Gone but not forgotten, RIP celebrity thread

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Only Kennedys, my friend; only Kennedys...

[Reply #121 on:]

I'm glad I'm not a Kennedy

If you have any poo, fling it now.

[Reply #122 on:]

Cancer put Baby in the corner. Patrick Swayze is dead.

[Reply #123 on:]

Dude, why is everyone dying this year? I'm going to protect Harrison Ford.

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It looks like I'll have to have a watch of Point Break in honor of Mr. Swaze's passing.  RIP, man!

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really sad to ear, considering how hard he fought, RIP

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I'm willing to admit this, I actually like GHOST.  It's one of the few chick flicks I actually like.  RIP Patrick Swayze

[Reply #127 on:]

I like GHOST too... May he rest in peace

[Reply #128 on:]

I know he was ill but it is still sad

Ghost was cool, I'm not sure why it is considered a chick-flick, there is plenty in it to appeal to men too.

[Reply #129 on:]

He was one of the best actors. I love Ghost.

[Reply #130 on:]

And he's offf to haunt Demi Moore.

[Reply #131 on:]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH0lEVMuzzw

RIP Patrick :,(

[Reply #132 on:]

Dude, why is everyone dying this year? I'm going to protect Harrison Ford.

Thanks, I plan to protect Stan Lee.

[Reply #133 on:]

Henry Gibson from Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In and the Practice.R.I.P.

[Reply #134 on:]

While its usually a shock to learn that someone you knew of is dead (especially if they didn't seem all that old or self-destructive) its somehow worse if you find that they've been dead for quite some time.

In my case it was Dan Fogelberg, someone who I hadn't heard of in over 20 years and only really knew from a handfull of songs* he made in the early '80s. But they were songs that I liked, dammit, and still listen to regularly. So you can imagine my surprise when I was poking around in wikipedia the other day and discovered that not only was he dead, but that he had died almost two years ago!

Who's next, Mike Nesmith?  

* In particular:

• Leader of the Band
• Hard to Say
• Run for the Roses
  and
• Same Old Lang Syne
  

Oh well, cheers, Dan. And thanks for the memories.

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Soupy Sales ne Milton Supman died on the 22nd of cancer. An original pie-in -the-face comedian. He was a great childrens show host, game show panelist and stand-up comedian. He was 83.

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I forgot Dan Fogelberg was dead too actually. Personally I think his best song is The Power of Gold. You should check it out.

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I used to watch Soupy Sales on TV when I was growing up; he was hilarious & loved kids.  He will be missed.

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I used to watch Soupy Sales on TV when I was growing up; he was hilarious & loved kids.  He will be missed.

Soupy pulled one of the greatest scams of all times on the childrens show.
He said he was broke and encouraged all the kids to send money, maybe because he couldn't get a raise or some red herring. Thousands of children sent in whatever they could afford like their allowance.
By the end of the year he returned all the money with a handwritten note of thanks.
He had real kid star-power in his day.

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Yeah double posting nah nah.
Carl Ballantine who starred as Gruber on McHale's navy with Ernest Borgnine, who was not from Tovah 9, passed away at the age of 92. He also had a comedy routine where he was a crap magician.

Funny guy.

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I remember him.  Talented comic, in the best traditions of burlesque.

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If you were alive in the 80's you remember when MTV was cool.

You should also remember the game show Remote Control.

The host, Ken Ober died yesterday, of unknown causes....  He was complaining of a headache and "flu-like symptoms"

He helped launch the careers of Kari Whurer of Sliders fame, and comedian Colin Quinn.


He was 52.

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Do not forget Adam Sandler,who played Colin's cousin. He was much funnier back then, he had a fake tattoo on his neck. Remote Control had to be the first game show on MTV. All the contestants sat in easy chairs and when they were eliminated the wall opened up, the chair  slid off the stage and the contestants were roughed up. Clever show.


R.I.P Ken.

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I enjoyed watching that show; had a major crush on Kari Wuhrer.  Too bad; RIP Ken.

Also, Edward Woodard just passed away at the age of 79.  I can't remember the name of the TV series he was in, but he played an ex-cop/military who "solved people's problems".  Classically trained actor, very well known; you'd recognize him if you saw him. 

[Reply #144 on:]

The Equalizer. Good Show, better soundtrack. By Stewart Copeland of the Police.
Woodward was in the definitive 'Wicker Man'.

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Thanks, Mooch.  Just couldn't come up with the TV series name, for some reason. 

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NP. He was also in my favorite version af A Christmas Carol as Christmas present George C. Scott David Warner as Scrooge and Cratchit respectively Also starred Susannah York. A classic filmed in the city of Shrewsbury. It was nice to walk the streets of the city and see where the scenes were filmed,

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Do not forget Adam Sandler,who played Colin's cousin. He was much funnier back then, he had a fake tattoo on his neck. Remote Control had to be the first game show on MTV. All the contestants sat in easy chairs and when they were eliminated the wall opened up, the chair  slid off the stage and the contestants were roughed up. Clever show.


R.I.P Ken.

I will never forget Stick-pin Quinn!

Also, Ober was the one responsible for getting Dennis Leary his job with MTV.

The man was truly a visionary.

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And then there's his decision to put Kari Wuhrer on the show... *thinks of her, makes Homer Simpson drooling sound*

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Richard Todd star of The Longest Day Rob Roy the Highland Rogue and A Man Called Peter died Thursday age 90. Richard Todd O.B.E. RIP

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Gene Barry  who starred on TV as Bat Masterson and Amos Burke (Burke's Law), back in the '60's,  died on the 9th of December age 90.
Just think of an American Patrick Macnee. He was one dapper dude.

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I remember him.  Wasn't he in the original "War of the Worlds"?

[Reply #152 on:]

Yep. The film version. The radio version was in 1938.

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RIP Roy E. Disney

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091217/ap_on_en_mo/us_roy_disney_remembrance_1

He fought to help save Disney after Eisner ruined it.  He was the third share holder of the company, now Eisner and Bob Iger have control of it all.

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oh crap, that's sad to hear, RIP Roy

[Reply #155 on:]

It's a sad, sad day for a disney fan

[Reply #156 on:]

I'd never heard of him till I saw the Pixar Story documentary. He seemed like a decent guy who was willing to stand up for what he believed in.

The world needs more people like that not less.

If you have any poo, fling it now.

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Interesting stuff. He was a really rich dude. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_E._Disney
It's nice to know that there was a kind of respect Eisner had for him. Grudgingly I'm sure.

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Sorry for the double post but had to be done.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Chris-Henry-could-have-been-a-very-important-rol?urn=nfl,209517

A real tragedy when this happens.
Chris Henry R.I.P.

[Reply #159 on:]

Nobody's reported on Brittany Murphy yet?
http://www.tmz.com/2009/12/20/brittany-murphy-dies-cardiac-arrest/
Something tells me fan girls wouldn't be that bothered.

Oh well, she's with Yivo now.