Topic: The new obituary thread (Read 74488 times)

Mothra · « **Reply #500 on:** December 27, 2011, 11:20:47 PM »

He failed to beat his alcoholism, gave up, and killed himself.

Lottel · « **Reply #501 on:** December 28, 2011, 11:57:26 AM »

Oh wow. That's just... He even said "Goodbye."
That's heartwrenching.

Thad · « **Reply #502 on:** December 28, 2011, 01:05:04 PM »

Missed this one last week: Jack Goldman, founder of Xerox PARC.

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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.

Brentai · « **Reply #503 on:** December 28, 2011, 01:10:50 PM »

So... he invented the internet?

Büge · « **Reply #504 on:** December 31, 2011, 09:44:16 PM »

Cheetah.

Büge · « **Reply #505 on:** January 02, 2012, 10:45:38 AM »

Bob Anderson, stuntman and swordmaster.

Thad · « **Reply #506 on:** January 03, 2012, 09:43:49 AM »

Quote from: Büge on December 31, 2011, 09:44:16 PM

Cheetah.

Probably not.

Evanier had two posts on the subject, the first 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.

Shinra · « **Reply #507 on:** January 03, 2012, 10:12:42 AM »

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'

Thad · « **Reply #508 on:** January 20, 2012, 10:58:04 AM »

Etta James.

Thad · « **Reply #509 on:** February 01, 2012, 08:22:43 AM »

Don Cornelius, creator of Soul Train. Shot; possible suicide.

Büge · « **Reply #510 on:** February 07, 2012, 10:14:51 AM »

Florence Green, the last surviving WWI veteran

Shinra · « **Reply #511 on:** February 07, 2012, 11:34:58 AM »

Well that's a strange name for a ma- oh wait it's a wom- OH MY GOD THAT BEARD

Büge · « **Reply #512 on:** February 07, 2012, 03:11:29 PM »

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.

sei · « **Reply #513 on:** February 07, 2012, 09:43:02 PM »

See also: younger women with PCOS.

Envy · « **Reply #514 on:** February 11, 2012, 05:34:05 PM »

Whitney Houston

A² · « **Reply #515 on:** February 11, 2012, 05:37:05 PM »

Ever heard of providing a link you dumb motherfucker

TA · « **Reply #516 on:** February 11, 2012, 06:07:41 PM »

Expect everybody to get real stupid for the next couple months.

Zaratustra · « **Reply #517 on:** February 11, 2012, 06:13:18 PM »

And I had just gotten that goddamn song out of my head

Bal · « **Reply #518 on:** February 11, 2012, 06:41:02 PM »

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.

Envy · « **Reply #519 on:** February 12, 2012, 05:52:52 AM »

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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