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flere-imsaho 03-17-2023 04:48 PM

WHAT? DAMNIT!

RainMaker 03-17-2023 06:11 PM

That one hurts. Loved him in every role he's been in. From what I'm reading, he seemed like a wonderful man who everyone loved. RIP Broyles

Edward64 03-17-2023 06:19 PM

Hope he was able to see an advance screening of John Wick 4

thesloppy 03-17-2023 06:51 PM

He was in great shape for 60

flere-imsaho 03-17-2023 10:15 PM

Such a magnetic actor.

CrimsonFox 03-18-2023 07:53 PM



Dr Demento staple Napoleon the 14th has passed

Lathum 03-21-2023 03:30 PM

https://apnews.com/article/willis-re...5372d7919d930d

Lathum 03-21-2023 03:30 PM

Willis Reed.

Edward64 03-25-2023 08:18 AM

RIP

Quote:

Gordon Moore, the Intel Corp. co-founder who set the breakneck pace of progress in the digital age with a simple 1965 prediction of how quickly engineers would boost the capacity of computer chips, has died. He was 94.
Don't know much about him but seems to be a pretty good guy

Quote:

Moore later became known for his philanthropy when he and his wife established the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, which focuses on environmental conservation, science, patient care and projects in the San Francisco Bay area. It has donated more than $5.1 billion to charitable causes since its founding in 2000.

CrimsonFox 03-30-2023 10:36 PM

John Astin!

Spoiler

cuervo72 03-30-2023 11:05 PM

hey he's like Hopkins' greatest living grad don't scare me like that

Ksyrup 03-31-2023 06:47 AM

He and Shatner could battle it out for most healthy looking low-90s aged celebrity.

QuikSand 04-05-2023 11:28 AM

https://apnews.com/article/klaus-teu...3b25e95171f9e4

Klaus Teuber, creator of the groundbreaking board game Settlers of Catan, aka Catan.

CrimsonFox 04-07-2023 11:37 PM

Guess who had enough Fentanyl.

Lathum 04-07-2023 11:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox (Post 3398165)
Guess who had enough Fentanyl.


Don Jr?

Fidatelo 04-08-2023 08:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox (Post 3398165)
Guess who had enough Fentanyl.



Well, you gotta gotta get up to get down.

CrimsonFox 04-08-2023 05:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fidatelo (Post 3398173)
Well, you gotta gotta get up to get down.


close enough (and FU for making me google that video and listen to a minute of that garbage)

RainMaker 04-10-2023 08:56 PM

For fans of the old MAD Magazine, Al Jaffe passed away. He was the longest running contributor.

CrimsonFox 04-10-2023 09:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RainMaker (Post 3398365)
For fans of the old MAD Magazine, Al Jaffe passed away. He was the longest running contributor.


He was 102!!!


Al Jaffee, Mad magazine’s cartoon maestro, dies at 102

JonInMiddleGA 04-24-2023 09:42 PM

Len Goodman Dead: ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ Judge was 78 – The Hollywood Reporter

cartman 04-25-2023 09:27 AM

Day light come, and he wanna go home

https://apnews.com/article/harry-bel...c4a85c862cdbe1

BYU 14 04-25-2023 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrimsonFox (Post 3398366)


Wow!, what a life though, loved Mad magazine as a kid and into my teen years. the Fold in was always one of the first things we would go to and try and figure it our first. Snappy answers to stupid questions was another of my favs that he worked on. R.I.P

CrimsonFox 04-25-2023 07:07 PM


CrimsonFox 04-26-2023 07:22 PM

Carol Burnett!

Spoiler

Ksyrup 04-27-2023 09:32 AM

Jerry Springer died. Best known (in my circles) as being a former partner of my old firm prior to running for Cincy mayor.

panerd 04-27-2023 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ksyrup (Post 3399752)
Jerry Springer died. Best known (in my circles) as being a former partner of my old firm prior to running for Cincy mayor.


The history class in the 22nd century on the "Fall of the American Empire" will definitely have units devoted to Donald Trump and Facebook but Jerry Springer will certainly be in that textbook somewhere.

Ksyrup 04-27-2023 09:51 AM

Built mostly on the back of Morton Downey Jr.'s "pioneering" work.

Thomkal 04-27-2023 10:39 AM

I wondered why he was trending on twitter. Never was a fan so not heartbroken over his passing

molson 04-27-2023 10:56 AM

There was a moment there in the 90's when he was one of the biggest stars in America.

Didn't realize he was born in a London bomb shelter during WW2 after his parents escaped from Poland and much of his family was wiped out in concentration camps.

sterlingice 04-27-2023 01:47 PM

Will his children all have to take televised paternity tests to determine if they're in the will? And slug it out with chairs when something unexpected happens?



SI

CrimsonFox 04-27-2023 03:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sterlingice (Post 3399798)
Will his children all have to take televised paternity tests to determine if they're in the will? And slug it out with chairs when something unexpected happens?



SI


highest ratings in TV history

Ksyrup 04-27-2023 03:52 PM

My favorite Jerry Springer appearance.


NobodyHere 05-01-2023 09:43 PM

Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot dies at 84

When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin'
"Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya"
At seven PM, a main hatchway caved in, he said
"Fellas, it's been good to know ya"

CrimsonFox 05-01-2023 11:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NobodyHere (Post 3400411)
Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot dies at 84

When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin'
"Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya"
At seven PM, a main hatchway caved in, he said
"Fellas, it's been good to know ya"


oh man you quote4d the exact line I was going to

CrimsonFox 05-01-2023 11:45 PM

here he is live

CrimsonFox 05-01-2023 11:52 PM

wowo I never realized how they achieved that sound! He had accoustic, electric and slide guitars all playing that melody.

Ksyrup 05-02-2023 06:47 AM

I completely missed this yesterday. RIP.

Edward64 05-02-2023 07:09 AM

I didn't know who he was but played & recognized his music.

CrimsonFox 05-03-2023 07:14 AM

Last call, medics...

Eileen Saki, Rosie from M*A*S*H passed away

M*A*S*H Actress Eileen Saki Dead at 79



Igor from the show (Jeff Maxwell) wrote a nice facebook post about her for his podcast. Which...wow Igor has a MASH podcast

albionmoonlight 05-03-2023 07:22 AM

Still one of my all time favorite shows

Kodos 05-03-2023 07:52 AM

Yep. It is one of the best shows ever.

cartman 05-04-2023 09:29 PM

Longtime basketball player, exec, and broadcaster Lance Blanks passed away at the age of 56.

Ex-NBA GM, UT Basketball Legend Lance Blanks Dead At 56

cartman 05-09-2023 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cartman (Post 3400759)
Longtime basketball player, exec, and broadcaster Lance Blanks passed away at the age of 56.

Ex-NBA GM, UT Basketball Legend Lance Blanks Dead At 56


His daughter announced this morning that the cause of death was suicide. Sad to hear.

Ksyrup 05-09-2023 11:51 AM

Denny Crum passed away at 86.

miami_fan 05-09-2023 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cartman (Post 3401074)
His daughter announced this morning that the cause of death was suicide. Sad to hear.


Sounds like the world lost a good one.

Remembering the man, my father Lance Blanks - ESPN

Ksyrup 05-15-2023 07:11 PM

Is this a joke/troll job, or real?!


Ksyrup 05-15-2023 07:16 PM

I mean, it appears legit... or Jerry got one last laugh from the grave with the ultimate troll job for his last JS Show. Rex Chapman posted what appears to be the full video as the kids watched it in real time.

This can't be real...!

JonInMiddleGA 05-15-2023 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ksyrup (Post 3401641)
I mean, it appears legit... or Jerry got one last laugh from the grave with the ultimate troll job for his last JS Show. Rex Chapman posted what appears to be the full video as the kids watched it in real time.

This can't be real...!


Took some digging but it appears to be from a "virtual play" he did some time back. The tip off is that he only had one child (not three others) and she doesn't seem to be any of the non-recipient trio shown in this video.

Ksyrup 05-15-2023 07:28 PM

I figured it was too good to be true, and too true to his show.

Critch 05-15-2023 09:29 PM

Thought Doyle Brunson cashing in his chips would have got a mention.

There was a time where poker was a big topic round these parts.

Lathum 05-15-2023 09:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Critch (Post 3401649)
Thought Doyle Brunson cashing in his chips would have got a mention.

There was a time where poker was a big topic round these parts.


It was mentioned in the poker thread

cartman 05-19-2023 10:30 AM

Andy Rourke, the bassist for The Smiths passed away at the age of 59

Andy Rourke, bassist for the Smiths, dies aged 59 | The Smiths | The Guardian

GrantDawg 05-19-2023 02:36 PM

Legendary Running back James Brown has passed at 87.
Legendary RB Jim Brown has passed away, his wife Monique Brown announced. pic.twitter.com/hOZD3W3hjW— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) May 19, 2023

NobodyHere 05-19-2023 02:51 PM

RIP Fireball


Edward64 05-19-2023 10:45 PM

Jim Brown was before my time but have seen his clips. Power running and speed at it's best. RIP

FWIW, I'd say Barry Sanders and Eric Dickerson are the 2 most entertaining pro RB of my time.

CrimsonFox 05-19-2023 11:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edward64 (Post 3401979)
Jim Brown was before my time but have seen his clips. Power running and speed at it's best. RIP

FWIW, I'd say Barry Sanders and Eric Dickerson are the 2 most entertaining pro RB of my time.


He was my goto guy in TecmoBowl

molson 05-20-2023 12:52 AM

He was perhaps a better football player than husband, but, I remember the crowd going wild when he'd make appearances at Syracuse games in the 90's when I was there. He'd just randomly walk down the sidelines, be spotted, be cheered, he took it all in. Every internal phone number at Syracuse University starts with 44 because of him (and then Ernie Davis, and then Floyd Little, and then we kind of just stopped having legendary running backs.)

Critch 05-20-2023 03:20 PM

English novelist Martin Amis is today's dead famous person. 73 years old.

I've been reading my way through his novels, and JoninMiddleGA has a quote of his in his sig, so that makes him famous enough for a mention.

cuervo72 05-20-2023 04:55 PM

I've read Lucky Jim from his dad, but nothing from him yet. I don't think I've even seen any books of his making my used book rounds, which is a little odd now that I think of it.

Critch 05-20-2023 05:50 PM

I put my collection together from used book stores. Maybe you're not seeing them because I've snapped them all up. Friends of the Library Bookstore in Rockville had a great collection til I bought them all for $2.99 each.

Toddzilla 05-20-2023 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by molson (Post 3401985)
He was perhaps a better football player than husband

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, ya think!?

GrantDawg 05-22-2023 04:10 PM

Ray Stevenson, famous for playing Titus Pullo in "Rome" among other works, has died at 58. Rome was such an underrated show, and his performance was stellar. Among one of my favorite TV characters of all time.
Also, I am starting to see way too many people dying in their 50's.

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Honolulu_Blue 05-22-2023 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GrantDawg (Post 3402139)
Ray Stevenson, famous for playing Titus Pullo in "Rome" among other works, has died at 58. Rome was such an underrated show, and his performance was stellar. Among one of my favorite TV characters of all time.
Also, I am starting to see way too many people dying in their 50's.

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Rome was great and Titus Pullo was amazing.

NobodyHere 05-22-2023 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue (Post 3402140)
Rome was great and Titus Pullo was amazing.


Yeah, he made a giant douchebag of a character likeable.

stevew 05-22-2023 11:44 PM

Kill The Irishman wasn’t great but the whole Cleveland mob in the 70s was wild. So many car bombings. Something between 30-40 in one summer.

Edward64 05-23-2023 05:52 AM

RIP

Love the gladiator fight episode. Sword down into the shoulder. That was bad ass.

Ksyrup 05-24-2023 01:58 PM

Tina Turner died. She was 83.

BYU 14 05-24-2023 02:08 PM

Man, this one hits a bit harder than most. Saw her for the first time on TV, probably when I was 8 or 9 singing Proud Mary. Even at that age, when I couldn't have given a damn about music in general she was captivating. I called my wife little Tina when we first met because her dancing was full of energy like Tina LOL.

R.I.P Queen

CrimsonFox 05-24-2023 04:22 PM


sovereignstar v2 05-24-2023 04:53 PM

I'm pretty sure Tina Turner was my first crush. Slightly before Jennifer Connelly.

Swaggs 05-25-2023 12:15 PM

I saw this on Twitter and it unlocked a memory that I had completely forgotten about:



Bowie was 40 and Turner was 47 or 48. Makes me feel real old.

CrimsonFox 05-25-2023 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swaggs (Post 3402445)
I saw this on Twitter and it unlocked a memory that I had completely forgotten about:



Bowie was 40 and Turner was 47 or 48. Makes me feel real old.


yeah i extremely remember that. I hadn't realized they changed any of the words of the actual song...

"The choice is yours..." lol

CrimsonFox 05-30-2023 07:07 PM



Henry Kissinger!!!!!!
Spoiler

GrantDawg 05-30-2023 07:20 PM

Henry Kissenger,
How I'm missing ya
You are the doctor of my dreams....

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Atocep 06-05-2023 08:55 PM

Not a celeb, but definitely famous. Robert Hanssen died at age 79.

I've sat through so many hours of training that references him and his spying. Breach is also a pretty solid film.

Ksyrup 06-05-2023 08:59 PM

I'm assuming that was an unofficial "assisted suicide"?

CrimsonFox 06-06-2023 09:45 PM

Astrud Gilberto, ‘The Girl From Ipanema’ Bossa Nova Singer, Dies at 83

The Girl who SANG "The Girl From Ipenema" dies...


PilotMan 06-07-2023 05:20 PM

RIP to the pianist George Winston

George Winston, Acclaimed Solo Piano Player, Dead at 73 – Rolling Stone

molson 06-07-2023 05:55 PM

Pat Cooper.

Who I don't think anyone under 70 knows, except maybe from Howard Stern.

But I remember Steve Schirripa from the Sopranos going on a long rant about him on a podcast about what a dick he was when he did unsuccessful Vegas shows in the 90's.

CrimsonFox 06-07-2023 07:10 PM

RIP The Iron Sheikh


Edward64 06-07-2023 08:36 PM

Watched him in the early days. RIP


GrantDawg 06-08-2023 07:28 AM

Pat Robertson, professional con man, dead at 93.

NobodyHere 06-08-2023 07:47 AM

Right now I'm imagining Pat Robertson and the Iron Sheik having some small talk while waiting to be judged in front of the Pearly Gates, arguing which one faked their profession better.

PilotMan 06-08-2023 08:13 AM

Pat Robertson, man of intolerance, judgments and mostly responsible for at a minimum, dozens of teen suicides. Unfortunately, we knew you too well.

Thomkal 06-08-2023 09:15 AM

I'm guessing God's pretty glad he's dead given what he said he was doing in His Name.

CrimsonFox 06-08-2023 09:05 PM

does this mean that these guys can now summon him?


molson 06-10-2023 12:50 PM

The earth cleans out a little more garbage this week, the Unabomber.

flere-imsaho 06-10-2023 02:02 PM

He was still alive?

molson 06-10-2023 04:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flere-imsaho (Post 3403876)
He was still alive?


He was notably young for both an academic, and disheveled serial killer.

CrimsonFox 06-11-2023 04:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by molson (Post 3403872)
The earth cleans out a little more garbage this week, the Unabomber.



GrantDawg 06-11-2023 01:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by molson (Post 3403872)
The earth cleans out a little more garbage this week, the Unabomber.

He was 81 years old and he died by suicide. Seems like he would have done that long before now.

Ksyrup 06-11-2023 01:41 PM

He had late-stage cancer.

GrantDawg 06-11-2023 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ksyrup (Post 3403923)
He had late-stage cancer.

There it is. I was guessing that or dementia.

JonInMiddleGA 06-11-2023 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flere-imsaho (Post 3403876)
He was still alive?


I had the opposite reaction kinda (at least I think it's opposite what you meant here).

I was shocked to see that he was 81, having forgotten how old he was when he was arrested.

PilotMan 06-12-2023 06:47 AM

Berlusconi is dead.

You just know he's going to run again.

cartman 06-12-2023 09:10 AM

I really thought that the news of the Unabomber's death would have blown up more than it did

Thomkal 06-12-2023 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PilotMan (Post 3403954)
Berlusconi is dead.

You just know he's going to run again.



ELECTION FRAUD!

SirFozzie 06-12-2023 10:58 AM

Looking back at Berlusconi, is it fair to call him the Proto-Trump?

PilotMan 06-12-2023 11:08 AM

That's what I said when trump first ran

Ksyrup 06-12-2023 09:27 PM

Treat Williams was killed in a motorcycle accident in Vermont today.


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