It's absolutely delightful. Sendak remained sharp, cranky, foul-mouthed, and funny right up until the end.
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And if anyone missed Colbert's interview with him from a few months ago, do yourself a favor and pull it up. It's absolutely delightful. Sendak remained sharp, cranky, foul-mouthed, and funny right up until the end.
I would if I could find it on a site that wasn't region-locked.
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But I do have this!
(http://i.imgur.com/VFBUM.jpg)
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I would if I could find it on a site that wasn't region-locked.
I think it was January 24th and 25th; I won't think less of you for looking for torrents.
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Francois Mouly posts (husband) Art Spiegelman's strip about meeting Sendak (http://blowncovers.com/post/22653289640/well-miss-you). Sendak says in the strip that he's 65 ("facing the big croak"), which means this is about 18 years ago.
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Vidal Sassoon. (http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/05/09/famed-hairstylist-and-beauty-pioneer-vidal-sassoon-dead-at-84/?test=latestnews)
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That was someone's NAME?!?!
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I would if I could find it on a site that wasn't region-locked.
I think it was January 24th and 25th; I won't think less of you for looking for torrents.
And a third segment last night (May 8), of previously unaired footage.
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Tony DeZuniga. (http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2012/05/10/r-i-p-tony-dezuniga/)
His family's still got hospital bills to deal with; MTV posted a link to donate. (http://geek-news.mtv.com/2012/04/24/jonah-hex-co-creator-tony-dezuniga-in-critical-condition/)
And, on a related note, there are plenty of other creators who could still use some help through the Hero Initiative (http://heroinitiative.org/).
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George "Goober" Lindsey (http://ca.news.yahoo.com/george-lindsey-played-goober-pyle-decades-remembered-tenn-002453665.html)
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Caroll Shelby (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/new-cars/auto-news/like-the-cobra-he-created-carroll-shelby-was-a-classic/article2431636/)
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Caroll Shelby (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/new-cars/auto-news/like-the-cobra-he-created-carroll-shelby-was-a-classic/article2431636/)
::(:
It's funny, Caroll Shelby's design abilities were always extremely respected in the industry, but until the 90s his works weren't much valued by anyone but the extreme gearheads. At one point, Shelby was selling the Cobras from his racing team for 10 or 20,000 a piece to try to pull together enough funds to build one or two more race cars. Now, 20 or 30 years later, those same cars are going for millions of dollars at auction. Shelby was like many great artists, except instead of painting pictures with a brush or composing great orchestral music or enchanting us with a sweet and soulful voice, Shelby worked with physics, math, and machinery. That his works were as aesthetically pleasing as they are functional is a testament to the natural beauty of aerodynamics.
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May sound odd, but I hope Top Gear (Proper UK version) does a tribute. Shelby was an absolute force in the automotive and racing worlds. Dethroning the mighty Ferarri, etc. They did a fantastic tribute to the driver Ayrton Senna a couple of years ago, and I'd love them to do something on how important Shelby was to everything that has an engine and goes fast.
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I don't have a link, but I just heard that Donald (Duck) Dunn died on Sunday.
D:>
EDIT: Confirmation via the LA Times (http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-donald-duck-dunn-obit-20120515,0,7418288.story)
Booker T. & the MG's-Time Is Tight (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUGsZgkjrco#)
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Donna Summer (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/music/disco-legend-donna-summer-dead-at-63/article2435854/)
Geez, the musicians lately.
Only going to accelerate, I suppose.
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Not just the musicians, but "Filipino comics artist" seems an oddly specific category.
Ernie Chan (http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2012/05/17/r-i-p-ernie-chan/), just a week after Tony DeZuniga.
I blame Mark Evanier, whose latest blog post ended with:
I will be back in a day or three when things calm down...or when I have to post a sudden obit, whichever occurs first.
So I think we can safely say that whatever it is that's taken Mark off the grid, it somehow involves the covert assassination of Ernie Chan.
WHAT DID HE EVER DO TO YOU, MARK? WHAT DID HE EVER DO TO YOU?
EDIT: Joking aside, the sudden obit (http://www.newsfromme.com/2012/05/18/ernie-chan-r-i-p/) in question is now up.
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And more musicians. Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees just went. I think he'd recently slipped into a coma and had been suffering from multiple forms of severe cancer, so not exactly a surprise. But still... :/
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Jim Unger (http://thechronicleherald.ca/artslife/101933-herman-cartoonist-jim-unger-dies)
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The Trololo guy, Eduard Khil (http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/eduard-khil-mr-trololo-singer-made-famous-viral-video-1976-dies-stroke-article-1.1089481)
Geez, the musicians lately.
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I think the only thing we can do is get Shadow Moses back up and play a few rounds of lolcano tonight in memory.
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Fuck, I'd kill to play Lolcano again.
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get Shadow Moses back up
Eh?
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Last I checked, like last week, ShMo hadn't been updated to the most recent version of TF2.
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I only update the thing when people remind me to do it since no one plays on it anyways.
Edit: it is now updated.
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I only update the thing when people remind me to do it since no one plays on it anyways.
It's true, after all.
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So, lolcano tonight?
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Let me see if I can kick out my LOLSURPRISE guests. Be at least an hour.
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Static co-writer Robert L. Washington III passes away (http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2012/06/static-co-writer-robert-l-washington-iii-passes-away/), after multiple heart attacks at 47.
I read stuff like this and...man. The comics industry is fucked up.
Would sure be nice if we lived in a world where we didn't NEED the Hero Initiative.
(Good thing we solved all the problems with creators not getting compensated "decades ago", huh Scott Kurtz?)
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Musician Bob Welch (http://www.freep.com/article/20120608/ENT04/120608012/Former-Fleetwood-Mac-Bob-Welch-dead?odyssey=nav|head), self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Woah shit.
:(
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Rodney King (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/rodney-king-whose-beating-led-to-la-riots-found-dead/article4299303/)
In his pool.
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A shame. NPR had a good obit (http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/06/17/155222771/rodney-king-dies-at-47) that linked back to a recent interview (http://www.npr.org/2012/04/23/150985823/rodney-king-comes-to-grips-with-the-riot-within). King seems like, essentially, a Regular Guy who had some problems, suffered a wildly disproportionate punishment for them, and used his second chance to be a better person and to set a good example.
There are some interesting revelations. For one thing, King says his famous "Can we get along" speech was completely impromptu; his lawyers had drafted a far angrier script for him, but he refused to use it.
"I couldn't see putting any more heat on the fire, you know?" he says, while sitting in a small park near the site of the speech. "That's not the way I was raised."
[...]
"People were mad at me because they didn't think I was going to say, 'Can we all get along?' " King says. "I had people come up to me and say, 'What the fuck did you say that for?!' "
He believes they wanted him to validate the riots' violence, something he resolutely refused to do.
There was another quote on the radio but I can't find it at the moment -- something to the effect that he's okay with "Can we all get along?" being a punchline, that when people use it in jest they're acknowledging their own foibles and, usually, implying that whatever disagreement they're currently having isn't worth fighting over.
Sorry to have lost him.
And this time of year, it's a reminder that even the best swimmer can drown. Swim with a buddy.
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Speaking of which, I just read the fourth news story in the past two weeks about someone, this time a 13-year-old kid from Houston, drowning in a pool. Be careful out there.
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Caroline John (http://io9.com/5920283/how-caroline-john-helped-save-doctor-who), who played Liz Shaw. (Was she really in only four serials? Hell, I've seen three of them.)
That's Liz and Sarah Jane in just over a year. Must be a little disquieting for Katy Manning about now.
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Caroline John (http://io9.com/5920283/how-caroline-john-helped-save-doctor-who), who played Liz Shaw. (Was she really in only four serials? Hell, I've seen three of them.)
That's Liz and Sarah Jane in just over a year. Must be a little disquieting for Katy Manning about now.
!!!
I was seriously considering watching Dr. Who, starting with the third Doctor.
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I love the Third Doctor.
I find his first serial, Spearhead from Space, to be a little uneven and overrated (as regeneration stories often are), but Silurians and Inferno are both great.
I think that's a pretty good description of his whole era, really -- he didn't bat 1.000 and his serials tended to be two episodes too long (and rather repetetive once the Master showed up), but Pertwee was wonderful and Courtney was the best foil a Doctor ever had.
When I go through old eps I seldom stick with any one Doctor for very long; I usually find myself bouncing between Pertwee and Baker, but I like to sample a bit of everything. It's well-suited to the DVD/streaming release cycle, and hey, it IS a time travel show.
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Lonesome George (http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/06/24/lonesome-george-dies/). He was 100 years young.
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Nora Ephron. (http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/26/local/la-me-nora-ephron-20120627)
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Andy Griffith (http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/SHERIFF__EMS_Called_To_Andy_Griffiths_Home_161201175.html)
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A pity. He and Knotts really were one of the all-time great comic duos, and besides that he seemed like a genuinely nice guy.
But hey, 86 is a nice long run.
And The Andy Griffith Show is as immortal as anything in American culture.
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That and Matlock are probably institutions that anybody with free time in the 90s caught in syndication. I can remember watching them both during my summers off from school.
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Even up here those shows were all over. They were a big part of my childhood.
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The obligatory obit from Evanier:
The best thing I can tell you about Andy Griffith, who has just died at the age of 86, is that I never saw or heard any reason to think he was not like the characters he played on TV. I never saw that. Betty told me all about him and the show and what went on when cameras weren't rolling and nothing she said every contradicted the qualities of warmth and honesty and humility that he displayed in all his TV roles.
[...]
What a nice, secure man. What a nice, secure and smart man. There's no point in saying we're going to miss him because we won't. As long as there are television sets in this world, he'd never going to leave us.
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Andy Griffith is probably the original reason that I even believe such people really do exist.
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A couple weeks ago, Starr and I were watching the original Flight of the Phoenix (she'd never seen it). Ernest Borgnine had a smallish part in it, but I was reinded of how much fun an actor he was. I also remembered how old he was and I commented that when he finally went I was going to be really sad, because of that fun.
Welp. (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/oscar-winner-ernest-borgnine-dies-at-95/article4398519/)
I think people say "they don't have [noun] anymore" and it's usually just a bad cliche, but I think you really don't see everyman actors like that anymore (though they were rare to begin with).
Ninety-five is a good long run, but we'll miss you Ernie. We really will.
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What the fuck he was just alive a few hours ago what did you do?
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My Favorite Enrest Borgnine Moment (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7ZIfWwZN9k#)
:sadpanda:
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Some of you may have seen this, but I never get tired of it.
ERNEST BORGNINE - Secret to Old Age (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I_PeLNzxNQ#)
I mean, how else you think a guy built like a cinder block managed to live so long?
I also love how his subtitle on that newsfeed is actually "Legendary Actor".
EDIT: One more great story:
"No, I've never done any [drugs]. At least, not to my knowledge. I once took a bunch of goofballs by accident! They looked like candy. They were in a little bowl at a party. I grabbed a handful and went to town. That was some New Year's Eve. I didn't have a coherent thought till February."
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I looked down at the ticker right as it was saying "characterized as a gross human".
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Excalibur - Merlin's Dragon Speech to Arthur (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjsiGd8iAfs#ws)
I just learned that Nicol Williamson died in December. He was a brilliant actor and I'm sad that he's gone. He was one of the few people that I share a birthday with along with Walter Koenig and Sam Neill.
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John Lord, co-founder of Deep Purple (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/deep-purples-john-lord-dead-at-71/article4424980/)
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Tom Davis (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/20/arts/television/tom-davis-saturday-night-live-comedy-writer-dies-at-59.html?_r=1), of Franken and Davis, aged 59, throat and neck cancer.
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Donald J Sobol (http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/rip-donald-j-sobol-creator.html).
I was going to add a line reminding everybody of who exactly that is, but I think just this once making people go somewhere else to find an answer is totally justified.
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Sally Ride (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sally-kristen-ride-phd-trailblazing-first-american-woman-in-space-1951-2012-2012-07-23)
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:(
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Sherman Hemsley. (http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20614528,00.html)
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Man, I don't rememeber what vagary of scheduling was responsble, but I watched a lot of The Jeffersons when I was a kid. Years before Seinfeld hit the air, Harry Bentley was my Kramer.
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The Reg has a good profile on Andre Hedrick (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/26/andre_hedrick/), who committed suicide a couple of weeks ago. His most lasting contribution to our lives is that he helped prevent an industry standard, hardware-level DRM scheme that would have controlled basic file-copying operations.
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Mary Tamm (http://io9.com/5929186/rip-mary-tamm-doctor-whos-original-romana), the original Romana.
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Gore Vidal (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/01/books/gore-vidal-elegant-writer-dies-at-86.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all&hp) who was apparently still alive.
Here he is calling William Buckley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F._Buckley,_Jr.) a crypto-Nazi:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYymnxoQnf8&feature=player_embedded (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYymnxoQnf8&feature=player_embedded)
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John Keegan (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/9447744/Sir-John-Keegan.html)
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Joe Kubert. (https://twitter.com/davegibbons90/status/234768229313175553)
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Well, crap. He was still working, too.
One of the all-time greats.
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Oh damn. Wow, that was unexpected.
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(http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/jockohomo/247764903/1/tumblr_kta1wp77pP1qz50da)
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A lovely remembrance (http://srbissette.com/?p=15464) from Bissette, who of course was part of the first class at the Kubert School.
EDIT: And the obligatory obit (http://www.newsfromme.com/2012/08/12/joe-kubert-r-i-p/) from Evanier.
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Tony Scott. (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/08/tony-scott-death.html) Suicide. Posting from phone. Will post more later.
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Cripes, that's awful.
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Phyllis Diller (http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2012/08/20/obit-diller-phyllis.html)
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No? Nobody's going to comment on Phyllis Diller?
How about Sergio Toppi (http://comicbook.com/blog/2012/08/21/sergio-toppi-1932-2012/)?
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Muppeteer Jerry Nelson.
My thoughts mirror MGK's (http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2012/08/24/jerry-nelson-1934-2012/).
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(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/043/8/a/Sad_The_Count_by_BlazingMetalStranger.jpg)
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Oh man I love Tomorrow. Who's on First set to a catchy song. And watching him perform with Henson, well. One more to miss.
Wrote a post (http://www.corporate-sellout.com/index.php/2012/08/24/jerry-nelson-rip/), including Batty Bat and some links.
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Neil Armstrong. (http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/world/neil-armstrong-dead-at-age-82-report/story-e6frfkui-1226458176249)
:C
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One giant leap for man.
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(http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/58a/incoming/article4499330.ece/ALTERNATES/w620/NY304-Moon+Landing+Annivers.jpg)
That there is the face of a man who knows he's doing just about the coolest thing anybody possibly can.
EDIT: I had not previous seen this quote of his:
"There are great ideas undiscovered, breakthroughs available to those who can remove one of truth's protective layers. There are places to go beyond belief."
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Man, I was looking at this exact picture:
(http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/012/incoming/article4499529.ece/ALTERNATES/w620/web-USA-NEILARMSTRONG.jpg)
When this song came on the radio:
Walking On The Moon - The Police. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1YK2a-B9zk#)
(and the playlist for that station was preset this morning)
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(http://i.imgur.com/NR7ev.jpg) (http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2012/08/neil-armstrong.html)
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It's a Neil/Neal critical Mass!
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Roger Fisher. (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/28/world/americas/roger-d-fisher-expert-in-getting-to-yes-dies-at-90.html?_r=1)
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Michael Clarke Duncan. (http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-michael-clarke-duncan-dead-0903,0,7426494.story)
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;_;
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:(
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What? Noo... oh man.
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He was sick for a long time though, wasn't he? Godspeed.
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First I've heard of it. That's pretty damn young, man. :/
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Damn.
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I always wanted to meet Micheal Clarke Duncan. He seemed like an extraordinarily cool dude, and the world is significantly less awesome without him.
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This is a Canadian one: Peter Lougheed (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/peter-lougheed-mr-alberta-dies-at-age-84/article4544369/)
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...huh. Didn't even hear Reverend Moon died a week and a half ago; discovered it from an unlikely source:
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9su39xzcS1qil3kvo1_r1_1280.png)
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Andy Williams. (http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/crooner-andy-williams-dead-84-134840370.html)
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One-hit wonder, R.B. Greaves (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/rb-greaves-dies-take-a-letter-maria-376799)
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Alex Karras (http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/10/10/arts/ap-fbo-obit-alex-karras.html), Lions defensive tackle and actor who played Mongo in Blazing Saddles.
The most important thing in the article:
Recently, his wife said Karras’s quality of life deteriorated because of head injuries sustained during his playing career.
Head injuries in the NFL are a big goddamn deal. The League is beginning to try and make the game safer and really crack down on headshots, but it's been dragged kicking and screaming to this position by lawsuits. Lawsuits like the class action Karras was part of.
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He was only pawn in game of life. :;_;:
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Richie from The Last Dragon. (http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/dragon-star-leo-o-brien-dies-article-1.1180688)
Holy shit I think OH is killing people co-stars now. :(
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Keih Campbell (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/10/12/dolly_creator_keith_campbell_dies/), of sheep-cloning fame, aged 58.
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Arlen Specter (http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/longtime-sen-arlen-specter-dead-at-82)
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(http://i.imgur.com/panjO.jpg?1)
http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/10/18/mad-libs-publisher-larry-sloan-dies/ (http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/10/18/mad-libs-publisher-larry-sloan-dies/)
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George McGovern (http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/21/us/george-mcgovern-dead/index.html).
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Oh -- I didn't realize Evanier's post about him (http://www.newsfromme.com/2012/10/21/george-mcgovern/) was even an obit. I thought he was just reminiscing to the first election he voted in because we've got another one of those things coming.
McGovern was right. History has vindicated him time and again.
Any time I hear a Republican compare his opponent to McGovern, all I can think is "All right, asshole, but who does that make you?"
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Nyan Cat. (http://www.geekosystem.com/nyan-cat-passes/)
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Cat Guy (http://news.bme.com/2012/11/12/rip-stalking-cat/).
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Larry Hagman. (http://fox4kc.com/2012/11/24/co-stars-fellow-actors-grieve-over-loss-of-larry-hagman/)
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Larry Hagman. (http://fox4kc.com/2012/11/24/co-stars-fellow-actors-grieve-over-loss-of-larry-hagman/)
Who killed him?
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Hook Bad Form! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVzoedLk7ds#ws)
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Nevermind, turns out I was asleep.
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Just got word that my great-uncle, Garth Brown, passed away today. (No condolences needed — he was 92 years old and had been sick a long time.)
Garth served on the USS Oklahoma. It was hit with three torpedoes on December 7, 1941. He was thrown from the ship, swam up through a layer of oil, and survived clinging to driftwood.
As it happens, that was the first of three times he would survive a sinking ship. (He wasn't much for swimming after that; I never saw him in a pool.)
Like I said, no condolences required. But maybe take a minute to give a read to this azcentral piece from 2010 (http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2010/12/07/20101207pearl-harbor-survivor-story.html); it's a pretty good summary of his military career.
And to any veterans reading: thanks for your service.
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Ravi Shankar (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/indian-music-legend-and-beatles-mentor-ravi-shankar-dies-at-92/article6224066/)
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Good run.
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Larry L King (http://www.newsfromme.com/2012/12/22/larry-l-king-r-i-p/) -- that's the author and playwright, not the Larry King you first thought of when you read that name.
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Charles Durning (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/celebrity-news/acclaimed-character-actor-charles-durning-dies/article6705599/)
Jeez, the guy's war record and childhood alone is enough stories for three lives.
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Gerry Anderson (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-20845407)
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Norman Schwarzkopf (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20855937). Has it really been 21 years since Iraq War Part One?
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http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6UEheGtiqcY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UEheGtiqcY#ws)
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Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/reddit-co-founder-aaron-swartz-found-dead/article7291928/)
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His family (http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/01/family-blames-us-attorneys-for-death-of-aaron-swartz/) blames the pressure and mounting costs of the Massachusetts US Attorney's investigation against him.
Aaron’s death is not simply a personal tragedy. It is the product of a criminal justice system rife with intimidation and prosecutorial overreach. Decisions made by officials in the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s office and at MIT contributed to his death. The US Attorney’s office pursued an exceptionally harsh array of charges, carrying potentially over 30 years in prison, to punish an alleged crime that had no victims. Meanwhile, unlike JSTOR, MIT refused to stand up for Aaron and its own community’s most cherished principles.
Today, we grieve for the extraordinary and irreplaceable man that we have lost.
His "crime", to recap:
Alex Stamos, the CTO of Artemis Internet and an expert witness who was working with Swartz's attorneys to testify in the the April US vs. Swartz (http://www.scribd.com/collections/3151539/United-States-v-Aaron-Swartz-11-cr-10260-MA) trial, also wrote a long post (http://unhandled.com/2013/01/12/the-truth-about-aaron-swartzs-crime/) detailing what he knew of the case. The Feds accused (http://www.scribd.com/doc/60362456/Aaron-Swartz-indictment) Swartz of logging on to MIT's network illegally and using that access, “to download a major portion of JSTOR's archive onto his computers.” The Department of Justice officially accused him of wire fraud, computer fraud, recklessly damaging a protected computer, among other charges.
Of course it's far too simplistic to blame a suicide on any one thing. I don't know what went through Swartz's mind in his final hours or days, what events, feelings, and thoughts drove him to despair and to end his life.
But I think any reasonable goddamn human being should conclude that the looming litigation was a factor, and, further, any reasonable goddamn human being should conclude that -- well, I'll quote Stamos one more time:
But for all those grandiose claims, expert witness Stamos wrote “I know a criminal hack when I see it, and Aaron’s downloading of journal articles from an unlocked closet is not an offense worth 35 years in jail.”
It's disgusting and it's inhumane. Due process is clearly not working as intended when a man can be hounded, intimidated, and financially ruined over a period of years before he ever gets to see the inside of a courtroom. And the mere threat of a 35-year sentence over an alleged COPYRIGHT VIOLATION should and must flag Eighth Amendment concerns.
Again, I believe it is far too simple to lay Swartz's suicide at the feet of the US Attorney's Office or some other external villain. But every single goddamn person involved, either in this specific case or in any position to determine copyright policy in general, should hear about this, and should take a couple of sober minutes to consider that maybe this fucking thing has gone too far.
RIP.
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Dear Abby. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/pauline-popo-phillips-better-known-as-abigail-van-buren-dies-at-94/2013/01/17/662c5c06-c5dc-11df-94e1-c5afa35a9e59_story.html)
(http://i.imgur.com/3nqQ8.jpg)
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Normand Corbeil, the composer for Quantic Dreams. (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/28/heavy-rain-composer-normand-corbeil-passes-away-aged-56/)
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Ed Koch (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/02/nyregion/edward-i-koch-ex-mayor-of-new-york-dies.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0)
“If you agree with me on 9 out of 12 issues, vote for me. If you agree with me on 12 out of 12 issues, see a psychiatrist,” said the three-term mayor.
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The first thing that popped into my mind was a gravestone with the phrase "How'm I doin'?" carved into it.
...I'm going to hell, aren't I?
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No, I am.
God damn Monkey's Paw got the wrong Koch.
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Robin Sachs (http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/robin-sachs/24391/robin-sachs-1951-2013)
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Ray Cusick (http://io9.com/5986483/rip-ray-cusick-the-designer-who-helped-make-the-daleks-terrifying), the original designer of the Daleks.
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Damon Harris (http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/24/showbiz/damon-harris-obit/index.html) and Richard Street (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-207_162-57571761/former-temptations-singer-richard-street-dies-at-70/)
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C Everett Koop (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/02/27/former-surgeon-general-everett-koop-an-unsung-hero-in-the-fight-against-aids/)
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Stéphane Hessel (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/28/world/europe/stephane-hessel-author-and-activist-dies-at-95.html?_r=0): French Resistance Fighter, survivor of Buchenwald, co-drafter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and author of "Indignez-Vous!," an inspiration for Occupy Wall Street.
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Hugo Chavez (http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/03/05/hugo_chavez_dies_from_cancer_vp.html)
Huh. Well, this will make things slightly more interesting down there.
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Paul Bearer (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1555594-paul-bearer-a-great-entertaining-talent-who-will-be-missed), for real this time.
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Well THAT'S going to be a confusing funeral.
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I know we shouldn't be joking about the dead, but I have to ask...
IS THAT THE UNDERTAKER'S MUSIC?!
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GUD DERN JR IS THAT PAUL BEARER'S COFFIN GOING DOWN THE ISLE THIS TIME?
OH NO UNDERTAKER IS TAGGING IN THE COFFIN!
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He would have wanted it this way.
...
Sorry, I mean, heeee would have waaaaanted it this waaaaay.
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Not really one that'll be noted outside of Canada, but we'll sure miss him within: Stompin' Tom Connors (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/stompin-tom-connors-dies-at-77/article9400045/).
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(http://i.imgur.com/egEMOrP.png)
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Richard Griffiths (http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2013/03/29/arts-richard-griffiths-obit.html)
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Iain M. Banks is not dead yet, but will be quite soon (http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2013/04/03/iain_banks_author_of_wasp_factory_says_he_has_only_months_to_live.html).
Well that's a damn shame.
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Roger Ebert (http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/17320958-418/roger-ebert-dies-at-70-after-battle-with-cancer.html).
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Wow, just heard yesterday that he had taken ill again. That came a hell of a lot quicker than I thought it would.
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Is there a word for the kind of sad you feel when someone you practically idolize but almost never agree with and are frequently furious at finally dies? I bet the Germans have one.
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Sad at the loss of a good opponent.
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Jesus Christ, Sharkey, I didn't think you were actually going to DO it.
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I kept telling everyone that one day everyone who thinks video games aren't art will be dead, but I was willing to give Ebert a pass.
Oh well.
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Carmine Infantino (http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/04/04/carmine-infantino-dies-dc-comics-publisher/), if Bleeding Cool is to be believed.
One of the most important editors in comics history. One of the most important creators, too -- the debut of Barry Allen is widely considered the beginning of the Silver Age.
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http://www.theonion.com/articles/roger-ebert-hails-human-existence-as-a-triumph,31945/ (http://www.theonion.com/articles/roger-ebert-hails-human-existence-as-a-triumph,31945/)
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Carmine Infantino (http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/04/04/carmine-infantino-dies-dc-comics-publisher/), if Bleeding Cool is to be believed.
Also,
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2013/04/george-gladir-co-creator-of-archies-sabrina-passes-away/ (http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2013/04/george-gladir-co-creator-of-archies-sabrina-passes-away/)
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And Jane Henson died yesterday (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/04/arts/television/jane-henson-early-collaborator-on-the-muppets-dies-at-78.html?_r=0)
Sad days.
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Maggie Thatcher and Annette Funicello.
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Here are some responses to Thatcher's death:
I can't say I'm sad about this, she was a dickhead.
Best news in ages.
And people say the news only focuses on bad things.
My thoughts are with the family of the deceased, my cheers and hoorahs to everyone else.
I think she needs to be tossed into the ocean quietly. A grave site would just become a rallying point for her supporters.
But what will we piss on?
I went on a date with an Irish girl who worked as a promoter for the revival of Irish Gaelic, which was forcefully replaced and subdued by the English. She said that Thatcher is, in many ways, a huge part of why Irish Gaelic is still a dying language.
She had a lot of other choice words to say about the English, and while it was an ok date, I'll never forget the contempt she, and apparently many other Irish, held for Thatcher. I've never heard the word "cunt" said with such ferocity or repetition.
Death of a legend, RIP.
e: shit this isn't the MSN messenger thread
My office is full of little happy sighs and the occasional shriek of delight or cry of 'Oh frabjous day!' as people check the news.
People, apparently, don't hold this Thatcher person in high regard. I suppose I'm just gonna have to rent the movie and see what all the hubbub is about.
So who's up for putting together a flash-mob to dance Thriller on her grave?
And a minority opinion:
A part of me recognizes that an old woman with dementia died and that nothing has really improved as a result of what is ultimately a sad event for many people.
On the other hand, I grew up in Merseyside. Ding dong/the witch is dead
And a twofer:
Guys, we shouldn't be so happy. A great woman of immense historical significance has died. I'm going to miss Annette Funicello. :(
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<@Squizzle> Today, we honor a fallen hero. A life of achievement as rich as Margaret Thatcher's defies summary. At the very least, we can honor her tireless work for progressive reform--few others have done so much to advance equal rights and equal dignity for all people, in all circumstances. Even fewer have fought as fiercely to provide for Britain's children, or for the needy, or indeed any person who in need of support from our civil society. Amidst all of this, Margaret somehow made the time to truly embody the punk spirit, displaying her virtuoso drumming talents as a member of the Sex Pistols. Margaret Thatcher transformed Britain, and all of us on Earth-3 mourn her passing.
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I went on a date with an Irish girl who worked as a promoter for the revival of Irish Gaelic, which was forcefully replaced and subdued by the English. She said that Thatcher is, in many ways, a huge part of why Irish Gaelic is still a dying language.
She had a lot of other choice words to say about the English, and while it was an ok date, I'll never forget the contempt she, and apparently many other Irish, held for Thatcher. I've never heard the word "cunt" said with such ferocity or repetition.
This is especially interesting, given how heavily the Irish use 'cunt' as a swear word in the first place.
Also liked these quotes:
“For [the cost of a state funeral] you could give everyone in Scotland a shovel, and we could dig a hole so deep we could hand her over to Satan in person" - Frankie Boyle.
In keeping with the great lady's legacy, Margaret Thatcher's state funeral should be funded and managed by the private sector to offer the best value and choice for end users and other stakeholders.
The undersigned believe that the legacy of the former PM deserves nothing less and that offering this unique opportunity is an ideal way to cut government expense and further prove the merits of liberalised economics Baroness Thatcher spearheaded.
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...I'm going to allow it given that there are some fairly clever and pointed policy criticisms amid all the sarcasm and grave-dancing. But try and keep it that way, huh?
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Oh I don't really have a dog in this particular fight.
My own opinion is that some form of pullback or rethink of the welfare state model was legitimately needed in the early 80's, but that the leaders who the US and the UK wound up with did so in a pretty disastrous and ideologically-driven way. Thatcher actually destroyed British heavy industry rather than reforming it (inadvertently, but still). In fifteen years the nation that drove the first Industrial Revolution was driven to a point where it now has no manufacturing sector to speak of.
In Canada we too had a nominally Conservative government, but he really was a RINO (or CINO, rather), so we didn't have the same experience as the US and UK did in the 80's (instead we had big tax increases without the cuts). Our real retrenchement was in the 90's, when our fiscal situation was far more dire than the US or the UK faced in 1979/1980. And yet our "conservative" reforms were handled by a nominal Liberal (but really a true centrist) and were done in an amazingly better way. Paul Martin managed to get most of the benefits that Thatcher and Reagan aimed for, without nearly so much pain or venom. It wasn't perfect, but by god our 90's was a dream world compared to what the US/UK faced a decade prior.
The fact that our experience was so much better gives me a bit of distance here.
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Margaret Thatcher proved that women can be as ruthless as men in a position of power. Her election was a feminist victory, but her tenure was the opposite. She systematically dismantled labour, education, and housing.
But she did believe in socialized medicine, gun control, and climate change. So uh. At least she's not as bad as modern republicans? :shrug:
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And Reagan raised taxes. But here we are.
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...I'm going to allow it given that there are some fairly clever and pointed policy criticisms amid all the sarcasm and grave-dancing. But try and keep it that way, huh?
Like Mongrel, I don't really have a dog in this race either. I just found most of the responses to her death pretty amusing. I do think some of them can be pretty extreme and unsavory, though; all the same I also think it kinda sucks that such a controversial figure is being treated so hagiographically in the press, and I don't begrudge those fucked over by her policies having a little cheer in her death, however useless it may be in the long run.
(I guess this is how most non-US guys felt about Bin Laden's death, huh)
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/margaret-thatchers-funeral-will-have-a-falklands-war-theme-downing-street-reveals-8567251.html (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/margaret-thatchers-funeral-will-have-a-falklands-war-theme-downing-street-reveals-8567251.html)
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(http://i.imgur.com/1EzFOQB.png)
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/margaret-thatchers-funeral-will-have-a-falklands-war-theme-downing-street-reveals-8567251.html (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/margaret-thatchers-funeral-will-have-a-falklands-war-theme-downing-street-reveals-8567251.html)
So... we push her coffin out to sea, and if it ever gets too close to anyone a submarine will blow it up.
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Jonathan Winters.
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Both actors from my favorite episode of the Twilight Zone, gone within a year.
A Game of Pool 1-3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0iXODUwlrU#)
Legends never die, right?
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Rita MacNeil (http://ca.news.yahoo.com/canadian-press-newsalert-cape-breton-singer-rita-macneil-043606141.html)
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Quinton Hoover (https://www.facebook.com/quinton.hoover1)
D:
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I'm sad now.
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I'm sad now.
This makes me sadder: http://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/1cqgql/rip_quinton_hoover/c9j270p (http://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/1cqgql/rip_quinton_hoover/c9j270p)
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Pat Summerall (http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/9192932/thousands-tribute-broadcaster-pat-summerall) a few days gone now. Its been a busy news week and some how I just found out about it.
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George Jones (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/27/arts/music/george-jones-country-singer-dies-at-81.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0). :(
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Chrissy Amphlett (http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20130426_Chrissy_Amphlett___Divinyls_lead_singer__53.html), lead singer of The Divinyls.
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Chris Kelly from Kris Kross. (http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2013/05/02/kriss-kross-obit.html)
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Ray Harryhausen. (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=103886)
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He was still alive?
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Yeah, but most of his motions these days looked kinda stilted and jerky.
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Joyce Brothers (http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2013/05/13/joyce-brothers-obit.html)
They could have picked a nicer picture of her.
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Ray Manzarek (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/arts/music/ray-manzarek-74-rock-keyboardist-and-a-founder-of-the-doors-is-dead.html?_r=0), founding member and keyboardist for The Doors.
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Jack Vance. (http://boingboing.net/2013/05/29/rip-jack-vance.html) I don't know his work but I know his name.
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Damn, I keep meaning to read the Songs of a Dying Earth series. as well as Jack Wolf's work in the same universe.
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Once again, I'm embarrassed that my first reaction was "he was still alive?"
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I just found out about this and had the same reaction.
Our taste in books doesn't usually overlap, but Dad gave me his copy of The Best of Jack Vance early in my teen years, and while I never sought out any of Vance's other work for some reason, I really loved that book.
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Andrew Scott Reisse (http://www.joystiq.com/2013/06/01/oculus-rift-engineer-killed-as-gang-members-flee-santa-ana-polic/), cofounder of the Oculus VR.
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Jean Stapleton (http://ca.news.yahoo.com/jean-stapleton-tvs-beloved-edith-bunker-family-dies-211108583.html)
All in the Family Theme Song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV5LQcmuGg8#)
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Frank Lautenberg (http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/03/18722588-nj-sen-lautenberg-dies-at-89). He lived a full life but dying from pneumonia is a terrible way to go. Its basically drowning to death :(
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Iain Banks (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22835047) ;_;
(Only you could name a spaceship Mistake Not My Current State Of Joshing Gentle Peevishness For The Awesome And Terrible Majesty Of The Towering Seas Of Ire That Are Themselves The Milquetoast Shallows Fringing My Vast Oceans Of Wrath)
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:(
I saw the announcement a few weeks ago that he had little time left. I've read too few of his books, but have enough to know how much he'll be missed.
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Michael Hastings (http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/michael-hastings-rolling-stone-contributor-dead-at-33-20130618)
Fuck.
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James Gandolfini (http://www.tmz.com/2013/06/19/james-gandolfini-dead-dies-italy/), apparently. Only source I've seen so far is TMZ but the local news just reported it. :(
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Slim Whitman (http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2013/06/19/slim-whitman-obit.html).
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Kim Thompson (http://comicsbeat.com/rip-kim-thompson/), co-founder of Fantagraphics.
The guy was a titan. If you've read a European comic translated into English in the past 30 years, you've got Thompson to thank either directly or indirectly. There's also the matter of a little comic called Love and Rockets that his company published and continues to publish.
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Richard Matheson (http://io9.com/r-i-p-richard-matheson-author-of-i-am-legend-and-many-564036878), author of I Am Legend and Nightmare at 20,000 Feet, among many many others.
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For a moment I thought "among many many others" wasn't referring to books.
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Well, if you stick to his TV resume I think it still applies.
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I think Caithness was reading it as "Richard Matheson, among many others."
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:oic:
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On a larger scale, it is true.
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Alan Myers, former Devo drummer. (http://www.avclub.com/articles/rip-alan-myers-former-devo-drummer,99451/)
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AltaVista (http://searchengineland.com/altavista-eulogy-165366).
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Jim Kelly (http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/01/showbiz/jim-kelly-death)
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DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD:
Background: The first VHS movie I ever bought, one of the very first purchases I ever made online, and the only VHS movie I still own is Black Belt Jones, the world's first, greatest, and probably only Blaxploitation/Chop-Socky crossover flick.
I also had it transferred to DVD, as it has never received a DVD release of any quality whatsoever (I'm not actually sure if it even ever had an official DVD release).
For god's sake, I even bought the super low-budget Hong Kong-made sequel (which is more of just a straight chop-socky film, only it sort of happens to star a black guy).
;_____;
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19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots (http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20130701/NEWS/130701051/Remembering-the-hot-shot-firefighters?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage&nclick_check=1), fighting the Yarnell Fire.
I didn't know any of them, but I guess my brother went to high school with 3 of them.
Fuck, man.
...and now I awkwardly try to play off the misery with something lighter.
probably only Blaxploitation/Chop-Socky crossover flick.
Oh, not the only one. (http://www.hulu.com/watch/375254)
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Oh man, I need to see that (Hulu don' work here).
Maybe I'll futz with a workaround tomorrow.
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Ryan Davis of Giant Bomb (http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/ryan-davis-1979-2013/1100-4685/)
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Alex Colville. (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2013/07/16/ns-alex-colville-dies.html) For you non-canuckleheads, he was probably the most famous non-Group Of Seven painter in our country.
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Dennis Farina (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-dennis-farina-dead-20130722,0,4544905.story). :(
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Hadn't even heard Helen Thomas died; just found out via Monday night's Moment of Zen.
She said some unpleasant things near the end there, and it would be wrong to ignore that. But she was also honest and fearless and that's how I prefer to think of her. The Press Corps could sure as fuck use more like her.
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Ryutaro Nakamura (http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/07/25/serial-experiments-lain-director-ryutaro-nakamura-passes-away)
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Sam Simon -- who, along with Groening and Brooks, is one of the three people most responsible for the creation of The Simpsons -- is not dead yet but he has terminal cancer (http://www.avclub.com/articles/simpsons-cocreator-sam-simon-diagnosed-with-termin,100823/).
He has no children and has stated that he's going to spend his remaining months donating his money -- and his Simpsons royalties alone are worth tens of millions a year -- to charity. Mostly animal rescue.
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Michael Ansara. (http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/03/showbiz/star-trek-actor-dies)
He was a cool guy with a unique voice. If ever I made a animated film, I would have wanted him in the cast.
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George Duke (http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=821730&ocid=ansent11), legendary keyboard player who collaborated with such an eclectic list of personages as Frank Zappa, Cannonball Adderley, and Michael Jackson.
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Marian McPartland (http://seattletimes.com/html/entertainment/2021652806_apusobitmcpartland.html), female jazz pianist and radio host. Had the pleasure of seeing her in concert quite a few years ago, very funny, still a pretty great player. Didn't realize she was 95.
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Are we just not going to mention Elmore Leonard (http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/08/20/author-elmore-leonard-dies-at-87/2676101/), then?
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David Frost (http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/David+Frost+dies+while+cruise+ship/8859600/story.html)
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Not that anybody is going to shedding any tears, but Ariel Castro committed suicide while in jail (http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/04/justice/ariel-castro-cleveland-kidnapper-death/index.html?hpt=hp_t1).
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Fred Pohl (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/04/books/frederik-pohl-worldly-wise-master-of-science-fiction-dies-at-93.html?smid=pl-share&_r=0)
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Ray Dolby (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/13/business/ray-dolby-who-put-moviegoers-in-the-middle-is-dead-at-80.html?_r=0)
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He died surrounded by loved ones.
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Related to Thomas Dolby?
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Not in the slightest.
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He died surrounded by loved ones.
(http://media1.onsugar.com/files/2013/02/08/0/192/1922283/53f57890a9d72220_theron_reaction.xxlarge/i/Charlize-Theron-Oscar-Opening-Monologue-GIF.jpg)
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Hiroshi Yamauchi (http://m.nbcnews.com/business/nintendo-video-game-pioneer-hiroshi-yamauchi-dies-85-4B11197349)
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Damn, another failure for the cryo-tomb next to Disney.
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(http://i.imgur.com/uoFpViI.gif)
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What the... ?
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INTERNET!
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Take a close look at the guy with the zero shirt and rollerblades. His identity may surprise you.
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It's Zero, from the megaman games!
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The sad thing is that the only reason I can see it at all is the sunglasses. There's no way I ever would have recognized him without someone pointing that out.
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Tom Clancy (http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/author-tom-clancy-dead-66-article-1.1473782)
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Ghostwriter opening theme (O Fantasma Escritor) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS_lD9_Ur3g#)
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Lou Scheimer (http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2013/10/18/r-i-p-lou-scheimer/), co-founder and president of Filmation.
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Hat over heart.
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(http://i.imgur.com/oSOOqAM.jpg)
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/marcia-wallace-edna-krabappel-of-the-simpsons-dead-at-70-1.2253100 (http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/marcia-wallace-edna-krabappel-of-the-simpsons-dead-at-70-1.2253100)
D:
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Edna Krabappel may very well be the most scathing character in a cast of scathing characters. She represents a truly fierce indictment of the Teacher Who Doesn't Care -- and we've all known somebody like her at some time or another.
Of course, at the root of her character is the chicken-egg question, is Bart the way he is because he has teachers like Edna, or is Edna the way she is because she has students like Bart? I think it's a little of both, and I think it's an all-too-real vicious cycle in American education.
Wallace's portrayal was biting and caustic -- and real and relatable. I think it's reasonable to say it was like no other role on TV.
It's crass to speculate about whether they'll recast her (I think they will; Mr. Burns, Moe, and Lunchlady Doris were all recast -- the only characters I can think of who were retired on their VA's death were Phil Hartman's, and his was a uniquely tragic death), but if we're taking votes I can't think of anyone better than Lily Tomlin.
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FWIW, the article says they're going to retire her.
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Ah, missed that paragraph; thanks.
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Retire, or 'retire'? I'm sure they could get some mileage out of killing off Ned's wife a second time after he just remarried, but would they really go there?
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Lou Reed (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/velvet-underground-leader-dies-at-71/article15104573/)
Holy shit.
EDIT: Well, the dude just underwent a liver transplant a few months back, so not a total surprise. But that's one more gone.
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Let's all watch Rock & Rule as a tribute.
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Retire, or 'retire'? I'm sure they could get some mileage out of killing off Ned's wife a second time after he just remarried, but would they really go there?
No, I really can't see that happening.
It certainly brings up questions of precisely what they're going to do now -- best guess is they'll do like they did with Hartman and just not deal with it at all; she's just gone. Which certainly has implications for both Ned and Bart, but I think they can get away with just not acknowledging her -- not mentioning Ned's wife anymore, and focusing school episodes on Bart's relationship with Skinner.
Those dilemmas aside, I believe it's for the best -- I'm still kind of uncomfortable that they recast Lunchlady Doris, even if they only give her about one line every other season. Recasting Latta's roles is a bit more gray area -- IIRC he left the show voluntarily before he died, and it was still early days so his characters weren't so closely identified with him -- but I think it's safe to say that Lunchlady Doris was pretty fucking closely identified with Doris Grau.
Hell, to be frank I've never really liked that they recast Bugs Bunny after Mel Blanc died. (Mel himself purportedly resisted taking over the voice of Elmer Fudd when Arthur Q Bryan passed, but eventually did.)
Frank Oz recently made some comments to the effect that the Muppets should never be played by anyone else but Henson and himself (and the rest of the original cast). I think there's something to that, and certainly they'll never be the same as they were when Jim was alive. On the other hand, I don't doubt for a second that Jim would have wanted those characters to survive him and continue to bring joy to generations of kids of all ages.
It's really a case-by-case basis, I suppose. Some characters are bigger than the writers, artists, actors, puppeteers, etc. associated with them, some are open to a myriad of interpretations -- hell, I've got an entire FF6 party named after actors who've played Batman -- and some are so closely and fundamentally tied to a single voice that they shouldn't be given to anybody else. I think most everybody on The Simpsons falls into the latter category.
It's morbid to consider, but it's bound to come up: this is one more reason it's worth considering that Simpsons should start winding down. Most of the principals are in their fifties, but Shearer's almost 70. I want the show to end before any of the leads die. As it stands, losing Wallace is heartbreaking -- not as heartbreaking as losing Hartman was (and I still think it's very much worth noting that the era everyone pegs as the show's downturn coincides with his death), but it's one more absence that can never be filled and will never be forgotten.
25 years would be a pretty good round number to end on, but if this were going to be the last season we'd have heard about it by now.
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Blog post: my favorite Edna K episodes (http://www.corporate-sellout.com/index.php/2013/10/27/edna/).
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Classic Superman artist Al Plastino (http://www.newsfromme.com/2013/11/25/al-plastino-r-p/), age 91.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/paul-walker-dead-fast-and-the-furious-star-killed-in-car-crash-1.2446804 (http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/paul-walker-dead-fast-and-the-furious-star-killed-in-car-crash-1.2446804)
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I'm sad that Paul Walker died, because I really like the Fast and the Furious series, and I wanted more of those. I take solace in the fact that Fast 7, at least, is in post-production, and will still happen.
Meanwhile, Nelson Mandela at 95. (http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/05/world/africa/nelson-mandela/index.html?hpt=hp_t1)
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So apparently there's already a meme going around where people post a picture of Morgan Freeman captioned "RIP Nelson Mandela 1918-2013".
:facepalm:
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Peter O'Toole (http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/peter-o-toole-dead-at-81-1.2465117)
DDDDDDD:
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Mikhail Kalashnikov (http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25497013)
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Frédéric Back. (http://www.lapresse.ca/arts/nouvelles/201312/24/01-4723778-deces-de-lillustrateur-et-cineaste-frederic-back.php)
The Man Who Planted Trees (English) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_7yEPNUXsU#)
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;___;
Man, L'Homme qui plantait des arbres is probably one of my favourite little bits of film ever. To be honest though I had no idea Back was still alive.
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Uncle Phil. (http://news.sky.com/story/1189197/uncle-phil-fresh-prince-star-james-avery-dies)
Hell of a way to start the year. :(
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Just came here to post that. The world is lessened today.
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TMNT - Interview With Shredder - James Avery.MPG (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnVhQrNTQgY#)
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That was delightful. Thanks Ted.
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Ariel Sharon. (http://ca.news.yahoo.com/former-israeli-prime-minister-sharon-dead-army-radio-123012776.html)
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Russell Johnson (http://www.mst3kinfo.com/?p=16882), the Professor from Gilligan's Island.
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Hiroo Onoda (http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/japanese-soldier-who-took-nearly-three-decades-to-surrender-dies-at-91-1.1643547)
I didn't realize he was still alive. I guess he was lucky enough to get an extension to make up for lost time.